Disclaimer: I don't own G-Gundam or any for the show's characters
By: Alimoe =0D
AN: At the bottom after my last AN I have a shout out to anyone who reviewed.
The Man with the Blue and Pink Hair, Chapter 8
I look out the window of the taxicab. Heh, I don't have a clue of where we are . . . which means we must be getter closer to the bus station, our destination.
My view changes from the quickly passing streets to the, err . . . * unique * taxi driver sitter next to me. He had a patch on his right eye and on occasion I can see the blue color from his left eye. His uniform wasn't even a taxi uniform, which makes me feel *very* uncomfortable. Instead it's a pink ruffled shirt with a red suit over it, and a blue bow tie to top off the outfit. On his face is a very eerie solemn yet pleased expression. * Ew. * Just looking at the guy gives me shivers down my spine.
I look out the winder again * PLEASE * let us get there soon! PLEASE! My glance changes to the side view mirror. Humph! Lucky Domon and Rain! They get to sit in the back! Okay . . . thinking back they did offer to squish together so I could sit there with them, but I didn't think it would make sense for all of us to be squished together with no room for breathing when the front seat was empty. Man! Sometimes I can be so stupid when I'm being so logical.
I heave a sigh. Well, at least I think I can see the bus station entrance sign up ahead. Come on Allenby only a few more minutes with creepy driver before you get to se Chibodee!
"You must be really looking forward to the trip Allenby! You have a huge smile on your face." Rain giggles before continuing. "I can see it from back here!"
Huh? I shake my head as if I could shake the smile off my face. " Uh . . . Yeah . . . I'm really looking forward to playing in the snow!" I quickly say as a cover up, my face turning slightly pink from Rain's surprise comment. I didn't even realize I was smiling . . . Now I can only hear Rain quietly giggle. I check the mirror again and I can see Domon shacking his head while his right arm was around Rain shoulder, who now was quiet, but still making the motions as if she was still giggling. Great now I really want to get out of this taxi. (Too creeped out * AND * embarrassed!)
Luckily we're pulling into the bus lot. I quickly look at the bill that the car tallies based on how many miles you traveled. As soon as the car stops I'll quickly pay the man then run to my bags. Ready . . . now! I quickly did what I planed giving him a small tip along with the bill, and dash towards the trunk that just popped up.
Thank goodness, I'm out of that car! I grab my blue duffle bag, along with my black bag with my skis in it and start heading for the bus, while trying my best to avoid my big sister, and her "sisterly deeds". (The sisterly deeds according to Rain are to tease the little sister, and spoil her.) I know if Rain gets into her sisterly deeds mode she'll definitely tease me about Chibodee, and I * really * don't want to be teased about him right now. Speaking of Chibodee, where is he?
I start to look around for him. Hmm . . . I can see the back of a man about the right height as Chibodee . . . He's wearing some dark blue jeans, along with a red windbreaker, colors Chibodee would wear . . . The man has blue hair so I'm almost 100% sure . . . Oh! There's the give away. I can see a tiny lock of pink hair swaying in the wind. Yup! That's Chibodee!
A small smirk speeds across my face as I drop my bags and quickly run up behind him. I grab his shoulders and jump onto his back. I instantly put my arms around his neck, so I don't fall, and put my head over his right shoulder.
"Hi Chibodee!" I say cheerfully as that small smirk turned into a big grin.
He moves his head to face me. "Hey Bee, I was just looking for you."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I would have guessed that I would've been able to find you with that bright orange wind breaker you're wearing, but I guess not." He said with a tad bit of exaggeration in his voice.
"Yeah, you should've been able to find me." I replied, a little ticked off from the tone in his voice. "Why, what do you think of the outfit? You don't like it?"
He ignores my question and went straight into asking his own.
"Where have you been the past two weeks Bee? I've tried calling, but every time I did I got your answering machine, and I never received a call back even though I'd leave a message."
He sounds almost hurt, which in turn, makes me feel really guilty. I look up at him and can easily see he wants an answer * now *.
"I've been busy trying to get things settled in my apartment as well as trying to get ready for this trip." I quickly say. It's the truth! And if being out a lot helped me not see him while I was thinking about my feelings for him, well, that's just a positive coincidence!
He smiles at me. Thank goodness. I didn't want to hurt him or make him mad or whatever he was.
"If you needed help you could've called and asked."
"I know, but I bother you too much." I say apologetically.
"You never bother me Bee." I smile contently from those words. For some reason I like hearing the pet-name Chibodee gave me. Opps! I mean nickname! Pet-names are for couples, which we're not! Right we're not a couple . . .
"Um . . . thank Chibodee . . ." I say to him, a slight pinkish color in my cheeks. I guess I missed Chibodee more than I realized. I mean look at him, sure he came be a real jerk sometimes, and a flirt at others, but I don't think many people get to see this more sensitive side of him. When his bright green eyes are so caring and understanding . . . Almost hypnotizing . . . That I can't help but to . . .
"Chibodee! Allenby! Look over here!" a female voice calls, breaking my train of thought and making me forget what I was thinking.
"Huh?" We both say as we look towards the direction of the voice.
"Oh! Maria! How are you?" Chibodee asks, as he's the first one of us to regain the ability to speak. I can tell he's slightly flustered. Hmm . . . I wonder why . . . What was he thinking?
"I'm well Chibodee. I was just wondering if I could please take a picture of you two in that pose?" Maria asks while pointing to her camera that's hanging around her neck and is resting on her pink windbreaker with baby blue stripes down the sleeves and around the neck collar. I notice that she too is wearing jeans, but hers is light blue compared to Chibodee's and my dark blue ones. That fair face of hers is as bright as ever with her hair tied back in a tight ponytail.
"She seems eager to take this picture so why . . ." - " not let her take it. Okay, that's fine with me Bee."
"Okay Maria go ahead." I tell her as I can see her face light up before her camera covers it up.
"Ready?" I quickly re-rap my arms more loosely around Chibodee's neck that I become a little bit lower than Chibodee's eyes. I do this so that Chibodee wont "choke" in the picture, plus now it's impossible for him to give me bunny ears without me knowing it. "Okay perfect! Now smile. I'll take the picture on three." We both did as we were asked and waited for the numbers to be heard. "One, two three!" ::Click:: "Cute picture! Both of you had such a gentle and blissful smile! And it was such an adorable pose!" Maria merrily informed us, these along with other compliments about the picture. Her smile and eyes are just gleaming with excitement and joy. * Anyone * could tell she really loves her hobby.
Maria takes a break from talking as she pokes her head around us before readdressing us. "Please excuse me. I would like to take some more pictures before we leave."
"That's fine Maria. As long as we can please get some copies later."
"Of course Chibodee, as always. Thank you for the picture, until the bus. Good bye!" She leaves our company and I can see her run off towards Argo and Nastasha with a faint voice saying, "Excuse me Mr. Argo! Pardon me Ms. Nastasha. May I please take a photo of you two?"
Hehe. We'll most likely have to take pictures on the trip too. Now what was I telling Chibodee before Maria came along?
"Chibodee!!!" Huh? Now who is it?
All of a sudden I can see Shirley and Bunny come out from what seem like nowhere. They come up to us of course . . .
"Come on Chibodee, you have to load up your bags onto the bus." Bunny says, as Shirley shoots me a look before turning her attention to Chibodee.
"And you have other important things to do too. Get going." Shirley orders in (well to me seems like a) harsh tone.
I can hear him sigh, "Yes ma'am." Before Shirley, and Bunny leave us alone again.
Chibodee turns around so now we're face to face, with my arms still around his neck, and my lips so close to . . .
I instantly undo my grip around his neck, but I don't move! He's holding onto me! I know my once pink face is now turning into a red one, because I can feel my heart beat being faster than ever before, and my cheeks being warmer.
He gently set me down on the ground. "I'm sorry Bee I have to go. I'll sit next to you on the bus okay?"
I gathered up some courage and look up at him. He had a warm smile on his face and his eyes were gleaming, but did look genuinely sorry.
"Okay." I smile back. Just by looking at him I feel like I can't help but to smile. "Then I'll see you on the bus." I break away from his company and quickly say something about me needing to get my bags and put it on the bus as well. Then I turn around and start walking away.
"Hey Allenby!" I turn back around to once again face Chibodee.
"Yea?"
"You look cute today!" WHAT?!?!?!? Please say that again?
"I'll see you on the bus!" He waves with a big grin on his face. "Later Bee!" Then he turns around and leaves.
I also turn back around, but I'm frozen to my current spot. Still trying to comprehend what exactly * just * happened. Chibodee said I looked cute? Yes, that's what happened, Chibodee said I looked cute. I start walking back towards my bags.
Erg! Why in the world did he say THAT?!?!?! 'You look * cute * today!' Those words . . . they're just there, lingering in every part of my mind. Like a broken record player, over and over again. Is he * trying * to confuse me?!?! If so it's working really well!
I try my best to shake the comment out of my mind, at least for the time being. I pick up my bags and look over to my right. I can see Rain and Domon. Rain, by the looks of it, seems to be heading over here. She looks like she wants to talk to me about something.
Um . . . I'm not trying to be rude, but I REALLY don't want to talk to Rain right now. Not when I'm still taken back from Chibodee's comment.
Suddenly I can hear a polite female voice asking the couple if she could take a picture. Oh thank you * so * much Maria! Words can't describe how grateful I am towards you right now. Sorry Rain, I promise I'll talk to you when the reddish color from my face goes away.
I start heading to my left towards the bus. Sai is there, he stands out from his outfit: a bright yellow and dark blue windbreaker and some blue pants. He's kneeling down loading his bags onto the bus.
"Hi Sai!" I greeted while walking up towards him.
"Hey Allenby. What's up?"
"Nothing much, just wanted to load my bags." I reply, with a shrug.
"Oh, I'll take your bags, might as well while I'm down here."
"Thanks Sai!" I gave him my black bag, then my blue duffle bag.
"No prob. Allenby have you been out in the sun lately?"
"Uh . . . Not more than normal why?" That's an odd question.
"Well your cheeks are rather pink, so just thought that you might have caught too much sun."
"Oh um . . . maybe . . . Heh . . ." I look to my side with my arms in back supporting my neck and have a cheesy smile on my face from my horrible response as a cover up from the real reason my cheeks are still a slight shade of pink. "So Sai where's your girlfriend?" I ask after realizing that almost everyone was in pairs except for him.
His face seemed to become a tad bit sad from my question. He stayed still for a moment, holding my blue bag he was about to throw in, as if he was reflecting on something. "Huh?" the sound couldn't help but to slip out of my mouth as I put my arms down and tilt my head somewhat towards my right shoulder.
"She can't come. Her brother is training in the colonies, and he wouldn't let her come down to Earth alone." He said with the uttermost seriousness and disappointment in his voice. His eyes never change focus from the bus in front of him. But I know really he's thinking about her, he just has that look.
"Oh . . . I'm sorry Sai . . . I don't mean to br . . ." - "It's okay Allenby!" Sai interrupts me; he looks up at me and puts on a fake smile as if he wasn't hurting inside. Then finishes up loading his and my bags. "I'll enjoy snowboarding no matter what!" He stands up and wipe off some gravel bit from his blue jeans.
"But Sai, we're going skiing. You know with the two boards and the little poles."
"Well yeah, but you can do other snow activities beside skiing. I know Argo and Nastasha brought two sleds and two pairs of skis. You just had to bring what you wanted to do."
But . . . but I was told skiing! Not anything else! Mentally I'm crying from disappointment until I realize that I can't snowboard or ride a sled. Either way I lose on this trip. Although I'm sure sledding would be easier than skiing . . .
"Um . . . Thanks Sai for clearing that up. I think I'm going to wait on the bus now okay?" I say sounding a little disappointed.
"Uh . . . that's fine. See ya Allenby." Sai replied just before I got onto the bus. He sounded a little confused.
The bus seems to be a reasonable size from the outside; I wonder how the inside is . . . WOW! This bus is really nice! We all had to chip in with the cost for transportation but wasn't a lot. In fact it was reasonably priced, or so I thought at the time. If I knew the bus would be like this I'm being to think the price Maria had us pay wasn't enough.
I run to the back of the bus to see if I'm correct on thinking there's a bathroom here. Yup there is! Two bathrooms are here. I look towards the front to get an overall view of this bus. All the seats have nice cushioning, and armrests to separate seats but can always go up so it can be one big seat. There're four rows on one side so eight all together, and each row holds two people. Each row seems to have plenty of legroom, and seat belts on each seat. Over the seats is an overhead compartment with a net on the boarder for backpacks and such to be put in there.
"Wow! This is a nice bus!" I hear an unfamiliar female voice says from the very front of the bus.
"Yeah it is Janet! Where do you want to sit?"
"Let's sit in the second to the last row on this okay Cath?"
"Okay!" I look forward and I see them beginning to walks towards the back. Well out of the four members of Chibodee's crew those two seem to be nice, to me at least.
"Oh! Hi Allenby!" Janet greeted me.
"Hi. Uh. . How are you two?" I replied, unable to think of something else to say.
"We're great. We can't wait for the trip. How about you? Are you looking forward to it?" Cath replies for both her and Janet.
"Yeah . . . It's going to be quite an experience for me." I awkwardly respond.
"Oh! Well if you ever need any help, I know you can * always * ask Chibodee." Cath says before walking by me.
"Yeah Chibodee will be *more * than happy to help you, Allenby." Janet also walks by me as she says this.
"We're going to sit back here. If you ever want to talk on the bus ride we'll be here." Janet points to the seat that Cath is already sitting in. It's diagonally in back to the left of me when I look towards the back.
"Um . . . Okay! Uh . . . Thank you . . ." I say uneasily. I sit down where I was standing, in the second row of the bus on the right side when you're looking towards the back.
I look out the window, not really looking at the bus lot that's outside of me, but more of just looking out into nowhere at all.
Great now I'm really confused. What were those two hinting at? I mean I think I know what they were hinting at, but are they trying to be misleading so I'll embarrass myself? No it couldn't be, out of the four those two actually seem to like me. Then why?
"Hi!" Ack now who? I look towards the voice. Rain!
"Hey Rain, please sit down for the time being." I motioned for her to sit on the seat next to me.
"I'm not going to sit for long." She whispered, "But I was just wondering how you were doing? You seemed too quite in the taxi, then the next time I saw you your face looked all red and troubled." She finished whispering to me, her face looked concerned and worried. Heh. I have a very nice "big sister"
"I'm fine Rain." I also whispered, I don't think Rain wants us to talk very loud due to the eerie silence on the bus except for the two friends in the back. "I've just been doing some thinking, that's all." I can see Rain's expression grow in concern, and I instantly regret what I just said.
"Thinking? About what?! It has to be something serious to make you put so much thought into it. Is it about you-know-who?"
Think quickly Allenby! "No. It's about this trip; it's just that I'm hoping I don't do anything to make a fool out of myself. I mean it's been a while since I skied last." Whew. Good quick thinking.
Rain face lightens up, thankfully. "You shouldn't worry little sis. I know you'll do just fine. I mean it's not like you've never been skiing before, like me. So at least you have some experience. I'm sure once you put on those skis you'll remember it again, it'll be second nature."
"Yeah . . . I hope so." I give Rain a half-hearted smile. As she smiles in return, then looks up right as Domon was walking up the stairs to the bus.
"I'm going to go sit with Domon now okay little sis?" Rain says while standing up.
"That's fine, I understand. Um . . . Rain how did you know Domon was coming up?"
Rain just looked at me for a few seconds, before smiling. "We just have that bond." She leans in and whispers, "You'll have one too, someday. I'm sure someday soon." She smiles again, before sitting where Domon is. Which is conveniently right in front of me.
I sigh, I return my gaze to the window. Finally time to think, on * all * those confusing messages people are sending me.
"Hey Bee!" Who is it now?! I look to my right and see Chibodee. I should had figured that out, after all he did say 'Hey * Bee! *' And Chibodee is the only one who calls me 'Bee'.
"Hi Chibodee. You finished doing what Shirley and Bunny wanted you to do?"
"Yeah, it was no big deal. They've been making things sound more important than they really are lately."
"Oh?" It wasn't really a question, just a sound for 'that's interesting.'
"Yeah . . . I don't really know why, but they've been doing that. But that doesn't matter. So are you looking forward to the eight hour ride to the mountains?" He asks with a little playful exaggeration in his voice.
"Oh yeah! I love a long ride!" I reply with a smile mimicking his exaggeration.
He smiles back at me before scooting into his seat due to the people passing behind him.
"Wow. Everyone seems to be coming in now huh?" I point out to Chibodee, while we both look at the members and friends of the Shuffle Alliance coming in.
"Yea, and they all seem to be wearing the same thing, a windbreaker and some kind of jean pants." He points out to me. And looking at everyone now, they are. Even I'm following this pattern.
Argo and Nastasha come onto the bus and walks pass us with a quick wave. Argo is wearing black pants and a purple windbreaker with a strip of white around the shoulders to the arm and a patch of white on the sleeve. Nastasha is also wearing black jeans, and has the same windbreaker as Argo except instead of purple she has a dark navy blue one. I look behind me and see that they're sitting in the last seats in my row.
Next in line to enter are Maria and George. George is wearing a dark blue windbreaker. Above his sleeve are two yellow strips and a red stripe in the middle. His windbreaker has a hood with a yellow interior. As for Maria's it only has a collar liner for the neck. They both sit down in the row next to Domon and Rain.
Keiun and Zuisen (Sai's guardians/crew) walk by me. Okay so they're the exception to the statement that was made earlier about windbreakers for they're in their normal clothes. Well, except with jackets on top. I look though the crack in between Chibodee's seat and mine and see them sit in the row behind us.
Sai follows his guardians and sits in the row across from them. All by himself . . . Poor Sai, I wish his girlfriend could've come.
Lastly, but not least I suppose, is Bunny and Shirley. Shirley walks pass me first in a pair of light blue jeans and a plain yellow windbreaker. Bunny follows also in a pair of light blue jeans, but she's in a plain blue windbreaker. They make their way to the back of the bus, sitting across from Argo and Nastasha.
Now Raymond boards the bus. "Excuse me. Excuse me everyone."
The small chatter on the bus stops as we all direct our attention to Raymond, who's still standing in the very front of the bus.
"I have a few small announcements to make. Before we leave, and head towards the mountains I have to give some safety instructions."
We all listened to the safety instructions, about where the emergency exits are, to buckle our seat belts, and how talking quietly along with not doing anything to distract him from the road would be helpful, and so on.
"Okay, now that we all got that straight, we'll be on our way to the mountains!" He concluded, as everyone cheered then preceded to talk quietly among themselves.
"What are we going to do on our way up there?" I ask Chibodee quietly, as I lean forward. "It's quite a drive so we should do something so that we're not completely bored."
"Well . . . To tell you the truth I was going to sleep for some time, then eat a snack, then play some card games. But sleep is the first thing on my to do list."
I move back to my spot. "Sleep?!? How can you sleep on a bus trip with a friend sitting right next to you? You're suppose be sociable!"
He winces as if something I just said hurt him. Then he lays back, puts his hands in back of his neck and closes his eyes. "I will be Bee, after I get a little sleep. I haven't slept well for the past few days for some reason."
I cross my arms in a pout and look out the window. "Fine! I haven't been sleeping much either, but you don't see me falling a sleep when we could be talking or playing card games." I know it's not really a big deal, let the poor man get some shut eye I'm telling myself, but at the same time, I feel kinda hurt that he rather sleep than to spend time with me.
No response.
Erg! This man can be so frustrating! I'll show him! I'll just look out my window. I wont fall asleep.
Man seeing the road pass by after a while is kinda boring. ::Yawn:: But I can't . . . No I wont . . . fall . . . a . . . sleep . . .
~*~ End of Chapter 8 ~*~
A/N: Well there's the end to an extremely long chapter. The longest chapter I have EVER wrote. This was a long chapter as a 'I'm sorry for not updating since forever' chapter. Between working full time, and moving I hardly had time. I wrote on the road though, so it's not that I didn't want to update, it was more like I couldn't. ^.^ Well sorry for the lack of updates, I hope this was worth the wait, although I kinda doubt it. =0)
A/N (revised): Well here's the revised story, if you want to know the difference, there's not much of one. Except that I put Bunny in more parts, and spelling/ grammar stuff. Hopefully this story flowed better then the original chapter. =0)
Oh and one thing, I know I put this in the revised edition of Chapter 7, but I don't think everyone saw it so here it is again, just for you to know.
For your knowledge:
Ike and Aie are sound pop outs. They just come out of the mouth when one's frustrated or is confused about what one's thinking.
And the work Ack has a grr type of feeling to it.
Or at least that's how I use them, just letting everyone know, so there's no confusion. =0)
~*~ Response to the Readers ~*~
~~~ Last chapter I got thirteen reviews! WOW! You people are the coolest! THANK YOU! =0D Ever review made my day! ~~~
To: The Mythotical Mage
Yay! I'm glad you liked chapter 7. It means a lot to me when you say it was worth the wait! I hope this chapter was worth the wait as well.
Alimoe =0D
To: BlueFrosting
Hiya! (- My word =0) ) I can see that she let you sign up. =0) That's great! I'll go read your story now! (I told myself not to read any stories until this get posted =0( ) I'm glad your story got some good reviews, I look forward to reading a story by you! And don't discontinue any of your stories! That'd be awful because I want to read some! =0) I hope you enjoyed this long chapter, I hope to earn a response from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: Black Joker Lady
Lol, you can't find Neko? Hope she didn't get lost . . . Anyways thanks so much for such an uplifting review! It * really * made my day with you saying that I "caught Allenby's spirit" and that you said that you forgot it was a fic, oh so nice to hear. =0D I hope I lived up to that same opinion in this chapter as well. When you're not busy and maybe someday post those fics on Nastasha POV I'll be happy to read them! Thank you for the comment on Allenby's apartment, I figured that she probably never owned much in her life that she'd be proud of the apartment, because it's just about the first big thing she's owned. As for the rest of the details on the fic, well . . . lets just say everything will unfold itself. =0) Thanks for the review; I hope to earn another from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: the Desert Fox
Thank you for reviewing my last chapter. I apologize that you thought the apartment thing was annoying, but I figured since Allenby most likely owned something big in her life, she would be proud when she finally does. (After all her gundam belongs to Neo-Sweden) I also apologize that you were confused on what I meant by 'Ike' I put an author note at the end of the chapter so that no one is confused about that from now on, so thanks for pointing that out. Lol, that fun fact is interesting, I learned about it in US history (well my teacher also thought it was interesting) so it was a nice reminder of my old school. =0) Ronin Warriors? Lol, I remember them! I liked that show, but they took it off the T.V. =0( It was such a good show too . . . Well, again, thanks for the review on the last chapter, I hope to earn another on this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Tiger Lily
Yay! Thank you for the compliment! =0D I know you don't see many of these pairings, that's why I'm writing it, but there's a few. Sorry it took me a while to update, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Allenby Beardsley
Hi Allenby! I update after a long period of time, so I live again. =0) Thanks for the review on my last chapter, and a few before that too. I hope you liked this chapter as well. Lol, yeah skiing is quite an experience, I hope to capture that intresting experience in the next few chapters. I read your story when I found a computer at the hotel on my moving vacation (vacation #2 -.-) but it was good, I'll be happy to help you in anyway I can. If you have an e-mail address I can e-mail you, or AIM whatever is more convenient to you. =0) Thanks for wishing a safe vacation, we did, with a few bad bumps (I think my family has bad luck ^.^ ' ) but we all made it out safely. I hope to earn another review from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: starangel100890
Hi, I know you said I don't have to give you a shout out, but I decided to anyways, it'd be rude of me to leave you out! =0) Well I did read a story of yours, I will read more, they seem interesting by the summaries. =0) So expect more reviews from me to you a bit later on.
Alimoe =0D
PS: Thank you for reviewing this time! It's always nice hearing someone opinion on you story. Thank you! =0D
To: Liza Akita
Hi Liza! Nice to hear from you again. =0) If you found the friction between Allenby and Shirley interesting before I would like to know what you think of it now. ^.^ Well I'm glad you liked the last chapter, I sincerely hope that you like this chapter as well. =0) I hope to hear from you again!
Alimoe =0D
To: Sissi
Hi Sissi! Thank you for the nice review. I covered just about all the main things in chapter 7, and it was nice hearing your opinion on those different factors. =0) Allenby still hasn't asked Chibodee the, err . . . * interesting * question yet, for it seems like she's still confused. Lol, yeah usually boys are more dense on these subjects but I guess not in this case ^^. There's still a lot more to come in the story too! =0) During the move I kept getting more and more ideas. =0D But it takes time to get them on paper (or the computer) so there's the down side. Well I hope to get another review from you, and I hope that you enjoyed this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Chibodee Crocket
Lol, sorry Chibodee you'll have to see how she feels about you in another chapter. =0) And you have one more chapter to get to the skiing. ^.^ I hope you liked this chapter, and I hope to earn another review from you.
Alimoe =0D
PS: Good luck with Shirley. ^.^
To: Queen of Faeries
Thank you for the * super generous * review! I hope you like this chapter as well, and I'm sorry it took so long to be posted.
Alimoe =0D
To: Ken no Kakera
I'm glad that you like this story Ken no Kakera! I hope you enjoyed this longer chapter, of it. And I agree 100% that Chibodee and Allenby make a really good couple! =0) Thanks for reviewing especially since the story hadn't been updated in a while. Thank you.
Alimoe =0D
To: SaiSaiciAngel
Hehe, so I'm a story on your vacation? Lol, I should have done that! Well I hope that you like my story, I also hope that you had a safe and fun vacation. =0)
Alimoe =0D
By: Alimoe =0D
AN: At the bottom after my last AN I have a shout out to anyone who reviewed.
The Man with the Blue and Pink Hair, Chapter 8
I look out the window of the taxicab. Heh, I don't have a clue of where we are . . . which means we must be getter closer to the bus station, our destination.
My view changes from the quickly passing streets to the, err . . . * unique * taxi driver sitter next to me. He had a patch on his right eye and on occasion I can see the blue color from his left eye. His uniform wasn't even a taxi uniform, which makes me feel *very* uncomfortable. Instead it's a pink ruffled shirt with a red suit over it, and a blue bow tie to top off the outfit. On his face is a very eerie solemn yet pleased expression. * Ew. * Just looking at the guy gives me shivers down my spine.
I look out the winder again * PLEASE * let us get there soon! PLEASE! My glance changes to the side view mirror. Humph! Lucky Domon and Rain! They get to sit in the back! Okay . . . thinking back they did offer to squish together so I could sit there with them, but I didn't think it would make sense for all of us to be squished together with no room for breathing when the front seat was empty. Man! Sometimes I can be so stupid when I'm being so logical.
I heave a sigh. Well, at least I think I can see the bus station entrance sign up ahead. Come on Allenby only a few more minutes with creepy driver before you get to se Chibodee!
"You must be really looking forward to the trip Allenby! You have a huge smile on your face." Rain giggles before continuing. "I can see it from back here!"
Huh? I shake my head as if I could shake the smile off my face. " Uh . . . Yeah . . . I'm really looking forward to playing in the snow!" I quickly say as a cover up, my face turning slightly pink from Rain's surprise comment. I didn't even realize I was smiling . . . Now I can only hear Rain quietly giggle. I check the mirror again and I can see Domon shacking his head while his right arm was around Rain shoulder, who now was quiet, but still making the motions as if she was still giggling. Great now I really want to get out of this taxi. (Too creeped out * AND * embarrassed!)
Luckily we're pulling into the bus lot. I quickly look at the bill that the car tallies based on how many miles you traveled. As soon as the car stops I'll quickly pay the man then run to my bags. Ready . . . now! I quickly did what I planed giving him a small tip along with the bill, and dash towards the trunk that just popped up.
Thank goodness, I'm out of that car! I grab my blue duffle bag, along with my black bag with my skis in it and start heading for the bus, while trying my best to avoid my big sister, and her "sisterly deeds". (The sisterly deeds according to Rain are to tease the little sister, and spoil her.) I know if Rain gets into her sisterly deeds mode she'll definitely tease me about Chibodee, and I * really * don't want to be teased about him right now. Speaking of Chibodee, where is he?
I start to look around for him. Hmm . . . I can see the back of a man about the right height as Chibodee . . . He's wearing some dark blue jeans, along with a red windbreaker, colors Chibodee would wear . . . The man has blue hair so I'm almost 100% sure . . . Oh! There's the give away. I can see a tiny lock of pink hair swaying in the wind. Yup! That's Chibodee!
A small smirk speeds across my face as I drop my bags and quickly run up behind him. I grab his shoulders and jump onto his back. I instantly put my arms around his neck, so I don't fall, and put my head over his right shoulder.
"Hi Chibodee!" I say cheerfully as that small smirk turned into a big grin.
He moves his head to face me. "Hey Bee, I was just looking for you."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I would have guessed that I would've been able to find you with that bright orange wind breaker you're wearing, but I guess not." He said with a tad bit of exaggeration in his voice.
"Yeah, you should've been able to find me." I replied, a little ticked off from the tone in his voice. "Why, what do you think of the outfit? You don't like it?"
He ignores my question and went straight into asking his own.
"Where have you been the past two weeks Bee? I've tried calling, but every time I did I got your answering machine, and I never received a call back even though I'd leave a message."
He sounds almost hurt, which in turn, makes me feel really guilty. I look up at him and can easily see he wants an answer * now *.
"I've been busy trying to get things settled in my apartment as well as trying to get ready for this trip." I quickly say. It's the truth! And if being out a lot helped me not see him while I was thinking about my feelings for him, well, that's just a positive coincidence!
He smiles at me. Thank goodness. I didn't want to hurt him or make him mad or whatever he was.
"If you needed help you could've called and asked."
"I know, but I bother you too much." I say apologetically.
"You never bother me Bee." I smile contently from those words. For some reason I like hearing the pet-name Chibodee gave me. Opps! I mean nickname! Pet-names are for couples, which we're not! Right we're not a couple . . .
"Um . . . thank Chibodee . . ." I say to him, a slight pinkish color in my cheeks. I guess I missed Chibodee more than I realized. I mean look at him, sure he came be a real jerk sometimes, and a flirt at others, but I don't think many people get to see this more sensitive side of him. When his bright green eyes are so caring and understanding . . . Almost hypnotizing . . . That I can't help but to . . .
"Chibodee! Allenby! Look over here!" a female voice calls, breaking my train of thought and making me forget what I was thinking.
"Huh?" We both say as we look towards the direction of the voice.
"Oh! Maria! How are you?" Chibodee asks, as he's the first one of us to regain the ability to speak. I can tell he's slightly flustered. Hmm . . . I wonder why . . . What was he thinking?
"I'm well Chibodee. I was just wondering if I could please take a picture of you two in that pose?" Maria asks while pointing to her camera that's hanging around her neck and is resting on her pink windbreaker with baby blue stripes down the sleeves and around the neck collar. I notice that she too is wearing jeans, but hers is light blue compared to Chibodee's and my dark blue ones. That fair face of hers is as bright as ever with her hair tied back in a tight ponytail.
"She seems eager to take this picture so why . . ." - " not let her take it. Okay, that's fine with me Bee."
"Okay Maria go ahead." I tell her as I can see her face light up before her camera covers it up.
"Ready?" I quickly re-rap my arms more loosely around Chibodee's neck that I become a little bit lower than Chibodee's eyes. I do this so that Chibodee wont "choke" in the picture, plus now it's impossible for him to give me bunny ears without me knowing it. "Okay perfect! Now smile. I'll take the picture on three." We both did as we were asked and waited for the numbers to be heard. "One, two three!" ::Click:: "Cute picture! Both of you had such a gentle and blissful smile! And it was such an adorable pose!" Maria merrily informed us, these along with other compliments about the picture. Her smile and eyes are just gleaming with excitement and joy. * Anyone * could tell she really loves her hobby.
Maria takes a break from talking as she pokes her head around us before readdressing us. "Please excuse me. I would like to take some more pictures before we leave."
"That's fine Maria. As long as we can please get some copies later."
"Of course Chibodee, as always. Thank you for the picture, until the bus. Good bye!" She leaves our company and I can see her run off towards Argo and Nastasha with a faint voice saying, "Excuse me Mr. Argo! Pardon me Ms. Nastasha. May I please take a photo of you two?"
Hehe. We'll most likely have to take pictures on the trip too. Now what was I telling Chibodee before Maria came along?
"Chibodee!!!" Huh? Now who is it?
All of a sudden I can see Shirley and Bunny come out from what seem like nowhere. They come up to us of course . . .
"Come on Chibodee, you have to load up your bags onto the bus." Bunny says, as Shirley shoots me a look before turning her attention to Chibodee.
"And you have other important things to do too. Get going." Shirley orders in (well to me seems like a) harsh tone.
I can hear him sigh, "Yes ma'am." Before Shirley, and Bunny leave us alone again.
Chibodee turns around so now we're face to face, with my arms still around his neck, and my lips so close to . . .
I instantly undo my grip around his neck, but I don't move! He's holding onto me! I know my once pink face is now turning into a red one, because I can feel my heart beat being faster than ever before, and my cheeks being warmer.
He gently set me down on the ground. "I'm sorry Bee I have to go. I'll sit next to you on the bus okay?"
I gathered up some courage and look up at him. He had a warm smile on his face and his eyes were gleaming, but did look genuinely sorry.
"Okay." I smile back. Just by looking at him I feel like I can't help but to smile. "Then I'll see you on the bus." I break away from his company and quickly say something about me needing to get my bags and put it on the bus as well. Then I turn around and start walking away.
"Hey Allenby!" I turn back around to once again face Chibodee.
"Yea?"
"You look cute today!" WHAT?!?!?!? Please say that again?
"I'll see you on the bus!" He waves with a big grin on his face. "Later Bee!" Then he turns around and leaves.
I also turn back around, but I'm frozen to my current spot. Still trying to comprehend what exactly * just * happened. Chibodee said I looked cute? Yes, that's what happened, Chibodee said I looked cute. I start walking back towards my bags.
Erg! Why in the world did he say THAT?!?!?! 'You look * cute * today!' Those words . . . they're just there, lingering in every part of my mind. Like a broken record player, over and over again. Is he * trying * to confuse me?!?! If so it's working really well!
I try my best to shake the comment out of my mind, at least for the time being. I pick up my bags and look over to my right. I can see Rain and Domon. Rain, by the looks of it, seems to be heading over here. She looks like she wants to talk to me about something.
Um . . . I'm not trying to be rude, but I REALLY don't want to talk to Rain right now. Not when I'm still taken back from Chibodee's comment.
Suddenly I can hear a polite female voice asking the couple if she could take a picture. Oh thank you * so * much Maria! Words can't describe how grateful I am towards you right now. Sorry Rain, I promise I'll talk to you when the reddish color from my face goes away.
I start heading to my left towards the bus. Sai is there, he stands out from his outfit: a bright yellow and dark blue windbreaker and some blue pants. He's kneeling down loading his bags onto the bus.
"Hi Sai!" I greeted while walking up towards him.
"Hey Allenby. What's up?"
"Nothing much, just wanted to load my bags." I reply, with a shrug.
"Oh, I'll take your bags, might as well while I'm down here."
"Thanks Sai!" I gave him my black bag, then my blue duffle bag.
"No prob. Allenby have you been out in the sun lately?"
"Uh . . . Not more than normal why?" That's an odd question.
"Well your cheeks are rather pink, so just thought that you might have caught too much sun."
"Oh um . . . maybe . . . Heh . . ." I look to my side with my arms in back supporting my neck and have a cheesy smile on my face from my horrible response as a cover up from the real reason my cheeks are still a slight shade of pink. "So Sai where's your girlfriend?" I ask after realizing that almost everyone was in pairs except for him.
His face seemed to become a tad bit sad from my question. He stayed still for a moment, holding my blue bag he was about to throw in, as if he was reflecting on something. "Huh?" the sound couldn't help but to slip out of my mouth as I put my arms down and tilt my head somewhat towards my right shoulder.
"She can't come. Her brother is training in the colonies, and he wouldn't let her come down to Earth alone." He said with the uttermost seriousness and disappointment in his voice. His eyes never change focus from the bus in front of him. But I know really he's thinking about her, he just has that look.
"Oh . . . I'm sorry Sai . . . I don't mean to br . . ." - "It's okay Allenby!" Sai interrupts me; he looks up at me and puts on a fake smile as if he wasn't hurting inside. Then finishes up loading his and my bags. "I'll enjoy snowboarding no matter what!" He stands up and wipe off some gravel bit from his blue jeans.
"But Sai, we're going skiing. You know with the two boards and the little poles."
"Well yeah, but you can do other snow activities beside skiing. I know Argo and Nastasha brought two sleds and two pairs of skis. You just had to bring what you wanted to do."
But . . . but I was told skiing! Not anything else! Mentally I'm crying from disappointment until I realize that I can't snowboard or ride a sled. Either way I lose on this trip. Although I'm sure sledding would be easier than skiing . . .
"Um . . . Thanks Sai for clearing that up. I think I'm going to wait on the bus now okay?" I say sounding a little disappointed.
"Uh . . . that's fine. See ya Allenby." Sai replied just before I got onto the bus. He sounded a little confused.
The bus seems to be a reasonable size from the outside; I wonder how the inside is . . . WOW! This bus is really nice! We all had to chip in with the cost for transportation but wasn't a lot. In fact it was reasonably priced, or so I thought at the time. If I knew the bus would be like this I'm being to think the price Maria had us pay wasn't enough.
I run to the back of the bus to see if I'm correct on thinking there's a bathroom here. Yup there is! Two bathrooms are here. I look towards the front to get an overall view of this bus. All the seats have nice cushioning, and armrests to separate seats but can always go up so it can be one big seat. There're four rows on one side so eight all together, and each row holds two people. Each row seems to have plenty of legroom, and seat belts on each seat. Over the seats is an overhead compartment with a net on the boarder for backpacks and such to be put in there.
"Wow! This is a nice bus!" I hear an unfamiliar female voice says from the very front of the bus.
"Yeah it is Janet! Where do you want to sit?"
"Let's sit in the second to the last row on this okay Cath?"
"Okay!" I look forward and I see them beginning to walks towards the back. Well out of the four members of Chibodee's crew those two seem to be nice, to me at least.
"Oh! Hi Allenby!" Janet greeted me.
"Hi. Uh. . How are you two?" I replied, unable to think of something else to say.
"We're great. We can't wait for the trip. How about you? Are you looking forward to it?" Cath replies for both her and Janet.
"Yeah . . . It's going to be quite an experience for me." I awkwardly respond.
"Oh! Well if you ever need any help, I know you can * always * ask Chibodee." Cath says before walking by me.
"Yeah Chibodee will be *more * than happy to help you, Allenby." Janet also walks by me as she says this.
"We're going to sit back here. If you ever want to talk on the bus ride we'll be here." Janet points to the seat that Cath is already sitting in. It's diagonally in back to the left of me when I look towards the back.
"Um . . . Okay! Uh . . . Thank you . . ." I say uneasily. I sit down where I was standing, in the second row of the bus on the right side when you're looking towards the back.
I look out the window, not really looking at the bus lot that's outside of me, but more of just looking out into nowhere at all.
Great now I'm really confused. What were those two hinting at? I mean I think I know what they were hinting at, but are they trying to be misleading so I'll embarrass myself? No it couldn't be, out of the four those two actually seem to like me. Then why?
"Hi!" Ack now who? I look towards the voice. Rain!
"Hey Rain, please sit down for the time being." I motioned for her to sit on the seat next to me.
"I'm not going to sit for long." She whispered, "But I was just wondering how you were doing? You seemed too quite in the taxi, then the next time I saw you your face looked all red and troubled." She finished whispering to me, her face looked concerned and worried. Heh. I have a very nice "big sister"
"I'm fine Rain." I also whispered, I don't think Rain wants us to talk very loud due to the eerie silence on the bus except for the two friends in the back. "I've just been doing some thinking, that's all." I can see Rain's expression grow in concern, and I instantly regret what I just said.
"Thinking? About what?! It has to be something serious to make you put so much thought into it. Is it about you-know-who?"
Think quickly Allenby! "No. It's about this trip; it's just that I'm hoping I don't do anything to make a fool out of myself. I mean it's been a while since I skied last." Whew. Good quick thinking.
Rain face lightens up, thankfully. "You shouldn't worry little sis. I know you'll do just fine. I mean it's not like you've never been skiing before, like me. So at least you have some experience. I'm sure once you put on those skis you'll remember it again, it'll be second nature."
"Yeah . . . I hope so." I give Rain a half-hearted smile. As she smiles in return, then looks up right as Domon was walking up the stairs to the bus.
"I'm going to go sit with Domon now okay little sis?" Rain says while standing up.
"That's fine, I understand. Um . . . Rain how did you know Domon was coming up?"
Rain just looked at me for a few seconds, before smiling. "We just have that bond." She leans in and whispers, "You'll have one too, someday. I'm sure someday soon." She smiles again, before sitting where Domon is. Which is conveniently right in front of me.
I sigh, I return my gaze to the window. Finally time to think, on * all * those confusing messages people are sending me.
"Hey Bee!" Who is it now?! I look to my right and see Chibodee. I should had figured that out, after all he did say 'Hey * Bee! *' And Chibodee is the only one who calls me 'Bee'.
"Hi Chibodee. You finished doing what Shirley and Bunny wanted you to do?"
"Yeah, it was no big deal. They've been making things sound more important than they really are lately."
"Oh?" It wasn't really a question, just a sound for 'that's interesting.'
"Yeah . . . I don't really know why, but they've been doing that. But that doesn't matter. So are you looking forward to the eight hour ride to the mountains?" He asks with a little playful exaggeration in his voice.
"Oh yeah! I love a long ride!" I reply with a smile mimicking his exaggeration.
He smiles back at me before scooting into his seat due to the people passing behind him.
"Wow. Everyone seems to be coming in now huh?" I point out to Chibodee, while we both look at the members and friends of the Shuffle Alliance coming in.
"Yea, and they all seem to be wearing the same thing, a windbreaker and some kind of jean pants." He points out to me. And looking at everyone now, they are. Even I'm following this pattern.
Argo and Nastasha come onto the bus and walks pass us with a quick wave. Argo is wearing black pants and a purple windbreaker with a strip of white around the shoulders to the arm and a patch of white on the sleeve. Nastasha is also wearing black jeans, and has the same windbreaker as Argo except instead of purple she has a dark navy blue one. I look behind me and see that they're sitting in the last seats in my row.
Next in line to enter are Maria and George. George is wearing a dark blue windbreaker. Above his sleeve are two yellow strips and a red stripe in the middle. His windbreaker has a hood with a yellow interior. As for Maria's it only has a collar liner for the neck. They both sit down in the row next to Domon and Rain.
Keiun and Zuisen (Sai's guardians/crew) walk by me. Okay so they're the exception to the statement that was made earlier about windbreakers for they're in their normal clothes. Well, except with jackets on top. I look though the crack in between Chibodee's seat and mine and see them sit in the row behind us.
Sai follows his guardians and sits in the row across from them. All by himself . . . Poor Sai, I wish his girlfriend could've come.
Lastly, but not least I suppose, is Bunny and Shirley. Shirley walks pass me first in a pair of light blue jeans and a plain yellow windbreaker. Bunny follows also in a pair of light blue jeans, but she's in a plain blue windbreaker. They make their way to the back of the bus, sitting across from Argo and Nastasha.
Now Raymond boards the bus. "Excuse me. Excuse me everyone."
The small chatter on the bus stops as we all direct our attention to Raymond, who's still standing in the very front of the bus.
"I have a few small announcements to make. Before we leave, and head towards the mountains I have to give some safety instructions."
We all listened to the safety instructions, about where the emergency exits are, to buckle our seat belts, and how talking quietly along with not doing anything to distract him from the road would be helpful, and so on.
"Okay, now that we all got that straight, we'll be on our way to the mountains!" He concluded, as everyone cheered then preceded to talk quietly among themselves.
"What are we going to do on our way up there?" I ask Chibodee quietly, as I lean forward. "It's quite a drive so we should do something so that we're not completely bored."
"Well . . . To tell you the truth I was going to sleep for some time, then eat a snack, then play some card games. But sleep is the first thing on my to do list."
I move back to my spot. "Sleep?!? How can you sleep on a bus trip with a friend sitting right next to you? You're suppose be sociable!"
He winces as if something I just said hurt him. Then he lays back, puts his hands in back of his neck and closes his eyes. "I will be Bee, after I get a little sleep. I haven't slept well for the past few days for some reason."
I cross my arms in a pout and look out the window. "Fine! I haven't been sleeping much either, but you don't see me falling a sleep when we could be talking or playing card games." I know it's not really a big deal, let the poor man get some shut eye I'm telling myself, but at the same time, I feel kinda hurt that he rather sleep than to spend time with me.
No response.
Erg! This man can be so frustrating! I'll show him! I'll just look out my window. I wont fall asleep.
Man seeing the road pass by after a while is kinda boring. ::Yawn:: But I can't . . . No I wont . . . fall . . . a . . . sleep . . .
~*~ End of Chapter 8 ~*~
A/N: Well there's the end to an extremely long chapter. The longest chapter I have EVER wrote. This was a long chapter as a 'I'm sorry for not updating since forever' chapter. Between working full time, and moving I hardly had time. I wrote on the road though, so it's not that I didn't want to update, it was more like I couldn't. ^.^ Well sorry for the lack of updates, I hope this was worth the wait, although I kinda doubt it. =0)
A/N (revised): Well here's the revised story, if you want to know the difference, there's not much of one. Except that I put Bunny in more parts, and spelling/ grammar stuff. Hopefully this story flowed better then the original chapter. =0)
Oh and one thing, I know I put this in the revised edition of Chapter 7, but I don't think everyone saw it so here it is again, just for you to know.
For your knowledge:
Ike and Aie are sound pop outs. They just come out of the mouth when one's frustrated or is confused about what one's thinking.
And the work Ack has a grr type of feeling to it.
Or at least that's how I use them, just letting everyone know, so there's no confusion. =0)
~*~ Response to the Readers ~*~
~~~ Last chapter I got thirteen reviews! WOW! You people are the coolest! THANK YOU! =0D Ever review made my day! ~~~
To: The Mythotical Mage
Yay! I'm glad you liked chapter 7. It means a lot to me when you say it was worth the wait! I hope this chapter was worth the wait as well.
Alimoe =0D
To: BlueFrosting
Hiya! (- My word =0) ) I can see that she let you sign up. =0) That's great! I'll go read your story now! (I told myself not to read any stories until this get posted =0( ) I'm glad your story got some good reviews, I look forward to reading a story by you! And don't discontinue any of your stories! That'd be awful because I want to read some! =0) I hope you enjoyed this long chapter, I hope to earn a response from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: Black Joker Lady
Lol, you can't find Neko? Hope she didn't get lost . . . Anyways thanks so much for such an uplifting review! It * really * made my day with you saying that I "caught Allenby's spirit" and that you said that you forgot it was a fic, oh so nice to hear. =0D I hope I lived up to that same opinion in this chapter as well. When you're not busy and maybe someday post those fics on Nastasha POV I'll be happy to read them! Thank you for the comment on Allenby's apartment, I figured that she probably never owned much in her life that she'd be proud of the apartment, because it's just about the first big thing she's owned. As for the rest of the details on the fic, well . . . lets just say everything will unfold itself. =0) Thanks for the review; I hope to earn another from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: the Desert Fox
Thank you for reviewing my last chapter. I apologize that you thought the apartment thing was annoying, but I figured since Allenby most likely owned something big in her life, she would be proud when she finally does. (After all her gundam belongs to Neo-Sweden) I also apologize that you were confused on what I meant by 'Ike' I put an author note at the end of the chapter so that no one is confused about that from now on, so thanks for pointing that out. Lol, that fun fact is interesting, I learned about it in US history (well my teacher also thought it was interesting) so it was a nice reminder of my old school. =0) Ronin Warriors? Lol, I remember them! I liked that show, but they took it off the T.V. =0( It was such a good show too . . . Well, again, thanks for the review on the last chapter, I hope to earn another on this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Tiger Lily
Yay! Thank you for the compliment! =0D I know you don't see many of these pairings, that's why I'm writing it, but there's a few. Sorry it took me a while to update, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Allenby Beardsley
Hi Allenby! I update after a long period of time, so I live again. =0) Thanks for the review on my last chapter, and a few before that too. I hope you liked this chapter as well. Lol, yeah skiing is quite an experience, I hope to capture that intresting experience in the next few chapters. I read your story when I found a computer at the hotel on my moving vacation (vacation #2 -.-) but it was good, I'll be happy to help you in anyway I can. If you have an e-mail address I can e-mail you, or AIM whatever is more convenient to you. =0) Thanks for wishing a safe vacation, we did, with a few bad bumps (I think my family has bad luck ^.^ ' ) but we all made it out safely. I hope to earn another review from you.
Alimoe =0D
To: starangel100890
Hi, I know you said I don't have to give you a shout out, but I decided to anyways, it'd be rude of me to leave you out! =0) Well I did read a story of yours, I will read more, they seem interesting by the summaries. =0) So expect more reviews from me to you a bit later on.
Alimoe =0D
PS: Thank you for reviewing this time! It's always nice hearing someone opinion on you story. Thank you! =0D
To: Liza Akita
Hi Liza! Nice to hear from you again. =0) If you found the friction between Allenby and Shirley interesting before I would like to know what you think of it now. ^.^ Well I'm glad you liked the last chapter, I sincerely hope that you like this chapter as well. =0) I hope to hear from you again!
Alimoe =0D
To: Sissi
Hi Sissi! Thank you for the nice review. I covered just about all the main things in chapter 7, and it was nice hearing your opinion on those different factors. =0) Allenby still hasn't asked Chibodee the, err . . . * interesting * question yet, for it seems like she's still confused. Lol, yeah usually boys are more dense on these subjects but I guess not in this case ^^. There's still a lot more to come in the story too! =0) During the move I kept getting more and more ideas. =0D But it takes time to get them on paper (or the computer) so there's the down side. Well I hope to get another review from you, and I hope that you enjoyed this chapter.
Alimoe =0D
To: Chibodee Crocket
Lol, sorry Chibodee you'll have to see how she feels about you in another chapter. =0) And you have one more chapter to get to the skiing. ^.^ I hope you liked this chapter, and I hope to earn another review from you.
Alimoe =0D
PS: Good luck with Shirley. ^.^
To: Queen of Faeries
Thank you for the * super generous * review! I hope you like this chapter as well, and I'm sorry it took so long to be posted.
Alimoe =0D
To: Ken no Kakera
I'm glad that you like this story Ken no Kakera! I hope you enjoyed this longer chapter, of it. And I agree 100% that Chibodee and Allenby make a really good couple! =0) Thanks for reviewing especially since the story hadn't been updated in a while. Thank you.
Alimoe =0D
To: SaiSaiciAngel
Hehe, so I'm a story on your vacation? Lol, I should have done that! Well I hope that you like my story, I also hope that you had a safe and fun vacation. =0)
Alimoe =0D