1) This chapter and the next one come from Avaya's POV
2) Take place in the last bit of their second year
"Who is it that you write to daily?" I asked my roommate, not that I care, but her letters are taking away time from when I can write my essays neatly. Our room is too small for a second desk otherwise I would request one. I would try to magic one in, but then I would have probably caught something on fire. (Unfortunately my roommate and I were still in all the same classes. We had both decided to double in sorcery and politics.)
"Not that it is any of your business but my Father, he likes to know what's going on."
"Does he think that Miss Rehmehya can't handle herself?" I sing-sang.
From the fleeting looks on her face it looked like she was about to grant me a lashing, but a small clinking came to our window. Recognizing it as not rain I went and opened.
"It's your boyfriend. The prince himself."
"He sure never acts like a prince." she gets up a for a few seconds we giggle, but then recover from that small "oversight" in our hateship. "Besides he is just my friend."
"Well, we all know how that story tends to write it self." I smirked as she went to where I was still standing. Those two did spend quite a bit of time together.
"How goes it?" she leaned out the window.
"You haven't heard the news? There's a party for the upcoming Spring and the end of our second year if you haven't noticed, and everybody wanted to make sure Miss Rehmehya was going to be in attendance."
She leaned out, "Why, so they can deck me up and have their decorations?"
That's the first time I'd heard her make reference to her skin.
"Besides, I didn't bring anything to wear for a dance."
I haven't a clue what I was thinking,
"I have some, you could borrow one." I told her.
The boy, NolimAi, looked at me with a grin, "Then you must come as well, Miss Avaya. Lucky me I get to chaperone two ladies." He didn't sound too happy.
"Then I take back my offer."
"Oh, how rude! You know you can't do that."
He was right and Remmy closed the window telling him we'll be ready, she turned to me,
"For future refernece, this and anything that happens tonight is all your fault."
"For once, and this time only, I'll agree. here look through these. I'm getting the bathroom first."
By the time I got out she had two layed out (mind you I only had four and I didn't pack them completley without resistance), I ingored the fact they were my two favorites.
"There both so beautiful, maybe I should just go for the black one."
"Nonsense you'll look like you were there for Spirits Eve and not the spring celebrations."
"You would enjoy that wouldn't you?"
I nod, it would have been funny, "But we have to go for those two. Pick which one or I'll pick for you."
"They are yours. You pick I need the restroom."
I look at my options, and deeply wishing I, too could go for the black, but that would lead to more ridicule than I needed. Both look good on me, otherwise I would have burned them.
The first one, was yellow and a part of me wanted to make Remmy wear just for a laugh, but the other part of me knew that would be cruel and if my mother ever heard tell...I would be beyond dead.
"I like the yellow one." She came out...I didn't think I had been debating that long-oh, well.
"I thought you didn't care." I attempted to smirk.
"I changed my mind."
"So the yellow one it is."
It was whatshe wanted, who was I tell her what she couldn't wear. She took it and went back in to the restroom.
I put on the other one. It was a white one (which I thought was what she mostly wore) with full sleeves and knee length skirt. I tied it with the red ribbon and put on the red underskirt and tied back my hair, just as Remmy came out.
I nearly gaped. I had been very wrong. It fit her perfectly color and everything which isn't what one would expect, yellow on green. It had a square neck with sleeves that came to the elbow. A same colored ribbon tied at the top of the full skirt which had a criss cross overlapping cut and had same colored Vinkus embroidering. It had been my mother's but I doubt she had ever worn it before.
"That bad?" she asked and to save myself from having to compliment her.
"Too late now, we need to hurry."
She tied up her hair in a flamboyant knot and soon we were both out the door.
NolimAi was waiting outside Crage Hall and mocked surprise, at least I think he mocked it.
"My oh my, did I get a blessing from Luriline."
"Shut up." We both growled.
Bye the time we got there the party was in full force. There were numerous green, pink, and blue streamers and large gaudy balls everywhere. Nolim went for refreshments while my roommate and I subconsciencously kept to the walls. When we realized we were both doing the same thing we moved so that a good twenty feet seperated us. Nolim finally made his appearance accompanied by another young man, who had been on the same train as I had been on my way to Shiz. This other boy went to Remmy and asked for a dance. I'm sure it had been at Nolims assitance and Remmy's refusal to break manners that had the two dancing.
"No drinks?" I asked
"No, I wanted to dance with you."
I cocked my head and allowed my self to be led to the floor. I could she everybody look at Remmy. They gaped and gawked and she just ignored it like it happened everyday. I caught myself...it did happen everyday.
"It was good of you to let her borrow that dress." He told me as we began to sway to the rythym or lack thereof.
"I didn't think it would look that good on her." I admitted.
"You must ease up on her. I know you two despise her but..."
"But what? If I'm not decent Master Prince will put me in jail."
"You just don't know her story."
I truly despise it when males get this insightful...it doesn't look right either.
"And neither of you know mine and never will. You would..."
"But...I want to know you, Avaya."
The drop in the honorative both excited and worried me.
"But you can't Master Prince."
"Why not?"
I looked at him, "What would Miss Rehmehya think?"
"Do you care?"
I was getting slightly worried as to where this was leading, but something caught my eye.
The boy Remmy was with smiled, sweetly I thought, and whispered in her ear, he made to move closer but she abruptly stopped. He looked baffled as she stomped away.
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...I can't wait 'til the next chapter...I really been working on this one.. it leads to all the "fun"...