Lost Souls

Chapter Six

Day Two Part Three

They had finally outrun the gorilla but not without a hard run, which now left them breathless and stumbling as they jumped into a ride line. It wasn't until the moment for them to jump on that Musa and Riven realised it was the roller coaster ride.

Musa smiled, Riven hissed.

Musa was to excited to be confused about Riven's reaction and instantly ran to the fronts free seats with Riven's hand in hers.

Riven gritted his teeth and allowed himself to be locked into place with the metal bar that sat inches above there laps held in place. He could feel himself struggling to just hold Musa's hand and breath calmly but as they started to slowly start moving she felt his hand grip hers tighter and his breathing became rapid.

"Riven what's wrong?"Musa asked and gave him a concerned look which Riven felt was more like pity.

"Nothing is wrong!" Riven insisted as they went up the first high mountain climb, he choked on his own breath and felt as if he'd been winded.

"You're afraid of heights! I never would have made us go on this ride if I had known" Musa told him and squeezed his hand tighter.

"I'm not afraid of heights" he growled when he got his breath back, but as they stopped at the top and he saw the drop that he admitted it, "Ok, Maybe just a little" before they dropped at fast speed.

Musa patted Riven's broad tight back as he replaced his stomach in a bucket on the side lines of one of the gates. She couldn't believe that he actually faced one of his fears for her, but was it really for her? Or...for his father?

Riven felt Musa's soft hand patting his back soothingly, he felt so embarrassed that she had seen how scared he was and felt when they were on the roller coaster, but thankfully she wasn't laughing at him like most people would have done after finding out he was just a scared little kid. He wiped his mouth with a napkin she had gotten with him then rinsed his mouth with water as he stood up, he turned to tell Musa he was sorry but when he saw the look of pity on her face he glared.

"What! Like you're miss perfect?" he snarled in defence and immediately kicked himself mentally inside, how could he talk to her like that, she felt bad for him, felt for him. Musa didn't give him a chance to apologise, ...slap!

His cheek grew red and he gave her a astonished look as he rubbed the soreness out of it. Muckily no one had seen.

"Why am I here? To actually think that you could change, how can I spend my life with a hurtful mean arrogant person like you!" she screamed at him in a rage as she pushed past him and started walking in the way of the exit.

Riven tried to grab her arm to stop her but she wrenched it out of his reach and strode on, Riven close on her heels.

(At Alfea's entrance)

After forty five minutes of silence they finally made it to Alfea where after a little persuasion Riven had a chance to talk, and talk he did, on and on and on...

"Look I thought you were going to laugh at me because I hate heights, but I had no right to attack you like that, I know, and I'm sorry, you don't know how sorry I am..." But Musa wasn't listening she actually seemed bored by his apology and he couldn't walk away like this, "...Musa look at me!" he begged and took her chin in his hands to force her chin up to look at him, he spoke softly and carefully.

"I have never really trusted any woman I have met, but I am trying! The only person I ever trusted was my father, and I don't want to be hurt the way he was by a woman!" he said and watched her face soften and her gaze waver.

"What I tell you must never be repeated to anyone, I tell you this because I want to trust you and show you I trust you, do you understand!" he asked her silently intently. And after a moment of careful consideration Musa's head jerked up and down in a small nod.

Riven took a deep ragged breath then dropped his hands from her face and fisted them at his side, "My mother left me and my Father when I was young, ever since then I have never wanted to know another woman, until you!" he said and waited for her reply.

He looked up into her eyes after a moment of silence and saw the glistening tears in her eyes, sorrow for him, and felt an actual warmth in his cold heart, and before he could do or say anything she wrapped her arms around his head and kissed him.

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