Having Anthony back, was amazing. It was like having a small piece of yourself gone, for over a year, then having it back. I couldn't help from smile.

While I walked arm and arm with aleya, and Anthony through the market, back to the nest I asked him many questions about the past year.

"so how is Keely?" Keely was Anthony's wife. I had never spoken to her, because I had only met her once. At their wedding. She was a small sparrow, with a quiet voice. Two months after they moved to the hawks keep, I had heard that they were going to have a baby, a baby boy. Keely was extremely reserved, she wouldn't even kiss Anthony on their wedding day, and I couldn't even imagine her becoming intimate with Anthony long enough to create a child. But then again, I could have said the same thing about me, about 7 months ago.

"hmmm…" he sighed, fidgeting with the hem of his shirt, "She's doing fine, She is still in the keep, taking care of Jacob." Jacob I assumed was their son, I smiled and nodded, signaling him to continue. "I umm…forgot to tell you…Keely's pregnant again." He said this with such boredom that I almost forgot to be excited. But as I thought about these words more, I realized how big, and how much an impact this would have. I ripped my arm from Aleya, who had been completely silent this entire time, I flung my arms around Anthony for the third time that day.

"Anthony Im so happy for you…We should have a play date!" I laughed as I gestured toward my own swollen belly. It was a joke, I knew as did he, that Keely would never allow her child around a serpents baby.

Even as I stepped back, giving him another smile, he kept the same sour expression on his face, It was odd, shouldn't he be happy.

"Anthony…What's wrong?" I asked, concerned for my long lost friend.

Seeing the turmoil on my face, he recovered quickly plastering a smile on his face. It was phony and tight with dark undertones, and it worried me. I pushed it aside, filing it away for further study.

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Walking up to the nest, I was deep in thought as to why Anthony was so unhappy. But all my confused, scatter thought were pushed away when I saw a very familiar pair, of beautiful blue eyes.

Urban was lounging lazily on the steps to the nest, His hair was falling into his eyes, as he laughed at something the serpent he was sitting next to said. His feet were bare as were his chest, and I smiled, He was beautiful. He turned his face, until his eyes fell on me, he shot up moving forward, from a walk that gradually turned into a run.

As soon as he reached me I Wrapped my arms around him, as he did the same to me. I felt him lift me off the ground and spin me around as we both laughed. As he stopped and set my feet on the ground, felt his cool breath tickle my ear as he whispered in my ear, "Hello beautiful." He said it just loud enough for Anthony to hear.

He was standing mouth gaping, back tensed as he took, in Urban's barely clothed body, and our very public display of emotion. But at that moment I didn't care if Anthony felt awkward, I didn't care if my mother would have come racing up only to slap me and call me a disgrace. Right now it was just me and Urban. I felt his hands roam my stomach, as my mouth connected aggressively with his, He obliged kissing me back just as passionately, if not more, removing one of his hands from my stomach, only to put it on the small of my back and pull my body closer to his.

I heard aleya clear her throat behind me, and I pulled hesitantly back. Only to find Anthony, fists clenched, and his eyes looking like they were going to pop out of his head. I blushed a bright crimson, and tried to explain, in stutters.

"Hmmmm…Anthony..this Is…ummm…Urban." I stated quietly, praying that Anthony wouldn't spontaneously combust. He unclenched his hands, and flexed his fingers, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

One. Two. Three. Four. I counted his breaths, until he finally opened his eyes, his face cold and emotionless, completely avian.

He held out his hand "Anthony." he snapped in a short breath.

Urban took his hand, lightly, and smiled, "Urban." He removed his hand and turned to me.

"So how do you know each other?" he asked me, genuinely curious.

"Me and Anthony? Oh we grew up together, we used to be best friends!" I smiled at my friend whose face was still emotionless. He nodded, and I quickly changed the subject.

"Anthony is staying in wyverns court for about a month to catch up with old friends and I offered him a room here, so he wont have to stay with strangers.

"That's so sweet of you." Urban said lightly, while turning to look at me again. "It will be great having you staying with us!"

I saw Anthony roll his eyes, and heard him mutter quietly to himself.

"Yeah, great."

His voice was laced with sarcasm.

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