Are you lost?

[Maira]

(ooc: this first bit we don't have to go into but since you brought up Lia I had to do something with her hehe, specially if it meant teasing Cian (who you called Chester in your last post btw) hehe)

Lia managed not to squeal when Cian wrapped himself around her as he almost always did when he saw her. Instead she just shoved him off and smirked when he walked beside her anyway. As they walked, they talked and somewhere into the conversation Lia noticed the scratch marks on the Incubus' cheek. They were deep and feline looking and she couldn't help but ask, "Did you piss Chester off?" While the question might have been serious, it was heavily tinged with mirth. Cian had a funny habit of getting himself in trouble even though his intentions were good. Point in fact was her relationship with Talbot. It wouldn't have started if Cian hadn't gotten in the middle of them, literally. While she was eternally grateful, Talbot still threatened Cian's life at least once a day for meddling...

*****

Archer had walked in the library and up the stairs to the circulation desk and was just in time to watch as some upperclassman girl hit on Chester. Her jaw dropped and she watched, a few steps from the top and partially hidden by the halfwall, as Chester flirted back and led her off into the stacks.

At a complete loss, Archer turned and dropped like a stone, to sit on the stairs. The bastard she'd seen with Chester, the one she had also marked with her claws, had been right. Chester -did- like women. Or at least that was the distinct impression she'd just gotten. She'd seen him around other women before but he'd never flirted, why was this one different? Was she his girlfriend? Oh gods, had she been pining over some guy who was already taken?

She had just dropped her face in her hands, to hide her eyes from the light and try and stave off a migraine, when she heard the older girl's laughing voice practically shout, "Oh Chester!" In an instant, Zephyr's hackles were raised and so were Archer's. Archer immediately hauled herself up off the stairs and took the last few steps to the top of the stairs then she went off in the direction Chester had gone.

She followed his scent easily and within just a few moments she turned a corner and saw the other girl practically draped on Chester. Her temper rising, and Zephyr pushing for action, Archer marched up to the couple and asked Chester, "Is she your girlfriend?" At the dumbfounded look he gave along with the shake of his head, Archer felt a thrill of triumph run up her spine and she grabbed him by the wrist and hauled him away from the other girl. Just before they turned a corner Archer turned back and said to the girl, "Hope you don't mind if I borrow him for a little bit." Then they were out of the other girl's sight.

Chester didn't have time to ask what she was doing or where they were going before she found what she was looking for; one of the many private study rooms scattered around the library. The blinds were already conveniently drawn but since the door was open she knew it was vacant and Archer hauled Chester in behind her. Once they were both in she shut the door and flipped the lock then she turned to him and all bravado, or whatever had come over her, faded. She was left staring at a bewildered man she was seriously attracted to and she had no idea what she wanted to say to him. Instead of fumbling with words she just leaned up on her tip-toes and planted a kiss firmly on his lips.

[Shinigami]

Talbot was lazily weaving through the crowd of students, his messenger's bag thrown over his shoulder as he headed out of his latest class. It was a literature class, all works he had read before when they were originally printed, or scribed, so he rarely paid attention to what was going on. Since he had begun his relationship with Lia he found he had a knack for being able to spot her in any crowd, and today was no exception. He swerved towards her, only noticing Cian was with her when he was a few feet away.

His attention was perked when caught Lia asking if Cian had pissed off Chester. What was that little meddler doing now? He threatened him enough for his envolvement with getting him and Lia together, would he have to threaten him for Chester as well? Tale caught sight of the scratches across Cian's face and raised a brow. Had Chester retaliated to Cian's pestering, finally?

Tale wiggled his way right up on Lia's other side, standing a bit closer to her than Cian, and much too close just to be a student of hers. Their relationship hadn't been questioned thus far, and Talbot had been getting more comfortable about showing Lia more than his usual affection around other students and faculty. And he wasn't one to be shy about public affection. "So, Cian, did Chester finally get fed up and take a swipe at you? Serves you right for all the meddling you do. You should learn to leave well enough alone, especially with your more feline friends."

[Demeter]

Cian peered at the two standing next to him, neatly stepping around a raised crack in the sidewalk. "I hardly pissed of Chester. Anger him, yes but not enough to do this," he said while pointing at the scratchs across his cheek. "This was done by Chester's lady friend. She caught me being more then a little friendly with Chester and I guess the little lady has feelings for the boy..not that he knows, so I just meddled. Can't blame me for that."

***

Chester barely repressed a squawk when Archer pulled him into on to the study rooms. "Archer..what the..." Chester never finished speaking because he suddenly had Archer's lips on his. He was propelled backwards until he bumped into the heavy table in the room. He didn't shift but Pax took over the motor controls on his human counterpart.

The girl apparently wanted him and Pax wasn't one to argue. Chester eventually resurfaced and pushed Archer away from him. "What the hell was that all about?"

[Maira]

Lia was utterly and completely happy when Talbot sidled up next to her and continued to walk with her and Cian. She had already told the college that she would be moving on at the end of the year so she had hardly any objections left to showing affection for one of her 'students'. What would the school do? Fire her? She was leaving anyway so that would be silly. Plus, her fellow art professors found it rather cute that she'd gotten involved with the quietest, probably most talented, student in their department. She'd even heard a couple of them talking and telling each other that it was about time Lia had somebody who understood her and vice versa for Talbot. As she remembered that, she let her hand slip into Talbot's and she twined her fingers with his giving it a little squeeze.

She'd been listening as Talbot scolded Cian, just as she'd known he would, and when Cian admitted to meddling she flinched. So long as Talbot didn't launch into a full blown lecture against Cian's meddling the afternoon could still be a good one. Hoping to head it off she asked them both, "So are you guys done with classes? Why don't you come home with me? I could use some company." It had been a fairly common question of late, she liked having both of the guys around, Talbot especially but Cian because he... well he was just Cian.

*****

She'd liked the feel of Chester's lips under hers, Zephyr had demanded she do more than kiss him, and now she was being pushed away. Pushed away... Her eyes immediately went to the floor at the question that Chester asked. "I...." her voice caught in her throat with nerves that suddenly descended on her. Not able to face him anymore she turned away from him and went to leave the room.

She was just reaching her hand out to flip the lock back open when she blurted out, "The guy I saw you with, it just confirmed the inklings I'd been getting that you... that you liked men. So I went and pounded the shit out of the set until Thiery kicked us all out. Then I went and sat at the fountain, moping a little bit I admit. Lo and behold, I get into a good one-woman pity party and the jerk has the balls to sit down and chat at me like I don't want to kill him. Know what he told me? That you like girls, not guys. That he'd been a passing phase for you. I'm not sure what I was more angry about but i smacked him and sorta scratched him. Zephyr was mad too..."

Her embarrassment was slowly fading so she turned and looked at Chester again and continued, "Zephyr took me for a run last night and I had a lot of time to think. I was coming in the library today to apologize for barging in on you and him, then I saw you flirting with that girl and it hurt so bad. Don't ask why, you've never given any indication you liked me as more than just a friend and temporary kindle-mate. Then, then I heard her laughing and the way she shouted your name put my back up and Zephyr got possesive... If you really did like girls like he said, then Zephyr wanted you.... I did too...." Oh god! Had she just said that?!

Plunging on ahead she finished before she could loose her nerve,"So i followed your scent like I've done so many times, found her draped all over you and spazzed. I'm sorry. I didnt mean to push myself on you... I'll go now..." Now she did turn to leave but she took a couple steadying breaths first. Last thing she needed was to be seen crying and running from the room Chester was going to come out of eventually.

[Shinigami]

As Talbot mildly berated Cian he felt Lia slip her hand into his. They twined their fingers together and Lia gave his hand a squeeze. He didn't bother pull his hand away, hating to lose that touch once he had it, so he just squeezed back. The majority of the art department knew about their relationship anyway, and even if they didn't, his classmates surely suspected -something-. Who could miss how their interaction had changed while your stuck in the same room with them for over two hours?

Tale heard Cian fully admit to his meddling and he narrowed his eyes. Poor Chester had enough to worry about with most of the people on campus thinking he was gay, and now Cian decided to meddle with his sex life some more. He opened his mouth to scold the young (at least to Tale) Incubus, but was cut short by Lia. He sighed, deciding to leave the scolding for another day. Talbot wanted to go to Lia's, and the day would be ruined if he started in on Cian now. He'd wait until he got the boy alone.

[Demeter]

Cian snickered. He'd squeeze out of a lecture by Tale. "Love to Lia but I've got a date. Cera wants me to pick her up from work. Something about her co-workers not believing that she has a boyfriend who is, in her own words, a bad boy." Cian grinned at his new title and waved at his friends while he headed for the parking lot and the bike he'd part in the motorcyle lot that morning.

***

Chester stood still for a moment, allowing Archer to escape. Once his brain started fuctioning once again, Chester exited the room in a hurry but Archer was no where to be seen. Grumbling to himself, Chester scented the air, picking up on the girl's scent easily enough. he followed the smell out of the library but lost it in the crowd. "Blast damn!"

Chester turned on his heels and marched back into the library. He stopped at the first free work station and punched up the system that would tell him what dorm Archer was in. Once he had the hall name and room number, Chester waved to the library ladies and said that he was taking his lunch. After escaping from the library, Chester headed to the north end of the campus. When he reached Archer's dorm room, he knocked on the door and waited.

[Maira]

Lia couldn't help but snicker at the idea of Cera showing off her 'bad boy' boyfriend Cian. She'd met the girl a few times and could see why her co-workers wouldn't quite believe her. That would be a fun sight to see though, Cian pulling up on his motorcycle to pick up Cera (likely wearing something pink and frilly) and drive away with her on the back of the bike. She frowned a bit as Cian walked away but only for his benefit so he'd know he'd be missed. She was perfectly content to spend the day alone with Talbot though. At that thought a wicked grin crept onto her mouth and she leaned in close to Talbot and whispered to him, her voice trickling power and suggestion, "Lets go home."

*****

Archer had made it back to her dorm room and was flaked on her bed with a pillow thrown over her face when somebody had the balls to knock on the door. "Shannon's not here!" she yelled at the top of her lungs, hoping to be heard above the music pounding through the walls of the room next to hers. Only after she yelled, did Archer realize it could be one of her theatre buddies come to go over set ideas or to bounce script ideas off of her. She rolled off the bed and made her way through her maze of books to the door and yanked it open.

The person standing on the other side of the door was the last person she expected to see standing there and she couldn't help but stutter, "W-what are you doing here?" Her heart was racing though Archer wasn't sure whether it was from hope, fear, or anger. She'd felt all three in turns on her run home from the library and they were all threatening to overwhelm her at once right now. Without much help from Zephyr, who was of the mind to swipe at Pax for letting Chester reject her, Archer managed to get her emotions under control and she apologized, "I'm sorry about earlier if you came because of that. If you came for the books I have late, I promise I'll get them in by the middle of next week." Other than that, Archer couldn't think of why Chester would be standing outside her door... At least she wouldn't let herself think of any other possible reasons...

[Demeter]

Chester panted as he braced himself against the doorframe and leaned forward. First the kiss then the walk across campus and now this? Both he and Pax were riled up enough as it was and Archer seemed to have forgotten that he was a fully grown male. "Archer, right now, I could care less about your books. First," he said while backing the girl into her room and closing the door behind him. "Lets get this straight. I'm not gay, i've never been gay and i will never be gay. The thing with Cian is that he is an overly affection friend who, believe this or not, is an incubus. Everything with two legs would have to be dead for years before they didn't want him in some way or another."

Chester kept moving foward until he had Archer backed against the wall, his hands braced on either side of her head. "Secondly, that kiss? Well...this what you get for that." Chester swooped in for the kill and claimed Archer for his own. Pax, well, he was just happy that his counterpart was behaving like a normal male for once.

When the door to the dorm room opened and someone said "Gawd, can't you two freaks get a different room or something?" Chester broke away from Archer and manhandled the girl out of the room, leaning against the door when he slammed in the girl's face. He wasn't budging from this space. He glanced over at Archer and growled. "Come here."

[Maira]

Archer wasn't surprised that there was something about Cian that she didn't know but to find out he was an incubus... That explained a -lot- about that man! As fascinating as the fact about Cian was, she was more interested in what Chester had said about himself, that he wasn't gay.

When he brought up the kiss, Archer winced. She felt more than a little embarrassed about that. She wasn't at all prepared to suddenly find Chester's lips pressed to hers and his arms about her. She didn't even noticed when the door opened and somebody came in, the voice she heard off in the distance didn't even register but Zephyr wanted to lash out. Archer was suddenly left standing as Chester manhandled the person out of the room. Once he was away from her, her senses came back to her and she realized it was Shannon and just what she had said. She hissed after the girl's retreating back and was quite pleased when Chester slammed the door in the other girl's face.

When he growled at her to come to him, Archer gave in to Zephyr and let the feline have her way. Archer rushed over to where Chester was leaning against the door, pressed herself to him and kissed him passionately. Way more forward than just Archer would be thanks to Zephyr's influence. As she was kissing Chester, Archer had sense enough to fumble with the lock until she heard it click into place, she had seen that Shannon had dropped her purse and with it her keys, when Chester shoved her out of the room.

[Demeter]

Chester purred at the girl cuddled up with him on the couch in his apartment's living room. After he shoved the girl he now knew to be Shannon out of the room, she'd run to the Residence Director, who'd opened the door with a skelton key. Fed up with all the distractions, Chester had snarled at the people gathered around the doorway and dragged Archer away from the dorm to his apartment a few streets over.

Chester ran a hand through Archer's hair, grinning at the multi-colored strands. "So, there will be no more doubting of me when I have Cian drapped all over me? And just so you know, I grew up with Rachel, I view her as a younger sister? Want something to eat?"

Chester untangled himself before Archer had a chance to answer and wandered into the gallery kitchen. "I've got pasta and frozen pizza."

[Maira]

She was comfortable and dozing when Chester started talking to her. She opened her eyes just in time to see him grinning down at her and Archer couldn't help but smile back. When he untangled himself from her she looked after him with a frown replacing her smile. She missed his warmth and the comfort of how he felt on the couch next to him.

Feeling lazy she didn't get up to follow him to the kitchen but she did answer his questions loud enough for him to hear. "I promise I will try not to over-react to Cian's friendliness or any sisterly affection you may have for the girls of the Kindle. As for food, anything is good right now, I have a sudden case of the munchies." At that remark, Archer couldn't help but snicker and tease Chester, "You sure can work up a girl's appetite you know."

The kissing and pouncing that had been done in Archer's dorm room had continued once Chester had dragged her to his apartment but aside from intensifying not much else had happened. At this point, Archer was very glad that Zephyr tended to be a laid back cat. If she had been more assertive who could say where things between her and Chester could have gone. As it was, she was thoroughly flustered yet just as satisfied.

[Demeter]

Chester grinned and reached into one of the cabniets for the box of pasta. "Thank you for that compliment. Red or white sauce?" he spoke while he dumped a box of pasta into a pot, pouring water over the dry noodles. Once he had both the noodles and the sauce heating up, Chester wandered his way back to the couch, curling up next to Archer and pressing a soft kiss to her forehead.

Chester pulled Archer against his body, purring at her. "So, I suppose I should get to know you better. And, just for future reference, you'll be seeing plenty of Theiry, one of your instructors, the set design one. He's part of the kindle. Also, my parents have a place in the mountians, they let me use it on the weekends."

[Maira]

Archer laughed when Chester thanked her for the compliment and immediately answered, "White sauce please unless you've got parmesan, then red sauce is okay too." She listened as he puttered around in the kitchen and when she heard him put the lid on both pans and start to come back out to the livingroom she smiled. When he climbed back on the couch with her, kissed her forehead and pulled her close to him, he wasn't the only one that was purring.

As she listened to him sort of ramble Archer just watched him. She had committed his face to memory a while ago without really meaning to but being this close and this intimate with him was something she had never expected. It gave her a chance to see things much better than before and she found she absolutely loved his light green eyes.

When she was able to actually focus on what Chester had said instead of his eyes, Archer raised her eyebrows curiously. "Thiery is part of the Kindle? I kinda thought he seemed familiar... Or, Zephyr did really, not me. Anyway what did you want to know about me?" Archer was deliberately ignoring the cabin comment, she didn't want to respond to it and give him the wrong idea. Not that she was sure just what the wrong idea would be...

[Demeter]

Chester smiled at Archer. "What do I want to know about you? Family? The reason behind coming to this university. Your favorite things?" Chester peered over Archer's head to make sure that nothing was leaking out of it's pot and looked back at her. "We go some time until the pasta is done so speak."

***

Chester grumbled as he pulled a trashcan from desk to desk. Once a week he would go up to the third floor of Wilson Library, to the row of study desk and pull the garbage out of the cubbies. Just another reason why he hated the idiots who frequented his workspace. Chester flipped open a cubby and snarled at the collection of soda and beer cans and the pile of chip bags.

"That's it," he muttered under his breath, "Next week, I'll do a inventory sweep up here and see if I can't catch the idiots." He flipped the cubby shut and moved onto the next. The library had been closed for the past thirty minutes, having locked the doors at midnight, but the cleaning crew did a half-assed job on the upper floors.

All he wanted to do was go home. He'd given Archer a key to his apartment after it was made clear that she and her roommate couldn't get along. He was sure that the girl was in one of two places. Either she had locked herself in the threatre department to work on some set or she was curled up on his couch and waiting for him.

Chester glanced around, grinning when he saw no more cubby holed desks and headed for the stairs. He nodded to the guard standing by the doors, waiting for the last of the library workers to clear out, after grabbing his coat and clocking out. He quickly moved across the campus, grin growing even wider when he saw that the doors to the stage were locked tight and no lights shone through to the doors. He crossed the street and smirked. The lights in his living room were on. "Must have threatened to kill her again" he said to the wind as he plugged a key into the buildings front door. Archer had to be up there, working her way through her general education classes and muttering about roommates.

Chester found the key to his apartment's door and opened it Across the room was Archer, curled up on his couch, surrounded by books and a pizza box. Chester took the area that seperate the front door from the couch in three quick bounds and kneeled on the edge of the couch. He gave Archer a quick kiss and then fixed his gaze on the pizza box. "Any of that left for me? I haven't eaten since lunch?"

[Maira]

As Archer sat in Chester's livingroom surrounded by her homework, books and a pizza box she tried her best to study. Unfortunately for her homework, the previous night's events kept running through her head distracting her. Sure, she and Chester didn't do anything more than make-out, talk and eat but still it was a very pleasant distraction.

Eventually she managed to get most of her homework done and just as she was finishing up she heard a key in the lock to the front door. Fairly certain that she was the only one with a key to his apartment, which he had given her the night before, Archer looked up from what she was reading and smiled at him as he came in and shut the door behind him.

Watching him bound across the livingroom and then perch on the side of the couch next to her, Archer couldn't help but give a small laugh. When he eyed her pizza and asked if any were for him she raised her eyebrows playfully and teased, "Well I don't know.... You've been gone so long its probably cold by now so I should probably just throw it out." Personally Archer preferred left over pizza and she couldn't help but smirk at the look that came over Chester's face at the suggestion of throwing the pizza out. "Okay, okay, I spose I'll share my left overs," she said with a laugh and handed him the box. Once he had dug in, she asked, "So how was work?" and she snuggled up close to him, her books and homework completely forgotten.

[Demeter]

Chester grinned, grabbed the pizza box and dashed into the kitchen. "We don't have to worry about cold pizza," he said while transferring the left over slices from box to a plate. "I happen to have my very own microwave and I don't have to share it with a roommate that plays with the settings." After punching the minutes into the applieance, Chester scooted into the living room.

"Work was hellish. I had to lead a tour of middle schoolers around the library." Chester moved a stack of books to the floor and sat beside Archer, snuggling against her side. "They wouldn't shut up. Honestly, I don't think anyone cares if Matt likes Kelly."

Chester sighed and leaned his head agaainst Archer's shoulder. "So, how was your day? Busy, I take it?" he said while glancing at the piles of the books. "Oh, my mother called. Apparently my parents want to show you off. I apoligize for any grandchildren questions now. The women of the kindle, especially those with single daughters, take interest in who I'm seeing. They even bet on how long it will last. Theiry will be there. We can hide in the corner with him as the women want to know when he;s giving those boys of his a new mother."

When the buzzer on the microwave went off, Chester scrambled off the couch. "Sorry, haven't eaten since noon, he said by way of apology. "So, does this weekend work for you? The kindle meeting, that is." he asked while leaning against the counter an d plucking at melted cheese.

[Maira]

From her perch on the couch, Archer glared at Chester as he made a snarky comment about having his own microwave that he didn't have to share with a busy-body room-mate. She really really hated her room mate except for the one fact that if it hadn't been for her intruding durring a rather intense time, she never would have wound up at Chester's apartment making out on the very couch she was now sitting on. Even evil room-mates had their uses...

When Chester changed topics from the microwave to his day at work in the library Archer's glare first faded into sympathy and then sparkled with mischief. Leading around middle schoolers would not be her favorite job either but she remembered all to well just how important the middle school relationship gossip had seemed to her when she was younger.

She was still smirking at her childhood memories when suddenly Chester was back on the couch with her, the pizza smelling just as good re-warmed, and he was talking about something involving his mother and her and being shown off. It took her a moment to realize just what Chester was saying and when it sank in she cringed. "Your mother wants to show me off? Why me? I mean aside from the fact that we're well....ya know, I just don't see why she would want to bother. And in all honesty I'd rather hide than possibly offend girls I have to essentially consider family for the next four years." Archer really hated the idea of being something for other people to gawk at, surprising as that may be considering her major, but actual social situations freaked her out. It was one of the reasons she had managed to have "deadlines" for the drama department everytime something Kindle related came up so far.

Realizing she wasn't going to be able to get out of this, Archer shoved her books onto the floor and snuggled close to Chester and she whimpered, "So long as you promise we can hide in the corner I'll go." Then to distract herself from the looming Kindle meeting, Archer snagged a piece of pepperoni off of Chester's slice of pizza, then another for good measure.

[Demeter]

Chester hid himself in a corner between Archer and Thiery. Archer was hiding because of all the woman who wanted to congradulate the young woman, and to size her up, who'd captured Chester, thereby disproving the gay theory. Thiery hide because of all of all the women who wanted to know when he was going to give those boys of his a mother.

Chester was just hiding for the sake of hiding. He never liked this big kindle gatherings. "One more hour and then we should be able to get out of here. We can always claim homework. Thiery gets to claim saving his children from the baby sister." Chester shrunk back when one of the old biddies started to come this way but his father saved him from a questioning about his intentions towards his nice young lady.

Once their hour was up, Chester ushered Archer out of the house and raced her back to his apartment. Once there, Chester pulled off the sweater he'd stuffed himself into for the gathering and, wearing only a beat up tank top, flopped onto his couch. "Archer, come here and I'll give you a foot message."

Once the girl was flopped lengthwise on the couch, Chester pried off the heels the girl had subjected her feet to, tossed the shoes over his shoulders and rubbed at the sore archs. "I'm so sorry about all of that. They didn't ask you to many embarssing questions, did they?"

[Maira]

Archer had dreaded the Kindle meeting for a while and when it finally came about, it was just as awkward as she had thought it would be. Wanting to make a good impression she had put on a nice dress and some heels (oh how she hated both!) but when she got there and saw some of the other girls her age in jeans and sweaters she wanted to scream. Then came the endless rounds of awkward questions about her life and family in Indiana and insincere congratulations on snagging Chester. Most of the girls, and a few of the guys, who spoke to her about Chester seemed jealous or pissed off that she and not they had wound up "tying him down". She hated the phrase herself and because people kept using it in reference to hers and Chester's blossoming relationship, she really started to get annoyed with people.

The only pleasant parts of the evening was when she was left in peace with Chester and Thiery in their little corner they had claimed to hide in. She'd always liked Thiery as a professor and before the night was over she had decided that she liked him as a regular person as well.

When the trio finally made their escape, Archer and Chester to work on non-existant homework, and Thiery to go rescue the babysitter from his boys, Archer let out a huge sigh of relief. When they got back to Chester's apartment, Archer was beat. She watched enviously as the other cougar went and flopped on his couch. Then when he invited her to join him and offered her a foot massage she purred in delight. Doing as she was told, and flopping onto the couch lengthwise, she revelled in the feel of Chester's hands on her sore sore feet. She had been purring all along and when Chester apologized for the evening then asked if she'd been asked many embarrassing questions she just answered groggily, "Not really, just awkward ones like how many members in your home Kindle. I honestly have no idea and that's what I told them. Most people didn't seem to approve of that but I don't care."

[Demeter]

Chester grumbled at the mention of the majority of the kindle not approving of Archer's un-knowledge of her home kindle. Chester glanced at the purring female and moved his hands up to her calves, working on the tense muscles there. "Yeah, a lot of the older members of the kindle get like that. Something or another about tradition and honoring the kindle and all of that."

Chester leaned forward against Archer's legs and looked up at her. "They were also probably trying to feel you out, see if you are good enough for the kindle leader's only child and all that. They seem to think that I plan on taking over once my father either dies, which I hope he doesn't, or moves on from being a kindle leader."

"So, Miss Archer, what should we do tomorrow? It's a saturday and I don't have to work. We could go to the park. Or we could go run around the mountians. Pax would very much like to meet you, says I've been hogging you which is unfair to him. He just wants to to run around with a pretty girl. So, what do you say, Archer, do we go to the park and behave like college students or do go run around the mountians?"