Fires Collided

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He's jealous?"Juniper Crooks are you out of your goddamn mind?!What do you mean you're jealous? I'm your fiancé!Why would you be jealous of me?!"He took a deep breath."Because!"He waited."Ralph."I chuckled.Then chuckling turned into laughter."Really?!Ralph?!You think I would-You know what I'm not even going to continue that sentence.You're nuts!"To all of this yelling a couple guys showed up."You spent more time with him than you have ever did with me!I go to the hospital wing and I don't even get a small visit!Bit he goes to the hospital wing and you stay by his side!"I laughed."He almost died!Because of me might I add!So excuse me if I felt guilty!Excuse me if I felt obligated!Excuse me if I felt horrible!When you went there...That's a whole ass story Juniper!You know exactly what you did!So don't you dare expect me to visit you after that!Can't you realize that I FORGAVE you even after that?!Be happy that I did!"

"I apologized!"I laughed so hard!"After I approached you.You apologized after I came to you!You didn't even try to talk to me!A couple of friends of mine looked out for me because of what you did!And you didn't even bother to walk past them and apologized to me!"Then Alex came out and got to me."Rose?!"I sighed."I'm fine.We argued a little that's all.Go back to your room."He rolled his eyes and left.I sighed and pulled myself together."You kissed me when I told you that I wasn't ready for it.And you blamed it on Rlaph.Someone I don't even have a friendship with.So forgive me if it doesn't makes sense to me Juniper.If you're jealous don't blame it on someone.I'm leaving."And I left.I went to those mountains and found the same cave and I went inside."Mr.Dragon?!"He came out."I thought I told you not to come back."I looked down at my hands."I know."I looked back up."But I don't really feel like staying in my room or my club tower right now."He sat down."You go to that school?"I nodded."Dragondeth.Third year.Not very pleasant as it looks from the outside."

"Why did you want to leave?It's very late."I sighed."My fiancé who sexually assulted me kissed me even though he knew I was uncomfortable with that and blamed it on someone who I don't even have a friendship with.Told me that he was jealous of him.Then we faught.Everybody came out.I walked out after I said what I had to say and came here.I didn't know where to go because they know my house.They know my tower.They know everywhere I could go except here."

"Back in my day we had covens.I was the head of the Moonlight coven.My bloodline has been the leader of that coven for hundreds of years.We evolved with the humans.Back then humans lived here too.Until we banished them for their unappreciative actions against the nature.They couldn't create fire like us so they burned the trees and things like that.I was engaged before I was born.Everything was political.But regardless I loved my fiancé from the moment she was born.I was five and they gave her to my arms.And ever since then I loved her.She loved me after she grew up of course.You look exactly like her.I don't remember a lot of things from my aldulthood.I don't remember a lot of things but everything that involves her is carved into my mind."That's actually very sweet.Who would've thought?

"So you weren't always a dragon?"He shook his head."No.But I used a transfiguration while I was running from the people who wanted to kill me.And after I stayed in the shape of a dragon for so long I couldn't turn back.Nothing was enough to change me.In time I became an actualy dragon.I knew their language before I turned.But with time as I became one I forgot how to talk with the humans."I sighed."I didn't know I was able to talk to dragons until my best friend got me a miniature dragon on Crhistmas.That's how I am able to talk to you."

"It's getting late.You should go back.""Thank you."I turned into a dragon."What's your name so I don't have to call you Mr.Dragon?"He blew out the fire."Baul."The name is so familiar."Good night Baul."Then I flew away.I got back to the tower and it was so silent.I went to my room and went directly to bed.It took me some time to fall asleep but...I eventually did.

Following few weeks I went to see Baul almost every night.We talked.I offered him to find a way to make him human again.And I have been trying so hard to find the right spell.I went to the libarary after lunch and kept on my search.I was reading every detail.Then Alex said my name and I just jumped out of my place.Thank God I didn't."Whoa.Slow down.It's just me."My heart was beating crazy fast."You scared me.""That part is obvious to all Rose."I picked up the chair from the ground and grabbed my stuff."Let's get going."He took my books from me and we went to dinner.I have been so distant to the others.They're mad at me for forgiving Crooks.And since I sit with him everyday I haven't had a chance to talk to them altogether.

"Hey guys.""Rose."He said it like it's mean to imply something."I'm sorry guys but it's decided.I'm going to be his wife eventually.You have to understand."They shook their heads or disagreed.It was either that or the other."We don't.We don't understand and frankly we don't want to.The guy almost raped you!You were traumatized when we found you.Or did you forget?"I shook my head."No I didn't.Can we no talk about this anymore?I just want to eat.And talk about things that has nothing to do with me."They were mad that I didn't want to talk about it but they agreed and we talked about other stuff.

Couple more days went by and it was finally time to pack for the summer holiday.I was in my room when I got a letter from Mrs.Crooks.

        Dearest Rosalind,I would love for you to come with us to Italy this summer.My sister and I are taking our children away from business.And since you and Crooks are engaged you are one of my children too.Your grandparents are already informed.I'd love to see you with us this year.                  -Mrs.Crooks

I wrote back to Mrs.Crooks and finished packing.