The Raspite Prince

"Patrick, can we go somewhere, well more relaxing?" I ask as I walk out and he glances over at me from his bent over position on the couch. He had been leaning forward with his hands over his face when I reentered the room.

"Of course." He stands and holds out his hand instead of his elbow. I reach up and he takes my hand as we leave. He closes the door behind us and we head back to the elevator. I am still a little upset that he manipulated the council and myself to fit his own desire. I realize that I have done the exact thing to him, unsuccessfully, but I cannot be to angry. I have been lying saying that being isolated is the only way when I knew it wasn't. However, my fear of losing myself had taken over my mind. As we get into the elevator I push the button to go to the green house.

"Why there?" he asks looking at me. I look over at him and smile nervously.

"It is where I am the most comfortable. If I am comfortable it will be easier for me to tell you everything." this is it as the numbers on the elevator count to the greenhouse it counts down to the ultimate truth. We step out of the elevator and walk to the green house doors. We enter and I walk to the tree from my planet. "What I am about to tell you is hard for me. My father drilled it into my head that it wasn't the right thing to do. He said that I should never trust someone so much that I allow this truth to escape me." I am looking at the fruits in the branches above us. Patrick walks up beside me but he looks directly at me. I can feel his eyes on me and I swallow hard.

"What does this have to do with controlling your power?" I want to run away screaming at this point. His words echo through me as my mind questions my sanity, but I know this is the only way. After all he has just told me in the room. I have a way for us to be together and for him to return home, but will he understand why I kept it secret for so long?

"There is part of the prophecy I have left out. I will explain it, but with the cameras everywhere else and the recorders of events in the elevator I thought perhaps this would be the best place so I waited till we are in the greenhouse." I am still not exactly sure how to say it other than just straight out with it. I swallow hard again looking at him as I begin fiddling with my dress as I do every time I am extremely uncomfortable. He reaches up and gently grips both of my hands as we stand a few inches apart now gazing into each other's eyes. I hope that after this he will still look at me the way he is now. The only other thought that ran through my head is that of my father and how much I know he would disapprove having known this man for such a short time. It does seem though, from all the romance books I have read, that love doesn't have such restraints as time.

"Patrick, why did you tell me about what you did?" I ask still standing in front of him. He lets go of one of my hands and reaches around the back of his neck. He places his thumb on my face as he moves it rubbing my cheek with a firm but kind movement.

"Because I felt guilty about it. I promised to do what it took to get what you wanted and after I heard the news of my father's health I went back on my word so that I could be with you. I got selfish." He says looking at me I just smile. I took a breath in as I looked deep into him.

"I am feeling the same feeling; I do have to tell you I am a little angry at you. Why didn't you tell me before?" I don't know why this is so hard to just say, but I still find myself trying to delay it. I keep trying to convince myself that if I cannot be alone this will be the best option but I am still terrified.

"I am sorry I just don't want to lose you." He pulls me closer to him but I gently pull away. I am not angry I just have to force this out of myself and I cannot do so if I am held hypnotized by his eyes or entangled in his kiss.

"Well now I have no chose in any matter now." I say as I turn from him sulking a bit that it has come to this. "What I am about to tell you is hard for me. I know that if they lock me away in a gilded cage that even our contact will be monitored and I will lose my spirits or my temper. I cannot be responsible for any more deaths, and I won't be responsible for placing you in a cage beside me. The only way for me to control my powers is to give up being me." I say pulling my gaze away from him and looking at the ground the tree is growing out of.

"Ok I must admit I am a little confused." He steps up beside me. "What do you mean?" I look into his green eyes and for the first time I am not thinking of kissing him. I have such deep feelings for him but will he for me after I told about the prophecy.

"I will start at the beginning and I just want you to listen. Don't interrupt or I might chick out of this." I take a very deep cleansing breath to try and summon all the strength I have inside of myself.

"Ok go ahead. I am listening." He holds my side as I turn back to face him. I take one more breath and look at him. I can do this, I have to do this I think to myself.

"When I went before the priest of my planet they read to me the prophecy of my birth. They said that a child would one day be born with the powers of creation and chaos. That she would be given a long and unlimited life span. But there was a catch; the child would not be able to control her powers on her own. That child of course was me, and as you have seen I have the powers of life and death all balled up inside me. I would have abilities to survive anything but until I give myself to a man of my choosing that my powers would remain chaotic." He just stands watching me as I speak I am nervous and fidgety. I guess the speed in which I am speaking didn't make it easy for him to catch it all. He seems to take a few minutes after I finish to respond. The look he has on his face is one of being dumb struck.

"What exactly does that mean?" I pause and look at him to be honest it wasn't explained to me all that well. All I know is that from that point on no other men other than my father was allowed near me.

"I am not completely sure. They didn't explain the details they just read the prophecy to me and my father." I look at the floor expecting him to get angry that I hid this information from him. I waited but to my surprise he did not become angry.

"Well it doesn't really help you without knowing what it means." He says with a smile on his face as he pulls my chin back up. He is smiling instead of yelling and the gleam in his eyes made a slight smile come on my face.

"You're not angry at me?" I ask although it is more rhetorical. I sort of gave him a puppy face.

"No, of course not." He kisses my forehead.

"Well it also says that the one that I give myself to will gain control as well as an undetermined life span with me. I am just not sure what it means that I have to give myself to a chosen. My father said that it meant that I would lose myself and become whatever the man wanted me for. He said giving into this would mean giving up 'me'." he looked at me for a moment. I could not determine what he was thinking but I had seen that look when he was asking questions before, well before I found out that I was the only Booravian alive.

"So you would no longer be the person I feel in love with?" he looks even more confused. He seems to be taking all of this pretty well considering.

"I am really not sure. I am not sure of anything except if I don't figure out what it means by tomorrow I will be sent to what amounts to a prison and you will be my cell mate." I turn away and look up at the tree from my home planet again. The smell brings me home for a moment and I see my father's face looking at me with a scolding look.

"Well then we have to figure out what it means. I don't know how but we will just spend tonight brain storming. I will do whatever you need me to do. And besides I don't want you mad at me anymore." I look at him and smiled. In truth I am not mad at him at all, and I haven't been since lunch. I don't know why I can't just be mad at him, but it is impossible.

"I am not mad I guess you had your reasons." I respond as we smile at each other.

"I do have to say you look absolutely amazing in this light and in that dress." I felt myself blush.

"Where did that come from?" I look at him from the top of my eyes as my face was tilted toward the ground.

"I don't know I just like seeing you smile." I laugh a little and he smiles bigger.

"You are completely hopeless." I say as he pulls me into his arms and holds me there for a moment.

"Hopelessly in love with you." he kisses me and I glow lightly. He let me go grabbing my hand as we head back to the elevator. "So who else would know what it meant?"

"I do not know everyone on my planet is dead, but perhaps you know someone good at riddles." I say as more of a question then a statement.

"We should ask the captain if he would be able to understand what it means." when he first said it I was a little nervous about telling anyone else but something had to happen. I have to be able to show control in front of the council.

"We could try." So he pushes the deck button and we are on or way. I start twiddling with the side of my dress and he noticed he reaches over and steadies my hand. I look at him and I can feel my glow starting to get brighter. He looks over at me and smiles. It is the same as when I am just thinking about him. It grows brighter as we step closer together in anticipation of what is about to happen. I just stop looking at him and look at the floor. I start trying to think of other things. I manage to bring the glow back to a minimum.

"Why do you do that?" he asked.

"Do what?" I replied.

"You try to hide your feelings." I look into his eyes then lean up and kiss him softly. He wraps his arms around me lifting me from the floor a bit as I give into him. We don't stop as the doors open.