I'm so glad this went down well (I had one review but that's better than I expected). It makes me feel all warm inside when I get nice reviews. This chapter, unfortunately, I've been struggling against for about two weeks, but I'm just hoping the power of reviews will inspire me like it did with my other work. We'll just have to see what happens.

There was a Disclaimer on the other chapter but I forgot to check that the document had uploaded properly and fanfiction accidentally removed it so for the record I don't own anything from the last chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own GreenDay, Wind On Fire or anything else. Well, not literally but you get the idea. (The GreenDay thing came in there because that's what I'm listening to while I write this and when I write most of my work. Haushinka, brilliant song (I have about three of their albums uploaded to my computer, I have six out of nine).

Chapter Two: Midnight Conversation.

"Kessy, there's something…I mean, I want to tell you…I mean, I don't know how to say." Ross muttered, and Niomee sat down, pulling him down to the grass beside her.

"Whatever it is you know you can always trust Me." she smiled at him and touched his arm gently with her free hand. "I'm me and you're you, we're best friends. You can trust me with whatever it is you need to say." She smiled reassuringly at him, and he felt the normal rush of love he always felt when he was with her rush through his veins. Oh how he loved her, Niomee Hath. She was perfect for him and he was sure of it.

"I don't know how to say what I want to. I don't want to ruin what we have."

"You wont, nothing will ever come between us. I promise you that now. If you trust me then you'll trust in our friendship."

"I trust you, I have never trusted anyone else more." He reached out and placed his hand on her cheek, barely touching her, and she felt a rush of adrenaline coarse through her veins. "Kessy. I think I love you, will you be my bride?" he asked, and then added hastily. "But it doesn't matter if you say no. I'm sure there are better people out there than me who you're better suited to. No, I'm sure there is. It was a mistake to ask you."

Kessy reached up and took his hand from her face, holding it tightly.

"Ross…I don't know what to say."

"Say know." He replied quickly. "I shouldn't have asked you. it was stupid. You could never love anyone like me."

"Don't be stupid." She smiled. "Ross, I don't know what to say because I'm confused. I thought you would never love me, that was why I set my mind on being a singer. And I can't go back on what I need to be now. I'm sorry, but I just can't."

"You…you love me too?" Ross asked, disbelieve playing clearly across his face.

"More than you were ever to know." She smiled and pressed her hand to his, twining their fingers together. "I wish, Oh Ross, I wish I could stay here and be married."

"Do then, your destiny isn't written out in the stars." Niomee frowned in reply to this.

"I know it isn't in the stars, but its in somewhere nearly as deep as that. It's in my heart Ross. For all my life I've had only two dreams, and they keep coming back. One was to marry you and the other was to be a singer and follow Kestrel."

"So stay here and marry me. It's still fulfilling one of your dreams." Niomee shook her head.

"No, it was a long time ago when I decided which one to follow now. I'm going to be a singer and follow Kestrel to the end. Maybe eventually I'll even meet with her. Could you imagine that? Me, little unimportant Niomee me getting to meet Kestrel who gave us the homeland."

"You were never little unimportant Niomee to me."

"No." she joked. "I was little unimportant Kessy instead."

"Something like that." he grinned. "Minus the little and unimportant bits."

"So that makes me Unimportant then does it? Unimportant isn't a small word."

"You know what I mean!" he shoved at her gently and then got up. "Come on. I don't think I need to talk to Ira after that conversation with you but you said you were on the way to see Kestrel. I'll come too if you want."

"Naturally." Niomee smiled and got up, slipping her arm around him.

"Hey, Ross…"

"Yea?"

"I think I love you too."

Yay thanks for reading this chapter. I know it was short but I was still having problems with it so longer chapters will be back again soon. And if this isn't up until Monday then sorry for the delay. The school computers were being slow today and I'm not certain if they'll be behaving by tomorrow. I have quite a lot to post up and this is third on the list of five. Love and peace as always, Stargazing Maiden.