I swear, they get longer DX I always find the first few chapters to be harder than the later ones. The story kind of starts to kick off in Chapter 6.
Well then, on to the next thing...
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Now then, onto the chapter!
Chapter 4
Jedediah
"You like her, don't you?" Octavius's voice made Jed freeze mid stride.
The miniature cowboy spun around. "I-I don't know what you—what you mean!" He spluttered.
"You are not helping yourself." Oct crossed his arms. "Honestly, my friend, I can't blame you. Claire is really pretty. I quite like her myself."
Jed sighed and looked at the exit of the miniature exhibit. Two days had passed since Claire's first night, and each night, Jed and Claire had done some sort of activity together, be it exploring the museum or talking with the other exhibits. The dusty blond cowboy shook his head. Octavius was right: he did like Claire. And there was no sense in denying it; the Roman knew him too well. "Just don't tell her, okay?"
Oct nodded. "I won't. But do expect me to try for her hand as well."
Jed's expression was a mix of horror and anger. "Hold your horses, partner! You aren't serious, are you?"
"I'm dead serious. Don't be shocked if some of the others go after her too." Octavius warned. "Lance will definitely try for her."
Jed looked away with a sigh, unable to stay angry at his best friend. "What do I do? And partner, let's not let a girl get in the way of our friendship."
Oct smiled. "Not a chance, my friend. As for your question, just keep doing what you've been doing."
Jed frowned. "Is it really that simple?"
"With how she acted, yes."
The cowboy was confused for a minute before he remembered the first time he and the Highlander had met. "Well, c'mon. We don't want to be late." Tonight was the redo show at the planetarium, and nearly all the exhibits were needed.
Claire
"You expect me to stand in front of a crowd of people and sing?" Claire demanded.
"Well, yes." Larry nodded.
Claire frowned. "Do I have to?"
"Yes. People are expecting to see the new exhibit." Larry shook his head. "If you want, I can rewrite it a bit to put you and Jed together, if that would make you feel better."
Claire sighed. "If it isn't too much trouble."
"It's in an hour. I can probably change it up a bit." Larry smiled. "If not, then you're on your own."
"That's fair, laddie." Claire looked around, curious at all the activity.
Everyone was bustling around, setting up the lobby in honor of the show. Claire didn't know what to do to help, she decided to go and find Jed. With her hand around the pommel of her sword, she headed to the miniature exhibit to find all of them gone.
Great. Now what? She thought, sighing.
Turning on her heel, Claire re-entered the lobby and looked around again. "Claire!" She turned at Lance's voice. "Could you give me a hand stringing this light? It's being reluctant."
Grateful to be doing something, Claire hurried over. "Go ahead and climb down." She called, looking up and the brown haired knight.
Lance climbed down and handed the Highlander the light. She climbed up the ladder and started stringing the light. It came down almost immediately. Claire glanced down and called, "Could you get me some tape?"
"Right away, fair maiden."
"Again with the maiden?!"
Lance just smiled and hurried off. Claire sighed and rolled her eyes. "Knights."
Claire waited for a while until Lance raced in. He tossed her a roll of clear tape. "Sorry! I couldn't find it."
"Right, what else am I holding?" Claire chuckled dryly. Lance laughed. She turned and started stringing the light again, adding tape to keep it in place.
Once she was finished, she climbed down the ladder and handed Lance the tape. He smiled at her. "Thanks. That should hold now."
Claire grinned and picked the ladder up. "Do we need this for anything else?"
"We might need it in the planetarium."
"I'll go deliver it." She turned and used the signs to direct herself to the planetarium.
"Hey, partner!" Her heart soared a bit at Jed's welcoming call. "Thank goodness! I was just headin' to get the ladder when you walked in."
"You're in luck then, laddie. Where do you need it?" Claire smiled.
"Over here." Jed led the way to the intended place. Claire set it up and Jed smiled at her before climbing up it to finish his job. He then climbed down and turned to her, dusting his hands off.
"Cowboy! Highlander!" Ahk's voice made them both spin around. "Larry wants us to rehears again."
"Perhaps he got the script changed a bit…" Claire mused.
"C'mon then, partner!" Jed hurried off, Claire leaping to catch up with him.
So there we go! For reference, the show I'm talking about is the failed Planetarium show from Secret of the Tomb.
QotD: Erm... I'm kind of at a loss... Okay, lets just go with this: Which from any and all of the movies is your favorite?
AotD: I can't answer this one. Gives it away.
