Chapter 4 At the hot spring
At dinner I did'nt want to eat with them; not in the mood for people to freak out over a floating chicken leg. I spied at everyone through the window. Everyone seemed to be eating like they usually do exept for, Gourry? Usually he would be shoving every single thing into his mouth. But he was eating at a much slower pace, taking his time. But the amount he was eating had'nt changed. What else is new?
They found an inn pretty easily. Probably had something to do with me not blowing things up every ten seconds. No one seemed to want to do much besides sleep. Or as I thought. Later that night, I could'nt really sleep, so I went to the hot springs. The water felt pretty nice. I stared enlessly at the sky, trying to sort out my feelings. Gourry liked me, but what do I feel about him? Hes a good friend and all, and he has saved me several times. Then again, hes such an idiot and never listens to what I say. I felt incredibly hurt when he was kidnapped by Phibrizzo, but what kind of hurt was it? Uggh. Why cant this be easy?
It seemed like forever til I heard some footsteps. I almost jumped when I saw Amelia come in. She was wearing her usual traveling outfit. I think she saw the water splash, because she stopped so suddenly. She then kinda hit her toe against a rock, jumping up and down squealing in pain. I guess she was'nt aware of the fact that she hopped to the edge of the spring, totally falling in with a pretty big slash. I dove down to save her, lucky that I did'nt need to hold my breath. There she was at the bottom of the spring, stuggling to get back up. I swam behind her and grabbed her from under her arms, pulling her up. When we got back up, she started to breath hard, her clothes damp. I willed myself to be visible for once, it worked with my hands and voice. "You okay Amelia?" I asked. "Yeah, thank you so much Ms. Lina. Wait, Ms. Lina?" Amelia said in shock. She then looked at me with her eyes wide open. "Ms. Lina,….. I though you were….. how could you… wait, what!" Amelia said, stuttering, a lot. She was obiously in shock. "Ms. Lina! I,….I,…. I can see through you" she stuttered. "So, you can see me this time?" I asked. She just nodded.
At last! Ive mastered picking up things, using my voice, and now letting people actually see me, well at least through me. I wonder if its possible to not be transparent. Then id probably would'nt even be considered a ghost. When Amelia finally calmed down, I asked her, "What are you doing here Amelia?". "I was about to get changed to go into the hot tub-" "when you stubbed your toe and nearly drowned to death" I intterupted her. She nodded. "So, why are you here Ms. Lina?" she asked back. I kinda blushed a little, wondering what to tell her. "Nothing much, just relaxing here" I answered since it was the only excuse I could come up with. "Oh, okay" she said. Amelia actually bought it? Wow, how lucky am I? We just sat on some stones and stared into the sky for a while.
"So, what are you guy's plans now?" I asked her. "None of us really know" she answered. "What about you Ms. Lina?" Amelia asked me back. "Well, since I don't really know, I decided that I'd continue traveling with you guys for now" I answered, leaving out one little detail: trying to figure out how to reply to Gourry. Just the thought of Jellyfish brains made me nervous. Ignore. "Ms. Lina, can I ask you a question?" Amelia asked. "Yeah, what is it?" I replied. "While we were at your funeral, Mr. Gourry was caught in a headlock and claimed that he heard your voice yelling at him. Was it you beating him up and throwing fireballs at us?" she asked. My face was probably pretty red. "N-no! I did'nt even know that you guys threw a funeral. I was just wandering around looking for you guys and found you at the resturant" I lied, totally flustered. Then Amelia had a scary look in her eyes."Oh, really?" she said with a suspicious tone in her voice. Not good. "Your hiding, Ms. Lina? Ms. Lina!" Amelia said as I willed myself to dissapear. Perfect escape plan.