Chap.5

When they got to the table Carl and K.C. looked up and saw them both smiling. "Finally you two, we have been waiting for at least...5 hours!!! Their cheeks turned a brought pink. "Well when you're done crying you do need to rest." Van helsing said as he looked to anna that turned even redder. "Well now that we are all awake, time for lunch." Carl and K.C. looked at each other. "Uh...Van Helsing you kind of missed lunch...and dinner." Van Helsing looked confused." to make it more clear..." K.C. pointed at the sky and said"... it's seven o'clock" Van Helsing and anna looked at the sky and saw the sun setting." oh well, that it is." Carl looked at him "i am guessing you guys are hungry." Van Helsing and anna nodded. "Okay, than we had lobster with butter sauce for lunch, as you sniffed, and for dinner we had shrimp with French fries, my favorite." They all stared at him. "What can't a guy like potatoes covered with bread made in France". anna and van helsing looked at each other" umm carl, French fries are not made in France." Carl looked confused " there not?" Van Helsing shook his head." well than why are they called French fries? I am so confused!!" with that he ran off into his room. Anna looked at Van helsing." And he's your friend why?" van helsing looked at her with a dirty look. "Carl can be annoying and stupid at sometimes but you see all these inventions. If it wasnt for these inventions we both would be dead, and you know who made these inventions? Carl, so just stop making fun of him!" he yelled at her. She stared at him and gulped "ok" was all she said. Carl heard his out burst from upstairs and smiled. I never had a friend like him. No one else would stand up for me like that. He started crying. (Happy tears) and walked in to the room. When Van Helsing finally calmed down he took the shocked anna in his arms and said" i'm so sorry, so sorry. I get those a lot. He's my friend, my best friend." she looked at him with a hurt look on her face." but you...you are my girlfriend and no one, not even Carl could take your place. I love you he thought. She smiled " i'm your what?" she asked. "My girlfriend." she smiled even more and he kissed her. After their "moment" K.C. cleared his throat. "You know you two are not the only ones in the room. They both smiled. "i have to go to the bathroom." she started to walk off, but than she stopped and turned around she started t say something but than K.C. said" down the hall and the second door to the right." she nodded. "Thank you" and she walked off. Van Helsing sat down. "Mr. Van Helsing may I ask you a personal question?" van helsing looked at him. "Sure" he said. "Do you, by any chance, love Miss Valerious?" Van Helsing smiled the biggest smile he ever smiled. "Like crazy." K.C. smiled. "That's what I thought. You going to tell her?" Van Helsing's smile died down. " ARE YOU CRAZY, IF I TOLD HER, SHE MIGHT NOT FEEL THE SAME WAY AND THAN OUR REALTIONSHIP IS OVER FOREVER AND I CANNOT TAKE THAT!!!" he yelled at K.C. "Jeese,im sorry man, you need to come down, I know your part ware wolf but.." van helsing cut him off" What?!! How did you know about that?" Van Helsing said with a little bit less rage (A/N notice how i said a little. k back to the story.) "Your friar friend." he growled" CARL!!!!!"

In Carl's room

Car heard his name. "hmm hello?" he shrugged. "What? No Max i thought i heard my name didnt you hear It.?" silence. "No?! Than you must be hallucinating." silence again "how dare you say that max Ryan hopilyt. I do not appreciate you calling me psychotic!" silence again" Well fine i'm not going to talk to you anymore either." (A/N -and if you couldn't tell max is Carl's imaginary friend.)Silence" your sorry!! Well than i forgive you." right than van helsing barged through the door full of rage. "Van helsing, buddy thanks." Van Helsing growled "for what?" he said in anger. "For sticking up for me down there, i really appreciate that." Van Helsing's rage died down "your welcome." they both smiled." carl? Can i ask you a question?" Carl looked over to van helsing " sure anything." "1) why did you tell K.C. about my curse. 2) Do you think i should tell anna?" Carl looked at him. "1(because he was wondering why you sniffed he air and why you guessed exactly what we were having for lunch. And 2) tell anna what?" van helsing felt stupid. "Tell anna how i feel about her. tell her that i love her." carl looked pleased" i knew it, i knew you loved her." van helsing smiled" i'm going to tell her tonight. but you have to be there." carl looked confused." me?" van helsing nodded." why? "Because i am going to replay the night i thought i killed her and she will hear all i said." Carl looked confused. "What I said when you were gone was ' anna i never got to tell you this but I love you. I love you. I never felt this feeling before, i thought I've been in love before but no i was wrong i was soo wrong. No one ever made me feel this way before, absolutely no one, except you.' than you came in and said 'here's your hat.' I turned around sharply and said thanks. Than i put it on her and you said but that's your prize possession. I sighed and said not anymore but bet you didnt hear that. Than you left and i said i love you once more and ' than i kissed her fore head and went to go "ketchup" with you. (Ba doom chh)" Carl was in tears "oh van helsing that is so sweet. You do have a sensitive side that you never show. Oh max i know i'm in tears too." van helsing looked around for a sign of another person in the room, but no sign of him." ummm Carl who's max?" Carl looked up and van helsing" he's my friend" Carl said still in tears. "I mean where he is?" carl pointed to right next to him. " um carl, no one is there." carl looked beside him and he saw a guy with Straight red hair, hazel eyes, freckles on his face and glasses that are just a little bit to big on him. "Yes there is." Jeese now he has an imaginary friend how pathetic can he get. He chuckled softly. And it turned into laughter and soon he was cracking up.

Back on the main deck.

Anna walks out and sees only K.C. sitting at the table. "Where's van helsing?" he looked up "with carl, probably yelling at him." Anna looked confused, but she just shrugged and went off to Carl's room. When she entered the room she saw Carl sitting on the floor talking to the air and van helsing cracking up in the corner. "what is so funny, and why is car talking to the air?" he still was laughing." because-he-has an imaginary- friend!!" and cracked up even harder. "she was really confused now "okay i'm going to leave you cracking u pin the corner and..." she looked over to carl". You talk to your friend." Van Helsing stopped laughing." Anna wait." she stopped and turned to face him. "What?" Carl looked at Van Helsing and he nodded. "Come over here." He motioned for her to lie down on the bed. "Ok" she walked over and laid down on the bed. He stood out over her and closed his eyes and growled fiercely. And than he changed. She panicked. Carl put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't worry just pretend that you're dead just like the night at Dracula's' Castle. She cocked her head but went along with it. Carl left the room then came back in and saw Van Helsing standing over her. "She's dead." He said sadly. Van Helsing looked down to her and let out a terrible howl. Slowly the howl turned into a no! And the creature slowly turned back into its human form and started crying why's and no's over and over. Behind the depressed man and a "dead" woman stood a sad friar staring at the two. "He walked over to Van Helsing and put a hand on his shoulder. "I am so sorry." He said as he walked out the door. Van Helsing took a deep, sobbing, breath and said, "Anna I never got to tell you this but I love you. I never had this feeling before but, I thought I have been in love before but I was wrong. No one ever made me feel this way, except you." Than Carl came back in and said (sorry bout that i was in the middle of writing it and I kind of forgot that i was. LOL) "I found your hat." Van helsing turned around sharply and said "thanks" and grabbed the hat out of Carl's hands and put it on Anna's chest. Carl looked at it than at Van Helsing than at the hat again. "What are you doing that is your prized possesion? You don't go anywhere without it!!!!!!" Van HElsing shook his head. "Not anymore." and rubbed his hand down her cheek. Anna's breath got caught in her chest. Van just stared at her. "She doesnt seem like she wants to talk right now. Come one Carl we are leaving." he started to leave but realized that Carl was just standing there staring at her. "Carl?!!!!" carl looked over to him. "What?..Oh sorry" Van helsing nodded and they both left the room. Anna opened her eyes. He loves me, he actually loves me!!!!! "YES!!!" she yelled but not too loud so the boys cold hear it. She started doing the 'go anna it's your birthday go anna uh huh" dance. "I am going crazy, I need to call my aunt." (Just to prewarn you they had modern stuff in this story like cell phones, and other stuff but not cars.) She took out her cell phone and dialed a number. (words means person on phone and Anna's Aunt.) hello? "Aunt Miranda, Hi it's anna."Hannah? "no anna Valerious, your neice." my knees? "no you're neice!" anna!! You seem awfully cheerful today what's up? "well remember when you said one day Anna you're going to be in love just like me and your Uncle John and I said ewww love so gross, than you said you will feel differently when you're older and I just said yeah right and walked away."ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes actually, why?"you were right." You mean? "yes, Aunt Miranda I am in love." Anna said very happily. My word! I can not belive it , you're mother would be so happy to hear that, and I can't WAIT to meet him. "oh you would approve he is so sweet." Well guess what?! I am in translvania right now! "Say what?" ok what? "no it means...never mind. I am not in translvania I am on a boat to translvania." oh than I'll pick you up on the Port."okay" good, bye Anna "bye Aunt Miranda." She hung up her phone and put in her pocket. Great she thought. She sighed and opened the door and went out. She saw Carl and Gabrielloving sigh sitting at the table. "Oh van, I know it's hard to tell someone that you love that you love them." He looked up at Carl. "Ok, maybe I don't but I've seen people on the tele, and it was hard for them. "well the tele is actually right for once, I guess it is one of the hardest things in life telling someone you love with all you're heart that you love them." He sighed and looked back down at his feet. They sat in silence until carl broke the ice. "are you feet interesting, Van helsing?" he looked up at carl with one of those oh-my-goodness-you're–stupid looks. Carl finally realized that Anna was standing on the top deck watching their whole conversation."ummm Van helsing....." "not now carl I am busy staring at my feet interestingly, as you put it." Carl looked and saw Anna looking down at them smiling. She felt someone watching her and saw carl staring at her and mouthed to him. I love him too. Carl- What? Anna-I love him too Carl WHAT? Anna sigh grabs piece of paper writes I LOVE HIM TOO. And shows it too Carl. Carl- really? When are you going to tell him? Anna-later Carl- What? Anna- sigh writes on paper LATER and shows it to carl Carl –oh Anna nodded and walked away. Van Helsing looked up and saw Carl smiling. "if you think that me being sad is amusing, you are one strange little man." Car looked at him. "thank you very much for that lovely compliment." Van Helsing cocked his head. "you were being sarcastic, Right?" "duh!!!" he glared at Carl.

Later that Evening:

Van Helsing sighed as he walked in to his room. Suddenly the door closed behind him and he turned around and saw Anna standing there her arms crossed. "Hello Gabriel." She said, a mad tone in her voice. He gulped. "h...h...hello Anna." She rolled her eyes and walked up to him. "don't act scared, I won't bite you." She said. "I am not scared." Anna put on her 'yeah right' face. "well I have something to tell you Gabriel Van Helsing," she said as she poked his chest, suddenly she wrapped her arms around him and put her head on his chest. "Thank you." She said as she started to cry. Van Helsing noticed this and slowly put his arms around her and pulled her closer. "for what?" he asked. She looked up at him and smiled. "for coming into my life, I never loved anyone so I never felt happy and than you come along and I am the happiest I have ever been in my whole life." She said obviously trying to hold back tears. "So you're saying..?" She smiled. "Yes Gabe I love you too." Suddenly he saw something she thought she would never see. She saw a tear rolling down his cheek. "You're crying." He smiled. "So are you, at least you look like you're about to." She leaned on his chest again. He rubbed her head. "Anna its okay just let it all out." Silence. Suddenly little sobbing noises came from where anna was. He smiled and they stood there crying for about ten minutes than Anna lifted herself off Gabriel and did something that caught both of them off guard. She kissed him, and as soon as it began it ended. "You look tired, come on let's go to bed." She nodded and grabbed her pj's and went to the bathroom. When she came back she found Gabriel already dressed and in bed and sleeping. Guess he was more tired than he thought. She crawled into bed and fell fast asleep. (I guess she was more tired than se thought too, eh?) A few hours later she woke up with a start. It was just dream princess no need to get scared. She tried to go back to sleep but every time she closed her eyes the image of Dracula killing off all of her people popped into her head. She just laid there for about a half an hour, wide awake, staring at the ceiling, when she finally realized something. She needed comfort. She looked over to Gabriel and saw him rustling in his sleep, moaning things like "go away, you can't have her she's mine" she giggled and went over and nudged him. He awoke slowly and looked at her and smiled. "hello my love." He said. "what is wrong?" he said as he sat up. She shook her head "nothing I just had a Nightmare and needed someone to comfort me." He smiled and moved over and patted the spot next to him. She smiled and hopped on. "welcome aboard the Van Helsing sleep express, which you are to no doubt have good dreams the whole night." He said in a train conductor voice. She giggled and laid her head down on his chest and moaned. "hmmmm, you're a good pillow." He rubbed her head. ""you're a good blanket, but not good enough." He pulled the blanket up to where anna's neck lies, he wasn't all the way covered but he doesn't care as long as Anna is warm he is happy. He sighed, than she sighed and than they both fell asleep.

Carl was in his room working on something when he heard a loud crashing noise from the room next to him. He got up and rushed to the door he ran out the door and swung the door of the next room and sighed in relief as he saw Anna on the floor right next to van helsings bed with the blankets on her and Van Helsing almost falling off the bed. He chuckled softly than went back to his room.

Anna awoke to find herself laying on something hard. She picked herself up and realized she was on the floor right next to Gabriels bed with gabriel almost falling off the bed. She smiled and got up and nudged Gabriel. "Gabriel, Gabriel." He moaned and rolled over. "come on sleepy head, it's a new day and we are close to translvania." She said. He suddenly rolled over with his eyes wide open. "good morning." He said. She smiled. "good morning." She smiled and went over to her closet and took out her regular clothes. (you know the clothes she wore in almost every scene.) and went out the door and into the bathroom. When she came back Van Helsing was out of bed and in his regular clothes waiting for her sitting on his bed. "how do you get dressed so fast?" he smiled and got up and walked out the door. She watched him walk out the door. "excuse me, I asked you a question?" he just kept walking. "Mr. Van Helsing, I order you to answer me right now!!" he could tell she was getting annoyed with him. He turned t oface her. "come on you can't tell me you don't know." Her expression suddenly turned regular. "van helsing what does being a ware-wolf have to do with anything with being fast?" she asked. "well they...they...umm...to tell you the truth I have no clue." He said as he walked down to the main deck. She sighed and fallowed him. He sat down at the table with Anna right beside him. Carl came down, his hair a mess. Van Helsing and Anna were staring at him. "what?" he asked. "Carl, did you ever here of a brush or a comb?" carl smiled and said. "yes I am just lazy in the morning." Van Helsing was confused. "yes but every time we were o nthe boat before when you came down for breakfast your hair was the same as ti always is." Carl shrugged. "well I just didn't feel like doing it this morning, you got a problem with that?" he asked scornfully. "no" van Helsing and anna said in unison."good" Carl said. Man what is wrong with Carl. Van Helsing thought as he watched Carl yell for the cook. "yes." The cook said running out of the kitchen. "I am hungry! Get me food!" Carl yelled at the cook. He nodded and ran into the kitchen. "Carl what's wrong?" Carl looked over to him. "nothing! Leave me alone." Carl said. You have a girl who you could love, why don't you talk to her. Carl thought bitterly. "carl please talk to us, we want to know what's wrong with you." Anna said concerned. "do you really? Or do you just want to make me feel better? Cause if you do, it's not going to work so why don't you love each other without me!!" he said as he got up from the table and went into his room. The cook came out with a big platter and realized Car lwas not at the table anymore. He sighed and started walking tward the kitchen. "wait, we'll have it." Van Helsing said stopping him. He turned back and put the platter on their table and walked back into the kitchen. Anna looked over to Van Helsing with a look of disguist. He looked over to her and saw it. "what?" he asked, after he swallowed his food. "you are eating, when you know Carl is in emotional pain!" she yelled at him. "anna, car lgoes through this stuff all the time, he's just jealous." Anna was confused. "of what?" She asked. "of people being in love, no one ever has loved him and well he is just jealous." He explained, going into his food again. "okay." She said watching Van Helsing stuff his face. He ate for a few more moments, than he senced anna looking at him, so he looked at her. "Want some?" he asked holding up the fork, she shook her head. "no thank you I'm fine." He shrugged and kept eating. Anna gasped. Van helsing dropped the fork and asked "what!?" she smiled as she ran over to the edge of the boat. "I see land I see land!!!" Van Helsing walked up behind her and rapped his arms around her and said. "yes anna it's land, it's not only land it's translvanian land." She smiled even more, until she saw someone waving from the port. Her aunt Miranda. Van Helsing senced something was wrong. "anna, baby whats wrong?" Anna sighed. "My Aunt is here." Van Helsing was confused. "so?" Ann turned to face him, anger rising in her. "so? So, she is really annoying!" she said full of rage. "anna, I'm sorry I didn't know!" Van Helsing said. Anna's rage died down and she sighed. "I know im sorry it's just that I'm worried. I told her about us and she wants to meet you." Van Helsing smiled. "so what's so bad about that." She sighed again. "you just wouldn't understand. He was curious but just decided to let it go. He let go of her and went to the center of the boat. "CARL!! It's time to go." Car lcame rushing out with bags packed and all. "it's about time!" The boat came to a stop and Anna walked bout with Van Helsing right behind her with Carl fallowing. ANNA! her aunt ran over to her and hugged her. "hello Aunt Miranda." She let go and smiled. oh anna you grew so much sice the last time I saw you. Oh! And where is that prince charming you told me so much about! Anna smiled and moved aside to reveal Van Helsing. "here he is his name is Gabriel Van Helsing." van Helsing!.....that's an nice name! (sorry I had to add that, it's from finding Nemo, which I don't own!) oh anna! Tis might be good and it might be bad. "what?" Prince David, he is forced to chose A wife. "yeah so?" he wants you Anna gasped and went over to the bench. Van Helsing started to walk towards her but her aunt stopped him. she really likes you, I can tell, she doesn't want to marry prince David. I want you to ask her a question that would save her life and maybe yours. Van Helsing smiled. "belive me, I will defiantly ask her! And not just for her sake!" he said. She nodded. He walked over to anna. "anna, what's wrong?" she was obviously crying. "meand David are friends but that's all I think of him as, a friend, I only love person, and that's you." She said looking up to him. Van Helsing sighed and went in his pocket and his fingers over a small box. (hmmmm what could it be?) "anna come with me." He said taking her hand. She willingly followed him into the woods. She started crying again. "anna, don't cry I have a way we could solve this." Her face lightened up and she said, "Really." He nodded and got dow non one knee, and took a velvet box out of his pocket. He was in tears when he asked, "Princess Anna Marie Valerious, will you marry me?"

gasp what will she answer? Find out in chap. 6