"So, you and my son have gotten very close." Numair said.

"Yes." Xanthe replied not sure of where this conversation was going.

The conversation ended there and they just danced.

"Numair!" came a voice from behind them.

"Armod? Is that you?"

Numair broke away for her and rushed over to the man. He was as tall as Numair with black hair down to his shoulders. His brown eyes were nearly black. He was very handsome, but he was in mid twenties and was too old for Xanthe's taste.

"You said that Diane was young, but I didn't think she would be this young." He commented making Xanthe blush.

"Oh, no. She is not Diane. Xanthe, this is Armod my old apprentice."

They both looked at each other and locked eyes. Her head felt like it was being poked with a stick, yet she could not look away.

"If you want to see the real Diane you'll have to fallow me." Numair said breaking the glance.

With one quick glance at Xanthe Armod was gone. Rubbing her head she went back over to where Aynsley was.

"Is something wrong?" he asked worriedly.

"No. No, nothing." She lied. She felt light headed as if her head was hallow. Her vision became blurred and she felt very dizzy.

"Xanthe?!" came a far away voice.

"Fine." She whispered.

Everything went black.

*~*~*~*

"Xanthe?" Aynsley asked her. She was outside on the patio lying on the hard, cold bench. She tried to sit up, but failed. Aynsley went to grab her to keep her from falling and his face was inches away from hers. It felt like he was inching towards hers until his pulled away.

"Well, you fainted and I thought cool air would help and it seemed like it did so I'll just go back inside...." He said as he turned to go back into the ballroom.

Xanthe didn't know what made her do it, but she stood up, grabbed him are spun him around and her lips met his in a moment that seemed to last forever.



A/N: I know!!!!! Very short! Sorry! It was like pulling teeth to get this finished. I am having a big case of writers block! It will probably be a while before I finish another chapter and it will probably be a chapter to my COM fic. Check it out if you want. R/R ^_^