I'm already getting writer's block. Anyway, I'm continuing.

Chapter III

Last night was the night when Tara was in my room, for the first time. Last night was the night I first had a nightmare in thirty years. The morning's sun shined through my shades and windows, and going into my half open eyes. I let out a frustrated groan. Tara was still asleep because I can hear her silently but graceful breathes. Mornings aren't usually the day that start my day. My body rolled of the bed, and I landed on the floor. I let out another groan. Tara presumably woke up because I heard her ask me,

"What happened?"

"Oh nothing," I replied. "I just fell off, that's all."

She then folded her arms. "It doesn't look like it. It looks like you faked it."

"I did not!" I protested. "Anyway, let's go downstairs. The others might be waiting for us."

Immediately Tara jumps onto my shoulder. I assumed she wanted to go and I agreed by walking downstairs. Because Turbo owns a mansion, he has a lot of staircases, but this staircase was extremely long. I almost felt like rolling down the stairs, but like Taffyta would say "that's rude to do that." So I just dealt with it and walked down the stairs. Cheesus I felt like dying on the staircase. My legs felt so tired, but I just kept walking. Finally I reach the bottom of the stairs and Tara was laughing at me.

"Stop it!" I complained.

"You better watch out where you walk out in a place called 'stairs'!" She laughed.

"That doesn't even make sense!" I protested.

"I know right?!" She told me.

The kitchen was a few places down from here, so I shut up and walked over to the kitchen. Surprisingly, Ted was the only one in the kitchen, and he was washing the dishes. But that didn't stop me from asking what was the matter.

"Um, Ted? Where's Turbo and Taffyta?"

"Oh," Ted replied. "They went outside."

"Of course. They want to spend time 'alone', if you know what I mean."

Ted then walked over to me. "Shut up! Not in front of the kid! You know you were raised better than that!" What I only did was laugh and Ted soon laughed along. Obviously Tara was confused at our actions because we were acting, well, strange.

"What our you talking about?" She asked us.

"Oh, nothing," I stuttered.

"M'kay." She said, assuming it was nothing.

She jumped off my shoulder and ran off. But around the time she disappeared, Turbo and Taffyta returned back inside from the back door. Ted went back to washing the dishes, and I dried them. I can hear Turbo tisk.

"Say, where's Tara?" Taffyta asked, breaking the silence.

"Well, she ran off." I replied. "I don't know where."

"Well, hope she doesn't do anything stupid." Turbo commented.

Hours have went by, and there is no sign of Tara. Turbo started to freak out, and to be honest, so did I. Mainly because I care for her safety, and I think I am one of her guardians. But I assured Turbo that she would be okay, and that she always does this to scare us. Believe it or not, he thought it was true, namely because she was only a little child, and little children can get away from literally everyone. But, a voice suddenly speaks.

"Hello?"

The voice sounded similar to Tara's, but just a little deeper than it was. Footsteps are suddenly being heard and are coming closer. Suddenly, a tall figure was in the kitchen, and she looked like Tara. Could it be...? But, she looked so beautiful. Those curves... and that... Oh my gosh, I just had a nosebleed. The blood was going all over the floor, and Ted helped me with trying to stop the blood. I was letting out surprised gasps.

Finally the bleeding stops, but the blood remains on the floor. "Tara is that you?"

She nods her head. "Yeah, it is me. I changed my age."

"Why would you change it?" Taffyta asked.

"You know, I wasn't going to get any older," she admitted. "I wouldn't see what would happen to me in the future."

"Oh, what did you set it at?" Turbo asked.

"Uh, fifteen. I dunno, around Teddy's...?" She replied.

"Fine," Taffyta decided. "Just don't do anything stupid, you got that?" She pointed a finger at her daughter. Tara nodded her head in agreement. In a corner, Turbo was almost having a freak attack because his daughter might do stupid things. So, I went into the corner and assured him that she wouldn't do anything, and that I wouldn't even do it either. But, Turbo didn't fully trust me.

Weeks went by, and my relationship (I mean, friendship) with Tara started to grow more stronger. What I mean is that Turbo actually let us "hang out together", like in a friend way. Meaning, we're hanging out more than we have. Tara and I have started to race against each other, but she always won. Sometimes, however, I would win and it was good luck, like I keep telling her.

But one night, changed everything. It was a dark night, and Tara's parents allowed us to stay up a little longer than usual. Tara and I sat under an old tree on a hill, talking about racing and subjects related to racing. She was sitting right next to me, and I was blushing deeply. Her head was leaning on my shoulder and she started to fall asleep because she started to yawn. That is when she went on the floor, and her eyes started to droop. I lay right next to her, and I place my arms around her neck. I didn't want to make a sudden move, but she started to lean in. Our lips were close to be touching each others. That's when I leaned in and our lips touched each others. Our first kiss. The kiss lasted for about ten seconds, at the maximum until she pulled away, slightly panting.

"We got to head back," Tara suggested, changing the subject.

"Uh, yeah we do," I answered.

Then we soon returned back inside, but like always, Tara beat me inside. Ted started to get suspicious of are actions because she's acting all sweet and stuff, while I'm acting paranoid. Sometime after Tara went to bed, I assured Ted that I did nothing. Yes, I realized I lied to him but I do what I got to do. Ted then shrugs it off and goes to sleep. But that's when I sneak into Tara's room and I start to fall asleep in her bed. This was one of my favorite nights.

End of Chapter III.

Guess what? Lemon is in the next chapter, but it is at the end! I appreciate if you review too as well! 'Till next time, bye!