After a full day of catching up, I decided to go back to my room and lay down for the rest of my day off. I layed down and immediately Smokey jumped up onto the bed to cuddle. I pet his ear and think about the day I had. Way too much explaining, questions, and feelings for me to handle. As usual I fall asleep while deep in thought.

This time when I woke up, Ryan wasn’t here, he must still be at the library. I doubt him and Beth are doing anything. I feel sorry for those two, they’ve put so much effort into this, and I fell asleep. I get up and head down to the library, to my surprise everyone is still up in the library. I guess Thu’ane was in the middle of a funny story, because they were laughing.

“And then I found him in the bathroom freaking out about his hair…” He says and then sees me. I know the exact story he was talking about, and I was pissed. The story of my first date was the most embarrassing story of my life. With that they all turn to see me.

“Kyle! Thu’ane was just telling us a story about you.” Claire says giggling and I see Thu’ane signal her to stop.

“The one where I was freaking out about my first date? He likes to tell that one to everyone. Remember the last time you told that one? Remember what I did?” I ask smiling like a psychopath.

“Uh, I can explain. They wanted to hear some stories and Beth asked about a funny one-” I cut him off by squeezing his shoulder.

“What about the one where you were swallowed by a wyrm and made your way out its ass?” I say still smiling.

He forces a laugh and then I let go of his shoulder.” What’d you think? Funny right?”

They look at us with a lot of confusion and then Thu’ane signals to laugh and they all laugh. Edward, however, decides to go back to the story.” So how’d the date go?”

Oh you mother fucker, I take a deep breath and count how many times I have to punish Edward.” Pretty damn poorly, but in the end she laughed at me and gave me a kiss.”

“Oh, you gotta love the awkward ones.” Thu’ane says trying to lift his punishments.

“Yeaaaah…..” Claire says in a daze.

:”Um, okay then.” I say looking at Claire, I imagine she’s thinking of me taking her on a date or something.” So any other questions?”

They all shake their heads and I smile. Thu’ane tries to escape by claiming to use the restroom, but I know better. So, I decide to come with.” I want to be mad at you, but I can’t. You made me talk, and I should thank you.”

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“I don’t trust you, you’re lying. The Kyle I know would punch my face in if I ever said that in front of someone.” He says.

“Yeah, and I probably should, but to be honest I think I’ve changed a bit since I got here.” I say.

“I’ve noticed, you smile more and it’s not that fake one you had.” He says staring at me.

“Well I found people I want to protect again, it makes me feel like I have a purpose again….” I say leaving it at that.

He sighs and heads back into the library and I just stand there. I get lost in my thoughts and then a voice calls my name. It was a sweet, warm voice that snapped me into reality. It was Claire, this wasn’t the firm, noble Claire, but the one with her hair messy and clothes slightly unbuttoned.

“Are you alright?” She asks walking closer to me.

“Yeah, I-I’m fine.” I say with my nervous stutter.

She giggles, obviously Thu’ane told her about my nervous habits. I take a deep breath and repeat myself.” I’m fine.”

“I heard you the first time, I like the way you are right now. You’re not uptight or tense, you’re more like how I remember you.” She says inching her way closer to me.

“I could say the same about you, you always had such amazing bedhead.” I say

She pouts a bit and tries to fix her hair, then decides to put it back in a ponytail.”How much did Thu’ane tell her? Did he tell her my thing about ponytails?” I think to myself. I start to feel myself melt under the pressure and she doesn’t seem to notice.

“Can you tell me more stories? I enjoyed the ones Thu’ane told us. Especially the one about the Scylla and the one about the one legged man.” She says now less than six inches away from me.

“Um, well another good one was when we were tracking down Satyrs-” I say but now she’s on her tip-toes. Her eyes now in line with mine. I froze like a deer in headlights and she knew she got me.

She kisses me and to my surprise, I don’t pull back. I don’t act like I don’t want this and I don’t think of Jessica for once. I have finally realised my feelings for this girl, and I feel a warm, cozy feeling in my chest. It would have been perfect if someone didn’t decide to interrupt.

“Hey I was wondering-” Edward starts and then he notices what’s going on.” Alright well, have fun.” Then he closes the door to the library and I sigh.

“Can I ever catch a break?” I ask in a whisper.

“It wouldn’t be fun if you could.” She says. She offers her hand and I take it,” Now what was that about Satyrs.”

“Oh right, well we finally caught up to them and….” I start my story and we walk down the halls of the school. I tell her about the massive party we crashed to capture a rowdy Satyr, the one time we had to act like a traveling musical duo and how I used songs I remembered from my world.

“I’d like to hear you two sometime.” She says with a smile that melts my confidence.

“Uh, no, we disbanded after that. I don’t think I was the best singer.” I say

“From what Thu’ane said, you were better than that.” She says and it makes me happy.

If only there wasn’t the threat on her life or the threat of an attack, then maybe I could be entirely happy. But like I said before, I can’t catch a break. Luckily, that night was filled with two lovers catching up on all the good times, and for once, while sleeping next to her, I didn’t have a night terror.