Disclaimer: All characters belong to Tamora Pierce.
Note: Sorry I haven't updated for so long. After you read please review and tell me if I should end it in the next chapter. I have a great idea for the ending and so I just want to forget about any more middle stuff but if the story needs it I suppose I can write it. Thanks.
Briar was in a corn maze and he had to find his way out because Tris was waiting on the other side for him. He was running through the maze using his magic to help him find the right way but couldn't seem to go fast enough. He kept hearing Tris calling out to him that she was waiting. Finally he rounded the final bend and saw her at the end of the corn path. He ran up to her and she enveloped him into a huge hug.
"Briar, I thought you weren't coming. I'm so glad you came." He noticed she was on the verge of crying.
"Tris don't cry. I would come for you if I had to fight all the pirates all over again. I know, lets do something to cheer you up. Let's go down to the beach." He said pointing to the beach that had suddenly appeared.
She cheered up instantly, "I'll race you."
"All right, but this time I'm not letting you cheat." But by the time he had finished saying it she was already half way to the beach. He ran after her and caught up with her where the grass turned to sand. As he passed her she tackled him and they both fell down rolling through the sand then into the water. The shock of the cold water was enough to make them get up and out of the water. Once on land the two dissolved into laughter and fell back into the sand.
When they quieted down they lay on their backs and watched clouds float across the sky. Tris used her winds to mold the clouds into shapes. After awhile Briar turned his head and gazed at her. She was all he had ever wanted, even in his thief days. Someone to laugh with, be serious with, didn't want anything about him to change, accepted his quirks, and hopefully loved him as well.
He leaned over to her and was about to tell her how he felt when he felt an extra weight on his stomach. He blinked and looked into Chime's face and the dark room surrounding him. The dream had been good when it lasted, maybe if he ever got enough courage he would tell the real Tris how he felt.
Tris was lying on the roof of Discipline watching the clouds float by. She heard the steps creak as someone came up them and turned her head to see Briar emerging. She returned to looking at the clouds. She felt the thatching shift a bit around her as Briar made himself comfortable next to her. The two lay there in silence until they heard Little Bear barking and Glaki screaming. Tris sat up slowly and rolled her eyes. She looked over to Briar and saw he was grinning.
"Can't ever get a rest from them can we? Doesn't Glaki have a naptime or something?"
Tris laughed, "Briar, she stopped having a naptime when she hit seven. Don't worry, I won't make you go down there." She got up and went to go to the door in the roof when she felt Briar's arms around her waist pulling her down. She landed with an ungraceful plop. She turned to him, eyebrow raised.
"I never said that I wouldn't go, you stay here. You've been taking care of her for long enough; I'll take a shot at it. Besides, you were here first so you shouldn't have to leave."
Tris looked at him questioningly, "Are you sure Briar? I really don't mind. Anyways, like you said, I was here first so I had more of a break time. I'll go."
"No," Briar shook his head with emphasis, "I want to, and anyways I'm just going to take them over to Lark and Rosie."
"What! Rosethorn will blow a fuse if you just show up there with Glaki and Little Bear. Are you trying to get them hung upside down in a well by their toes?"
Briar laughed, "No. It was actually Lark and Rosie who suggested it. Don't worry about them. I'm sure you'd be able to revenge them if any thing happened though. Stay here and don't move. I'll be right back." With that Briar scrambled down to the door and was gone before Tris could object, like she would have. Finally a time without having to worry about Little Bear (he he). Glaki she could manage alone by giving her a book but when the two got together it turned to chaos. She definitely wouldn't mind the time alone with Briar. She made herself comfortable again and waited for Briar to get back.
She didn't have to wait very long for Briar to come back. It seemed like just a few seconds later when his head popped back up through the door in the roof. He climbed out onto the roof with out a problem then started walking over to her. He stopped about halfway over to her and looked off into the distance at the mountains that lay on the horizon.
A few seconds later he beckoned to her. "Tris, you have to see the view. It's wonderful."
"I can see it from here Briar." Tris answered, not yet willing to get up.
"Come on Coppercurls. It's better over here. Don't make me come over."
Tris laughed and relented at his use of the nickname he had given her. "All right Thief boy. Just for a second." She stood and walked over to where Briar was standing. She looked around, "It's beautiful Briar."
He looked at her and said, "It's even more beautiful now that you're next to me." Tris could feel her face heating up as she turned to look at him. His eyes sparkled as if they held secrets just for her. He leaned in slowly and started to kiss her but something didn't feel right. It was too sloppy. She blinked and found herself looking into the bright eyes of Little Bear.
She sighed, it was probably good that the dream had ended. She didn't know how she felt to be dreaming about Briar in a romantic manner. It wasn't as if she loved him, because she didn't. Or did she? She groaned causing her to receive a look from Little Bear. The more she thought about it the more she was convinced that she did love Briar, or at least had a small crush on him, and the more she thought about it the angrier she got. Why did she have to love briar?! It would just ruin their friendship because he could never love her back. Her mind was still in turmoil when Tris fell asleep. The rest of the night neither Tris nor Briar has any other dreams.
Note: Sorry I haven't updated for so long. After you read please review and tell me if I should end it in the next chapter. I have a great idea for the ending and so I just want to forget about any more middle stuff but if the story needs it I suppose I can write it. Thanks.
Briar was in a corn maze and he had to find his way out because Tris was waiting on the other side for him. He was running through the maze using his magic to help him find the right way but couldn't seem to go fast enough. He kept hearing Tris calling out to him that she was waiting. Finally he rounded the final bend and saw her at the end of the corn path. He ran up to her and she enveloped him into a huge hug.
"Briar, I thought you weren't coming. I'm so glad you came." He noticed she was on the verge of crying.
"Tris don't cry. I would come for you if I had to fight all the pirates all over again. I know, lets do something to cheer you up. Let's go down to the beach." He said pointing to the beach that had suddenly appeared.
She cheered up instantly, "I'll race you."
"All right, but this time I'm not letting you cheat." But by the time he had finished saying it she was already half way to the beach. He ran after her and caught up with her where the grass turned to sand. As he passed her she tackled him and they both fell down rolling through the sand then into the water. The shock of the cold water was enough to make them get up and out of the water. Once on land the two dissolved into laughter and fell back into the sand.
When they quieted down they lay on their backs and watched clouds float across the sky. Tris used her winds to mold the clouds into shapes. After awhile Briar turned his head and gazed at her. She was all he had ever wanted, even in his thief days. Someone to laugh with, be serious with, didn't want anything about him to change, accepted his quirks, and hopefully loved him as well.
He leaned over to her and was about to tell her how he felt when he felt an extra weight on his stomach. He blinked and looked into Chime's face and the dark room surrounding him. The dream had been good when it lasted, maybe if he ever got enough courage he would tell the real Tris how he felt.
Tris was lying on the roof of Discipline watching the clouds float by. She heard the steps creak as someone came up them and turned her head to see Briar emerging. She returned to looking at the clouds. She felt the thatching shift a bit around her as Briar made himself comfortable next to her. The two lay there in silence until they heard Little Bear barking and Glaki screaming. Tris sat up slowly and rolled her eyes. She looked over to Briar and saw he was grinning.
"Can't ever get a rest from them can we? Doesn't Glaki have a naptime or something?"
Tris laughed, "Briar, she stopped having a naptime when she hit seven. Don't worry, I won't make you go down there." She got up and went to go to the door in the roof when she felt Briar's arms around her waist pulling her down. She landed with an ungraceful plop. She turned to him, eyebrow raised.
"I never said that I wouldn't go, you stay here. You've been taking care of her for long enough; I'll take a shot at it. Besides, you were here first so you shouldn't have to leave."
Tris looked at him questioningly, "Are you sure Briar? I really don't mind. Anyways, like you said, I was here first so I had more of a break time. I'll go."
"No," Briar shook his head with emphasis, "I want to, and anyways I'm just going to take them over to Lark and Rosie."
"What! Rosethorn will blow a fuse if you just show up there with Glaki and Little Bear. Are you trying to get them hung upside down in a well by their toes?"
Briar laughed, "No. It was actually Lark and Rosie who suggested it. Don't worry about them. I'm sure you'd be able to revenge them if any thing happened though. Stay here and don't move. I'll be right back." With that Briar scrambled down to the door and was gone before Tris could object, like she would have. Finally a time without having to worry about Little Bear (he he). Glaki she could manage alone by giving her a book but when the two got together it turned to chaos. She definitely wouldn't mind the time alone with Briar. She made herself comfortable again and waited for Briar to get back.
She didn't have to wait very long for Briar to come back. It seemed like just a few seconds later when his head popped back up through the door in the roof. He climbed out onto the roof with out a problem then started walking over to her. He stopped about halfway over to her and looked off into the distance at the mountains that lay on the horizon.
A few seconds later he beckoned to her. "Tris, you have to see the view. It's wonderful."
"I can see it from here Briar." Tris answered, not yet willing to get up.
"Come on Coppercurls. It's better over here. Don't make me come over."
Tris laughed and relented at his use of the nickname he had given her. "All right Thief boy. Just for a second." She stood and walked over to where Briar was standing. She looked around, "It's beautiful Briar."
He looked at her and said, "It's even more beautiful now that you're next to me." Tris could feel her face heating up as she turned to look at him. His eyes sparkled as if they held secrets just for her. He leaned in slowly and started to kiss her but something didn't feel right. It was too sloppy. She blinked and found herself looking into the bright eyes of Little Bear.
She sighed, it was probably good that the dream had ended. She didn't know how she felt to be dreaming about Briar in a romantic manner. It wasn't as if she loved him, because she didn't. Or did she? She groaned causing her to receive a look from Little Bear. The more she thought about it the more she was convinced that she did love Briar, or at least had a small crush on him, and the more she thought about it the angrier she got. Why did she have to love briar?! It would just ruin their friendship because he could never love her back. Her mind was still in turmoil when Tris fell asleep. The rest of the night neither Tris nor Briar has any other dreams.