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No. He didn't mean to make her cry. Axel wanted to wipe the tears away, but they were flowing so fast, he didn't even know if he could get them all. By then, more would fall. He couldn't think. He shouldn't have said anything. He shouldn't have----.


And she kissed him. Oh, she kissed him. There was nothing like that kiss. Her lips were soft and warm, where as Alice's were cold, almost like ice. He considered for just a short moment to kiss Avalee back, but then she stepped back. And Axel thought he felt his heart beat again for the first time in a long time when he heard her say "me too."

He merely smiled and brushed away the hair from her eyes, just looking into her eyes and smiling. He had missed her so much, it almost hurt.

 

["Avalee, I need you to know something else...."]

"Avalee, I need you to know something else...." Axel gently have her a push away from him, so that he could look her in the eyes, even though her arms around him felt simply amazing.

"I've loved you. Ever since the day we first met. I never stopped. Ever. Never ever. You always had a place here," Axel brought his hand to his heart and then let it drop. "I never forgot the way your hair frizzes up when its warm out, or how anxious you got when you had a big test or a new group of students to deal with. I never forgot that glimmer in your eyes when you smiled. And most of all, I never forgot how much you mean to me."


Axel bit his lip and looked down. He didn't mean to ramble on like this. He really didn't even think he would be here in this very moment, confessing all of this to her. But it needed to be done.

"Avalee, I don't care how long its been. I love you. And I always will."

["Avalee, I'm so...I'm so sorry! I'm sorry if I ever, ever hurt you. Please just know that, okay?"]

A single tear had fallen from Axel's cheek. He would never want anyone to see him cry. But maybe he just needed to.

"Avalee, I'm so...I'm so sorry! I'm sorry if I ever, ever hurt you. Please just know that, okay?"

["Nothing."]

"Nothing." Axel said quickly. "Don't worry about me." He stared into her eyes for a moment and then avoided her gaze, looking at the ground. He knew what the problem was, but he wouldn't tell her. This was all because of him. He put himself in this mess. He would be the one to deal with it.

["Just let me go."]

Axel had looked quite a bit different. He had purple shadows under his eyes. He had lost a little bit of weight. But the big change was that his eyes didn't seem to have that familiar light in them. That glow. He looked like a scared little boy.

  "Just let me go." He said softly. "I'm not the same." But he didn't want her to let him go. He wanted Avalee to hold him. Those hands that cupped his cheeks were the most affection he had had in a long time.

["I'm sorry."]

A hooded figure sat alone at a table in the back. He sat hunched over his untouched firewhiskey, staring into the amber colored liquid. Beneath that ragged black coat was a man with a troubled past. And now it was his time to start over. It was time to be the person he was meant to be. Better choices were going to be needed to make this life of his a good one.

He pushed the firewhiskey away. This would be his first good choice. He didn't need this alcohol, this...emotion numbing potion. He needed to feel again. He needed to let reality course through his veins once again, because quite frankly, Axel had started to forget what reality was.

He spent his days alone, drinking away his sorrows and his thoughts, letting them all be washed away by those few ounces of amber. Then he would stumble home and go to sleep. He had a recurring dream almost every night. It was her. The girl with the beautiful blond hair and perfect smile. Axel had made himself forget about her while he was conscious, but in his dreams, there was no pushing her away. He couldn't get her out of his dreams. He loved her. He never stopped loving her. He only wished that things had been different. That the dramatic scenes of the past didn't occur.

Axel stood up, little strands of dark red hair falling down over his sky blue eyes. He pulled the hood down so as not to be noticed. He was a nobody and be a nobody. He started for the door but when he looked away, he didn't notice that somebody was coming in. He ran into the girl.

"I'm sorry." Axel said, looking down, his cheeks red. He looked up and felt his heart do what felt like a somersault. "It's you." He whispered. He bit his lip and stepped around her and stepped swiftly outside.

["Very well."]

"Very well." Sky said to Zepha. "Just be careful, okay? I'm sure you're quite capable of fending off banshees on your own, but I can't help but to worry about the well being of my current and previous students.

"I teach Potions." Sky said. "Elixers, formulas, you name it, I can probably make it." She lifted Char into the air and giggled with him. "Who's my little superman?" She said, bumping noses with him. He reached out and smacked her in the face. But all she could do was laugh. It was just too cute.

Sorry for the double posting, but this is a topic worth bumping!

["Hi there, Trent."]

"Hi there, Trent." Sky said with a warm smile. It was odd being a teacher sometimes. Stacey and Sky weren't even a decade older than most of their students. Sky wasn't even 21. In fact, she had only been 20 for a little while. Sky felt more like a big sister to a lot of the students around here.

"You guys better be careful out here. Normally, I'm supposed to warn you against coming here. But that would make me a hypocrite. When I was in school, I was in this forest regularly."

["I'm Henry."]

Henry was about to introduce himself to Sophie, when the two students walking in caught his eye. He had seen them around the school before, but wasn't really sure what they're names were. But before he knew it, they were right by him and Sophie, introducing themselves.

"I'm Henry." He said quietly to all three of them. That was all they needed to know. He didn't need to get into more trouble.

[Sky watched as her son interacted with the girl. He was a sweet little man. He smiled and giggled as he looked about the new person, studying her and whatnot. "So what brings you here? Just felt a need to get out?"]

Sky watched as her son interacted with the girl. He was a sweet little man. He smiled and giggled as he looked about the new person, studying her and whatnot.

"So what brings you here? Just felt a need to get out?" Sky asked, glancing at the school behind her.

It's so hard to stay away from here haha.
I missed it. A lot.
I missed everyone.
Why did I leave? :/

I hope everyone is doing okay.
Did anyone start school yet?
I can't believe I have to start college in a week.
It's kind of scary.

-Pounces on Avalee-

["We were just going for a walk since it was so nice out this evening. Thought my little boy should get to enjoy the outdoors before the snow kicked in."]

"We were just going for a walk since it was so nice out this evening. Thought my little boy should get to enjoy the outdoors before the snow kicked in." Sky said as she messed with Char's hair again. She smiled at him and then looked to Zepha. She had said he looked like her.

"You think so? His eyes are definitely like mine. But he has the same look as Jason. Sincere, but strong and almost sad like at the same time." She paused. "Would you like to see him?" She adjusted her hold on the baby and held him out to Zepha. "He's not very shy." She said when he reached out to her, one hand trying to grab some hair.

["Yes it is."]

Sky jumped a bit, not expecting to have someone there with the two of them. But once she saw who it was, a big, warm, smile came to Sky's face. It was a student of hers, Zepha. She was a very good student and received excellent marks in class. Char squirmed in Sky's arms so that he could see the source of the voice.

"Yes it is." Sky said. "Especially when the sun sets right behind it. Then the castle has this really neat glow about it."