Chapt 7, a lesson of love.
The night rolled on, the moon in half, with bright stars all around. Bambi had
awoken, and was now staring up at the stars. Thinking…wondering…what could
have been that dreadful day. The same words repeated in his head…in his head…
"KEEP RUNNING!" The voice in his head said…over and over…over. He
feared he could loose his mother, and so easily. She already came face to face
with death itself, and survived…but that wouldn't have happened in Allen hadn't
come along.
He couldn't bare to see his mother, as the sight of her face brought the
memory and the fear even closer. Outside of their den, he paced back and fourth.
A slight crunch in the snow startled him, as he looked out into the thicket.
Out popped the familiar head of Allen. "Hey…you okay Bambi?" He asked
in a tone of worry.
"I'm fine…"
"Are you sure?"
"YES!"
"Okay…well then why are you out here?"
"*sigh*, okay…okay, I'm still scared…"
"Of me?"
"No…of my mother…dying. She would be dead if it wasn't for you."
"Bambi…she isn't going anywhere…not for a long time. This is the time
of your life, when you need to live it…because life is for living.
"So how will I?"
"Happiness is your life…so what makes you happy?"
"My friends…family…I'm still wondering…how I can get Faline to like me."
"Faline? You just got to show her that YOU do. Give her something she
likes. Show her your passion for her. Besides…I think she's into you."
"Really? How can you tell."
"Well first off, when you almost kissed her, she didn't back away one inch.
Just from the body language she uses around you. It's almost like she's yelling,
I LOVE YOU!" Allen said to the Blushing Bambi.
"But I'm just shy. I couldn't tell her."
"Tell you what. I'll go undercover tomorrow, find Faline, and get her into
a conversation, and eventually, I'll ask the question that brings out all the
answers. Do you like anyone? I did it all the time for my friends. My best
friend and this girl are together now because of me. If only I knew where they
were."
"That sounds great. Thanks Allen…your a good friend."Bambi said.
"No problem. Now get on to sleep."
"Speaking of sleep, where do you sleep?"
"I sleep in an empty den a little over there."
"Ah…I thought you were like…sleeping in the trees." Bambi and Allen
shared a few laughs, both went home, and slept to sunrise.
The next morning-
Faline was stretching just outside of her den, as the sun peaked over the
mountain peaks. Allen was walked nearby and looked over. Faline turned and
saw him as well.
"Hey Faline."
"Hey…alene? Is it?"
"Allen. Nice morning, isn't it."
"I guess…hey can you do something for me?"
"Sure."
"Your friends with Bambi right?"
"Yeah."
"Could you go talk to him, and find out something?"
"Sure, but what is that something?"
"Can you find out if he likes me, because…I kind of like him."
"Kind of?"
"Okay I must admit I think I'm madly in love with him."
"Sure. I'll go talk to him and give you his answer as soon as possible."
"Thanks Allen." Faline said as Allen walked away back into the thicket.
"Well that was easier than expected."Allen said to himself. He searched for
Bambi for quite some time, before finding him out in the meadow. Unbelievably, he
was with Faline. "How did I not find him? What a waste of time, it's already mid-day.
Bambi managed to spot him in the thicket, as he waved him over. He ran to him,
filled with curiosity to find out the answer.
"Well, does she like me, huh, does she does she?"
"Heh calm down lover boy. I spoke to her, and she asked me to see if you liked her,
then I heard her say, I think I'm madly in love with him."Allen said. Bambi's eyes widened,
and he fainted, landing in the snow, that was finally being overcome by springs warmth.
"Oh jeez…What can I say. Though I wasn't expecting you to faint."Allen said to himself.
He picked up Bambi and brought him to a nearby river, and dipped his head in. He snapped
open with joy, and even scrambled out of Allen's grasp.
"I can't believe it, she actually likes me. This could be the greatest day of my life."
"Could be…It should be."
"Where is she?"
"I last saw her in the meadow. But, she's closer than you think." Allen said looking
at the nearby brush. The bushes were rustling, and out popped out Faline.
"Uhg, stupid thorns." She said looking at a scratch. Bambi looked at where Allen
was standing, only to see he had climbed a nearby tree.
"what are you doing up there?"Bambi whispered. Allen put one finger over his nose
and mouth, signaling "Shush". Than he waved forward toward Faline, telling Bambi to
make his move.
Bambi, timed, and nervous, walked over to Faline. "Hi Faline."
"Hi Bambi. Hey have you seen Allen lately?"
"Uuuh, no, not at all. Hey Faline?"
"Yeah Bambi."
"Um…would uuuh, you like to do something later on?"
"Sure. Is it a date?"
"Yeah!"
"How about we go to the lake?"Faline said in a low, seductive voice."
"Okay, i'de love too." There was a sudden *CRACK* coming from a nearby tree.
"WHOA…Umf…"Allen yelled as he fell out of the tree. The branch fell shortly after,
barely missing his legs.
"Allen…What are you doing here?"Faline asked. There wasn't a response.
"I think he got knocked out."Bambi said.
"Bambi why was he peeping on us?"
"*sigh*, you deserve the truth. I sent him to talk to you this morning, to see if you liked
me. You ended up sending him back. When he told me you liked me, I fainted, and he
brought me here to splash water on me."
"So that explains why he was so upfront this morning. How do we wake him up?"
"Watch and learn."Bambi said walking to the fiver. He filled his entire mouth with water,
and spat it out on Allen's face. Allen drifted back into reality.
"Ow…"he said staring up at the sky. He slowly got up and looked at Bambi.
"Thank you, for waking me up." He said.
"No problem. See you later." Bambi said to Allen as him and Faline walked away.
"I guess it worked."Allen said to himself. "I still got it heh heh. *Thump*"Allen fell
back, again looking up at the sky. He drifted away into sleep, only to wake up at night, from
a loud *CRACK!*
