"I wanna be like the cool kids." Rhi grumbles the next day at lunch as we watch Professor Carr's classroom empty with channeling riders.
"We will soon" Violet says as she links her arm with hers
"You may be cool but you'll never be as cool as I am" Ridoc shoves past Liam and I and throws and arm around Violet
"She's talking about everyone whose already channeling" I add
"Hey but at least if we're not channeling we're not worried about manifesting a signet before the magic kills us" Vi says
"Oh I thought we were discussing how I just owned that physics test. Definitely the highest in the class" he grins
Rhi rolls her eyes "please I scored 5points higher than you."
"We stopped counting your grades months ago. Your grades in that class make it unfair to the rest of us." Ridoc says, then turns to look back at us
"Wait what'd you two get?"
"Ya not getting in to the middle of this" Liam responds
"High enough" I say and wink I actually aced it getting up to dump my tray Ridoc chasing after me
"Wait what does that mean, how high did you get!?"
It's late at night way past when we are supposed to be asleep but I'm just not tired. Today would have been my mom's birthday were she still here so I've tried to stay busy all day to keep my mind off things but now that I'm by myself and I've been given time to sit down and think... its not good. So to combat this I've paced around my room, thrown daggers in to a self made target and sufficiently annoyed both Lu and Deigh enough for them to shield me out so the next person on my list to annoy...
"Liam! What are you doing at this fine hour!" I say with a smile on my face as he stands at the door looking like he just got woken up from a deep sleep. He had of course.
"Sleeping" he replies rubbing the sleep from his eyes, "And what might you be doing?"
"I couldn't sleep" I say brushing past Liam and in to his room making myself at home on his bed in the corner. He just sighs, shuts the door and lays next to me in bed.
"It's her birthday today isn't it?" He asks in a tender voice turning to face me. I don't respond for a second trying to force the tears back.
"Ya it is." I finally croak out, "this was supposed to get easier over time, that's what they all say." I say and Liam stays quit for a long second
"And it will...eventually." He says and were quiet for a long while
"Tell me about her" Liam says breaking the silence, "the happiest memory you can think of" he finishes and I think back to when my mom was alive.
"Every year on my birthday my mom would bake me a cake, this particular year I was turning 8 and wanted to help her make it." I say smiling at the memory of my 8 year old self. "We spent hours making and frosting a 2 tiered cake and my 8 year old self insisted on carrying it to the table for me and my mom to eat."
"Let me guess you dropped it?" Liam says with a smile
"Am I really that predictable?" I laugh at him and without skipping a beat he says "yes" and we both laugh
"Anyway, I was walking to the table with my cake in hand...and I not only tripped and dropped the cake but fell face first in to said cake." I said with a smile
"That seems like something that would happen to you" Liam laughs and I flick him on the forehead in retaliation as he groans
"So I'm on the ground my face covered in frosting and on the verge of tears and my mom instead of yelling, starts to laugh. She laughs and laughs and its so contagious that I start laughing too. Then she sits down next to me and buries her face in the cake too." I finish reaching in to my pocket for the picture we took together handing it to Liam.
"Ha! Look at your teeth!" Liam laughs and I flick him yet again
"In all seriousness though it was the best birthday I ever had with her." I smile as a tear rolls down my cheek. Liam reaches over and cups my face wiping away my tears. I look in to his blue eyes and realize I could get lost in them, being in his gaze makes everything around me disappear and melt in to nothingness and the longer I hold his gaze the more it makes me want to never leave it.
"I was lucky to have her as a mother." I say breaking the silence
"And she was lucky to have you as a daughter." He says still holding my gaze. I finally break it snuggling in close to him.
"Thank you" I mumble in to his chest as he wraps me in his arms. "While the circumstances were shitty...Im glad it brought me you." I say
"Me too Chlo, I love you" Liam whispers in to my ear
"I love you too" I respond back and drift off in to a dreamless sleep in Liam's arms.
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Didn't feel like writing the battle brief scene so you got some Chloe and Liam bonding instead!
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Daylight || Liam Mairi
Fanfiction"I once believed love would be black and white, but it's golden." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chloe Kane daughter of the disgraced General Kane is entering the riders quadrant.
