15.Trust

Dear diary,
 
It's been a crazy couple of days. I feel like I have been tested for something, but I am proud to say I believe I passed. The western desolation won't win today! The day started rough. There was a lot of fog around, nothing unusual, but I didn't see Eve coming for breakfast so I thought to check on the deck. There I found her sleeping all wet and shivering. I figured I shouldn't wake her up so I at least brought her a big, warm blanket to cover her up. She did wake up after a few more minutes, after everybody started to resume their work. She went straight to her room. I felt sad because I had such a beautiful sleep and she probably didn't sleep at all. We began to eat, I asked Pullius to take my plate too and the girls to take Eve's. I had a little chat with Pullius while we ate, to get to know each other better, you know. After I was done, I saw Eve in the corridor waving for me. I went to her room and we talked about us, and how are we going to tell everybody about us. Poor girl. She was so cold, and still shivering. She was panicked and worried about what will everybody thing of her. I tried to comfort her as much as I could. I hugged her and hold her tight while she was spilling everything that was on her mind. I could feel her heart slowly calming, and her breath and voice soften up. It's important to be there for your loved ones when times are hard. I was very glad she told me everything, that we trusted each other, and together we devised a plan to tell everybody about us, today. I grabbed her hand and went to gather everybody for our little planed 'get to know' meeting. God, I love them. I feel like I have lightened my heart already from everything we've discussed so far.
 
Verfy came with an excellent idea, as if she had listened to us. I know The Almighty works though us, and he surely worked through Verfy for us today. She said we should tell something we kept hidden from one another this time. Anything, a feeling, an action. I decided to start and tell them about me and my.... feelings for Eve. I told them we are now together, and happy. I could feel Eve squashing my hand this whole time. She definitely was just as stressed and anxious as me. But I know my friends, and I trust them. The girls were very happy for us, and wished us all sorts of good stuff. Pullius was the one who took the blow a bit harder, I am sure. He needed a few minutes of fresh air to think everything through. I am sure his mind was very troubled and conflicted because of that evil demon, trying to ruin him. Eve started to panic, so me and Nixie stayed to help her calm down. I looked Eve into the eyes and told her we will fight this together and that she shouldn't feel alone in this. We are here on a mission. I will be there for her no matter what. It's a promise. We hugged for a while and after everything calmed down we went on with our usual diplomacy lesson.
 
The fact that I can easily be distracted surely didn't help with my teaching. Eve was there, looking all too beautiful and... just...so... gorgeous, I couldn't really concentrate on anything but her eyes and lips, which she was biting everytime I was looking back at her. I thank You, God, for blessing me with such an amazing and smart woman. At some point she asked me to sing her my new song again, but she quickly changed her mind and decided to swap my lyre with, well... her! Haha, she never stops to amaze me. She started decorating my lyre with poppies and, as the final touch, she kissed it with some paint, to leave her lips on it. It was so sweet of her. I never usually let people close to my lyre. She definitely didn't enjoy the paint though, hahaha, as she flinched a bit from the taste. But I couldn't care less about the taste at this point. I pulled her closed and kissed her. I didn't even realise I had some paint on my cheek when we left the room. Verfy quickly noticed and told me when she saw us. What a perceptive little fighter we have. And Eve didn't tell me either!! So cheeky of her. I was so happy she was confident to pull out a stunt like this around the others. We were both very happy with everything. <3
 
Later that day, Eve, Nixie and I went to spend some time with the Black Sylph and try to learn old elvish. I didn't know simple elvish, but I always knew elvish was a very melodic language, so I figured I could make myself useful. I sat the entire day with my head in Eve's lap, thinking about the intonations and accents, while they tried to decipher more about meanings and grammar. We made a great team. And we discovered a lot of interesting stuff.
 
Evening came, and Nixie prepared some warm barrels of water from the rain that just swept by, for the girls and everybody that wanted a wash. Not so many people were eager to wash themselves tho. Anyway I knew Eve loved her time alone while swimming, so I figured I won't insist on that matter and I will wash after the girls are done. I was surprised to see her ask for me on her way there. Verfy wanted to come too, but quick and decisive Eve showed up and made her wait a bit longer for us. Hehe. Unfortunately something came up. An argument about religion broke up between Eve and Vadrek, one of the Goznian brothers. Everything started calm, I was talking about faith with Verfy, because she had a moment of disbelief towards almightysm after a small incident with the Black Sylph. Then this guy came up and started rumbling about some "boys" God has, to do his bidding, I guess. I respect his faith and religion, but I wished he wouldn't've came like that imposing his religion on poor Verfy, who was already troubled. Eve challenged him to a duel. A religious duel of some sorts. I knew not to interfere in her decision. Although I feared for her a bit. I trusted her judgement and I supported her with all my heart. They began fighting, fists only. Eve tried to evade him and push him to fall, but he was much to fast for her, so she got hit. Hard. It was hard to watch her getting hit like that. Then when Vadrek came with another rage filled punch, Eve decided to go straight into it. As a surprise for everyone she was still standing, barely, after such a devastating blow. Vadrek stopped and called her the winner and the fight ended, with everyone cheering for her. I ran towards her and hugged her as hard as I could. I was so happy for her, and proud. She told me, through her busted lips, that she was crazy. She might be crazy, but she was my crazy girlfriend and she's perfect just like that. I helped her get up and took her to those warm barrels of water, for a bath. After I took care of her wounds we had a good long bath. There wasn't much space for both of us in that barrel, but we didn't need it anyway. Hehe. It was just what we needed. Luckily nobody disturbed our privacy either. As each day passes I fell more and more attracted and surprised by her. I am just so happy. Good night Eve. <3