I was relaxed, lying in the sun with my head resting on Viper's tummy and trying to get the butterfly's to leave my nose alone. Suddenly it tickled so much I sneezed. [color:"yellow"] AhhhChooo [/color]
He was laughing so hard at me, that I turned around and started tickling him. "Ha, laugh at me will you?" He grabbed me and tried to tickle me too so I jumped up and started to run away laughing.
I stopped suddenly and turned towards the road leading out of town and my tears were no longer from laughter but from sadness. "Oh jvb, come back. Don't leave."
Viper walked up and put his hand on my shoulder, "What's wrong DQueene?"
I looked up at him, "jvb's gone. I think he thinks we don't want him anymore."
Viper stared at me, "How do you know he's gone? I saw him just a little while ago in the inn."
I just shook my head, "I felt him, he's so sad." I glanced back up at him, "Haven't you noticed when we're really upset or just emotional, we can sense or feel what each other's feeling?"
He nodded, "Yeah, but only with you and jvb and me. Right?"
"Yeah, Nero too, of course." I glanced up at Viper, "I think he can speak to everyone that way though."
Viper wrapped his arms around me and we faced the road watching the speck that was jvb disappear into the distance. I reached down and patted the pouch containing the mirror that Metheeka had given me and whispered for mine and Viper's ears alone, "Don't think you can leave us that easily jvb, not if I have any say in the matter."
