Here's chapter 3! Hope y'all like it!

Chapter 3

Clarion sat in the snow.

"You're The Lord of Winter?" She asked staring blankly.

"Lord to be." He corrected her. "Are you shocked?" He asked her reaching for her hand. She pulled her hand away.

"Please don't tell anyone. The queen cannot find out we met, she can't know I was at the border." Milori looked at her; he could see the fear in her eyes.

"Clarion I promise I won't tell anyone. I swear." He looked a little disappointed. Clarion sighed.

"I suppose you can tell one person. I have someone I want to tell myself."

"Oh you do?" Milori raised an eyebrow making Clarion giggle.

"Why yes! My best friend Mary." She beamed and went on to talk about some of her and Mary's adventures.

"So wait..." Milori caught his breath he was laughing so hard. "You and Mary were riding rapids on leaves?" Clarion had been telling him about rapids riding.

"Yes! It's was going well until Mary slipped and fell into the water! I had to go in after her!" They were laughing so hard that Clarion was clutching her side. She hadn't laughed like this for days and felt so good to just let go and relax. Milori was one person who she could talk to, even if they had just met. "So, tell me about the person you're telling."

"What?" Milori asked; he was clearly confused.

"The person who gets to hear about me. What is he like?" Clarion rephrased her question and laid down on the log. Milori followed and began to explain his best friend.

"His name is Dewey. He is the Keeper of all Fairy Knowledge." He looked at Clarion to see if she was going to say anything, but she sat there waiting happily for him to continue. "He's a small sparrow man, but he has a huge heart. I trust him with every secret because he would never tell. He always gives good advice and helps pick out the greats books." Milori went on to talk about when the Lord of Winter took him to meet Dewey.

"So you two knew each other, but pretended not to?" Clarion asked to make sure she had the story straight.

"Exactly. When we walked in Dewey began to pretend and I just followed along. It was mainly him acting, but as soon as the Lord turned away, Dewey busted into a fight of laughter. When the lord asked him what was wrong Dewey told him he had remembered a joke from earlier." Clarion let out a giggle. "She has such a cute laugh." Milori thought to himself before adding, "I still don't think the Lord knows it was all pretend." He reached down and started playing with Clarion's hands. Clarion blushed and looked up at the sky. They had been talking about anything and everything, and hadn't even noticed the time.

"Is that the morning star?" Clarion asked as she pointed into the dark sky.

"I think it is." Milori said as he squeezed her hand.

"That means…OH!" Clarion jumped to her feet. "It's almost morning! We've been here all night!" Milori stood next to her.

"I guess so!" He chuckled, "It only seemed like a few minutes!" They turned to each other. "When can I see you again?"

"Meet me here at sunset." She smiled and was about to go when Milori spoke.

"Clarion…can…can I kiss you?" He asked the question and looked immediately at his feet. Clarion simply walked back to him and laid her soft lips on his.

"Of course you can Milori. See you here at sunset. Bye!" Clarion waved and flew home.

"Yeah. Bye." Milori whispered into the wind as he felt the spot her lips had been. It was warm.

Clarion flew home quickly. "I hope I make it home before mother wakes up." She thought. Her hand then drifted up to her lips. "I kissed him." Her lips were still cold from his touch. "I can't wait to tell Mary!"

So that's how I think their first meeting went! I'm going to try to upload some tomorrow. But who knows! See y'all next chapter!