Forever Soulmates Chapter 7, a night world series fanfic

Hey! Okay, so maybe that was slightly longer than 2 hours. But hey, I had to eat dinner! We wouldn't want me to die of hunger, now would we? There would be no more "Forever Soulmates" if that were to happen! . We can't have that!

Okay, so I am shutting up. Enjoy! :D

Conscience: Um...I think you're forgetting something VERRRRY important.

Me: *sigh* Aw, do I HAVE to?

Conscience: YES. DISCLAIM. NOW. :(

Me: Fiiiiiiine. TT_TT

(I've always wanted to do something like that. XD)

Disclaimer: I. STILL. DON'T. OWN. NIGHT. WORLD. . TT_TT

"Ow! What the hell? I thought we were past that!"

Mary-Lynette still couldn't believe it. Either her eyes, brain, ears and foot were all deceiving her, or he was really here, but, of course, that was impossible. Wasn't it?

All of a sudden, she was talking. Screaming, actually. And tears were streaming down her face, and her arms and legs were flying out and…

Hm, she thought dimly, guess my body really thinks he's here.

"I hate you! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" This was Mary-Lynette. Ash was too busy holding his shin and gaping in shock.

"How could you? You said one year, and now I've waited two, and I've obviously gone insane, since you obviously can't really be here, but I'm still screaming at you and trying to hurt you, but it's not you, it's only a mirage or something, and it's all your fault, and –!" Her body went into overload and she slumped down. Ash came out of his stupor and caught her just before she hit the ground.

"I hate you," she said weakly and she was struggling halfheartedly to get away from him, but her voice cracked and before she knew it, she was crying again.

She sobbed and sobbed and started muttering to herself. "Oh Goddess, I've gone crazy! And what's wrong with me? I can't seem to stop crying and wow, my imagination must be really amazing at recreating Ash because he definitely seems real. Hooray for great hallucinations! Or maybe this is a dream…Well, whatever this is, I'm glad, because I haven't seen you in so long and –" She stopped.

Slowly her hand reached up and stroked Ash's cheek. "I can even feel you skin…What am I saying? Even if you're not real, I shouldn't be telling you I hate you, 'cause I don't. No, I could never!" Mary-Lynette's eyes flashed with emotion and, as Ash's hand reverently covered hers on his cheek, she whispered, "I love you. I love you so much, Ash, more than I could ever dream of loving anyone and it's still not enough!" Her voice took on a frustrated tone. "It's just not enough because it hasn't brought you back! Oh, if only you were really here, I could tell you that I don't care about your past anymore, I only know that I love you and I miss you and I was so stupid to send you away and oh, how I love you!" A wistful expression crossed her face. "Oh, if I could kiss you again. But maybe that's too much to ask. I mean, I'd die happy if I could just –"

She couldn't go on. Not because she was choked up with emotion or busy fantasizing.

No, it was because Ash – who was truly Ash and not simply a hallucination – had finally come back to life and taken action.

He kissed her.

It was a kiss of love and loneliness, fueled by anger and sorrow.

He kissed her and promised her eternity.

But abruptly, she pushed him fiercely away and he stumbled back, bewildered.

"What's wro –" Ash started to say, but was ignored and talked over by a seething Mary-Lynette.

"Oh, that's it! I know I said I wanted to kiss you again but I shouldn't have said that, that's selfish – and I didn't mean you anyways, I meant Ash! The real Ash, my soulmate, not a dream from my subconscious, even if my subconscious does make very lifelike Ashes."

"But Mary-Lynette," Ash murmured gently. "It is me. Really. I'm here now and I love you."

"No…no, it can't be…Oh Ash…" Her eyes were teary yet again and her fingers fearfully reached for his.

She flinched when their fingers touched and interlaced. But then she gripped him tightly, afraid he was going to disappear.

And then she realized something. The silver cord between them was as think and short as it had ever been. She slowly raised her eyes to Ash's catlike multicolored ones and a single thought pierced her:

This is Ash.

With a strangled cry, she yanked her hands from his and threw them around his neck instead, burying her face in his neck and breathing in Ash. His arms automatically wrapped around her and he muffled his face in her hair.

Just to make sure, she tugged at the cord sharply and heard Ash yelp in surprise as he jerked forward and tumbled onto her.

They landed in a heap, their arms still locked around each other. Ash unwound his arms, struggling to up. He balanced himself on his palms, one on either side of Mary-Lynette's head, and gazed adoringly into her eyes and she slid her hands from his neck into his hair, cupping his face.

"It's really you," she breathed incredulously. "You're here. With me."

"Yeah. I'm here. And I'm never leaving you again. It's too painful and I never did have the capacity to withstand much pain," Ash tried to joke.

Mary-Lynette's answering smile was watery. "Liar," she whispered. "If that was true, then you never would have left me in the first place." She stroked his soft hair. "But I love you anyways. Goddess, Ash, I love you so much it hurts."

"Well, we can't have that, can we? It's not healthy for you to be in pain when loving me," Ash murmured as he leaned down.

Mary-Lynette reached her arms up around his neck once again, finally smiling.

And they kissed under the moon, the stars, but mostly: the eternal sky.

That same sky.

Heyy! so what do you think? They're finally reunited! But...is all well in Soulmate Land? NOPE! Don't forget Adam! And the two-year wait M'Lyn had to endure! She is NOT happy about that, my peeps...So!

To Be Continued...*dun dun dunnnn*

lolz

Write on. Read on. That's my motto. :D