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Lets start these sections up again. I forgot how much I missed em...

RITA

I landed Nebbie next to Tumble on the gem covered beach. Vix asked me out, and he took me here. "Wow. This place is amazing! How did you know about it?” I asked him. I wasnt kidding, this place was gorgeous.

"Well, my dad proposed to my mom here,"he said.

Inside I internally fangirled. That sounded soooo romantic!!!

“It seems like an awesome place to get engaged at,” I said.

I felt his hand brush mine and butterflies seemed to be loaded with caffine or something in my stomach, because I couldnt stop the giddy feeling growing inside me. He slowly grabbed my hand and I squeezed his hand in return, trying not to smile to hard. I bit my lip hoping he didnt look over and see me trying not to jump on my toes.

“So… Your parents,” I asked, “What were they like?”

“They were really great."

I looked at him for a second, hoping he woukd say a bit more before I said,“And?”

“And what? There’s nothing else to say exept that they disowned me!” He snapped.

Startled, I nodded and looked down. He smaxked his forhead and I heard him mutter, “Dumb, dumb dumb Vix!” I wasnt sure what to do, so I stood quietly for a second untill he said,

“I.. Sorry Rita. I didn’t mean to snap at you.”

“It’s fine,” I smiled while squeezing his hand a little tighter. "Pain makes people do that. And, you don’t have to talk about them if you don’t want to.”

“No it’s fine,” he stated, “I was just being my stupid self.”

I flicked his shoulder. “HEY! Remember, only positive things about yourself.”

“Nu,” he wined, “I dun wanna.”

I raised my eyebrows. “Are you gonna disobey the doctor’s orders?”

“I’m not a child!” he wined again. Honestly, the way he said it was so adorable that I just had to laugh.

“Rgggghh this isn’t faiiirrr,” he groaned, “your raising my self-esteem. Bully.”

I tried to hold back a laugh and pretended to be offended, “Me? A bully? How?”

“Your making me think good things about myself,” he wined like a kid...again.

“And… how does that make me a bully?” I asked.

“Because your not supposed to raise my self-esteem,” he replied.

I shrugged not quite knowing what to say. So we kept walking untill we reached a flat peice of obsidian. Vix helped me up and we sat down, both of us staring at the shining ocean before us.

“Grima would’ve loved to be here…” he said quietly.

I looked at him, thinking about Grima. “I would’ve liked to meet her.”

He chuckled, “Eh… Well she’d say ‘If you break my brother’s heart I will break your face, got it?’ And then start doing Aud-ey things.”

“’Aud-ey’?” I asked.

“You know how she’s always trying to push us together in the weirdest ways,” he explained. “Grima was like that.”

“Ohh,” I said. “Well, you seemed pretty close to her."

“Yeah, I was. She was super supportive. Some nights after my dad died, I would have nightmares that that stupid old Baardson would come back and kill me too. My mom was too busy working on other stuff. So Grima would come in my room. She wasn’t perfect at singing, but she was still good. She always sang the same lullaby to me. I don’t remember all of it, but it said something about a storm king, and kept repeating ‘sleep sleep little one sleep."

I recognized the lyrics as one mom used to sing to us. Memories popped into my head but I quickly shoved them away.

“Aud’s protective too when she’s not busy being ship-pepped," I said.

“I bet she is,” he said, looking down. He looked upset so I asked,

“You okay?"

“Yeah I’m good,” he said smiling a little, “I’m just imagining what things Aud and Grima could plan if Grima was, you know...”

“Yeah, that would be a disaster,” I laughed.

It was silent for a minute as we still held hands and stared at then calm water.

"Aud was always really protective of me," I spoke, breaking the silence. "We've been through some pretty crazy things together." "Like?"

I forced a smile, "You want the good or the bad stuff?"

I flinched a bit when he put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him.

"Let's start with the good stuff," he said. "Then we can move to the bad if you want."

I nodded and then smiled as I recalled all the stupid things we did together as kids.

"Well one time, we had to skip dinner, and it was around one in the morning when we both sat up in bed looking at each other. We were both hungry so we snuck downstairs for a midnight snack. Throughout the whole thing she kept holding my hand and looking around corners as we gobbled up snacks and snuck back downstairs."

"Midnight snacks are amazing. Especially with sisters," Vix noted. I nodded in agrrenement.

"Another time, we were out in a crystal cluster playing and we stumbled upon a pack of terrible terrors. Aud looked at me and told me that she would run and scare them away first and then I could follow after she made sure they wouldnt bite me."

"Terrible terror bites are pretty terrible," Vix stated before realizing what he just said and smiling, "sorry. Bad pun."

I laughed a bit and then continued, my laugh quickly turning to a quiet voice.

"She scared them off, but we wrestled with a few of those terrors and got pretty dirty. When we got home, dad immediately saw that we had been playing with dragons and he...he..."

I stopped and breathed in shakily. Here goes nothing, I thought. I'm seriously gonna tell him everything.

"he what?" "Well...he got mad at us. Let's just say we went to bed really sore that night," I said, trying to hold back tears.

"Oh...OH wait so...wait you, you guys were...wait...he...?"

"Yea," I said completing his thought. He pulled me closer into a hug and I couldnt help but let a few tears run out.

"I...I never knew that...happened...I mean...was he like that all the time?"

"As long as I can remember," I choked.

"Why was he mad that you were with dragons?"

"I dont know...but he always held an undefined and very personal hate to dragons. Aud and I both knew the risks of consorting with them. "

"So how did he react when he found out you two became guardians?"

"He set our house on fire and locked us inside," I said flatly. Vix choked on air and spluttered,

"WHAT?!"

"Yea...I dont remember much. Apparently I passed out, but Aud pulled me out and we were taken to the hospital. Actually, Isla met Michael because he was putting out the fire and then they went to go track my dad down. The only times I've seen him since were when we were fighting."

"oh."

I stared out at the water and sighed onto his shoulder, a few more tears escaping.

"I just hate the flashbacks. Aud dosent get them as bad, but I remember so much. It feels like every time he hit me, he hit the memory deeper into my soul. They dont leave me and I'll never know when I suddenly see something and remember my awful past. Its...so...scary..." I broke into tears and Vix just sat there, trying to comfort me awkwardly. I felt bad for crying, but it was hard to control at this point.

"Sh.. Rita..uh," Vix stammered. I felt so awful. Why did I have to be so stupid?! I quieted my cries a little, but I couldnt stop the tears. "I'm sorry," I said, fresh tears continuing to stream from my face. "Shhhh," he comforted, putting a finger to my lips. I felt like I had just taken the cork out of all the emotions I had bottled up. All the fear and pain these flashbacks and memories literally just seemed to flood out of me. Get yourself together Rita. Your probably freaking the guy out. Stop being an emotional dummy. STOP! I couldnt. I felt so stupid. I didnt want to look at Vix, he was probably staring at me like, Oh my gosh this freak won't shut up! If I had like a future reading angel that sat on my shoulder, she probably would've been giddily screaming, "NOPE! Wait for it...."

Vix cupped my chin in his hand and closed his eyes, I did the same and he gently kissed my lips.

"CALLED IT. BOOOOM!," I heard that angel scream. When he pulled away, he warmly smiled at me and I felt like my whole body had just been melted into a comfortable warmth. I stared deep into his green eyes and smiled back. Then, as if it couldnt get anymore romantic, he started singing. Im pretty sure my heart melted into a puddle, as a dorky smile slowly made its way across my face.

“I see your monsters

I see your pain

Tell me your problems

I'll chase them away

I'll be your lighthouse

I'll make it okay

When I see your monsters

I'll stand there so brave

And chase them all away”

I smiled at the end this verse and another tear escaped my eye. This time from pure happiness instesd of sadness. Vix honestly knew exactly what I needed right now and I loved him for that. (But for Thors sake dont tell Aud I said that!) He continued,

“Stand alone when you need someone

It’s the hardest thing

Of all that you see

Are the bad bad bad memories

Take your time

And you’ll find me

‘Cause I see your monsters

I see your pain

Tell me your problems

I’ll chase them away

I see your monsters

I’ll stand there so brave

And chase them all away

And I will be here like you were for me

So just let me in

When you need to talk it out

With someone you trust

Just let me in

And you’ll find me

‘Cause I see your monsters”

He finished and I smiled and leaned forward to hug him. He wrapped his arms around me and I felt so safe and secure. Careful of his shoulder injury, I gently rested my chin on his shoulder.

When we pulled apart, he wiped the last tear off of my cheek and then asked,

“You wanna go back to the base?”

I sniffer and replied, “yea, let’s go.”

He helped me up and stood there awkwardly for a second.

"You okay?" I aksed.

"Yea yea Im fine...but...can you not say anything to Aud about...Y'know."

I stared at him and then laughed,

"What do you think Im stupid?! It would be the end of my life if I gave her the slightest detail about tonight!"

He laughed and then wrapped an arm around my waist as I layed my arm across his shoulder. We walked toward the dragons in silence, but no words needed to be spoken. We both knew how we felt. ~-~ "RITA!" I spun around where my dad was at the counter. "Yes dad?" "Finish this milk! I wont have you wasting our good food." "Okay," I croked. "Let me just finish this sheet." My throat had been sore all morning, so mom and Aud had gone out to grab some things for it. It hurt to swallow so I hadn't finished my milk this morning. I did not want to swallow my milk right now either, so I turned back to my math sheet. Math was hard. Especially for a gittery seven year old like me. I sighed and then decided to go grab a cough drop upstairs so that I could at least tolerate drinking the milk. A minute later, I sat back down at my desk to finish the sheet, and then go drink my milk. I had three problems left when I felt hands grip my hair. My head was whipped around as I looked at the enraged face of my dad. His gray eyes bore jnto my soul as I shut mine close. I felt be myself picked up and then slammed to the floor. Pain radiated through me as I started to cry. "I TOLD YOU TO DRINK YOUR MILK!" Dad screamed at me over and over, continuing to grab my shoulders and slam me back into the ground. I choked back sobs which just served to give me hiccups as tears streamed from my face. Dad screamed things I couldnt register and wouldnt stop the slamming for at least a minute. Finally he stopped with one last shove to the ground and growled, "Finish that milk Rita!" I stumbled over to the counter, still hiccuping and crying. I almost spilled the milk from shaking to hard. Once I finished the milk, I stumbled back to my desk. I tried to finish my sheet, but my head hurt to much and I soon fell asleep on a math sheet covered in tears. ~~ A knock on the door startled me from my flashbacks. I wiped the tears away and walked to the door and opened it. "HEYYYYYYYY YOUUUUUUU," Aud screamed in my face. I stumbled back in surprise. "AUD! Dont do that to me!" I pressed my hand to my heart, still trying yo breathe from the shock of it as Aud just stood there laughing. Then she looked at me seriously, "Sorry Rits. Were you crying?"

"What? No," I replied.

"Then why is your face all red and the tip of your collar wet? Im not stupid Rita. Whats wrong?" Aud grabbed my hand and pulled me next to her on my bed. I sighed,

"I had another flashback."

"Oh," she replied quietly. Then she hugged me as I sighed again into her shoulder.

"Im sorry Rita...I wish there was something I could do to get rid of these for you..."

"Yea..."

"Do you need a subject change?" she asked.

"Yea."

"Great. What happened last night?"

"Nevermind," I said. I Immediately regretted my decision to change the subject. I stood up to head for the door and Aud followed.

"Come on Ritaaaaaaaa! I need to know!!!"

"Nothing happened Aud," I groaned rounding the corner of my hut and heading to the stables.

"Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me."

"No."

"Tell me."

"No."

"Tellll meh."

"NU!"

"Tellllllll meh nowwwwww!"

At this point we had reached the entrance to the stables. I spun around to face her,

"AUD! Seriously. Nothing happened. Im serious. And why are you laughing?"

I realized Aud had started to stiffle a laugh and she shot her eyes behind me. I turned around and there was Vix at the stable door. He smiled and I shoved away the butterflies Not. In front. Of Aud, I thought. "Oh hi," I said. "Hey," he replied. "Hehehehe," Aud chuckled. I rolled my eyes as he raised his eyebrow, "Problem?" "Yes," Aud started. "Ya gurl here wont share a single thing about your little outing last night and I need the infa dude!!!!" Vix laughed and ran his hand through his hair. It was super cute and I couldnt help but smile at it. "Shes right though. We just went for a walk and talked," he said flatly. I looked at Aud with triumph as her shoulders deflated. "You two are impossible. Cmon sparkles. Lez goz." Apparently spark dosent like being called sparkles, becauze he shot a fireball at her. She dodged it and I heard her yell, "SORRY! Sorry...geez Mr. Attitude problem." I laughed as she flew away and then looked at Vix. "Thanks for the save," I breathed. He chuckled. "No problem. I gotta go on patrol now but Ill see you later," he said before quickly kissing my cheek and walking away. Nebbie had come out of the stables and was giving me a look. "Oh what are you looking at? Lets go," I laughed before mounting her and flying off for some fresh air.