Grogek whacked Darguni on the back of the head. "Pay attention."
"Shit. Sorry." He sighed and tried to repeat the performance.
"Get your head out of your pants, and do it RIGHT."
"I'm ON it!" He growled.
"Decided to show up today?" Jordan snorted.
"I just want to beat the hell of something, okay?" Lydia blushed.
Darguni stumbled and missed the mark.
Grogek grabbed him by his shoulder plate. "The fuck is wrong with you today?"
He threw his hands up. "Gods, I am NOT going to get this drill today, just beat my ass and be done with it."
Jordan and Grogek shared a look. "CLEAR THE YARD!"
Soldiers jumped out of the way and the ring was emptied. At the same time, Jordan grabbed Lydia and Grogek grabbed Darguni, and both tossed their charges into the ring.
"There's your opponent!"
They stared at each other in complete shock. "I can't!" They both said at once.
"Why?" Grogek crossed his arms.
"Good question." Jordan put his hands on his hips.
"Be... be... because she's a girl!" Darguni gestured.
"He's above my skill level!" Lydia gestured.
"Your mother is the meanest bitch in the known universe, you can't pull that bullshit."
"That would be claiming Darguni is above Elunara's skill level. You fight her just fine."
Both of them flicked a glance at each other and blushed.
Grogek and Jordan raised their eyebrows at each other.
"Just kick his ass, Lydia." Bradly called.
"This is YOUR fault!" Lydia yelled.
"How is this MY fault?" Bradly threw his hands in the air.
"It just IS!" She yanked her hair.
"CHILDREN!" Grogek bellowed. "You want a fight, you will fight each other!"
Lydia growled. "FINE!"
Darguni held his hands up. "Hey, wait."
"It's YOUR fault TOO!" She launched at him.
"Oh, come ON!" He blocked the shot. "You're at fault too."
"I don't care!" She swung out and caught him in the shoulder.
"If that's how you want to play it." He growled. He summoned his axe and kicked her backwards.
Jordan leaned over to Grogek. "I have a feeling we should have a chat with Elunara later."
"I agree."
Darguni hit Lydia hard enough to send her skidding through the dirt. She pushed herself up and rubbed her face. "Damn it." She muttered at the blood in her hand.
"Baby, are you ok?" Darguni knelt.
Grogek and Jordan exchanged a different look.
"I'm FINE!" She cracked him in the face with her staff. "Just leave me alone!" She jumped up and ran.
One hand went to his face, the other reached out after her. Ignoring everything else, he took off.
"I'll be shit." Jordan snorted. "Darguni has a crush."
"More than that."
"Well, that's obvious, but how far will it go?"
"Perhaps Elunara has more information."
Bradly sighed.
"Um, shouldn't you go after her?" Bryan whispered.
"It's not me she's angry with."
Darguni found her at Portal Lake. "You know, you're kind of predictable."
She jolted and scooted back. "I shouldn't have hit you."
"Doesn't matter. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." She held up her hand. "Well, I guess I should hit a healer."
He put his hand on her cheek. "Needs cleaned out."
Jolting again, she scooted out of his range.
"Baby, we have to talk sometime."
"Stop calling me that." She muttered.
"Calling you what?" He blinked.
"Baby."
"I... huh. I guess I have been calling you that." With a frown, he sat down beside her. "I'm sorry, should I call you something else?"
Giving a shaky shrug, she sighed. "I don't know. Your mother said it was significant, so it's been bugging me."
"Listen, we've got this weird thing going, and I'm not sure what to do about it. I don't think you know either. But, we have to deal with each other."
She hugged her legs. "I wanted you so badly before, and you knocked me back repeatedly. Then I realized that I didn't know shit about you, other than how much I wanted my hands on your body. I thought Bradly was just my obnoxious brother... then he... well he spoke of me in such a way, that it confused me. Suddenly, I realized that I hadn't seen Bradly at all. It was right there in front of me, and I'd missed it." She shivered. "So, I've been working on this relationship with Bradly, which is weird and rocky, and I do love him, I'm certain I do. But I look at you, and my mouth waters."
He chuckled. "Nice to know."
"I wasn't raised like you guys... I was raised to believe it was one and one only. I... I heard Bradly speak so beautifully about Bryan, and I didn't want to feel like I was holding him back, so I told him to take both. I find out Bradly only asked Bryan out because I told him to, and I felt like shit." She raked her fingers through her hair. "Gods, it's all so weird and confusing."
"And you keep making a mess of yourself."
"I so do."
"That's not stopping."
"Huh?"
He laid his fingers on the side of her face. "Baby, you're still bleeding." Standing up, he scooped her up and began to walk.
"Hey! Put me down!" She hit his shoulder with her fist.
"No. You didn't have this dealt with, so now I have to make sure you do."
"I can walk." She muttered.
"Don't trust you to."
"Fine." She crossed her arms.
"You know, I always thought you were an annoying little sister. I've been so focused on how much sex I could cram into my day... that you weren't even in the running. I don't really WANT a relationship, especially with the woman my brother has spent his whole life obsessing over. But, you and I? We're connected. It IS weird... and it's extremely confusing. I care about you on a level that makes no damned sense to me. Hell, I still want to stick my dick in anyone willing, and quite frankly, you can't stop me. But, I think about you. Ever since that night when you first took me into your mouth, I think about it.
Oh, of course I think about the sex, but that's not even that. It's more like... what other surprises does she have that I haven't seen? And then I realize... that's what my dad did. He took this crazy night elf chick, who only wanted sex from whereever she could find, and he wanted to figure out more. He thought she was a trick, and honestly she was... but he found something deeper, something neither of them can explain. I know mother trains you..."
"She TOLD YOU?" Lydia near shrieked.
He stopped and stared. "Told me what? I see you in the yard."
She closed her eyes. "Never mind... continue."
He shook his head and continued his slow walk. "So now, I want to learn the pieces of you, the ones I never saw. I don't want to take you from my brother, but I am willing to... push this further. If you'd let me." Burying his nose in her hair, he sighed. "You just have to realize, that I'm not going to stop being who I am, just for you."
Lydia sighed. "I thought that I had to."