Chapter 4

Laylian was excited to show Kelso the castle. It was the first time that she had seen the place. She was amazed at every single little thing. She stopped at every vase and every painting. Questions flowed from her mouth like a waterfall, Laylian was more than happy to answer each and every one of them.

"When was this made?" Kelso asked whilst looking at a rather exquisite looking vase. It was built so that the different sides reflected each other several times. It looked like an infinity mirror full of green leaves and stalks of the flowers which were inside.

"I made that one a few years ago." Laylian informed happily. It was then she realized, she messed up.

"A few years ago?! How old were you? I would be surprised if someone my age did something as spectacular as this..." Kelso's tone was pure curiosity. Now that she thought about it she didn't know how old Laylian or Sylvester were. She just knew they were in the same class as her. Now that she knew Addafor and Addamak were brothers...it was confirmed that aging was rather different in the fae dimension.

"Yes uh well..." Laylian stuttered , she would have loved to avoid the situation but she knew that Kelso wouldn't let it go. "Fae age differently to humans, though they can change their age rate, as you see Addamak did." She then bit her lip and looked to the ground. "I've lived here for thirty five years...so it's not...as big of an age gap as you would -"

"You're twenty years older than me?!" Kelso looked like she was going to faint. She had to admit that Laylian was correct. It wasn't as bad as she thought . She had read many tales with higher age-gaps. "So you just...choose not to age?" She didn't quite understand still, why would she want to be this age for a longer period of time then she had to? And would that mean they could be immortal?

"Ah well...not exactly." Laylian started to walk as they had been stood still for quite a while. Shewas holding Kelso's hand, they had been holding hands since the tour began. "Parents of fae can control their aging until they look eighteen."

"That's completely unfair." Kelso huffed and rolled her eyes, if she could she would have crossed her arms. "I mean, you could have a child for the rest of your life, that's ...not fair on the child right?" Laylian nodded with a look of disapproval on her face.

"That's correct. I am sure that Vansilla agrees with you and plans to change that in the future." She knew Vansilla's opinion on that rule, she ranted about it for several years . She wasn't fond of being controlled even more by her parents. She was extremely upset that they wouldn't' let her grow up. Their excuse was that she didn't act old enough. Actually, that was the same excuse that Laidra and Addafor used all the time.

"Your siblings seem nice." Kelso said in an attempt to change the subject. "Though they seem like polar opposites." This caused Laylian to let out a soft laugh.

"They are quite different from each other, yes." She nodded as she thought of the time they had all spent together. "Though they were extremely close as younger children. The messes that Vansilla and them get into...don't get me started, i could tell you story after story. The ending gets rather repetitive."

"Let me guess...they don't get away with it?" Kelso said jokingly . The three of them seemed like seasoned tricksters and pranksters. She wondered what the three of them had done , she also wondered if Laylian took part in their shenanigans . "or did they?" It was a rather dramatic question, one Laylian was happy to say she understood the context.

"With my parents, yes." Laylian chuckled and swung their hands . they were nearing her room where the two of them would be staying. "Though if Vansilla's parents ever found them sneaking around, I do not wish to think of the results." With a shudder she remembered the fury and disappointment on the queen's face, her husband had been away at the time. Not a week goes by where she thanked whatever higher power existed that he was not there to witness the mischief. "T-this is my room."

Laylian had stopped their walking rather abruptly as they stopped at a closed door which she pushed open. Kelso was amazed. She knew she shouldn't have been that amazed by the room. It was like the entire castle, grand. She wondered what it was like to live in something as massive as the castle. Then she shuddered, it felt like everyone was a million miles away from you. She wasn't too fond of the feeling.

"I can see where you got some inspiration for your house from." She took small steps around the room, as though any heavy step would cause herself to fall through the soft flooring. Everything looked light and delicate. Each individual object looked like it took years to make or put together. She was sure that she would never see such a wonderful sight anywhere in the human dimension.

"Yes...it looks very little like my room here, perfect." Laylian gave a grin as she plopped on her bed. She had started to understand what Sylvester meant when he said he felt like he sunk into the bed and was going to be swallowed whole. She had become accustomed to the bed in the human dimension.

Kelso had decided that it was enough of her looking around Laylian's room. She had appreciated the tour and having a look into Laylian's world. She decided to lay down next to Laylian. "Oh my gosh this is wonderful." She rested her head back, instead of landing on fluffy pillows she landed on Laylian's chest. "Hello there."

Laylian held in a giggle and smiled at her girlfriend's adorable antics. "Greetings..." Kelso made no indication that she had any intention to move anytime soon. In fact, Kelso snuggled closer to Laylian and wrapped her arms around Laylian's waist. "Are you comfortable?"

"Extremely..." Kelso's voice was muffled , she could feel the exhaustion settle in as she drifted in comfort. "Night night, I love you." Laylian was a little shocked at how easy the words came out of Kelso's mouth . She would say that to Hazel each night before bed. Laylain leant down and placed a soft kiss to Kelso's forehead.

"good night, I love you too"