The Crowning of the King

Part 7

Zelda- He's a model. He's here doing a photo shoot.

Arkady- Does he go by a different name while working? Or does he use his real name?

Trayne- His name is Blain, and his working name is Silver.

Arkady- Does he have long silver hair?

Trayne- Yeah, why? Do you follow his work or something?

Arkady- No, it's not that, I think he's following us.

Trayne and Zelda turned and saw someone duck behind a tree trying and failing to hide.

Trayne- I'll be right back. I'm gonna slip up behind him and make him come out and talk to us.

He slipped off the walkway to the edge of the woods and started to walk up to the guy. When he had caught up, the guy tried to run.

Trayne- Blain, what are you doing?

Blain- I guess I'm busted, huh?

Trayne- You think so!? Why were you trying to spy on me?

Blain- Dad told me to keep an eye on you. Just in case you tried to run. Don't worry, I told him that you have never run from anything, but airplanes. I also told him about the time we were seven years old, remember that big mean dog.

Trayne- Yeah, you were crying your eyes out. Don't worry, if I was going to run, it would have been back in Amol.

 Back to Zelda and Arkady.

Arkady- So this is your brother? I think I've seen him before. My sister has a poster on her wall that looks a lot like him.

Zelda- Why were you spying on your brother, Blain?

Blain- Don't worry about that, it's already dealt with.

Arkady- Hey Blain, would you be willing to sign something for me?

Blain- Sure, what do you want me to sign, poster, magazine, something else?

Arkady- Just a piece of paper. With this I can piss my sister off.

Blain- Why, does she hate me or something?

Arkady- No, she's a major fan of yours. She'll be mad because I got to meet you first and got your autograph. By the way, is something wrong with your brother?

Blain- Our dad is just being mean again, thats all. He was having me follow Trayne to make sure he doesn't try to run off. I take it you already know what's going on with him?

Arkady- Yeah, about that, I could tell right away that Trayne was a guy. I'd also said if he'd been wearing a dress I never would have known.

Blain- I wonder how long he can keep it a secret.

Trayne- Hopefully, long enough to make dad happy, and get through the next couple of years. You know dad won't let me go any sooner.

Arkady- Why, is it because he's blackmailing you?