Chapter 73

Forgiveness is Divine

Reunited and it Feel So Good

Holly's POV:

Today started out like any other day. I got up and got dressed, and ate breakfast, but that's where things deviated from my usual routine.

There was a knock on my door. I was already about to leave so I swung the door open to reveal Caballine. Caballine who was nervously tapping her front hooves. "Hi," I said.

"Holly. Can I please talk to you?"

"Um sure," I nodded, stepping back from the door to allow her entry. "I was just on my way to work."

"I know. I just needed to catch you early. I really need to talk to you about Foaly." My heart clenched. The way her voice sounded. Ugh, I really hope he's okay.

"What is it?" I asked tensed. What if he had gotten hurt since yesterday?

"He really misses you. In fact, he's going out of his mind without having you to talk to him."

"Caballine, it's been six days." Six days From the way that she talked, you'd think that we hadn't spoken in years.

"Yes, but he's so sensitive and has so few real friends."

I sighed. Her guilt trip was really working on me. I had planned to let him squirm for another week, but now it looks like I won't be able to. "What he did was wrong."

"And he knows that. He's prepared to apologize. You just need to listen."

I sighed loudly through my nose. "I'll consider it. No promises."

"Completely understandable. That's all I ask of you," she smiled. "Thanks Holly."

"No problem. Apparently, that's what I do."

She smiled and waved before leaving to go to her own job.

Thanks to that little conversation, I was ten minutes late to work. Which is just a lovely way to start my day. Then to top it off, I was almost drowning under paperwork piles, and I couldn't even concentrate. No, my mind kept roving back to Foaly. I hated the idea of him being said because of my childish attempt at vengeance.

Finally, my day was over. Instead of going straight home, I made a slight detour to the Ops booth. Thankfully, the doors slid open automatically.

Strange. Foaly wasn't the type for that. Usually he would have had to have scanned me a few hundred times before even thinking about opening the door.

The centaur was sitting in the corner, typing listlessly. He looked…sad and Foaly is never sad, not really at least.

"Hey Foaly," I called.

It was almost comical to see the way that his head turned around with his eyes full of hope. "Holly?"

"I'm sorry, Holly. I honestly did not mean to hurt your feelings' it was just a joke," he spluttered out. I waited until he had finally finished before speaking.

"Do you mind telling you why you made it your mission to publicly humiliate me?"

He tapped his hoof nervously. "It was more revenge on Arty than you. Besides, I was sort of hoping that you and Artemis would finally realize that you two should be together."

Revenge on Arty? All of this was because of his stupid black hole virus? "All of this for Arty?"

"Of course," he shrugged. "It's Arty that I wanted to get back at. Not you."

I rolled my eyes. This gave new meaning to the old saying 'caught in the crossfire'. "You do realize that the whole experience was worse for me, right?"

He looked away guiltily. "I do now, and I'm really sorry. Forgive me?" And of course, he pulled out the puppy dog eyes that no one could resist. Ugh, why do I have to be so easy?

"I'll forgive you. On one condition…"

Foaly is not one to jump into any type of agreement. "What is it?" he asked, suddenly wary. Honestly, you'd think that I was going to ask him to shave his flanks or something. Even I am not that mean. Well, most of the time I'm not.

"You stop talking about Artemis and I. We're not dating, and we're not perfect for each other. So just stop it." I paused, seeing the choices warring in his mind. He was gong to try to get an alternative pledge. "Take it or leave it."

"Fine," he sighed, defeated. "I agree."

"Realize that talk includes typing posts online." Ah, he's sure that I missed that. No, I may not be Artemis, but I'm not an idiot either.

"Okay," he pouted, his lip poking out. "I agree to your terms."

I grinned, hugging the centaur tightly. "And I forgive you."

He hugged me back and I could feel the warmth radiating off of him. And now, I finally understood what people always said. Forgiveness really is divine…

A/N:

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