"I'm so glad you're back," Madden says, "I was getting a little worried."
We are back the guild house after I was kidnapped. The guild house has expanded so much. There are a total of five building that have been constructed in the main courtyard for all our members. Our member count has grown to almost 125 members so far. We were becoming a well-known guild in the virtual world now and for once I felt good about our standing.
The room I'm in now is the biggest room in the Fire Walkers guild house. The room was designed by Sarafine. She has all her flowers outlined on the wood panels. There is a huge desk in there. I know she took some time to decorate it for me. I guess I feel a little important in this room.
I smile, "Thanks babe. I think it's important that we know where Manolo headquarters are now. We should wait for Celeste to come back and see what kind of information she's been able to dig up. Then we should plan some sort of attack."
Madden smiles, "I like that idea. We can plan tomorrow though. Tonight...I'm throwing a party."
"A party?"
"You know. Everyone works so hard. We got you guys back. I think it's time to party and celebrate," Madden explains, "Shaunie thought it was a good idea."
He would be planning a guild party with Shaunie. I try to force a smile. A lot of the Rebellion guild didn't think I was a good leader. I probably couldn't even get all of them to come out for a party if I wanted to. Hell the only reason they all probably came to save us at Manolo Headquarters was probably because of Shaunie.
"Don't you think you should have asked permission?" I ask.
"Why?" Madden asks.
He asks me that with a straight face.
"Because I'm the guild leader and Shaunie isn't," I reply, "What the fuck?"
I say it a little more aggressively then I want. I lay on the bed at that moment, clearly annoyed. Madden does have his own room but he spends a lot of time in mine. From the look of how my bed is made up neatly I'm sure that Madden has been in here while I was gone.
"Wait..." he starts off, "Are you mad?"
He seems a little confused.
"I'm just annoyed," I respond, "Noah is dead. I don't think it's a time to be holding a celebration."
"You're worried about Demona," Madden assumes before adding relatively quickly, "She will be OK...she's strong."
It's the same reaction everyone else has had. When I told Demona about what had happened with Noah she didn't react. Everyone waited expecting her to just explode with sadness, anger and frustration. The entire guild was watching Demona to see what would happen. Then nothing happened. Everyone just assumed nothing happened because Demona was strong. She just nodded and didn't say anything.
Some people assumed maybe she wasn't that into Noah?
Some people assumed maybe she was willing to just let things go.
I wasn't convinced of either of those things. Demona's reaction to Noah's death scared the fuck out of me.
"I think we lost someone and we need to be more respectful to that," I explain to him.
"What if I ask Demona if it's OK?" Madden asks.
"Madden..."
"You think I'm sucking up to Shaunie again," Madden responds.
"Are you?"
Madden climbs on top of me. He separates my legs with my thighs. He pins me down on the bed. Madden smells so good. He kisses me slowly on the top of my lip. Then he kisses me on the bottom of my lip.
