A/N: Hey Readers and welcome to chapter six of Turning Pages. I'm so glad you have come back to read again and thank you to those of you who have reviewed it means more to me than I can say. I love seeing what you think and how my story makes you feel so, keep on reviewing. I have a perfectly good explanation for why this update is taking so long and that will be said after you read the story. Anyway, without further ado here is chapter six of Turning Pages.
Vincent and I leave the maze and walk towards the frozen fountain and then out into the glade when suddenly a question hits me. "Vincent, I just remembered something."
"What is it?" he says smiling down at me.
"When I first found you, you were sitting holding this rose," I say as I take it from my hair to show him. "Where did you get it?" I ask.
He smiles and says "I was going to give it to you when we practiced your Glamour again. I know you hate to ruin them so I got you one. Before you ask again I got it from a Summer friend. You may meet him later. I can get more from him for as long as there is need or you know if you just happen to want one. He owes me a favor."
I nod and ask curiously, "What did you do for him?"
"This friend of mine likes to pull pranks on people and I got him out of a really funny one that was on the break of going terribly wrong for him. So he owed me one because we both could have gone down. But we laughed about it later and had many other interesting adventures since," He says laughing at a memory.
"You know both Ash and Aaron mentioned a Summer Fey. He got Ash a rose for our Glamour practices and he had played a nasty trick on Aaron. I want to meet this guy now," I say excitedly.
"I will have to introduce you two one day. Page, do you want to practice your Glamour now? We have tons of time to kill before I have to take you back to the castle," he says taking my hands in his.
"Yeah. I would love to. I'd do anything if it meant to be away from that castle and be closer to you my love."
He smiles and takes my hand as he leads me to the center of the glade. "Well then let us begin."
As he sits in the snow I sit across from him my dress billowing out around me like a silky blue ocean. He takes the rose and wraps it around my hands and says "Focus this time Page. Now just take it from the air around you. Remember when you frosted over the cave when you were trying to get inside?" I nod and he continues and says "Well just do that but colder. If you're going to freeze this you have to think of cold thoughts and when you can do that you will be a pro at freezing. Now concentrate." He says letting go of my hand.
I feel cold once he lets my hand go. I'm glad I can at least keep the memory of his warmth. I try my best to stop thinking of him and of the task at hand instead. I think of the cold breeze blowing through my hair and the soft snow beneath me and of ice but nothing makes the flower freeze. After a few more minutes I give up I look to Vincent as he sighs and says "You'll get it one of these days."
I sigh say frustrated "It's ridiculous. I mean what kind of Winter Fey can't do Winter Glamour"
He shrugs and says, "Well you're only half Winter Fey so it's a little harder for you."
"I know but I want to freeze things now," I say sounding like a whining child.
"Be patient my little princess." He says as he kisses my forehead.
"You know what just show me first. Freeze it." I say handing him the rose.
"As you wish." He takes the rose from me and without breaking a sweat the rose is a solid crystal. "There you see it's really not that hard once you get the hang of it."
I smile and say "You have been doing this longer than I Vincent."
"You're right I have." He says winking at me.
"Vincent how old are you?" I ask. I never thought about it until now or even thought to ask. I guess I was so wrapped up in who he was nothing else mattered.
He laughs and says "I'm older than you Page that's all you need to know."
I know that Vincent is probably several years older than me but I want to know how far out I cast my line. "I know but tell me anyway." I say still curious.
"Page you really don't want to know." He says.
"Yes I do that's why I asked. Now tell me, I won't look at you any differently."
"Yes you will. So I'm not telling you."
"I won't so tell me Vincent, please" I whine again.
He sighs and stares at me one last time before he says "I am exactly four-hundred twenty-three years old." I look at him in disbelief for a moment and then I remember that Fey don't age and it doesn't really matter how old he is because soon I will stop aging too.
I kiss is cheek and say "Okay. I'm sixteen just so you know. I must say that is an astounding age gap, love." He laughs and takes me into his arms. I find myself lying in the snow staring up into his loving grey eyes. I smile and ask "So do I look at you any different?"
He shakes his head and says "No, but I look at you differently now."
I furrow my brow and ask "How so?"
He kisses my cheek repeatedly and between kisses he says "Now I get to look at you with even more love than I did before my little princess."
I laugh and say "I love you too Vincent." He kisses me one last time and then he stares at me for a moment as he realizes our position for the first time and starts to move but I pull him back and smile assuring him everything is okay. He looks unsure for a moment and then slowly leans down toward me and cups my cheek in him hand as he kisses me slowly and then as I accept it be becomes more confident and the kiss grows deeper. A warm feeling passes through me and I wonder about it for a moment but then I don't care because it sends me mind spinning and my hear racing and it is something new and I'm glad I get to have this wonderful warmth and its with Vincent. He continues to kiss me as one hand is on my cheek and the other around my wide waist. I like it as he holds me closer to him. I was suddenly pulled out of my warm paradise as Vincent was yanked from me. Aaron had pulled him from me and when I looked up I saw Aaron on top of Vincent punching him repeatedly.
"No! Get off of him!" I say trying to pull Aaron off of Vincent. Aaron pushes me back and I yelp as I fall to the ground. It is then that Vincent socks Aaron in the eye and throws several punches at him. Aaron dodges a few and kicks Vincent so that he fall to the ground and Aaron picks up his leg to stomp him but Vincent grabs Aaron's foot and takes him down.
I close my eyes, scream and say, "I'm serious stop!" I feel a gust of wind rush through the glade and when I open my eyes again I see Aaron on top of Vincent about to punch him and Vincent holding Aaron buy his shirt preparing for a punch also. They sit there together a perfect ice sculpture. I bet I would win several awards for them if I was in the real world. I would call it A Conflict in Love.
I sigh. I don't know how to feel about this. For one I'm glad that I finally froze something but on the other hand I hate that it took a fight to make be freeze something. I don't know how to unfreeze them and I know they won't thaw so I leave the glade. On the walk I can't help but notice the silence then envelops me. If none of that had happened I would be walking back to the castle with Vincent and he would drop me off to my room with a kiss and I'd at least have one perfect night with him but I suppose when you name is Page Daniels and you are half Fey good things don't come your way. I thought that when I found Vincent it was a new chapter for me and each page I turned in our story would be something fantastic waiting around the corner and we would be happy but then the pages kept getting scribbled on and torn apart and soon I couldn't even tell what they read anymore. The worst part was that the story had just begun.
I decide I need to talk to the one other person who knows Vincent and I are together. I knock on his door hoping he's there because I have no idea where else he would be. As the door opens I say "Can we talk Sage?" He nods and I walk in and I plop myself on his bed and cover my eyes with my hands.
"What happened?" he asks with a care I've never heard in his voice.
"They fought." I say simply.
"Who fought? Ash and Rowan? If that's the case then I wouldn't worry because that happens all the time they'll be fine." He says.
"No. I mean Vincent and Aaron fought and it's all my fault." I say feeling worse now that I've said it out loud.
He sits down beside me and says "Okay then, start from the beginning." I sit up and take my hands from my eyes as I explain everything to Sage. When I finish he stares at me for how long I don't know but it feels like forever. "Well first of all I wouldn't have been with him like that out in the open. Page it is called a secret for a reason. You know Aaron is going to be hanging around for a while why would you be out in the open with Vincent like that. You were so careless." He sighs in frustration and pinches the bridge of his nose. "I know you don't need me to reprimand you about your behaviors but I just think you should be aware of it. Now, let us find a way out of this. I know you don't want the wedding to happen so did you have a plan beforehand on how to stop it?"
I shake my head no and he falls back on his bed in the same way I did earlier. "Do you think anything through Page?"
"Well I was thinking of plans but as you can see I was distracted by other things."
"Yes I know." He says staring disapprovingly. I can't handle it so I look away.
Sage just sits there for a moment rubbing his chin in deep thought and suddenly he says "I have nothing except I know that the brat that Summer chooses to call its Prince is going to go running to Oberon and Titania when he thaws and that is going to cause too many problems to solve right now. First things firsts, we have to quiet the Prince then you find Vincent and think of something to do about him. Page I don't know where to go from there except to trick him out of the marriage somehow. Perhaps to make him fall in love with someone else but I don't know of anyone who would go near him now without fear of the Courts." I consider Sage's suggestions and I realize he's right. If Aaron fall in love with someone else then neither of us will want the marriage and if we don't want it then we can work together to end it.
"Your right Sage the key is to get him on our side but I would have to bribe someone to fake fall in love with that idiot."
"Well you got someone to fall in love with you and just today you put yourselves in danger by making out in public. Ah love is truly idiocy and as we know ignorance is bliss."
I punch him the arm and say "Shut up! My love for him is real and Aaron is just a dog who decided to bark up the wrong tree."
Sage rolls his eyes and says "Whatever you say Page. Now that we somewhat have a plan we can go and thaw your little ice sickles out."
He gets off his bed and I join him at the door. Before we leave he hugs me and ruffles my hair. "I'm proud of you sister. You actually did something of a Winter Fey. I'm glad your human but I've been waiting for you to show your Fey side. I t brings me amusement." He smiles at me and walks out the door. I smile and follow him. For the first time Sage called me his sister. I feel a specialness then and it sticks with me on the entire journey to the glade to unfreeze my lover and my fiancé.
A/N: So about this update: I know it has taken me forever to post this chapter and I have a perfectly good reason. My school's production of West Side Story has been taking much of my time and school itself is taking away from my sleep and inspiration for this story. Don't fret I have been thinking about possible endings in fact I have a super surprising awesome and drama filled ending in mind but we shall see. Now however I am on Spring Break so I have tons of time to write it is my goal to have some super short yet filling chapters ahead and post them. I might post one or two this week I don't know but I have high hopes. Please if your still out there tell me what you think. We are coming to the end so tell me how you think it will end and what you think of my characters also what stories you would want me to write for next. For all you anime otaku's I am thinking of writing a Ouran Highschool Host Club fanfic. so let me know what you think of that. Anyway I hope you enjoued this chapter and thanks for reading from Maria and Page.