Lonely... I'm so lonely...|Sensatia

[Kender Bard]

Luna slammed the door to her personal quarters. There weren't any servants nearby - she'd long since spooked most of them into leaving when their duties were done long ago. That was good, for times like these.

In the almost complete darkness, she threw herself onto her bed, allowing herself a moment to cry like she hadn't in years. And towards the end of it, she thought only, oh Xavier, I wish you were here. You care!

[Devon]

Xavier appears in Luna's room at the side of her bed. "Luna..I'm sorry I dropped in uninvited like this, but I had to see you." Taking a moment to regain his composure he looks down at the woman crying and sits beside her to comfort her. Rubbing her back gently he inquires. "Whats the matter Luna?"

[Kender Bard]

Luna didn't start at his presence; she welcomed it. Sitting up and twisting around, she wrapped her arms around him and put her moist eyes to his shoulder instead. "Oh Xavier... I confronted my parents. My mother did what I expected.. She swallowed her grief and accepted that life goes on. But.. My father!" She took a shuddering breath. "I don't think he really loves me, Xavier... He loves my death brother more than me." She squeezed her eyes tight, more tears trickling between the red, swollen lids. "And my Uncle too. He almost attacked me! And... And I miss my twin." She trembled a little. "I've never been so alone. Even when he was all the way here, and I was back home in my room with nobody else there... I still felt him. Somehow. I could feel he was out there, somewhere, loving me. And now he's dead, and I don't have anyone..."

[Devon]

Xavier wraps his arms around Luna and softly strokes her hair. "Your father and your uncle still need time Luna, I'm sure they both still love you they just have to get out of their grief long enough to appreciate that you're still around." He pauses for a second almost stuttering on his words. "You do have someone...you have me Luna, I'm right here for you."

[Kender Bard]

Luna lay in his embrace for a few heartbeats before she weakly murmured, "So I do. For now. Thank you Xavier." She hugged him tighter, fiercely. "I... I've never had a friend before; or anyone more than that. Heh. Someone once said that I mysticked myself a heart of stone. It might be true... Even stone cracks." She noticed she was babbling and stopped herself. "Will you always be there, though, Xavier? My brother said he would be, but now he's gone."

[Devon]

Xavier breaks away just for a moment so that he can see her face. "I'm glad that stone is cracking Luna.." Taking her chin into his hand he lifts it slighty as he stares down into her eyes. Leaning in he kisses her on the lips. Stopping only to speak for a second he mummurs. "Only the Forces could tear me away from you."

[Kender Bard]

Luna stared in wide eyed astonishment. She was momentarily stunned speechless - this was her first kiss after all.

Inside her, a cynical part of her whispered, yes but contrary to popular opinion, the Forces can't do that much unless you confront them... Or anger them.

But something new countered, perhaps when you asked for your brother, they saw it wiser to give you a new type of hope.

None of that was said aloud, though. She just shut her eyes and kissed them back, hugging him fiercely. "You are my savior," she thought to him.

[Devon]

Xavier breaks away and strokes Luna's cheek softly. With a smile on his face he speaks in a low voice not wanting to alert anyone else who lived there. "I guess I'll have to meet your mother now." He chuckles as he says this holding Luna close.

[Kender Bard]

"I think it'll come as quite a shock," she whispered back, blushing and grinning silly-like. She felt like she were falling, without worrying about hitting something at the end of the fall. It was a wonderful sensation. "Do you... really want to?"

[Devon]

"Of course I do, but perhaps I should at least teleport just outside of the front door. I wouldn't want her getting a bad impression of me for being in your room."

[Kender Bard]

"Actually," Luna stalled him. "She'll likely be part way to Talen'sul, if not there by now. Even in this horrible weather... My.. My father and Uncle are still here, I think," she mumbled. "Did you wish to see them as well?"

[Devon]

"Uh....okay sure..I'd like to meet them both." Xavier was more than a tad nervous about having to meet Luna's father and uncle, but he would do it.

[Kender Bard]

Luna looked just as dubious, but she rose and beckoned, going off to find them.

[Devon]

Xavier takes a deep breath and gets up to follow. "Should I just teleport outside?"

[Kender Bard]

"No, they should be around here somewhere," Luna explains, checking rooms. Finally she spots them from a crack in the door in the library. Taking a deep breath - and settling a cool mask for an expression - she strides into the library, hoping Xavier would make a good impression. "Father. Uncle."