A Place Beyond All Kingdoms

A Kiss

Chapter 10

Jared:

"Will you please SHUT UP!"

"No," I snort.

Fay gives me a look. I laugh... she tries too hard to be threatening. Kinda sad, she can't even do that. Nicholas has his back turned to us. We're trying to prepare for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the last night of the dance. They'll let us outside, and that's when we'll do it. That's when we'll sneak out. To freedom...

"You know Jasmine is the brains behind all of this."

Fay snorts. Nick turns around gives me a real threatening look, unlike any of Fay's. "That's why I despise Light People."

"Why? Because we're smart."

He grits his teeth and walks right in front of me. We're about the same height. He still grabs me by the collar of my shirt and lifts me up a few inches off the ground.

"Because you're ignorant, scum. That I'm ashamed to look at. Light people just act good, like all the other nice Kingdoms. I can't stand Light, Water, Air people. I barley like the bad kingdoms. Fire, Darkness, Ice. The only one I like is Earth, it's right in the middle... I'm attracted to Earth People. So, as long as I have to endure your presence, shut your mouth. Or I'll hurt you, and nothing will stop me."

He lets me go. I fall to the ground. I feel arms wrap around my stomach, small, girl arms.

"You okay?" Fay whispers in my ear.

I realize the arms are hers. I try not to smile. She does care about me.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"What does she see in him? He's a physco."

"I noticed. You know, you're not like other Darkness People."

She lets me go in a sudden. Causing me to almost fall down again I stand up. And smile at her. At first she snickers. But, slowly it melts to a smile as if she was trying to fight it.

Probably was... is it wrong I'm attracted to someone that's almost completely opposite to me? Not just our kingdoms, but everything. She has dark hair and eyes.

I have light hair and golden eyes. She is dark and ill temepered. I'm colorful, and have basically no temper...

And yet. I like her.

"Will you two stop flirting?" Nick says.

Out of the corner of my eye I see, two figures walking toward us. I turn around to see Jasmine and an Ice Girl.

"This is Snow, um, she wants to escape with us."

"Why do you wanna go, Snow?"

"No. Jared. Stop talking, I promised I wouldn't tell."

Jasmine leans over to her and whispers something in her ear. Both of their eyes fall on Nick. Snow studies his face for a while. Jasmine bites her bottom lip.

"Nick," Jasmine says.

"Yes." He turns around.

Snow looks him strait into the eyes. "I'm Snow."

Her voice is soft and frail.

"Nick." He raises an eyebrow.

Snow leans back to Jasmine. She shakes her eyes. I'm not completely sure. But, I think Snow says. "Orange eyes, not red."

Nick turns back around. Jasmine looks relieved, as if assured she can have Nick to herself.

"Oh, um, sorry. Snow, Fay. Fay, Snow." They shake hands. "Snow Jared, Jared Snow."

We shake hands. She walks over to Nick and begins helping him. We continue preparing for an hour. We stop for a break.

Jasmine, Snow, and I go leave to look for Fire people. No, more like Fire Boy.

We knock on doors, checking. For orange eyes and fire golden hair. We go back an hour later... with nothing.

They tell me why and who's Snow looking for. Jasmine asks me and Fay to go and check for any kinds of weapons we can find.

"I snuck some in." Fay says.

"Okay will you and Jared go get them?"

"Yeah we will," I say.

Fay leads me to a secret part of the palace. In a basement, under the stairs. There lies several daggers, a couple bows and mounds of arrows.

I grab most of it in my arms, Fay grabs the rest. We begin our way back up the stairs when we hear two men talking. "I swear I heard it over her."

I drop the weapons and take hers. I throw them back under the stairs, now the guards are in sight. I grab Fay, and pull her to me. Leaning against the wall.

I slam my lips to hers. At first she's shocked but slowly she melts into the kiss.

I hear the guards, stop just a few feet away. I pretend not to hear them.

"Oh, well, looks like Darkness will be uniteing with Light."

They laugh. "Let's leave these two alone."

I peak an eye open. They're gone. She breaks our lips arpart, and smacks me hard.

"PERV!!"

She goes back under the stairs. Grabbing half the weapons. I grab the rest and follow her back to Jasmine... secretly pleased with myself. I follow after her  a "never dieing" smile, spread wide across my face.