Soo, hence forth, I'll rarely talk of my chapters...
Chapter 8:
Interlude: Musing
"I told Sam." Elizabeth grinned, sitting on top of the frozen trees, watching Danny and Sam talking on the park bench. She looked at Allen, who sat next to her, his arms folded, watching the scene. "I told Sam to go to Danny, I told her to have him be her confidant." Allen arched a brow. "After all, you were mine, what can't he be hers?" She continued to smile until a small frown found its way to her face.
"But she didn't speak for the longest time." Elizabeth had a look of worry on her face. She held a hand close to her heart.
"I know. Danny wouldn't stop pestering me." Allen replied, shifting. Danny's emotions were coming to him loud and clear, Danny was apologetic, unsure, relieved, loving, slightly angry, and several other emotions. What were they saying? What was giving Danny mixed emotions?
"She did the same thing I did when mother died. I stopped talking because I couldn't hear her. I always talked with mother; mother and I would always laugh together, play together and loads of other things. But I couldn't hear her, I was afraid I might forget her. If I spoke then the words would make me forget mother. I didn't want to forget." Elizabeth shivered, remembering a feeling. "I had felt like nothing. I had felt like I wasn't enough to keep my mother with me. I had felt that worthless."
"But you're not worthless." Allen said, taking Elizabeth in his arms. She leaned her head against his chest, pretending to feel the warmth she missed for hundreds of years.
"I know," Elizabeth smiled, "you showed me that, just like Danny will Sam." They witnessed the two hugging below. "And I wonder what will come of them. Emily would be excited to see them. She hasn't seen us for almost three months. She said that we should tell them about her brother didn't we?" Allen nodded. "But we got so caught up making sure that they turned out ok that we forgot. Silly us." She beamed at her Prince.
"Yes," Allen smiled back, "silly us." Danny and Sam stood up and began walking towards a nearby café for coffee or hot chocolate. "We will tell them." He reassured Elizabeth. "We will tell them soon. Emily wants to meet them."
"Perhaps their play will do well, I can only hope for the best." Elizabeth said, her hands clasped together, seeing the two staring out the café window. "And wish the best for us, that we may be able to move on." Allen smiled fondly at Elizabeth.
"We can only hope, for wishes can be dangerous." Allen reminded Elizabeth. She her pale face held a pink blush.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." She let out a slow laugh. "I forgot to ask them, they do know Vlad rigged the parts for the play, right? Allen, you told them, right?" Elizabeth gave Allen a stern look.
"Not yet," Allen frowned, unfazed by her serious look, "they will figure it out in time."
"You're starting to sound like Clockwork." Elizabeth pointed out. They floated above the trees, turning invisible and standing in front of the café window, watching the couple. Danny was making Sam laugh. Allen and Elizabeth noticed Sam's aura was shining brighter than before.
"Perhaps." Allen answered to Elizabeth. Danny's emotions were coming in large waves, love and happiness, repeatedly, a hint of sadness from the talk but everything healed in time. "He is happy, shall we go."
"No." Elizabeth breathed; she reached out her hands and gently pressed her fingertips to the glass of the window. "Sam is, she is, Allen look at her aura. Could it be that Prince Edward is attacking sooner than expected?" Sam's amber aura had faded dramatically, as if in a blink of an eye. She looked in question towards the Prince.
"Perhaps." Allen replied, noticing the change. He watched as Sam yawned tiredly, asking Danny to fly her home after they finished their hot chocolate. He saw Danny nod, that was odd. Danny's blue aura didn't change. Maybe he was immune because he was part ghost but he was still part human.
"Danny his falling more in love with Sam, our parts and ourselves are bringing them closer together. Can you believe it? We get to play matchmaker!" Elizabeth giggled. "You should see Sam when she talks about Danny, she loves him so much."
"Yes." Allen let out a small smile. "Their hearts will tell each other at the right time. But I fear," he frowned, looking closely at Danny and Sam, looking deep into their auras, "there may be something to prevent their hearts from telling each other more."
"Allen." Elizabeth hugged him tightly. "It's not gonna be like you and me. They won't die, they'll live I know it. And they'll live that fairy tale story. Right now we just have to go back to being Romeo and Juliet, two star crossed lovers." Elizabeth laughed lightly
"You went into Sam's bookcase?" Allen asked, raising a brow. The play of Romeo and Juliet was after their time. Elizabeth nodded. "Thought so."
"Oh! But you should have read their love!" Elizabeth twirled around in the snow, laughing. "It was so pure!" The two fell silent in their invisible forms as Danny and Sam walked out of the café, Danny holding her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze every now and then.
"Allen," Elizabeth whispered as they followed the couple, Danny walking Sam home. Elizabeth and Allen floated a few feet above Danny. "Is Danny like a younger brother to you like Sam is to me?"
"Yes." Allen nodded. He thought about Danny, Danny had loosened up to him in the past week, talking often, discussing everything and anything. Danny had become like a younger brother to Allen, Danny could probably pass off as one too. He smiled to himself at the thought.
"Sam, she's helped me out so much. We're really close together like bark on a tree." Elizabeth grinned. "I should be her little sister though, I'm still only fifteen and she's sixteen. But it doesn't matter, Sam is my sister none the less."
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Nightwing