Author's Note: Okay, so I wanted to end it with the chapter before this one, but everyone keeps telling me to add one more cuz it doesn't seem finished. I read through it before writing this chapter and the whole time i was thinking, "this story sucks!" i mean, it's so cheesy and there's too much fluff. idk how im gonna save it, but ill try.

Emily hid out in her room for the next week. Whenever she did go out, she made sure to be completely alert in order not to run into Trellis. Otherwise, she just had Navin sneak her food to her. Leon and Karen both couldn't stand that Emily was locking herself in her room, but neither of them knew what to do about it so they hoped she would just come out on her own.

Emily had changed back to her younger self and concluded that she would never mess with her age again, even if it wasn't her fault. She left a mental note reminding her to blow up every pink slug she encountered.

Before she knew it, another person was knocking on her door.

"You should answer it," the Voice whispered.

Emily rolled her eyes and told it to shut up, then got off the floor and opened the door a crack to see who was standing there. She had hoped it was Navin with her food, but instead, it was Trellis.

She slammed the door in his face.

"Oh, thanks," the elf said, his voice muffled from the door between them. "I know you won't answer me, but why are you acting like a heartbroken girly-girl? I mean, I know that you're getting to be that age, but this is enexpected for someone who should be more focused on how to exterminate an Elf King."

"See?"

"Oh shut up!" she thought to her stone. She didn't want to answer Trellis, but being called something similar to 'over-attached girlfriend' was far too insulting to say nothing about. She opened the door again, all the way this time, and just looked at him.

He noticed how she was back to her original age. "Oh," he muttered.

She shoved him hard and said coldly, "Yeah, I bet you're real disappointed now that I don't have a figure anymore."

"WHAT?! No! That's not what -" he started, but she was already storming off down the hallway.

Maybe what happened at Selina's station was nothing but information. She was too quick to trust him. No matter how many times they saved each other, she still wouldn't be able to trust him. It just couldn't be done. Or perhaps her thoughts right now were just out of anger, and she really could rely on him, if she had to...

She stopped walking. Footsteps were coming up behind her and she knew exactly who they belonged to. They ceased and she turned around to bring out her firm, certain, words.

"We can't go on like this. But I'm not saying we're friends. Let alone a couple. I realize that I don't trust you very much, and what happened throughout this whole trip was mostly a mistake. We both get mad at almost everything. I don't want to argue with you about things that don't matter right this minute, so I suggest that we just focus on training. If we're still okay with each other, or maybe even better friends, we can sort this out after we get this whole war out of the way. Understood?"

He pondered for a moment, and then nodded. What was he thinking, anyway? She was right. But still, he wanted to know...

"Do you think we'll ever trust each other completely?"

"I can't tell yet."

"I'm sorry for being so stupid."

"We both were."

He nodded. "Don't destroy me for doing this, but I need something to hold onto before we forget about all this." He hugged her. And she hugged back. He would have kissed her, but he didn't want to risk it.

Thunder broke the silence, and from a different area of the ship, Rico shouted, "Everyone inside!"

The human and the elf separated and entered the ship as the rain started pouring.

Okay! THERE! It's OVER. SO YEAH. This chapter makes they other ones look like crap, yes?