Hello everyone!!! I will apologize in advance; this chapter is one of my short ones, again. But I guess it's good to have short and long ones, right? C'mon people, say yes!! But I am TOTALLY going through writer's block on this. Too many things going on, I guess. But here it is!!! BUT FIRST!! THANKS TO………… and these are by Alex, by the way….
LexiLoLo200: don't worry about it. We're just glad you like it.
megster: hehe. the 'doydoydoy' thing had us both laughing our heads off. as for your prediction. well....just read!
Jennyvre Moss: yeah. that sceane was fun to write. really it all started from the "When nothing is wrong, everything is wrong," and then went of from there. Eunae added to that part to. and what's wrong with being stuck up a tree? you never know what may happen.
heather-marie: glad you like it
EquestrianBabe: they'll probably get down eventually. but you never know. glad you liked the men conversation.
beckythorn13: realistic hmmm? good! yeah. i can see the men i know doing that too but they are somewhat less intellegnent so there version would be something like, "uhh, even though were only 13 or 14, asking for sex on the first date is not a good idea," or something like that.
fell4adeadguy: how could you tell that danger was imminent? lol. glad you liked it.
Narm's Briton 44: I really didn't know that about Daine and Numiar. woah. well u supose that doensn't surprise me too much. and sorry about the ooc. i seem to be doing that a lot lately. hmmm. your right probably about the jumping up and down. sorry about that. just trying to convey the happiness of the situation. I was thinking that just once that maybe they would just lose it and jump up and down sceaming. Daine from happiness and Alanna because she's happy and she's glad it finally happened because according to Fate Has Led Us they all knew way before they told anyone and were just anticipating the revealing of the realationship. i don't know. what do you think? hehe. yeah i bet Numair knows alot about women to. just not the "right" things. poor guy. he'll me sleeping on the couch in a week. lol!
Amaruk Wolfheart: Glad you love it. The bar scene was fun to write. Scaring Jon is fun to do.
wild black fire: hey. never thought of that. to tell you the truth i didn't even get what you said till just now. stupid me. what were the odds? of that happening?
Insomniac-Reader: glad you enjoyed that part. Sometimes gossips annoy me. and yet we all gossip i'm thinking. hehe.
bkwormalwys: Everyone seemed to like the bequeathing so i'm glad. and like i've told everyone else, we won't give anything away. You just have to read!
Okaydokay now…go read and review!!!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two figures could be seen dimly lounging comfortably on a couch.
"Numair?"
"Hm?"
"I love you."
"As do I, magelet," he sighed. "A lot has happened these recent months, wouldn't you agree?"
Daine looked up from her cozy spot and looked up at his face, staring into his breathtaking brown eyes which concealed a world behind them.
Numair also was gazing into Daine's blue-gray eyes that made him stay transfixed, as if he was under an enchantment. Under an enchantment from the most beautiful sorceress he could ever meet.
She finally broke the trance by replying, "Yes, you are quite right. A lot has surely happened. I mean, odd's bobs, think about it. First, it just starts off as an innocent journey to Dunlath but becomes a scene of abduction?"
"At least we are all back here and safe, thank Mithros," answered Numair solemnly.
"Well, I guess some good came out of this. We got rid of an evil and we don't have to hide the fact that we are engaged!"
"Yes, sweet, I would say that is quite worth the havoc of the other days," Numair said with a twinkle in his eye.
This made Daine's mouth crinkle into a smile thinking, yes, this is the man I love and the man I am about to marry.
She looked lovingly at him and willingly eased into the kiss from Numair.
That familiar heady feeling came flooding through the both of them, a current of electricity flowing freely through them.
His hands wandered on her back while her fingers were busy feeling the silkiness of his hair.
They separated for air but Numair began showering her with his affection again.
He placed light kisses all along the bridge of her nose until he reached her lips again.
Taking her sweet divine lips into his again, they kissed with a passion that could not be rivaled.
But he reluctantly removed his mouth to breathe and then started nibbling lightly on her earlobe.
Daine laughed into his ear and he delighted in hearing the result of his efforts.
He placed hot butterfly kisses along her jaw line until he had found her lips again.
This time, Daine did not hesitate but brought down Numair's lips onto her own, her lips fervently waiting for his attention again.
The two lovers separated after some time and looked at each other's disheveled state.
But they could care less and Daine resumed her comfy position in Numair's lap.
Daine snuggled against Numair and listened to Numair's heart beat steadily.
Thump, thump……….
Daine sighed with the bliss as she thought of her future life.
Yes, one day there would be children running about, calling her "Ma", and the best of all, Numair by her side.
Nothing could interfere with their happiness, or could it?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As she was running these images in her mind, her eyes began to close slowly.
Daine didn't even know it, but with all the excitement of earlier events, and the warmth from Numair's body, these just seemed to lull her to sleep.
However, Numair realized it. And he kissed her cheek lightly and lifted her up gently, so as not to wake her.
He laid her on their bed and went under the covers with her, both dreaming sweet dreams.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daine distinctly heard a knock from her sleep and immediately woke up.
Her moving caused Numair also to awake, which she apologized quickly for.
Daine quickly slipped some clothes and motioned for Numair to stay in bed.
She went to the outer room and opened the door a little and it revealed a page that said, "Ma'am, King Jonathan requires the presence of yourself and Master Numair immediately."
The wild mage gave him a few coins and dismissed him.
She thought brusquely, what could Jon need at this time of day?
For it was just past the midnight hour.
Daine woke up Numair and he replied quite drowsily, "Magelet, what is it?"
She sighed and said, "Sorry, Numair, but a page just said that Jon requires us, now."
"What? We just came back and he thinks he's going to put us right back to work?" thundered Numair.
"I'm just as upset as you are about waking up in the middle of the night, but try to be calm. He must have a good reason for this," countered Daine soothingly.
"Daine, even Jon knows better than to wake us up at this time," he said grumpily.
"Well, just sleep in. All right? Now come on, I want to get this over as soon as we can."
Numair just muttered to himself about Jon, the time, and the determination of women.
Just as Daine opened the door to Jon's room, Numair exclaimed, "Jon, I don't know about you but-"
However, the mage had to stop there because Daine said, "Am I dreaming?"
At first Numair did not see, but then, as his eyes adjusted to the light of the room, he saw a group of people.
Maura, Lasku, Tillie, Lord Henry, and Elsinore to be exact.
"Daine, and Numair!" cried Maura joyously.
Tillie shyly hugged the both of them while Lasku was smiling broadly and then clapped Numair on the back.
Henry and Elsinore just stood together, waiting until they could break the news to their friends.
When the greetings had been finished, Daine quickly said, "Jon, thank you so much for calling us."
Numair ate his slice of humble pie and apologized also.
Jon's eyes just sparkled and said, "I always have my reason, Numair."
A blush began to creep onto the tan complexion of Numair.
"Aherm," coughed Henry, "Elsinore and I have some news to tell you, well news to some of you, at least."
"We're getting married!" cried the lady.
When nobody said anything for about a minute, Maura hesitantly asked, "Is something the matter?"
Daine swiftly replied, "Oh no, it's just that Numair and I are also engaged, and I am thinking what a coincidence. But where are my manners, congratulations!"
"Yes, I think you will make a very happy couple," chimed Numair.
"And the same to you!" chorused the troop from Dunlath.
It was then that King Jonathan's mouth stretched into quite a big yawn and the people dismissed themselves, promising each other to talk tomorrow morning.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maura and Lasku walked a little farther than the rest of their group because their rooms were a little farther down.
"The tree incident," Lasku began jokingly.
"Oh be quiet, if it wasn't for you, we'd have never went to the very top," retorted Maura.
"If it wasn't for me?" he asked innocently.
"I think I'll just ignore that comment."
"I honestly think you meant we would have never gotten down. I mean, it was not me who was scared of going down the tree," teased Lasku.
"As a matter of fact, I was not scared!"
"Oh really, then what were you?" he asked.
"I was, um, merely apprehensive about stepping down," murmured Maura.
"Thank the gods you weren't 'apprehensive' about falling onto a pile of leaves!" Lasku said with an impish grin.
"That was an accident, purely by accident!"
"All right, it was an acc- OW!" Lasku cried.
Maura looked down and couldn't help but laughing when she saw the comical sight that Lasku made. He had tripped because his shoe had caught in a crack that was in the floor and it made his limbs go astray in all directions.
The lady of Dunlath regally bent down and was about to help pull him up when he grabbed her hand and pulled her down with him.
"Goddess!"
Lasku just smiled guiltlessly.
Maura got up off her feet, stooped down, and said, "Let's try that again, shall we?"
But then, time seemed to stand still.
Maura and Lasku's faces were just inches away from each other.
Maura felt her heart beating faster, and Lasku felt her breath upon his face.
She looked at his shaggy blond hair, oh how it fell into his eyes!
Lasku recognized the essence of true beauty within Maura's eyes and he reached out to cup her cheek, unconsciously, but quickly lowered his hand and grasped her hand.
Each other felt the same tingly feeling at the contact of their hands and Maura gaped down at her hand.
But Lasku broke the silence, finally, by going, "Is something wrong with my hand? Why are you staring at it like a fish?"
Maura pulled him up roughly and thought shakily, No, this could never happen, not ever in my entire life.
Lasku was thinking along the same lines, but was like, What was that all about back there?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maura and Lasku, sitting in a tree, k-, nevermind. !!!! D
I hope you liked the chapter. And..as usual. Look forward to the next chapter being up by next weekend. Unless Alex totally turns psycho or something, wait! She already is!!!!
Okay…so. Just um,
Please review!!!!!