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Voices- NOTHING! HAHA!
me- -cries- You voices are so cruel!
-Voicies cackle and point at me-
me- ok, I'll get on with the chapter now -runs and cuddles kitty- Kitty? Why do the voices have to be so mean!
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"Wow… Julius, it's beautiful! Thank you!
It was a necklace: a small sliver acorn pendant, and every inch along the chain, there was a small round blue bead. Holly picked it up and examined it. It seems a little old, but it's still pretty. If my parents were still alive, they'd be laughing and blackmailing me to wear it all the time… Not that I need any encouragement to…
"Glad you like it"
"Now the only question is if it has a tracker or a bomb that can be activated by a remote detonator" She winked at him, turning away from him and struggling to clasp it around her neck. Stupid clasp! Why won't it cooperate?
"Need help with that?" Root chuckled
"Yes, I don't think I've ever been able to clasp jewelry on my own. Unless this is part of the conspiracy."
"Let me show you what it feels like to get it right," Holly felt her face heat up at the touch of his rough hands holding hers and using them to clasp the necklace.
"Thanks." She replied, still facing away from Root. He suddenly removed his hands from hers, and she felt strangely disappointed about it. Oh, stop it! This is your commander… or he used to be…
"So… did you sleep well last night? No nightmares?" He asked awkwardly
"You would've heard me if I did…"
"Holly, please tell me what's bothering you so much that you're having such vivid nightmares."
"Julius… I really don't want to…" What would he think if he knew?
"Holly, you have to talk to someone"
"The nightmares have stopped! So there isn't anything to worry about!" Holly was starting to raise her voice
"Would you stop being so stubborn?" Root was starting to turn purple
"Would you stop being so nosy!" She was shouting
"I'm just concerned about you!" he shouted back
"Well, I'm fine, so there's no need for your concern!"
"Stupid prideful female!" Root muttered angrily under his breath, but not quietly enough
"Idiotic, bossy male!" She yelled at him, and stormed out of the kitchen. She slammed the door to her room, flopping onto her bed in frustration; Why can't he mind his own business?
A few minutes later, Holly heard the front door open and close. She walked back into the kitchen and found a note on the table.
Holly, I've gone to see about my house and possessions. -Julius
Bet he just wants to get away from me for a bit… Not that I can blame him.
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Root came back to Holly's apartment carrying bags of new clothes. Holly was flipping through the channels on her TV. This is your chance to make up for your stupid temper. Root cleared his throat.
"Hey."
"Oh, hello." Luckily, Holly didn't look like she was mad at him. She's still wearing the necklace, that's a good sign… Wait; didn't she say she's always had issues with clasps? Maybe she couldn't get it off. Oh stop being so pessimistic!
"I'm sorry about yelling at you earlier." He said awkwardly after a pause
"It's not your fault. I started the shouting… So I'm sorry." Holly smiled at him, "So what did you find out?"
"Just that the people currently living in my house won't leave. Foaly also said that trying to track down most of my possessions would be very difficult. Sool didn't keep any records of what went where."
"That idiot." Holly muttered angrily. Root chuckled
"So what's in the bags?"
"Clothes and other basic things." He dug around in the bag and pulled out a box of fungus cigars, "Mind if I smoke?"
"Yes, I mind. I don't want my house smelling like your office. The first time I walked in there, I thought you were keeping a rotting corpse to intimidate people or something." Holly winked at him
"Watch it. I don't know if I'll want to take officers back that bad mouth their once-superior officers so much." He replied, dropping the cigars back in the bag and sitting down next to her. She elbowed him in the arm
"You need a better sense of humor" she replied, Root just glared at her in response.
There was a slightly awkward pause, while Holly continued to flip channels.
"Hey, looks like someone found out that you're alive." Holly stopped on a news channel, which had a picture of the commander with a caption of 'Commander Julius Root, Dead or Alive?'
'…possible sighting of Commander Julius Root, who allegedly was killed in an explosion orchestrated by Opal Koboi. But is he really alive? The LEP has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow, so this might be our chance to find out. In other news…' The reporter was saying
There was a knock at the door. "It better not be that guard…" Holly muttered, she got up and peered through the peephole.
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Stupid guard! Why didn't he catch the hint yesterday? Holly glared at the people out the peephole. It was the head of security and the guard that had tried to arrest Root.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?" Holly yelled, slamming her fists loudly onto the door.
"Uh, Holly…?" Root asked nervously from the couch
"It's the guard. And he brought his boss to hide behind."
"Miss Short? I'd like to apologize to you and your guest." The head of security yelled through the door, "May we come in?"
Holly pulled the door open reluctantly, but blocked them from entering.
"Miss Short. I offer my most sincere apologies for this guard's rash actions yesterday morning."
"Are you sorry enough to stop watching my apartment all the time?" Holly fought to keep the sarcasm out of her voice when she said 'watching'; More like 'stalking'!
"Yes, Miss Short, of course. We trust that your guest will make any possible intruder reluctant to enter."
Holly glared daggers at the head of security, "There was never any stalker."
Holly heard Root come up behind her.
"Sir, I am very sorry for this guard wrongfully attempting to arrest you."
"Thank you for the apology. You should train your guards to think before they act." Root grunted
"Hey… you know, you look really familiar…" The guard in question suddenly said to Root.
"Yeah, he's the innocent elf you idiotically tried to arrest yesterday." Holly replied sarcastically, slamming the door in the guards' faces.
Forgetting that Root was standing right behind her, she spun around and ran straight into him. Both stumbled, grabbing each other to keep their balance.
Holly grabbed Root's shoulders, and Root was holding her waist. They stared, shocked, into the other's eyes, their faces inches apart. Oh gods, I'm going to have a heart attack!
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