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Originally Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 7:58 am

Tinania Goes To Greece part 2
Dinner is long, and by the time it is over, Nyoka is tipsy, and Damien is tired.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow," Nyoka says, disappearing.

Damien frowns. "Alright," he says softly. He turns to Tinania, "Can I walk you to your room."

Tinania giggles watching Nyoka disappear. Looking at Damien, she smiles and nods "Of course Mein." she stands stepping away from the chair before pushing it in. Fixing the dress alittle she looks at Damien. She looks away blushing trying to find something of interest that wasn't Damien, but that failed as she looked back at him. She pushes her hair back from her face and holds her hand toward Damien.

Damien glances down at her hand before taking it. He starts to lead her to the stairs. "The formal dinners can be a bit boring," her starts. "But, before we leave for the manor again, maybe I can talk Nyoka into throwing a ball, or something. I watched one from the stairs when I was here last. They looked fun," he says.

Tinania smiles "A ball would be very nice. And dinner wasn't boring, at least not to me. Being in a place like this, I don't think anything could be boring to me." she looks at him and giggles before going quiet, she thought for a moment "Um, you wouldn't want to go outside would you? I'm not all that tired and I'm kind of curious how this place looks at night." she looks down at her feet as she spoke. Why was this so hard?

Damien is tired, and he has seen Greece at night, but he nods. "It's not as pretty as home, but it is nice," he starts, heading for the door now. The gaurds on either side open the heavy doors while Damien waits.

Right in front of them is the city. There is no courtyard distancing them from the people.

All of the stores are closed, save for the tavern at the edge of the city. The music from it float in the breezy night air.

The streets are lit by gas lamp-posts on either side of it.

"There it is," Damien says.

Tinania smiles looking it over, it was something out of the books. She looks at Damien shakes her head "This place is truely amazing, I could see why you stay here alot." she looks back her wings fluttering, she wanted to go explore. Glancing to Damien she bites her lip "If your tired you can go rest, I'll be fine Mein." she touches his upper arm looking at him. She knew they should talk, but she wanted him to sleep.

"I am tired," Damien admits. "But, I sense you want to stay out here a bit longer," he glances at her. "I don't want you out here alone."

Tinania smriks placing her hands on her hips "Mein I'm not a kid anymore. I go walking around the forest at Emerald Haven all the time. I'll be fine, I'm grown up. I can take care of myself" she pokes him and smiles "Go to bed Mein, get some rest okay, for me please."

Damien eyes Tinania a few moments. "Are you sure?" he asks.

Tinania looks away looking at the city. She knew this wasn't Emerald Haven, she knew there wasn't magic here to protect her from anything. She looks at Damien "No I'm not sure, but I can see your tired, I would rather have you sleep then deal with me at this point." she turns from him looking over the city once more.

"In that case, I won't be going to bed," he says, and starts toward the town. "All the shops are closed, I'm sorry we can't go in them," he says when he is on the first step.

Tinania arches a brow, sighing she followed after him then walked alittle ahead of him. She was so quiet as she looked around taking in the town. It was nothing like the villages on the estate. She glances back Damien for only a second before leaning against the wall waiting for him "Your still mad at me, for not telling you about happen between me and Ducan." she was blunt as she looked down at the ground, her face was hidden by the darkness as she spoke.

Anger is a foreign emotion to him. He has never really felt it, only when his mum wouldn't let him hold her wand when he was younger, and when Duncan was going to do his love spell. And, now. "I will always be protective of you, Tinania," he says, his voice a little clipped. "I am more hurt that you felt you couldn't tell me this. Even I am allowed to have a temper."

Tinania looks up at that point "I don't know, I'm sorry, but I felt I had the need to hide it. I didn't want you to know how weak I was.. That I couldn't even stand up to Ducan." she pause and pushes herself off the wall "Everyone has something they keep from everyone Damien. You know that. This was just something I felt I needed to hide, I know now that was foolish."

She turns alittle looking at a gas lamp "I just don't know Damien. Its like right now." she looks over at him "I want to walk into your arms and hug you, I want to kiss your cheek letting you know that I'm alright. But even that I'm scared to do at this point." she sighs and shakes her head going quiet as she messed with the belt on her dress.

"I am aware of that," Damien says. "And, there is no need to feel weak. Just because someone is stronger than you doesn't mean that you are weak," he says. "Not asking for help when you should, that is weak," he adds.

He sighs, and turns his face away from her. "Things are never going to be the same between us, are they? Just because of that one outburst that I happened to have?" he asks quietly. "It wasn't too long before that that you would practically knock me over to hug me, or sit in my lap while I read to you. You're going to hold my rightful anger against me for the rest of my life?"

Tinania looks at him and shakes her head "No....Damien I can't stay mad at you, even if I wanted to, which I don't." she walked over to him and touched his hand before taking it in his. "This is all new to the both of us. I don't care that you got angry, now that I think about it, you had a right to be."

She breaths in slowly closing her eyes "Mein, I haven't done any of that because I wasn't sure if you still liked me doing that. I didn't want to shock you like I already have with those kisses." she blushes a deep red, for once very glad her face could be hidden. She whispers softly "If I could right now I'd kiss you just to let you know that I want nothing to change between us..."

Damien doesn't look at Tinania, now. He thinks back to Rhiannon. He doesn't know what they are doing, and he doesn't know how that one day will effect things.

He thinks back to the first time Tinania kissed him. He was shocked, and he only held familial love for her. He's completely confused now.

Finally, he sighs. "I don't mind if you want a hug from me, 'Nani. I could never mind that," he says. "And nothing has changed between us," Maybe that is the problem, he thinks. He just wishes Tinania would stop holding past actions against him. . . .

Tinania looks away pulling her hand away, she sighs leaning against the wall. She was feeling really stupid at this point. She looked over at Damien. She knew something was bothering him but she wasn't sure what. She just leaned against the wall thinking, how could she fix this. She smirks getting this idea, could it work? She looked to him. "Hey Mein, what is the one thing you do want me to stop doing?" she was smiling, the first time since they started talking.

Damien raises a slanted eyebrow at her. "Are you serious?" he asks, as his brow starts to furrow in thought. "Fine, I want you to stop throwing things I have done in the past back in my face. What has happened, has happened, and that does not mean that I have not learned a thing or two since then. . . ."

Tinania smiles, now she was getting somewhere. Walking back over to him she stands in front of him "Okay done, the past is the past now." she places her hands on her hips "Anything else Mein." she really calm, it had to be the elven in her and the way her grandmother raise her while she was away.

"No," he says, simply, eyeing her again. He wonders what has gotten into her.

Tinania smiles "Okay, then I'll fix that about me, I don't want everytime we see eachother we end up fighting. That stupid, your one of my closest friends. Yes I have feelings for you that are confusing the hell out of me at this point, but at the rate I'm going I'll push you away forever, And I don't want to do that." she places a hand on his chest looking at him "But I do want to kiss you. I'm just not sure if this is the right moment to..." she laughs little pushing her hair from her face she looks up at him.

Damien blushes a little, really wondering what had gotten into her. His tired brain cannot really compute it all. Perhaps that is why he leans down at plants a kiss on her forehead. . . . He hovers there a moment, before pulling his head back again. "I don't want to fight anymore, either," he admits. "I hate fighting. . . ."

Tinania smiles warpping her arms around his waist hugging him close "So do I. I gotten enough of it this past week to last me a lifetime. I want to be around you Mein and feel like I can be myself." she looks up at him and without saying anything this time she leans up and softly press her lips against his.

Damien doesn't pull away. Again, his tired reflexes. He finds his arms wrapping around Tinania. . . .

Then, with a rather deep blush, he breaks the kiss slowly. Is this right? Should he be doing this so soon after he has kissed Rhiannon? It is too confusing!

Rather than say anything about the matter, he asks, "Erm, what else do you want to see?"

Tinania looks at him alittle confused. She smiles letting the imp inside her out, she wasn't going to let him off that easy with that simple kiss. Running her hand lightly over his neck she smiles "Your lips pressed against mine Mein..." she leans in kissing him once again, her hand running along his ear then running lightly though his hair.

The ear! Is all he can think. He knows all too well what the ear does to him now. Even as he is being kissed again, he is moving his body away from Tinania's. When he feels that bloody flutter in his gut, he pulls away again. "We can't do this," he says, not looking at Tinania, and pulling his cape around to cover his body, just in case. He thinks he has prevented it from happening, but one can never be certain. . . .

Tinania frowns backing away from Damien, she nods not saying anything as she wraps her arms around her waist. "I'm sorry....." she turned from him and looks at the ground.

"No, it has nothing to do with you," Damien says, hastily. Goddess, did he have to hurt her every time he turned around? "Well, partly. 'Nani," he looks pained now, and more than a little embarassed. "It's humiliating, don't make me explain myself," he says.

He takes a deep breath and reaches over to her, placing his hand on her shoulder. "I didn't mean to hurt you," he says, his voice soft again.

Tinania doesn't say anything at first before turning to him, she looks him over, putting the pieces together. She turns bright red and hides her face. She read this stuff in books her mother gave her but she didn't think it could really happen. She giggles looking at Damien "Damien is your body reacting a way you don't like?" there was that imp in her again as she stepped closer to him.

"And you didn't hurt me, the way you pushed me away I thought I hurt you, but now I see I didn't, but I can tell one thing. Your body did like what I just did." she leans agianst the wall close enough to him both far enough to let him breath. "The joys of books, you can learn alot from them..." she winks and taps the wall just watching them.

Damien straightens his back, his face growing serious. "No, I don't like it. I can't control it," he says. "And, R-" he stops. "Just, it would be best if you didn't touch my ear in such a manner again. You of all people should know about elven ears," he grows more formal as he gets even more embarassed. He has not taken it upon himself to seek out such books. He just wants to pretend none of this is happening to him. . . .

Tinania smiles watching him "Damien girls bodies go though it also, that why the blushing, only difference is the way our bodies react it can't be seen...its called horomones, and there is no way of stopping them, you just have to let it happen." she giggles "I should let you borrow that book. Also a cold shower works." she winks then walks back over to him poking his nose before kissing his cheek.

Damien blinks, ignoring everything that she has said. His usual spnge of a brain does not retain the information. Denial works, denial is a wonderful thing. Gods, why is it that once you get older, people just have to talk about . . . that? "Erm, anyway," he says, clearing his throat a little. "Aren't the trees over there just beautiful?" he asks, desperate for some change in the subject. . . .

Tinania giggles looking at them, she smiles looking back at him "Wanna go climb them? I bet we could see everything." she was relax as she hugged him again looking up at him.

"I really think it a bad idea for you to dress in that attire, 'Nani," Damien replies, smiling a relieved smile when she changes the subject, and he hugs her back. "And, it is dark. Our sight is good, but I don't think it is the best, and the woods around here are not as familiar. . . ." he strails off, then shrugs, telling himself to stop overthinking things. "Go and change, and I will think about it," he says.

Tinania laughs and nods vanishing right there on the spot. She reappears in her room. She walks over to her bed quietly not to make aa sound. Rose was fast asleep on her pillow as she opens her duffle bag. Looking though it she pulls out a pair of the white short shorts that celia bought her. She never worn them around anyone because she didn't think she could.

Shrugging she grabs her black spaghetti strap and changes into them. Pulling her slippers off, she grabs her black boots and pulls them on lacing them up. Looking herself over she grabs a jacket as ties it around her waist before vanishing out of the room.

Reappearing right in the same spot, she refixes her hair before placing her hands on her hips "Okay I'm back."

Damien, having never seen Tinania in such attire, has to take a moment to blink the shock from his eyes. "Alright," he finally manages. "Go and pick a tree. I think it would be best if I climbed up ahead of you. You're shorts don't seem to cover much," he teases.

Tinania laughs as a blush rises to her cheek "That the whole point to these shorts, or so that what Celia told me. And no I'm climbing up first." she tease him right back as she looks over at the trees. Turning to him she smirks "Sure you can keep up.." she turns running towards the trees.

Damien walks, albeith at a rapid pace, to the trees. He is not one to run, not really. "Have you picked one, yet?" he asks.

Tinania reaches the tree, she smiles leaning against the tree. "Yup this one..." she jumps up grabbing the branch swinging her legs alittle. Her shirt rises alittle showing off her flat stomach. She watches him walk over toward the tree before pulling herself up onto the branch to sit there, looking down at him.

Rather than climb up right after her, Damien circles the tree, and starts climbing from the opposite side of the tree. He rests on a branch next to Tinania. "Did you really want to race?" he asks.

Tinania eyes light up she tilts her head to the side looking at him "Sure, and I'll even give you a head start." her wings are moving fast as she swung her legs. She was indeed an imp at this point "And how about this, if I win I get to kiss you again, deal." she holds her hand out towards him.

"Ah . . ." Damien pauses, looking at Tinania's hand thoughtfully. Shrugging, he takes her hand. It's only a kiss. . . . With that, he gracefully pulls himself up by the branch above him so he is standing. He starts to climb. . . .

Tinania just sits there watching him. Once she is sure she given him enough time, she stands slowly, thanks to her wings and her arms she balances herself on the branch before jumping up to grab the next branch. Pulling herself up quickly she reaches for the next one.

Damien is falling behind, and he knows it. He is simply tired, he tells himself. He didn't realize before now that he had even a small competitive streak in him.

Nevertheless, he tries to pick up his pace, but his muscles are simply to tight, and too tired. At this rate, Tinania will be at the top before too long. . . .

Tinania looks back at Damien, she was half tempted just to let him win but she wanted to prove she could do this. Balances her once more she leaps to grab the branch. As she pulls herslef up her leg slips alittle smacking her knee on the branch. She winces but shakes it off as she grabs for the next branch.

Tired, with muscles that feel like cooked noodles, Damien sits on a branch. He leans against the trunk of the tree, closing his eyes after he brushes the stray whisps of hair out of his face. "England concedes, madame," he calls up to Tinania and she shrugs out of his vest, hoping to cool down soon. He folds it neatly and places it in his lap. "Come and claim the spoils of war, for I am afriad that I cannot move another inch," he says, a little humor slithering into his voice.

Tinania looks down at him, she smiles but shakes her head "In a second, I'm determind to do this.." she looks up, just a few more branches. Breathing in deeply she leaps grabbing the next branch, she swung there for a moment looking up at the final branch, her arms were burning but she didn't want to give up.

Pulling herself up she sat there looking at her shaking arms, she braces herself as she grabs the last branch pulling herself up. She looks out across the forest. she was laughing. She glances down at Damien "Okay coming down..." she jumps from the branch landing on the lower one before jumping down to the next one. Finally reaching Damien she smiles as she sits there breathing deeply.

Damien's eyes are closed again, but he isn't sleeping. "Where are you?" he asks. He holds out a hand. "I am afriad you had better claim your prize before I fall asleep, and slip off of this branch. . . ."

Tinania smiles climbing over to the branch he was at. Sitting right in front of him she touches his nose "Right in front of you, and I won't let you fall Mein." she takes his hand and smiles "Come on, let head back to the palace, you need sleep." she looks down at the ground licking her bottom lip trying to figure out how to get them both down.

Then it hit her, grabbing the hoverdisc from the pocket of her jacket she tosses next to them. Then pulling her wand out she waves it causing the hoverdisc to grow bigger. She looks to Damien "If your able to open your eyes, my hoverdisc is right near you, you can sit on it and it will lower you to the ground. You won't have to climb down."

Damien complies, and deposits his body on the hoverdisc. "Thanks, 'Nani," he says, smiling at her.

Tinania smiles and nods "No problem" she taps a button on the hoverdisc and it lowers to the ground. She climbs out of the tree and lands near him She stands slowly brushing herself off then looking to Damien "Come lets get you to bed." she holds her hand out to him so she can help him up.

"I think I can walk," Damien chuckles. "I just couldn't climb anymore," he starts toward the palace. "Now, 'Nani, will you allow me to escort you to your room?"

Tinania smiles and nods "Yea..." she grabs the hover disc and tapping a button it shrinks to about the size of a cd. Placing it in her jacket pocket she follows after him.

He holds out a bent arm to her. "Alright, then," he says. If she puts her arm through his, or if she doesn't, he starts for the palace. Once inside, he leads her up the stairs to their wing. Then, down the hall, and finally, to her room. "This is your stop, 'Nani," he says, the smile still on his lips.

Tinania takes her hand from his nodding "Yea I guess it is..." she looks at him and smiles nodding her head once again "Even though it started off bad, I had a fun day Damien." she looks toward her door then back at him "Um...sleep well okay....." she turns going for her door.

"Yes, it was," Damien replies. As he watches her turn, he raises a slanted eyebrow. They had a bet, but she doesn't seem to want what she wanted before. On that thought, he shrugs and turns for his own door. "And, you rest well," he says, reaching for the handle of his door.

Tinania looks back and smirks. She walks over "Wait a sec..." she places her hand on his cheek.

Damien turns to look at her. "Yes?" he asks.

Leaning up she presses her lips lightly against his without warning him. Her hand lightly caressing his cheek.

Damien was expecting it, actually. He lost the bet, after all. He lets the kiss linger, before pulling away again. "Erm, goodnight," he says softly, and starts to open his door again. "I'll see you at breakfast. . . ." He gives her a departing smile before moving into his room.

Tinania watches him and nods "Yea, see you at breakfast..." she nods also heading into her bedroom. Closing the door behind her she slide down the door. Pulling her knees up to her chest she looks at the scraped knee and just shakes her head before closing her eyes to just sit there and think.
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Originally Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:20 pm

Exploring Greece

Coming Soon - reserved

Originally Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:33 am



Tinania sits in Kira's home looking around, she didn't even go staight home when she returned from Greece. Smiling at Kira she blushes "Thanks for letting me come over here on a very short notice Kira."

Kira smiles taking a seat down next to her "Its fine Sprite, I'm glad to see your doing well. You certainly have grown since the last time I saw you. So tell me whats brings you here today?" she leans back against her couch watching the young woman.

Tinania sighs then tilts her head "I'm here to see about getting a job with you. I know I'm still young and can't teach a class until I'm seventeen but I figure I could help you out in class.." she bites her bottom lip looking down at her lap.

Kira arches a brow then smiles "I would love to have you help me out with my classes, but that not the reason you really came here. What's troubling you Sprite?" she places her hand over Tinania's hands squeezing them.

Tinania looks down at her hands then breaths in slowly before speaking "How do you know if the person you like, well like someone else. And what do you do?" she looks back down at her hands biting her lip hard this time.

Kira sat there for a moment thinking "Well take Drake for instant, at one point he had fallen for someone else. Well I just went on acting like friends being there for him, it was when the girl ended up hurting him that he came to me. I helped him get though everything which in the process he saw how much he really loved me...." she smiles then lifts Tinania's chin so she can look into her eyes "Sprite your best bet is just to act normal. If it's meant to happen it will happen.."

Tinania smiles alittle then nods "I think I understand, but I can't helped but still feel worried, I want this person to really like me. And well I have a feeling I might have changed everything between us." she stopped speakind and sighs.

Kira shakes her head then smiles "Sprite no matter what things would have changed just because you saw him as someone you could love. All you can do is just take each day at a time sweetie." she rusn her hand though Tinania's hair smiling.

Tinania nods then wrinkles her nose "So when do I get to come work for you?" Kira laughs then pokes her nose "You can start on Monday. Now you should get home, I bet you would love to go sleep in your bed." she stands then Tinania stands.

Tinania nods then hugs Kira "Thank you so much Kira, for everything. I won't let you down, and I wil see you on Monday.." bowing she turns running out of the homes. Pulling her hover disc out she tosses it in front of her before jumping onto it.

Kira smiles watching the young woman fly off. Shakign her head she laughs "She will be a very strong woman, now she just has to get past doubting herself..." turning she walks back into her home as Drake walks out of the bedroom greeting her with open arms.

Originally Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 5:36 pm

Tinania's Thoughts

Originally Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:43 pm

Tinania's Thoughts

Originally Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:32 am



Tari and Celia were sitting at the coffee shop in Barton waiting on Tinania. After last night they knew they be picking Tinania up off the ground. Tari was looking down at her coffee sighing "Something bad happen after we left I could feel it..."

Celia looked up at Tari shaking her head ready to respond when Tinania came inot the shop. She had on a winter white classic button up cardigan with a lanvender spaghitti strap under it, a pair of faded blue low rise leather trim hipster flare jeans, with matching white and lavender sneakers.

She gave a bright smile as she walked up to them, her hair was pulled back from her face in a ponytail. "Hey girls man today such a cool day.." she took a seat next to Celia who was looking at her dumbstruck. She arched a brow looking at them both "Hey what's going on?"

Celia shook her head then looks to Tari who shrugs "Nothing, how everything between you and Mein?" she bite her bottom lip getting ready to deal with and Upset Tinania but nearly falls out of her chair when Tinania laughs.

"Were good, why wouldn't we? I mean he is my brother after all. I just haven't see him in a few days. I'm gonna have to see if I can catch him at home." she gets up to go order herself a coffee.

Tari shakes her head then sighs "She made herself forget. I knew I sense magic in the air last night..." Celia arched a brow "What do you mean? Made herself forget, is it possiable?" she looked toward Tinania who was looking over the different cookies and cakes.

Tari frowns then looks down at her coffee "There is a spell, well a few in those books we get from the elders that allow you to forget things. In her case I bet she made herself forget what happen between her and Damien. So those kisses and the feelings other then brother are gone. Wiped from her memory, which I hate to say, but its a good thing." she looks up just to see Tinania walking back to them.

"Hey girls you want to go walking around town? Its such a great day. I hate to be stuck inside." she tilts her head smiling to them her wings fluttering alittle. She giggles then pulls at Celia's arm "Come on.."

Celia frowns but then smiles "Okay lets, maybe we can find some hot guys while were at it..." Tinania laughs then nods "Is that all you ever think about Celia..." turning she walks away from them heading to the door. Celia looks at Tari "I guess if she happy then all we can do is let it be." sighing she smiles again then follows after Tinania wrapping her arm around her waist.

Tari looks down at her cup of coffee then nods "All we can hope is that hopefully the spell never backfires down the line, and hopefully she has someone by that time.." placing the cup in the trash she follows after the other two girls to spend a day of shopping and just having fun.

Originally Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:12 pm



Tinania jumped off her hover disc nearly loosing all the papers, books, and bags she was carrying. She frowns shaking her head "Okay Kira didn't say I would have to plan some of the classes when I asked for the job.." she shook her head as she grabbed the hover disc tossing it into a bag. She smiled when she saw her mum's car was on the side of the house under the tree "Mum home, sweet!!!"

Walking into the house she looks around "Hello anyone home? Mum? Lana? Aunti Lenore?" sighing she shook her head as she sat the bags onto the table. Walking over to the counter she frowns reading the quick note.



Shaking her head she turns walking into the to get her food heated. Turning the oven on low she stirs the soup that was in the pot before yelping when something starts pecking on the window.

Looking up she narrows her eyes before leaning foward to let the family owl in "Hey you gave me a fright mister.." she giggles holding her arm out. The owl jumped onto her arm then held its small leg out to her. Smiling her pulls the scroll off the owl then pet him "Your such a good owl.." she turns holding her arm toward it huge cage.

The owl leap off her hand then curled up in the cage hooting every once in awhile. Giggling Tinania turned looking at the scroll, it was addressed to her. Arching her brow she unrolled it then smiles when she see the familar handwriting.



Rolling the scroll back up she places it onto the counter "I'll have to write him later.." turning she stirs the now heated soup. Grabbing a bowl she pours the soup into it then grabbed up the scroll along with a spoon.

Heading towards her room she sits on her bed sipping the soup as she looked over the note once more. Yawning she shakes her head "I'll write him back tomorrow.." placing her empty bowl onto her night stand along with the scolls she lays back and within minutes she falls asleep.