Chapter 6: Together again.
Irma stirred from her sleep, yawned and then stretched her neck to kiss Phobos on the cheek. He opened his eyes slowly and grinned down at her, drawing her closer.
Irma smiled at him. "Hmm. It's nice in here." She sighed contently.
Phobos yawned. "It's nicer now that you're here." He replied. Suddenly he sat up and stretched. "I better get going. I don't need to sleep in."
Irma stood up as well and tugged on a housecoat. "I'd better get dressed too." She agreed. Hastily, she opened her wardrobe and gazed at the colorful collection of gowns, dresses, skirts and shirts inside. She turned to look at Phobos with wide eyes. "Where on earth did you get all these?"
Phobos, now fully dressed, joined her. "People don't want to get on my bad side, Irma." He said with a gentle grin. "All I had to do was mention that you needed some gowns."
Irma wrapped her arms around his waist. "You're disgusting." She said cheerfully. "But I love you."
Phobos laughed. "Love you too. Now, get dressed. I have some plans for you today." He said, not sounding at all like the Phobos Irma had been told to hate. Of course, she hadn't seen the evil Phobos for years.
Irma was dressed and halfway out the door when she realized: there was no birth control here.
Normally that wouldn't have been an issue, but if Irma ever went home--if she ever wanted to be a Guardian again--she would have to take care of a baby as well.
Irma nevously walked out of the bedroom and down the hall without knowing or caring where she was going. Finally, she found herself in a pretty, open room with furniture covered with sheets.
Curiously, she removed a sheet and saw...a crib. A baby crib.
Irma soon uncovered an entire nursery of baby things, including a portrait of Phobos as an infant. She was studying it, wondering if she could get her portrait taken as well, when Cedric ran in
"My lady!" He called. "Your family has reported you as missing. People are going crazy. Now we must know--do you ever intend to go home, or would you like to write them a letter explaining that you left the area?"
Irma blinked rapidly, then looked back at the room, picturing Phobos and her being together without worry or care.
"I want to write them." She said softly, with a hint of a smile. "I want to tell them that I left of my own will."
Will walked into the Silver Dragon numbly. "Irma wrote us." She said softly. Instantly the remaining Guardians flocked around her. Will began to read the letter aloud.
"Everyone, please let me say that I am sorry for any and all heartache I might cause. But I doubt I'll be coming back. I have decided to leave the area and probably never come home again. Ever. If I do come home it'll be with a husband or child because I have went back to my so-called abusive boyfriend..." Will broke off and looked at her friends. "She went to Meridian. She left!" She whispered.
Hay Lin stood up. "I think we should bring her home now and make her face facts. 16 year olds belong in high school, not in a nursery with an evil prince!" She said briskly.
Cornelia nodded her agreement. "Yeah. Let's go!
Will pulled out the Heart and grinned. "Guardians unite!" She called.
Irma sat up suddenly.
Phobos propped himself up on an elbow. "Bad dream?" He asked groggily.
"Yes." Irma whispered. "I think that the Guardians might try to take me home."
(This is a really really bad chapter I know. Sorry! With all luck the next one will be better.)
