Kookaburra's P.O.V
This wasn't good, I think I've got a crush on Hannah, I'll have to tell her at some point, but I'll have to explain how I'm not trying to come between her and her lover, I looked at her during breakfast and I couldn't stop looking at her eyes, her bright shining hair and her lips, sudden thoughts came into my head, I forgot about them instantly.
"What's up bro?" Vane asked.
"Oh nothing."
"Okay."
When breakfast was over, I needed to get some advice on how to tell Hannah, and if anyone knows the most about women, it's Gildar.
"Gildar, can I ask you something?" I asked as we walked outside ready for our duties.
"Sure buddy, what's up?"
"Well, you know a lot about girls, and how to chat them up, yeah?"
"If you want."
"Well, I've got a problem, there's one of the girls here who I really like and I don't know how to tell her, could you help me out here mate?"
"Course, first of all, just don't go barging in, plan it out, do it subtly and maybe try softening her up with a few compliments."
"O-Kay, such as?"
At that point Ballista walked around the corner.
"Okay, watch and learn." Said Gildar, boldly walking over to Ballista. "Hey Ballista."
"Oh, erm...hey Gildar, is there something wrong?"
"Oh, no I just haven't had a chance to talk to you this morning, so how are you?"
"Erm...I'm good, what about you?"
"Yeah, I'm alright, and I...I...sorry, it's just...you're eyes, they're so blue, they're like the bright sky on a summer day, or the blue oceans washing up onto the golden sands."
"Oh, erm...thank you, you look good too."
There was a slight pause from both of the,.
"Erm...I better go, the rest if the girls are waiting for me." Ballista said after a couple of seconds.
"Oh okay."
I could see that Ballista was a bit red as she walked away.
"Wow, you seriously know to chat up women." I said.
"It's a gift." Gildar replied, bowing. "Now who is it that you really like, is it still Shaiden?"
"No, she told me that I should give up as we were never going to get together."
"So who is it?"
"I...I don't really want to say."
"Oh, I see."
I was ready to tell Hannah, but now I just had to find her, I figured that she'd Ben with the rest of the girls and they were out in the courtyard.
"I'm serious, Gildar was flirting with me." I heard Ballista say as I walked outside. "He complimented me and he said that he got lost in my eyes."
"That doesn't sound like Gildar at all." Shaiden replied.
"Hey girls." I said, walking over. "Have any of you seen Hannah?"
"Yeah, she's in her room, she's not feeling well."
"Oh, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just a cold."
"Okay."
Poor Hannah, she's ill again? First the infected cut and now a cold, she seems to attract sickness.
I went to her room and gently knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" I heard Hannah say faintly from behind the door.
"It's Kook."
"Come in."
I walked inside and found Hannah lying in her bed, she looked pale and tired.
"The girls told me that you've got a cold."
"Yeah, it's a pretty bad one."
"Should I get you some water?" I asked, sitting next to her.
"No, I'd just like a bit of company."
I smiled and held Hannah's hand, she looked at my hand and back at me I quickly pulled my hand away.
"Sorry."
"It's okay."
This wasn't really what I expected, when I told Hannah how I feel I wanted it to be romantic, not sat by Hannah's sick bed.
When Hannah fell asleep I left her to get some rest, she really looked bad, it looked to be more than a simple cold and I was starting to get rather concerned, what if it was something else much more serious, I went to see the doctor.
"Is there something wrong Kook, you haven't got the plague have you?" He asked as I walked into his office.
"Plague?" I had no idea about this.
"Yes, there's a little plague going around, most of the people in the kingdom have got infected."
"How do you know when you've got it?"
"It can be difficult to spot at first, the first stage is basically like a common cold except instead of getting better, it gradually gets worse. Soon the patient I'll be getting dizzy spells, start vomiting and eventually purple blotches will appear on the skin, their body will start to shut down and eventually ending in death. Most of us in the medical profession have called this the Purple Plague."
"Well doc, I think I know someone who might have this plague. I think Hannah may have it, see she's got a really bad cold, and I think that it may be something more."
"Well, I'll be the judge of that, where is she?"
"She's in her room."
"Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can."
I raced back to Hannah's room to tell her the news. When I walked into her room, she was still asleep, but she soon started to wake up as I walked over to her.
"Kook, is that you?" She whispered.
"Yeah, it's me." I held her hand tight. "Look, I'm going to tell you something, and I want you to promise me that you won't freak out."
"Okay, I promise."
As she looked up at me with those bright hazel brown eyes, there was an urge deep inside me to tell her my feelings, but now really wasn't the time for that, this was a much more serious matter.
"Hannah, I've been to see the doctor and I've told him that you're not well, and apparently, we think that you may have a plague that's going around."
Hannah looked at me confused.
"No, Kook I'm fine, it's just a bad cold."
"Well apparently the first bunch of symptoms are just like an ordinary cold, except they get worse rather than better."
Hannah's eyes went wide with shock, I could see that she was starting to panic. At that point the doctor came in.
"Okay Hannah, what's the problem this time?" He asked.
"Tell me the truth doctor, do I have the plague?" Hannah asked.
"Well, it's possible, but it could just turn out to be a cold. Okay, open your mouth please?"
Hannah opened her mouth wide so the doctor could inspect her throat, I didn't really want to be here, but Hannah would need someone there. The doctor also checked her eyes, and her chest.
"Well the bad news is, that you need to spend at least a week in bed to get better, but the good news is that it's not the plague." He said after agonising waiting. "So it is just a bad cold."
Hannah sighed with relief. "Thank you doctor."
"It's okay, now just make sure that you get plenty of rest and drink plenty of water."
I followed the doctor outside to give Hannah some time to get some rest.
"Make sure that you keep checking up on her." He said, patting me on the shoulder.
I went down to get Hannah a glass of water, by the time that I got back to her room, she was fast asleep again.
We all took it in turns to check up on Hannah, but throughout the rest of the day I couldn't get her out of my head, I couldn't concentrate on my duties. When it was my break, I went to my room, I had an idea, I was going to write a poem for Hannah, it's not exactly what I had in mind, but at least it's a start.
I spent five minutes just trying to think of what to say, there was so many things going through my head, I couldn't think how to put them onto paper. In the end I only thought of a four line poem, well...less is more, quick and straight to the point.
"You are my angel sent from heaven above
No one can deny it when it comes to love
I will forever be your lover
Sincerely your always loving Kookaburra."
I was on my way to Hannah's room where I could leave it for when she woke up. I bumped into Ballista halfway there.
"What've you got there Kook?" She asked.
"Nothing." I said quickly hiding the poem behind my back, but Ballista snatched it from my hands, I felt my face begin to burn as she read it.
"Who's this for?" She asked.
"No one, I told you, it's nothing."
I tried to snatch it back, but Ballista stopped me.
"Have you got a serious crush on someone?"
"If I tell you the truth, will you give it back?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Okay, yes, I have a huge crush on someone, and I was just going to take it to her."
"Who is it?"
"I'm not going to tell you that yet."
"Well maybe I should deliver it for you, it would be much more subtle then."
I sighed. "Okay, I'll just give you a description of her, she's got dark hair, white skin, British..."
"Stop there, I know who you're talking about."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I was going to see her now."
"Okay, if you're sure you know who I mean."
"There's only one person who it could be, I've seen the way you look at her."
Ballista gave me a thumbs up as she walked away, half of me was thinking that this was a good idea, but the other half was thinking that this was going to end badly, maybe Ballista has the wrong person in mind.
By the end of the day I was starting feel better and I was starting to relax, I was thinking of going to see Hannah again, but I was a bit nervous about what she was going to say, I'll have to face the music at some time.
When I walked inside her room she was fast asleep again, I looked around briefly for the piece of paper, but it was no where to be seen, I had a horrid feeling that she'd threw nit in the bin, but it wasn't there, soon Hannah began to wake up.
"Hannah, are you awake?" I whispered.
"Yeah, why? Do you need to talk to me about something?"
"No, I'm just checking up on you to see if you're okay...by the way...has Ballista brought you, um...a small piece of paper recently by any chance?"
"No."
I was right, Ballista had the wrong person, if she didn't give it to Hannah, who did she give it to?
I stayed with Hannah a couple of minutes before leaving to find this mystery person. As I went round the corner I noticed Shaiden, she was storming over to me, holding this paper, I think that I've found the guilty one.
"Kook, are you behind this?" She asked holding up the poem. "You are my angel sent from heaven above? Why are you still doing this?"
"Shaiden, let me explain. There's been a misunderstanding, that poem's not really meant for you."
"Well, who's it for?"
"It's for H...someone else."
"Just tell me who and I'll take this to her."
"No, I'm not going to risk that twice."
"Okay."
Shaiden then handed the poem over to me and casually walked away, well that went better than expected. Maybe this whole romantic poem thing was a bad idea after all. I'll just tell Hannah face to face when she's better.
The weeks were soon starting to fly by, and Hannah was very slowly starting to make a recovery, the worst of her cold was over and the plague that had been affecting the entire kingdom was finally coming to an end.
One morning as I was walking to my duties I saw Hannah talking to Ballista, Hannah looked rather embarrassed and part of me was urging to know what they were talking about, but I didn't want to humiliate Hannah any further. I simply walked past them and focused on my daily duties and did the best that I could trying to not let Hannah distract me.
When my morning shift was over I decided that I wasn't going to hide any longer or hide my feelings, Hannah was going to know right here, right now. I pretty much ran to find Hannah, she must be somewhere near.
On my way to the lounge I was stopped by Ballista, she looked like she had something to tell me, something serious.
"Kook, there you are." She said.
"What's up Ballista, is there something wrong?"
"No, I just need to tell you something."
"What?"
"First of all, I'm sorry about the poem and Shaiden."
"It's okay, I figured that you'd think it was her."
"But the is some good news, after that happened I happened to find out that a certain person has got a huge crush on you, I won't tell you who, but I'll tell you this, she's Bristish."
Wow, that was was a bit sudden, someone her has a huge crush on me, and my only clue is that she's British, Knightriss is British and so are Shaiden and Hannah, Ballista just mentioned the whole poem mix up, maybe it's all linked to that, could Ballista mean that since Shaiden read that poem she's noticed my sensitive, romantic side and developed different feelings for me? She has been looking at me a bit differently, it all seemed possible.
"It's not Shaiden is it?" I asked.
At that point I heard a short gasp come from my right, I looked and briefly saw someone hide round the corner, shortly followed by small cries.
"Just a minute." Said Ballista, running round the corner.
I didn't see Ballista again after that, and I still couldn't find Hannah anywhere, I did see Faetal in the lounge, she's become very close friends with Hannah, maybe she'll know where she is.
"Faetal, do you have any idea where Hannah is, I need to talk to her and I can't find her anywhere." I asked.
"I heard her crying in her room, Ballista told me that she's very upset."
"Oh, okay."
What could Hannah be so upset about, maybe I'll wait until later when I tell her how I feel, hopefully she'll be a bit happier then. Maybe she's found out that the man that she cares about doesn't care about her in return.