Chapter 80 - Lava

I was sitting on Lynn's bed. Her room was rather pink. Her walls were, the sheets on her bed, the carpet on the ground. "Shall I braid your hair?" I asked her. "I want to paint your nails first!" She smiled wide teethed.

She got off her bed and walked to one of her drawers. She was glances at, I guessed fifty bottles of nail polish. "Wow, you have got quit the collection there." I smiled.

"What can I say?" She said sheepishly. "What color would you like on your hands?" She questioned, eyeing her collection. I looked around the room. "Pink." I smiled.

Her eyes grew wide. "Which shade?" She snicked, as she pointed towards several shades of pink. "Whatever you think is the prettiest." I told her.

I normally wasn't the type to wear nail polish at all, but it kind of seemed like a good way to bond with my new sister in-law.

"How was your flight?" She asked as she crossed the room and walked back to the bed. Like every room in this house, hers was really large. I blew out sharply. "It was really long." I mumbled.

"We dropped of my dad and sister first." Lynn frowned and slightly pouted her lips. "Where?" She questioned. "Boston." I shrugged.

"Couldn't they come stay with us?" Her frown deepened.

"I really don't know what the reason behind that choice is." I admitted.

Lynn took one of my hands and stared at them. "I can see that they are soft, but you aren't one to get a manicure, are you?" She guessed.

"You are right." I smiled at her. "I don't really care about my appearance, I am busy studying all the time."

"Oh no!" Lynn said rolling her eyes.

"What?" I asked bewildered my her reaction. "You are like my brother." She said in pure horror.

We both snickered.

"But I guess that is also a good thing for me." She shrugged. "Why is that?" I raised one eyebrow, smiling.

"Now I have a new dressing doll!!" She cheered.

I shook my head playfully.

"Can I ask you a question?" I asked Lynn, as she painted the nail on my right hand. "Sure thing." She said.

"Wat uhm.." I had a really hard time asking her this! Maybe I should let is be… what good would it bring me to talk about this anyway…

She cocked her head, waiting for me to continue.

"What was Benjamin's and uhm… I mean… What was Benjamin's and that Girl, Saphira I guess… What was there relationship like?" I swallowed.

"Oh." She breathed. She clearly did not expect that question.

"Uhmm…" She started. "At first they were just friends, or at least she was my friend and she saw my brother when she came here." Lynn didn't look up at me, as she continued painting my nails.

"Still I kind of guessed she always had a thing for him." She said still not meeting my eyes. "Most girls do." She said slightly looking up at me with a grin.

I pinched my eyes shut. "Ughhh." I groaned. "That's one thing about him I really hate." I flatly told her.

"Do you think he returned those feelings then?" I asked her with a lump in my throat.

She pouted her lips, seeming to think. "No." She stated. "Not at first."

"Although I do think he immediately found her attractive." She said making a face.

"Why do you think that?" I asked.

"He gave her a nickname." Lynn shrugged. "Ma Belle Evangeline." I breathed. "How did you know?" Lynn asked narrowing her eyes.

I scratched the top of my head. "I have seen it in his phone months ago…" I trailed off.

"I only have myself to blame for that." I twitched my lips. "How is that?" She asked. Did she really not know how Ben I came to be?

"I blew him off, because I found out that he had slept with a maid, while we were… whatever we were." I looked down to the bed and then looked up at Lynn.

"That is not something I would ever expect him to do." Lynn seemed horror struck.

"In his defense… I kind of was just my teacher at that time." I shook my head. "Nope, that is a stupid defense, we loved each other then. That much was obvious." I said heavily shaking my head.

"But did he actually admit his feelings to you then?" Lynn asked, while starting on my left hand. I nodded 'yes'. "He asked me to marry him." I said feeling stupid now. I could of avoided al this drama by making him mine.

"Yeah… well. I don't really want to take his side though…" She said looking uncomfortable. "But he didn't really do anything wrong then, when he met Saph."

Her words dropped like a bomb, but I knew she was right. I had no matter of speaking.

Lynn sighed. "But you must know… She… I mean Saph and Ben both didn't really seem invested in the relationship. I mean… Ben didn't even call it a relationship." She said cocking her head. "I always thought because he wasn't ready to commit, but theory can be put to rest now." She smiled at me.

"It was kind of my fault they got together anyway…" She said looking guilty. She was done paint my nails and I blew on them, so they could dry.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, I kind of rooted for her to become my sister in law… I mean, she was my friend…" Lynn trailed off, looking guilty again.

"There is nothing to feel guilty about." I told her. "You did nothing wrong!" I tried to smile.

We heard a couple of knocks on the door. Benjamin entered the room and his expression was warm, when he saw us on the bed. "How are my favorite woman doing?" He said as he walked towards us.

Benjamin kissed the crown of Lynn's head and then brushed his lips against mine. His breath smelled sweet. "Are you girls done?" He said as he cupped my face.

I almost drowned in his hazel eyes.. They seemed like lava tonight.