Chapter 4: miserable
Chell wakes up in the morning to wheatley sleeping in her bed again. He's been doing this for weeks, and he hasn't spoken a word. Usually he's the one that rambles on, but he just…won't talk. He just seems so… miserable. Wheatley is also always in stars golden blanket.
And he hasn't taken it off. "good Moring wheatley." Chell says as she picks him up. Wheatley opens his eye, and looking around, trying to see where he is. He looks at chell. She has a smile on her face, but wheatley doesn't feel the same.
He floats over to the window, looking outside. It's sunny after yesterdays thunderstorm. But he really doesn't trust the rain, he never did, but now more than ever after what the rain did to star. He plops himself on the window, and stares outside. Chell looks at him.
She picks him up, hugging him. "I'm going to work on star, okay? Would you like to stay here? Or come with me?" wheatley looks at her. He moves a little but doesn't go out of chell's grip. I think that's a 'go with you' they go down stairs, wheatley getting comfortable in chell's arms. He closes his eye, cherishing the moment.
When they get there wheatley opens his eye, seeing star again. she looks less wet from the rain, and she look's better. Wheatley looks at chell. Chell puts him down next to star. He's whispering something to star.
"she'll fix you then you'll come back." Chell heard it just fine though. It's been so long snice she'd heard his voice. It sounded… worried…and sad…but slightly hopeful. He turns back to look back at chell, moving his handles up and down, the signal for 'pick me up please' sometimes he would do it more franticly if he was scared. Chell picks wheatley up, and places him next to the table to let him watch.
Wheatley suddenly becomes tired. But he really didn't want to sleep. He wants to stay awake if star gets fixed. He needs to tell her how much he cares. He looks over at chell, working hard to fix star. It's only been a bloody month…I still miss her badly.
He closes his eye and goes into sleep mode. Chell looks at star. That's enough for today, Let's go upstairs. She turns to look at wheatley, who seems to be asleep. She picks him up, holding him in her arms.
And she goes upstairs. Chell places wheatley on her bed, going to Wheatleys room, and grabbing his blue blanket, and going back and putting that blanket on top of the golden one. Chell looks out the window, and it's snowing this time. She smiles and brings wheatley to the window with her. "it's snowing wheatley. Are you excited?" wheatley moves a little, whispering something.
"…sn…ow…?" he asks softly in his dreaming state. Chell smiles. He's talking! Keep him talking! "do you see it?" chell asks. Wheatley turns towards the window "ye..ah… yes! I…can!" chell looks down to see if we woke up. But no, he's still dreaming.
Chell looks at the snow. "want to do something fun?" wheatley moves, his handles moving slightly. "yes! Please!" he says with joy. Chell picks him up, and plops him on the bed, she grabs a book, and starts reading to wheatley. He seems so happy until, he wakes up, looks around, and stares off into the distance, not listening to chell read the story anymore.
not that she was reading anyway, she stopped when he woke up. Wheatley looks at her for a moment, then outside. He gasps and fastly floats over to the window curiosity filling him to the brim. Chell smiles, and goes over to the window too, looking at wheatley. His expression clearly states, 'it's really snowing! Its bloody snowing! Ha-ha!' his eye glowing with happiness.
"you really like snow that much?" chell asks him, he turns to her and nods, then he turns back towards the window, looking outside again. It's been a while since chell had seen wheatley so happy. "you want to go outside?" wheatley turns towards her his eye glowing even brighter. "really!?" he asks, full of bubbly excitement. Chell nods and wheatley floats around in happiness.
"yyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooo!" it was the loudest yell chell had heard from him for a while. They go down stairs, wheatley, again with help of chell, gets ready for the snow. Once he was fully protected, chell puts her snow gear on, and they went outside. Wheatley plops himself in the snow, making a circle in the snow, he laughs, plopping back in the snow again. Chell makes a snow angel, and wheatley made… snow holes.
Wheatley also tried to help chell make a snow man, but all he was doing was getting himself all snowy. Wheatley at some point just plopped himself in the snow again, breathing heavily out of playing in the snow for a long time. "do you want to go back inside?" wheatley floats up, noding, floating into her arms. They go back inside, chell looking over at star… who is on the floor her eye slightly back to normal. Must have rolled off the table.
She picks star up, placing back on the table. Wheatley looks at star, staring to see if she would move. Suddenly star looks around a little, then stops. His eye goes smaller with shock, looking up to face chell. "did you see that too luv'?" he asks his voice cracking. Chell looks at him, then back at star.
"I don't know what your talking about… you must just be tired." Wheatley looks at star again. "I swear she moved! I swear on my bloody life she moved her eye around!" chell looks at him again. "oh yeah, that. That's a glitch, that I have been trying to fix, she does that when she's broken or sleeping sometimes." Wheatley looks at star, then at chell. I still have my winter gear on. "can you help me get out of this gear please luv'?" he asks chell.
Chell nods, helping him take it off. "thanks mate." Wheatley says, going over star, plopping himself next to her. Only one more month. One more month, and you'll be back. With me.
Star looks at wheatley. She can only see half of him, but he looks sad. She can't speak to him either. Just look. She moves her eye around again, closing it, and opening it. Wheatleys eye widens.
Chell looks surprised too. Star tries speaking but nothing comes out. Again. "srrrhhhhrrtyuhiiiiiiisrrrrhhhhhhhhhrgh" she says. Wheatley looks at chell. Chell is smiling.
"she works! Kind of... but she works! I'm a genus!" wheatley looks at star again. "star… can you hear me?" he asks her. Star nods. Wheatley looks very mad. Looking over at chell. Chell gives him the note, showing it to her.
"this…this note. Listen…you matter so much alright? So please…don't do that EVER again. Okay? I was so scared…" he looks away for a moment. "…you matter to everyone…you…" he looks at her. "you matter to me." If star could gasp she would. "srrrrrrrrrhhhhreallllllyyyyyyyyyy? ssssssrrrhhhhhh" she asks him, her voice almost not being heard. Wheatley nods.
Star tries to say more, but then she shuts down. Stars Looking down again. "star? Mate?" wheatley looks at chell. "I still need to work her wheatley…one more month okay?" wheatley looks at star's shut down body. "one more month…" he repeats.
wheatley and chell go back upstairs, wheatley looking sad again, his eye shining, as if ready to cry then and there. Chell looks at him when they get in her room. Still looking sad, not saying anything. He goes over to the window, looking at the snow again. Chell walks behind him, then picks him up.
He's flailing around like a madman until he realizes it chell holding him and he calms down. Note to self, wheatley is sad when his eye is shining, happy when his eye is glowing, he likes snow, and misses star a lot. Note to self-2, fix star so wheatley can be happy again.