Just after entering her room, Blaine cancelled his invisibility and stowed his book back in his cargo pocket. The lights were still on but he didn't know if Kattie was decent.
"Lana?"
He heard feet running to him then a cute girl jumped into his arms with a wet, red face from crying. "I'm here," he said as he rubbed her back tenderly, "I'm here."
He carried her back to her bed. He didn't even bother to put any shoes on before coming down so he just climbed into bed with her. He couldn't stand her crying, so he kissed her and ran his fingers up and down her back. Since she was sleeping, her snow globe was activated by him earlier so her scream didn't alert Kattie, who was studying at her desk with her back to Lana's bed.
At some point, Kattie got up to go to the bathroom and noticed something strange going on in Lana's bed but she had to pee and didn't want to take time to figure it out. She returned and it was still going on so she decided to sit at her desk, turned in her chair to try to figure this out. Blaine somehow was there and his head was in a strange spot with Lana holding it there. Soon her legs were shaking and then they stopped. Blaine crawled up her and Kattie could no longer see his face due to the things on her nightstand.
Maybe a minute later, Blaine pushed up from the bed and got up. He noticed Kattie staring their direction and winked at her with a huge smile. He went to the bathroom to get a towel and a washcloth.
Kattie was still staring in Lana's direction, still wondering what happened and why she was feeling the way she was feeling. "What did you do to her?" she asked softly.
"I made her feel really good. After what happened earlier, I needed to help her forget, if just for a little while," he whispered.
Very shyly, "can you do that to me?"
Blaine chuckled, "that's for her alone. I can ask her if she wants to so you can see what it feels like if you want?"
Kattie nodded. She watched Blaine speak, hearing nothing. Lana sat up and used a finger to beckon her over. No words were said as Kattie lay down. Lana then gave a demonstration to her which soon had her own legs shaking. Blaine watched the whole thing, keeping his hands on Lana. When she was done, he gestured with his thumb to tell Kattie to return to her side of the room which she did with trembling legs and a huge smile. She decided she needed a boyfriend.
Lana moved up, putting her head on her pillow. Blaine climbed in next to her and covered them both in blankets. He didn't normally sleep with so many clothes on, but the roommate was there. Tonight, he intended to stay all night. If another nightmare happened, he would be there for her.
She scooted close to him and looked him in the eyes. "I know you guys want to have separate bodies but… I've realized I love you both and if you separate, I'll have to choose between you."
Blaine's eyes sharpened, "or you could keep us both? We don't know what the future holds. We only have right now."
She nodded and unbuckled his pants, "you know you can't sleep like this. Take them off with the blanket covering you."
"Wait, you know I intend to stay?"
"Your watch is missing and you let yourself in."
Blaine chuckled and removed his pants, folded them and placed them under his pillow. It was a Saturday after all. No need to get up in the morning. He then removed his shirt, placing it in the same spot.
Lana pressed herself close to Blaine, afraid to go to sleep, afraid the nightmare would return.
"There's nothing to fear. I'm right here with you."
She nodded and kissed him. He tasted someone else on her tongue, and he let out a small growl. He rolled her to her back, intensifying the kiss. His hands travelled lower and she let out a soft moan. He broke off the kiss and looked her in the eyes with a question. She nodded and soon she was shaking again. He pulled his shorts back up and lay next to her. She rolled to her side with a sleepy yet satisfied smile and was asleep seconds after she felt Blaine's arms wrap around her.
Kent had eaten when she woke from her nightmare. Safe in her bra, soothed by her heartbeat, he was oblivious to anything but contentedness and love.
The next morning, Lana bought Almin and Alto each a level-6 ability book. "Think you can learn these in a week?" she grinned as she handed the boys their books at lunch.
They stared at their books dumbfounded. Then they grinned at each other. "Challenge accepted!" Alto replied.
That afternoon, as Blaine was told, Cece Techno arrived at the school to give the twins their identification cards which doubled as money cards. She refrained from telling them about the family feud. Instead, she focused on asking how they were, especially after the previous day's events. She hugged both with a feeling of warmth never experienced from an adult. Before departing, she kissed them both on the forehead, "no matter what happens, I promised we will get through this as a family." She hugged and kissed Paul and was gone.
At breakfast on Monday, Blaine informed Lana she had a new classmate in Agriculture. He was transferring to be her research assistant for the second half of her class. She was shocked then giggled, "okay."
As soon as the first half of Agriculture class was over, she and Blaine went to her tree. This month they were discussing fruit trees. She thought about how Pucket was still out there and fruit trees just didn't cut it for her at the moment. She thought back to recent events during the last outing. The treant attacks were interesting….
Though… Those thorns growing against that suction thing were interesting too. Would that be more beneficial to explore? Four-inch spikes could really be painful. She decided to sit on the ground under her tree and explore what she was feeling when that happened. Blaine sat there watching while engaging super hearing again.
Lana built up her armor to stage-2 and brought her mind back to that moment. She was elated that she got those two hits in and saw the threat coming from the corner of her eye. She was mid-move so she couldn't stop it from getting her. She had some panic in her. Then she felt…
The spikes came out. She felt the extra weight even though it wasn't that much. She smiled. Come get me, Pucket.
Blaine chuckled. "I guess if you don't want me to touch you, you can enforce it!"
She chuckled, "I don't see that ever happening."
Lana put up the Super Kitchen so they could test it out. This kitchen was U-shaped and had all the kitchen gadgets a person could need to make what their hearts desired. It still had the limitation of no organic material. This bag had the spice pocket on the bottom with a grid to store the individual jars which prevented them from clanking together. The top part was similar to her other bag. It was still insulated so cold or hot items could be stored in there for a few days. Once again, she was allowed to keep the prototype.
She sat there thinking about the previous encounters and she had an idea. Pucket seems to be teleporting only in areas he can easily access, places he's already been. This tree is no such thing. I keep it locked down when I'm not here so it's not like he can walk in any time he wants. So...
The tree sent Lana a message. She then moved closer to Blaine and relayed the message.
In the open, she decided to kill two birds with one stone. A certain sexy blond liked her apple cider and apple pies so apple trees it was. She made it look like she was practicing the month's topic. She made really nice apple trees because she needed the apples but she pretended to suck at others, making it look like she needed to practice and that was why she was not under her willow. The school's apple orchard was out of season so she couldn't liberate some from them.
She was informed someone was approaching and provided a description. She didn't look up, just continued to grow crooked and deformed orange trees. She heard the crisp sound of an apple being picked then it being bit into.
"You really are good at making apples," Pucket said. "What is that wretched thing you are trying to grow?"
"Oranges."
She still refused to look at him. She didn't need to. She had her overlay in front of her again. There were two red dots, not one. This meant the trees could sense another presence. There was a green dot standing quite near, more approaching as it was close to dinner time. She needed to stall.
"How much is she paying you?"
"You are the payment."
"What makes you think I'll go quietly with you?"
"Oh, you will. This little cat and mouse game you've been playing has been fun but our time is running short. I have a special place prepared for us."
She could hear his steps approaching slowly as if he was savoring the moment. She could also see that green dot almost there. Just a few more seconds…
"Is the place as cold and desolate as your heart? You used to be a good person. We were even friends at one point. How could you let them corrupt you against our friendship?"
Green dot was next to Pucket. Then she felt arms around her waist while a hand grabbed her shoulder and she was gone.
They found themselves in a burning hot forge, one Lana recognized. It was Bonol's favorite forge. He always had it scheduled. He wasn't there so he must have gone to dinner to get his food to go because the furnace was still running. Lana felt the arm leave her waist. She quickly put on both armors as Pucket grinned evilly at her and went in to force a kiss from her. She pulled him in close and extended her spikes as she felt him move. Blaine had punched Pucket when he got closer making as much of his body impact Lana's spikes as possible.
When the spikes impaled him, Pucket's flood flowed down Lana's front and back. She screamed when the warm liquid flowed, realizing she just killed someone.
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