"Natasha freed her hair from the neckhole and let the long dress fall down past her waist. "You've sprouted too, Lizzie. No one could mistake either o...e of us for little girls anymore." She put the metal headband over her head and slipped into the red shoes, which made her almost as tall as her American cousin."Everything fits perfectly," she said, doing a little twirl. "Oh, I can't wait! I've been watching everyone else go to the Festival for years...I think we're both going to meet dashing. When their lips separated, she opened her eyes again and Ted was smiling gently. The smile on his lips reminded her of her late grandfather, whom she loved and missed greatly. Ted took a deep breath and spoke again. ‘I want to ask you an important question, and it might seem silly, but I want to say it out loud, and I want to hear your answer.’ ‘Okay…?’ she had no idea what he would say. ‘Do you really want this?’ She cocked her head to one side, just like a dog would when they heard an. "I've waited so long for us to be together. I know it sounds tacky but its how I feel". I slid an arm around her, pulling her close. I didn't feel the need to say anything and instead just leaned over and pecked her cheek. I looked once more into her eyes, those big round eyes that seemed to bore into the very depths of my soul. Some people would have found her eyes unappealing; too large when compared to her petite mouth, nose, ears, breasts... but I craved their intensity. When sliding into. Then they parted for her to speak. ‘Yes. I have a spell for that.’ ‘Then you can do it. You can go down there and save him.’ She shook her head. ‘Only if they take off my earmuffs. And you know that they won’t. Otherwise I might wake him up. Or I might push him deeper down. Or make it so that he can never sleep again, no matter how tired he gets. Or wake him so quickly that he gets hurt.’ ‘Can’t you be careful? Make the spell as soft as you can and put all your focus in it.’ But even as Eldrian.