Flyer's dream

[Hal]

Hal layed there for a bit after Sarah had got in bed. He sat up and looked in her direction. "If you don't mind me asking, what made you decided that you wanted to join me in my 'mad man' hunt? You and Kessel both doubted me yet you joined me. What gives?"

[Sarah]

Sarah opened her eyes and sighed. She sat up as well, looking down at Hal. "I don't know why Sir Kessel joined you. But I joined you because..." Sarah bit her lip. "Because you were, well, right. If Alan is willing to teach us if- IF- we find him, then I will become great. Wonderful. Better than my brothers would ever dream." Sarah paused for a moment, staring at Hal. "It's not a very nice reason. But it's the truth." she said.

[Hal]

"If we find him? Come on you've gotta have more confidence then that. It's when we find him. You don't have to be scared to say anything to me. I'm not going to laugh or poke fun at you, we're going to be a team right? Team mates are there for support." Hal shot a thumbs up towards Sarah. "So, where's your home at? Do you miss it?"

[Sarah]

Sarah rested her chin on her knees and smiled. It was nice to have someone trying to encourage her. "I'm from a villa in the west mountains. And yes, I do miss it. I'm not used to being around so many people." Sarah ran her fingers along the bed. "But it's still lonely. Nobody wants to hang around with me for very long. Before we met, my only friends were my brothers, Sir Alther, and Sir Kessel. Nobody my age, or any girls."

[Hal]

Hal got up and walked towards the bed and sat next to Sarah. "Well, as long as Achaziah sticks around you've got two new people to call friends. I've got two older siblings, a brother and sister, then one younger brother and three sisters. I started to work as soon as I could to help my parents support the younger kids, so if you need anybody to do hard labor I'm the guy to ask."

Hal put his arm around Sarah like a hug "You seem like a pretty cool person, even though we started off on the wrong foot, so why would anybody refuse to hang around you?"

[Sarah]

Sarah thought for a moment. "I guess it's because Alther went easy on me during the first few days of training. He used to fly with my parents- I guess he didn't want them to think he was being tough on me. The others thought I was a teacher's pet. And nobody likes that." she said. Sarah didn't add in the part where she insulted her fellow students on their second day of training- she didn't feel like losing any progress she had made with Hal. A question popped into her head. "Hey. If- WHEN, we meet Alan, do you think he'll like us? I mean, if he's been missing for so long, I don't think he'd take kindly to being tracked down, right?" Sarah looked up at him, slightly worried.

[Hal]

Hal wasn't sure of that. He kinda hoped the attitude rumor was false. "Well... If Alther lets you come with us it would the four of us. Two of us being squires, there's no way of you becoming a teachers pet." Hal couldn't just say 'I don't know' after being so optimistic. But he didn't have the heart to lie to her. "That's I'm not sure of, but if we plan on trying we can't just give up." Giving her a half smile showing he was unsure.

[Sarah]

Sarah smiled back. "I guess you're right, Hal. You're good at comforting. Your sisters are lucky." She gave him a peck on the cheek and laid back down. "We should probably go to sleep now. We're gonna need all of our energy if Kessel's taking over." she said. Sarah pulled her covers up to her chest and rolled on her side.

[Hal]

Hal had returned back to where his pillow was and layed down. He started to feel sleepy and almost fell asleep instantly.