"Uh, Elle," X whispered. He really, really didn't want to tell her this but he didn't want her to think that she would do anything like that with her! "You really don't have to worry about me wanting you to do something like that."
"Why? Because you think humans are hideous? That didn't stop Jack Tanner in the tenth grade," Elle murmured. "Let me know exactly how hideous I was afterwards."
X didn't know quiet what to say to that. He wasn't even a hundred percent sure what in the world she was talking about. "It isn't because your hideous, although now that you do mention it those ears could do with a bit of work," X said with a chuckle as he reached out a finger and ran it over one small ear. "The eyes are a complete loss of course but maybe if you tried clothespins or something, you could get a decent set of ears. I wonder if room service might have some we could borrow. Maybe one for your nose too, stretch it a bit."
"X, don't you dare!" Elle called as she saw him reaching for the phone. For some odd reason, she didn't feel mad at him. She shook her head thinking that she must really be in shock.
"Hello? Room service?" X said as he snatched the phone before Elle could stop him. "I would like to place an order for...." He critically inspected the little ears for a moment. "Better start with three clothespins."
"Oh, give me that phone!" Elle cried as she lunged at him knocking them both to the floor as she snatched the phone away. "Cancel that order!"
"But your ears would be so much nicer if they were just a bit bigger," X said with a laugh. "and maybe some nice paint could correct that horrid pink skin."
Elle was about to reply when suddenly they heard a knock on the door.
"Elle, it's me!" Kay called. "Open the door."
"What's he doing here?" X whispered into one of Elle's ears.
"I called him," Elle murmured, suddenly feeling very sick. Now she was going to have to face the consequences for what she had almost done.
"You called him? And you were worried that I wanted to do something from that book?" X couldn't believe this. One human was way more than he could handle and now the human was making plans to bring someone else into it?
"X, I called and told him I killed you!" Elle hissed in his ear as she started to sob. She was so ashamed.
"What? Get in bed! Get in bed quick and pretend to be asleep!" X quietly told her as he rolled her off of him and then reached down, snatching her up and tucking her under the covers as Kay knocked again.
"X?"
"Don't worry. I'll handle it. Just close your eyes and don't make a peep," X said as he darted around the room flinging things under the bed to hide the mess before going over to the door. He just hoped he could pull this off.