farah pov

I slowly walked through the rows.
I carefully looked at the practical exercise I had received from the last hour of each of my students.

All had managed to conjure up their primal element.
Also Bloom.
I nodded to her proudly.

"Well done girls!" I complimented them all and went to the front of the board to write down the next topic.

"Focus!" I said the written word and immediately turned to my class.

Their focused faces reminded me of Dyara when she was my student.

A pang spread in my chest.
Two weeks had passed since the incident in the forest.
Luckily, Tara and Ben were there in time to bring her back to life.

Dyara meant everything to me.

I've never felt such fear as I did that day.

Her body recovered quickly from the injuries and seemed to have healed on its own, as the burned man who injured her was still walking around in the forest.

That was also a mystery to us, how she could survive the salvation without the burned person responsible being destroyed.

While she bravely struggled through the day and enjoyed teaching, she was plagued by nightmares at night.

This was also the reason I stayed with her every night and cradled her comfortingly in my arms as soon as her nightmares started.
Only when she was sleeping deeply and relaxed did I let her go and kissed her temple.
After that I fell asleep too, but not before I had pressed her against me first.

"Excuse me, Miss Dowling? Are you alright?" a distant voice called through to me worried.

I quickly blinked away the sleeping girl in my mind's eye and clasped my hands together.

,, Oh excuse me! I.. where were we again?" I asked around, since I had actually lost the thread.

"You wanted to tell us something about the focus." came a sugary voice in my direction.

Beatrice.

My eyes wandered to her place. When my eyes met hers, something flashed inside them.
I felt a vibration of amusement.

Instead of pursuing what she found so funny, I ignored it.

,, Right. Focus...is important! Extremely important! Once you've unleashed your magic, you can only direct that power properly if you stay focused! Now girls use your fairy power with the help of your positive feelings!" , I told my students with a small smile and walked slowly through the front row.

I tried to focus all of my attention on the lesson.

I couldn't let something like that happen to me again during class!
I had to stay sane if I was going to prepare the girls for real life.

"Focus on what makes you happiest! Everything else will take care of itself.", pointed
I pointed out the crucial point to the class and began to assess their first attempts.

There was a knock at the door.
All heads turned to the door.

,, Yes, please?"

The door opened and Dyara entered.

I skilfully skipped over the low murmur and instead stared at my crush expectantly.

Countless butterflies raged around in my stomach.

,, Miss Dowling, would you be free right after class? "

I faltered, still overwhelmed by her presence.

"Yes,.. sure.. yes," I stammered out with glowing cheeks and then dismissed the class.

A few minutes later only Dyara and I were standing in the classroom.

She quickly closed the door and headed straight for me.

Our faces were only inches apart.

My heart was pounding wildly in my chest.
I needed to know if she was the real Dyara, because once again I wouldn't be fooled.

"Who did I go to the mountains with 20 years ago to do this?" I shot out with the question.

Dyara carefully laid her warm hands on my red-hot cheeks and whispered in my ear.
,, We both. Because I wanted a photo of you for my thesis on fairy painting. Already forgotten?"

It really was her.
My Dyara.

,, Forget? How could I forget a day like this?
Especially because we almost kissed back then.", I whispered to her in a hoarse voice and leaned my forehead gently against hers.

A pleasant shudder ran through all my limbs when I felt her hot breath on my lips.

I purred shut my eyelids and felt her pull me tight.

My favorite fairy gently pressed her lips to mine and kissed me with so much feeling I almost lost my balance if she didn't hold me.

Panting, I wrapped my arms around her neck and kissed back.