Chapter 4 - Serenity & Tristan

"Tristan, do you think we could take a break for a second?" Serenity asked as the two them were walking through the forest. Tristan stopped and turned around and looked Serenity in the eyes. He could see she was really tired so he decided to give her a break.

"Okay, but I'm afraid only for a little while though." He answered. "We really need to locate Mai's car." Serenity nodded her head to say she knew and decided to lye back on the grass and look at the clouds in the sky.

'I wonder if the others are having any luck?' She thought. 'Oh well at least I get to spend some more time with Tristan.' She smiled and then closed her eyes. She listened to the wind ruffle the leaves on the trees and felt the blades of grass through her fingers. As she was doing all this Tristan couldn't help but notice how beautiful and peaceful she looked just lying there without a care in the world.

'I wish I could tell her how I really feel about her but I know she could never have the same emotions that I am feeling and besides, Joey would kill me if I tried to make a move on his little sister.' He thought. He then realized how much time they had wasted and went over to wake up Serenity who had fallen asleep.

"Hey Serenity wake up." He said while gently poking her. When she started to stir he backed away a little not wanting to give her the wrong impression. But instead of opening her eyes she opened her mouth to speak.

"Tristan can't we stay like this a little longer? You know just the two of us?" Tristan was shocked. Not only because Serenity talked in her sleep but also because she was dreaming about him. He decided to leave her alone a bit longer to see if he could hear anymore.

"You're so sweet Tristan." She said with a smile on her face. Tristan blushed. She looked so innocent when she slept and she also looked so irresistible too. He wished that he could just for one second be able to hold her in his arms, but he knew better then to try and push his luck. He was still pondering the idea when Serenity sat up.

"Did I fall asleep?" She asked Tristan who jumped when he noticed she was awake. He was too nervous to talk so he only nodded his head. "I didn't say anything in my sleep did I?" He quickly found his voice and answered.

"No." He lied. "Why do you ask?" She blushed as she answered his question.

"Sometimes when I'm sleeping I talk and a lot of the things I say are kind of personal about my life." She answered. "One time I was sleeping in class and I started talking about how I had a crush on this guy in my class. Everyone laughed at me so ever since then I've never been able to sleep in front of anyone. Until now that is."

"I see." Was all Tristan was able to say. 'Why did I tell him all that' She asked herself. 'Duh because you like him and you trust him.' her conscious replied. 'Yeah but now he probably thinks I'm a total idiot, and I wouldn't blame him because here I am arguing with myself. Man I am so lame.' her mind was about to reply when Tristan interrupted.

"You know when I was little I used to sleepwalk all the time." He said with a grin on his face. "One time I walked all the way to school in my pyjamas so the next day everyone saw me sleeping at my desk with my P.J's on." 'Oh my gosh is he trying to cheer me up? That is so sweet' Serenity thought while he was saying all this.

"Do you really mean that?" She asked.

"Of course I do. Why would I lye to you about something like that?" He asked. Tristan was expecting her to answer him but instead she started to giggle. He was surprised by her reaction; she was now laughing her head of in spite of the weird look's that Tristan was giving her.

"Why are you laughing?" Tristan asked after awhile. Serenity wiped the tears that were starting to form in her eyes and then looked at Tristan with a smile and then answered.

"I was just imagining you in cute bunny pyjamas!" She yelled and then started to laugh all over again. After a few seconds Tristan couldn't help but join in with her laughter. So there they were the two of them sitting there like two laughing hyena's neither of them noticing the dark figure who had been watching them the whole time.

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"These people are such asses." The dark figure whispered as she watched the two of them laughing at some stupid thing the guy said. Another figure appeared beside her.

"Melene, I brought the thing you wanted." The second person said. Melene looked up and gave an evil grin.

"Where is it?" She asked. The second person pulled out a box and gave it to Melene. She took the box and opened it slightly and looked inside. "Perfect, they won't even see it coming until it is too late." She began to laugh but then stopped when her companion gave her a weird look.

"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" She asked Melene. "Isn't it good enough that we took their car so they can't return home?"

"Listen Chine, nobody and I mean nobody gets away with making fools of us Dark Claws without getting more then they deserve got that." Chine nodded her head and then the two of them went off to continue with their plan.

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"Okay I guess we should be going now uh Tristan." Serenity said once she had calmed down a little.

"Yeah, you're right. We better get going; if we want to make it back before nightfall." The two of them got off the ground and started walking again. They were half way away from where they just were when Serenity let out a scream of pain. Tristan quickly caught Serenity before she hit the ground. He was wondering why she had screamed when he saw a snake slithering away.

"Oh no, Serenity's been bitten by a poisonous snake. I get to get her back to the camp before the venom spreads to the rest of her body." He said aloud. But would you know it right as soon as he was about to pick her up it started to rain! Tristan quickly picked up Serenity and started to carry her bridal style towards a nearby cave. When he got inside he gently put her down and started looking around for wood so he could use it for a fire. He found some and started to rub the wood together. 'It's a good thing I was a scout when I was little or else we be freezing our asses off in this cave.' Once the fire started he went over and dragged Serenity closer to the fire and laid her down near it. 'I hope the rain lets up soon. I need to help Serenity before she dies.' But all he could do was sit there and hope for a miracle to happen.