She held his gaze and this went on for a long while.
Adriana tilted her head a bit as she adjusted her hair to the back of her ear.
"why? do you want to kiss me?" she answered.
The word struck him, he remained speechless as her beautiful eyes got him in her captivity.
He got back to his senses and immediately let out a cough, "Stop joking around" he said as he walked into the cottage.
Adriana chuckled in triumph, not realizing Phillip's gaze has been on her.
Her eyes met his.
"What?... he started it", she said and let out a wicked giggle.
Phillip walked towards her and sat next to the girl.
"I have been thinking of many ways to return Tristan to his home and there is only one solution to my thinking," he said, Not looking at Adriana.
He knew she have a lot of questions to ask at that moment.
"Yeah I know... how do I do it right?" he added and finally looked at the confused girl.
She nodded and waited patiently to hear the solution the little creature got.
he continued, "It has to do with using my powers".
"But..."
"I know" Phillip interrupted sharply, "I know... the Mungos will get to us if I do" he added.
Adriana let out a sigh, she looked up at the sky and said. "I don't think Tristan loves it here, he wants to go back home... mostly because of his little sister, those bad people might do something bad to her, he is worried about all that".
The girl looked at Phillip's worried face as she continued, "I could read his mind and I know how he feels, but then I think a part of him is also scared to return home".
The little creature's eyes got brightened at what she had said.
"why?... why not?" he asked.
Adriana shook her head slowly, "whoever does that to him wants him killed, and what if he returns and they try doing it again... doing it right this time?"
"that is so bad", Phillip replied.
The girl looked towards the cottage, she felt sorry for Tristan.
"poor human, he is so confused right now" she muttered.
There was a short time of silence between them, the night breeze brushed through her hair and skin, leaving goosebumps on her body.
"I am sure there will be a way out of all this, don't worry Adriana" Phillip assured.
Tristan walked out of the cottage and stared at them from a short distance.
"Sorry to interrupt your little date," he said, folding his arms. "I just want to ask, what we are having for breakfast tomorrow morning," he asked and immediately saw Phillip's eyes at the remains of the meat.
The young man scoffed out, "You gotta be kidding me fam... I do not want to eat that again tomorrow morning!!!!, I get tired of things quickly.." he groaned out and walked forth and back restlessly.
"No money... no cell phones... no Internet, what am I supposed to do with my life here.." he said and looked around, "In an unknown place!!!" he yelled out.
The sound of flattering wings was heard not too far from them.
"I didn't plan on spending my adult life here..." Tristan ranted before walking back in.
Philip and Adriana who has been watching the whole drama turned to themselves as an uncontrollable smile appeared on their faces.
"I am not surprised, I read about rich people and they are all this dramatic... why do you think people say Drama King and Drama Queen?" Adriana said, not expecting a reply.
"Do you have books in the ocean too?, you guys read books in there?" Phillip asked out of curiosity.
She drew an unknown figure tracing her fingertips on the ground.
"We got a lot of good books down in the ocean, they are just far away from where I live and no one is allowed to go near, it is where the fancy stuff and shining things are kept".
Phillip's ear got straightened, and he moved closer to her as he got more interested.
"you mean treasure? those shiny things are treasures? like real treasure?" he exclaimed.
Adriana felt his curiosity but she ignored him, "the books are of different sizes and it comes with drawings of humans of different shapes and colors. funny content and sad ones, sometimes I cry while reading the sad ones and I laugh a lot at the funny ones" she said and noticed the little creature wasn't listening.
She continued anyway, "That was where I learned this language I am speaking. the first time I saw it was in one of the books and I learned it faster than I thought, I learned different languages too...I still....."
"Adriana!!!"
The young lady got startled, she smirked at Phillip "what? you scare me".
The little creature held her hands and looked around sharply.
"You know where those riches are right? that is amazing Adriana," he said with a huge smile on his face.
Adriana knew his reaction to the treasure was familiar, her mom had told her how humans cherish treasure more than their own family. She just doesn't think a troll will also be this obsessed with treasure as well.
"yeah it is amazing" she repeated.
Adriana looked at the happy smiling troll, she decided to play along as a smile appeared on her face too.
Tristan heard the giggle from the cottage, he shook his head.
"What is so funny to them?..." he said and looked out the window, "what am I going to do" he muttered to himself and looked up at the sky, "mom... what do I do?" he asked and buried his face in his hands.
A creaking sound caught his attention immediately, he looked at where the strange sound was coming from as he took a step back.
"what is it again this time?" he thought as he noticed the creature crawling out.
"What the!!!"