Of Summer Nights

Lavender Fields

Of Summer Nights. 

Disclaimer: I don't own The HoN characters. 

Description: When Zoey and Stevie Rae visit Granma in the summer, all of the past is forgotten, it's a time for fun, and could a boy make it all the more interesting?

Bed time had been a frosty event, neither Zoey nor Stevie Rae were talking. And Zoey hated it. Once they had both shrugged into their pyjamas, and struggled under their duvets they lay in silence for a while, until Zoey sighed, 

"I hate not talking to you." Stevie Rae was somewhat nervous about talking about what she had said at the dinning table.  

"I'm sorry bout what I said at the table, Z. Ya know me, jealous as a pea in ice..." 

She broke off in mid sentence because Zoey had just giggled, "Stevie Rae, shut up. That isn't why I wouldn't talk too you. I wouldn't talk to you because everything was mounting up, and I just got annoyed over nothing. It was only a silly lil' thing. Don't worry bout it. I talked bout it to Jaime and I feel better now." She went quiet for a second before saying, "And, hey, don't go getting jealous bout it." While leaning over the side of the bed to look down at her best friend. 

"Aw, Z I could kill you for that. I thought we were never gonna speak again, cos I no how stubborn ya are." She slipped her pillow from under her head, and flung it across the small space between their beds. Zoey giggled and flung it back.  

"Hey what happened between you and Stark?" Stevie Rae said as she caught her pillow that was flying towards her face, 

"We are kinda going out, but it's not much. Yet." She smiled too herself in the dark. 

"Eeeekk, Z!" This was the first real gossip Stevie Rae had got out of Zoey, and as instructed by the Twins she snapped her cell phone open, under her duvet and text both the Twins the great gossip, but told them not to spread it, yet.  

"Hey, you got summat outta me, Stevie Rae. Now, it's my turn. What's going on with you and Dallas?" Zoey wanted Stevie Rae too come out from under the duvet, she had a strange feeling that what she had said about her and Stark had just left the room. 

Stevie Rae hesitated "What's there too tell? He's a butt. He chucked me cos he thought I was cheating. Kramisha said he thought I was with a Raven Mocker. I mean that's just stupid, right?" She gave a nervous giggle at the end, because she knew that wasn't really what happened. She had in fact imprinted with a Raven Mocker, Kalona's son, Rephaim, and she was keeping him a secret from everyone, including Zoey. Dallas had happened to over excite Stevie Rae and make Rephaim so jealous he had to come running in to stop it! 

Zoey heard the hesitation in Stevie Rae's voice and she misunderstood, "We'll talk properly tomorrow, yeah?" She thought Stevie Rae was upset about the break up. How wrong she was. 

(The next morning.) 

Breakfast was a quiet affair, until Stevie Rae giggled; the silence was too tense, 

"Ya'll too quiet. Hey, Zoey was tellin' me last night, her an' Stark, they're like way, y' no together." Stevie Rae had wanted to tell some one all morning, Stevie Rae giggled again. Grandma looked mind boggled, Jaime, Zoey noticed, was looking slightly relived. This... disappointed Zoey. 

"Stevie Rae," Zoey whined. "I thought I could trust you!" Stevie Rae looked at Zoey with an apologetic face, that turned in to a unsure expression when Zoey tilted her head briefly, Stevie Rae could have sworn it was a wink. Well heck Stevie Rae was confused. 

(A couple of hours later) 

The lavender fields, in Zoey's opinion smelt like home, their soft feeling felt like caressing hand of a hug from grandma or being stroked by Stark before leaving for the farm. Walking through the lavender farm giggling and skipping arm in arm with Stevie Rae was like walking through a sea of purple lavender scented water, and it was breathtaking. 

They walked until they were breathless, after that they flopped on to the sweet scented grass of the field. Stevie Rae rolled over on to her stomach too as Zoey a question she had suddenly wondered why she hadn't asked. 

"Zoey how in the name of the Goddess Nyx did you manage to get away from Stark, for a week?" Zoey looked mischievous, 

"I wouldn't have managed it normally, but I told him if he let me go, I wouldn't sleep much when I got back." She turned her head to look at her best friend, and waggled her eyebrows, which caused them to collapse, awkwardly, into fits of giggles. "Oh which reminds me can I borrow the tunnels the night we get back? Kramisha's room?" she asked breathlessly,  

"Zoe... Serious.... you, you said that? And you really don't need to ask! Any thing for a quiet life." She nudged Zoey with one of her sharp elbows. And the rolled into more fits of giggles. 

"I'm, I'm surprised, that, Stark didn't come, ya no running in, when I got upset, with you! It's the sorta thing he'd do, ya no since the other world thing." She dug her phone out of her back pocket as she spoke, "Ah crap, spoke too soon." Zoey had a missed call and four texts, 

Zoey, What's up. I'm getting sad vibes from you. 

Zoey, seriously, I'm trying to sleep. 

Zoey if you don't let up on this whole sad thing I'm gonna have to come over there. 

Zoey if you haven't stopped in like 10 mins I'm defiantly come to your GMs! 

"Ahh crap, Stevie Rae look." Zoey passed the cell to Stevie Rae, who looked at the four short texts and groaned,  

"Guess you did, speak too soon." She said handing her the phone back, which Zoey took and text Stark, 

Stark, u idiot, I was mad at Stevie Rae. Don't worry bout it. Dont forget the promise I made, let that get you through the week. ;-) Sorry bout keeping you up all nite. Keep the muscles workin. Z x 

Zoey showed Stevie Rae the text and both of the gave each other the I think it works look, and Zoey sent it. They both breathed a sigh of relief. And Zoey rolled on to her side to ask an important question, 

"What do you think of Jaime?" she asked Stevie Rae who looked guilty, "Well he's hot I guess," she turned away to blush but it wasn't unmissed by Zoey,  

"Hey, what's all the blushing for? He is hot stuff, admit it. What is it, you seen in his ya no his dooh dah?" Stevie Rae spluttered and then coughed, "Z, serious. His ya no. No it's just I really like him like more than I like Dallas."

Unbeknown to the gossiping girls, under the fading light, a young Canadian crop of hair popped up out of the purple sea. A fizzle of excitement rippled through the toned body and then it was washed away by the tsunami of nerves that then zipped through. He stood up and shadowed over what was left of the light, making the two young High Priestesses turn.

Hey guys, soz for not updating sooner. For any confusion, GM is Grandma. And after chappie 5 im opening it up for you to decide. So think of some idea. Oh and look forward to the return of another unexpected character. 

Oh and the timeline I started writing this just after I finished reading Hunted and Grandma had not long come outta her coma, then I kinda carried on reading the series and adding stuff from other books. So, Soz and that!