Harmony's POV
Well ever since that day, I've been going to the park every single day and strangely, Robbie would always be there. I admit I enjoyed his company; he's a good laugh and fun to be around with. It's as if there's this feeling of happiness whenever I see him.
"I assume I'm just that awesome since you crave my company so much that you come here almost every day." He said and slapped him in the arm and rolled my eyes.
"Well I think you crave my company so much that you're always here whenever I come." I said and Robbie could only smile.
"Nice comeback, Harmony. I'm almost proud of you." He said and I couldn't help but laugh. We were sitting on a branch of the same apple tree I sat on weeks before I met him. Somehow, the branch is able to support our weight and didn't even creak; the branch would always creak when I sit.
Robbie plucked an apple from the tree and took a relishing bite. I stared at him, taking a good look at him as he chewed the apple in delight. I don't know why but I feel some sort of energy around him, like a happy and joyous feeling around him. Being around him always made me happy for some reason, and I only knew the guy for about three weeks now.
He noticed me staring and shoved the apple just inches before my face that I have to be cross-eyed to just keep an eye on it. "Want a bite?" he asked. I shook my head and looked down, blushing furiously.
"Well since we'll be here all day," Robbie began, "Why not we get acquainted with each other, eh? I mean, I only know your name is Harmony Johnson and nothing more after three weeks. I feel that I'm doing most of the talking now."
"You'd be surprised." I said, arching an eyebrow. It was true though, I was careful on not letting him onto my information. I mean, he could be a stalker or something and he wasn't so open with me either. I only know his name and what his interests are. Okay, let's start with that.
"My name is Harmony Johnson. I am sixteen and I am an aspiring pianist. I like reading Shakespeare as you might have known and I love music, that's why I want to be a pianist but I think that's quite obvious." I said. His eyes never left me as I was talking and didn't either when I finished.
He blinked a few times, as if waking up from a daze but the look was gone and replaced by his usual cheeky grin. "Well your turn to introduce yourself. You weren't exactly open with your information either."
"Nah… I'll keep you in suspense. You're better off not knowing."
"What?!" I nearly shrieked, aghast, "what's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that I'll keep you on the 'need to know' basis. Trust me, I mean it when I say you're better off not knowing." He said, looking at me straight in the eye. Sighing in resignation, I stared at the setting sun, not knowing what to do next.
"How about this? I tell you a story instead, would that be considered a fair trade?" he asked. I turned to face him and pouted but just shrugged in reply.
"Well there was this girl; she was half-human and half-faery. She's actually the daughter of Lord Oberon which makes her a princess. Lord Oberon sent the summer prankster, Robin Goodfellow, remember him? Well yeah, he sent Robin or Puck to protect his daughter and keep her blind of the other world-"
I interrupted him mid-way and said, "Other world? What other world?" The story I admit was getting interesting.
"There's this other world called the Nevernever. The Nevernever has four main regions; the summer or Seelie court or better known as Arcadia, the winter or Unseelie court or better known as Tir Na Nog, the newly-developed Iron Realm and the Wyldwood." He said patiently.
"So that was his job for sixteen years until the girl's brother got kidnapped and Puck had to reveal himself to her and bring her to Nevernever to save her brother. Well that whole quest leading her to the Iron Realm to fight the king to retrieve her brother was a success and many adventures sprouted after that. Puck… well… he fell in love with this girl but the girl was in love with someone else; his arch-enemy, the ice-prince of the winter court and summer and winter can never fall in love."
I nodded and thought to myself, "This sounds a hell lot like Twilight now. The drama, the love-triangle, the forbidden love. But at least, it sounds like a nicer rendition of it."
"Puck withdrew from this whole drama and settled for best friend instead, knowing that… she can never be happy without her prince." He finished as his eyes gazed at the horizon.
"You know… I'm actually not a big fan of where the nice guy gets his heart broken," I began and Robbie turned to face me.
"I mean," I continued, "I never get stories like those but I feel like Puck did the right thing."
"I don't know Harmony," he suddenly said, "I feel that sometimes Puck regretted his decision. I think that he feels that he bided his time for too long and let that opportunity slip."
"Maybe, I guess it's not wrong to be selfish sometimes when it comes to the person you love but it just shows that you love the person so much you're willing to let go. Have you heard the story about Solomon and the two women fighting over a baby? I think Puck was being the real mother of that baby because he did not want to cut the person he loved so much to half. You know what I mean?"
"Hmmm…" he simply said.
"But ah well… I think you should be heading home. I can carry you home, bridal style if you want." I rolled my eyes and hopped of the branch and he did the same.
"I don't think my parents would approve of that so no thanks, I have two able feet that's able to carry me home thanks." I said sarcastically.
I waved goodbye to him and headed back home. Well that was when it all happened. I felt something hard kick my abdomen and I passed out cold. The last thing I heard was Robbie screaming my name.