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Chapter 22

Tension in the Air

Seven Years Later

Raimundo nervously paced the floor of his room, as he constantly looked down at his right hand. He let out a soft moan as he contemplated how he was going to do it. Suddenly a soft knock pulled him out of his train of thoughts. He quickly regained his composure before asking, "Who is it?"

"It's Clay."

Raimundo breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "Come in."

Clay opened the door and shut it as he came in. "Hey are you, ok?" Clay asked.

"I'm fine." Raimundo said.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"Ok, it's just…we didn't see you at breakfast."

"I know you didn't. I slept in today."

"Raimundo, please tell me the truth. I know you didn't sleep in."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you woke me up during your bad dream."

Raimundo sighed and said, "Ok, so I didn't sleep in. It's just I'm so nervous. I could hardly get any sleep last night."

"Why are nervous? Are you going to do something today?"

"Yeah, I am."

"What?"

Raimundo said, "It's nothing."

"Raimundo, please tell me!" Clay said impatiently.

"I should go." Raimundo said turning around to leave.

"Raimundo!" Clay shouted, but Raimundo didn't stop and just kept walking.

Later That Day

Kimiko walked into Selina's room hoping to find her. She walked in and saw a note on the bed. It said

Dear Kimiko,

Please don't worry about me I'm off meditating.

Selina

Kimiko read it and sighed because she figured it had to do with the fact that Raimundo had been avoiding her all day. She pocketed the note and left to go find Clay.

She finally found Clay in the kitchen and asked, "Clay, why is Raimundo avoiding Selina?"

Clay looked at her and said, "I don't know."

"Well haven't you talked to him today?"

"Yea, I have and all he told me was that he was nervous."

"Nervous, for what?"

"I don't know. He didn't tell me."

"Why?"

"I don't know, Kimiko!" Clay exclaimed.

"Yeah well, you're his best friend."

"I know, but he hasn't told me a thing."

"Well, he should have."

"Look Kimiko, if you care about that so much, then why don't you look for Raimundo and ask him yourself." Clay said getting very annoyed.

"Fine!" Kimiko screeched.

Selina was in her favorite clearing in the woods. She was sitting on a rock in the middle of a small pond. She had her face in her hands and she was crying because of Raimundo's evasive behavior. She let a fresh couple of tears fall from her face before she broke out into a sob again. She cried until she couldn't cry anymore.

Raimundo was searching the temple franticly for her and calling out her name. He saw the sun start to set and despairingly decided he was going to give up. He looked up at the sky one more time and noticed the woods next to the temple. Suddenly an idea came to him as he grabbed his cell phone and started to dial a number.

Bring!

Bring!

The noise echoed through the forest until the young girl answered her cell phone. She flipped it open and asked, "Hello?"

"Turn around."

Selina sucked in her breath as she heard Raimundo's voice, but out of curiosity, turned around and gasped when she saw Raimundo on one knee levitating slightly above the water with a box containing a ring with a yellow gem open in his hand. Raimundo looked straight into Selina's eyes as he said, "Selina, will you marry me?"

Selina was breathless after Raimundo said that and couldn't speak for a whole minute. Finally she found her voice and said, "Yes, Raimundo. I will marry you." She said with tears in her eyes as she launched herself at Raimundo to hug him. The two tumbled into the water and started to laugh. Raimundo started to kiss Selina on the check before he kissed her on the mouth.

Selina walked into her room feeling like she walking on clouds. She collapsed onto her bed with a big smile on her face. She was about to go to sleep when she heard a slight knock on her door. "Come in, Kimiko." Selina said.

Kimiko walked in and said, "Are you alright?"

"I'm perfectly fine." Selina said.

"Um…why are you smiling?"

"Because I'm getting married."

"What?" Kimiko asked shocked.

"Raimundo proposed to me tonight."

It took a few moments to sink in before Kimiko exclaimed, "Congratulations!"

"Thanks. Now if you don't mind I'd like to get some sleep." Selina said just before a yawn escaped her.

"Right, of course." Kimiko said before she left Selina's room.

Selina watched her leave before she drifted off into a blissful sleep.

Sorry people but this is my second to last chapter, but have no fear I will be writing a sequel. I was wondering whether I should turn Chase good or not in the sequel so please add your answer to your review and let me know. R&R.