Forget Me Not (Klance)

Chapter 2, Lavender

"When did I last meet you?"
He asked.

"3 years ago, if I do recall, you were rather small then"
He went over next to him.

"I was 5!"
He showed his missing teeth.

"Yes, I've known you since you were a small child"
He adjusted back the telescope, changing its course.

"Is that Orion?!"
He looked.

"3rd star of the belt... It's quite a beauty... Shining a bright yellow"
He looked up through the roof.

"Woah! Is this what you and Father do?"
He peeped.

"Yes, we watch the stars, I've known your father for a long while"
He looked at me, a bit of red on his cheeks.

"Even when he was my age?"
He asked.

"No, not that long, I was but an orphan in Asia... "
He smiled.

"An orphan? Did you get adopted?"
He asked.

"Yes, I have parents in the north, in Scotland"
His eyes wavered.

"They weren't enslaved?"
He asked.

"Not every Scottish person is a slave like your mother claims it to be"
I scoffed.

"No, then?"
He turned.

"My parents weren't enslaved, and they've taken care of me well in my youth"
He added.

"Can I see your studies?"
He perked up.

"But of course"
He walked him over to our desk, piled with notes and cottoned paper.

"A torque calculation?"
He picked it up.

"We've been trying to find out the mass of a Star, by tracking it's location"
Kenneth picked up a tracking paper, handing it to him.

"This is genius... "
He looked through it.

"It's mostly your father's work"
He winked at me.

"Kenneth, you helped the most"
I waved him off.

"I did not... "
He rolled his eyes.

"You two work rather amazing together"
He matched up other papers.

"We do... "
I blushed.

"You've been tracking Libra too?"
He showed it.

"They move, very slowly, but it does move"
Kenneth pointed to the measurements.

"They move toward the centre of the galaxy, and then they disappear... "
I said.

"Where do they go?"
He asked.

"Not a clue"
Kenneth said.

"There's a huge gravitational pull towards the center, it pulls all the stars at a certain rate"
I said.

"It's been mind boggling Astronomers for years"
Kenneth said.

"Even Galileo questioned why.. "
I said, looking more at the data.

"One day, a scientist will figure it out, with our notes on hand"
He smiled.

"That's amazing, a mystery... "
Edward giggled.

"I wish I could tell what it was"
I said, Kenneth grabbed my hand while Edward was distracted.

"We both do.. "
He said, he planted a quick kiss on my cheek.

Being an Astronomer is tough work, you can't go too far into studies or the church will stop you, even execute you if you go against their beliefs.