Hmm…I'm getting a little disappointed with this. I feel like I could do better, and that it's kind-of boring. Anyway, I guess if I look on the bright side, I keep getting closer and closer to the twist, and once I get there this story will get oh SO much better. I guarantee it. And I swear none of you will expect it, except for the…(Counts off fingers.)…four people I've told…(smacks forehead.) Well Enjoy:

-Next morning-

Just a little closer. I mentally willed Clay. Ember had calmed down since last night and the morning was going slow, so we decided to stir things up with a little practical joke. And Clay was our target.

"Raimundo! Where are you? And why did you want to play hide-n-seek anyway?" Clay asked walking through the hallway, pausing every now and then to check under things for me. What he didn't know was that Ember and I were hiding behind a pillar and we had booby traps all over the place! And the pillar was right next to a door, the perfect position for Ember's "task."

"Kay…GO!" I whispered loudly and gave Ember a little nudge. She skipped out in front of Clay pretending to be clueless. I snickered at the sight, she didn't seem like one to skip around.

"Hey Ember, have you seen Rai anywhere?" Clay said taking the bait.

"No." She told him. "But if I see him I'll tell you."

"Thanks." Ember jogged into the garden then after a minute ran back.

"He's over here!" Clay's face lit up and he started running. He ran over the little "set-up" we had on the floor, triggered a bunch of chain reactions, and before he could even think about what was happening was nailed with about twenty water-balloons.

Me and Ember burst out laughing. The sight of a drenched, clue-less, cowboy was too hilarious. I stepped out from behind the pillar so Clay could see me. He was still helpless! Ember had just doubled-over laughing and pointing.

"Hey now! That wasn't nice." Clay said from the ground.

"Yeah but it was funny!" Ember laughed.

"No this is funny!" Clay picked up a balloon that hadn't broken and hurled it at Ember. A direct hit to the head! Her normally flared out hair was now flat against her scalp, and she didn't look to happy about it.

"CLAY BAILEY YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET THE DAY YOU WERE EVER BORN!" She yelled and took off after him. He scampered up and made a run for it.

From the window I watched her chase him outside, rip off her glove, and hurl fireballs at him.

"GET BACK HERE!" She yelled as he ran back into the hallway and out again. She started to go after him but slipped because of all the water on the floor. She started skidding right towards me and fell on top of me before I could move! So there we were. On the floor. And she was lying on top of me.

"Uh…hi…"She said uncomfortably.

"Hi…" I said back.

"Well then…I'll be going now…I…uh…left my glove outside." I noticed too. Her hand was paler then the rest of her body. I guess she's been wearing those gloves like her whole life. Where her hand was rested on my chest was now a very hot place. The kitten Claws were still in place though. She still wouldn't take them off. She was very fond of them and the special thing about the claws was that you didn't actually have to say its name to activate it. You could keep retracting the claws in and out, which is what she did when she was bored.

Just as Ember was about to get up a flash came from the door to the outside. I lifted my head up to find Clay smiling like an idiot, a camera in hand.

"Clay!" I yelled at him. "What are you doing?"

"Just getting a little revenge." He smiled. Great. From his angle it looked like we were making out!

"GIMME THAT!" Ember sprang off me and once again began chasing him. Maybe if I wasn't so embarrassed I would've figured it out this whole mess…

Aw. EmberxRai chemistry. Well sort-of…Anyway, I swear I'll get back to the actual plot progression soon. I just want to build a relationship between Ember and Raimundo. After all, you can't have a love story when they've never had a "moment!" REVIEW!