Chapter 7: Apples and Teardrops
I slowly walked through the festival thinking about what I had just witnessed. I mean, I think the whole thing might have permanently scarred me for life. Yeah, I guess Carey's good-looking and all, but UGH!!! That's just something I never wanted to see or hear EVER again.
"Fi!!!"
I turned around to see Clu running up to me.
"Hey, Clu," I said distractedly, my mind still on what had just happened, "Where'd Jack and Annie go?"
Clu paused for a moment pursing his lips; "Well," he said, "Annie was juggling apples and one kinda hit her in the head and so Jack took her to the Infirmary."
Annie got hit in the head with an apple? Are you sure someone didn't throw it at her?
I tried to muffle my laughter, but failed spectacularly.
Clu grinned; apparently amazed that he had elicited a response from me. He bit his lower lip and paused again. He blew his breath out loudly several times, which was really annoying and finally I exploded.
"CLU!!! What do you want!!??"
Then I experienced the single most nauseating thing in my life. Clu kind of roughly grabbed my shoulders and pulled me into him, pressing his lips against mine. And here's the nauseating part, if you weren't sick already. He jammed his tongue down my throat, causing me to start violently gagging.
Pushing furiously I managed to shove Clu off of me.
"What the HELL was that!!!!?" I cried, staring at his bemused expression.
"I…I thought that was what you wanted!!" he pleaded.
Shivering with disgust I stepped farther away from him.
"What ever gave you that idea!!??"
His eyes flashed in anger.
"YOU!!!" he thundered, "You were the one who was always so flirty with me, playing with my hair, sneaking glances at me!! Don't try to deny it!!! I saw you!!!"
"I…I was just being FRIENDLY!!" I roared back, "I have no romantic feelings for you!! I've never had romantic feelings for you!!! You must be insane!!! God, you're even dumber than I thought you were!!!!!!!!!"
And then it hit me. The deafening silence. The amazed look on the faces of the audience that had gathered around us. The look of sheer pain and shock on Clu's face. What had I done?
Clu stared at me; his pale blue eyes now a whirlwind of midnight. He walked up to me, and I saw a glimmer of a tear in the corner of his eye.
"Well," he began, "I'm not too dumb to know I'm not wanted."
And he turned around and stalked off.
I slowly walked through the festival thinking about what I had just witnessed. I mean, I think the whole thing might have permanently scarred me for life. Yeah, I guess Carey's good-looking and all, but UGH!!! That's just something I never wanted to see or hear EVER again.
"Fi!!!"
I turned around to see Clu running up to me.
"Hey, Clu," I said distractedly, my mind still on what had just happened, "Where'd Jack and Annie go?"
Clu paused for a moment pursing his lips; "Well," he said, "Annie was juggling apples and one kinda hit her in the head and so Jack took her to the Infirmary."
Annie got hit in the head with an apple? Are you sure someone didn't throw it at her?
I tried to muffle my laughter, but failed spectacularly.
Clu grinned; apparently amazed that he had elicited a response from me. He bit his lower lip and paused again. He blew his breath out loudly several times, which was really annoying and finally I exploded.
"CLU!!! What do you want!!??"
Then I experienced the single most nauseating thing in my life. Clu kind of roughly grabbed my shoulders and pulled me into him, pressing his lips against mine. And here's the nauseating part, if you weren't sick already. He jammed his tongue down my throat, causing me to start violently gagging.
Pushing furiously I managed to shove Clu off of me.
"What the HELL was that!!!!?" I cried, staring at his bemused expression.
"I…I thought that was what you wanted!!" he pleaded.
Shivering with disgust I stepped farther away from him.
"What ever gave you that idea!!??"
His eyes flashed in anger.
"YOU!!!" he thundered, "You were the one who was always so flirty with me, playing with my hair, sneaking glances at me!! Don't try to deny it!!! I saw you!!!"
"I…I was just being FRIENDLY!!" I roared back, "I have no romantic feelings for you!! I've never had romantic feelings for you!!! You must be insane!!! God, you're even dumber than I thought you were!!!!!!!!!"
And then it hit me. The deafening silence. The amazed look on the faces of the audience that had gathered around us. The look of sheer pain and shock on Clu's face. What had I done?
Clu stared at me; his pale blue eyes now a whirlwind of midnight. He walked up to me, and I saw a glimmer of a tear in the corner of his eye.
"Well," he began, "I'm not too dumb to know I'm not wanted."
And he turned around and stalked off.
