A Reacquainted Love Dinah/You

Chapter 4

"You holding up the fort Ally?" Dinah asks from the doorway.

The teenager beams at her aunt. "Just fine. So you wanna tell me about the blonde?"

"Uh...maybe...later." Dinah says with a smirk. Grabbing a short sword, she inspects the design on the blade to make sure all of the polish is off.

An older woman walks in checking out the leather satchels.

Dinah returns to the bench outside and closes her eyes. Minutes later she feels a warm presence next to her. Lips reach up to kiss her on the cheek, and opening her eyes she looks down into a smiling face.

"Here's some food. I hope it's enough, and I brought a tankard of ale."

Dinah look at the array of chicken and beef kabobs, cheese fritters, and garlic mushrooms. "Looks great, thank you."

"I hope you don't think I go around kissing any beautiful woman when I first meet her." Y/n/n says with a tinge of guilt.

Dinah eyes her with deep sincerity and compassion. "No, I don't think that at all. Plus, I approached you...felt compelled to...like something was pulling me towards you.."

"I know what you mean. It's like we just had to...like we just haven't seen each other for a while...like a hello kiss after being apart for some time."

"Yeah, exactly." She takes a bite of a beef kabob, while the two of them contemplate what happened earlier.

Y/n breaks the short silence. "I wish I stick around longer but I need to get back to help Normani. The shop has gotten rather busy now. Maybe I'll see you later?"

Dinah looks deeply into green pools, and gently brushes her index finger down the young woman's lips. "Have dinner with me tonight?"

Y/n's lips part as she slowly nods under half lidded eyes.

"Meet me by the cluster of the trees down the field on the west side of the gate at closing time." She places a gentle kiss upon the lips before her.

The strawberry blonde agrees as she stands on weak knees and returns to the tarot shop.

Dinah chuckles at her own playful teasing on the young woman.

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"I'm happy for you Dj. I can hardly wait to tell mom tonight. I know she'll be ecstatic." Ally declares as she closes the shutters and latches them.

Dinah eyes her niece suspiciously. "I tell you about this afternoon's events, and right away you seem very sure of this."She places a lock on the cases containing the swords before continuing. "What's this all about Smallz? You don't even know the woman."

"Dj, I just know. And I know what you feel about her. You believe she's the One. You keep forgetting or pretending to forget that mom is Wiccan. And I am a product of my mother. I may not have her visions but I feel things."

The tall woman looks at her niece with a frown. "You mean like an empath?"

"Yeah, I guess. I've been talking with mom about these changing I've been experiencing, and she is going to introduce me to someone who can guide me."

"How long have you been having these feeling?" Dinah asks curiously.

"Can't recall exactly. Maybe a couple of months already." Ally pulls out the money box from below the counter and hands it to her aunt. "When it first started it was all kind of jumbled. Kinda of like someone flipping through the TV channels quickly. And I thought I was going nuts, but then I did a relaxation technique that mom taught me, and the feelings started coming in clearer. Slowly I was able to distinguish a couple of them. But there is so much more I need to learn about it."

"Okay Smallz, you tell your ma about today and we'll see what she says." She slaps a large hand on Ally's shoulder. "I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, bye."

'Oh, Smallz? Thanks for all your work today."

Ally gives her a lopsided grin and walks out.

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"Mani, now that I've told you everything, I need you to do me a favor." Y/n requests as she sits at the small wooden table.

"Sure, what's up?" Normani sits to join her.

"I would like a reading, and you're the only one I trust to do it right and honestly." Hands lying flat on the small table, her stance is imploring.

"Are you sure Y/n/n?" Normani surprisingly asks, knowing that Y/n was never really interested in tarot cards in the past.

"Yes, I need to know why there is this intensity between us. Is she really the one in my dreams?" In exasperation, she puts her face in her hands. "I don't want to have any regrets."

"Okay, okay Y/n/n. I'll do it. Don't worry." She pulls Y/n's hands away and squeezes them light as she smiles to indicate everything will be fine. Taking the cards from the black velvet drawstring pouch, she shuffles them, and begins the lay out. She looks at each one carefully, and exclaims, "By the gods."

"What? What do you see?" Y/n notices her friend's brown eyes widen in surprise or horror. She wasn't sure which.

"Sweetie, calm down. It's not bad. Really, it's...I'm...just...surprised at what I'm seeing. Um...It seems the two of you have known each other for a very long time." She looks up into green eyes before continuing. "Before the medieval times. I mean a long time. Like before Christ."

"What?" The short woman asks with surprise and confusion in her voice.

"Y/n/n, the cards indicate that you have been lovers since the beginning. See the Lovers card here?" She points it out to her friend. "The placement of this card in the reading indicates she is your soul mate." She then points to the card of the High Priestess, and the Knight of Swords. "I remember you telling me about strange dreams that you've been having for years. This indicates that you were dreaming about her in a particular time period. Didn't you say you always saw knights fighting?"

"Yeah, that's right." Y/n answers enthralled with what she is hearing.

Normani lays a few more cards down, and the Death card pops up. "It shows that she was taken from you. Y/n she was murdered by an enemy and the two of you were not able to live out your lives. As a result she has been searching for you and apparently you have been searching for her. You just didn't know it until now." She looks into green eyes as if searching for more truth. "I guess it was blocked from your mind."

A few teardrops run down the small woman's cheeks, and she wipes them away with the back of her hand. "I guess it makes sense but it's difficult to believe."

"Sweetie, I know this is really a lot to take in. We can talk more about it later, okay?" Normani reaches out and hugs her friend.

Y/n quickly looks at her watch and realizes then that she is late. "Oh, no. I have to go . I'm supposed to meet Dinah. Do I look okay?" She runs small hands through short locks of shaggy blonde hair.

"You look beautiful. Have a great time." Normani admonishes with a smile.