Honey and the Moon

Allen gave a sigh of relief when he saw Willow had stopped. He slowed his own horse down to a trot until he reached Enelya, at which point he stopped his horse completely next to hers. He took a deep breath, glad that she was alright. She had said she was having fun, but maybe some of this hadn't turned out to be a good idea.

"I'm sorry Allen, Willow thought it'd be fun to go fast, and well, I wasn't controling her very well. I'm sorry if I scared you."

He shook his head. "It's fine..." he said quietly. "But you have to make sure she knows that she can't do that just at random." He looked around, biting his lip before turning back to her. "I'm glad you're ok though."

After a moment, Allen looked at the sky and noticed that it was getting a lot darker, and rather fast for that matter. "It's going to rain...." he said quietly, though he was stating the obvious. "We should probably head back."

Allen cursed when the lightning cracked and Enelya's horse took off. His own horse reared, and was going a bit crazy as well, but he had learned how to control a horse long ago. The fact that his horse wasn't as crazy helped the situation quite a bit.

After a moment, he stroked the horses neck and looked to the hoof prints on the ground. He dismounted and took the reins, figuring it would be safer to walk and lead the horse behind him. The last thing he needed was to get thrown off and hurt himself even more than he already was. Damaged lungs were enough, he didn't need back pain for a few days either. Not being able to do a rock scream was devastating as it was.

Today was not one of the greatest days he had had. Enelya had disappeared that morning, and now she was probably in the middle of no where because she had gotten an insane horse. They should have traded when Willow ran off in the first place... he was more experienced and knew how to handle these kinds of things, whereas Enelya didn't. She couldn't even kick the animal, for heavens sake! Sighing, Allen continued on, hoping he would find Enelya before it started raining.

There was thunder and his horse immediately got scared. There was no holding onto it this time, though, since he lost his grip on the reins as it ran off. "So much for that..." the man grumbled, looking at the hoof prints. Rain was beginning to fall, and he started walking faster, since he didn't want the prints to get dissolved because of mud. Plus, he didn't want Enelya to end up getting sick. Not to mention his hair was going to get poofy...

"Enelya?!" Allen finally called out, hoping that if she heard his voice they might find each other sooner. "Enelya, where are you?!"

This was not a great day. His horse was gone, Enelya was gone again, his stomach felt sick from worry, and his black hair was curling and slowly poofing out. He had planned this to be a better experience... and it had turned out to be just the opposite. And, even worse, the hoof prints were getting washed away because of the rain, the mud was sticking to his shoes, and he was absolutely, completely, soaked.

She obviously hadn't heard him call her name, either, since she hadn't replied or run in his direction. Hopefully she hadn't gone to look for him if Willow had bucked her off... both of them searching for each other wouldn't be good. They would just keep moving in circles until one of them finally stopped, but he doubted that would happen, considering they were important to each other. Allen wasn't going to be the one to stop searching... he cared about her too much. What if she was hurt and she needed help? What if she had gotten trampled by that stupid horse?

Eyes narrowed slightly and he started running before the hoof prints completely disappeared, desperate beyond words to find her now. He had slipped a few times and there was mud all over his pants, as well as the back of his shirt from splashing it around. It didn't matter much, though, since clothing could be replaced. Enelya couldn't be, though... she was too genuine for anything to ever take her place in his heart.

After a few minutes of running and coughing because of the strain on his lungs, Allen saw a figure in the distance that relieved him immediately. "ENELYA!" he yelled, not caring about his rock scream, his lungs, or anything other than her right now. He ran faster until he finally collided into her but managing to keep them standing, hugging her tightly and refusing to let her go.

He backed away from the embrace after a moment and shook her shoulders. "I thought I had lost you again!" he shouted, brown eyes seeming moist again. Even if his hair was completely poofed out by now, the humor was gone because of the despaired tone of his voice. "Don't scare me like that, Enelya! Ever again! You should have stayed where you were, I would have found you sooner! Where's the horse? What happened? Are you alright?"

Allen sighed, looking her right in the eye. "I love you, Enelya, and I'd die if something happened to you! Don't scare me like that EVER again!" he shouted, taking a step back and letting her go. He realized every last word that he had just said... and all of it was true, including the fact that he loved her.

Allen smiled when she returned the hug. He hadn't even thought of when she had taught him how to hug and the basic rule of the amount of squeezing being how much you like the person. That had been a rather humiliating experience... but he had come to smile when he remembered it. He smiled whenever he thought of something that had to do with Enelya. Heck, sometimes just the trees made him smile because he knew she could talk to them.

All of his questions and statements remained unanswered, though his mind was too shaken up to realize this completely. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to calm himself. There was no need to be worried anymore. Enelya was here and within an arms reach and he wouldn't let her get any farther than that. He had lost her twice today, and almost a third time when they had first met... a fourth time was not going to be asked for.

"What...?"

Hands found his way to his head and he pulled at his afroized hair, biting his lip. She was questioning what he meant. He hadn't told a woman that he loved her in hundreds of years, or anyone else, for that matter. Ever since Esme had left, he hadn't felt love. He hadn't felt anything... but here Enelya was, bringing all those emotions right back to him. He didn't want to loose those feelings, he didn't want to forget it. But most of all... he didn't want to loose Enelya and drive her away because, after all, there was no guarantee she felt the same.

"I love you, Enelya," Allen said again, fighting himself to look at her and not at the ground. "I haven't felt love in hundreds of years but I know what love is when I see it and... this is it..." The immortal looked at the ground in fear of seeing her reaction. "Enelya, I would tell you all the reasons why... but... I think there's too many to count..." He looked back at her and offered a nervous smile. Hopefully after that kiss she had given him before, he wouldn't wind up being rejected.

"I love you too, Allen."

Allen grinned widely when she said that, and held her tightly, spinning in a circle with her. He kissed her hair and just held her, still spin-hugging with her. "I'm so happy," he said to her, smiling still and his eyes filled with glee. He wouldn't want this to be any other way. He just wanted to keep her in his arms and keep her away from pain for the rest of his life... which, if he wasn't mistaken, would be for a very, very long time.

The rain was still falling, but it didn't matter at all. Allen looked up at the sky for a moment, unable to stop smiling. "A little fall of rain could hardly hurt us now," he remarked quietly before resting his head on Enelya's, arms still around her. "But we should probably get out of the rain anyway... I wouldn't want my beautiful Plant Lady to get sick."

He smirked. "One more adjective!" he said in a sing-song voice, unable to stop himself from adding that.