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Chapter 12
By: BeautyandYue
The next day Karone was out in the gardens exploring her new home. When a red hassock came bounding up, running past Karone, and landing in a pile of snow. It poked its head up and shook it's head clear of snow, looking for Karone. Karone laughed at the antics of the piece of furniture acting like an animal. She knelt and Hassock ran and leapt into her arms knocking back the hood on her cloak. Her hair was tied back with a yellow ribbon to match the dress she was wearing that day.
Zhane-Beast, Andros, and TJ were watching Karone play in the sunshine from a balcony. Zhane-Beast actually dressed in a nice black shirt, a whole pair of silver pants, and a silver cape. He was watching Karone with mixed feelings. "I've never felt this way about anyone before." He told TJ and Andros, laying his paw gingerly on his bandaged arm. (Small hands lovingly and tenderly…put…on an arm length bandage…?) "I want to do something for her." Zhane-Beast said firmly looking proud at the thought. But then he wrecked it by getting a look of utter concentration mixed with a dumb expression. "But what?" he asked TJ and Andros.
'If Cassie were about to hear this right now she would kill me.' He thought to himself
TJ then thought out loud "well, there's the usual. Flowers, chocolates, promise's you don't intend to keep."
Andros interrupted him "No, no it must be something special, something that sparks her interest." Andros said rubbing his head in contemplation. Then it hit him. "Wait a minute! I know!" (Course he would know. it's his sister. duh!)
Later that afternoon, Zhane-Beast stopped in front of a set of oak doors. Karone following behind him stopped as well. 'I wonder what he wants to show me?' she pondered.
Zhane-Beast pulled open the door a crack and Karone leaned forward to see what was inside. Zhane-Beast shut the door quickly, not wanting Karone to see just yet. "Karone I need you to close your eyes." He told her. Karone gave him a disbelieving look. "It's a surprise." Zhane-Beast explained.
Karone thought 'alright.' And closed her eyes.
Zhane-Beast waved his paw in front of Karone's face to see if she peeked, when she gave no indication he opened the doors the rest of the way and took Karone's small hands in his. Zhane-Beast led her into a completely dark room. He stopped in the middle of the room and dropped Karone's hands.
Karone felt him let go of her hands "can I open my eyes now?" she asked the darkness.
"Not yet." Zhane-Beast told her. He quickly ran over to a thick curtain and threw it open. Karone turned her face to the light, lips opening in surprise, but she kept her eyes closed. Zhane-Beast ran around the rest of the room throwing open the rest of the curtains'. Zhane-Beast looked at her in anticipation. "Ok…now." He told her.
Karone opened her eyes and gasped in delight and amazement. Karone twirled around taking in the instruments and music shelved in grand bookcases to the ceiling. "Oh my, I've never seen so much music in my whole life! Or this many instruments!" Karone said eyes shining.
Zhane-Beast looked at her, happy that he could be happy. "y-you like it?" he asked shyly.
"It's wonderful!" Karone exclaimed.
"Then it's yours." Zhane-Beast said wanting to give her this room so that she would be happy always.
Karone ran to him still in the middle of the room. She put her hands on top of his big ones. "Thank you so much!" she sincerely said with feeling looking into the same and not quite the same steel, gray-blue eyes.
"Well would you look at that." Cassie said to Andros, TJ, Carlos, and Ashley who stood unnoticed from the doorway watching this touching moment between their two friends.
"There maybe hope for us yet." Carlos said. The others nodded in agreement.
To Be Continued…
