Chapter 37: Flower Bud HO! 2

Her jaw fell. "Y-You… love me?"

"Yes! Yes! A thousand times YES!" I laughed.

Eve's face flushed a slight pink. I swerved a stray hair out of her face and behind her ear. She turned a darker shade of rose. "And yet you still blush when I get a little too close…"

"Sorry…" She said looking away, still getting more pink.

"You need to stop apologizing so much." I said, laughing and smiling.

"…Sorry…" I laughed even louder.

"Stop that!" I put a finger to her lips before she could say another 'sorry'.

She smiled with my finger still on her lips and giggled. "Sorr- …fine."

I laughed again as I took my finger away. She moved away from the tree and wrapped her arms around my neck, a little hesitant at first, but nonetheless. Snow still fluttered around us, and I watched it settle on Eve's hair. She looked away and turned yet another shade of pink. "So…why like me?" she asked.

I cocked my head. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, why like me? Why not Ann, or-"

"Eve…" She looked up at me with still burning cheeks. "I've always liked you, ever since we met."

She giggled. "I remember… I forgot to put in my contacts!"

"Well, you were going to sleep on the- hey, wait… why did you come to Mineral Town?" I asked, finally curious.

"… My parents wanted me to go out, you know… They wanted me to go farther than just little old Flower Bud Village. They decided on Mineral Town."

I nodded. Her eyes narrowed in concentration and then it went to concern. "What about you?"

"…What?"

"Why were you in Mineral Town? You were in the church all the time as I remember…"

I sighed. "I guess I have to tell you eventually…"

She shook her head. "When you're ready, Cliff. Whenever you're ready."

I smiled. "Thanks."

Suddenly, Eve gasped and put her hand to her locket. "Sage must want to talk to me."

I looked at the locket; it had changed from a gold exterior to a creamy pearl color. I raised my eyebrows. "So that's how you know who's calling?"

She blushed and nodded. I smiled at her flustered expression. I like her this way… I guess that's why girls used to do that to me! Eve fumbled with her locket, a little embarrassed to me watching over her with my arms still wrapped around her waist. She opened it up and Sage's voice emerged from the gem rooted into the gold.

"Eve? Are you there? WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"

"I'm fine Sage… just fine." Eve told her calmly.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" Everyone screamed together. Shawn spoke next.

"We can't find Cliff anywhere either! He's going to pay for wha-"

"I'm right here, guys." I said smiling.

"Oh. Well, uh, you're still gonna get the crap kicked out of you once the other girls learn about this!" It was Sage.

Kai gave a wolf-whistle. "Hey, whatcha doin' there with Eve?"

Ethica hooted, making Eve blush uncontrollably and I laugh out loud. Ethica spoke up. "Listen guys, stop making out and get over here! We already got Dan in a Paralysis Spell. So, we can go home, drop him off at a bar, knock him out, and when he wakes up, tell him that he got drunk and had some insanely weird, messed up dream!"

The others laughed as did Eve and I. I spoke into the locket. "I'm ready to go home when you are."

Eve smiled and nodded, looking at me as she talked to the others. "I want to go home too; back to Mineral Town."

I smiled at her and she giggled. Ethica spoke up. "What did I tell you?! Stop making out and get over to Leslie's house! We're leaving ASAP!"

I nodded. "We're coming."

"See you!" Eve sang into the locket and then closed it. She looked up at me. "Ready?"

I nodded. "Can we ride?"

She giggled. "Fine…"

She whistled and two brooms appeared in front of us. She grabbed one and started to fly off, but lingered for me. I hopped on one and flew up next to her. We sped off, heading to the others.

As we flew I stared at the sky above us. The moon was a crescent that night, so not much light shone down on us. Nonetheless, it was a beautiful night. Eve's hair whipped around her, letting random snow flurries fall. Snow continued to fall down and whisk around us. I flew next to Eve and gave her a smile; she returned it. We're going home…

When we landed, all the girls ran to Eve and threw their arms around her. They all laughed as the collapsed to the ground. I smirked as they got up and continued to hug each other. A hand clasped my shoulder at the moment and I turned around.

Gray gave me a smirk. "Thanks." he said plainly, but I could tell he really meant it.

I nodded. "No problem."

Shawn ran over to me and threw her arms around my shoulders. "ThankyouthankyouthankyouTHANKYOU!"

I laughed as she pulled away. "Shall we? I have the spell book right here…"

"And I have the jack-ass!" Sage said giving the paralyzed Dan a kick in the shin. I smirked at his immobile body as his face was put in a frown.

"Here we go…" Shawn took a deep breath and recited the foreign words. Everything began to dissolve before my eyes, except the others. I felt a slight prick in my fingertips, but ignored it. Colors began to flood over; mostly greens, grays, blacks, and browns.

Rock and dirt was felt beneath my feet. Finally, everything was right. I looked around and grinned. We were in Flower Bud.

Home again! Home again! Jiggity Jig! Something something... engh, Idk... Anyways, they're back at Flower Bud. HUZZAH!