you won’t tell where I am?” Teltel asked Deni.
“I think if your Cha-ing-thing didn’t make anyone come running then I think it’s safe to say it’s alright to be in here.”
Tala stepped up to the crate and tiptoed to gather a journal with a floppy brown cover, and gave it to Teltel.
“What’s this?” the giant teenager asked.
“It’s how I know Cha,” she said with a smile. “I too know the desire to be alone. But since I am older than you, I think I should tell you something that I’ve only recently learned. It wasn’t to be alone, that I desired. It was to be accepted. To be accepted without anyone telling me who I was. To be allowed to find out who I am on my own. That was first,” she took Deni’s hand and continued, “and to find someone who accepted me – the true me.”
The vast open space of the room seemed even bigger in the silence of the moment.
“I’ll be in the garden reading to Deni while she works. I have a great story about that Giant Het I was telling you about. The one that had a little best friend who was a tiny Nen.” She gave him a smile and the ladies left the fallow field and returned to the mound of dirt where Deni had been working.
“Do you think he’ll come?” Deni asked , leveling the mound of dirt with her hands. “That was what you wanted, right?”
“Yes, he’ll come,” Tala said, turning a page of the book she held.
“What makes you so sure?” Deni said with a playful shove of her hip into Tala’s leg.
“I’m the librarian,” Tala said with a comical tone. “Everyone needs the librarian.” She laughed. “No really, he’ll come because I know Cha. And I have stories that talk about it.” She held up the book she was about to read to Deni.
“So librarians are not only smart they are very sly,” Deni said with a laugh.
“No, that’s the Antip side of me,” Tala said.
“You’re part Antip?” Deni asked.
“No not really, but I think of them as being sly. You know, with the whole thought pushing ability and all. I wonder if there are any historical writings about that in that crate.”
“Well , you better get to reading if we’re going to get through the whole crate in the next few weeks.”
Tala once again gave a disapproving look to Deni and shut the book hard.
“I’m sorry,” Deni said. She grabbed a rag and wiped her hands before pulling the upset Tala close.
“Tala, I’m just as scared as you are…so I joke. It’s no excuse, I know. I just wanted you to know why I get snarky…and I’m so sorry.”
Deni held Tala tenderly and added, “As long as we’re scared together.”
“Stay with me forever?” Tala said quickly. With tears spilling from her eyes she blinked hard. She looked downward into Deni’s golden eyes and exhaled as if relieved.
Deni only smiled.
After a silent moment Tala said, “I thought you’d say something about our forever being only a few short days.”
“Tala, I’ve dreamed since the first time I saw you , that you would want me that way. I just wanted to hold onto the moment.” Deni stretched up on the tips of her toes to kiss the awaiting red lips of Tala, when they heard a loud crash from far down the row.
“I’m sorry,” Teltel said as his face grew as crimson as the berries that were now jangling from a plant in an overturned pot.
Startled, Tala stepped away from Deni.
Deni only laughed and called to the giant Het, “When you pick that up you can come help me down here. And Tala might read to us, that is, when she starts breathing again.” The girls laughed as Teltel stared at the mess on the floor.
“What-is-this?” Aiden said as he raced around the end of a planting row to the mess on the floor.
Teltel froze when he saw the tiny old man.
“I’m sorry, Sir,” Teltel finally uttered.
“Ah! I must-fix it- myself,” Aiden muttered to himself as he scooped the plant back into the pot, added the dirt, and pressed it with care.
“Be nice,” Tala reprimanded Deni
“I think if your Cha-ing-thing didn’t make anyone come running then I think it’s safe to say it’s alright to be in here.”
Tala stepped up to the crate and tiptoed to gather a journal with a floppy brown cover, and gave it to Teltel.
“What’s this?” the giant teenager asked.
“It’s how I know Cha,” she said with a smile. “I too know the desire to be alone. But since I am older than you, I think I should tell you something that I’ve only recently learned. It wasn’t to be alone, that I desired. It was to be accepted. To be accepted without anyone telling me who I was. To be allowed to find out who I am on my own. That was first,” she took Deni’s hand and continued, “and to find someone who accepted me – the true me.”
The vast open space of the room seemed even bigger in the silence of the moment.
“I’ll be in the garden reading to Deni while she works. I have a great story about that Giant Het I was telling you about. The one that had a little best friend who was a tiny Nen.” She gave him a smile and the ladies left the fallow field and returned to the mound of dirt where Deni had been working.
“Do you think he’ll come?” Deni asked , leveling the mound of dirt with her hands. “That was what you wanted, right?”
“Yes, he’ll come,” Tala said, turning a page of the book she held.
“What makes you so sure?” Deni said with a playful shove of her hip into Tala’s leg.
“I’m the librarian,” Tala said with a comical tone. “Everyone needs the librarian.” She laughed. “No really, he’ll come because I know Cha. And I have stories that talk about it.” She held up the book she was about to read to Deni.
“So librarians are not only smart they are very sly,” Deni said with a laugh.
“No, that’s the Antip side of me,” Tala said.
“You’re part Antip?” Deni asked.
“No not really, but I think of them as being sly. You know, with the whole thought pushing ability and all. I wonder if there are any historical writings about that in that crate.”
“Well , you better get to reading if we’re going to get through the whole crate in the next few weeks.”
Tala once again gave a disapproving look to Deni and shut the book hard.
“I’m sorry,” Deni said. She grabbed a rag and wiped her hands before pulling the upset Tala close.
“Tala, I’m just as scared as you are…so I joke. It’s no excuse, I know. I just wanted you to know why I get snarky…and I’m so sorry.”
Deni held Tala tenderly and added, “As long as we’re scared together.”
“Stay with me forever?” Tala said quickly. With tears spilling from her eyes she blinked hard. She looked downward into Deni’s golden eyes and exhaled as if relieved.
Deni only smiled.
After a silent moment Tala said, “I thought you’d say something about our forever being only a few short days.”
“Tala, I’ve dreamed since the first time I saw you , that you would want me that way. I just wanted to hold onto the moment.” Deni stretched up on the tips of her toes to kiss the awaiting red lips of Tala, when they heard a loud crash from far down the row.
“I’m sorry,” Teltel said as his face grew as crimson as the berries that were now jangling from a plant in an overturned pot.
Startled, Tala stepped away from Deni.
Deni only laughed and called to the giant Het, “When you pick that up you can come help me down here. And Tala might read to us, that is, when she starts breathing again.” The girls laughed as Teltel stared at the mess on the floor.
“What-is-this?” Aiden said as he raced around the end of a planting row to the mess on the floor.
Teltel froze when he saw the tiny old man.
“I’m sorry, Sir,” Teltel finally uttered.
“Ah! I must-fix it- myself,” Aiden muttered to himself as he scooped the plant back into the pot, added the dirt, and pressed it with care.
“Be nice,” Tala reprimanded Deni
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