Patricia awoke to find herself laying in the bed, Darren's arms lightly draped across her. She smiled and tickled the dark hair below his navel. His body groaned as he rolled onto his back, laughing. "Of all the ways you could have woken me up, you chose tickling me. You cheater." She chuckled and stuck her tongue out at him. He slid his fingers across her cheek and held her jaw, then kissed her gently. She kissed him back the stretched, using the excuse to mess up his hair. Her nose wrinkled at him and she swung her legs across his, slipped out of bed and walked into her room to get dressed.

Darren drummed his knuckles on Pat's bedroom door. "You decent in there?" She smiled and drummed back... he returned and so did she. His patience finally gave way. "IF YOU'RE NOT I'M COMMIN IN ANYWAY!!!" He pushed open the door to see her grinning at him.

"I'm bored." she exclaimed.. He sighed and picked her up, twirling her around. Being the dork she is, Pat laughed hysterically. He then set her down and sniffed the air.

"We gotta go." She looked up at him, very confuzzled. He picked her up again and ran out of her house. They climbed aboard Tieranna and Darren raced off. The wind was cold, showing that winter was coming up. Pat pulled her jacket tight around her as she held onto Darren's waist. The sun was peeking behind the clouds and randomly showed in a game of hide-and-seek. Pat sighed softly then sensed the heightened sense of fear. Darren glanced back, feeling the hands around his waist stiffen, and the body behind his tremble. He sped faster, hoping she couldn't feel what he could.

The traffic seemed to part just for them. They sped faster till they reached the outskirts of town. Darren came to a slow halt in front of a huge house, white with blue trim, about 3 stories up. He slid off Tieranna and held out his hand to assist the girl. She took his hand with a forced smile. He ushered her in. "What's wrong?" She blinked at him

"I dunno... I just feel funny." He glanced around, worried.

"Come on, let's hang in the basement... we can watch LOTR." She grinned madly.

"SWEET!!!" The MAN watched as her golden hair flashed down the stairs. He sighed, glanced outside worriedly, then followed after her. Pat was going on about the spider and how she wanted to watch that part with a guy... Darren chuckled lightly.

"Talkin to yourself again?" She flashed one of her grins as he slid down on the sofa.

"Yeah, you jealous?"

"Yup, I want your mind to talk to me." She laughed and slid next to him, pulling his arms around her.

"Shush you." He put a finger over his mouth. She kissed it and smiled. "Just till the movie's done."

"Heh, come 'ere you." The strong arms that were wrapped around her, pulled her to him as he kissed her passionately. She grinned, kissed him back, and smiled.

"Now movie watch you." His laugh rang once again as they turned to watch.

Darren stroked the blonde hair in the shadows. Night had quickly fallen and Pat was sound asleep. His fingers slid through her golden locks, The blue eyes carefully searched the area around them, making sure it was still safe. The young girl began to stir, catching Darren's attention. "Hey kiddo, finally awake?" She smiled, closed her eyes , and stretched, groaning for an answer. "Haha ok I'll take that as a no." A chuckle escaped her lips as she raised up slowly. Involuntarily, he shivered. "Hey, lay back down, you were making my lap warm." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"What time is it?"

"8 You hungry?" As if answering his question, her stomach growled LOUDLY.

"Hahahahaha I'll take that as a yes." A soft smile played at her lips as she nodded slowly. "Alrighty, I'll be back." She stretched again and called softly.

"Hurry." Then she laid back down. Before long he came back.

"Patricia, get up." She moaned in reply. "Food." Immediately, she shot up.

"Where?!?" He laughed and held out the peanut butter sandwiches. "Wow, what an expert cook you are." Chuckling, he gently shook his head and smiled.

"Sarcasm?!? This early in the morning?!?!?"

"Meanie" She mumbled before stuffing her face.

Patricia woke up in a cold sweat. She turned to the right of her and looked at Darren's dark hair. Her shaking hand drew his hair back from his face. As if sensing something, his eyes opened slowly.

"Pat, is something wrong?" She smiled gently.

"Nothing..." He raised up, the covers falling off his bare chest. Pat blushed slightly.

"Ok now I KNOW something's up. Spill it." She sighed exasperatingly.

"The dream." His eyes widened and he nodded, quickly pulling her close.

"Your parents back?"

"Yeah..." His fingers ran along her cheek then held her chin up.

"It'll be fine." He brushed his lips agenst her brow. "I promise." She smiled and nodded, letting him pull her down with him. Their arms wrapped around each other and soon they were back asleep.

The sun broke through the clouds shining a deep crimson. Patricia shivered slightly the opened her eyes to find Darren gone. She panicked for a second then smelled the bacon. Throwing the indigo sheets to the side, she climbed out fast and got dressed. She thundered down the stairs and saw Darren's face. "And here comes the maiden, as light as a feather." He teased. She grabbed a pillow from the sofa and hit him upside the head with it.

"Meanie"

"You seem to be calling me that a lot."

"Cuz it's true."

"OH then I guess you don't want breakfast."

"NOOOOOOOO SOWWIEEEEEE!!!" He laughed and piled the bacon onto her plate.

"There, now be nice to me." She grinned madly.

"DANKE!!!" He laughed hysterically then joined her at the kitchen table.

"I'm guessing it's good." She nodded her head enthusiastically and he laughed at her.

Pat was seated on the dark blue couch, waiting for Darren to come down the stairs. He had gone to take a shower after breakfast... correctly, after she pleaded with him to take her back home. He had used silly excuses like "I'm not awake enough" and "what you don't like being with me?" She just rolled her eyes. Something was up, it was her plan to figure out what. After five minuets of waiting, he strode downstairs, obviously in no hurry.

"Dude, move your tuckuss."

"You suure you wanna do this?"

"Yup." He sighed heavily.

"Fine." They grabbed the coats and helmets and headed to Tieranna, then hopped on and sped off. Pat sighed at the silent, moody Darren, wondering what was wrong. It wasn't till she saw the black smoke, coiling lazily in the sky, that she understood.