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do
you have to apologise for? I’m the one who got you into this
mess.’
    ‘No you didn’t;
it was Leon.’
    ‘Leon?’ Jake
stared back at Celly curiously. ‘So…are you saying you really do remember what happened when we fell?’
    ‘Sure I
remember; and that’s why I’m sorry. I’m sorry that mum and dad
think it’s your fault that I’m like this, simply because I didn’t
tell them what really happened.’
    ‘Celly! Why? Why
didn’t you tell them? But you still don’t have to apologise ,
silly! You saved my life; and risked yours doing it
too.’
    Celly chuckled
sourly.
    ‘Huh, I might not have tried to rescue if I’d known how dangerous it was!
I didn’t think I’d make such a mess of it!’
    Jake laughed
quietly with her.
    It was the first
time that they’d managed to be on their own together since the
accident. They held hands. They kissed now and again, when they
were definitely sure that no one was around, no one was close
enough to hear.
    ‘So…’ Jake began
unsurely, ‘if you can remember what really happened, how come you
didn’t make sure your mum and dad don’t think I’m evil incarnate
because I got you into trouble?’
    ‘Because I’m
recovering, right? And the better I get, the more they’ll forget
and forgive.’
    ‘Forget and
forgive me for something Leon was really responsible for, you mean?
Great, just great!’
    Celly laughed.
She clenched his hand tightly.
    ‘What they
wouldn’t have forgiven you for, Jake, is if Leon had told them he’d
caught us together.’
    ‘Hah,’ Jake
sighed, understanding what she meant. ‘So why didn’t he tell them
what he’d seen?’
    ‘Because when I
first came round, when I first caught his eyes; I let him know in
my glare at him that we were making a silent deal.’
    ‘A deal? You
mean you wouldn’t tell if he didn’t?’
    ‘Huh huh,’ Celly
agreed.
    ‘He’s sick, you
know that? He could have killed me, if you hadn’t saved
me.’
    ‘He wasn’t
thinking straight; he’s sick, but not in the way you
mean.’
    ‘Wow, if someone
decides to kill someone just because they’re not thinking straight,
that’s pretty sick in my book! I take it you mean some sort of
illness, though? The way he was stumbling when you first met?
What’s wrong with him?’
    ‘As I said, he’s
really sick. Love sickness.’
    ‘Love sickness?
You kidding me, Celly? Sure, some people can get pretty love sick –
moping around, staying in bed, off their food, all that sort of
thing – but that doesn’t mean you’re suddenly
homicidal!’
    ‘We’re dragons , remember? When we meet someone, you can decide in
an instant that she or he’s your mate for life. Think of when
someone’s sort of thunderstruck by love at first sight, then
combine it with your idea of the soul mate you’re destined to spend
your whole life together with.’
    ‘Mate for life?
And you’re saying that…that your Leon’s ?’
    ‘No no,’ Celly
said urgently, detecting the anxiety and hurt in Jake’s voice. ‘But
yeah; I might have been if you hadn’t sort of happened
along.’
    ‘Ahhh, you make
it all sound oh so romantic !’
    ‘It’s hard to be
romantic when you’re laid flat out on an aching back, struggling to
breathe. You should try it yourself sometime.’
    ‘Okay, okay;
that’s true. Still – you sound pretty sure of yourself. That is, if
you’re saying what I think you’re saying; that Leon’s fallen for
you big time!’
    ‘All, right I
get where you’re going; that I’m sounding pretty big headed, right?
But look, as I said, it’s different with dragons. See, whereas it
was just so frustrating trying to figure out if you fancied me or
not–’
    ‘I’ve fancied
you for ages , dopey!’ Jake said light-heartedly. ‘Why do you
think I was always calling on you?’
    ‘Ah, so that’s it, is it? That’s how one human knows if
another fancies them! And there’s me, thinking you just needed
someone to slaughter when playing those bloody