The Silver Spoon Chapter 7: It All Comes Together, a his dark materials fanfic

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any characters from the HDM series, but I do own James...sono stealing!

AUTHOR'S NOTE:Hello all. This is the 7th chapter. it might be the last one but i havn't decided, if it is i will start a new fic. Hope you like it! thanks for the reviews! (that means you BandGeek527!) ENJOY!

The Silver Spoon

Chappie 7

"Lyra! NO!" Will screamed and ran to the side of the roof, almost falling off himself. All he could do was watch the person in this world, and his own, that he loved the most fall to her death. And it was all his fault.

As he watched, his tears fell with Lyra. Then he saw something. Was he imagining it? No. Someone was actually trying to catch her. It must be that freak James. There was a big thud and a cloud of dust. He had to wait for the dust to clear to see if she was dead. Those were some of the most agonizing moments of his life. Was Lyra still alive? He didn't care if James died, serves him right. But he did care if Lyra died.

The dust was clearing. Someone was moving around. Was it Lyra? He couldn't tell yet. A few more seconds. It was getting clearer. Was it Lyra? Yes. She was walking around a still shape on the ground. The fool who tried to catch her. To Will's amazement, the other person got up. They were both ok! He made his way down as fast as he could.

He was too late to catch them before they had left the grounds so he figured that they had gone to see the nurse. It was a miracle they both lived, but for both of them to actually get up and walk away was amazing. He ran as fast as he could to the nurse's office. He found them hobbling along the path.

"Lyra! Are you ok?" he asked breathlessly.

"Ok? You push me off a roof and you expect me to be ok? You jerk, get away from me. Luckily James was there to catch me. You should thank him. That's twice he's saved my life. Looks like the score is James-2 Will-0."

"Lyra? It's not like I meant to push you off the roof."

"Oh ya? I don't know what to believe now! You seemed pretty confident when you slapped me! Do me favor, get out of my face." She pushed past him.

All he could do was stare stupidly at the two bent over children hobbling their way down to the nurse's office. He felt rejected. It was one of the worst feelings in the world.

When Lyra and James got to the nurse they had to explain the whole thing. But leaving Will out. They said that Lyra fell asleep on the roof and fell off and James just happened to be there to catch her. They both had broken at least one thing. James fractured a wrist and Lyra broke her left arm. They both broke numerous fingers and toes. But all in all they fared pretty well, for falling off a roof.

As they exited the nurse's office, all wrapped up in casts and bandages, they talked a little bit.

"Thanks a lot, James. If you hadn't been there I would be dead now."

"Don't worry about it. I'd rather have a few broken bones then lose another person I love." He said with a sheepish grin.

"Yeah. Look, I should've explained earlier about what's going on. Let's go sit somewhere. I don't think we should go up on the roof for awhile."

"Ok."

So they looked around for a place where they would be alone. They decided that the park was as good as any place so they sat down, wincing in pain.

"Look. James. I know this is going to sound really weird but you need to know. The woman with the golden monkey daemon, she was my mother. Yes I know. But I do not entirely like her. My father was Lord Asriel. I did not find this out until a little while ago. They both abandoned me. I always thought that Lord Asriel was my uncle. But enough of that, I will explain that later if you like. But see, Will is from a different world." And she started to explain the long story about the subtle knife, the alethiometer, and her adventure of epic proportions.

"So you see. I love you James, but not all the way through. I still love Will, but we can't be together, only for two weeks at a time. But then I found you. You are perfect for this situation. I love you, we live in the same world, and you need someone to love. So. What do you think about it all?" she finished.

"So I'm basically the third wheel?" he said very glumly.

"No! I don't want you to feel that way. I love you! But I love Will too!"

"Let me get this straight. You love a guy who pushed you off a roof?"

"Well, yes. He slapped me because I told him that I love you. Please don't hurt me." She said attempting a joke, but it was not a time for joking.

"Well. How do I know you're not lying?"

"You're just going to have to trust me, I guess."

"I can't trust anyone now. How about..." he trailed off into his thoughts.

She decided it was best to keep quiet.

"I got it."

"What? You name it."

"Kiss me."

"What?"

"If you love me you won't be embarrassed to kiss me."

"Ok...But I've already kissed you, what? Three times?"

"They weren't kisses. They were apologies. You didn't really mean it."

"Well, ok."

They leaned in, closing the space between each other. And boom. They both knew they were definitely going to enjoy each other for the rest of their lives. They came apart and looked into right into the other's eyes. Then a bunch of water came pouring down on them. They looked up, half-expecting to see Will there. But no. It was the master of Jordan College, Serafina Pekkela and a dozen other scholars. They were all laughing manically. Tears were rolling down their faces they were laughing so hard. They instantly caught on and screamed up at them, "You guys are dead meat!" and they ran after them, forgetting their injuries for a while.

They finally caught up to them. They threw pretend punches at them. After 5 minutes of romping around they all lay down on the grass, breathing heavily with laughter and fatigue. They calmed down after awhile. It was such a nice day. The birds were singing, a slight breeze rustled the leaves of the trees, and the sun was shining brightly. The grass was a little wet from a soft rain shower earlier that day.

Lyra rested her head on James' chest. They breathed in rhythm. They stayed in their usual silence. Everyone else seemed to have fallen asleep in various spots and positions. James ran his fingers through her hair. Then he whispered in her ear, "I love you." And she smiled and whispered back, "I love you too."

Will watched this all. He felt the worst he had in a long time. He went up to Lyra's room and sat on her bed. He quickly scribbled a note. The note said, "Goodbye Lyra. I couldn't say goodbye to you in person it hurt too much. I still love you. I always will. I hope you will always love me too. I will visit again don't worry. Good luck for you and James. I saw his daemon. She is a sheepdog. A schapendoes. Very beautiful. See you again. Love Will." He put the note on her pillow, where he was sure she would get it. He wiped away a tear. He took out a silver spoon from his back pocket and cut a hole. He stepped through and looked back with a sigh. Then he closed the window.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any characters from the HDM series, but I do own James...sono stealing!