A/N: Welcome to chapter 2 of my wonderful story. If you've read this before the next few chapters are going to very different. So, as always, I don't own anyone or anything. But, enjoy anyways.
Tris and Keth ran onto the deck. Keth wasn't quite sure why Tris wanted him be there since his magic was just lightning, and not all types of weather like hers. But, he didn't want to upset his teacher since they were just starting to get along. He watched as Tris drove the rain and wind away but coaxed the lightning over to them.
"Come on Keth!" she yelled, "We both need a little power boost right?"
He couldn't believe what she was saying. But he really didn't mind. He had been a little low on power for the last few days. He raised his arms into the sky like she was and absorbed some of the lightning. It felt like an instant surge of energy running through his body. He noticed that the rest of the storm was starting to come back near the ship.
"Tris!" he yelled, "You need to hold back the storm so we can get the boat through!"
"Okay!" he heard her voice, "Go tell the crewmen to get out here and make the boat get through this area. I can't hold the storm for very long. GO!" She untied some of her braids and released enough magic to help her hold back the storm.
Keth ran from the front of the boat back towards the part where the crew was. "We need to steer this thing away from the rocks as fast as we can. Tris can't hold back the storm for very long." He shouted at the men.
"Ay, sir!" replied the captain. "Come on men! We need to change course. Set the sails toward the west and guide the ship that way. We should be able to avoid the worst part of the storm. What are you waitng for?" he asked the silent crew. "Get yer butts moving!"
The crew scrambled about trying to change the course of the boat. The storm was becoming more powerful. Tris couldn't use much more of her magic. But she could to tell that the crew wasn't finished yet. "Here it goes." She said to herself, forcing most of the magic she had into the storm.
The crew had safely guided most of the ship through until a large gust of wind knocked it off of it's course. Along with that, it made the storm too strong for Tris to hold back. She collapsed onto the deck as the wind blew the tattered boat onto the sands of their destination.
"Well, at least we're finally to the Starlight Islands." sighed Niko as he came out of his room with himself and Glaki dressed in clean clothes. "Keth, could you please get Tris so we can find a nice inn to stay at tonight."
While Niko and Glaki got off the boat, Keth went to find Tris. He found the girl passed out near the front of the boat and picked her up.
"Hey, Tris. We're here." he whispered, gently shaking her.
"We are?" came her groggy voice. "Ugh, I'm so tired. I'm not used to holding back a storm with that much power on unsolid ground." Keth lifted her up with much difficulty as she kept talking. "You can put me down, I know I'm heavy. I'm pretty sure I can walk on my own."
"No, no. I like carrying you. Just rest alright." he kissed her forehead and took her off the boat onto the beach. There, Niko was waiting and Glaki was playing with Little Bear. When Keth arrived, Niko walked over to a small house and talked to the woman that own it. Niko threw a bundle at Keth, which was a clean gown and undergarments for Tris to change into. They went into the house and Keth put Tris down behind a changing screen.
"You need to change your clothes, here." he tossed the clothes over the screen and Tris caught them. After a few minutes he asked, "Do you need any help?"
"No, I'm fine," she answered, "I just need my petticoats that's all."
"Don't worry about all those stupid little things you wear under your gown. Nobody sees them anyway. Now, you have undergarments and the dress, you don't really need anything else." he informed her.
"Spoken like a true boy. I'm done dressing. You come get me now," she said. He came to the other side of the screen and saw her shivering. He took off his dry jacket and put it no her, then picked her up. Without those annoying petticoats, he could feel the muscles on her body. He had always thought she was chubby, but she wasn't. She was sturdy and muscular.
"What am I? Your private carrying man?" he asked, sarcastically.
"Well you did offer," she replied, with equal sarcasm. She gave him a small, teasing kiss on the lips and smirked, "Come on. Using all that magic makes me hungry. And I think Niko wants to sleep in a real bed tonight. On solid ground."
They left the house and went onto the beach when Glaki came running at them full force shouting, "Tris! Tris! Uncle Keth! Uncle Keth! Come see what I can do!" The little girl pointed at Little Bear and he came off the ground. He only rose about three inches but it was a great improvement for the little girl. Keth kneeled on the ground still holding Tris so they could both congratulate her. They each hugged and kissed her on the cheek.
"Come on, we'd better find Niko before he gets mad. I really don't think either of you want to see him mad." Said Tris. So the three of them set out to find Niko.
After a bit walking Niko had finally found the place where the mages had decided to meet and found the inn they were all staying at too.
"I think we'll stay at the same inn as all the other mages, it seems to work better that way." he informed the group.
Tris was slightly bothered at the fact that there were many women on the street giving looks at Keth. "Put me down, please," she told him.
"Are you sure?" Keth asked, "Can you walk?"
"I'm fine," she told him coldly. Tris walked over to Niko and started asking him a few questions about about the Starlight Islands. She had to do something to keep her mind off the women that were now following them (or mainly following Keth) to the inn. But they all sighed when they noticed that they had arrived at the most expensive inn the city had to offer. So they all left, but not before they waved and blew kisses at Keth.
That night, Tris was sitting in the room she shared with Glaki when Keth came in holding some food.
"I thought you lovely girls might want some food before you go to sleep," he said.
"Yay! Food. I want food, please Uncle Keth, please?!" yelled Glaki.
"Of course you can, baby," he said sweetly as he gave her a piece of flatbread, dipping oil, and some grapes. "Are you hungry Tris? Do you want something?"
"To tell you the truth Keth, I've had this craving for chicken for the longest time. Do you think you could get me some?"
"Of course I can. I'll be back in a second," he yelled as he ran out the door.
"Tris?" asked Glaki.
"Yes."
"Why does Keth do everything you ask him to do? Like you ask him for chicken and he goes out at night to get you some. And why does he just do things for you? Like he fixes your dinner plate and holds your hand when you go up the stairs. Why does he do all that stuff for you?"
Tris hesitated for a moment, thinking of something to tell Glaki, "Well, he does those things because were're friends. And friends do thing like that for each other."
"Oh. Then why did he start kissing you a lot? He used to be friends with my momma, but he never kissed her. And why do you kiss him too?"
"Well, that because... Oh look! Keth's back with my chicken. Thanks for getting it for me." he handed her the plate and she started to eat. She stopped for a second and the plate down, motioning for Keth to come closer. She whispered in his ear so Glaki wouldn't hear, "Glaki asked me why you do nice things for me all the time and I said because we're friends and that's what friends do. Then she said that you and her mom were friends but you never did nice things for her. Then she asked why we kiss and I can't think of an answer."
"Glaki, why do you want to know why Tris and I kiss each other?" Keth asked.
"I don't know. I just want to know." she answered.
"Okay then, this is why; we kiss because we're REALLY good friends."
Tris sighed after hearing Keth's grand explanation. Then she picked up her chicken and started eating again.
Glaki started to cry. "That's not what I wanna hear! I want you and Tris to get married so you can be my real Momma and Daddy!"
Niko came into the room; "I heard screaming. Is everything all right? Glaki what's the matter?"
She sniffed, "I want Tris and Uncle Keth to get married so they can be my real Momma and Daddy. Because they both take care of me and love me. And I want them married now!" she started to pound her fists on the ground and a few small objects in the room started to rise into the air.
Niko cancelled the spell and said, "Glaki, why don't we go outside for walk? I'll buy you some sweets."
Her rage stopped and her eyes got round like saucers, "Sweets? Okay. Bye bye Tris and Uncle Keth. Mr. Niko is going to buy me sweets." they left the room.
"So," Keth asked as he lay down on the bed, "You think we should do what Glaki says?"
Tris blushed like a tomato, "No. Glaki shouldn't get everything she wants. We don't want her becoming spoiled. But you have to admit, she's really mature for her age." She sat down on the bed next to him.
"I think you're very mature for your age." he said as he put his arms around her and kissed her cheek.
"Yes, but I think you're immature for your age." she said, running her fingers through his hair. "But I don't mind."
He smiled at her comment, then pushed her down against the bed. He pinned the young girl beneath his body and looked down at her. "You really don't mind?" he questioned.
"I already told you, I don't mind." She affirmed his answer. "But" she said as she pushed him off of her body and away from the bed. "What I do want, is my sleep. Now get out of here before Niko and Glaki come back. I don't want another talk form Niko about what happens when men spend the night with women."
"I see. Well, goodnight then, Tris."
"Goodnight Keth."
A/N:Well, I changed that up a lot. I wanted to slow down their relationship. In the old version, they were already saying that they loved each other. Way too fast. But anyways. REVIEW!!!!!!
