In The Realm of The Elf

Chapter 2

"Here you are dear." Treep, Frost's mother, said. She opened a door rounded on top like in old castles to a bedroom.

"Thank you." Lily said smiling as she entered the room. Stopping at the foot of the bed, wood beams exposed in the ceiling and a doored cupboard that she assumed was the closet that sat on the right side of the bed. It wasn't large, but it was comfortable.

"I'll come get you in an hour for our last meal. You can wonder around the house if you like or rest. Just don't open any doors if they are closed please." Treep said smiling leaving the door open and retreating down the hall.

Lily turned back to the bed, it looked very inviting with the soft thick blanket of different shades of green. She also wondered if there were other clothes for her to wear as she had only the ones on now. Still hugging Frost's cloak to her, still to cold to come out from the warmth of it. She went over to the wardrobe and opened one of the doors. There inside a night dress and shawl hung. No other clothing inside the wardrobe to be found.

"Great I get to wear the same thing until I get home. I am so going to stink." Lily said out loud as she closed the wardrobe. A laugh made her turn towards the bedroom door, still open.

"I guess I could convince my mom to go get you some clothes." Frost said chuckling while giving her a smile.

"How long do you think it will take to get me home?" She asked looking miserable and on the verge of crying again.

"I don't know, but my father will find a way to get you back." Frost said crossing the little bit of floor left between them, putting his hands on her shoulders in hopes it would comfort her.

"Can you promise me that I'll get back, that he will find a way for sure?" She asked a few tears slowly making their way down her cheek.

"No." He said pulling her to him as she cried full force into his chest.

Frost let her cry there while he held her for some time before she pulled away wiping her face with his cloak. He tried not to laugh at her doing so in fear of making her mad or upset again. She wiped the last tears away as his mother walked in with a basket containing clothes. Frost did laugh then as his mother put the basket on the bed. His mother turned giving him a raise of her eyebrows.

"It's just we were talking about me asking you to get some clothes for Lily so she didn't need to wear the same thing everyday she was here." Frost said smiling at the exact words Lily used about how she would smell.

"Out, now. You can take her for a walk after I get her into something more appropriate." Treep said trying to shoo him out with the wave of her hands. He stood his ground, smile going broader at what Lily might look like in proper Elvish garb, as he stared at her. This made Lily blush, turning away to try and hide her face.

"I said out now young man." Treep said again, only this time she pushed him through the door and closed it almost getting his fingers caught in the door.

"When should I come back to get her?" He asked through the door.

"We will be down in a while, you can wait in the front visiting room." Treep said and went over to the basket of garments. She pulled them out and carefully placed them on the bed for Lily to view them.

An hour later Frost was reading a book hunched over with his elbows on his knees, when his mother and Lily walked into the room. He looked up to see Lily dressed in brown leggings with a green skirt to her knees with patterns of leaves etched onto the green skirt. Her top was a light brown peasant blouse with short sleeves. Frost looked up at her with a crooked smile, lifting only his left side of his mouth giving a sly look.