" If I get one more chunk of food thrown at me, I'm going to seriously puke." Alex wrinkled up her nose as Amber tried to feed her.

Amber's face went stubborn. " Alex, this isn't healthy."

" Hey! I've lived on un-healthy all my life so don't try and change my morals, missy." Alex glared.

Amber's expression didn't change, surprisingly. " Eat, Alex. You have more then yourself to take care of now."

Alex's eyes went dead cold. " You just had to mention that, didn't you?"

Amber shrugged and turned away. She placed the utensil down on the plate before turning around and scowling at Alex.

" I'm just trying my best to help out, Alex." She sighed.

Alex remained silent for a few minutes before getting annoyed of it. " Do you think I asked for this?"

When silence rung again, nobody had a reply.

" What about Tala?"

Alex felt a flicker of ... something burn into her mind, whatever it was, it was getting her temepr up again.

" Well then maybe he should have thought about his actions first, right! Maybe next time he'll think twice before he tries that again! Maybe-"

" Alright, calm down Alex. I didn't mean to get you rilled up." Amber let out another sigh as she picked up the utensil again. " How about I make you a deal then. If you finish of everythnig on this plate, then I will stop bugging you."

Alex scowled her, arms crossed. " For today."

" Of course! If I have to get help to shove this down your throat, I will." Amber scowled her deeply.

Alex blinked, Amber really had changed since she'd first meet her. Of course, she was still liek that, but she was more ... head-strong.

' Joesph's training.' Alex remembered.

" So, if you don't mind me asking ..." Amber paused, then shock her head. " No, nevermind."

" What?" Alex replied, her attention now direct.

Amber got up and pushed the plate in front of Alex. Pushing the fork into her hand, Amber gave her friend a small smile. " Just eat. I'll find out soon enough."

Alex sat, puzzled by Amber's words, but shock it off and started to stare at the food.

' Great, so much for avoiding vegetables!'

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As the remained guards left the King's hall, the air was dead silent. Tala walked with his head down low, his face showed that he was deep in thought. Kai was constantly shifting his gaze, looking around. Kai was a buot to try and break the silence, when Tala interupted.

" Hey Kai. Could ... could you answer me something...?" Tala looked really hesatant when he was speaking. He kept trailing off, like the words were really hard to say.

Kai stared at his friend for a second, then smiled. " Sure thing, Boss."

Tala sighed. " I hate that name." He mumbled before sighing again and speaking out loud. " How ... oh god, this is so stupid, nevermind."

Kai scowled him, then punched him in the shoulder. " Oh no, you started, now you have to finish it."

" How did you know Salima was the right one?" Tala blurted out, blushing from embarresment and looking shocked that he'd asked that.

Kai blinked, not understanding the question at first. After a few second of thought, he got it. Tala wanted to know ... about love. Tala waited, but the second seemed like hours for the confused red head, so he waved at Kai.

" Nevermind, it was a stupid question. You don't ha-"

" No, I'll answer it." Kai smiled with a nod. " That's just the thing, I didn't."

Now that of course made Tala even more confused. " How can you not know? You married her for christ sakes!"

Kai smirked and shrugged. " You take chances. I took a chance and I guess I found the right one."

Tala brought that into his mind. Taking a chance. He flinched. That would be more difficult in his case.

Kai nearly read his mind. " But then again, in your case, I don't think that's all the best choice."

Tala let out a single nervous laugh. " Just what I was thinking." He paused, then went red. Did he just say that he ... might love Alex? He flinched again. That was a little hard to process.

Kai chuckled next to him. Icey eyes glared. " What's so damn funny?"

" Nothing. Just thinking about Alex getting nervous."

Tala cocked a brow. " Nervous?"

A spark flashed through Kai's eye and he smirked before walknig faster and ahead of Tala. Tala stopped, blinked then ran ahead.

" Hey, wait a second! That doesn't make any sence!"

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" I'm what!" Max stared at the slip in front of him.

Johnny sat impaitently. He really did want to refuse the offer, but then again he was like any other father. Just wanted the best for his son. If this camp gave Max a chance of getting married and being happy, then Johnny just couldn't refuse that.

" But why?" Max looked down at his father with confused eyes.

Johnny let out a sigh. " It's for your own good. Believe me, son, if I knew that you had your whole life planned out, I would not be sending you here. But ..." His voice broke.

Max shock his head. " But how will this camp help me? I don't want to leave here!"

" You have to go, Max. If not for yourself, then for me and the kingdom. Nobody wants to see you fall hard."

' Unlike your old man did.' Johnny' mind sighed heavily.

Max shock his head, swinging his hand out in disbelief. " But that's not fair. I should be able to make my own choices!"

" You can and you will. This camp will simply prepare you for when that time comes." Johnny spoke calmly, his head lowered.

Max' thoughts were going in and out of his mind. Slapping against the walls of his conscience, Max couldn't grasp any of them before they left his lips. Johnny rose to his feet and strolled over to stand before him. Johnny stared down at him a few seconds before taking him in his arms and hugging him fiercly.

" I just want the best for you. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trynig to get rid of you." He whispered.

Max went stiff. His father never showed this level of efection. Ever.

.:VWV:.

When Alex put the last piece of food to her lips, the guard hall door banged open.

" That's not funny, Kai!" Tala cried. " Tell me what you meant!"

Kai didn't say anything, just extended a finger and pointed towards Alex, who was just staring at them. Tala followed the point, then went a bit red.

" You suck rocks." Tala mumbled, arms crossed.

Alex turned staring at her final piece of food. She scowled it then set it down on the plate. " So, what did the King want?"

" Alex, I would like to introduce to you, your new boss." Kai grinned.

Alex's face twisted into a stubborn scowl. Kai was dodging her question and she hated it when people did that. Tala glared at him, then looked, once again at the wall. Kai stared at teh one piece of food let before Alex.

" See your eating something. That's good." Kai nodded, walking over to her and staring down at her fork.

Alex snapped her gaze up to his. " Hey, if Amber asked you to help me eat, would you accept?"

Kai blinked, then started laughnig. " What?"

Alex scowled him, she didn't find it funny. " Amber said that if i didn't eat this, she'd get somebdoy to help shove it down my throat. Would you accept?"

" Let's see, Alex refusing to eat ... I would!" Tala strolled over, a grin on his lips.

Alex scowled him aswell. " I know you would. I didn't even have to ask you."

" So if Amber said that, that means you have to eat everything, right?" Kai questioned.

Alex stared down at the final piece. She crossed her arms and nodded. " But I'm not hungrey."

" Your never hungrey, eat it." Tala spoke with demand, hands on hips.

Alex stared up at him. " Who the fuck killed my subconscience and made you take over?"

Tala scowled her, but once again said nothing. ' He's been doing that a lot lately.' Kai thought to himself.

" Just eat it. It's one little piece. It's nto gonig to kill you." Tala spoke, sounding a lot more calm.

Alex sighed in defeat. " Fine, but only because if thsi is poisoned, I can blame it on you if I die."

" How many people would care if you passed out?" Tala scowled her.

Alex smirked and poked at the vegetable. " Well-" She poped it into her mouth and chewed. She gave Tala a side glance, speaking while chewing. " I can think of at least one."

No responce.

.:VWV:.

Ray shock his head, took a deep breath and laid down on his bed. He was debating silently to himself. If he made a move, it was possible she'd get freaked out, but if he didn't, something might happen to her before she knew how he felt.

He rolled over to his side. He really did like her. He loved her smile. Just then, the door creaked open and in stepped a very hot Amber. Beads of sweat were rolling down her cheeks.

Ray stood up instantly. " Wow, you look like you just ran a mile. You ok?" He questioned, walknig over to her and staring at her.

Amber nodded, breathing heavily for air. Ray stared down at her, examining her face. He brought his hand up to her cheek, leaving it there. Amber froze, then looked up. With one swift movement and no heads-up, Ray leaned in completly and was in a soft lip lock with the petit blond.

.:VWV:.

Author's Note: And that's the chapter! The fluff was small, but I wanted to put it in! Haha, Tala got stuck! No comments from the Almighty Guard of Hormones! XD

Well this chapter turned out to be a bit shorter then expected, but that's ok.

Just a heads up for you guys, the next chapter is going to be a fast forward chappy. I'm going to hit the button and bring it up around ... say 8 months!

Can anybody guess why? Thanx for reading and PLEASE REVIEW!