Chapter 5
Infinite Love

Love in every form has a right to exist

Hay Lin and Taranee sat on the red couch with a space in between a palm wide. Will sat on the stool. Irma sat on the floor by the door and Cornelia leaned against the wall in the far corner of the room, embracing herself. Cornelia couldn't believe her eyes and neither could Irma whose face was locked stiff with shock. Taranee and Hay Lin hung down their heads as a pair of naughty school children with red faces of embarrassment. Will was the only one who looked calm but in reality she had a million questions racing around in her cramped brain.

"How long has this been going on?" Will started with a low voice.

"Since last night" said Taranee low.

Hay Lin laid a comforting hand on Taranee's, slightly squeezing it, as she looked sad at her beloved.

"And you love each other?" Will asked next.

"Infinitely" Hay Lin said with a love-beaming smile.

Will sighed heavily and hung down her head.

"I guess that was the hard part" Will said a little more confidant.

Will walked over and sat down next to Taranee who burst into tears.

"Don't cry, Taranee. It's alright" said Will as she hugged her friend.

Will looked into Hay Lin's eyes and what she saw was unmistakably Love. Hay Lin looked almost destroyed by the sight of Taranee crying. Cornelia and Irma snapped out of their shock and went to comfort their friend. Taranee loosened her grip from Will and sat back up as she sniffed a few times.

"I… I thought…" Taranee stammered, "That you would reject me with Hay Lin"

"Now why on Earth would we do that?" Cornelia asked.

"F-for being lovers" Taranee's voice broke and a few more tears fell down from her eyes.

Hay Lin embraced Taranee, rocking her back and forth as a few tears of her own fell from her eyes.

"Don't cry, honey. It tears in my heart when you do" Hay Lin whispered.

Taranee sniffed and whipped her eyed with her hand as she smiled and caressed Hay Lin's cheek.

"What have I done to deserve you" she smiled.

"I don't know but whatever it is I am happy for it" said Hay Lin and she kissed Taranee.

"I guess that we have to get used to that" Irma finally said.

Cornelia gave a mock shrike.

"You where here Irma? I didn't know because you were so quiet" she said mockingly.

Will, Hay Lin and Taranee laughed.

"I love you guys" Taranee said happily.

"But mostly I love my Hay Lin. My little silver wind"

Suddenly it began to glow within Taranee's robe and the Heart of Kandrakar shot out towards Will.

"Oh, I forgot about you" Taranee said as she slipped of the Heart and handed it to Will, "Thank you for the loan, Will"

"Anytime" she said as she hung the Heart around her neck.

"By the way" said Cornelia, "What was that ring about, Taranee?"

"You mean this ring?" Hay Lin said proudly and led out her right hand.

"Hay Lin! Were did you get that? It's beautiful" said Will in admiration.

"Taranee made it for me" she said more proud than before.

"With my help, mind you" Cornelia added.

"When did you get it?" Irma asked.

"Yesterday night" said Hay Lin as she cooed against Taranee.

Hay Lin then told a very detailed story of how Taranee had showed up outside her bedroom window and taken her to the beach then to the cliff where they then later had their first kiss. She described the sea and the sky and how they had just leaned on each other and just enjoyed it. Then how they got home and that they had slept next to each other in her bed. She also told them about the awkward moment when Joan Lin caught them in bed, naked AND kissing.

"She nearly had an heart attack" Taranee giggled.

"Then my father showed up and mom thought that he was going to blow his top but instead he just said: 'So? This is America, not China' as if I always had had a girlfriend" Hay Lin said as the others fell together laughing of Chen Lin's comment.

"That reminds me, how are we going to tell your parents that we are together, Taranee?" asked Hay Lin.

"My parents already know I'm bisexual" Taranee said.

"Bisexual!" Hay Lin burst out.

Taranee took Hay Lin's cheek with her hand and looked the Chinese girl in the eyes.

"But I prefer women" she said before she kissed Hay Lin long and deep.

When they broke the kiss, Hay Lin sighed heavily as she laid her arms around Taranee's shoulders.

"I wish I could marry you right now" she said with dreamy eyes.

"Me to" replied Taranee and pecked her on the lips.

"Then who don't you?" Irma said as she got up.

The other four girls looked oddly at the brunet.

"It doesn't have to be real" she said, "A mock wedding. Just between the five of us right here"

"Would you?" Taranee asked.

Hay Lin looked at the African girl.

"Oh no, lazy bones. You have to do it properly" said Hay Lin slightly irritated.

Taranee slipped of the gold and silver ring from Hay Lin's finger, and then she got on her knees before the Chinese girl.

"Hay Lin, my wind of silver, my beautiful Chinese to whom I hold infinite love, would you do me the infinite honour of being my wife, now, always and forever?" Taranee said with more sincerity than she have every used before as she slipped on the ring on Hay Lin's right hand ring finger.

Hay Lin shed a tear of joy.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes" she cried as she threw herself in the arms of her love.

"She's a good actor" Irma whispered to Cornelia.

"I don't think she's acting" Cornelia replied, "I think that this is a mock wedding for us,but for them it is very well real. This is going to be a real wedding for them"

Irma pondered this and then she nodded as she understood how mush this meant to her two friends.

Taranee mildly forced Hay Lin off of herself as she turned her head towards Irma, Cornelia and Will.

"Who is going to be the priest?" she asked.

"I'll do it" Will volunteered.

"And we will be the witnesses" said Cornelia as she laid a hand on Irma's shoulder.

Will stood in front of the small window by the far wall with a serious face as she made a sign for Hay Lin and Taranee to come and kneel before her. Taranee kneeled on Will's right side and Hay Lin on Will's left. Cornelia and Irma stood a few feet behind the kneeling lovers.

"We have gathered here today to see these two join in Love, Peace and Time" Will said.

Cornelia wasn't sure but it sounded like Will had known that this 'mock' wedding was going to happen on before hand, because it sounded well reversed. Will turned to Taranee.

"Why shallt thee wed this lady?" Will asked.

Taranee looked at Hay Lin.

"I love her more than my own life. I would do anything to protect her from harm. I have always loved you Hay Lin and I curse myself for not having the courage of telling you before" Taranee said as she looked deep into Hay Lin's dark eyes.

Will nodded then turned to Hay Lin.

"Why shallt thee wed this lady?" Will asked again.

"I can't live without my Taranee. I hate the thought of you leaving me even for a minute. I wish that Time itself would stop so I could live every moment of my life with you by my side" said Hay Lin.

Will nodded and turned to Cornelia and Irma.

"Any reason why these two shall not be wed, speak now or forever be forced keep it in silence" she said.

Will waited almost half a minute before she continued.

"Taranee? Do you take Hay Lin as your wife, to love and treasure until Death do you part?"

"Yes"

"Hay Lin? Do you take Taranee as your wife, to love and treasure until Death do you part?"

"Always"

Will took out the Heart of Kandrakar and held it by the chain straight out from her. The pink jewel sparked with happiness and slowly turned to a love red colour and began to glow strong.

"By the power of the Heart of Kandrakar, I join Wind and Fire. May these two never be parted by any force made by man, beast, god or demon. You may kiss your bride"

Taranee and Hay Lin leaned in and kissed each other as they never had kissed anyone before. The kiss was long, deep, passionate and unique. Will, Irma and Cornelia just watched and sighed with a mutual mental 'Aw'. Hay Lin and Taranee broke the kiss.

From the shadows of the corner besides the door an invisible figure watched the girls. He was smiling with half his face since the metal mask on his left side face didn't allow him to smile with his whole face.

'Another couple have been brought together, my master' said a voice in his head.

'They will still love each other when they die after a long and joyous life, Milaz´tia. You have the word of The Pastmaster that they will' he replied as he faded of to another place in the Universe.

Cornelia and Irma stood and hugged each other as they watched Hay Lin and Taranee. Will stood and smiled happily with a dreamy daze in her eyes. All three were close to tears of joy for their two friends who had found their one true love

"I will love you Hay Lin" said Taranee, eyes glittering with joy as she stroked a lock of hair from Hay Lin's face, "Always"

Hay Lin dropped a tear by those words and replied:

"And I will love you to, Taranee, Infinitely"

The End