Nick looked up at the sky through the only room with a window. It was a skylight, except it took up the entire ceiling, seemingly breaking from here to the upper world. that was a lie, Mother Nature had placed special spells on it. This was her library. If there was a book about nature, it was here. She had the only copies of several books, and many people died in an attemp to reach this spot.

Nick wasn't interested in the books. He never had been. The sky was all he cared about. The vast, beautiful, never ending sky. The moon seemed extra large tonight. He wished he was watching it at his house, from his window.

There was a knock on the door and he turned to look. "Lord Nicholarius? Lord Nicholarius, I brought you a drink! May I come in?"

It was Loretta. She had a crush on him, and waited on him hand and foot. Then again, for all he knew, she mioght do that for everyone. She WAS Mother Natures servant, after all. He opened the door for her.

"Thank you, Loretta."He said, accepting the drink. That was all he ever said. He wouldn't deny anything, not wanting to crush her feelings, but he never said anything more, not wanting to confuse her into thinking he liked her back.

He looked at the drink. She had filled a perfectly clear crystal wine glass with some red fluid. It looked like cherry, maybe strawberry. He glanced at her. She was staring at him expectingly, almost anticipatingly.

He took a sip, it was a little bitter, but he downed the whole thing. He could sense that she was still standing there, and looked at her again.

Suddenly she seemed like the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Shiny, long, lustrous, black hair. Bright green eyes. Normally he hated green eyes, but she made them seem wonderful. Her fair skin seemed so soft, so...irresistable. All thoughts of home dissapeared as her figure appeared in his vision. Just now he noticed how plump and red her lips were.. He didn't listen to the words as they started moving again, simply watched them.

"Huh?I wasn't listening."

"Ah, who cares." She flung herself at Nick, nearly knocking him over. He loved the warm feeling around his mouth, the sharp tingle through his jaw and up his spine. Before he knew what he was doing he started biting lightly at her slightly fuller bottom lip.

She opened her mouth, and his tounge slipped through, lazily grazing over the insides of her mouth, enjoying her taste, her warmth, her feel. She pushed him out, surprising him, only to flow inside his own mouth.

His hands began moving on their own, crawling up her back to her shirt. He tugged at the leaves, and they fell from her body to the ground, immediatly forgotten. She nothing less than tore his shirt off-rendering it unusable ever again.

She stepped back, looking him down head to toe, before saying. "I'm so glad I got you before that stupid girl. I've had a crush on you forever, I couldn't stand to let HER have you"

She flew forward again, but he backed away, swaying slightly. His head felt all numb, he tried to remember who "that stupid girl" was, but all that came up was Loretta, Loretta, Loretta. Finnally he broke through it, and Rachel's face popped up in his mind, driving the previous moment from his head. "Rachel...he murmered. "Her name is Rachel."

"Well, excuse me," she said sarcasticly, wrapping her arms back around him.

The door opened just then, and Rachel walked through. She didn't seem to take in what was going on, and was almost bursting with joy. "Hey nick, guess-" It seemed as though she noticed that both loretta and Nick were shirtless, and Loretta's arms were wrapped around him at that exact moment.

Rachel ran to their bedroom, and jumped on the hammock, now sobbing. She couldn't beleive it. She would obviously never be with him, why did she even try? Maybe she should just go. Mother Nature would surely have someway to take her back...

There was a glimmer on the floor ahead of her, and Mother Nature materialized.

"What is it, young one?"

Rachel sniffed and looked up at her "Can I go back? I just want to go home..."

"Why would you want to do that?"

"I don't belong here...Nick obviously wants me out of the picture, I should just go."

Mother Nature laughed, a sweet tinkling sound, and placed an arm around Rachel's shoulders. "You humans are so confusing. He's here for you, why would he want you to leave?"

"He doesn't like me, he likes Loretta."

Mother Nature laughed again. "Your so naive. Loretta tricked him. Don't you see, he loves you."

"But-"

"Hush, not another word about it. Now for more important things. You say that a boy with green eyes is after you. I'm sorry, but that isn't good enough. I need to make absolute sure that your not lying. Tell me about him."

"Um...his eyes are just like yours, he has really white skin, his hair is black, he wears a torn up tee shirt and muddy pants...He came to me in my dreams...and he stabbed me."

"That's enough dear. What is your name?"

"Rachel."

"Lovely. Wait here."

Two people appeared in the room. One, a tall, anorexically thin woman, seemed to e a sand sculpture. The other, A man, was seemingly carved from stone. The three of them stood in a circle, discussing something that appeared to be important.

"She has given a very good explanation of the boy. He comes to her in her dreams, she can't be lying."

"What if the boy told her what to say, so they could stay here for their 'little problem'?" Asked the sand woman.

The stone man cracked his knuckles menacingly. "That renders punishment."

"No! Don't hurt him! He didn't tell me anything!"

They turned to face Rachel.

"She is disruptive, and ignorant to thrules of common courtesy." hissed the sandwoman, obviously hating Rachel already.

"Nonsense. She simply loves the boy. It makes humans act strange."

"I don't love him! We're just freinds!"

Mother Nature laughed again. It was such a pretty laugh, Rachel wished she laughed like that. "Your young yet."

"but-"

"Hush young miss Rachel. We will teach you."

"teach me-"

Then the three of them dissapeared, leaving her al alone to ponder her thoughts. She didn't have much time alone, though, a knock on the door soon interupted her.

"Rachel! It's Nick!"

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