Title: Could This Be Love? (4/?)
Author: Jaya
Distribution: ask and I will let you...maybe
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sailor Mercury belongs to her very lovely creators and so does
General Zoicite, ditto for the mention of the other Generals/scouts. And
anyone who I've missed.
Feedback: is the foundation of my universe.
At: jacey111@yahoo.com
Summary: Confrontations and understandings. And the Past.
Note: This is the fourth chapter of a new series, which is an effort to get
around the great big bloody writers WALL (not block) I am suffering from. Uh,
sorry for putting the wrong Rating on the first few chapters.
Hopefully, this will give me idea's for Memory fades, but until then that
series is on hold. Oh, and I prefer Ami spelt like this, and I never like the
last name Anderson, so Ami has her Japanese name, but everyone else has their
other name with Japanese last name. Oh, and Zoicite is a man, and hasn't had
a relationship (of the sexual kind) with Kunzite for a while. None of the
Generals are dead.
Dedication: To Kaze no beru, My first and most enthusiastic reviewer.
*********************
Could this be love?
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Chapter 4
***********
Zoicite sighed, Ami had locked herself in her room more than two hours
previously, and it did not look like she planned on leaving her quarters too
soon.
Of course he _could_ just destroy the door or just appear in her room, but
that would probably make things worse, and that would probably be a bad idea
in the scheme of his continued survival.
Powers or no, most women could be devious when they wanted revenge on an
erring member of the opposite sex. Past experience told him that once Ami
had....huh? Ami couldn't have done anything to him! He'd only just met...okay
caught her recently.
You can't have memories of something that never happened, Zoicite! Dreams
nonwithstanding, you do not know this girl, and the way you are going you
never will!
Zoicite sighed, pouted at the door, then left his quarters to go see Kunzite,
still using his regular transportation of rose petals. The roses reformed
themselves and placed them on Ami's bed.
After all, whether or not his dreams were real, he knew that it took some
MAJOR crawling to make it up to most upset females.
His parting thought was simple. *I'm going on a Kunzite hunt*
*
Ami knew she was losing it when she distinctly heard in her mind,
*I'm going on a Kunzite hunt.*
*I'm going on a Kunzite hunt.*
*I'm going to catch a big one.*
*I'm going to catch a big one.*
*I'm not scared.*
*I'm not scared.*
*What a beautiful day.*
*What a beautiful day.*
*Oh-oh*
*Oh-oh*
*Ami, you are losing it.* She told herself sternly, looking in the mirror.
She hadn't moved in about two hours, and she was kind of scared that Zoicite
would just barge into the room.
But she wanted him to, right? Ami mentally kicked herself, no she did not
want to see that evil, vile, gorgeous, sexy, green-eyed hunk of a Negaverse
General! Ami turned slightly pink. HAD that thought really been her own? It
had sounded suspiciously like Mina's....
In the mirror she saw a bunch of beautiful pink roses building themselves up
from scratch. Finally, ten perfect blooms, wrapped with a white ribbon were
arranged on her bed.
What the?
Ami silently rose from the dresser, and unsteadily made her way over to the
bed. With trembling fingers, she took the card from where it rested in the
bow.
'I'm sorry,' The card began. 'forgive me?'
Oh no, no no no! He was not going to get out of trouble with a bunch of
flowers this time! No! He upset her to..often...
Ami was bewildered, often? She'd only known him for a week! He'd never given
her flowers before, she would have remembered.
With a sigh, Ami drew her flowers to her and flopped bonelessly onto her bed,
flowers in her hand.
"I am so losing it." She moaned.
First there was Zoicite.
Then there was those stupid dreams that she was just about sure were memories
from the Past. But if they were, Zoicite would NOT be in them.
Would he?
Suddenly, Ami wasn't so certain any more.
*
In direct opposition from his previous mood, Zoicite stalked along the
corridors of the Negaverse, on the warpath..er, look, for Kunzite. And of
course his reason for breaking into his rooms.
And of course inadvertantly been the catalyst that caused him to kiss
Mercury. Gods he'd been so stupid! Kissing her...
He wouldn't be surprised if she avoided him from now on, a mean feat
considering they were sharing living space at the moment. It wasn't as if Ami
could move out considering no one else knew that she was there. And he
couldn't leave because that would look suspicious.
And he couldn't just let her GO could he?
Okay Zoicite, lets just avoid that thought from now on.
Suddenly he ran into the object of his search. Kunzite.
It was time to get some answers.
*
Kunzite felt a strange emotion he did not feel very often.
Guilt.
Sure he'd broken into ex-lovers rooms, thoroughly searched the whole place,
and then left, all without permission, but Zoicite wouldn't KNOW.
It wasn't as if it were wrong if you didn't get caught, right?
Wrong.
Kunzite came out of his thoughts in time to see the object of his guilt.
It was Zoicite, and boy did he look pissed. Face unusually dark as a
thundercloud, Zoicite gave him a curt nod before speaking.
"Kunzite. Can I have a word?"
*
"What were you doing in my quarters." The question was snapped out as soon as
the pair were seated in a semi-private alcove.
Kunzite tried to look innocent. "I don't know what you're talking about."
It did not work. Zoicite glared. "Did you honestly think that I, me of all
people would not have any sort of surveillance on my own home? Me, you know
I don't trust anyone here as far as I could throw them, and yet you act like
I couldn't know you were in my place." He stood and began to pace, much in
the way a young woman had done, naught but a few hours before. "We are no
longer involved. We haven't been for a long time." Step, step. "And yet you
feel the need to invite yourself into the place where I live. You of all
people know how important privacy is here." He gestured angrily, indicating
the Negaverse in general. "So what reason did you have for interfering with
mine?"
Zoicite seated himself, and took deep calming breaths, so as to not take a
swing at not only his ex-flame, as Ami had put it, but also his superior as
a General. A superior as it had always been. Always? where had that come
from?
No time now to ponder bizarre thoughts and apparent memories, as Kunzite
began to answer.
"I was...concerned." The words sounded strangely choked, as if Kunzite was
having to force the words past a constricting throat. Well, knowing Kunzite,
maybe he was. "You've been acting so differently lately, and if it's for an
unacceptable reason, Beryl might kill you. You've heard what happened to
General Amythest, what happened to her, not long before you came? She was
executed, well, placed in eternal slumber, because she was in love with a
soldier in the Earth Armies."
Zoicite took another deep breath, craving a cigarette right then. He hadn't
smoked in a very long time, but he just needed something in his fingers
right then. "I'm fine." He said, when he was sure he wouldn't yell. "I'm just
distracted because I've been working on something recently, and it takes most
of my attention." Another few breaths, and Zoicite leaned up against the
wall. "Although it's touching that you still worry about my welfare, please
don't invade my home again." He stood, and took a few steps, before looking
back.
"Or I can promise you, you will not like the consequences." And he strode
away.
*
Ami had allowed herself to leave her room, when she was sure that Zoicite had
left.
She went into the kitchen, trying not to think about the memories from the
Past, from the Silver Millenium. She was sure now that he WAS in her
memories. She didn't know how, but he wasn't with Beryl in her memories. In
fact he appeared to be with Darien for some reason. Him and three others.
She wasn't so naive to not recognize the other three. She'd seen Beryl luring
them off one by one, until finally they all stood against the one whom they
had sworn to protect.
And now strangely enough, now fate had brought the five of them together
again, on the opposite side ironically.
But, they would not protect their Prince. Hell, their Prince remembered
nothing than the poison apparently spread into his mind by the Queen of the
Negaverse, and he knew no better than to let her continue to do it.
It was such a mess.
With a sigh, Ami went to the cupboard and took out some hot chocolate and
Marshmallows. Who would have guessed that one of the dreaded and feared
Negaverse Generals had a sweet tooth as bad as Serena's?
She looked at the complete set of junk food in the pantry with a faint smile.
He was just so.....complex.
And She was beginning to fear that she loved him.
Ami panicked as she felt the wards move. If it wasn't Zoicite this time she
was so screwed. There was nowhere to hide in the kitchen!
Her heart almost stopped as the kitchen door swung inwards, (as it was wont
to do) and she froze like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car
for the second time that day.
Seeing it was only Zoicite, Ami allowed herself to relax slightly. No, she
would not be dragged before Beryl today.
*
Feeling very tired suddenly, Zoicite was slightly surprised by the blue
haired girl in his kitchen.
More accurately, it was the older and more wary look in her eyes that made
him glance again. But, she wasn't running, hadn't thrown the flowers back in
his face, in fact they didn't even appear to be in the room. Hopefully that
did not mean that she had destroyed them, or thrown them away.
"How did it go?" Ami asked, her eyes still watching his every move.
Zoicite made a face. "Kunzite said I was...different. That my difference made
him concerned, he didn't want Beryl to oblitherate me." He was looking almost
directly into her eyes. The wariness and older look didn't dissappear, rather
it was joined by another emotion.
Envy?
As quickly as it appeared, it quickly was hidden and dissappeared. Her
fathomless blue eyes held secrets that they had not held earlier in the day.
Ami shook her hair back slightly, and the aged look dissappeared, leaving her
a regular teenager. "Oh." She said, suddenly shy. "Thank you for the roses.
They're very beautiful." Her eyes downcast, she looked up at him from beneath
her eyelashes.
It was absolutely bizarre, Ami did not act like this, She hadn't acted like
this for such a long time.
"Beautiful flowers for a beautiful Lady." Zoicite said, drawing her hand up
to his mouth to kiss, suddenly feeling a sense of deja vu.
"Why thank you sir." Ami said, with a shy smile. Her smile dropped off her
face as both of them were suddenly dropped into a memory of the Past.
**********
The Past
**********
Ami sat, perched on a balcony reading a book. She had given up on trying to
convince her Princess to study after the previous night's ball. All Sere
would talk about was the ball, and how handsome the Prince of Earth, Darien,
was how charming, how great his protectors were. Generals Kunzite, Jadeite
and Nephrite.
But where was the fourth? There was supposed to be FOUR protectors for the
Prince of Earth, same as their own Princess.
"And what's a beautiul Lady doing sitting all alone on such a gorgeous
afternoon?" The masculine voice startled her, and much to her chagrine, Ami
began to fall backwards. Hands grabbed her by the waist, and pulled her back
up. When she was seated again, Ami flushed in embarrassment, as she looked up
at her rescuer.
"Reading." She said, turning away. Ami knew it was terribly rude, but she
didn't know this man with blonde hair and green eyes, and when he found out
who she was, she probably never would. This princess of Mercury was something
of an outcast at court, not wishing to dance and make polite conversation
with strangers.
A shadow was cast over her, as the man looked at the book over her shoulder.
"Ah, Socrates." He said, his voice a pleasant light tenor. "My name is
Zoicite, please to meet you, Lady?" He paused, waiting for her to supply her
name in the pause.
Ami's mouth curved up slightly into a smile, and she peered up at him through
her eye lashes. "Ami." She gave in to propriety and stood and curtseyed.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance Lord Zoicite." She said.
He bowed in response. "The pleasure's all mine. I didn't think that many
people read Socrates, it's a joy to find others who read his works." His hand
behind his back gestured, and then there was a long stemmed pink rose in it.
"A token of my appreciation at finding another fan of literature." He said
with a smile.
"Thank you," Ami said with a soft smile. "It really is very beautiful." She
said, embarrassed again, ducking her head.
Zoicite smiled. "A beautiful flower for a beautiful Lady."
Ami was about to respond when they heard some running footsteps. A young
girl, with blonde hair done up in the Royal style ran up. "Sorry for
interupting your conversation, but Ami you have to come now! Raye is really
angry."
Ami sighed, and grabbed her book, managing to curtsey to Zoicite before
Serena began to drag her off. "Thankyou for the flower Zoicite, it was nice
meeting you!" She called.
"It was nice meeting you as well Ami." Zoicite called back as she was dragged
around the corner. He heard her voice getting softer as she was dragged away
by her enthusiastic friend.
"Serena! That really was rude."
Zoicite, smiled in their direction before walking back into the palace.
Maybe the moon wouldn't be so bad after all.
*********
Present
*********
"What was that Lady Ami?" Zoicite asked, startled. Sure he'd had dreams, but
never whilst he was still awake before!
"That My Lord Zoicite, was the past." Ami said, watching curiously as his
bearing changed, closer to the one in the dream. She did not notice however,
as her own voice and bearing changed.
"It was almost exactly like these dreams I've been having." he said, sitting,
still holding her hand.
"I've had them too." She replied.
And then he voiced both their thoughts.
"What is happening to us?"
*****************************************************************************
Hehehe, I've FINISHED this chapter. Whatever shall happen next?
Jaya
Author: Jaya
Distribution: ask and I will let you...maybe
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sailor Mercury belongs to her very lovely creators and so does
General Zoicite, ditto for the mention of the other Generals/scouts. And
anyone who I've missed.
Feedback: is the foundation of my universe.
At: jacey111@yahoo.com
Summary: Confrontations and understandings. And the Past.
Note: This is the fourth chapter of a new series, which is an effort to get
around the great big bloody writers WALL (not block) I am suffering from. Uh,
sorry for putting the wrong Rating on the first few chapters.
Hopefully, this will give me idea's for Memory fades, but until then that
series is on hold. Oh, and I prefer Ami spelt like this, and I never like the
last name Anderson, so Ami has her Japanese name, but everyone else has their
other name with Japanese last name. Oh, and Zoicite is a man, and hasn't had
a relationship (of the sexual kind) with Kunzite for a while. None of the
Generals are dead.
Dedication: To Kaze no beru, My first and most enthusiastic reviewer.
*********************
Could this be love?
*********************
Chapter 4
***********
Zoicite sighed, Ami had locked herself in her room more than two hours
previously, and it did not look like she planned on leaving her quarters too
soon.
Of course he _could_ just destroy the door or just appear in her room, but
that would probably make things worse, and that would probably be a bad idea
in the scheme of his continued survival.
Powers or no, most women could be devious when they wanted revenge on an
erring member of the opposite sex. Past experience told him that once Ami
had....huh? Ami couldn't have done anything to him! He'd only just met...okay
caught her recently.
You can't have memories of something that never happened, Zoicite! Dreams
nonwithstanding, you do not know this girl, and the way you are going you
never will!
Zoicite sighed, pouted at the door, then left his quarters to go see Kunzite,
still using his regular transportation of rose petals. The roses reformed
themselves and placed them on Ami's bed.
After all, whether or not his dreams were real, he knew that it took some
MAJOR crawling to make it up to most upset females.
His parting thought was simple. *I'm going on a Kunzite hunt*
*
Ami knew she was losing it when she distinctly heard in her mind,
*I'm going on a Kunzite hunt.*
*I'm going on a Kunzite hunt.*
*I'm going to catch a big one.*
*I'm going to catch a big one.*
*I'm not scared.*
*I'm not scared.*
*What a beautiful day.*
*What a beautiful day.*
*Oh-oh*
*Oh-oh*
*Ami, you are losing it.* She told herself sternly, looking in the mirror.
She hadn't moved in about two hours, and she was kind of scared that Zoicite
would just barge into the room.
But she wanted him to, right? Ami mentally kicked herself, no she did not
want to see that evil, vile, gorgeous, sexy, green-eyed hunk of a Negaverse
General! Ami turned slightly pink. HAD that thought really been her own? It
had sounded suspiciously like Mina's....
In the mirror she saw a bunch of beautiful pink roses building themselves up
from scratch. Finally, ten perfect blooms, wrapped with a white ribbon were
arranged on her bed.
What the?
Ami silently rose from the dresser, and unsteadily made her way over to the
bed. With trembling fingers, she took the card from where it rested in the
bow.
'I'm sorry,' The card began. 'forgive me?'
Oh no, no no no! He was not going to get out of trouble with a bunch of
flowers this time! No! He upset her to..often...
Ami was bewildered, often? She'd only known him for a week! He'd never given
her flowers before, she would have remembered.
With a sigh, Ami drew her flowers to her and flopped bonelessly onto her bed,
flowers in her hand.
"I am so losing it." She moaned.
First there was Zoicite.
Then there was those stupid dreams that she was just about sure were memories
from the Past. But if they were, Zoicite would NOT be in them.
Would he?
Suddenly, Ami wasn't so certain any more.
*
In direct opposition from his previous mood, Zoicite stalked along the
corridors of the Negaverse, on the warpath..er, look, for Kunzite. And of
course his reason for breaking into his rooms.
And of course inadvertantly been the catalyst that caused him to kiss
Mercury. Gods he'd been so stupid! Kissing her...
He wouldn't be surprised if she avoided him from now on, a mean feat
considering they were sharing living space at the moment. It wasn't as if Ami
could move out considering no one else knew that she was there. And he
couldn't leave because that would look suspicious.
And he couldn't just let her GO could he?
Okay Zoicite, lets just avoid that thought from now on.
Suddenly he ran into the object of his search. Kunzite.
It was time to get some answers.
*
Kunzite felt a strange emotion he did not feel very often.
Guilt.
Sure he'd broken into ex-lovers rooms, thoroughly searched the whole place,
and then left, all without permission, but Zoicite wouldn't KNOW.
It wasn't as if it were wrong if you didn't get caught, right?
Wrong.
Kunzite came out of his thoughts in time to see the object of his guilt.
It was Zoicite, and boy did he look pissed. Face unusually dark as a
thundercloud, Zoicite gave him a curt nod before speaking.
"Kunzite. Can I have a word?"
*
"What were you doing in my quarters." The question was snapped out as soon as
the pair were seated in a semi-private alcove.
Kunzite tried to look innocent. "I don't know what you're talking about."
It did not work. Zoicite glared. "Did you honestly think that I, me of all
people would not have any sort of surveillance on my own home? Me, you know
I don't trust anyone here as far as I could throw them, and yet you act like
I couldn't know you were in my place." He stood and began to pace, much in
the way a young woman had done, naught but a few hours before. "We are no
longer involved. We haven't been for a long time." Step, step. "And yet you
feel the need to invite yourself into the place where I live. You of all
people know how important privacy is here." He gestured angrily, indicating
the Negaverse in general. "So what reason did you have for interfering with
mine?"
Zoicite seated himself, and took deep calming breaths, so as to not take a
swing at not only his ex-flame, as Ami had put it, but also his superior as
a General. A superior as it had always been. Always? where had that come
from?
No time now to ponder bizarre thoughts and apparent memories, as Kunzite
began to answer.
"I was...concerned." The words sounded strangely choked, as if Kunzite was
having to force the words past a constricting throat. Well, knowing Kunzite,
maybe he was. "You've been acting so differently lately, and if it's for an
unacceptable reason, Beryl might kill you. You've heard what happened to
General Amythest, what happened to her, not long before you came? She was
executed, well, placed in eternal slumber, because she was in love with a
soldier in the Earth Armies."
Zoicite took another deep breath, craving a cigarette right then. He hadn't
smoked in a very long time, but he just needed something in his fingers
right then. "I'm fine." He said, when he was sure he wouldn't yell. "I'm just
distracted because I've been working on something recently, and it takes most
of my attention." Another few breaths, and Zoicite leaned up against the
wall. "Although it's touching that you still worry about my welfare, please
don't invade my home again." He stood, and took a few steps, before looking
back.
"Or I can promise you, you will not like the consequences." And he strode
away.
*
Ami had allowed herself to leave her room, when she was sure that Zoicite had
left.
She went into the kitchen, trying not to think about the memories from the
Past, from the Silver Millenium. She was sure now that he WAS in her
memories. She didn't know how, but he wasn't with Beryl in her memories. In
fact he appeared to be with Darien for some reason. Him and three others.
She wasn't so naive to not recognize the other three. She'd seen Beryl luring
them off one by one, until finally they all stood against the one whom they
had sworn to protect.
And now strangely enough, now fate had brought the five of them together
again, on the opposite side ironically.
But, they would not protect their Prince. Hell, their Prince remembered
nothing than the poison apparently spread into his mind by the Queen of the
Negaverse, and he knew no better than to let her continue to do it.
It was such a mess.
With a sigh, Ami went to the cupboard and took out some hot chocolate and
Marshmallows. Who would have guessed that one of the dreaded and feared
Negaverse Generals had a sweet tooth as bad as Serena's?
She looked at the complete set of junk food in the pantry with a faint smile.
He was just so.....complex.
And She was beginning to fear that she loved him.
Ami panicked as she felt the wards move. If it wasn't Zoicite this time she
was so screwed. There was nowhere to hide in the kitchen!
Her heart almost stopped as the kitchen door swung inwards, (as it was wont
to do) and she froze like a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car
for the second time that day.
Seeing it was only Zoicite, Ami allowed herself to relax slightly. No, she
would not be dragged before Beryl today.
*
Feeling very tired suddenly, Zoicite was slightly surprised by the blue
haired girl in his kitchen.
More accurately, it was the older and more wary look in her eyes that made
him glance again. But, she wasn't running, hadn't thrown the flowers back in
his face, in fact they didn't even appear to be in the room. Hopefully that
did not mean that she had destroyed them, or thrown them away.
"How did it go?" Ami asked, her eyes still watching his every move.
Zoicite made a face. "Kunzite said I was...different. That my difference made
him concerned, he didn't want Beryl to oblitherate me." He was looking almost
directly into her eyes. The wariness and older look didn't dissappear, rather
it was joined by another emotion.
Envy?
As quickly as it appeared, it quickly was hidden and dissappeared. Her
fathomless blue eyes held secrets that they had not held earlier in the day.
Ami shook her hair back slightly, and the aged look dissappeared, leaving her
a regular teenager. "Oh." She said, suddenly shy. "Thank you for the roses.
They're very beautiful." Her eyes downcast, she looked up at him from beneath
her eyelashes.
It was absolutely bizarre, Ami did not act like this, She hadn't acted like
this for such a long time.
"Beautiful flowers for a beautiful Lady." Zoicite said, drawing her hand up
to his mouth to kiss, suddenly feeling a sense of deja vu.
"Why thank you sir." Ami said, with a shy smile. Her smile dropped off her
face as both of them were suddenly dropped into a memory of the Past.
**********
The Past
**********
Ami sat, perched on a balcony reading a book. She had given up on trying to
convince her Princess to study after the previous night's ball. All Sere
would talk about was the ball, and how handsome the Prince of Earth, Darien,
was how charming, how great his protectors were. Generals Kunzite, Jadeite
and Nephrite.
But where was the fourth? There was supposed to be FOUR protectors for the
Prince of Earth, same as their own Princess.
"And what's a beautiul Lady doing sitting all alone on such a gorgeous
afternoon?" The masculine voice startled her, and much to her chagrine, Ami
began to fall backwards. Hands grabbed her by the waist, and pulled her back
up. When she was seated again, Ami flushed in embarrassment, as she looked up
at her rescuer.
"Reading." She said, turning away. Ami knew it was terribly rude, but she
didn't know this man with blonde hair and green eyes, and when he found out
who she was, she probably never would. This princess of Mercury was something
of an outcast at court, not wishing to dance and make polite conversation
with strangers.
A shadow was cast over her, as the man looked at the book over her shoulder.
"Ah, Socrates." He said, his voice a pleasant light tenor. "My name is
Zoicite, please to meet you, Lady?" He paused, waiting for her to supply her
name in the pause.
Ami's mouth curved up slightly into a smile, and she peered up at him through
her eye lashes. "Ami." She gave in to propriety and stood and curtseyed.
"Pleased to make your acquaintance Lord Zoicite." She said.
He bowed in response. "The pleasure's all mine. I didn't think that many
people read Socrates, it's a joy to find others who read his works." His hand
behind his back gestured, and then there was a long stemmed pink rose in it.
"A token of my appreciation at finding another fan of literature." He said
with a smile.
"Thank you," Ami said with a soft smile. "It really is very beautiful." She
said, embarrassed again, ducking her head.
Zoicite smiled. "A beautiful flower for a beautiful Lady."
Ami was about to respond when they heard some running footsteps. A young
girl, with blonde hair done up in the Royal style ran up. "Sorry for
interupting your conversation, but Ami you have to come now! Raye is really
angry."
Ami sighed, and grabbed her book, managing to curtsey to Zoicite before
Serena began to drag her off. "Thankyou for the flower Zoicite, it was nice
meeting you!" She called.
"It was nice meeting you as well Ami." Zoicite called back as she was dragged
around the corner. He heard her voice getting softer as she was dragged away
by her enthusiastic friend.
"Serena! That really was rude."
Zoicite, smiled in their direction before walking back into the palace.
Maybe the moon wouldn't be so bad after all.
*********
Present
*********
"What was that Lady Ami?" Zoicite asked, startled. Sure he'd had dreams, but
never whilst he was still awake before!
"That My Lord Zoicite, was the past." Ami said, watching curiously as his
bearing changed, closer to the one in the dream. She did not notice however,
as her own voice and bearing changed.
"It was almost exactly like these dreams I've been having." he said, sitting,
still holding her hand.
"I've had them too." She replied.
And then he voiced both their thoughts.
"What is happening to us?"
*****************************************************************************
Hehehe, I've FINISHED this chapter. Whatever shall happen next?
Jaya