Chapter three – Water
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Alister was done helping Amy up and was now looking her straight in the eyes, but as quickly as he looked, he turned away.
"How much did you sleep?" He asked, referring to her exhaustion, she thought for a second. "Yesterday last." She said and Alister smiled. "Well, that partially explains why you nearly fell over, but it doesn't explain why you slept so long ago." He said and she nodded. "Yeah…" She whispered as they began to walk back towards his house.
"Care to share?" Alister asked and she smiled. "Oh, sorry that was rude, yes of course, I was just to busy to sleep." She said and Alister nodded. "With what?" He asked and she smiled.
"Want the truth?" She asked and Alister smiled. "Of course." He said and she smiled now. "I was trying to find the rude red head that ran me over 11 years ago, to beat the life out of him and then take the doll back." She said as she grinned and Alister smiled and stopped, which made her stop as well.
"Well, you had no idea what I was going to do to you…" He said with a soft tone and a devilish smile on his face and she looked at him weirdly. "Care to share?" She asked, using the exact words he did earlier, Alister smirked. "No." He said quickly and she growled. "Hey I told you!" She yelled after him as he started to walk again.
"Well I didn't give you to much of a choice." He said as he walked on. "Well I neither give you any." She said and Alister smiled as he saw her run up to him in the side of his eyes.
"Don't you?" He asked as he let out a small laugh and she growled. "No, I don't, now spill it." She said and Alister smiled at her demanding tone. "I'd rather not, you'd call me a freak." He said and she smiled. "You're already a freak, now tell me." She said rather quickly and Alister smiled again.
"Very well." He said and she smiled in victory. "I wanted to throw you into a meat grinder." He said and she gasped. "That's psychotic, not freaky." She said as she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Well, does it matter, I'm not going to do it anymore, unless you want me to?" He asked and she gasped. "Of course not!" She yelled quickly and he smirked and began walking again.
"Well then don't bring it up again, I might still be tempted." He said and she growled. 'I'll pull you with." She said and Alister smiled.
"You won't be able to." He said and she ran up to him again.
"Oh and why not?" She asked, she was pretty sure if he tried to throw her into a meat grinder she'll be able to take him with, she was almost positive.
Alister stopped again and turned to her, he then suddenly walked behind her and grabbed her arms, he pulled them together, holding them like cuffs would. "Because I'd tie your hands together, like this." He said and she struggled.
"I'll still be able to pull you with." She said, a bit of doubt in her voice, Alister smiled and then began to edge her towards the bridge, which was above water, but not high, it was about 1 meter above water.
"We'll see." He said and she struggled more as he came closer to the bridge. "Please tell me your house is across the bridge…" She whispered and Alister smiled. "Remember when I said we already passed it?" He asked and she nodded, not really finding his question of importance. "Yeah." She said and he smiled.
"Well, did we cross the bridge on the way to my house?" He asked and she gasped, now realizing why he asked it.
"No…" She said in a whisper of a voice, Alister smiled as they were now on the small bridge.
"Get my point?" He asked and she nodded as she saw him climb onto the railing of the bridge, somehow having perfect balance and he was able to pull her up without struggle, which proved he was much stronger than he looked.
"Good." He said and she looked down at the icy water, which looked like black liquid swirling around in the dark.
She tried to get her hands loose, but she didn't quite succeed.
"Ready?" He asked and she suddenly thought of something. "And what makes you so sure I won't be able to pull you with?" She asked and Alister smiled, he was mildly surprised that he was actually enjoying her company, he never enjoyed anyone's company.
"I'm pretty sure, because I'm going to push you and you won't have enough time to grab me with." He said, he was sure of this, more than sure.
"Well not if I pull first." She said and before Alister could do anything she pulled herself of the bridge, which pulled Alister with, considering he was holding her hands tightly.
Both of them fell into the icy water, and somehow as they fell the short distance Alister let her hands go and enclosed his arms around her, almost in a protective gesture.
She felt his arms around her, but she wasn't thinking much about it, she was more preoccupied with the water.
Alister also felt the water all around him, but it was somehow soothing, the iciness of the water, it fit his heart perfectly, but at the moment he wanted to get to the surface of the water, even if he found it wonderfully soothing, he didn't see drowning as an option, he still had to gather souls for Dartz.
Alister still held her as he swam to the surface and then he broke it, with her, and she gasped for air. "Quick thinking." He said and she smiled as she shivered. "Well, I DID say I'm not going down alone." She said and Alister smiled as he swam to the river bank.
"Yes, well now I will remember to watch out of that when I throw you into the meat grinder." He said and she smiled. "I'll think of something else." She said and Alister smirked.
"So will I." He said and then both of them got out and he looked down at her and she spoke. "Um… can you maybe let me go?" She asked and Alister blushed for some reason, but he let her go non-the-less.
She started to walk onto the road again and Alister followed. "Now can we please go and get the doll?" She begged as she was hugging her body, to try and cancel out some of the coldness she was feeling, and she found it weird that Alister wasn't even shivering a bit. 'Freak' She thought quickly.
Alister gasped at the mention of the doll and quickly felt his cape pocket to make sure his action figure was still there, and he sighed in relief when he enclosed his fingers around it.
"Yes, I suppose, but you're not dripping on my carpet." He said and she growled. "You should think about that also Goth boy." She said and Alister chuckled. "Goth boy?" He asked and she nodded.
"Yes, you dress like a Goth." She said and Alister looked down at himself, he never though he looked like a Goth, well he did dress similar to them, and he did have the same personality as most, plus he wanted to steal peoples souls, but that more fell into the category of maniac.
"Well, I don't think so, and I'm not a boy." He said and she smirked. "Really?" She asked and he nodded. "Yes, I'm 22, a boy or a girl is a teen." He said and she growled. "Well you called me a girl when we first met, so are you calling me a teen?" She asked and he smirked.
"Yes." He said and she growled. "I'm 20, that doesn't make me a girl." She said and Alister chuckled. "Yes… you're right…" He said and she smiled. "Told you." She said, but then he continued. "You're a girly girl." He said and she gasped and her eyes narrowed.
"I will throw you into a meat grinder if you don't keep quiet." She warned and Alister smiled and put on a fake hurt face.
"Ouch…" He said jokingly and she smiled at the face he pulled, it looked absolutely adorable.
"You look so cute!" She accidentally blurted out and she found Alister standing there, mouth agape and mildly turning red, but she couldn't see it in the dark.
She quickly grabbed her mouth, she couldn't believe she let that slip out.
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A/N: Yeah I know, it's a bit quick and all, but you gotta understand this one thing… I've read MANY stories on this site, and ALL of them take like ages to get to the romance parts, and I know how bored I got, and then I just stop at like the third chapter or so if it gets too boring, I don't like having boring parts in stories, cause it SUCKS.
And please review.