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Chapter Fourteen: Confessions and an Awkward Chat
"Velma.... No...." Shaggy said tears slowly making their way down his face. "It can't be true.... It can't."
"I'm sorry Shag-Shaggy...." Velma looked down on the ground once more. "You...hate me...don't you...?" Velma asked shakily, hoping, for the first time, that her hypothesis was incorrect.
"No... I could never ever hate you. You're beautiful, smart, funny, and honost. I could never hate you." Shaggy took a deep breath before this next sentence. "In fact, I love you." Shaggy bent down and gave Velma a gentle, questioning kiss, as if asking her if she would accept him. When he pulled away, he looked Velma in the eye and something, smething neither could explain, passed through that one glance. "And... and I always will."
Velma felt something inside her, something that she had a nagging feeling had always been there, silently waiting to be released. "I...I love you... too Shaggy...." Velma said giving a smile she hoped wouldn't reveal just how weak she really was. "Till the day... I... die...." Velma said, lying her head down. Shaggy knew she was only tired, but it still scared him.
"I'm taking you home." Shaggy said, more to himself than Velma. He picked her up gently and held her with one hand below her upper-middle back area, and one hand below her knees, making sure she was secure. He held her close, mostly to keep her warm, but for other reasons as well. He carried her home the entire way there.
When he stepped inside, no lights were on, so he assumed Fred, Daphne, and Scooby had gone to bed. He crept through the living room and up the stairs. He walked down a long hallway and through an orange door into Velma's room. He walked over to the red armchair in the corner of her room and set her down gently. He walked over to the bed and pulled back the red blankets and orange sheets. That's when he realized his problem. Velma's clothes would need to be changed, and no one else was up. Shaggy pondered whether or not he should change her clothes for her, or just simply take off her jacket and shoes and have her go to bed like that instead. He decided that it was way too cold to sleep in her normal clothes. He walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of orange pajama pants and an orange long sleeve, button-down, collared orange pajama shirt with red lining around the pocket on the front. He put them on the bed and walked nervously over to Velma. He picked her up again and lay her down on the bed. He carefully took off her glasses, folded them up, and set them down on her nightstand. Next he took off her shoes and placed them neatly in her closet under the label shoes and next to all the other red shoes she owned. Then came the orange ankle socks, which he folded neatly and put in her clothing basket in the corner of her room followed by her orange leggings. The next part Shaggy was really nervous about. The skirt. His hands were shaking a little as he went to take it off. He stopped. He couldn't do this, Velma just told him she loves him, he doesn't want to risk it all now by being stupid. He walked out of her room and accross the hall. He knocked on Daphne's door twice and when no answer came, he entered. He saw Daphne asleep in her bed with Scooby at the foot of the bed, no doubt because he didn't want to sleep alone. He bent over Daphne and shook her shoulder. "Daph? Wake up! I need your help." Daohne slowly stirred and said sleepily,
"Not now, Freddie.... Later... I'm too tired." Shaggy hoped she meant to play a nice friendly game of checkers.
"Daphne! It's me, Shaggy! Fred's in his room!"
"Shaggy, what do you need?" She yawned.
"It's Velma, I need you to get her dressed." At that, Daphne was wide awake.
"Why is she undressed?"
"She has clothes on! I need you to get her dressed for bed."
"Bed! Shaggy what are you two planning to do tonight!"
"Daphne! I meant for her to go to sleep. And by sleep, I mean in her bed, by herself, in her pajamas, eyes closed, having nice dreams."
"Oh, okay. That I can help with!"
Me: So is this chapter garbage, or gold?
Annabeth: I like Daphne's sleepy thoughts XD
Arya: Of course you would.
Athena: Do you two ever stop fighting?
Arya: Yea, but what's the fun in that?
Annabeth: Yea. See we can agree.
Ajihad: Haha! That rhymed!
Me: I love you guys. Anyways, please review!