TBATE: A HIGHER BEING

Chapter 42

*Third person POV

"Why did she suddenly faint earlier? Do you know how scared I was when she suddenly latched onto my clothes." Elijah said as he replays the scene earlier. Arthur only held tessia's hands in worry.

"A meeting?! Now?! Can we skip this meeting just this once? Your daughter and my granddaughter is lying in bed unconscious. Who knows what will happen if we leave her?" Virion complains as he shout out complaints to Alduin And Merial.

"We don't need to worry, besides Arthur is looking after her. We leave her in your hands Arthur." Alduin said as he dragged his father outside Arthurs room. Arthur only gave a nod of reassurance to the three of them making Virion relent.

"I think she saw us together earlier, Arthur. When we were waiting for the slow poke Elijah. Do you think she misunderstood something causing her to have a heart attack?" Emily asked as she pushed her glasses up in wonder.

"Tess is practical, I knew her better than anyone. If she saw me together with a girl she will stomp her way to me before dragging me away. Like she always do whenever we're at parties." Arthur said as he layed on his bed but his eyes are still stuck on tess.

Her family doesn't like tess to be unconscious in a different room that has the possibility of a break through for students wanting to take advantage of her, so they asked Arthur if her bed can be placed in his room. Which he immediately agreed. Even though he had a limp now he can still take care of breakthrough students.

"Dinner will be served later no visitors for the next hours, Emily we need to go back" Elijah said as he led Emily out saying goodbye to Arthur who only hummed in response.

Arthur was exhausted but he doesn't want to leave tess alone. He reached his arms out and pulled tessia's bed to connect with his. Thanking whoever invented the wheels underneath her bed.

Arthur changed position his body facing towards where tess is, her breathing so calm and warm Arthur took her hand into his before he finally fell asleep.

He can hear a knock and the door opening he can feel Cynthia's gasp of shock but Arthur didn't open his eyes. He can smell the porridge soup that was brought in but Cynthia ordered to take it away.

After that they left and his breathing came slower and slower. Taking the sound of Tessia breathing as his lullaby.

A few hours later. Arthur felt someone crying beside him as he woke up he noticed Tessia. Fiddling with her blankets as she trashed around. Arthur sat up turning his whole attention to her. The brightly lit moon was shining over her face. Seeing that she's sweating profusely. And she was crying hard.

"No....... No....." Tessia's arms started to reach for something. "Tess?"

"No!!!..... Don't...... Don't go.... Art...." Arthur grasped her outstretched hands. Is she having a nightmare? "Tess? Wake up, I'm here, I'm here." Arthur reassured as tess opened her eyes.

This voice? Tessia looked up to see Arthur staring at her. "I think you just had a nightmare." he smiled warmly at her.

"Art, why are you here?" she asked as she finally noticed Arthur's hands grasping hers. Tessia gave it a second thought. Arthur wouldn't do that.

"Seems like you were having a very bad dream. You cried so painfully like that" Arthur reached his arms out and wiped a tear from her eyes.

"I'm fine now" Tessia replied as she rubbed her eyes. This is only a dream anyway.