Chapter 4

Ian caught sight of red hair just a second before she appeared. Amy walked out of a passing crowd, emerging into Luxembourg gardens. She glanced around before seeing Ian. He could see so many emotions flash across her face. Happiness showed, followed by pain Next came trust and distrust, battling each other. These he had expected, but sensing a hint of disgust hit him like a blow to the face. He put a mask over this though, afraid that Amy may see.

"Uh, h-hello." Amy said shyly. She sat down beside him on the bench, but she sat at the opposite end, as far away from Ian as possible. He felt a little sting at this, but pushed it away, thinking that he was becoming overly dramatic.

"Hello, love." Ian said, smiling as kindly as he could, which wasn't much because he had never had practice.

There was a moment of silence, where neither of the two said or did anything. Amy looked completely at loss for what to do and Ian felt completely at loss for what to do. He scrambled around for something to say. What should he talk about? Come on Ian, he thought, just say something.

"You look very lovely today." He blurted out. He could see Amy visibly cringe. Stupid, stupid, stupid! How could he say that, after the bad memories that word held.

"Uh, th-thanks." She said. "So, uh, what do you want to talk about?"

Ian was so relieved. Amy would still talk to him.

"Well, I don't know, but I had better come up with something good, because it sure did take some doing to get here." He joked, although the bulk of it was true. It had been quite hard to reach this point.

"Oh my god, I had such a hard time escaping! You would of thought I was being interrogated, or something! I probably was being interrogated." Amy said.

Ian smiled to himself. She seemed to be coming out of her she'll a little.

"It was so weird. I think that Natalie figured out where I was going. I think my clothes were the first clue." Ian spread his arms in an overly dramatic motion, displaying his commoner clothing.

Amy took in Ian's clothes. She had never seen him in such, well, normal clothing. "I bet." She replied. " I don't think I've ever seen you in such a normal outfit. It's always a suit and tie, or something."

"Yes, but I figured that that would have drawn much too much attention. Elides, I know how you hate attention." Ian smirked.

Amy could feel her face heating up, and she struggled to control her returning stammer. "W-well, I guess s-so, uh, um th-thanks, I-I guess." She managed out. She was so mad at herself for not controlling her stutter.

"So Amy, what are your favorite books?" Ian asked. He had asked about books because he knew that that was a comfortable subject for her.

Slowly, piece by piece, Amy's stutter disappeared. She and Ian started to learn a little more about each other, and within a few hours of walking around the park and talking, it was like the hunt never existed.

Ian stopped Amy when they had finished talking about why people got so upset over cats and dogs. "Amy, " he said, "I think that we should both head back to our teams now. They might suspect something if we're our all day, and we definitely don't want them to know about this." I hurt Ian to say this, but he still had a plan for them.

Amy smiled and laughed a little "imagine, " she giggled softly, "if Dan found me talking to you, he would go ballistic. He'd probably start screaming about how I betrayed the Ninga master."

"Yes, I wouldn't put it past Dan." Ian replied.

"So, Ian, maybe since I have your number, I should give you mine. Maybe we could keep in touch." Amy said.

Ian was shocked. He had been sure that Amy would have been too shy to give him her phone number, so he had planned on asking her for it. "Uh, yeah, that sounds good."

After Amy had told Ian her phone number, it was time to say goodbye.

"So, I guess that we shall see each other again?" Ian asked.

"Yeah," Amy smiled, "but the others have to think that we hate each other."

"Agreed."

They stood in silence for a moment, before Amy stepped forward and hugged Ian. It only lasted a second, but for some reason, Ian's sadness about them having to separate evaporated. Before he knew it, though, Amy was gone, lost in a sea of people.

Who would have thought, he thought to himself, that Amy would be the brave one here. She had always seen her as quiet and shy, but that was just the outside. Inside, she was so strong and confident.

After a few minuets spent sitting on a bench reflecting on what had happened, Ian made his way home. He was going to have a hard time explaining why his stroll had taken five and a half hours.

There, chapter four is done. So what do you guys think?

I was thinking about if I should continue this story, or if I should start a new one. Let me know what you think by reviewing.

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-Zoefluff