Lulai: Thank you so much for reviewing my story! It meant a lot to me. Ren talks about William in the second or third chapter. He is her annoying, immature, childhood friend who loves her. She doesn't-wait-she never has loved him. Every chance he got he would confess his undying love for her and every time Ren would tell him that she just wanted to be friends, but then when he would get the chance he would start all over again. Yeah I guess my beginning is a little original, but hey can't turn back now. Thanks again!

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mistyqueen: Now don't assume that William is a disaster in the making…………….. ok so maybe it is but we don't know that much yet…………..

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Here is Chapter Nine!

Chapter Nine:

"Uh, hi, William," I said in a demurring voice, trying to pretend that this did not just happen.

"Whoa! Ren! Long time no see!" William said in one of the most cheery voices I had ever heard in my entire life.

"Ren, how do you know William?" Kered asked leaning closer so he could see around me. And all this time I thought he was going to kiss me………… god I am an idiot. I thought to myself. Then Kered asked me again, "So Ren, how do you know William? Did you meet him somewhere sometime?"

"Oh, no we were friends as kids," I replied to Kered. I looked over at William trying to grasp the fact that he was actually here, in the flesh.

He didn't really look that different. He still had his shaggy bright red hair, and freckles. He still had his big grayish green eyes. He was taller than me now, though he always really was, but now he was just way taller than me. He wasn't really muscular either. All and all he pretty much looked like his same quirky self. Thank goodness, I thought to myself, he wasn't the least bit handsome. I didn't have to worry about being attracted to him. That would be bad. Besides, I like Kered. WHAT? Did I just think that? BAD REN. BAD REN! Would it really be that bad? He is handsome and sweet- BAD! Oh my goodness! Do I like him? He is sweet, handsome, and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! No, this is not happening. I can't like Kered. I just can't.

My thoughts were interrupted when Kered asked, "Ren are you okay?" He said to me with a worried look on his face.

I responded very quickly to his question, "Me, yeah I'm great. Why would you ask?"

"Well, maybe because you look as if you just saw a ghost," Kered replied to me.

"No, it's worse than a ghost," I murmured under my breath when Kered turned to William again to resume their conversation.

"What did you say?" Kered asked as he turned around from William.

I looked at him and smiled, "Oh nothing. Nothing at all."

"By the way, Ren, you look absolutely beautiful today," William complimented with an innocent smile.

How can he say that but all I could say was that Ren looks good? Kered thought to himself.

"Oh, thank you William. You look-----um-er-um------you look nice," I said to William returning his same smile.

"Thanks Ren," William replied looking conceited and assured of himself, "We do have so much to catch up, Ren, maybe over dinner tonight?"

When I was about to answer, Kered was already talking, "Actually we were going to head out of town tonight. I am terribly sorry Will," Kered said looking as if he actually meant the apology.

"Well, maybe then I can accompany you then on your journey?" William asked again. He really wasn't going to give up was he?

"Oh well, I guess that would be okay," Kered answered him, "meet you outside of the city at eight o'clock?" He really couldn't saw no.

"Sounds great," William answered even more cheery than before, "I'll be there," he looked down at his watch on his wrist, "Wow! Is it already three o'clock? Time flies, huh. Well I have to go now, but I will meet you later tonight. Bye!" He said walking away waving.

When William was gone, I turned to Kered and with a sarcastic voice and smile said, "So, Kered, tell me. Where exactly are we going?"

"Well, that is for me to know and for you to find out," Kered replied with an uncertain sly smile.

"Just admit it you have absolutely no idea where you are going. And if you have no idea where you are going, which you don't, then why did you tell William you did?"

"Maybe because when you heard him say that you looked as if you were going to hang yourself with your dress. I am not exactly sure how you would do that but I swear you were about to."

I thought about that for a moment. Hmmmmm…….. How would I do that? That is a very interesting thought…. Okay Ren back to reason of the conversation. I looked back at Kered, "Okay lets pretend for a moment like that was true." Which it is. "Then what would possess you to bring him along?" I said to Kered who was thinking about that.

After about a minute, Kered responded to me, "Well, we have a lot to do before eight. We did to start to get ready," he said starting to walk away.

I looked at him walking away and while following him I yelled, "Just admit it I am right! Kered come back here! Kered!"

I eventually caught up to Kered who was laughing his head off. He got me starting to laugh and we laughed walking away to get ready to begin our journey to-um-well-I guess Kered knew, according to him.

Later That Night:

Kered and I walked to the outside of the city finding that William was already there and ready to go, "What took you guys? I have been sitting here for almost a hour," said William standing up when we got there.

"Uh, Will, I hate to break it to you but it is eight o'clock exactly," replied Kered.

William looked at his watch dumbfounded and said, "Maybe it is time to get this fixed then," he paused for about a minute, "Well, shall we be off?"

"Yes. We have quite a journey ahead of us," replied Kered as we started to walk.

After walking for about thirty minutes, I noticed that we were headed for that dreadful forest once again, "Wait, are we going in that forest again? Why?"

They both turned their heads looking at me when Kered answered me, "Why yes we are. It's the only quick way to get around."

My shoulders slumped as I said, "But why this forest? You do realize that I almost killed. TWICE! There are plenty of forests around here," then I said in a voice mocking Kered and William, "Yes, lets go to this forest and practically sentence Ren to death!"

Kered started laugh then William joined in, "Okay, Ren, if it will make you happy we can just start a camp once we enter the forest, so you wont die at night," Kered said while was still laughing.

I just yelled back, "Have you ever heard of dying in your sleep? Huh, MEN, can't live with them, can't- no that's pretty much it."

We finally reached the forest after about an hour of walking. I started a fire while Kered and William were trying to figure out the food situation. Finally Kered announced, "Well, I am just going to go look for food in the forest. Will, do you want to come with?"

William just stared at me, as he said, "No, I will stay here with Ren, she needs protecting. Besides, we had a lot to catch up on."

"I can protect my own self, thank you," I said to William in a bitter voice.

"We do still have so much to catch up on still, so I will stay," William replied again.

Kered, looked at me uncertain, "Well than I will be back later," he walking out giving me a look that said 'sorry, I tried' and he left.

William looked at me and asked, "Ren, I have been dying to ask you this ever since we left the city. Where is you dear Raul? Is everything okay?"

I looked at William as tears filled my eyes, but I didn't cry. I told him of everything, the messenger, the dragon, and Kered. I told him the whole story.

William looked at me with sympathetic eyes, like everyone did as he said, "Oh, Ren I am so sorry to hear about that. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes, I will be okay," I said looking back at him, "So have you had any girls that you have fallen in love with lately?"

"No, I haven't," William replied to me and paused for a couple moments, "There is someone else that I love, and I know loves me," he said grabbing my hands.

"Oh, William," I said then I paused I as I stood up leaving him sit there, "when will you understand? I don't love you and really I never will. You will always just be my friend. That is all I want to be with you is friends."

"Ren, as much as you always and will deny it I will always know that you love me. I have always known, like when you said yes to Raul proposing, it was to make me jealous," William said to me.

"Ahhhhhhhhh! I said yes because I LOVED HIM!Not to make you jealous!" I yelled at William.

William just looked at me and smoothly, "Don't worry Ren, denial is the first step. I understand that it will be hard to admit at first."

This really ticked me off. Right about when I was going to scream my lungs out at William, Kered walked in with a confused look on his face from all the silence.

I have no idea what processed me to do what I did next but when Kered walked in, I just looked at him then William. Then I walked over to Kered, threw my arms around him and kissed him. He seemed really surprised at first.

I could feel William gawking at me then Kered and then peeling his jaw off of the ground. With his eyes bulging out of his head.

I ended the kiss then looked at Kered and ignored William and simply walked out, leaving them both in silence, knowing that nether of would even think of following me again.

Kered's POV:

I felt so bad leaving Ren with William. Even though she never admitted it, I could tell that she didn't like him all that much and felt uncomfortable because he obviously had feelings for her. That's it I can't take it. I can't just leave her there with him. She practically hates him. And to think I brought him along just because I would have been jealous that they would have gone out to dinner. With that I turned around and started to walk back to the camp.

When I finally got to camp I stopped for a little bit before I went in and listened to their conversation.

I had just heard Will say, "There is someone else I love and I know loves me," he said to Ren grabbing her hands. I could I swore she would just yell at him right there.

Then she surprised me by saying, "Oh, William," I couldn't listen anymore after that. She really does love him. And all this time I thought that maybe she might have had feelings for me, but all this time she loved William. I sat down for a couple of minutes so I could return down to Earth then I decided to go back to camp.

When I returned to camp Ren and Will were in complete silence, which I thought was a bit awkward, but then Ren came over and kissed me which felt even more awkward but not awkward at the same time.

I could feel that wWill was gawking at Ren kissing me and he seemed to have had to peel his jaw off of the ground too. Then all of then sudden Ren ended the kissed and looked at me completely ignoring Will and walked off. I tried to yell for her but I couldn't speak. She left Will and me in silence, and really, I don't think we were going to follow her any time soon.

Hi! Well I don't know. I think this chapter might have been a bit 'meh' but I'm not quite sure, please review and be honest but not too honest, please. I know there was A LOT of dialogue in this chapter but oh well. Just tell me what you think please! I like reviewers. So THANK YOU to anyone who reviews and YOU ROCK!