Thanks for the reveiws guys, not bad for a first fic, huh? I hope this chapter ends up as well as the others....
Today, Alice was coming up the hill. Edward was happy for once. Sometime along the way, the monsters in the garden didn't look so incredibly evil now. In fact, they looked very joyful, especially that skeleton with the round head. Edward couldn't help laughing to himself every time he saw it. It was a miracle the thing balanced, it's feet were very tiny, the hands were huge, and the body was lean and tall. For some reason he had made it wearing a suit, a long pinstriped one with tails, which baffled even him.
Trimmings for the plants were becoming more usual, and woodcarving, although still a hobby, had been pushed aside for ice sculptures (weather permitting) and the garden.
He liked to remember when he first met Alice, how she was petrified of going back to suburbia for medical attention. Edward, himself related, so that was a journey they had to take together. He promised to protect her, she helped wrap his hands and get the hooded jacket over his head. She had lost a lot of blood, so he had to half carry her through the mud (It was raining) because she was so weak.
He was working on the skeleton when she arrived with a lump in her jacket. "I have something for you." She said slyly. "You can't touch it with your fingers though, ok?" she pulled out a black kitten, which she dropped in the crook of his arm, out of harms way. He stroked it with one of his un-bladed thumbs and smiled.
"Why?"
"My roommate's cat just had a litter of kittens. I thought you'd like one..."
"Thank you." he murmured, distracted by the thrumming kitten, "Is it supposed to be doing this?" She laughed.
"Cat's purr. It means they're happy. What're you gonna name it?"
"I don't know."
"How about Dinah?"
"Why?"
"Why not? That was Alice's cat, right?" She blushed.
"What if it's male?" Edward joked, trying to make her lose that unhealthy red color.
"Dino, then." She laughed. He chuckled a bit too, feeling a bit...awkward at the moment. The kitten jumped down, ready to explore it's new environment.
"Dinah it is, then." Edward grinned.
Today, Alice was coming up the hill. Edward was happy for once. Sometime along the way, the monsters in the garden didn't look so incredibly evil now. In fact, they looked very joyful, especially that skeleton with the round head. Edward couldn't help laughing to himself every time he saw it. It was a miracle the thing balanced, it's feet were very tiny, the hands were huge, and the body was lean and tall. For some reason he had made it wearing a suit, a long pinstriped one with tails, which baffled even him.
Trimmings for the plants were becoming more usual, and woodcarving, although still a hobby, had been pushed aside for ice sculptures (weather permitting) and the garden.
He liked to remember when he first met Alice, how she was petrified of going back to suburbia for medical attention. Edward, himself related, so that was a journey they had to take together. He promised to protect her, she helped wrap his hands and get the hooded jacket over his head. She had lost a lot of blood, so he had to half carry her through the mud (It was raining) because she was so weak.
He was working on the skeleton when she arrived with a lump in her jacket. "I have something for you." She said slyly. "You can't touch it with your fingers though, ok?" she pulled out a black kitten, which she dropped in the crook of his arm, out of harms way. He stroked it with one of his un-bladed thumbs and smiled.
"Why?"
"My roommate's cat just had a litter of kittens. I thought you'd like one..."
"Thank you." he murmured, distracted by the thrumming kitten, "Is it supposed to be doing this?" She laughed.
"Cat's purr. It means they're happy. What're you gonna name it?"
"I don't know."
"How about Dinah?"
"Why?"
"Why not? That was Alice's cat, right?" She blushed.
"What if it's male?" Edward joked, trying to make her lose that unhealthy red color.
"Dino, then." She laughed. He chuckled a bit too, feeling a bit...awkward at the moment. The kitten jumped down, ready to explore it's new environment.
"Dinah it is, then." Edward grinned.