This chapter pretty much only exists to focus on GreenxAngela, with a bit of hilarity from Ketongu. Prepare for the possibility of peeing yourself laughing. Lego owns the names Jala and Ketongu and Hasbro owns Transformers.

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Chapter 14: Too Slow

Seeing as it was already closing time, Green had decided to get out of his office for a while and take a long walk around the place, at least try and make sure that the people who had even bothered coming here had all left. There had actually been a few instances where people had accidentally been locked inside and if he was gonna keep gaining the appropriate amount of money to keep this place running, he could NOT let that happen again. After the last few complaints he had gotten, he HAD to make sure everyone was out before he would officially decide to close and lock the gates. Again, with the short amount of money this place was making, a court case was the LAST thing he needed.

And as Green was just finishing up on said search, he had actually spotted Angela trying to work on something in one of the many dirt paths. Green walked a little closer, seeing then that she was actually trying to lift a Tarakava cage and place it on a large cart that sat right next to her. And Green had nearly fainted as he again, saw the way the sun reflected off of her sweat soaked mask. Green felt a smile creep on his face as he continued to stare while staying well hidden. Yeah, he knew it was creepy, but as of right now, he couldn't help it. She was just so HOT!

And as Green had continued to gaze upon her seemingly angle-like image, he had started to doze off in thought again, thinking then about how much he immediately knew he wanted her as a life partner ever since the day he first met her. And SAW her now that he thought about it. And almost every time the image of her face had just so happened to pop into his head at night, he always remembered having the same dream when he fell asleep right afterwards. And every time, it was one of those dreams that came in fragments. It was like watching moving pictures scroll across his mind, Angela being the subject of every single one of them. First he saw her as his normal, everyday best friend. Then he saw her as his girlfriend. Then as his wife. Then he saw her holding a child in her hands. Obviously HIS. He had been forced to read enough romance novels in English to know that, but he REALLY didn't know if Angela would want any children if they ever DID get together. Even with both of their banking accounts put together, Green didn't see ANY way to afford even TRYING to raise one.

But why was he thinking of CHILDREN all of a sudden? Angela was supposed to be his point of focus! What made him think of THAT?! Then, just deciding to drop those current thoughts, he decided to stop standing around like a lazy scumbag and help her out. Just from LOOKING at her in her task to lift a metal barred cage at least five times her own size, he knew none of her attempts were working out so well. Again, Green became mad at himself for not trying to help her out earlier.

As Green had then quickly started approaching her, Angela looked up from her struggle, seeing him. CRAP!, Angela thought as she felt a hot blush start to form on her face. She almost made herself look away, not only to hide the blush that was growing hotter at every second, but also because this was NOT how she wanted Green to see her. Not like that one employee at work who seemed to be nothing short of hopeless. This was her best friend for goodness gracious sakes alive! Boy, was just EMBERASSING to her!

Then stopping just a few feet away from her, he asked: "Hey Ange"?

"Yeah"?, Angela asked him, quickly turning away and trying to lift the cage again and hide a blush that she felt glowing hotter.

She didn't quite know why, but she ALWAYS seemed to do that whenever she heard him call her that.

"You uhhh, you need a hand"?, Green asked her.

Angela glared at the dirt floor for a second, VERY unwilling to be the damsel in distress figure. And what made her mad all the more was the fact that no matter her hard she would try to force herself to do it, she couldn't lie to him and say no. Come to think of it, she could NEVER lie to him. Whenever she would try in high school, he would always see past them somehow, seeing whenever or not she was in a bad mood. And when she had finally been annoyed enough to tell him what was wrong, Green would ALWAYS find a way to fix it. Yet another thing in him that she found attractive. Oh STOP it!, Angela thought.

"You can if you WANT to, but I'm already doing ok"., Angela responded, then looking up at him.

Green just gave her that old look of disbelief again. DANG it!, Angela thought.

Angela sighed, then looking back down and saying: "Ok, I need your help, now get your butt on the other side of this cage". "It's heavier than me".

Green just smiled as he walked to the other side of said cage and made sure he had a firm grip on it before then giving her a nod and helping her lift it onto the cart that sat to their left. Upon then dropping it, Green ran quickly to the back, deciding to push it himself instead of letting Angela put up with any more back pain. Though she was his co-boss, he was NOT going to let her do the same amount of work that HE always did. Every night now he would have to snap at least a hundred painful points in his back, he wasn't gonna let her go through the exact same thing.

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Meanwhile, Ketongu was in his vehicle mode, stealthily following the pair from behind a long and high row of bushes. And if the microscopic camera in his right side view window was telling him the truth, Green was pushing a rather heavy looking cart for an obviously embarrassed Angela. Immediately, he knew what Green was doing. And although he had once again found a powerful urge to laugh, he remained silent, wanting even more not to blow his cover. But if it was ever possible for a Bionicle made vehicle to smile, than that was probably what he was doing right about now.

Keeping his probable smile, Ketongu quietly thought to himself: Why don't I help him out a little? Just in case he decides to chicken out of anything?

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Looking back over as Angela, Green decided to take the time to take a better look at her. Study how and why he thought she looked so attractive to him. It was actually now that he noticed a little extra muscle in her light blue arms. Now he WAS starting to regret hiring her. Though muscle was actually a pretty big requirement for a job like this, he didn't want her to feel like she had to be forced to do anything. Immediately stopping himself from looking a little lower at a place he probably shouldn't have been looking at in the first place, he looked back up at her face, seeing yet another drip of sweat roll down her cheek, and noticing once again how the sun shone against it when it was moist.

But over that, he found that one of the most physical attributes he loved about her had to be her mask itself. He had seen other female matoran with the same mask, but the way she wore it somehow differentiated from and WAY over the way everyone else did. And he probably would've kept staring at its seemingly magnificent detail if Angela hadn't suddenly looked over at him, then forcing him to speak.

"So uh, how has your day been"?, Green politely asked her.

"Uh, it's been pretty good so far"., Angela answered. "I haven't had to deal with any complaints from our visitors, but if that isn't a good thing I guess my day's been pretty crappy"., she finished in a sarcastic tone.

SPEAKING of pretty., Green thought as he looked back at her again.

Then putting his attention back on the dirt road ahead of him, he said: "Well that's PRETTY good then".

Wait a minute, was that a flirtatious remark I just made?, Green thought. CRAP! If she had just so happened to see it as such, hr would more than likely be in trouble. But would he though? What if she liked him back? PLEASE, there is NO way possible that she sees me as anything more than her best friend.

But in fact Angela HAD noticed it, and looked away for a second with a sly smile (Ketongu: LOL!) on her face. But WAS he being flirtatious? She had always thought she would be the best choice for her ever since the first day she had seen and met him after bumping into him on accident. It might as well have been set up by The Lord, because personally, she thought that they were both meant for each other. So she decided to press on, asking a disguised question.

"Is that all you wanted to ask me"?, Angela asked him.

CRAP, she DID notice!, Green thought. Are you really all that surprised?, another part of him thought. For the past five years that they had both gotten to know each other, they had learned pretty quickly how to read each other like a book. And that led to them knowing almost everything about each other. It was TRUE! They both knew when something was wrong with them, their favorite subjects of which they discussed almost everyday, and even the not so pleasant times. HECK, Green had practically been just around the corner whenever THAT happened. But deciding not to stay silent this whole time, and enjoying Angelas company, he continued.

""There IS something else actually"., was what slipped out of Greens mouth next, taking him by surprise. The subject he WANTED to discuss was the fact that he wanted to be with her, but not yet. Not while he didn't exactly know how Angela felt about HIM.

Instead, he asked: "Do you LIKE working here"?

"Well, as hard as I'll admit it is, yes, I like working here"., Angela told him. "I like helping you care for the Rahi and animals". "If it wasn't for us, these animals would've died off in whatever wild habitat they died in". "Why do you ask"?

Though he knew he couldn't stay silent for long, he used the few short seconds he had to think REALLY hard about his answer before then saying: " I just want to make sure you're not having too much of a stress-filled time here".

"Isn't physical stress kinda part of the job"?, Angela asked him.

"Yeah, but I don't want YOU to be the one who has to work under stressful conditions"., Green answered. "And I'm not being sexist when I say that either, it's just the fact that you're my best friend and if there's anything that makes your beautiful face glare, I'm willing to fix the problem for you".

Greens eyes instantly widened as he quickly realized what he had just said. He had just called her face beautiful! Though it WAS to him, what part of him made him slip like that?! Better yet, did SHE hear it?! He gave himself a mental slap as he quietly hoped that she hadn't. But this silent question was quickly answered when he saw the beautiful form of blue stop next to him and put a hand on the cart, stopping him.

Angela looked over at her friend now, her face not too much of a distance from his, and holding an expression of humorous disbelief.

"Whoa"., She said as she started to laugh. "Are you serious right now"?

Green looked over at Angela, trying to act like he was confused as he saw her answer demanding and humorous smile, and responded: "Hm, what are you talking about"?

Angelas smile grew wider.

"You're flirting with me".

NOW Green was frightened.

"What"?, Green laughingly lied. "No I-I'm-no". "No I'm not". "Wh-why-why would I-"?

Green gave himself a mental slap. STOP STUTTERING!

Angela kept her smile, letting go and continuing to walk as she said: "Whatever".

Green quickly locked the back wheels on the cart and frantically ran around it, stopping in front of a still smiling Angela. As desperate as he was to make her believe that he wasn't flirting with her, he almost became distracted by something on her face. Why did it look a little red? Was she actually blushing to his accidental flirt? OH stop it!, Green thought. You're just seeing things!

"Angela, I didn't mean to say that, ok"?, Green told her. "It-it just slipped out, I swear".

Angela kept her smile.

"Believe me, please"?, Green asked her.

Angela tilted her head, then placing her hand in his, she asked: "Why Green"?

Green had to try HARD now to keep a straight face. OK, so maybe she DID like him back, but even now, was admitting how he felt a new kind of scary. If she liked him back, then it would only be worse on the both of them. He was remembering that dream now, thinking more of it than he had been before. But he was still scared. No matter how much he could admit he wanted Angela in his life, he also had to admit that in the state they were in now, he could never give her the life he felt she deserved out of a relationship like this. If he couldn't do that, than there was no way he could EVER be worthy to hold her in his arms and be the one to look into her eyes everyday and say: I love you. Right?

Green looked then into her eyes, only imagining how much what he would say next was going to hurt both of them, and said: "Because in every sense of reality, I would nev-".

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Ketongu was still watching this from where he had remained hidden, and from Greens first question, he had been listening. He had actually felt a grin form from the head that rested in the trunk in his vehicle mode as he saw the conversation romantically progress. And just as he had heard Green start to say what he was about to, his smile grew wider as he thought: Oh no you don't Green. Green had practically already told Angela how he felt and he wasn't about to let him chicken out. Matter of fact, he had JUST picked a little something on his radio to make sure he didn't.

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Green's sentence was quickly interrupted by the sound of a song playing rather loudly on a familiar radio from nearby. And immediately he felt a hot blush devour his face as the song started.

When I see your smile

Tears run down my face

I can't replace

And now that I'm strong I have figured out

How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul

And I know I'll find

Deep inside me, I can be the one

As the lyrics continued, much to Greens utmost annoyance, Angelas smile seemed to widen just a bit more, like this actually made her happy somehow. Green looked a little confused down at his hand as
he felt Angelas grip tighten on his hand. And at first, he looked up at her in disbelief, thinking she was about to start bursting out laughing. But he instantly knew that she wasn't once he saw the smile on her face. And for a second, Green wanted to tighten his grip as well, but instead decided to hurt himself and pull his hand gently out.

"Excuse me for a second, I'll be right back"., Green told her with a look of promise before running quickly past her.

He KNEW this was Ketongu, and it didn't take him too long to figure out where he was hiding either.

Angela turned to him then, happily and teasingly calling out: "I know you're hiding something from me"!

"No I'm not"!, Green embarrassingly called back as he continued running.

As Angela watched him run just a little farther away, she looked back down at the ground, never once dropping her smile as a blush quickly covered her entire mask. As unbelievable as it may have been, Green had feelings for her. And somehow, she was going to find a way to make him admit it. Then turning back to the cart, she began to think of ways to get him to open up, intending to try something the second he got back. And in case he wasn't getting the point, a few flirtatious remarks of her own.

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Green ran now with a quick and almost angry pace for the yellow two-seater that he knew was playing that song as he got closer and closer. What was WRONG with him!, Green thought. YES, he had told him about his hidden feelings for his best friend, but he had also told him that he wanted to go in slow! He wasn't really being truthful there, he wanted to make sure that as long as he was as embarrassingly poor as this, a romance would never come and bite them both hard in the rear ends. He did NOT want to go in by letting her know EVERYTHING! Somebody would have to be a LUNATIC to do that!

And at a blaring volume, the song continued.

I will never let you fall

I'll stand up with you forever

I'll stand up for you through it all

Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Once he had finally managed to get close enough, he jumped over the bushes, finding himself in front of the yellow two seater.

"Ketongu"!, Green quietly yelled in an angry tone. "Turn that off, now"!

Though Ketongu wanted to protest with some humorous remark towards Greens feelings for Angela, he decided that it would be best not to irritate him any more than he looked like he already was. And though Ketongu was really trying to help him, in a way he really couldn't blame him for being as angry as he was. Right now, Green had probably felt more embarrassed than he could imagine. Of course, this would really make ANYONE angry now that he thought of it. But as his new guardian, all he wanted to do was HELP Green in his times of stress. Not make it worse. So he complied, turning off his radio and waiting for what he assumed would be a scolding.

"What are you DOING"?, Green asked him with that same quiet tone of anger.

Ketongu transformed back into Toa mode then, looking down at him with his one blue eye as he replied: "Don't try and get TOO mad with me ok"? "I was just trying to help out a little".

"By embarrassingly pushing me AWAY from her"?, Green asked him.

"By keeping you from doing it yourself".

"MYSELF"?

"Hey, it's not my fault that you're too slow".

Green gave Ketongu a glare, then replying: "Well you know what Key, sometimes TOO slow, is slow ENOUGH". "And like I already told you told you this morning, SLOW is EXACTLY the way that I want to go in".

Ketongu just smiled down at him, then replying: "Well what about what I'VE said"? "You've practically been in LOVE with that female ever since the first day of high school". "The first day you had actually laid EYES upon her". "If you want my personal opinion, I think you've gone SLOW for long ENOUGH".

Green looked sadly down at the dirt ground in defeat, deciding to consider what Ketongu had just told him. Deep down, he DID want Angela in his life, like now. But two facts had still remained in his mind as he thought of her. The first one being what had kept him from admitting he loved Angela when she tried to get him to tell the truth. He could never give her the life he wanted to give her. Second fact being that they had known each other for too long now for him to take any chances on that road. As much as he was sure he wasn't good enough for her, he was also sure that he would ruin what they already had. What if Angela had only been TEASING him about having feelings for him too? If he had actually made her feel uncomfortable, then he might've lost not only an employee, but also his best friend.

Then looking back up at Ketongu, he replied: "I know". "But I'm afraid". "I'm afraid of telling her in more ways that you can imagine".

Ketongu was silent for a while, deciding to at least TRY and understand him, before then saying: "I CAN imagine it Green". "I can imagine that one of them is a fear out of not being able to give her the life you want to give her". "But did you ever try and consider that maybe YOU are the only thing she wants if she DID have feelings for you too"? "Love is patient, but it also filled with intense amounts of pain when it's bottled up inside". "Whether you want to or not, you've got to tell her".

"I know"., Green told him. "But SERIOUSLY, DO not help me". "Especially not if you're gonna do stuff like THAT"., referring to his radio. "Using music to declare your love for a female is kind of an old school thing".

As Green had then turned to walk away, Ketongu's smile grew wider as he then asked: "Is that why you purchased the exact same song on Itunes"?

"Shut up Key"., Green embarrassingly responded, trying now to hide yet another blush as he ran back to Angela.

Ketongu quietly chuckled to himself, being sure to keep himself hidden as he resisted the urge to play another song as Green had finally reached her. As he then watched Green unlock the cart wheels and continue to push it forward, he nearly burst out laughing as he saw Angela staying close behind him and start trying to continue their discussion from earlier. And they continued down the long dirt path, Green stayed in constant refusal, but still Angela continued, almost unaware of the blush that covered both of their faces as they continued their walk together, making Ketongu smile as he then tried to think of new ways to get both of them to expose their love for each other.

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