Chapter 3: The Start of Something Called Love?

Back in the lounge (or whatever it's called)...

The scream echoed throughout the pillar box.

"What on earth is going on now!" DM said, running up the stairs.

When he made it to the top the scream was getting louder and louder, making his ears hurt.

"AAAAHHHHH! I'M A MOUSE!" I screamed as he got to the door.

"Madam are you alright?!" DM asked concerned.

"NO OF CORSE I'M NOT! LOOK AT ME, I'M A MOUSE!"

"Right madam I'm coming in!".

Opening the door, he saw me screaming at myself in the mirror. Confused as to why I would be doing this, he stepped forward and asked: "Madam what are you screaming for?".

I stopped screaming and turned around. I wish I hadn't because when I saw him standing there I screamed again.

"AAAHHHHHH!" I screamed.

"AAAHHHHHHH!" he screamed back. And then someone else entered the room.

"Chief what's with all this screaming?"

"AAAAHHHHHHHH!" I screamed again.

"AAAHHHHHHHH!" the other guy screamed.

"AAAHHH..."

"Alright, alright that's enough now! Tell me why you were screaming? Your not even in any danger" DM said

"Look at me! I'm a mouse! That's why I was screaming!" I yelled.

Both Danger Mouse and the other guy gave me a weird look. What did they think I was crazy or something? Then it hit me...no one knows about me being a human from another world and maybe I should keep it that way. I'm just going to have to live with being a mouse for a while.

"Um Miss..."

I had to think of another name and fast. Wait...that's perfect.

"Lily. Lily Mouse" I said.

"Ah right, Miss Lily. Did you by any chance hit your head on something before we found you?" DM asked.

"No I did not and I'm sorry. I guess it must of been all the shock from today...oh and thank you for saving me by the way". I smiled at him, making him blush.

"Yes maybe that was it and you're most welcome Miss Lily".

Looking at him with the blush clearly present on his face, I couldn't help but think how adorable he is. If I didn't know any better I'd say he likes me..., but I do know better and I know he's just embarrassed.

"You know, your adorable when your embarrassed". I can't believe I just said that.

His blush grew more when he heard this. Was he really embarrassed or was it something else? I guess it was too early to say. He looked at me and smiled.

"Thank you Miss Lily and you are very beautiful" he said.

My smile faded. I hate it when people or in this case animals say that to me. I know they're just being nice, but I know it's not true. He must of noticed something was wrong when I stopped smiling.

"Miss Lily did I say something wrong?"

I looked him right in the eye and said: "I know your just trying to be nice, but please don't lie to me. I know I'm not beautiful".

"I'm not lying. I really..." I cut him off before he could finish.

"Don't. Just forget about it, ok"

With that said, we all headed downstairs to go over what happened earlier. They both introduced themselves on the way. Of course I already knew about Danger Mouse, who told me to call him DM for short and now I know Penfold, who is a complete scardy cat, but is a very loyal friend. There are also a few others, but I'm sure I'll meet them later.

"So Miss Lily..."

" Enough of the Miss please. Just call me Dani...um I mean Lily"

"Right. So Miss, oh sorry I mean Lily, why was Baron Greenback after you?" DM asked.

There was no way I could tell him the truth so It's going to have to be another lie.

"I don't know" I said.

"What do you mean you don't know? There must be a reason" said Penfold, confused.

"Well you see I woke up in the middle of the road this morning so..."

"WHAT?!" they both yelled. "YOU WOKE UP IN THE ROAD?!"

"Please don't shout, I'm not deaf"

"Sorry about that, but what were you doing sleeping in the road?" DM asked.

Another lie coming right up. I should get a medal for this.

"Well I was going to Australia for a holiday and someone told me to get on the train that had just pulled in. I did as they said, but it was the wrong one"

"Cor this sounds like it's gonna be a great story"

"Penfold shush! Sorry Lily, please continue"

"Right, so I got off the train and found out that it had brought me to London. I tried to catch another one, but it was late and I had to wait till morning for the next one. To be honest I've never been here before so I got lost finding a place to stay and accidently fell and hit my head. I happened to be in the road when I fell so that's how I woke up there". I really hope they believed me.

Little did I know that only Penfold was actually listing to me. DM had gone into his own world and was staring at me like a lovesick puppy. While I was feeding them my lies, he was thinking of ways to get me to like him.

"She looks so beautiful. I don't know why she doesn't see it, it's a shame really. I bet I could get her to smile though and I wonder if we could..." he thought, but was cut off by me.

"Are you alright?" I asked.

"Hm what?" he said, snapping out of it.

"She asked if you were alright chief, I mean you do seem a bit distracted"

"Oh I'm sorry what were you saying?".

I can't believe him. Did he not listen to a word I just said? What was the point in me even talking?! I don't think we're going to get along very well.

"Um, earth to Danger Mouse! I was just telling the both of you how I got here, weren't you listening?!" I said, getting annoyed.

"Well I..."

Just then a hologram of someone appeared out of nowhere.

"Cornel K to Danger Mouse, come in DM"

"Waahh! Where did he come from!" I shouted.

"What's going on in there? Who on earth is this DM?" Cornel K questioned.

"Hello Cornel, this is the young lady we saved from the Baron today. Her name is Miss Lily" DM answered.

"You know, calling me young lady makes you sound old and you don't look that much older than me, plus what have I told you about calling me Miss? It's just Lily".

The room filled with arguments, till finally Cornel K tried to calm us down.

"That's enough! There's no need for this silly arguing and anyway you three had better get on the same page as the Baron is planning another attack"

"He said three which means he knows I exist!" Penfold cried happily.

"It's not Penfold I have a problem with, it's you! What is the point in me saying anything if your just going to block it out!" I yelled.

"Look, I said I was sorry..." I cut him of again. I seem to do that a lot.

"Yeah well it didn't sound like you meant it!"

"ENOUGH!"

The room went silent after Cornel K's outburst. He straightened himself up and continued what he was saying.

"You two don't have time for this, especially you young lady"

"Why? What does he want with me?" I asked.

"Greenback is on to you missy, he and some other Baron are coming up with a plan to catch you so they can use you for a much bigger plan they have"

Amazing, after trying to cover it up so much how did they know I'm the human their looking for? I'm going to need to be careful over the next few days.

"I'd advise that you stay with DM until we can get you home. Any objections?" the Cornel said.

"Yes"

"No" both DM and Penfold said.

"Good two against one means it's settled then. See you soon DM and take the day off tomorrow, I'll get another agent to cover for you"

"Thank you Cornel, see you soon"

Doesn't anyone listen to me? Even if this is the safest place to be right now I doubt me and DM will ever get on. Hopefully, It won't take me too long to get back home.

"Right then, what should we all do?" DM asked.

"I don't know about you, but I'm going to bed. This day has been way to long for me. Goodnight"

"Goodnight beautiful"

I turned around and glared at him. He is going to get it when I wake up. Even though I hated being called beautiful by anyone, I couldn't help but faintly blush. I turned away before he could see it and marched upstairs to sleep. But of course unknown to me, he had seen it.

"I think I might head to bed too chief, goodnight"

"Goodnight Penfold"

After the both of us left the room, DM fell back onto the sofa and sighed happily. He smiled to himself, thinking of all the possible things me and him could do tomorrow. Even if it killed him, he was determined to get me to like him. After all I blushed and he saw it, so he must be doing something right.

"When tomorrow comes, one way or another I will make you smile" he said to himself.

And this is the start of his quest for my heart.