MA - As Time Goes By

HA. Now I can calmly go die in peace. (Aka move onto a NEW piece of art that will eat my soul. I feel so artsy lately but I take so long on one particular picture that I dont finish the others I want to get to -__- I wish I could turbo draw....

Explanation: Rhea and the 3 major men in her life

Ambrosios - (Rhea only knew him for a short amount of time...he was a lot more significant than she knows - will be revealed in Dylan's version of the story)

"I turned to Lord Ambrosios, who was seated between myself and My Lord. He was a tall man...around the age of five and twenty. His hair was shortly cropped and curly, bleached blonde from the sun. His eyes were a deep green and he was easy to smile and laugh. He was also a glorious fighter. In truth, he was a very handsome man, who was under the watchful eye of many a woman. I did not fool myself into believing that my feelings for him were that of love. However, I was nearing a proper age for marriage. I could do worse than a handsome husband who is kind and generous.

Picking up the wine pitcher, I leaned over to refill his cup. I smiled up at Lord Ambrosios, who returned my gesture. Sitting back down and resting the pitcher on the table, I saw laughter gleaming in my brother's gray eyes. He hid his smile by popping a grape into his mouth. The fool thought it a sport, women striving for husbands. As if he had no suitors himself. I glared at him and he finally grinned. I could hear him in my head now – 'Honesty Tiff? Throwing yourself at him? I can see that working SO well.'

I turned my attention instead to My Lord and Ambrosios. To my pleasure, he was watching me with interest. I took care to appear to coy – an act which had my brother choking on his wine. I had half a mind to spread peppers in his bed clothes... "

Cithaeron -

Blue eyes, as clear as the sky behind him, stared at me, wide in shock. His hair fell to his shoulders, curly and dark brown – I guessed that it was as soft as the curious creature by his side.

I bit my lip and raised a hand to my chest. I could feel the heat rush to my cheeks at his gaze. The man's mouth moved for a second, words never emerging from his lips. The wind picked up around us, playing on the edge of my himation and blowing his cloak back to reveal a slender but muscular build under a simple cotton tunic. A sling was tied to one side of his belt and a small sheath for his knife was on the other side. Finally, the stranger took a deep breath and closed his mouth, adjusting his stance. His hand fell to the head of the 'baa-ing' animal. “What kind of nymph are you...?”

I blinked at his softly masculine voice. It startled me and made my face heat up again. “I am not a nymph.” Not that I knew what one was-I had heard several spirits accuse them over the years for their deaths. I wasnt sure I wanted to be one.

“...what manner of spirit are you then?”

“I...I am myself.”

He nodded slowly, crystal eyes never leaving me, barely blinking as if he thought I would disappear if he blinked. The wind picked up between us again and this time it felt like it was stinging against my new mortal skin.


Daniel: ( belongs to )

This girl was in fact peculiar but he wanted to get to know his new friend better and helping her do what she came here for. To help her make more friends and get over her past. "Do you want a hug?" He said jokingly

The brunette turned her head to look at him so fast that she swear she got whiplash. Blood rushed to her cheeks as her blush spanned from her face to the tips of her ears and down her neck. A...A...huh?! "What?! Um. I-I..." She was completely flabbergasted. NOBODY hugged her. Ever. "Y-you want to?"

He chuckled to himself for a moment then got really serious. "Only if you want to. Believe it or not I never used to give hugs but lately I have gotten used to them but I'll say it again. Only if you want to Rhea." At first he had been joking but when he saw her reaction he was willing. He found her blush pleasantly adorable. "It's funny... When a girl blushes her adorableness factor goes off the charts. That applies to you."

Rhea opened and closed her mouth, no words coming out. Did he just call me adorable?! She quickly looked down at her lap, twisting her hands together. Biting her lip she came to a decision. Glancing at him from the corner of her eye, she gave two quick nods, bangs falling back over her eye from the movement. "Ok..."

"Okay then." He moved and wrapped his arms around her in a nice tight hug. He was practically a hug expert now. He rested his chin in her shoulder. He remained silent because of the awkward atmosphere. After a few moments he finally broke the silence. "So how do you like hugs?"

Rhea timidly wrapped her arms around his waist, leaning into the tight hug. Daniel was warm...almost like a rock that was out in the sunlight. She liked warm...she relaxed a little bit before responding. "They're...cozy?" She winced. That had to be the most stupid description of a physical act EVER. "And warm. I dont think...I dont think I dislike them... I've only ever been hugged this once so I have nothing to use as a comparison.

"Haha Well hugs are nice. Like you said they are cozy. Open yourself up to hugs. They are a form of friendly affection."

He held on to her compelled too let her en joy it because it was her first hug after all. "This nice. Two friends sharing an emotional moment and then hugging it out. Things like this are what make life wonderful."

"I-if you say so." She could hardly imagine hugging Vitalis like this after an 'emotional' moment. He'd stab her. Brighid would ask if she were sick...though maybe she could hug Brighid some day. She turned to say something else to Daniel but got a nose and mouthful of hair. Turning her head quickly in the other direction she finished her thought outloud, "Um. Not to be rude but...How long to hugs usually last??"


LOL Yeah, I chose random passages out of the Chronicles of Rhea's life XD The last one with Daniel... WELL...there were a LOT of bits I could have chosen...but we've already established that they're dating XD So I thought I'd go with one of my favorite scenes that made me laugh so hard when writing it with

Read more about Ambrisios and Cithaeron in my fic: The Diary of Rhea The Diary of Rhea Chapter 1
 Happy Birthday! Here's a little something to further your incessant need for absolutely no companionship whatsoever! Enjoy!

Rhea stared at the letter, blankly, recognizing her sister, Megeara's, handwriting. The red brown eyes moved from the parchment to a leather bound journal. She sighed, furrowing her eyebrows. Really guys? 'Further your incessant need for absolutely no companionship whatsoever'? Gee. Thanks. She leaned back against her bed cushions, holding the journal up for inspection. What were you supposed to put in these things??? Finally, she flopped over onto her stomach, opened up the book to its fresh, empty, first page and pul (Ambro is chapter 1 and Cithaeron is chapters 6 and 7)