And again! I'm going to make up for all the updates I've missed. This is
going to be the last Jenna chapter for quite a while. I still have other
characters to do.
Chapter 30: One Thing Led To Another
"It's a beautiful view up here, Skye. . ."
Jenna and her new boyfriend had been granted clearance to the castle roof. The castle was on high alert that evening, (Mario had been spotted nearby) and the two agreed to help the watch on the northwest side of the castle. . . facing the ocean. Which, surprisingly enough, wasn't being heavily guarded anyway. Mario just did not travel by sea, and if he did, he'd stick out like a sore thumb. So just in case. . .
"No sign of enemy plumber!" Skye playfully yelled, "All is well!" He and Jenna slumped down on the tilted roof, another feature of the northwest roof, "Now down to business!" Abruptly, Skye leaned over intending to kiss Jenna on the lips, but instead missed because Jenna turned away. He caught himself before he fell over onto her lap.
"What's wrong?" asked Skye, who at the moment was trying to move back into a reasonably decent position before Jenna noticed.
"Just. . . I was thinking about Phil. . ."
"What? Already?" Jenna couldn't escape the large amounts of harshness in Skye's voice. The same it felt to her ears, not just the intention towards Phil.
"I was wondering. . . what was he thinking?"
"As far as I'm concerned, he's acting exactly the way he would. I hate people like that."
"Just because he doesn't hide his feelings?"
"Yeah." Skye said abruptly, then realised the fault in his statement, "I mean, people who don't know how to control themselves!"
"You can't really blame him. . ."
"I blame him for everything. . ."
Everything? "Because I was his first?"
"How did you even fall in love with a creep like him?"
"You didn't used to think he was a creep. . ."
"I always thought. . ." Skye realized that he was being obnoxious again, and took a deep breath to calm himself, "Alright maybe I'm wrong. But I'm just curious."
Jenna didn't look up, "I thought Phil and I were a match made in heaven, and I'd been fooling myself before. We liked all the same things; same books, same games, same television shows. . . and he was always brutally jealous of me. He actually beat up a boy in school for looking at me too long. . ." Jenna chuckled at the memory, "He promised me he'd always love me. . . and up until I saw you. . ."
"Whoa!" Skye interrupted, "Just looked at me and you forgot him?"
"It's a Romeo-Juliet disaster, I know. I could see it all in you, though I might have been deathly afraid at that time. I looked at your eyes and saw thoughtfulness. I saw past anger, I saw helplessness, I saw strength, I saw. . . forgiveness."
Skye knew he couldn't hide it any longer. "Alright Jenna. . . I'll admit something to you that I don't know if you'll like or not. . ."
Jenna looked up at Skye.
"The truth is. . . I'm not. . . really mad at Phil. I only attacked him to protect you, not out of hate. He actually. . . was kind of cool, but I didn't talk to him in fear of slipping up. I can't stay mad at anyone. To me. . . that seemed like a weakness. . . but it instilled on me that I lost hate. I don't even know if I actually hated humans or not. . . or my parents for that matter. . . It's just always. . . wrong, no matter how its used."
Much to Skye's surprise, Jenna was utterly satisfied with his response, and squeeze-hugged him from the side, "I knew it, too. You're still to good to be true."
"You still love me?"
"Of course."
"And Phil?"
"If he'd come forth, He'd have to accept a loss. . . I don't know exactly what to do. . ."
"Don't worry for now." Skye said. He took a very very deep breath. "Man, it feels good to get that off my chest."
"So do you want to talk about anything?"
"Anything left?" The two had probably reached all possible points of conversation in the multiverse. . . except. . .
"How about Ben's theory? What do you think?" Skye asked.
"Very very unstable. I think he's missing a lot of things. Maybe if it ever is said and done. . ."
"What about. . . the premise of a false world? That nothing here is real?"
"What do you mean?"
"That everything here is just a program. . . including me. . ."
"You're not!" Jenna said a little too loudly, "You can't be. There has to be another explaination!"
"I hope so. . . It'd be wierd to prove outright that I wasn't real."
"Besides being too good to be true?"
"Is that my catch phrase now? 'Too good to be true?'"
"It suits you."
They just sat there for a while longer.
"What do you think happened to your pad?" Jenna restarted the conversation.
"The feds probably found nothing of interest, 'cept maybe one or two personal items, than abandoned the place save a scanning bot, to make sure I didn't return."
Again, they paused.
"Anyhting else to talk about?" Jenna asked.
"We could always do what I intended. . ." He leaned toward Jenna for, this time, an unobstructed kiss.
"Ben?" Charlie asked. It was now late night, and everyone was turning in for bed, cept for Ben, who was still working on his theory.
"Chuck?" Ben chuckled a bit, "You're not feeling small right now?"
"You're scaring me, Ben." Charlie said, even at Ben's half-turned face he could see rings forming around his eyes from a lack of sleep or something else, giving him a surreal evil-looking aura, though at this moment he only seemed to be going mad. "You've been working too long, Ben."
"Secrets still left to uncover. I must work. . ."
"You need sleep. . . not to mention a break from all this nonsense."
"Nonsense? I've worked my heart and soul into this. . ."
"And I can clearly see you're still missing a few obvious facts. . ."
"What?"
"I'll tell you. . . but I promised to keep it a secret. . ."
Ben sighed, "And it's probably the fact that I need most. What do you want me to do?"
"First off, get some sleep."
"Can't. . ."
"Will."
"Alright. . . I guess-"
"And kiss Charmander goodnight." Charlie quickly added in, holing Charmander at arm's length.
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Chapter 30: One Thing Led To Another
"It's a beautiful view up here, Skye. . ."
Jenna and her new boyfriend had been granted clearance to the castle roof. The castle was on high alert that evening, (Mario had been spotted nearby) and the two agreed to help the watch on the northwest side of the castle. . . facing the ocean. Which, surprisingly enough, wasn't being heavily guarded anyway. Mario just did not travel by sea, and if he did, he'd stick out like a sore thumb. So just in case. . .
"No sign of enemy plumber!" Skye playfully yelled, "All is well!" He and Jenna slumped down on the tilted roof, another feature of the northwest roof, "Now down to business!" Abruptly, Skye leaned over intending to kiss Jenna on the lips, but instead missed because Jenna turned away. He caught himself before he fell over onto her lap.
"What's wrong?" asked Skye, who at the moment was trying to move back into a reasonably decent position before Jenna noticed.
"Just. . . I was thinking about Phil. . ."
"What? Already?" Jenna couldn't escape the large amounts of harshness in Skye's voice. The same it felt to her ears, not just the intention towards Phil.
"I was wondering. . . what was he thinking?"
"As far as I'm concerned, he's acting exactly the way he would. I hate people like that."
"Just because he doesn't hide his feelings?"
"Yeah." Skye said abruptly, then realised the fault in his statement, "I mean, people who don't know how to control themselves!"
"You can't really blame him. . ."
"I blame him for everything. . ."
Everything? "Because I was his first?"
"How did you even fall in love with a creep like him?"
"You didn't used to think he was a creep. . ."
"I always thought. . ." Skye realized that he was being obnoxious again, and took a deep breath to calm himself, "Alright maybe I'm wrong. But I'm just curious."
Jenna didn't look up, "I thought Phil and I were a match made in heaven, and I'd been fooling myself before. We liked all the same things; same books, same games, same television shows. . . and he was always brutally jealous of me. He actually beat up a boy in school for looking at me too long. . ." Jenna chuckled at the memory, "He promised me he'd always love me. . . and up until I saw you. . ."
"Whoa!" Skye interrupted, "Just looked at me and you forgot him?"
"It's a Romeo-Juliet disaster, I know. I could see it all in you, though I might have been deathly afraid at that time. I looked at your eyes and saw thoughtfulness. I saw past anger, I saw helplessness, I saw strength, I saw. . . forgiveness."
Skye knew he couldn't hide it any longer. "Alright Jenna. . . I'll admit something to you that I don't know if you'll like or not. . ."
Jenna looked up at Skye.
"The truth is. . . I'm not. . . really mad at Phil. I only attacked him to protect you, not out of hate. He actually. . . was kind of cool, but I didn't talk to him in fear of slipping up. I can't stay mad at anyone. To me. . . that seemed like a weakness. . . but it instilled on me that I lost hate. I don't even know if I actually hated humans or not. . . or my parents for that matter. . . It's just always. . . wrong, no matter how its used."
Much to Skye's surprise, Jenna was utterly satisfied with his response, and squeeze-hugged him from the side, "I knew it, too. You're still to good to be true."
"You still love me?"
"Of course."
"And Phil?"
"If he'd come forth, He'd have to accept a loss. . . I don't know exactly what to do. . ."
"Don't worry for now." Skye said. He took a very very deep breath. "Man, it feels good to get that off my chest."
"So do you want to talk about anything?"
"Anything left?" The two had probably reached all possible points of conversation in the multiverse. . . except. . .
"How about Ben's theory? What do you think?" Skye asked.
"Very very unstable. I think he's missing a lot of things. Maybe if it ever is said and done. . ."
"What about. . . the premise of a false world? That nothing here is real?"
"What do you mean?"
"That everything here is just a program. . . including me. . ."
"You're not!" Jenna said a little too loudly, "You can't be. There has to be another explaination!"
"I hope so. . . It'd be wierd to prove outright that I wasn't real."
"Besides being too good to be true?"
"Is that my catch phrase now? 'Too good to be true?'"
"It suits you."
They just sat there for a while longer.
"What do you think happened to your pad?" Jenna restarted the conversation.
"The feds probably found nothing of interest, 'cept maybe one or two personal items, than abandoned the place save a scanning bot, to make sure I didn't return."
Again, they paused.
"Anyhting else to talk about?" Jenna asked.
"We could always do what I intended. . ." He leaned toward Jenna for, this time, an unobstructed kiss.
"Ben?" Charlie asked. It was now late night, and everyone was turning in for bed, cept for Ben, who was still working on his theory.
"Chuck?" Ben chuckled a bit, "You're not feeling small right now?"
"You're scaring me, Ben." Charlie said, even at Ben's half-turned face he could see rings forming around his eyes from a lack of sleep or something else, giving him a surreal evil-looking aura, though at this moment he only seemed to be going mad. "You've been working too long, Ben."
"Secrets still left to uncover. I must work. . ."
"You need sleep. . . not to mention a break from all this nonsense."
"Nonsense? I've worked my heart and soul into this. . ."
"And I can clearly see you're still missing a few obvious facts. . ."
"What?"
"I'll tell you. . . but I promised to keep it a secret. . ."
Ben sighed, "And it's probably the fact that I need most. What do you want me to do?"
"First off, get some sleep."
"Can't. . ."
"Will."
"Alright. . . I guess-"
"And kiss Charmander goodnight." Charlie quickly added in, holing Charmander at arm's length.
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In case you missed it, send in your characters for FINAL FANTASY: THE LAST HERO to me! See My bio for more details. Ciao!