Chapter Two: Meant To Be
A/N: Really short chapter I know, but it doesn't need anything else in the scene, and it didn't seem to fit with the next section of the story so I didn't simply want to shove it together.
"Trance…are you okay?"
"Hmmmm? What?"
"Trance?"
"Oh I'm sorry Tearna…did you say something/"
"I was just asking if you were okay."
"I'm fine Tearna, thank you."
Tearna watched as the fake smile Trance had placed on her face slowly slipped away and was replaced by a confused frown. She usually didn't like to involve herself in other people's business, but Trance had been like a mother to her. There wasn't much she didn't know about her, (well as much as anyone could know about Trance,) so she decided to pry. Hey maybe there was something she could do to help.
"Come on Trance I'm not a kid anymore, I can tell something is bothering you…what is it? It wouldn't have anything to do with the old crew mate of you and dad that's coming would it?"
"You know Tearna Melay Hunt…you are much more intuitive than your father."
"Was that your way of avoiding the question Trance?"
"Tearna!"
Trance smiled. No matter how much she denied, this girl was so much like her father.
"Harper was…my dear friend."
"Dear friend huh?"
"Yes Tearna, my friend."
"I'm sorry Trance but I've known you since I was a little girl and you have always been so calm. Nothing gets to you. But ever since pop announced that this guy Harper was coming back, you've been majorly distracted. I don't think a dear friend could affect you in such a way."
Tearna was really only half serious as she spoke, but one look into Trance's eyes and she knew she had hit the nail on the head.
"You loved him, didn't you? What happened?"
"Some times Tearna, things are simply not meant to be. "
"What does that mean."
"Honestly…I don't know. I used to…but I don't anymore."