Chapter 2: Music and Dance

A/N: This is gonna be a long chapter with no action, just the improvement of Arthur's and Amelia's relationship. So if that's not what you are into then skip this chapter. Cheesy and mushy alert!

Arthur's POV

Amelia lead me back to her place and I gotta say, she has a really nice house for a full time heroine. It's a beautiful small yellow bungalow with flower beds all around it on the outskirts of town. Of course she had to take off her cape, hood and mask, revealing her face before approaching the neighborhood. She looks a lot younger than I expected, probably 22 to 24. She has light blue eyes and a beautiful face.
Though amused by her beauty, I didn't say a word about so she wouldn't feel weird towards me.
-Come on in!
She said as she opened the front door for me to step inside. It was a cozy little home. Even that I don't know half of the things inside, I can still figure out she lives a really simple life, which makes me admire her even more. She takes me on a quick tour around the place and then shows me the guest room. It has a weird looking queen sized bed, some sort of small table with a strange object that I don't know what for on it. The wardrobe was the most similar thing to the furniture that I got in my room.
-Make yourself home! Call me if you need anything!
She gets out the room, leaving me alone. I open the the strangely designed window. A gust of wind flowed in, freshening the air inside the room. I can hear birds chirping, can smell the sweet scent of daisies and daffodils, can see dandelions flying through the air. I can't believe Amy lives in such a peaceful and beautiful place while she's a zombie fighting heroine, guess there's a lot more things I don't know about her.
I lay down on the bed. It was much more comfortable than I expected, probably because I didn't 'sleep' to well last night (or probably 250 years ago). Or because time traveling can really drain your energy, who knows. I close my eyes and enter a much needed sleep.

Amelia's POV

After an hour of doing paperwork without hearing anything from Arthur's room, I decided to go check on him. When I stepped in, I see him lying on the bed sleeping. His face looks really peaceful when he's asleep. I pulled the blanket up to cover his body. Ahh... isn't he just dreamy? ... Snap out of it! I'm not supposed to think of him that way! He's a king from more than 200 years ago, I can't think about him that way! Besides, we've only met for half a day! God, I don't even know what kind of mess that I'm gonna get myself into.
For some reasons, I decided to watch him sleep. Probably because of my feelings for him, which is really weird or because I just hate doing paperworks and I have nothing else better to do.
After thirty minutes, Arthur woke up. He yawned and scratched his bulb.
-Wakey wakey!
He almost shot himself out of the bed.
-How long have you been watching me sleep?
I shrugged.
-A while, about half an hour.
-Half an hour... why?
I shrugged again.
-I don't have anything better to do I guess.
He gave me confused look and got out of bed.
-Well, I'm gonna go take care of the garden now. Feel free to join me.
With that said, I traveled downstairs and outside to the garden. As I did the gardening work I sang songs like 'My heart will go on', 'When you believe', 'I will always love you' and even 'Proud of you'. I always like to sing when I do a tiring work (except for fighting zombies), it makes me forget about the tiredness of the job and it helps clear my mind. Though I sing a lot, I've never considered myself as a good singer. I'm an okay singer, not a good one.
As I was out of water in the watering can and heading back inside for some more, I saw Arthur sitting at the steps to the front door.

Arthur's POV

What was that about? Why did she watch me sleep? What's interesting about me sleeping? Questions started to fill up my mind. I headed downstairs. A walk would definitely make my head cleared from all these questions.

As I stepped out the door, I heard a strange but beautiful melody. Someone was singing. I headed towards the source of the melody. Who I saw singing definitely surprised me. Amy was singing a beautiful song.
"Love in your eyes
Sitting silent by my side
Going on, holding hands
Walking through the nights
Lift me up, hold me tight
Lift me up to touch the sky
Teaching me to love with hearts
Helping open my mind
I can fly! I'm proud that I can fly!
Show you the best of mine
Till the end of the time
Believe me I can fly
I'm singing in the sky
Show you the best of mine
The heaven in the sky..."
Without knowing, I found myself sitting on the steps to the front door, listening to her singing. Such a sweet melody and a beautiful voice, two things I definitely didn't expect from a tough superhero plant like her. Before I know it, I was lost in her voice. The questions from earlier now being replaced by the singing.
Then, she stopped watering the flowers and headed inside. Of course she saw me on the way, what was I thinking? I don't even know. I couldn't think straight, I didn't know what to say to her.
Thank goodness she only giggled and silently headed inside to fill up the watering can. Without thinking, I followed her in. Seeing this, she giggled even more.
-You like my singing?
I just silently nodded.
-Well I sang fir you, now do something in return.
-Like what?
She thought for a second or two.
-Can you play the piano?
-You have a piano?
-Yeah, a small one.
-Where is it?
She pointed her pod towards the corner of the 'living room', where a small little wooden piano is placed. I stepped towards it and gave it a quick check. This thing is pretty old, probably twenty years old or more, but it's still a reliable instrument. I sat down on the stool in front of the old piano and started playing my favorite piece of music, one that I've been playing for years. The melody of 'Nocturne' by Chopin filled the room. Though I haven't had the chance to play the piano for so long, my skills are definitely not rusty. My soul and passion was placed into the music, every single notes sounded pure and delicate. I finished playing and turned to look at Amy. She gave me an amused look.
-Impressive. Can you play another song?
-Of course!

Amelia's POV

Fur Elise, March Turkish, even much more recent songs like Big Big World or Canon In D, Arthur could play it all. As he finished Canon In D, I gave him a huge applause, which he returned by bowing like what a musician would do to his audience.
-Arthur, you must be some sort of
musical genius! You can even play Canon In D when you first see it. That's no easy feat you know!
-Thank you, I'm really flattered!
God, I cannot believe a king would actually be this humble when someone compliment him. Arthur's surely no ordinary king.
-So, what do want for dinner?
He shrugged.
-Anything you offer.
Wow... now that shocked me... a lot! Seriously, how humble is he?
-Well I'll try my best!
Just as was about to step into the kitchen to prepare dinner, I got a phone call from Alice, aka Solar Flare.
-Hey Alice, what's up?
She sounded excited.
-Party. Headquarter. 7 p.m. And don't have dinner, there'll be pizzas and spaghetti there. Clear?
-Uh... sure... I guess.
-Oh come on girl, stop sounding so shy and moody, loosen up a bit, you'll feel a lot better.
-'Kay, but can bring a guest with me?
-A guest eh? It's a cute guy isn't it?
My face turned red like a ripe tomato.
-No it's not!
-Well, you can totally bring him over, I'll judge him for you.
-Alice!
-Bye!
Darn it! She hung up! I swear to god, if she makes fun of my relationship life ever again, our friendship is over!
Letting out an enormous sigh, I called out to Arthur.
-We're eating out tonight mate!
Oh goodness, since when did his British impression come inside my head?

When I heard party, I never thought of a big scale disco party with a DJ and a ton of plants. And boy, I regret going here in the first place.
-Hey hey Amy!
Alice came up to me from the crowd.
-Had L.E.A.F approved this?
She sighed.
-Come on girl! Stop being such a party pooper! So, where's your guest?
I pointed at Arthur, who was right next to me.
-Alice, meet Arthur Pendragon.
Of course Arthur bowed down to say hello to her. Why does a king bow down this much?
Alice gave him a good scan and then whispered into my ears.
-He's a gentleman and he's cute! You are on a win win Amy!
-Alice!
She laughed.
-Come on, go join us at the heroes' tables.
We followed her to the table. Every heroes of L.E.A.F was there.
-Uhh oh... looks like someone brought her boyfriend!
I blushed madly.
-Come on Martin (aka Citron)! Can just bring a new friend to a party without him being called my boyfriend?
-Sorry, you two looked quite cute together so I thought you two were dating.
I blushed even more. My face is now dark green.
-What's 'dating'?
Arthur whispered innocently into my ears.
-Believe me, you wouldn't want to know.
Me and Arthur sat down next to Tracie, the only one in the table who took me and Arthur seriously.
They started playing EDM songs which really isn't the type of music I listen to. I prefer Classical Pop and Country. Surprisingly, Arthur seemed like he enjoyed some songs which were less heavy like 'Firestone' or 'Beautiful Now'. It was good to see him enjoying himself and learning new cultures. Then the DJ played a really popular song that even a plant who doesn't listen to this genre like me know it.
-Oh, this is my jam!
Martin shouted when the DJ started playing the beats of 'Faded'.
Everyone started dancing or singing along except for me and Arthur.
Eventually, Arthur sang along too. The song's lyrics were deep (unlike shallow lyrics about drugs and sex which is common nowadays) and the beats were nice and mellow (at least for EDM's standards).
Towards the end of the party, the DJ started playing slower and lighter songs.
Unexpectedly, in the end the DJ made a quite shocking announcement.
-Ladies and gentle-plants, please find your partner for this final song of the night. Let love fills the air with this final song, A Lover's Concerto!
Wow... I did not expect a classical song to be played at this party. From somewhere behind by someone (who I bet was definitely Alice), I was pushed and stumbled into Arthur's arms.
-Ohh... sorry...
I awkwardly apologized to him as I quickly pulled away from his arms.
-Oh, it's alright.
Then, he did an absolutely unexpected gesture. He knelt down in front of me.
-Can I have this dance?
My eyes widened. Oh no... how am I gonna get out of this without getting into any awkwardness. Part if me wanted to said no but I couldn't just deny him.
-Sure.
He took my hand and pulled onto the dance floor. He moved gracefully alongside the music,
me through every single movements of the dance. He was a musical genius and a dancing master, can he get any better? As the song finished, he spun me around three times before for swiftly pulled me into his embrace.
We pulled away and looked around to realize that we were the only pair who was dancing, everyone else was watching. A second after that, the whole room bursted in handclaps and whistles. Arthur bowed to the crowd and decided to
follow him and bowed as well.
The party was soon over after that. On the way home, while Arthur was busy gazing upon the stars, I kept silent because I didn't want to make our relationship more awkward.
-Hey, you were amazing back there.
Why did I say that? I thought I wanted stay silent?
-Thanks, twelve years of practicing paid off after all.
Now I kept silent. Talking anymore to him like that would just make me feel more uncomfortable around him. But without him noticing, I walked closer to him, closing the distance between us.

I know I'm probably rushing their relationship to fast but trust me, this is not going to be a lame and boring relationship.
Also: -In reality: Nocturne, Fur Elise, March Turkish were composed in the nineteenth century, not the eighteenth so Arthur would not have heard of them.
Anyways, asiandude's out. PEACE!