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Chapter 4: The First Date! Trail of Tears?
Audrey heaved and wheezed as Tiffany forged ahead. The cheerleader was much more suited for a hike than the smoker was. Tiffany turned back to Audrey.
"I'm surprised you wanted to hang out here Audrey. I thought you hated exercise and getting all sweaty." Tiffany stated.
"Nah… I love exercise… it's great." The redhead replied panting and sweating.
"Are you sure? You don't look so good."
Audrey looked above Tiffany. The date grid appeared with a pair of broken heart highlighted. Audrey grit her teeth and stood up.
"No way! I can do this!" She yelled.
Tiffany was startled by Audrey's sudden outburst, but she couldn't help admire her determination. Audrey noticed 3 tear drops pop adding sentiment to the sentiment bar. It wasn't enough to give her the bear, but the date wasn't over yet. It was time to flirt.
"Hey Tiff, did I mention that your hair looks really good today?" Audrey mentioned.
Tiffany looked at her surprised. Since when did Audrey compliment someone. The blonde stopped in her tracks. Audrey stopped a few steps in front of her. Tiffany examined her friend up and down with her cool blue eyes. Audrey cringed mentally as she thought Tiffany was checking her out. Tiffany walked up to her and placed her forehead to Audrey's. Audrey'd face flushed as Tiffany closed her eyes.
The cheerleaders scent invaded Audrey's nostrils. She smelled like flowers and citrus fruits. Audrey knew that was Tiffanies shampoo and body wash, but damn it smelled good. It was intoxicating and Audrey knew about intoxication. She wondered if she could get high using hygienic products. How would that work though… maybe sniffing the product enough, or adding it to bong water. Tiffany pulled her head back bringing Audrey back to her senses.
"Well you don't have a fever." Tiffany notes.
Audrey grit her teeth behind her closed mouth. Just a simple mention of her hair made Tiffany think Audrey was sick? Tiffany had strange ways of pissing Audrey off. She glanced up and saw anther line up of tear drops but she needed to get past some passion tokens. Audrey steeled her nerves and moved closer to Tiffany. Audrey pulled a flask out of her pocket and unscrewed the top. She took a swig and Tiffany looked at her shocked. But then she sighed.
"Why am I not surprised?"
Audrey glanced at her but then realized her friend was referring to the flask. She handed in to Tiffany.
"Calm your tits. It's Gatorade. It's I a flask because I didn't have anything else to put it in." Audrey retorted.
Tiffany looked even more surprised. She then sniffed the liquid and took a swig. Tiffany couldn't believe it. It was Gatorade. She swallowed the glacier frost and smiled feeling revitalized. She then looked to Audrey with pride. The redhead was working on herself, finally. Tiffany could imagine Audrey being responsible, and mature.
The red-haired bitch noticed the passion tokens pop as well as the tears and several other token matches. A sense of triumph entered Audrey, but also a sick nasty feeling. This was all a cruel façade just to get rid of a sex addicted flying pervert who wouldn't leave Audrey alone.
"Wow, you're still sober now? I'm proud of you." Kyu chimed.
"Shut up. Go away!" He whispered to the fairy.
"What was that?" Tiffany asked.
"Oh, nothing!"
The two marched on sharing the flask. After what seemed like an hour to Audrey, but was only about twenty minutes real time, the two arrived at the top of the trail. They looked out over the city and could see all the way to Turtle Bay beach. Tiffany gasped looking over the horizon in awe. The cheer leader inhaled the fresh air happily. On the date grid an explosion of passion tokens occurred. Along with them were romance and sentiment tokens.
Audrey was too shocked at the fantastical scenery to notice. The sun's luminance washed over their hometown bathing it in radiant beauty. She finally understood why there was a hiking trail, and why people hiked. It led to a scenic outlook.
"Hey! Give her the bear! Do it now!" Kyu coached from the bushes.
Audrey snapped back to reality. She pulled out the magic cell phone and opened the inventory app. Tiffany was still enjoying the view as Audrey turned away. She tapped the stuffed bear and it materialized in her hand. She cleared her throat causing Tiffany to look in her direction. Audrey inhaled deeply and turned back to her friend.
She handed her the bear and looked away blushing.
"Here you go." Audrey stated.
Tiffany stared at her friend and then the plushy. She cocked her head to the side examining the toy.
"What is it?" Tiffany inquired.
Audrey turned back with a glare. "What the hell does it look like? It's a fucking stuffed bear!"
"Duh, I know it's a teddy bear, but why are you giving it to me?"
"Why does there have to be a reason? We're friends, right?"
Tiffany wrinkled her nose. Her deep blue eyes pierced Audrey like a knife. She could practically see the word 'stare" emanating off the blonde cheerleader. The red head played with strand of her ruby hair, trying to guard herself from her friend's ocular assault. Even so the more she tried to ignore it, the more it irritated her.
Tiffany decided to break the silence. She looked at the bear once more before speaking.
"Well it is super cute." She notes before cuddling the plushy.
Audrey sighed. She then heard a fanfare and looked up at the date grid. There was a golden "Success" spread over the grid. She stared at the word surprised. She expected it to be much harder than that. But then again it would be quicker and easier this way.
The two heard a beeping sound and they turned to Tiffanies watch. Tiffany gasped looking at it.
"Oh shoot! We promised to meet Nikki at the café today!"
"Right. I'm sure she has tonsa games and cartoons to tell us about." Audrey scoffed feigning interest.
"Oh, you don't mean that. Nikki's a sweetheart." Tiffany responded cradling the bear.
Audrey made a disgusted gurgling sound.
"Y'know Tiff, if you keep giving people the benefit of the doubt then you'll get walked taken advantage of."
"Well I don't have to worry about that. I have you to look out for me." Tiffany beamed.
Audrey blushed. She felt a knot of guilt welling up inside her. She was doing exactly what she just warned her friend about. And the fact that her friend trusted her just pained her even more. Audrey had felt this before, but luckily she had a fool proof tactic; run away and ignore it. Sadly she was not good with coming to terms with her feelings. This was the fatal flaw of her "tough girl" façade.
"W-whatever. C'mon, I could go for a frap." Audrey ordered turning around.
The two girls trekked back down the mountain with an invisible fairy fluttering above them. Halhike with fway down Tiffany recalled some information.
"Oh did you hear about the hiking trail monster?"
"The what?"
"A few nights ago my friend Kyanna was going for a late night with her friend Beli. She told me that during their hike they heard noises from the bushes and trees and a weird jingling sound. On their way down they felt like they were being watched and then Beli saw two glowing eyes in the dark. Kyanna looked really spooked when she returned home."
"Right because monsters exist. So do unicorns and fai-" Audrey caught herself.
She was being followed by a fairy as they spoke, so would a minster really be that unbelievable? They reached the bottom and started towards town. As they did though Audrey heard a rustling sound. She looked back and for a moment she thought she heard a jingling. Seeing nothing there though she shrugged it off and kept moving, oblivious to the gilded eyes watching her from the trees.
"Mistress~"
Huh, who could that be? Alright I'm so glad I got this up before the end of winter break. This is your late Christmas, late New Years present. SO just sit back at your computer/ mobile device, grab your favorite warm beverage and enjoy this on a cold winters day. Again three to five reviews and I'll post a new chapter. Hope you guys are liking the story and if you want mre Huniepop action from me check out my first fanfic Tiffanies Epilogue. Please R&R.