Fires Collided

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We had dinner together."Grandpa I asked grandma and she said she was ok with it but...can Ralph stay with me here for the following month?Please?"He sighed."He's not sleeping in your room.Seperate rooms.I will have someone watch over you 24/7 if I have to."I sighed."I'll get what I can get.Thank you."He and I hugged."I'm just glad you found your happiness."I sighed."I did."I broke the hug."At the same age you did.You were seventeen when you met grandma right?"He nodded."Well I'm tired.Also I'm going to help Ralph unpack now that you agreed."He nodded and I left.I went to my room and changed into my pjs and went next door to Ralph."Hi.""Hey.Can I unpack now?"I nodded."I'm gonna go check on Alex.He's writing his girlfriend.He wants to break up with her I think.They were too young anyways."I blew a kiss on the air and left.

"Hey there.How is the break up letter going?""I CAN'T WRITE IT!"I laughed."Why?"He sighed."Because she was my friend at first.If I break up then she'll be mad and I won't be able to talk to my friend."I rolled my eyes."Does she live here?In Sapienta?"He nodded."Grab a jacket let's go."I went to my room and grabbed a jacket and then went to Ralph."I'm going to go help Alex out.We'll be back in an hour or something.""Wait!Where are you going?"I explained the whole thing."So...I'm going to help him break up."He laughed."You never liked her did you?"I shook my head."As a friedns ehw as ok but...I never liked her as a girlfriend."We kissed."Go help him out."I nodded and we left.

I knocked on her door."Hey?What are you doing here Rose?Oh...hey Alex.I didn't know you were coming over."I sighed."He's not coming over.I will give you two some space now."I faked my departure and landed on Alex as a butterfly.I hid in his hair."We need to break up.But I don't want to lose my friend either."She scoffed."I can't believe it.But...I can't have you as just a 'friend' Alex.I-I'm sorry."The poor girl started crying.Alex asked her not to leave but she just slammed the door to his face.I got out of his hair and turned back to my human form."How do you feel?I'm sorry she didn't take it thew ay you hoped she did."We hugged."Can you talk to her?"I sighed."Sure."He left and I knocked on her door."What Al-"When she saw me she stopped."He really didn't mean to hurt your feelings.He was going to write to you but he couldn't.He tried talking to you before you left the school.But he couldn't because he didn't want to lose his friend in the process.Give yourself some time to think if you want him out of your life completely.Maybe you'll see that you want him in your life anyways."She hugged me and cried."I need to go now but...think about it.Ok?"She nodded."Good."Then I left and I went to see Baul.

"Hey kiddo.""Hey there.How are you?"I chuckled."I just talked my little cousin's ex girlfriend into staying friends with him right after he broke up with her.I don't know.Fantastic?"He rolled his eyes."Haha.Very funny."I rolled my eyes."Oh you're not joking?"I shook my head."Well that's quiet ridiculous."I nodded."Oh and I just announced I am engaged to my entire family."He was confused.He was having a hard time."Who is it?Can I kill him?"I laughed and rested my head on his cheek."Bunny guy.Ralph?"He sighed."If you said that you were marrying that rapist I would've lost my mind there for a second."I chuckled."Nope.And please don't kill him."

He chuckled."I won't."I sighed and backed away."Baul if I could turn you back to your human form in time...will you walk me down the aisle?"His eyes widened."You can turn me back to my human form?"I nodded."There are books I'm still reading and I really believe that there is that one spell I can use to bring you back before you lose your humanity.All of it."He sighed in relief."Of course kiddo.Of course I'll walk you down the aisle.I-I'd be honored."I laughed."Really?"He nodded."But...your dad?"I sighed."You know how it is between me and him."He nodded."I do.I had a son and a daughter once.I bearly remember them but they were too young when I had to leave.I can't even remember their faces.I feel emberassed because of it.I never got to see any of them get married."I sighed and hugged him."Well I should get going."He sighed."Good night kiddo."I chuckled."Good night dad."I flew away.I didn't realize what I said until I entered Ralph's room."Holy shit!"He turned around."Alex came back a while ago.Where have you been?!"I covered my face."Oh my god I am a complete idiot!"I covered my mouth and turned to Ralph."Oh my...Oh my fucking-Oh what did I do?"

"What did you do?"I sighed and took my hand off of my face."I called Baul dad.I called him dad.He's not my dad.My dad is alive.If he was dead it would make sense but...he's alive.And I called dad to someone who is very,very far from my dad.He did agree to walking me down the ailse but that's not the fricking point!I called Baul dad!"He hugged me."You said you saw him as a father figure.Why are you freaking out if you saw him like a father in the first place?"I broke the hug."The spell book.Fuck!"I ran at my grandfather's study and barged in.His study is huge!

I climbed to one of the highest shelves.Ralph came in after me."What are you doing up there?!Get down here!"I shook my head."I remembered something.Just give me a second."I was at the top shelf.20 feet above the ground."You're too high!Get down Rose!"I yelled back at him."A little to the right!Move me a little to the right!"He moved me to left."MY RIGHT!""OK!YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL!"He moved me to my right and I still couldn't find the book."A little more to my right!"After an hour of search I found it.I found the book."FOUND IT!"I jumped down and turned into an owl then landed on Ralph's head."Now...can I ask you what the hell have we been doing for the past hour in your grandfather's study?"

"I found a way to turn Baul back to his human form towalk me down the aisle."I turned to my human form and sat on his shoulders."Can we go to bed now?"I nodded and we slept together in his room like a baby.