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Chapter Three: Shall we?

"Your up rather late..." Apollosaid walking up beisde Leonard, he was granted nothing more than aglance before his attention was returned to the books infront of him.

"I could say the same about you...Ithought you'd be at my sisters coat tails waiting for her orders."

"Ouch...though your right, but shesent me away. Seems she's doing some research of her own...but youare looking rather upset aren't you?"

"..................." Apollo didn'tpress as he leaned against the edge of the table Leonard was usingfor his own research, he didn't have to look at the books to knowwhat he was looking for. Apollo wanted nothing more then to ask himthe many questions that roamed his head but Leonard beat him to thepunch. "What does my sister mean to you?"

"Why the sudden interest?" Apolloasked, while his face remained impassive he was frantically thinkingof a way out of answering the one question he didn't have an answerto.

"You knew I'd ask eventually...."

"I stopped wonering when you'd askafter the first two weeks; but that doesn't tell me why you suddenlywant to know." Leonard made a strangled noise in the back of histhroat it sounded both pained and frustrated, but he said nothing toanswer Apollo's question. They stood in silence neither moving fromthe edge of the table, eventually Apollo cleared his throat andstraightened up; Just as he was about to answer Lark burst into theroom looking livid.

"Somebody better have an explainationfor this!" She slammed a paper down on the table, as they looked atthe contents the was a noise of suprise left Leonard's mouth.

"Lady Seer...Has a new challenger forher heart?!"

"Eye witnesses state that the LadySeer is exceptionally close to her personal Cleric, while no oneknows his name will the prince be able to keep up with thecontender?" Leonard let out a small laugh as he read the article inthe peasent news paper.

"Tell me you didn't do this!"

"Well...that's not what I said."Leonard muttered not looking the least bit guilty.

"Wait you did this?! What for?!"Apollo asked looking surprised and terrified all at once;

"To see how serious you are..."Leonard whispered as he pushed off from the table walking to Lark'sside trying to calm her down. While he succeeded with her, the newsthat everyone now knew about his apparent feelings for her terrifiedhim. He wouldn't be able to leave the room until he came up with ananswer for all the accusing questions he was going to get the secondhe stepped out ot the confinces of Leonard's bedroom. How did he feelabout her?

It was no small assumption that hethought highly of Lark, he was unusally soft spoken when speakingwith her. No matter when or what they were talking about he alwaysheld an understanding behind her actions or words, not to mentionthat he understood some of her suffering. If he really examined hisfeelings there was a great amount of loyalty and respect for her, heknew that if she told him to jump off a cliff he'd do it; trustingher to have a way out of the situation. But that was no ground to sayhe was in love with her, in fact it was barely evidence at all; if hewanted an honest answer he'd have to go deeper than what his mindtold him. He looked at her as she argued with Leonard and couldn'thelp himself as his eyes fell upon her blindfold; he adored her eyes.Nothing could compare to the sight of her lovely eyes, he felt hisheart skip a beat just thinking of the scarlet discs submurged in theblack waters. He had no doubt that she was one of the most beautifulwomen he'd ever seen, but was that enough to say he loved her?

"Are you unwell Sun god?" Her voicebrought him back to attention and realized that Leonard was no whereto been seen.

"Where is Leonard?"