Chapter 13
Hi! Okay, look, I'm doing this alternating thing between "Skating Dreams" and "R&F" so that I don't have to worry about updates. Basically, I update SDs, and then after I get that chapter up, I work on R&F. So if I don't get a chapter out for a while, then start looking for a new chapter of Sds. And I have a question; I really don't like some of the romances out there, no offence intended, because they don't seem like real relationships. I mean, come on! You meet one person, and you stay with them forever? Okay, maybe after a year or two the two start to make plans on being together forever, but in real relationships, people tend to move away for a while, see other people, go about life, and then they might end up together again. I tried to make it as real as I could get it, so here is my question, did I get it right? K, here you go!
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Lina sighed in content. She was laid out on the blanket with, with Fi beside her, and Jasmine using her stomach as a pillow. Jasmine was cute when she was a sleep. Heck, she was cute when she was awake, too. But then she would Fireball someone or something like that. Then she wasn't that cute. Lina shrugged, giving off a yawn.
"I really don't care," She mumbled. Then she felt her pillow begin to move, which actually wasn't a pillow, but rather a certain chimera. She brought her arms up and placed them behind her head. "Hey Zel?"
"Hm?" Was the muffled reply.
"I think we should put Jasmine to bed, I don't want her to stay there all night." Lina said as she rubbed a tense spot on her shoulder. "Hey, are you listening to me?"
"Yeah, but how do you propose we do that if we don't want to wake her up?" Lina didn't bother to actually listen to his logic.
"That's easy enough, you can just-oh." Lina then realized that she had pinned Zelgadis to the ground, everyone else was asleep, and Jasmine had inherited her fathers sleep patterns, AKA a very light sleeper. "So, what are we going to do?"
"Wait until she wakes up?" He asked, hoping she wouldn't fireball him. Lina was quiet, as if thinking on that.
"Okay, I'm going to lift her up, and hopefully won't wake her." Lina said, and then tried to get up, which was surprisingly not a problem. She had forgotten that Jasmine was very light weighted and had assumed she was pinned. She stood and carried the young girl to her room.
When she came back out, Zelgadis was sitting up and waiting for her. She smiled and pulled him to his feet.
"Time for bed." She said as she dragged him to her room, with out much complaint for Zel. Lina's room had light red walls. She had three bookshelves that looked like they were going to explode from all the books. Her bed was big enough that it could fit two adults and a very small child. It had a large yellow blanket and stuffed animals occupied the corners of her walls in nets and her windowsill.
"Keep in mind," Lina had said to him when he first had seen the room. "That I was around ten when I left home."
Lina yawned and slipped in her bed beside Jasmine, and almost immediately was asleep. Zelgadis sighed and walked out of the room, softly closing the door behind him. He walked through the living room towards his room, for some reason he was oddly tired.
The next few weeks for our favorite couple were simple, without much going on. They drifted apart every once in a while, but always came back, just like and average couple. That night everyone went into the living room. Jess, Nick, Amy, Angle, and Madison had all left for home, leaving with a simple goodbye. Lina sat cross-legged, looking at her nose, when a certain blur of a little girl came up and tackled her onto her back. It was then that Lina seriously regretted the fact that Jasmine had inherited her father's strength and speed.
The two rolled around for a minute, both struggling for the dominant role. Each time one pinned the other, they would end up being flipped. Zel simply watched the two at play, a smile tugging at his lips. Jasmine was a lot happier than she had been when she had first fallen from the sky.
Andre was looking out the window, trying desperately not to look at the family before her. It wasn't fair! Jasmine was so lucky; she had her family here, even if they were past forms. Her parents could be thousands of miles away right now for all she knew. Andre sighed, and then felt a slight tap on her shoulder. She turned and came to look at Amelia.
"Miss Amelia?" She asked, cooking her head slightly.
"Your parents aren't here, you must feel lonely…" Amelia said, looking at her feet as though they were the most intriguing things in the world. Andre looked at her for a moment, slightly surprised by her elder's blunt remark.
"Hey Andy! Get over here! You're my sis, remember?" Andre heard Jasmine cry out and then burst into a fit of giggles as Lina began to tickle her mercilessly. Andre couldn't help but smile, so what if her parents weren't there right then? They would come soon, and right now Jasmine needed her to fend off Lina. Or so she thought. Just as she was about go help, Gourry rushed in the door, a look of pure terror on his face. Everyone ceased activity, waiting for him.
"Lina! Amelia! Zel! Come quick!" He cried, and then took off for the dinning room. Lina and the others followed, and each gasped at the sight before their eyes. Andre shouted and ran over to the two figures.
There, kneeling in beside the other figure was Sylphiel. Her raven hair had grown considerably longer and her eyes seemed filled with determination. But no one could believe the figure she was tending to. Sitting in a chair, the figure had an awful gash starting at his back that ran along his shoulder, a gash that was still giving off blood. He had cut everywhere and seemed extremely weak. The worst, though, was the fact that they knew him. It was Xellos.
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Okay, before you guys go on about how he's a Mazoku and all, I know that! You'll learn more in the next chapter. Oh, and sorry it took so long to update you guys, but I've been having a heck of a time at school!