[Center][H3][i]Arvis Rann[/i][/H3][/Center]

It felt good to be home, not that he had a stable home as such, the whole of Barcea was his home now, he had rented a room for a few days above a tavern in a quaint city in the outer rim of Barcea, far enough inland so as to be away from the outskirts but not too close to the Capitol itself.
He woke gently in soft light of the sun which had crept its way through the gap in the curtains, he shuffled himself to the edge of the large bed, a task in itself given the comfort and warmth of it, he managed to resist the temptation of falling back into clutches of the beds warm embrace and stand up, stretching his whole body upward as he did so.
He approached the window and threw back the curtains, the view that greeted him was a marvel, the cobblestone streets were bright and welcoming, flowers lined every walkway and the trees rose high in the air creating miniature safe havens on the ground from the fierce heat of the sun.
There was a lot of activity already, just passed the courtyard Arvis caught sight of the bazaar which was bustling as usual.
Arvis turned his attention back to the room and headed for the bathroom where cleaned his teeth, washed his hands and face, then proceeded to cloth himself before heading downstairs for breakfast. 

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The food was nice but it had nothing on the tea, this Inn was famous for it's Tea and it was easy to see why.
Arvis ordered a second as he sat watching the other customers and townfolk conversing and enjoying each other's company, this made him think about his time with caravan, he would be lying if he said he didn't miss Vant, but even more so than Vant, he really missed Lyrena.
He was up late again last night just sitting ag the window with a whiskey watching the stars, thinking of the good times, the deep conversations he used to have with Lyrena too, he missed those and he realised now that he had never divulged as much about himself and his feelings to anyone other than her. He hoped she was ok, he pulled out the ruby locket he wore around his neck from the top of his shirt and clicked it open, he stared a while at the lady in the picture, her blond hair fell gently around her beautiful face, a smile found its way onto his face, it was then that he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder, he shook his daze away and looked up into the eyes of the waitress, who smiled at him, she was a short girl around twenty years old, pretty green eyes beaming at him as she placed a teapot on the table before him, she refilled his cup.

[b]"She is very pretty..... Your girlfriend"[/b] she said, pointing at the picture in the locket which Arvis was still holding.

Arvis smiled at her and shook his head

[b]"Oh no, she isn't... Uh... She isn't my girlfriend, she's. .. she's just a good friend."[/b]
 Arvis replied, he sat and thkught on it for a few seconds, the late night rendevouz under the stars, her longer to look after him all the time, his sense of duty to protect her more than the others in the caravan.

[b]"... A really good friend"[/b] he finished

It was then that he realised maybe there was a little more to his friendship with Lyrena. He figured only time would tell however and shrugged it off.