Alright, so its not such a long or snazzy chapter this time, but I reckoned it was time to update, nd this is more like a stepping stone to the next better one! keep reading! and review! and enjoy!
Alighting gracefully on the stairwell, Colette glanced warily over her shoulder, giggled hysterically and skipped happily down the next flight of stairs before crashing straight into Lloyd and Yuan.
"sorry ladies…" she muttered before stepping aside to let them pass.
"Ladies!" cried Lloyd
"thank you" muttered Yuan, already at the top of the next flight.
"hey, Colette! Its us!" Lloyd yelled, grabbing onto the back of her collar
"LLOYD! OH SHIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?? I DIDN'T MEAN TO! OH GOD I'M SO SORRY! IT WASN'T MY FAULT YOU SEE! I TRIED BUT HE MADE ME DO IT! I'M INNOCENT!" she screamed, clinging desperately to his sleeve and sobbing.
"er... You wha?" he blinked, petting her on the head "Colette.. Tell me truthfully.." he said softly, cupping her chin and raising her face to his. Her face streamed with tears, all she could do was mutter 'sorry'"have you-"
"mhmm" she muttered miserably
"been eating those mushrooms again?"
"excuses me?"
"have you been eating those mushrooms again? Cos you know you aren't making any sense…"
She smiled. And giggled. And clapped her hands together
"oh you are just so stupid!" she cried delightedly pulling away from him "never mind! I'm not sorry! I was never here! Oh.. And if Sheena asks, I'm still on for tonight" she cried merrily and skipped away. Lloyd raised an eyebrow
"you know she must think I'm stupid or something! I can always tell when she's been at the mushrooms.. Gets paranoid that I know 'what she did', starts crying and asks me to forgive her.. Asks me if I want her to leave… says 'he made me do it'.. yup.. All the signs are there. It has to be drugs. It could not possibly be any single thing other than drugs." he sighed contentedly. "Y'know sometimes I think we are just the perfect couple."
Yuan smiled nervously and coughed, "um. Yeh. Lloyd have you ever wondered- OH MY GOD! THEY'LL NEARLY BE AT THE TOP! I'VE GOT TO CATCH HIM- I MEAN.. MY DATE!" and they began to hurl themselves up the remaining stairs.
"Kratos" Zelos began frankly "tell me honestly. What the hell are a pair of ballet shoes doing down your trousers?" leaping apart from him, Kratos immediately flung the offending shoe to the other side of the lift and screamed "oh my God, look! it's the evil Mithos back from the dead!"
"Kratos!" he muttered "you tried that trick on me last time when you were scared that we would be interrupted by Lloyd, do you honestly think it's going to work again?"
"no, but really!"
"this doesn't make any sense at all! I mean normally when I kidnap you and take you to impossible places you spend most of the time trying to find a way out.. Today you .. You almost wanted to come here…" his face suddenly fell "oh…" he breathed "oh no.."
"what? What is it?"
"am I.." he breathed "am I becoming predictable?"
Taking a glance at the shoe and then back to Zelos's torn face, Kratos sighed "no, no you're not."
"oh good!" he chirped "now you can tell me what the shoe is for.."