Right peeps, second chappy coming right up! Sorry it took so long to put
up, but I have other things to do with my life, and I have to change it
every time penny updates, so be grateful it's here at all! But anyway,
enjoy!
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I'll bet Penny didn't fall for the "me feeling sick" excuse, but I couldn't think of anything else. She would've come with me otherwise, what with Link asleep.
I was a bit early so I wandered around a bit on my way to the drawbridge, and tried to act as if I wasn't completely excited about the thought of seeing Matt again. I just hoped penny hadn't noticed my incessant gazing into space and grinning at all.
The drawbridge came into sight in the distance and I squinted to see if Matt was there. I could make out a shape leaning on the chains, and hoped it was him. Taking a deep breath I sauntered over. He had his back to me, so I coughed gently, and before I knew it, he had spun round, as if he had been waiting on edge for such a sign.
He darted a quick glance back into the town and then said "quick, we'll have to go somewhere my cousin won't find me, coz I'm meant to be doing various boring chores for him!" I was a bit surprised, but agreed with a nod and asked "where do you wanna go? I wouldn't mind doing some exploring, but you've been here so long, you probably know it like the back of your hand!" he thought for a minute before taking my hand and setting off almost at a run.
I had no idea where he was taking me, but didn't complain, why would I? He was holding my hand! I hadn't held a guys hand for… but what has that got to do with anything? I wasn't really watching where we were heading, but suddenly I was in a cave. "umm, did I miss something?" I asked looking around, confused. The walls were covered in green slime and a dripping noise could be heard from further back in the cave. I was reminded of the dodongo snot situation, and had to pinch myself to stop myself from grinning like a village idiot. At the same time I was confused, we'd never found this cave when we were exploring… well, no, correction, when I was exploring and Penny was cowering and whimpering behind a cushion because of a strange noise.
"This is my secret cave" The voice pulled me back to reality, and continued " Not even my cousin, he's called Blackwolf by the way, don't know if you've heard of him, but anyway, not even he knows about this." Wandering over to what looked like the only entrance, I noticed some rat bones in a pile. "Well someTHING else knows about it, that's for sure." I didn't wait for a reply as I'd said this to myself, but I got one anyway, as I turned to go and explore further back, and see what that damned incessant dripping was. " That's from my pet snake, Archie. He's wild, but he knows me and I feed him on rats I steal from the mad lakeside professors lab" I chuckled as I peered into a particularly damp crack in the wall, who'd call anyone or anything, even a snake, Archie? Again Matt was talking, although I wasn't really listening. I wanted to explore! Maybe it was dark deep inside the damp cavern, and it would take both our pyro skills to light a sufficient fire! I hadn't lit a fire, or even a match, in ages, I was getting desparate! "Look, I can see you just want to explore, but it'd be dangerous to go down there on your own. Lets go together"
This sounded good, at last he'd clicked that I wanted some action, as opposed to hearing about his pet snake. Instantly I was on my way into the shadows, but in my eagerness I slipped on a spreading pile of slime that had dropped from the ceiling, and landed on my back as well as smashing my head against the uneven walls. " Man. I should learn to be more careful." I felt fine as I said it, but as I tried to heave my self up off the floor to wipe myself down, I couldn't stifle the moan that escaped as my head started to pound mercilessly. " I warned you" Matt sighed. All I could manage was a roll of the eyes, but he came towards me and said " here, I'll carry you out the back, it's not far if we go this way…" and with that I was swept into his arms, gunk and all, and was reminded of last night. Was I gonna make a fool outta myself every time I met this guy? That could get repetitive! Thinking was too much, so I just closed my eyes, relaxed, and tried not to imagine what Matt was thinking. Just as I was getting used to the motion of his walk, he stopped and I could feel myself being lowered to the ground. Suddenly I could feel moonlight on my eyes, but didn't want to open them. As I touched the ground, I felt something on my lips, and my eyes sprung open. Instinctively I moved back, and it took me a few more seconds than normal to realise what had just happened.
I stared at Matt, who was kneeling beside me, looking shocked, and blushing like a tomato. " Oh Shit. I'm sorry… I thought you'd fainted" It was then that it all came back to me why I'd been so looking forward to seeing him tonight, I'd been getting impatient, wanting to explore, but now I was content to stay where I was. I smiled awkwardly and shrugged as I said "That's alright." If possible, Matt looked even more shocked, but now with only a slight pink tinge to his cheeks. "It is?" he asked incredulously. I grinned again, and turned to concentrate on and old campfire place in the middle of this secret place. Looking around I saw some firewood stacked up against a boulder, and set about making a fire. I was careful not to look at Matt, and especially not make eye contact, but I could feel him watching my every move as I found the matches and lit the immaculately laid out fire. Within seconds it was roaring.
Pleased with the result, I turned, and only now did I look Matt in the eye. "Spit it out" I said shortly. Before he had time to protest I continued, "You don't watch someone's every move for five minutes without having something to say!" He looked a bit taken aback by this, but was reassured that I wasn't angry when I laughed. "I can just tell these kinda things." Was my explanation to the question written on his face. "Now I'll just sit down here next to you, and you can say whatever you want." I sat down, and he picked at the yellow grass nervously. "I… well…" I gave him a piercing stare "Oh alright. Look, I like you Katie, and back then when I thought you'd fainted, I couldn't help myself. I would never have done it if I'd known you were awake" I'm a complete sucker for sweet talk, and watching Matt get so embarrassed as he said all this was too much. "Well, if I'm not getting the wrong end of the deku stick, then don't worry, coz I feel the same." He glanced up from the piece of grass he had been so involved with, "don't worry I'm being serious" I assured him. To prove it I leant towards him to give him a peck on the cheek, but he turned at the wrong moment, and it ended up being on the lips.
Before I knew it, we were pulling, and only when we stopped for breath did I remember about Bob. I stood up suddenly, and Matt looked puzzled. "What time is it?" I demanded breathlessly. I'd finally discarded my watch after a few days of keeping it for sentimentality, but I knew Matt had one. "Umm… ten past midnight." In the rush my head had started hurting again, but I wouldn't stay here. "Oh Fuck!" without another word I grabbed Matt's wrist and hauled him towards the entrance back into the cave. "Wait! What's the hurry? Look, wait and TELL ME!" He shouted the last bit, as I was almost pulling his wrist off, while he dug his heels into the ground. I turned around, panting. "Tell you on… way… gotta go to… drawbridge… LATE!" again I turned and tried to drag him back into the cave but he turned me round again and said, "This ways quicker" and pointed to a gap between two huge rocks that it didn't look like a cat could squeeze through.
I was almost hysterical now, I can't stand being late, especially when I'm meeting people. "Look, chill, and follow me." He sounded amazingly calm, but he'd obviously got the point how important it was that we got to the drawbridge, and I didn't have time to hesitate as he disappeared through the gap. I followed, and before I could think about how to get myself through, I was on the other side. I spun round, and saw the gap, but remembered what I had to do and grabbed Matt's hand again as I tried to sprint towards the drawbridge. While we were running, Matt asked whether I could possibly explain something, and I shouted over my shoulder random words that can't have made much sense to him, whenever I could manage. "Poe… Bob… Life… Meet… Midnight… LATE!" In the darkness I couldn't tell whether Bob was patiently waiting for me until we were a few metres away.
I was clutching my head with one hand and cutting the blood supply off to a wrist that wasn't my own in the other. In any situation this is awkward, but in the dark, and in a panic, I was running almost like a crab. Just as I saw that Bob was still waiting on the bridge, looking huffed, I collapsed on the riverbank. This time I'd fainted for real.
I don't know how long I was out for, but I began to hear voices swimming around indistinguishably "Should we wake her up?" "But who ARE you?" "I saved her life, and now I will again because of you!" " Don't be stupid, you're a ghost, what do you…" The voice that must've belonged to Matt stopped short as I groaned, and muttered. "Oh no she's hallucinating!" "Look… Bob… if you can't be any help, just go away." "WELL! I like that! She said she was going to meet me here so I'm jolly well going to stay and talk to her." Before Matt had a chance to retaliate, I groaned again, and tried to mutter a bit more audibly. "Please shut up! I'm real sorry Bob, got caught up, I'll explain as soon as those trees over there stop doing there Irish jig." Both were silent for a few minutes, and then, slowly recovering, I sat up and began to explain the whole story of what had happened yesterday, and how we had got into Hyrule. I kept my eyes shut through most of it as it took so long, but eventually I got to the last part.
"And then Matt asked to meet me at sunset, but I thought I'd be back in time to meet Bob at midnight." Again there was a blissful, but awkward silence. Eventually it was Matt who spoke first. "So, what do we do now? Do you want me to take you back to Kokiri?" I couldn't have Penny seeing me in this state, she'd laugh herself stupid. "No, look I'm fine, I just need a few more minutes, you guys get to know each other or something…"
Bob just couldn't resist this opportunity. Within seconds he was gloating about how he'd sent all the poes back into their damp graves, and how I'd been thanking him on bended knee, and begging to be able to see him again. At this Matt snorted uncontrollably. "It didn't sound like that in HER version of the story!" There was an indignant silence and then an even more indignant reply from Bob. "Well, she's more than a bit delirious at the moment obviously. She probably doesn't remember it very well."
I was feeling better, but was enjoying Bob's eccentric and slightly twisted version of the true story, but I had to do something when they started to bicker like children. "Guys, Guys, GUYS!!" They'd started giving each other serious evils now. "It's late and I should be getting back to the forest, we can meet again tomorrow." I stood up and walked off. Before I got very far I heard running feet and a wind-like swishing behind me. Matt grabbed my arm and stopped me. "Hey! Sorry about that, it was really stupid." I raised my eyebrows at him, but said nothing. Bob was floating next to me as well now, and I looked from one sorry face to another before saying "You can both be by…" I looked around and pointed " …That clump of bushes tomorrow at sunset." And with that I started walking again. I was playing hard-to-get on Matts behalf here. Bob was funny, and a friend I spose, if that's possible with a ghost, but I really liked Matt, he was fit and funny, and really sweet, but he doesn't like to be called it! I wanted to leave him wondering though. I wasn't quite as superficial as Penny, and pull the first guy I liked the look of. I'm more the mysterious type, and not quick to judge.
I could feel Bob and Matt looking at each other, puzzled, but I kept on walking, and quickly left them behind.
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I'll bet Penny didn't fall for the "me feeling sick" excuse, but I couldn't think of anything else. She would've come with me otherwise, what with Link asleep.
I was a bit early so I wandered around a bit on my way to the drawbridge, and tried to act as if I wasn't completely excited about the thought of seeing Matt again. I just hoped penny hadn't noticed my incessant gazing into space and grinning at all.
The drawbridge came into sight in the distance and I squinted to see if Matt was there. I could make out a shape leaning on the chains, and hoped it was him. Taking a deep breath I sauntered over. He had his back to me, so I coughed gently, and before I knew it, he had spun round, as if he had been waiting on edge for such a sign.
He darted a quick glance back into the town and then said "quick, we'll have to go somewhere my cousin won't find me, coz I'm meant to be doing various boring chores for him!" I was a bit surprised, but agreed with a nod and asked "where do you wanna go? I wouldn't mind doing some exploring, but you've been here so long, you probably know it like the back of your hand!" he thought for a minute before taking my hand and setting off almost at a run.
I had no idea where he was taking me, but didn't complain, why would I? He was holding my hand! I hadn't held a guys hand for… but what has that got to do with anything? I wasn't really watching where we were heading, but suddenly I was in a cave. "umm, did I miss something?" I asked looking around, confused. The walls were covered in green slime and a dripping noise could be heard from further back in the cave. I was reminded of the dodongo snot situation, and had to pinch myself to stop myself from grinning like a village idiot. At the same time I was confused, we'd never found this cave when we were exploring… well, no, correction, when I was exploring and Penny was cowering and whimpering behind a cushion because of a strange noise.
"This is my secret cave" The voice pulled me back to reality, and continued " Not even my cousin, he's called Blackwolf by the way, don't know if you've heard of him, but anyway, not even he knows about this." Wandering over to what looked like the only entrance, I noticed some rat bones in a pile. "Well someTHING else knows about it, that's for sure." I didn't wait for a reply as I'd said this to myself, but I got one anyway, as I turned to go and explore further back, and see what that damned incessant dripping was. " That's from my pet snake, Archie. He's wild, but he knows me and I feed him on rats I steal from the mad lakeside professors lab" I chuckled as I peered into a particularly damp crack in the wall, who'd call anyone or anything, even a snake, Archie? Again Matt was talking, although I wasn't really listening. I wanted to explore! Maybe it was dark deep inside the damp cavern, and it would take both our pyro skills to light a sufficient fire! I hadn't lit a fire, or even a match, in ages, I was getting desparate! "Look, I can see you just want to explore, but it'd be dangerous to go down there on your own. Lets go together"
This sounded good, at last he'd clicked that I wanted some action, as opposed to hearing about his pet snake. Instantly I was on my way into the shadows, but in my eagerness I slipped on a spreading pile of slime that had dropped from the ceiling, and landed on my back as well as smashing my head against the uneven walls. " Man. I should learn to be more careful." I felt fine as I said it, but as I tried to heave my self up off the floor to wipe myself down, I couldn't stifle the moan that escaped as my head started to pound mercilessly. " I warned you" Matt sighed. All I could manage was a roll of the eyes, but he came towards me and said " here, I'll carry you out the back, it's not far if we go this way…" and with that I was swept into his arms, gunk and all, and was reminded of last night. Was I gonna make a fool outta myself every time I met this guy? That could get repetitive! Thinking was too much, so I just closed my eyes, relaxed, and tried not to imagine what Matt was thinking. Just as I was getting used to the motion of his walk, he stopped and I could feel myself being lowered to the ground. Suddenly I could feel moonlight on my eyes, but didn't want to open them. As I touched the ground, I felt something on my lips, and my eyes sprung open. Instinctively I moved back, and it took me a few more seconds than normal to realise what had just happened.
I stared at Matt, who was kneeling beside me, looking shocked, and blushing like a tomato. " Oh Shit. I'm sorry… I thought you'd fainted" It was then that it all came back to me why I'd been so looking forward to seeing him tonight, I'd been getting impatient, wanting to explore, but now I was content to stay where I was. I smiled awkwardly and shrugged as I said "That's alright." If possible, Matt looked even more shocked, but now with only a slight pink tinge to his cheeks. "It is?" he asked incredulously. I grinned again, and turned to concentrate on and old campfire place in the middle of this secret place. Looking around I saw some firewood stacked up against a boulder, and set about making a fire. I was careful not to look at Matt, and especially not make eye contact, but I could feel him watching my every move as I found the matches and lit the immaculately laid out fire. Within seconds it was roaring.
Pleased with the result, I turned, and only now did I look Matt in the eye. "Spit it out" I said shortly. Before he had time to protest I continued, "You don't watch someone's every move for five minutes without having something to say!" He looked a bit taken aback by this, but was reassured that I wasn't angry when I laughed. "I can just tell these kinda things." Was my explanation to the question written on his face. "Now I'll just sit down here next to you, and you can say whatever you want." I sat down, and he picked at the yellow grass nervously. "I… well…" I gave him a piercing stare "Oh alright. Look, I like you Katie, and back then when I thought you'd fainted, I couldn't help myself. I would never have done it if I'd known you were awake" I'm a complete sucker for sweet talk, and watching Matt get so embarrassed as he said all this was too much. "Well, if I'm not getting the wrong end of the deku stick, then don't worry, coz I feel the same." He glanced up from the piece of grass he had been so involved with, "don't worry I'm being serious" I assured him. To prove it I leant towards him to give him a peck on the cheek, but he turned at the wrong moment, and it ended up being on the lips.
Before I knew it, we were pulling, and only when we stopped for breath did I remember about Bob. I stood up suddenly, and Matt looked puzzled. "What time is it?" I demanded breathlessly. I'd finally discarded my watch after a few days of keeping it for sentimentality, but I knew Matt had one. "Umm… ten past midnight." In the rush my head had started hurting again, but I wouldn't stay here. "Oh Fuck!" without another word I grabbed Matt's wrist and hauled him towards the entrance back into the cave. "Wait! What's the hurry? Look, wait and TELL ME!" He shouted the last bit, as I was almost pulling his wrist off, while he dug his heels into the ground. I turned around, panting. "Tell you on… way… gotta go to… drawbridge… LATE!" again I turned and tried to drag him back into the cave but he turned me round again and said, "This ways quicker" and pointed to a gap between two huge rocks that it didn't look like a cat could squeeze through.
I was almost hysterical now, I can't stand being late, especially when I'm meeting people. "Look, chill, and follow me." He sounded amazingly calm, but he'd obviously got the point how important it was that we got to the drawbridge, and I didn't have time to hesitate as he disappeared through the gap. I followed, and before I could think about how to get myself through, I was on the other side. I spun round, and saw the gap, but remembered what I had to do and grabbed Matt's hand again as I tried to sprint towards the drawbridge. While we were running, Matt asked whether I could possibly explain something, and I shouted over my shoulder random words that can't have made much sense to him, whenever I could manage. "Poe… Bob… Life… Meet… Midnight… LATE!" In the darkness I couldn't tell whether Bob was patiently waiting for me until we were a few metres away.
I was clutching my head with one hand and cutting the blood supply off to a wrist that wasn't my own in the other. In any situation this is awkward, but in the dark, and in a panic, I was running almost like a crab. Just as I saw that Bob was still waiting on the bridge, looking huffed, I collapsed on the riverbank. This time I'd fainted for real.
I don't know how long I was out for, but I began to hear voices swimming around indistinguishably "Should we wake her up?" "But who ARE you?" "I saved her life, and now I will again because of you!" " Don't be stupid, you're a ghost, what do you…" The voice that must've belonged to Matt stopped short as I groaned, and muttered. "Oh no she's hallucinating!" "Look… Bob… if you can't be any help, just go away." "WELL! I like that! She said she was going to meet me here so I'm jolly well going to stay and talk to her." Before Matt had a chance to retaliate, I groaned again, and tried to mutter a bit more audibly. "Please shut up! I'm real sorry Bob, got caught up, I'll explain as soon as those trees over there stop doing there Irish jig." Both were silent for a few minutes, and then, slowly recovering, I sat up and began to explain the whole story of what had happened yesterday, and how we had got into Hyrule. I kept my eyes shut through most of it as it took so long, but eventually I got to the last part.
"And then Matt asked to meet me at sunset, but I thought I'd be back in time to meet Bob at midnight." Again there was a blissful, but awkward silence. Eventually it was Matt who spoke first. "So, what do we do now? Do you want me to take you back to Kokiri?" I couldn't have Penny seeing me in this state, she'd laugh herself stupid. "No, look I'm fine, I just need a few more minutes, you guys get to know each other or something…"
Bob just couldn't resist this opportunity. Within seconds he was gloating about how he'd sent all the poes back into their damp graves, and how I'd been thanking him on bended knee, and begging to be able to see him again. At this Matt snorted uncontrollably. "It didn't sound like that in HER version of the story!" There was an indignant silence and then an even more indignant reply from Bob. "Well, she's more than a bit delirious at the moment obviously. She probably doesn't remember it very well."
I was feeling better, but was enjoying Bob's eccentric and slightly twisted version of the true story, but I had to do something when they started to bicker like children. "Guys, Guys, GUYS!!" They'd started giving each other serious evils now. "It's late and I should be getting back to the forest, we can meet again tomorrow." I stood up and walked off. Before I got very far I heard running feet and a wind-like swishing behind me. Matt grabbed my arm and stopped me. "Hey! Sorry about that, it was really stupid." I raised my eyebrows at him, but said nothing. Bob was floating next to me as well now, and I looked from one sorry face to another before saying "You can both be by…" I looked around and pointed " …That clump of bushes tomorrow at sunset." And with that I started walking again. I was playing hard-to-get on Matts behalf here. Bob was funny, and a friend I spose, if that's possible with a ghost, but I really liked Matt, he was fit and funny, and really sweet, but he doesn't like to be called it! I wanted to leave him wondering though. I wasn't quite as superficial as Penny, and pull the first guy I liked the look of. I'm more the mysterious type, and not quick to judge.
I could feel Bob and Matt looking at each other, puzzled, but I kept on walking, and quickly left them behind.
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There ya go, now REVIEW IT!!!! The more reviews I get the quicker I am to put up the next chapter! (ooh, I like a bit of blackmail!)…