Skylar opened her eyes but instantly shut them and buried her face into her pillow with a low groan as the sunlight attacked her. After a second she heard Serana's laugh. It made her feel like she had butterflies in her stomach. She reached out to poke Serana but quickly realized that the dark haired vampire was not lying beside her.

Skylar raised her head and blinked a few times in confusion. "Serana...?" Skylar asked as she looked around.

"I'm still here." Serana answered her gently.

Skylar sat up when she realized that she was sitting on the foot of the bed smiling at her. It took her a few seconds to realize why. The part of the bed that she was sitting on was the part that still had shadow on it. Skylar cursed herself for not realizing this sooner... She felt as though she was forgetting such important detailed about Serana lately.

"You know... I could put some curtains up to block out the sun." Skylar offered as she rubbed her eyes.

Serana smiled and reached out to touch Skylar's still covered leg, it was the only part of her that wasn't bathed in the sunlight. "No, it's ok, I like watching you in the sunlight... It's calming." Serana spoke with her smile.

Skylar dropped her hands and looked at her Vampire, she could not help but blush. That was one of the many ways Serana called her beautiful.

She smiled and lowered her gaze to the blankets that were draped over her lap. "What time is it?" Skylar asked when she realized that the sun was completely up.

"Noon." Serana answered her.

"Noon!? I slept the entire morning away!?" She yelped with wide eyes.

Serana nodded slowly before she looked down at her hands with a guilty expression that seemed to be plaguing her face. "I wanted to let you rest since... I needed to know that you were recovering well after I fed." Serana said quickly as she looked anywhere in the room but her.

Skylar blinked a few times as she remembered allowing Serana to take some of her blood. She brought her hand up to the side of her neck where Serana's fangs had entered her. "I'm fine." Skylar told her with a kind smile. "Really. I feel absolutely fine, no dizziness, nothing." She assured her.

Serana stood and made her way over to Skylar where she sat down right beside her, still bathed in shadow, and began to run her hands Lazily through her hair. "Yes well... You may feel fine... But I still want you to stay in bed for today." Serana ordered gently as she carefully moved Skylar so that the girl's head was on her lap before she continued running her fingers though her hair.

Skylar gave a stubborn look but remained quiet. She didn't want to remain in bed, she wanted to investigate more into the wear bears.

The vampire girl seemed to be able to read her Werewolf's mind. "Please, Skylar... For me...?" Serana basically begged. She needed to know that Skylar was really ok... Even if that meant forcing the girl to stay in bed. "Just for today, I will stay here with you." She said as she ran her hand up and down her arm gently.

Skylar sighed in defeat. There was no way she could argue with that. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Dash walking right through the door and into her room. As soon as he caught sight of the two girl's cuddling Skylar had sent him a death glare that could even turn the devil himself to ice. Dash turned on his heel soundlessly and walked right back out of the room. He was not expecting to see Serana in there but he could not help but feel relieved that she had come back for Skylar.

He had been wondering when Skylar had planned on getting out of bed, now he knew why she didn't get up. He couldn't help but to smile.

"That Leech is here isn't she." Aela asked with a scrunched up nose when she spotted the ghost.

"Yes she is." Dash answered her as he walked right past her. "Jealousy is a ugly feeling... Is it not?" He called over his shoulder to her.

Aela's face instantly went red with both rage and embarrassment.

"Don't deny it! I see the way you glance at Skylar!" He pointed out as he turned around to face her with his arms crossed over his chest. "I have a question for you... If you liked Skylar all along... Why did you wait this long to show it? Hm?" Dashed hummed with a brow raised.

Aela growled and ran her hands through her hair. "It matters not!" She hissed at him before she tried to walk past him.

He stretched an arm out and placed it on the doorframe stopping her.

Aela seemed to have forgotten that Dash was a ghost because the knowledge that she could simply walk right though him seemed to be lost.

The Werewolf woman sighed and shook her head. "Because I lost her. When we escaped the bandits we all went our separate ways... I honestly didn't know if I would see her again... And I would have never thought that in my wildest dreams... She would fall for a vampire." Aela said with a shrug.

"Love works in mysterious ways." Dash said as he dropped his arm. He was completely shocked by the answer he received. "You liked her all along? Why did you let her go?" He asked her.

Aela looked around suddenly feeling uncomfortable. "I... Don't know... I think because she wanted to escape so badly... No just the physical prison but the mental as well... It was like she needed to sever all bonds that had her connected to that place... That included me." Aela explained sadly. "So... I let her go."

Dash suddenly felt his lifeless heart break. He didn't know what else there was to say.

"If you ever tell her this... I will trap you in a black soul gem!" Aela Growled when she realized what she had just told the nerve wracking Ghost.

Dash didn't even have time to flinch before she marched through him and into the hall.

He watched her go as he rubbed the back of his neck. He suddenly regretted asking...