Voices of the Past (Tech)

[Kelsie]

Together they navigated the hallways. Her can echoed in the corridors but it helped her map out the way to the room. Finding the hallways and counting the steps turns and twists that the corridors took. It was how she worked and after mapping it out once she would most likely have it mapped for as long as she would need it which in a school like this it could very well be a long time.

He kissed her cheek gently on the way and kept her close. It seemed that he was nearly afraid that she was going to just up and leave him suddenly. But she didn't plan on anything of the sort and so she stayed right by his side feeling his warmth radiating off of him in the cool depths below. He led the way and finally they reached the room. He opened the heavy door and told her 'ladies first'. She chuckled softly and leaned over kissing him gently but quickly on the cheek before she ran her hand over the door as she stepped inside so she would know what his door felt like.

Inside he was quick to come back to her and he led her to the soft couch where she sat down. She was still cold the dress was made of thin fabric and it was soaked right through. She shivered softly as one of his hands cupped her cheek and the other ran down her arm to her hand leading it to the cup of hot chocolate. She grabbed the handle of her mug and lifted it placing it in both of her hands. She took a sip of it and smiled it had peppermint in it too she wondered how he remembered all those small little details. He asked her that question again, about how she had gotten here and she sat her mug down gently before she began.

"Well, lets see where I should start. When my family moved to Oregon we lived in a small house there. Not too small but enough for my mother and I to live comfortably. She worked and I attended a blind school there and learned how to live as a blind girl today. Life went along pretty smoothely until one day she came home and announced she was getting married." she explained. Picking up her hot chocolate she took another sip as she continued.

"So, instead of bringing him home to meet me she sent me away. You see my step father didn't want a blind child for whatever reason. And he had two perfect children already. So being the rich man he is, he gave me an apartment in New York City. And there I was sent to live by myself and attend a high school there. It was a rough and gang filled high school but during that time I got used to it a bit and Harley helped me a lot." she said softly.

"One day I was crossing the street and a car came out of nowhere. Harley doing his job knocked me out of the way and the car nearly missed me but hit Harley. So there in the middle of the street my only friend I had left in the world was dying. I picked him up and cradled him crying in the street. They tried to move me and move us knowing I was blind because Harley was wearing his vest but I wouldn't let them. I screamed out loud and suddenly this bright light.. or so the tracers told me.. surrounded me and my Harley bringing him back to life." she said as she took another sip of her drink.

"The Tracers came and erased everyone's memories of the event and told me of this place. They said that here I could learn to heal better because that's my talent they say. They say I'm a healer. So I came here and thought that if I could just learn something here maybe then I could be of use. Maybe then someone would want me because I hate being alone. And so I came here prepared to learn." she said softly as she sat her mostly empty mug down on the table now.

"I'm going to go change. Be right back." she said softly. "Harley, take me to my clothes." she said.

Harley got up and she took his harness as he led her through the room to where her boxes had been dropped off in Brandon's bedroom. She entered it and shut the door. In the pure dark, as she didn't need light to see with, she changed into some soft pink jammies. A form fitting tshirt and soft pink flannel pants with little white sheep on them is what she came back out wearing looking rather cute and at least now she was warm and dry. She let Harley go and made her way back to the couch on her own.

Sitting down next to Brandon again she snuggled up next to him. Since the couch was supposed to be her bed she snuggled up and giggled softly. She nuzzled into him gently and smiled.

"What am I going to do all night without your touch and cuddles?" she said jokingly but inside she knew it was true. Though she would do just fine she wanted him to know that she would miss him for the hours they had to part in the night.

[Brandon (Tech)]

She smiled when she had tasted the chocolate, and he knew that she remembered. He smiled with her at the memories, how they had tried all the different kinds of chocolate and later how they had tried adding different things to improve the taste, eventually deciding that peppermint was their favorite. At one time he had put mustard in her chocolate, but she had smelled it and switched the cups when he wasn't looking. It had been somewhat less funny at the time.

She began to tell him about what had happened since they had been separated, and he leaned his head against the back of the couch, listening. He smiled right up until the point where he said that her mother had told her that she was getting married. Just like that? No warning or anything? The smile faded away completely when she told him that she had simply sent away, like an obstacle of some sort. He reached his hand to her cheek when she spoke of the man's two children, calling them perfect. She had always considered herself inferior to those who could see. It was such a pity, Brandon had always tried to cheer her up, but that was one thing he had been unable to help her with and it made him sad.

A gang filled high school in New York, why would anyone send her to such a horribly place to live alone? Why hadn't he been there for her? They had even been living in the same city and he had not known! But at least she had had Harley, which was far better than being alone. His eyes widened as she said that he had been run over by some careless driver, pushing Kelsie away from her death. He was about to embrace her tightly when she spoke of bringing him back to life. Brandon looked down at Harley, her dog. He looked exactly like the dog he remembered, only older. Healing? Was she a healer? He smiled as he turned back to her. Of course she was, it was a form of magic that matched her personality perfectly.

But the smile faded away when she spoke of learning healing to.. be of use? Wishing to be wanted and feeling alone? Had she really been alone for so long, had no one looked at her and seen the beauty in her heart? He was about to tell her the difference between blindness and imperfection, how much she truly meant and could do and how she was all but useless, but she stood up and told him that she was going to change. He looked at the wrist watch he had grafted in to his arm and realized that was right, it was very late and his energy would run out soon, meaning that he would go off into a deep sleep.

He looked at her as Harley led her into his bedroom, smiling at his luck. Not only had they met against all odds and not only didn't the prosthetics bother her, but he had finally told her that he loved her and always had, and she had told him that she loved him back. He spent the time she was using to dress to find the words he would use to tell her what he felt. He looked up when the door creaked open and his jaw dropped. Time seemed to slow down as she walked towards him, and found himself again wondering whether or not he were dreaming. How, how could she be so stunning in her body and so beautiful in her heart, and not know it? How could she be so utterly flawless and not know?

She snuggled up next to him and he put his arm around her, running his hand down her cheek so that she knew he smiled at her words. "You know" He said, putting his arms around her in a gentle, but loving hug. "You should really stop being so hard on yourself. Just 'cause people can see with their eyes don't mean that they're perfect, far from it" He ran his hand through her hair as he relaxed, truly happy to be close to her after so long. "I've met a lot of people who could see with their eyes and not their hearts, and trust me when I tell you that a blind heart is the greatest handicap of them all," He knew that he was treading dangerous ground, but he couldn't stand that she thought of herself as imperfect any longer, he simply couldn't take it any more.

Pulling her a little closer, he lowered his voice to a whisper. "Have you any idea what you've done for me? You are the only reason that I didn't become some upper class brat, you were the one who taught me to see with my heart, the only person that ensured that it didn't go blind, as my parents would have wanted." He kissed the top of her head with closed eyes and tender care. "Do you understand? You are the perfect one."

He took her hand and led it to the spot where his heart still beat, undisturbed despite his bodily changes. "This heart beats, sees and lives solely because of you. Don't say that you're useless and that nobody wants you, it isn't true. You've saved me from a life with no heart, where other people's pain would not have mattered to me, and that is something only you could have done. Please" He pressed her hand against his chest, cupping her cheek with his other hand. "Please don't go so hard on yourself, it's unbearable to watch such a beautiful person, one with the body of an angel and the heart of a goddess, diminish who she is. Do you understand now?" let the conversation rest there for a little while, hoping that she would understand how dearly he meant it

After a few minutes, he put one of his arms beneath her legs and the other one behind her back, his voice taking on a more playful tone as he spoke again. "And if you think that I'm gonna let you sleep on the couch just because that you've already changed," He stood up, lifting her off the couch. "Think again" He laughed mildly, holding her angelic body in his arms. Had this been more than two years ago, and had the woman in his arms not been the one he loved, then his thoughts, attention and plans would have been in completely different places, but now that particular attraction was vastly overridden by the joyful love he felt.

He began carrying her back into the bedroom, pushing open the door with his foot and taking special care the he didn't let her head or feet bang into anything. Brandon then lay her down on the bed, kissing her gently on the forehead, letting his lips linger for a few seconds before pulling back. He was afraid that she would get the wrong idea if he kissed her lips, and he didn't want to ruin what they had found after so long for a moment of passionate affection. He couldn't help himself from running his hand to her cheek, and letting his thumb run down her nose a single time, before he leaned in and kissed it, telling her how very much this reunion, this declaration of mutual love truly meant to him. "Sweet dreams my love" He whispered as he pulled back, his hand still lovingly caressing her cheek. Part of him wanted to leave the room, but he wanted to stay just a little longer, here, with the woman he loved

[Kelsie]

When Kelsie sat down again Brandon put his arm around her. It felt like it belonged there. She lay her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. He was so comforting right there. Holding her like she was something that mattered. Their love was something that had been through thick and thin already but it was still new as it sat out in the open. He began to stroke her hair as he spoke to her and she listened because he to her was her voice of reason. He was the one person that was like her conscience the one person she would at least try to take what he said to heart and think it over before rejecting or accepting it.

He told her that she had to stop putting herself down and she smiled softly. She didn't know what to say to that. He told her that people that could see with there eyes could not always see through their hearts like she could. She blushed softly that was a compliment to her. She had always tried to see the best in people ever since she was little and often times she got burned, betrayed, or hurt because of it but none the less it was who she was. He pulled her closer gently and whispered in her ear. Telling her that she was the one that saved him and she was the one that was there for him. The one that kept him from turning into the one thing he didn't want to be and the one thing she wished him not to be. He called her perfect and she blushed softly as he kissed the top of her head. She stayed silent. She wasn't sure what you said to something like that. Something so sweet and so pure that it made her want to cry with happiness.

He took her hand in his and she was attentive. Slowly he moved it to where he lay it on his chest as she had done to him earlier. She smiled softly as he spoke to her. Telling her that this heart of his only beat today because she had given it life. Because she had taught him how to be a person and not someone out for their own means. She blushed softly again as he pressed her hand to his chest and begged her not to be hard on herself. Begged her not to be hard on herself and told her things she had never heard before. The body of an angel, that made her blush, the heart of a goddess and she smiled softly. He asked if she understood and she nodded her head softly in confirmation. She would make more of an effort now to be better about herself.

They sat there for some time and Kelsie even started to drift a little in the comforting arms of Brandon. Until he shifted and her eyes opened. She felt his hand go underneath her legs and the other around her body. Lifting her up she giggled. She was a light girl not weighing very much and she he didn't seem to have any problems. She nuzzled into him gently and closed her eyes as he carried her. She trusted him with her life and so she wasn't afraid of the door way or anything hitting her she knew that he would take care of her like he did all the way til he sat her down on the warm and comfy bed. He told her that he wasn't going to let her sleep on the couch. She thought she remembered that was what they had decided but he seemed to disagree with that. She chuckled knowing to fight it would only end up in some sort of wrestling war like they had as kids and she wasn't awake enough to win.

He leaned down and kissed her gently on the forehead and she smiled. She loved his small displays of affection. It was nice to know that she had someone that loved her so much and knew how to show her without her having to see. His hand found her cheek and her eyes closed a moment as his thumb ran down her nose. It always brought a smile to her face when he did that and again there it was. But when he leaned in and kissed her nose too she giggled softly. it meant so much to her that he did all these little things and allowed her to be close and for their hearts to bind. He told her sweet dreams and her heart froze for a moment. Her hand rose to his that was still on her cheek and clasped it gently.

"No, please don't leave me." she whispered softly sitting up a bit. She brought his hand with her and then hugged him tightly around the waist her body still sitting on the bed. He was still wet from the wet grass earlier and she could feel his clothing damp.

"Please, Brandon, change and sleep beside me. I want to feel you right now. I want to wake up and have the first thing I notice is that my best friend in the world and my love is here beside me sleeping. Please, I.. I don't want to sleep alone." she whispered softly as she clung to him. She really didn't want to be alone right now. Now that she had found the one person in her life that made a difference, the one she thought she would never see again. She wanted him next to her. Nothing sexual. Just holding her as they slept together their first night of blissful sleeping in so many years.

[Brandon (Tech)]

She had said that she understood, but Brandon decided to continue trying to help her, knowing that she was far too polite for her own good. She didn't fight as he lifted her up, instead happily snuggeling into his arms. Brandon smiled, she looked so cute like that. He had never been particularly strong for a boy, but neither had she, and their childhood wrestling matches did not always come out in his favor. Now, however, his body had been 'enhanced' and things had taken a different turn.

He had lain her down on the bed, caressed and kissed her nose, wished her good dreams, but when he was about to leave her hand gently clasped over his on her cheek, and she asked him not to leave. She sat up and hugeed him, putting her arms round his waist and he smiled. In truth, this was what he had wanted but he had been afraid that he would give her the wrong idea if he had asked. "Allright then" He whispered, running his hands though her hair as he smiled. "Just let me change first and I'll be right with you"

Brandon stepped into the light the open door let in and began undressing. There was no lamp in the bedroom, and although he kept reminding himself to set one up he kept posponing it, there allways seemed to be something more important to do. For once he decided to wear a shirt, so that Kelsie wouldn't feel the scars on his body, left behind by the many fights in which he had participated. Then again, would it matter? Would it be worth it to wear that shirt to cover up some old scars from his past? Brandon was no violent person, not anymore and he didn't want to hide himself from her like that.

It felt good to have the damp clothes come off, although he didn't exactly feel any less cold. They seemed to have an agreement, an unspoken promise that nothing would happen this night, and therefore he wasn't worried when he crawled into bed after having shut the door, wearing only his boxer shorts. Snuggeling up next to Kelsie and running her hand down her cheek, he smiled. "Comfy, Kel?" He asked her, happy that she had asked him to stay

[Kelsie]

Kelsie smiled when he said he would stay. She didn't want to be without him, especially not tonight. Sleeping alone for years was not the best thing for a small blind girl that longed for companionship. No in fact she felt that she wanted, no needed someone next to her. And he loved her, Brandon Thomas, her very best friend loved her. He parted from her and while he dressed she prepared the bed.

She pulled the covers back and fluffed up the pillows gently. She slide her small body underneath the covers and placed them up to her stomach as she waited. He came back rather quickly and she smiled as the weight of the bed shifted to accomodate him. He pulled her close and she turned laying her head on his shoulder and it was then she blushed realizing her wasn't wearing a shirt. Her hand lay on the center of his chest and taking this chance she ran it over his chest feeling it out. Creating her own metal picture of what he looked like.

He asked if she was comfy and she smiled nodding softly as his hand touched her cheek. Her hands came across scars and she felt them gently. Scar tissue beneath them she could feel the tough tissue beneath the bumps and scars. She smiled as she let a soft blue/white light envelope her hand lightly. It was enough to allow the room to light up just a bit and he would feel a gentle warmth. But more so than that he would feel the tense tissue beneath all his scars loosen and become healed. The scars on his chest would stay but the tissue beneath would never hurt or cause him discomfort again.

The light faded as she finished touching the last scar and she smiled. She had finally been able to do something special for her Brandon. The room fell to darkness again and she nuzzled into him ready to sleep now.

"I love you." she said not aware that her magic created light and aside from the warm feeling he might figure out what she had done. "I'll see you in my dreams, Brandon. Sleep well." she said softly as she closed her eyes gently and fell to sleep in the arms of the man she loved more than anything in the world.

((OOC: You can react to her and then wake up, or be really mean and make me wake them up. Or your post can end the thread. You decide))

[Brandon (Tech)]

Brandon's artificial eye allowed him to see Kelsie nod in the dark, and he smiled. He wasn't happy about the 'changes' but they had their uses. She ran her hand across his chest and he shivered slightly. There was something special to her touch. Then her hand lit up.

Her fingers slid across his chest, the tensity and soreness brought on by the touched fading away. Brandon smiled. Not only had she healed a huge chunk of his heart today, but now of his body as well. She had said that she was a healer but he had not expected a demonstration. The gentle warmth on his skin resembled what she made him feel in his heart. The light faded and the room went dark again. She nuzzled into him and wrapped his arm around her, holding her dearly.

Holding her in his arms, hearing her whisper that she loved him and knowing that it was really her, Brandon hugged her a little tighter, feeling more happy than he had ever been. "I love you too Kel, and I'm so happy that we're back together again" Feeling her warmth and smelling her hair, he kissed her forhead once before he too closed his eyes, exhausted with all the uncommon happiness he had found with Kelsie. For once he wasn't sleeping in just his bedroom, but in his home for the first time since their trip to the lake.

((Next day))

Brandon stretched and yawned, he had slept better than he had in years. Then he felt something warm and knew that he had not been dreaming, that it was all true. "Good morning Kel" He whispered, gently running his hand through her hair. It was still dark in the room, but Brandon saw no reason to worry about setting up a lamp, he was far too busy feeling happy. "Do you want breakfast in bed, in the kitchen or should we just lay here here for a little while?"

[Kelsie]

When morning came the world seemed to go silent. But as suddenly as the bugs had stopped singing their songs to the moon above the birds began to sing the song of the day. It was a beautiful melody and she loved it. It wasn't like living in New York where your serenade as a taxi driver screaming because traffic was as bad as usual. She sighed softly as her eyes fluttered open. She rubbed them cutely like a little kid almost. It was then she felt the warm arms still around her and the scent of the man she had loved for so long.

He stirred in her arms and stretched. He was so cute. Like a cat almost the way he moved in that way. She smiled brightly as his hand immediatly went to her hair and began to comfort and express feelings. She listened to his voice and smiled at the question. She wasn't hungry. Not yet, they could cook together in a bit but right now she was warm, being held by Brandon, and happy. Three things that hadn't happened in so very long. She nuzzled right back into his arms when he finished stretching and her hand ran over his chest. Not to heal this time but to just touch him.

"I would like to stay here for now. I'm so warm and so happy right here. I don't want to move." she said softly.

It was indeed a chilly morning. Winter was definatly setting in on the Academy. Down in the basement levels it was more so with the lack of windows and the cool stone. Not to mention with the lack of sun, it was constantly cooler. She didn't want to have her poor little bare feet on the cold stone just yet. She wanted to stay wrapped up in his arms happily for a bit longer.

"What shall we do with our day though? After you convince me to get out of this bed." she chuckled softly.

[Brandon (Tech)]

He smiled brightly when her hand ran across his chest, the scars no longer hurting upon touch. "Well, I dunno what we should do, what do you think? I mean, we could always go hang around town, listen to the sounds and and have something to eat, or whatnot, but what do you think?" He asked her, cuddling her softly. Then he pulled back and cupped her cheek, running his thumb down her nose. "Should I have Mek cook us breakfast then?" He asked, gently caressing her cheek with his artificial hand.

The only plans he had had for today were continuing his experiments and looking around the various flea markets, pawn shops and junk-yards of Babylos for usable parts and throw aways, and he figured that it wouldn't hurt to put those on hold for a few days. "And as for getting you out of bed" He said, in the voice that always indicated that some sort of teasing maneuverer was ob the way. "I thought I'd do something like this" At the exact time he spoke the last word, he poked a ticklish spot in her side, expecting to hear a little wail. He loved her, he always had and he always would, but he had no intentions of stopping to tease her, it was simply too tempting. "How's that for an argument?" He chuckled, pulling her into a warm morning hug. At last, after so many years, he was home. Not as much at in the basements, the academy or among people who shared the gift of magic, but back in the arms and love of Kelsie, his childhood playmate, dearest friend and soul mate

[Kelsie]

Kelsie smiled up at him as he told her that he didn't know what he wanted to do today. She chewed on her lower lip as she thought about it when he asked her what she might want to do. She sighed softly as he named a few things and she thought that it might be fun. To go into the city together and explore it. She knew that Brandon would make sure she was taken care of and that nothing bad would happen to her there.

"I think it would be fun to go into the city. We can go visit shops and get something to eat and things like that. I think it would be fun exploring the city together." she said sofly. "And Mek making a breakfast sounds great."

She felt him moving and shifting on the bed as he had a teasing tone to his voice. She waited wondering what he was going to do and then suddenly he tickled her. She jolted and giggled as she moved on the bed under his tickling. Damn, he still remembered her spots. He then pulled her into a soft warm hug and she went willingly staying there in his strong arms. Mechanical or not she loved everything about him.

"Brandon. I just want to be with you forever. As lame as that sounds it's what I feel in my heart. What I want to do is be in your arms every morning and to hear you sleeping every night. Don't leave me Brandon.. if you did.. I wouldn't make it through the day." she whispered softly.

[Brandon (Tech)]

"I don't care if its lame" Brandon said, gently stroking her hair. "I feel that too. We belong together, we always have. And as for us being apart" He pulled her a little tighter, closing his eyes as a single tear ran down his cheek. "I don't think I could live without you, either. Not after all these years" Knowing that she was back, living with him and together with him, made him so happy that he wanted to cry.

The had both held onto their dreams for all these years, enduring the pain their separation brought. And now the waiting was over "I love you Kel, I love you so much. Lying next to you like this" He kissed her cheek, a happy tear leaving his eye and rolling down his own. "Is the happiest moment of my life, and I wouldn't want to spend my life with anyone but you" He hugged her close again, closing his eyes with happiness. "When you said that you wanted to become a healer so that people would want you, I reacted as strongly as I did because" He paused as he ran his hand through her hair, thinking about which words he would use.

"Because not only do I want you, I NEED you. They took you away from me and it almost killed me. I'm sorry for sounding so selfish, but" He bit his lip, stemming a sob, but not the tears. He pulled back again, just slightly, running his hand through her hair "I'd die without you, my life would be worthless without your little smile, laugh, touch and your... your love"

He brought his hands up to cup both her cheeks, tears flowing freely from his eye. "You are the only one who makes my life worth living" He whispered, leaning in to kiss her. He longed to be close to her, and even more to feel that she wanted to be close to him too. She was his life, his love, his everything, and he would not let anything hurt her or get in between them if he had a breath left in his body to fight it

[Kelsie]

He... needed her? her eyes opened up wide as he began to explain that he didn't want to.. couldn't be without her love. Even her smiles and laughters were what he wanted. She could hear his tears falling down his cheeks and to the bed. She smiled softly as he cupped her cheek. It .. was so nice to be accepted. Never before had she been accepted like this. She closed her eyes as he moved in and kissed her.

This however, she made into a different kiss. She moved forward as his arms held her and his lips met with hers. Her own lips kissed his with love and all her feelings. Gently she slid her tongue into his mouth as she cupped his cheek and moved so that she was almost laying on top of him. Her tongue lovingly moved around his mouth memorizing every bump and every space. Her tongue softly playing with his own as she held herself to him. Gently she broke the kiss and her eyes opened gently.

"Oh.. Brandon.. I love you so much." she whispered softly as she placed four soft quick kisses on his lips. She didn't move from him and she ran her hand up and down his chest gently.

"Promise.. you'll never leave me." she whispered.

Before he could answer as she kissed him again letting her full passion shine through. She softly kissed him and her body was pressed against him before she let the kiss break again. Her hand ran over his cheek gently and she closed her eyes laying her head on his shoulder her hair covering his arm as she lay there next to him.

"I've .. never felt this way about anyone else. Never, I don't want to either. I'm yours forever, I promise I'll never leave nor abandon you. I love you Brandon." she said softly.

[Brandon (Tech)]

When he kissed her she did something unexpected, something that made his heart beat faster than it had in many years. So many feelings were exchanged between them in that kiss, so much love. He felt her tongue slide into his mouth, letting his own dance with it as she moved closer to him. Her hand was cupping his cheek and he moved his own behind her head, gently holding it for as long as the kiss lasted, but he let it pose no resistance when she pulled back.

He listened as she spoke, smiling as she said that she loved him. Another tear of joy ran down his cheek as she kissed him in between each beautiful word, each kiss echoing throughout his heart and soul. The feeling of her hand running over his chest made his heart beat so hard that he could hear and feel it clearly. She asked him to promise that he would never leave her, and he had halfway inhaled the air required to form the words, when her lips descended upon his own again, bringing all her love and passion to meet his own.

She pressed her angelic body against his as she kissed him, Brandon giving her all the passion and love he had held for her through all the years. Their bodies were pressed so closely together that he could feel her eager heartbeat through the thin fabric of her T-shirt, his own heart beating no less eagerly with all the love and passion the two of them shared. When she broke the kiss and put her head on his shoulder, he found that all his usual morning sluggishness had evaporated.

She spoke, words that he had only ever dreamed of hearing from her reaching his ears. He brought his hand across his chest to stroke her head, not wishing to move the arm she was lying close to. "I'm yours, heart, body and soul if you want me. I never want to be without you, ever again. And" He bit his lip, another tear running down his cheek to meet its predecessors "I love you too" He whispered, leaning in and kissing her cheek, closing his eyes as he let his tender care show in the kiss. He pulled his lips back from her cheek and began gently cupping it, running his thumb across her nose.

"That little boy that you fell in love with, all those years ago... He still lives, because of you. Because of you, he didn't suffer a fate worse than death. Pain, of any kind, you can get used to over the years, but total numbness, that is the worst of all the torments" He moved in and kissed her cheek again, then moved to kiss her nose. "But that's a little too cryptic this time of day, isn't it?"

He relaxed his position, smiling as he put his arms around her again, nuzzeling into her as he hugged her for the second time that morning. "What would you like for breakfast love? We still have some of that peppermint if you'd fancy hot chocolate" He closed his eyes as he hugged her, smiling with all his loving joy. Some scars in his heart ad begun to surface but he pushed them aside. He didn't want to think of those things now

That surge of passion they had shared meant that he would be up and running smoothly for the entire day, and he looked forward to the experinces they would share this day. He had always enjoyed depicting the things he saw to her, comparing them with the sensations she knew, comparing the sight of landscapes to smells or sounds and the people or objects they came across to touch and taste. "I love you" He whispered, before gently kissing her ear

[Kelsie]

He seemed to feel the same about her as she did about him. Their whole lives centering around one another. She sighed softly as he told her that his heart belonged to her. After years of being apart they were finally reunited but even more so than before. She smiled happily as he cupped her cheek and kissed it gently. He was a sweet man and so many only saw his defections when she.. well she saw the beauty within. She saw how wonderful he was inside the outside didn't matter. She could only hope had she been born with sight she would be the same but perhaps this handicap had been given to her to create a whole new person, a new personality that the world rarely experienced. Emense kindness and acceptance od the worst because she could damn near find good in anyone.

His thumb went down her nose again and the subsequent smile crossed beneath it. she was so happy. Never in her life had she felt so content so pleased and like she belonged. She was happy to be here and even happier that she had found Brandon. He constantly told her that he loved her and she knew deep down she would never tire of hearing that phrase. Never. As long as she lived til her dying breath she would never want to hear them from anyone else.

He asked her what she wanted for breakfast and finally she sat up. She stretched out with her arms over her head and groaned a bit as she did so stretching out some that had grown tense in the night. She sighed softly and puffed up her pillow and leaned back on it.

"Hmm definatly hot chocolate. And what about English muffins with sausage and eggs?" she asked as she smiled over at him. She was just happy to be here.

He told her once more that he loved her and she smiled. She leaned down and over and kissed his forhead.

"And I love you."

[Brandon (Tech)]

That little smile of her's was one of the most reassuring things Brandon knew. It was to Brandon what his thumb across Kelsie's nose was to her, their way of saying that they knew what the other felt, and that they felt the same way.

He smiled when she said what she wanted for breakfast, he had remembered it after all. Mek would be done with the breakfast any minute now, and while he did look forward to breakfast he looked forward to their walk afterwards far more. But right now he was enjoying the present more than any of those, the loving kiss on his forehead taking him another step up to heaven.

He smiled happily when she said that she loved him back "You know?" He said, cupping her cheek to let her know that he was smiling. "I can't wait for to you to meet my friends, those in New York and those here. Some of them are a little wierd, but they're good people beneath all the bullshit." He sat himself up next to her, and hugged her one last time before he moved to the side of the bed and dressed himself. He put on a fresh set of clothes, since he had abandoned the clothes from the day before on the floor, meaning they were still damp.

He put on another pair of denim pants and a white t-shirt with the number '65' on it. He left the cap behind for the day, he didn't need to hide himself. He looked back at Kelsie, realizing that she was still in her night clothes. He tied his shoe laces and sat himself back in the bed, keeping his feet out of the covers. Returning his hand to Kelsie's cheek and cupping it, he leaned in and kissed her her ear. "I'll go set the table with Mek while you get changed" He said with a whisper, before leaning in and kissing her nose.

It had been a beautiful night and a fantastic morning, but he was happy that they had gone no further than they had. In a way, he was happy that the whole SoG thing had taken place, the changes, mental and physical, had given him time to think, and the thoughts of what could have happened if he had met Kelsie back before then scared him. Maybe that old saying was true, nothing is so bad that it is good for nothing. He ran his hand through her hair, the gentle touch expressing his feelings

[Kelsie]

Kelsie smiled. She didn't have any friends and she knew that if anyone else had accepted Brandon then they were good in her book. People had to realize that when you went on looks alone then you were definatly not going to get anywhere. So some people looked different. Heck Kelsie was blind her eyes just stared off into space they never saw a thing but that didn't make her any less of a person she got around just fine without her eyes and tended to be able to tell a lot more about it then before.

She heard him get dressed and blushed softly. Even though she couldn't see she still blushed but she didn't mind. He came back to her and kissed her nose and she smiled happily as she hugged him tightly. Nuzzling into him as he told her that he would go set the table and she could get dressed in privacy. And so when he left the room the first thing she did was make the bed back up. She liked unwrinkled sheets to sleep in and so she made the bed so that she wouldn't have to later and it would be all comfy come bed time again.

She took off her pjs and slipped them underneath her pillow so that she would know where to find them tonight when she came to bed again since he wasn't going to let her sleep on the couch and she wasn't going to let him either it was going to have to be sharing a bed then. Not that she minded sleeping next to Brandon had not only been comfy but something she looked forward to doing again and again. They did nothing but hold each other and sleep next to each other all night and to her that was special.

Moving to her boxes she felt around them having imprinted them with bumps of braile so she would know what things were where. She would have to unpack later today. As such she found the pink box and felt around finding her sweater and she found a soft pale yellow tank top to put underneath it. She put those on over her torso the yellow showing at the V on the sweater around her neck. She pulled on blue jeans and then put on her shoes and socks. She rubbed her eyes as she found her brush and ran it through her thick hair and smiled softly as she threw the brush in a box and came out of the room.

"Smells really good." she said as the scents hit her and she made her way without assistance to where the table was and felt around sitting down by a plate. Hoping it wasn't Brandon's spot. "Need help?" she asked perking her ears as she waited for an answer hoping she looked nice and that she matched. That was something she hated what when something got mixed up and she didn't match.