Book One: Spartan Isabella Bluestar

Chapter Ten: Meaning of the stars

The next day Isabella wakes up in her bed. She looks over to see John sound asleep. She smiles softly glad that he and the others are home. She gets up from her bed. Quietly she sneaks out and begins make her aunts and uncles coffee. She knows that once they are up, they are going to want all the details on what happened.

And that is understandable, but she doesn't think if she'll be able to give them the full story. Because there are things that happened that she doesn't want to talk about. At least not yet. She is still trying to figure it all out.

Getting the coffee ready she hears a loud yawn. She looks over to see Fred walking of his room.

"What are you doing up?" He asks.

"That's my line Uncle Fred. You're the one that just got back from a mission." Isabella states.

"I'm aware." He says and takes the cup of coffee she hands him. "Thank you."

"Are you ever going to tell Buck how you feel?" She asks as he nearly chokes on his sip.

"Knew that was coming." He grumbles.

"Honest question. I've gotten to know him myself. He really seems to like you too." Isabella says.

"He does?"

"Well, I can't say if is romantic. But he does seem to enjoy your company. He told me quite a lot about it when we were sparing." Isabella explains.

"Th-That is nice to hear." Fred says taking another sip of his coffee as the others come out of their rooms.

"Ya, know I think I finally figured out about the stars of my hair clip." Isabella says as she hands the other three their coffee.

"Oh?" Linda looks at her.

"It's the four of you." She answers. "You four are the ones that the stars of the clip represent."

The four Spartan 2s are rendered speechless as they stare at Isabella and the clip in her hair. Their reaction makes Isabella giggle.

"Mom said that dad told her that the stars represent the four strongest people he ever knew. And you four, you guys are strong in a lot of ways. So, it has to be you guys."

"I hope that's true." Kelly says with a smile on her face.

"Pretty sure it is." Isabella says confidently.