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Raven felt Thom tense under her head. Odd. She lifted her head. She could tell he wasn't comfortable in that position. Thom turned to her, "How are you?" he asked.
Another odd thing. He never asked that. "fine." She answered, still trying to figure out what was wrong.
"What are you planning with so much Blazebalm?" he burst out.
Raven chuckled. She now knew why he'd asked her how she was. "Well, you know all those nobles with brooms up their arses who keep harassing maids and everything, I've decided to bug them." She said with a triumphant grin. Thom winced jokingly. He knew that anyone Raven decided to bug would wish they'd never been born.
In a sudden gesture of peace, he put his head in her lap. Her hands absent mindedly caressed his cheek. "What would I do without you Thom?" she asked.
"Steal from others?" he asked not seeing the seriousness.
"No, I mean without you as a brother? I would have no one to talk to." Thom wrenched. Half of him was glad that she loved him as a brother, the other half sad that it was nothing more.
"Hey Raven, I'm going home for this midsummer." He said.
"oh." She sounded a bit disappointed, but then her tone cheered up considerably as she said, "have fun with you family for me."
Thom chuckled. Suddenly he was struck with an idea. "Why don't you come with me?"
Raven sat up and grinned before she remembered all her plans. "I can't. I have to finish off what I started…" she mumbled.
"Well then Midwinter Solstice. Ok?" Thom asked. He couldn't help but hope.
"Definitely. Then I have a chance to talk to your dad too." Thom groaned. Raven smiled. "You'd best be going before the university noticed you missing." She said and ruffled his hair.
"hey!" he protested and grinned her a goodnight before stumbling off towards the university, tripping over a cat in the process.
Ok, I don't know what possessed me, at all. Actually, I don't even think I wrote this. Well, I know I did, but ah well… nevermind. Maybe this can just turn out to be a lump of semi-plotless fluff? Who knows. REVIEW!
