Chapter 9
It was a smooth day at school. It had been a few days since the night at Fox's house and everything was smooth sailing. Until Thursday, it was then Fox had some bad news.
He stood outside Krystal's house, his head hung. He knew she wouldn't like this, but it had to be done. He was clothed in his uniform from when he saved her. He almost didn't have the will to knock on the door. He stood there for at least fifteen minutes without moving. Finally he knocked on the door, and a few minutes later it was answered by his cheerful friend.
Her face lit up when she saw him, "Hey Fox! My parents will be home soon if you wanna stay for dinner." Fox's ears had been drooped, but when she answered the door as cheerful as she did, they perked back up a little, but he still couldn't shake the feelings of sadness.
"I…. I would love too Krystal, but… i…. I cant." She was puzzled, "Fox my telepathy isn't present right now but I can tell something's wrong. Why can't you stay?"
He sighed heavily. "I'm… I'm going away Krystal."
"W-what!? Why?!"
"We've…..received a mission over on Katina with Bill's uncle. And…and we don't know how long we'll be gone." She was taken aback by this, as tears began to form in her eyes and she could feel a lump in her throat.
"I….. I understand." Now it was her turn for her ears to droop. "I didn't want to have to tell you but I figured it was better than just disappearing all of a sudden." He put his hands on her shoulders. "But ill still try my best to talk to you as much as I can while I'm gone." She tried to smile, but was having a hard time doing so. He pulled her into a caring hug, she liked his hugs and he knew it.
"I'm gonna miss you Fox, a lot." A tear began to fall down her face.
"I'm gonna miss you a lot too Krystal." He tightened his hug on her, and she did the same. He pulled back with his arms still around at her and looked at her and finally realized what was going on.
As he looked her in her sapphire eyes only one thought came to mind, and was all he could think, 'Wow, she's beautiful.' He finally figured out what was going on with him. He realized it at one of the worst possible times, but he liked Krystal, he liked her a lot.
"Krystal, I have something I want you to have, it's really special to me."
"I'll take care of it Fox, I promise." He began to untie the vibrant red scarf around his neck.
"This is my favorite scarf, it's gone a lot of places with me and it means a lot to me." He clasped her hands and opened them. "I want you to have it now" He put it in her hands.
"Fox I-I cant take you-" He held up a hand "It's not mine anymore, it's yours." He closed her hands on it and pushed them back towards her.
"Ill take care of it fox, I promise I will. I wont let anything happen to it" He smiled that smile that drove her crazy, and she too began to understand these feelings.
Fox's communicator went off, alerting him that he needed to leave. He sighed, "Well Krystal, until we meet again." He waved goodbye one last time and ran off until he was out of sight.
She brought the scarf to her face and closed her eyes. 'it smells just like him' she thougt to herself. A tear of happiness rolled down her face as she smiled. She had never been so interested in a boy, until now.
She opened her eyes and said to herself, "He thinks im beautiful."
