Chapter 2- if Pinocchio can't love her, then who?
Night had fallen at their resting place. Probably a few hours after the dance party they had. Pinocchio surprisingly lie wide awake annoyed listening to rabbit's loud obnoxious snoring. He got up and went outside to see others sleeping under the stars. Among one of them was lee. He smiled to himself to see the happy little elf turn over and yawn. He quietly walked over and knelt down to her. He gently caressed her face without waking her and then lightly kissed her forehead. She made him happy so much; he couldn't leave her side at all.
And yet, he felt discouraged all because he was made of wood. He kept thinking that she didn't like him at all and he always thought of himself as a type of monster all because he was a walking and talking puppet. Point was, he loved her. He loved her ever since they met back on the swamp. But she probably doesn't like him at all.
He went for a small walk to a medium sized pond with willow trees all around it. He sat at the ponds edge and looked down into the water to see his reflection. Lee saw Pinocchio leave and she followed him but stayed out of view. He then took a small rock and dropped it in. the water rippled only making his reflection worse. It was then back to his normal reflection. He got a bit teary eyed, wishing he was a real boy. Quietly, he started to sing.
"And in my twisted face, there's not the slightest trace of anything that even intact kindness"
He looked all over his arms and body to see nothing but wood making him a puppet. He sang again
"And from my tortured shape. No comfort. No escape. I see. But deep within is utter blindness"
He then slowly was choking up and sang as lee quietly snuck up behind a tree to listen.
"Hopeless, as my dream dies, as the time flies. Love. A lost illusion. Helpless. Unforgiving. Cold and driven. To this sad conclusion"
Lee listened as she leaned up against the tree and sat down in the grass. She peeked to see him crying and raised an eyebrow. He started singing again.
"No beauty could move me, no goodness improve me. No power on earth if I can't love her. No passion could reach me. No lesson could teach me. How I could've loved her and make her love me too. If I can't love her, then who"?
Lee got more curious as Pinocchio started to shake a bit nervously. He sang again.
"Long ago I should have seen all the things I could have been. Careless and unthinking I moved onward"
Pinocchio then cried hysterically into the sky, "WHY WAS I BORN A PUPPET. I MUST BE SUCH AND IDIOT TO LEE RIGHT NOW ALL BECAUSE IM SOME SORT OF MONSTER. I LOVE HER, AND I KNOW SHE DOESN'T LOVE ME! WHY CAN'T I BE BORN A REAL BOY!"
Lee gasped and breathed as she bolted her head back to Pinocchio. He actually loved her! He then stood and sang,
"No pain could be deeper, no life could be cheaper, no point anymore If I cant love her"
Lee's heart sped up knowing he loved her and yet she cried silently cause she felt so bad for him.
Crying, Pinocchio sang with tears down his face
"No spirit could win me. No hope left within me. Oh I could have loved her and that she'd set me free. But it's not to be if I can't love her."
Lee ran back to the camp in tears knowing he was feeling this way. Just as she was far away she heard him yelling and singing to the sky
"LET THE WORLD BE DONE WITH ME!"
Lee fell asleep knowing Pinocchio felt this way. "he loves me!" she thought as tears went down her face. Pinocchio fell to his knees and cried as he whispered into the night "I love you lee"
