I stared at our mathematics textbook and sighed. Classes... They were a pain... It's been two weeks already... Ever since Sam's... Well...

I looked beside me to see me sleepy, white headed, joker... Well... Boyfriend then sighed. I felt someone tap my shoulder and looked at the other side. It was him...

I leaned back. "What do you want genius?..." I grumbled.

Dennis just flashed me a quick smile and rubbed my back. "You look... So innocent without that Halloween garment..."

I blushed knowing how perverted he used to be and well... Still be..."I can re-summon them later on... I'm not as innocent as you think..." I smirked in an annoyed and angry way.

"You're still so beautiful..." He tried to bring his hand lower and I slapped it away.

"You pervert..." I growled and inched closer to Sam.

"Would you rather be with that monster than with me?" He asked me flopping his hair sexily. Ugh, that idiot...

"Yes... I'm a monster now too... You wouldn't believe me when I say I killed someone... You think I'm just so... Innocent." Emphasize on my innocence...

Sam immediately jolted upright and rubbed his head.

"Morning sleepyhead..." I laughed putting my hands behind my head in a... Boss style.

"Yeah whatevs..." He laughed and sat up probably.

I could see Dennis gritting his teeth then he switched it to a smirk. "I haven't seen your body since your last miniskirt session with me..."

I blushed immediately and felt cautious. Sam seemed a little anxious and bit his bottom lip.

"I don't wear that girly stuff anymore..." I huffed.

"Oh?... Didn't you wear a dress just a few weeks ago..." He smirked. "And lets jut say... Taking off that belt for the armored suit really... Turns me on..."

I blushed even harder and Sam looked even more anxious.

"H-how d-did you..." My voice trailed off.

"I have friends in high places... Or... Girlfriends who have monster friends..." He shrugged.

I looked away and my face was flushed in embarassment. I never should have agreed or planned to wear that.

***

"Pep!!!" I screamed into the other end of the phone.

"Hiiii!!! What's going on???" She squealed.

"Did you take a picture of me in that dress???!!!" I shouted.

"Yep! Customer database... And... Well, that style is really rocking!!! Cyber just got a whole load of orders for that!!!"

"And you used me as the model?!" I crumpled up the flyer for Cyber's boutique with me wearing the dress in the ballroom back in the chaos dimension.

"The background was totally stunning and the dress fitted you perfectly!!! Oh, and did I mention the armor lycra suit under-"

"Yes!!! My ex found out and he's being a real creep around me!!! And I've got loads of girls asking me for an autograph, and telling me I was damn hot, some insulted me, and I hate it!!!"

"Oh... Ehehe... Sorry Heat... Err... Can I make it up to you in a way?"

I growled and took a deep breath. "Please don't do this next time without permission?!"

"OK, OK... I'm sorry. But we can't take it down. We Hearthian girls are rocking the style!!! But I took off the armored bits seeing as no one does any serious fighting." She said.

"OK... Whatevs... See ya..." I put the phone down and buried my face in my hands. I was just sitting on the school's entrance steps and shouting at Pepper.

"Hey uh... Heat, you ok?"

I looked up and saw Sam. He made a blue rose appear in his hand again. "You better stop being... Heh, so blue..."

I sighed and then miled. He sat down beside me and tucked the Rose behind my ear.

"Thanks for being there for me..." I sighed placig my head on his shoulder.

"Yeah... Thanks for saving me..." He said. "Welp, what did Pep say bout the... Heh, the thing..."

"It's complicated..." I groaned.

"Well, you did look pretty darn hot in that thing." He chuckled and blushed.

"Sam!!!" I elbowed him and he just laughed harder.

"Don't Heat up!..."

"That old joke never gets old to us doesn't it?..."

"Yeah... It's been around for... Many Hearthian months...

"And that's only a few days, minutes, weeks, seconds... I don't know. Your world is confusing."

"Our world you sleepy idiot!" I laughed.

"Yeah... Hey, I have wings again..."

"But you never use them." I rolled my eyes and summoned them out of my back and flinched. "It still hurts at times..."

He laughed and nodded and summoned his wings without a care. I strokes the silkt feathers in admiration.

"Sometimes... I wish I was a Hearthian..." I sigh.

"If you were, I'd be married to Flare." He laughed.

I felt a bit of envy there... He was at least twenty or something in Hearthian... Then how old would I be?... Sam is sixteen in human so in Hearthian i-i... I'm... At a marrying age?!

I shook my head and bit my bottom lip.

"Hey Heat... Ya ok?"

"How old would I be in Hearthian?..." I asked him blushing feverently.

"Same age as me aren't you?... But... I'm turning seventeen in your age next week... But... I'm twenty in Hearthian..." He started mumbling then he blushed and looked away.

"Well?..." I asked blushing at the same time.

"You're in Hearthian's marriage range..." He said blushing feverently.

"Oh... And Flare?..."

"Sh-shes older than me... Twenty four..." He said pulling on his hood.

"Wait... It's your birthday next week?..." I asked him changing the topic.

"Yeah... We don't usually celebrate in parties. We have birthdays by just having an outing together. Me and Pep. Birthdays are supposed to... Keep the family close."

I nodded. "Well... It's always great talking to you..." I stood up slowly and pulled my wings in my body feeling the pain with the mixture of strange sadness.

"Hey, no need to be so respectful. We're not really adults get! It's just Hearthian age!" He laughed.

I smiled and hugged him tightly. "I don't know what's wrong with me..."

He just smiled and kissed my forehead. "You've just been going through so much, it's good to let it all out once in a while. Welp, Sam-ones gotcha don't i?"

"I'm just tired of living like this... One minutminute, I'm blushing like a maniac, screaming like I've lost my mind, and now?... I'm an emotional wreck."

"Well, wanna play that we're married for a day?" He asked laughing.

I pushed him off. "Sam!!!" I was blushing feverently.

"Come on love, let's go back..." He said sweey hand on my shoulder.

"Oh come on!!! You could be worse than Dennis without even trying!!!"

"I am trying!" He spluttered. "Trying not to laugh and kiss you!"

I blushed even more but didn't try to run off. Then I felt someone carry me. I immediately looked up.

"Hey baby, the monster scaring you?" He smirked.

"Dennis you idiot put me down!!!" I exclaimed.

He just held me closer my chest touching his own and he moved me so that my hands were wrapped around him. "Put me down already!!!"

"Just stop bothering my Heat..." Dennis said smirking like he was my prince.

"I'll hurt you again if you don't put me down!!!" I exclaimed trying to get off.

He just looked at me and placed his head closer to mine. "Now now babe..."

Sam teleported behind Dennis, touched my chest and teleported me away from him. When we were on the rooftop, I only noticed that his hand over my chest was wrapped around me... I blushed but didn't move a muscle. He was holding me the same way we once did... When the moon was out as our spotlight in front of Lacer's lab.

"Sam... I-it i-isn't... I uh..." I blushed in the heat of the moment. It wasn't that bad. To be honest, it wasn't bad at all...

"A little too much?..." He asked me.

"No... No... I er..." I tried to say.

He was still holding on to me in that romantic dancing position and he just stared at me. "Did we get too carried away in this relationship?"

I just laughed snorted and he looked starstruck and confused.

"We're both twenty years old aren't we?..." I asked him my laugh fading into giggles.

"You always know how to twist me around your finger... So what, I'm twenty one in Hearthian?..."

"Yes... My birthday's not until next year..." I laughed rolling my eyes.

He kissed me on the lips for at least a minute then he let go and sat me down on the rooftop ledge and I sat beside him. "Well... How are birthdays in the real world?"

"Well, we just have a fun little party, cake and stuff, or we just go have some fun and get presents and things..." I sighed.

"You must have a better life here..."

"Not really... Sometimes, i think you Hearthians have it better..."

"But not all Hearthian are as pretty as you..." He smiled.

"We just love each other that much don't we?... No more love spells?..."

"None whatsoever..." He held me close in his arms. I felt the cold wind rush past and the blue ros flew off my ear and it's pets scattered in the wind and dropped slowly to the field below us.

"And about Dennis..." His voice trailed off.

"What?..."

"Do you still think of him?... He knows... So much about you... Your past, your dreams, what you used to be like... I can't compete with a girl i've only known for..."

"A year..." I hold his hand tightly. "I might've known Dennis for a longer time, but dating him?... No... He was a pervert which was why I stopped meeting him..."

"Really?..."

"Heh, he used to... Well, he had a few favourite spots on me..." I blushed. "He was especially fond of me in a miniskirt or my swimsuits back then..."

Sam immediately looked away. "I'm not fond of them but maybe I'll wear one just for you?..." I asked him.

His blush became worse and I just sighed.  "You do don't you?... I'll get Pep to give me a runway review later... You better be there... What's so bad about being girly once in a while?..."

"You don't need to, you're already really... Heh... I can't find words anymore..."

"You don't need to." I smiled. "You're speechless, it's good enough."

He just tackled me on the ground and he was on top of me. "Speechless ain't i?" He asked me growling happily.

He then started looking a little regretful and pulled me up. "Heh, sorry Heat..."

"What for?..."

"I-its nothing!... Jes nothin." He blushed. "Come on, We'd better go..."

I nodded and my backpack appeared out of thin air and I held Sam's hand and we were immediately teleported to the balcony where Sam first gave me the first blue Rose.

I kissed his cheek then he held both of my hands suddenly.

"Sam?... What's this for? A new prank?" I giggled.

He rubbed both of my palms with his thumbs then he blushed and kissed my forehead. "You'll know what I've done soon." He smiled. "Welp, gotta go... Love ya Heat."

He left in an instant. I stated at my palms. Nothing was left... Nothing but a small trace of blue sparkles. Then, the sparkles vanished into nothing.

I went back to my room, dumped my bag on the floor not mindin my homework and flopped on the bed with its newly changed covers that emitted the faint smell oh white lillies which were sickeningly sweet.

I looked at the mirror and saw nothing on my forehead. I just signed and gave up. It was either a Hearthian tradition or something Sam did to just keep me hoping for something unusual.

"That was a waste of time..." I sighed and just summoned my sword out of sheer boredom. Dinner was going to be up in a few hours so I just slept through it.

***

"Heather dear!!! It's time for supper!!!" Tamsin shouted from below.

I groaned and dragged myself out of my bedroom and yawned. I picked myself up and walked down the stairs remembering Tamsins warning before. No flying in the house. I expected Audrey and Fennick to come down until it hit me that they weren't there anymore.

I sighed and sat down. In the night, the pink roses looked a lot neon blue and white flowers to me. Which reminded me more and more of Sam.

Dinner was usually quiet. Without the two kids to ligthen up the meal, only the sound of the moonlight air and a faint waltz were heard.

Tamsin and Uncle Arthur didn't have many servants in this place. It was more a mansion than a palace but was spacious and regal all the same. It stayed less on the modern side.

I tapped on Tamsins shoulder. "Err... Mom?..."

"Yes?..." She asked tiredly.

"What does this mean?" I rubbed my right palm with my left hand and kissed two fingers and tapped my forehead. "You know, rubbing both palms with the thumbs then kissing my forehead?"

She gasped and then smiled wide. "My dear! Who demonstrated this to you?"

"Sam." I said casually. What made her so hyped up.

"Heather dear... Do you not know what that means?..." She held my shoulders with both hands and her tired eyes were starry and bright.

"Nope. Not a clue." I shrugged.

"It's a promise." She said getting more excited.

"What did Sam promise?..."

"It's simple! It means that one day, he'll marry you!" She said happily.

My eyes flickered, my heart beat like a pounding drum, I felt dizzy, I couldn't think straight, and I smiled... And that's when I fainted.

***

Sorry!!! Haven't updated in awhile. I don't get many readers for this but for all who are reading, I thank you. School stuff. Yeah. Thanks baiiiiizzzzz!!!

-Neon