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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 18:26:22 GMT -5
Once again I was beneath the trees in the grove of Gentian, waiting for Riva. It had been a couple days since the disaster with the wine and her getting so ill, and yesterday I'd run into Keegan and found the dress- today I finally had time to drop it off. Riva always knew how to find me, so I wasn't concerned as I sat and waited- if anyone else came along I knew how to sneak away and hide elsewhere. I only hoped she was feeling better and could spend some time with me before returning to whatever she had to do.
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 18:36:00 GMT -5
I was laying on my bed looking at the ceiling. Well, truly only part of me was on the bed, my feet were on the wall and my arms were hanging off the side.
I was so bored I think I could actually hear my hair growing.
I gasped suddenly and flipped myself back off my bed. Aleron was here, I could feel him like a breeze against my skin.
Throwing open my door I flew downstairs and outside. I dodge a group of children in the courtyard and raced for our trees. I stopped just inside the copse.
"I thought you were never coming back," I told him, smiling.
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 18:40:52 GMT -5
"Why would you think that?" I asked with a smile as I opened up my arms. It was so good to see her, for I'd missed her desperately even during those couple days. Every time we saw each other it was harder to endure the times apart, until one day I knew I wouldn't be able to leave her. Catching her eyes with mine, I gave her a deep look. "I missed you."
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 18:43:16 GMT -5
I rushed into his arms, pressing close as I felt that peace that he carried with him surround me.
"I missed you too," I whispered, my voice catching with emotion. "I knew you'd come back, I was only teasing. It just feels like it has been forever."
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 18:48:32 GMT -5
"Yes, I think it has been forever," I said as I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around her, taking in the scent of her hair. "I hope this isn't a dream; this is exactly where I want to be right now. I never seem to notice how much I missed you until you're with me again."
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 18:51:34 GMT -5
"I miss you all the time," I told him, wrapping my arms around him as well and pressing closer. "It's been so awful around here lately, I wish we could go away forever."
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 18:55:25 GMT -5
"I save up my missing you until one time so it hurts all at once," I told her as I ran a hand through her hair and nestled my face against the skin of her neck. "I wish we could go away forever too, but that takes time, or else we'd never be able to stop moving from place to place. Have things been too terrible here?"
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 18:58:22 GMT -5
"Yes," I said, crawling into his lap and curling up as small as I could so as much of me as possible was touching him. "Everyone is all on the edge of hysteria because of the deaths, it's gotten so bad they had to cancel classes and people keep having fits all over the place. For once I think I may be the most normal person here, which makes me abnormal."
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 19:03:48 GMT -5
Instinctively I began to rock her back and forth. "I'm sorry, I should have come sooner," I said quietly, feeling even more guilty that she'd had to wake up from being wine-sick to all of this chaos. "If there's anything I can do, I will do it, you know that."
Thinking for a moment, I said, "Do you want to get out of Gentian and away from the stress for the night? I've been very lucky with money so far."
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 19:08:08 GMT -5
"Stop feeling guilty, its not your fault I got sick and if you keep it up I am going to have to do something awful to you to make us even," I told him, my voice slightly muffled by the veil of my hair.
"I just want to be here with you right now. Everyone is too bust to notice I'm away, if they even look."
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 19:14:44 GMT -5
Smoothly I moved her hair away from her face so I could hear her more clearly. "I'll stay as long as you want, but I was saying I could get you out for tonight as well. That way, you could sleep peacefully and not have all of that stress around you. I don't want you to be unhappy or upset. It confuses me a little," I confessed quietly, storing up the feel of her against my skin.
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 19:18:20 GMT -5
"I know," I said, grinning. "A lot about me confuses you. Where would we go?"
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 19:26:41 GMT -5
"Oh, lots of places," I said with a smile. "I could take you back to my room for once, Jaiden wouldn't notice or care, or we could stay at an inn and pretend the world doesn't exist- the possibilities are endless. Oh, and I almost forgot- I saw this and thought of you." My smile widening I handed her the package I'd brought with the crimson gown embroidered with white.
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 19:35:50 GMT -5
I started to reply about where to go when I was distracted by my present.
"Oh, thank you!" I said, kissing him deeply and then reaching to open it.
"Oh, Aleron, it's beautiful," I breathed softly. I raised the gown to my cheek, rubbing it against the soft material.
"You are so wonderful to me," I said, kissing him again.
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 19:47:55 GMT -5
Nothing made me happier than to see her happy, I realized in that moment. Kissing her back deeply, I hugged her as close to me as I could without hurting her and let everything I was feeling flow through me. "I'm glad you like it," I said once I managed to pull back. "Will you come with me for tonight? I want to see you happy for a little while."
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 19:51:46 GMT -5
I wriggled out of his grasp and stood up. With a quick move I pulled off the dress I was wearing and dropped it on the ground. I slipped my new dress on, almost giggling with happiness as it slid down my body.
"Yes, of course I'll come with you," I said, twirling around. "Take me to where you live, I want to see it."
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 20:03:32 GMT -5
Standing, I picked up the dress she'd dropped and folded it as neatly as I could while my eyes passed over her. "You look beautiful," I said sincerely as I stepped closer to her and put my hands on her waist to draw her flush against me. "I knew you would. You're always beautiful to me. And I'm very happy you're going to come with me."
Leaning closer to her I captured her mouth with mine, kissing her deeply for a few moments before taking her hand. "Do you want to go straight back, or should we stop and look around some places first?"
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 20:06:29 GMT -5
Desire burst inside me and I made a little moan of wanting.
"Straight there," I told him, breathing fast.
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Post by Aleron Carle(Retired) on Jun 21, 2006 20:11:16 GMT -5
With a low growl of my own, eyes flashing with a want to match hers, I said with a slight chuckle, "If you keep making those sorts of sounds we may not even make it there." My hand in hers, I walked to a tree and placed her other gown in its roots, then led her out of the grove and toward the street.
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Post by Riva Carle (R) on Jun 21, 2006 20:15:10 GMT -5
"You have to wait this time," I said, grinning. "I'm not chancing that we ruin my new dress up against some alley wall."
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