A/N: Hello! This is another one of the ideas that are floating around in my head. This is another 'Collection of One Shots', and I have another one. Things just keep getting weirder… Well, I hope you like these, and there are plenty more to come!
It All Happened So Fast
Jill Pole had once again found herself at the back of the gym where she used to go to escape Them. It had been a long time before she had felt the need to come back here again. She was stood on the little path that ran between the back of the gym and the shrubbery. She wasn't crying, and she told herself she wouldn't. It would seem frightfully babyish to her if she did. Instead she sat down on the grassy bank at the edge of the shrubbery and hugged her knees.
Eustace Scrubb was wandering aimlessly around the Experiment House looking for his best friend Jill Pole, and soon came to the decision that she was behind the gym, like the time they got into Narnia. Narnia. He missed the place, it'd been a few years since he'd been back there; he knew Pole missed it too. It was the reason they'd first become friends, when he'd spotted her crying and decided to try and cheer her up by taking her to Narnia. He'd ended up falling off a cliff and the both of them nearly being eaten by giants and then being trapped underground instead.
A few minutes later and he spotted Jill's head.
"Ho! Pole!" He called, walking towards her. She didn't move, but Eustace saw her shoulder shake, like she was trying to hold in a sob. He reached her and plonked himself down beside her.
"What's up, eh?" He asked, putting an arm round her shoulders.
Jill leaned into him and sniffled. "And I told myself I wouldn't cry. It's frightfully babyish of me to do so." She mumbled into his arm. "It's nothing really." She said, looking up to Eustace for the first time. Her eyes were pink and it was obvious that it was not 'nothing'.
"It's obviously not Pole, I know you too well."
"Yes you do." And she turned her head back to his shoulder. "What are you even doing back here Scrubb?" She asked, her voice muffled.
"Looking for you." He jostled his shoulder and Jill groaned.
"Don't."
He chuckled and with his free hand he gently pulled her face away from his shoulder and wiped away a tear with his thumb.
"It's Them, isn't it?"
Jill sniffed, and it told Eustace all he needed to know. "What was it this time." He said it as more of a statement than a question, because it was really. They'd done everything they could to escape the new teachers and rules that prevented them from bullying, and had found a way around.
"They said I was plain and ugly and that no one would ever love me and I'd be a sad old woman and have no life and then I'd die alone!" She gabbled the last bit, and for good reason. Her voice broke on the last few words and she felt compelled to burry her head in Eustace's shoulder to cry.
Eustace frowned. "That's not true. I'll bet there are plenty of people who will like you." He said, turning a light shade of red.
"No, there won't. They're right." Jill huffed.
Eustace set his jaw. "Jill look at me."
Jill's head jerked up at the use of her Christian name. She put her head on one side in an inquiring manner.
"You are not plain and you are certainly not ugly. One day you will find someone who will love you because of your personality and the fact that you are beautiful. You will live together happily forever and not die alone. They will die alone because - I say! You're not crying again are you?" He said, looking at her in a peculiar manner.
Jill sniffed and tried to wipe away the tears that threatened to fall again.
"You are! Gosh, what did I say so I know never to say it again!" He laughed.
"You think I'm beautiful?" She asked, blinking.
Oh, God, did I say that! I suppose I've got to tell her...
"Yes, of course." He said, looking away from her, and blushing.
Jill too turned away, biting on her lip.
Eustace sneaked a glance at her, trying not to move his head and look with his eyes. He noticed her lip biting, and turned to properly look at her.
"What's wrong!" He exclaimed, resisting an urge to reach out and comfort her.
"I'm happy." She sobbed, before flinging her arms around his side and hugging him.
"Hm? Oh!" Eustace jumped as she hugged him, but smiled and felt himself turning red. He put one arm round her, and leant his head on hers. They stayed like that for a while, until Jill had stopped crying and felt ready to get up again.
"You okay now Pole?" He asked, holding her at arms length once they were both standing again. She nodded and bit her lip, not trusting herself to talk. She knew if she did, she might cry at any moment. Eustace suddenly did something very un-Eustace like; drawing Jill into a proper hug.
Jill didn't react at first, but soon wound her arms around his neck and breathed deeply. She felt herself relaxing and closed her eyes, smiling.
Eustace smiled to himself over Jill's shoulder. He turned his head to kiss her cheek at the exact same time she moved her head backward. It all happened very fast and neither Jill nor Eustace really knew what had happened as Eustace's lips caught Jill's.
Her eyes flew open and she drew a sharp breath. Eustace realised what had happened and pulled away in surprise.
"I-I-I'm..." Eustace babbled, turning various shades of red. Jill smiled softly, and pressed her lips back to his.
A/N: I like this one :) It's not brilliant but it's a first attempt at a one shot and I hope it was good and you enjoyed it :) Review and tell me what you think? I'm writing more, I'm halfway through one at the moment – it's better than this.
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Livy ~ xxx
