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The two arrived back at the camp later on that afternoon. They found Bruenor and Regis waiting for them.
"Are ye ready yet ye stinkin' elf?" Bruenor shouted at the elf.
"We've been waitin' all day fer ye and me daughter!" Bruenor shouted angrily at Drizzt and Catti-brie. Drizzt looked hopelessly at Catti-brie, who just smiled.
"My apologies." Drizzt offered Bruenor. Bruenor dismissed it and started asking Drizzt about Wulfgar.
"Is me boy comin'?" Bruenor asked very bluntly. Catti-brie gave Bruenor a reassuring smile.
"O' course he is! He was goin' ta pack up his things when we left him." Bruenor smiled a wide smile. His gray eyes twinkled. Catti-brie then gave Bruenor a hug. His smile grew even wider.
"Just like old times." Regis spoke up. He got up from his comfortable seat against a tree and walked over towards the group.
"Are ye ready fer th' trail Rumblebelly?" Bruenor asked the halfling. Regis pulled out his little mace and grinned to show exactly how he felt about the ordeal.
"Yes, I'm really excited to get back on the trail, especially besides my dearest friends. Nothing of which I would like better." His friends were actually only just a little bit surprised. Their little friend had changed quite dramatically since his encounter with a goblin spear. He had gone from being a lover of comfort to a lover of adventure. Quiet a dramatic change for Regis!
"I've learned that if any of you were killed on the road beside me I would be able to take it better than if I was at home in a comfortable chair. I would feel horrible knowing I wasn't there for you. Life is to short to think about such things. You have to follow your heart no matter what! That's what I'm doing, following my heart which happens to coincide with the road my dearest friends walk." With that he reached out and hugged all his friends. Catti-brie caught Drizzt's eye during the group hug and she smiled at him. He smiled back and winked. All was right in the world for Catti-brie.
"Delly? Where are you?" Wulfgar called out for his wife. He looked through the house he couldn't find her. Then he went into their bedroom. She was laying face first on the bed. He could softly hear her crying.
"Delly?" He called out softly to her. She sat up and looked at him and gave him a fake smile in an attempt to make him think nothing was wrong with her.
"Delly. What's wrong? Are you okay? Is Colson alright?" Wulfgar asked in a sudden panic. She smiled again to try to reassure him.
"Colson is fine, she's asleep in her room. Nothing's wrong really…" She trailed off. Wulfgar read her facial expression and quickly went to her side. He pulled her close to him.
"You're worried about me leaving. Aren't you?" He asked softly. She sighed in his big muscular arms.
"Yes, yer right. I know I can't keep ye here. Ye should go. It's yer father after all that needs ye." Delly saw the expression on his face as she pulled back.
"Don't feel guilty either. Colson and I will be fine. I just don't want to be without ye, but I don't want ye to stay and be miserable either." She sighed. Wulfgar spoke up.
"I really don't want to leave either. I wish I could stay but I just feel Bruenor needs me. I…I…" He stammered to a stop.
"Shh. Its alright." Delly put her finger to his lips to silence him. He smiled and leaned over and kissed her passionately. The two held the loving embrace until Colson started to cry.
The next day Drizzt got up early, like every day, to watch the sunrise. How beautiful it was! He was of course interrupted by a loud and grumbling dwarf.
"Are ye just gonna stare at the stinkin' sun while we leave without ye?" Bruenor grumbled. Drizzt just had to look at the dwarf and laugh. The two had been friends for a very long time, and in this time Drizzt had come to realize that Bruenor was more talk than he was real threat. The dwarf had a heart of gold Drizzt knew.
The dwarf grumbled off stomping as he went. Drizzt turned his gaze back towards the sun. The light was still very bright for his light sensitive eyes. Being a creature from the Underdark, Drizzt's eyes allowed him to see heat and also the regular light spectrum, though his eyes were more attuned to the heat spectrum. As a consequence, the light from the sun caused his eyes to water as well as sting, but Drizzt lavished in the pain. To him it was a reminder of how he had come to the surface escaping his evil heritage.
His thoughts were again interrupted. His ultra sensitive ears heard the approach of someone else. The footsteps were light, like that of a well-seasoned warrior. He knew instantly that it was Catti-Brie.
She approached him from behind and sat down next to him placing her hand over his. She leaned her head on his shoulder.
"You are late." He informed her.
"Late?" She questioned him. She lifted her head up and looked at his face. He didn't answer her but instead he smiled as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
"What are ye thinkin' about?" she asked him as she too stared out into the beautiful rising sun. He didn't say anything for a while as they both enjoyed the sight of the rising sun.
"To answer your question, nothing really. I was just watching the sun." Drizzt answered. Satisfied with the answer she questioned him further.
"And what do ye mean I was late?" She asked him as she screwed up her face in confusion.
"You are usually here earlier than that." He said with another wistful smile. She scowled at him and turned away back to the sun.
He looked at her closely. To him she looked even more beautiful as the sunlight hit her skin, seeming to make it glow. Catti-brie turned back around to Drizzt and she noticed he was staring at her. She was about to say something when she noticed the twinkle in his eye. She in turn, looked closely at him. They held each other's gaze for a long while, but not long enough. Their sweet reverie was quickly broken.
"Are ye ready yet ye durned fool elf!" Bruenor grumbled as he broke into the clearing were Drizzt sat right next to Catti-brie with his arm wrapped around her waist. He saw them, but said nothing.
"The supplies are all loaded, so come on ye two." Bruenor said as he hastily turned around. Drizzt and Catti-Brie shared a smile.
"Well, we should go." Drizzt stated. Drizzt and Catti-Brie walked to the rest of the group. Wulfgar was waiting with his wife, Delly and their adopted daughter, Colson. Regis was there also. Bruenor was waiting, and very impatiently at that. With his hands on his hips he regarded the new arrivals.
"It's about time!" He yelled at Drizzt and Catti-Brie.
"My sincerest apologies King Bruenor." Drizzt said sarcastically and with a mock bow. Wulfgar laughed. He walked over a clasped his drow friend on the back.
"Good one, my friend." He said. Drizzt looked up at the barbarian and smiled. How good it felt to be back with all of his friends once again heading out on the trail.
Wulfgar left Drizzt's side after a moment of hearty laughter to go to his wife.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?" Wulfgar asked Delly with concern in his voice. She looked up at his glistening eyes and nodded and she reached up and ruffled his blonde hair.
"Of course I'll be alright! Me and Colson will be right here awaiting yer return." Delly said to Wulfgar lifting his hopes a little bit more. He smiled and kissed her gently on the lips.
"I will be back soon Delly. I love you." He said to her. She started off down the trail back to their house as she called out to him.
"I love ye too Wulfgar!" With that she turned right back around down the trail. Wulfgar smiled and turned around to have all of his friends looking at him.
"What!" He asked them. Catti-brie laughed but said nothing. Drizzt began to cough in an attempt to hide his laughter. Regis said nothing as he was to busy staring in to his ruby pendant. There was no doubt that he had missed the whole conversation. Bruenor huffed in his long beard and started off on the trail. The rest of the companions followed along, quickly catching up to the short and stocky dwarf.