Hey Guys! Sorry, but I won't be posting until Saturday. :*( I got grounded from my phone, but I'm posting this real quick! When I come back, I'll post A LOT! I'm going to keep writing so don't worry! Without further ado:

Chapter 12

Lloyd's POV

"Your perfect!" My head is spinning with thoughts of everything. Was that statement true? No. Yes? Maybe? I don't know! All I do know is that I'm most likely-

"Your blushing!" Cole says in a sing-song voice. Uh-oh. I dart my eyes over to Elsie. She's red in the cheeks as well. That kind of helps. She glances over at me. We lock eyes for a moment.

"Aww!" Nya and Cole gush. This is now awkward. Thankfully, Elsie breaks the silence and eye contact.

"I'm gonna go over there and train..." She says. She flips her hood up and wanders over to the course. We all watch her and then Nya and Cole take a step towards me. Nya tilts her head to one side and raises one corner of her smile higher than the other.

"So anyways! Do YOU think so?" Jay asks. I freeze up.

"About what?" I try to act naive.

"Duh!" Jay says while rolling his eyes. "We're talking about you and Elsie! Do you think you're a thing?" He raises an eyebrow and smirks. I turn my back to them and start to walk off deck.

"What? Of course not! Why would we be an item?" I ask as I let a fake nervous laugh escape. I continue down the hall towards our room. I can hear them hot on my tail."Let alone, why would we even like each other?! It's not like I have a crush on her or anything!" I stop in my tracks and clamp a hand over my mouth. Oops. Jay and Nya catch me in my awkward state with wide eyes as big as they could go. They look at one another and smile.

"You DO have a crush on her!" Jay starts. I gulp. Me and my big, rambling mouth! He continues as he steps forward. I back into a wall that's directly behind me. "Don't you?" I can feel my heart pounding and the color in my cheeks rise in temperature.

"What?!" I ask. "Like I said! No!" I push my way past him and Nya as I continue down the hall. I realize that if I went to our room, they would just follow me in. I wince at the idea. I turn a corner and head back towards the deck. They're pestering me all the way, but I don't dare answer back. We finally get there and I see Elsie taking a break out of the corner of my eye.

"Again!" I shout to the now annoying couple, "No!" I jump off the edge and fly away on my dragon, thinking of the real question in all of this: Do I have a crush of Elsie?!

Elsie's POV

After seeing Jay and Nya chase after Lloyd, I let out a sigh of relief. Good. They're gone. I continue training for a bit and then go take a break.

As I'm sitting on the bench, I see Lloyd run back out with Nya and Jay gushing over something behind him. When he gets to the rail, I see him jump as he shouts:

"Again! No!" Jay and Nya run to the edge as they watch him fly off on his energy dragon. They then turn around and burst into fits of laughter. It reminds me of yesterday. When Lloyd and I laughed after I fell into him. I smile.

"Hello?!" I hear a voice say. I'm snapped out of my daze to see Jay and Nya standing directly in front of me. I shake my head vigorously.

"Hey guys! What's up?!" I say cheerfully. They look at each other and hold back a laugh as the exchange thoughts.

"What?" I ask.

"Do you like Lloyd?" Nya asks.

"Um, I mean, he's a good friend... I guess," I respond, avoiding eye contact. I can see them smirking out of the corner of my eye. I pick up my bow and arrow to go over to start target practice.

"Well..." Jay starts. He stands behind the target. I pull back an arrow, "we think that Lloyd has a crush on you!" I gasp and jerk my hand. The arrow goes flying into the mast. I duck as It bounces onto the floor beside me and hits the bench. It nearly hits Nya, but she pulls up a water force field and shrieks. It ricochets off of it and eventually hits the target. We all stand up and look at the arrow.

"Heh-heh. Would ya look at that! I got a bullseye!" I say nervously. I lower my bow and rub the back of my neck. I continue pulling arrows out of my quiver and shooting them. There was an awkward silence. I broke it.

"So..." I start. "Why would you, um, think that?" I glance at them. Nya's sitting on the back of the bench and Jay's leaning against the edge of the rail to the ship.

"Oh..." Jay says. "When we were chasing him, he just randomly said, 'It's not like I have a crush on her or anything!'"

"Well, doesn't that mean that he doesn't?" I ask.

"That's just it!" Nya starts. "He became super defensive! Like he would if he had an actual crush on you!" I laugh nervously.

"Y'all are delusional! Why would he have a crush on me? Besides, even if he did, what are the chances that I'd like him back? It's not like I would! That's just crazy!" I say this all in one breath really fast. I turn to them and see them smiling. Ugh! I messed up badly. I put my bow and arrow down and walk over to the railing. I then turn to them and smile as I roll my eyes.

"There's nothing going on! Believe me! I'm going to head to the kitchen for lunch." I head towards the exit to the deck and look down the hall and then look the other way. Hmm. I only have one small problem: where to find the kitchen.

Hey, guys! I hope you liked this delayed chapter! I'm actually liking romance stuff a bit more these days!

Cole: *snickers* Is it because you got back from a boy's house just now?

Me: THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WI- yes.

Cole: Ha! I knew it! You've gotta cru-ush! You've gotta cru-ush!

Me: HEY! Do you like being in this story?

Cole: *nods*

Me: Then I suggest you shut your mouth and let me do the outro!

Cole: *nods again and backs away slowly*

Me: *takes a deep breath and exhales* Bye guys!