"I look up and see Gutt holding Peaches hostage, and he has a knife!" Manny exclaimed, his face lit up by the fire Sid had provided by the Group.
Lori gasped in surprise. This really happened? Poor Peaches must have been terrified.
This Captain Gutt seems like a scary guy, not to mention he's a murderer. Lori thought, intently listening to Manny's story.
Louis looked over at her and laughed to himself. She was so entertained by Mannys story. She and Peaches were listening intently to Mannys version of the crazed sea tale.
"I boarded the ship only to be captured myself, He didn't want me, he wanted to destroy everything I had. I was tied up and was trying to plan an escape for he still had Peaches until I hear a voice behind me, yelling 'stop!' I turn around and see none other than… Louis!" Manny said excitingly.
Lori looked over at Louis. He really did that for them? That was so brave of him. She tuned back into the story as Manny continued.
Louis started to let his mind wonder. He had been there for the next part. He didn't like thinking about the, what others called 'heroic', thing he had done. He also didn't like dwelling on anything that had to do with Captain Gutt. By now Manny had almost finished his story
"I jumped on the end of the ice block we had been fighting on, sending Gutt flying into the air. I Quickly picked up a piece of wood and smacked Gutt so hard he went flying far, far away, but I was still on the piece of ice and I was hurting toward the water. At the last second, Precious came up out of the water and swallowed me whole, where I joined Sid and Granny at the back of the whale. I was reunited with my family, we proceeded to the island, and the rest is history." Manny finished his story happily.
"Did that really happen?" Lori asked Louis as everyone was getting up.
"Yeah, that happened." Louis replied.
"Wow, I'm glad I wasn't there." Lori said surprised.
"Bye guys." Lori said waving.
"Bye Lori." Everyone said at one point or another.
Louis had been walking her home for the last couple of days, and she loved having his company on the way back to her burrow, even if no one said a word. Once they had gotten away from The Oak Tree Lori said what she really wanted to say.
"Louis." She said getting his attention.
"Hm?" He mumbled as she broke his thoughts
"Why didn't you tell me about what you did before?" Lori asked.
"I don't like talking about stuff I did. I didn't want you to think I wanted attention or something." Louis said, rubbing his arm.
"Louis, you are so sweet." Lori said giving him a little hug. Now time for the hard part.
"My mom said I could have friends if I wanted." Lori said, plastering a fake smile on her face.
She also said I'm moving in a couple months. Lori finished mentally.
Louis' eyes lit up. "Really? That's great!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, great…" Lori mumbled to herself.
"So since you're walking me home, maybe you can meet my mom." Lori said happily.
"Ok, but I have to go right after." Louis said.
"That's fine." Lori said, a bit nervous. What if he didn't make a good impression? This was Lori's mom after all. She tended to be a little judgmental.
Before she knew it they were in front of her burrow.
"Ok, Louis, make sure to make a good impression. And don't take anything my mom says to heart, if she says something that bothers you she probably doesn't mean it. So just be yourself and you should be fine." Lori said nervously.
"Ok." Now Louis was nervous too. What if her mom hated him? What if Lori's parents didn't want them to be friends anymore?
Calm down Louis, Everything is going to be fine. He thought.
"Ok, let's do this." Lori said cracking her knuckles. Louis cringed at the noise.
Lori looked over at him and smirked. "Sorry." She apologized, and dove into the burrow. She emerged slowly halfway into the front room and saw her mom talking to her dad. Oh no, she hadn't been able to warn Louis about her dad.
Lori's father had, oddly enough black hair, which was very rare in molehogs. His hair was a bit thinning at the top and wasn't very long. He had eyes just like Lori, and was just about as tall as her mom. And of course, the same markings.
"Hey mom, dad, I uh, made a friend." She said emerging fully into the room. Louis followed in slowly and stood up.
"Uh, this is Louis, Louis this is my mom and my dad." Lori said, nervous.
"Oh! Uh, hello Louis. Nice to meet you." Lori's mom said shaking his hand. Lori looked at her dad.
There was absolutely no expression on his face and Lori became more and more anxious with every second of his silence.
"I don't like you." Lori's dad said glaring at Louis.
Louis shrank down and looked at the ground with a sad face. Lori looked and her dad angrily.
"And you two are…" Loris mom said gesturing to the both of them.
Louis' eyes widened and his face turned bright red.
"No!" Lori said quickly.
"What, so you aren't friends?" Lori's mom asked.
"No, that's… that's not what I meant."Lori said disappointedly.
"Oh! You thought I meant-"
"Mom!" Lori interrupted to make sure that no one heard the end of that sentence.
"Uh, Lori?" Louis said quietly.
"Yes?" She said halfheartedly.
"I have to go home my parents will be wondering where I am."
"Uh, Ok, I-I'll see you later." Lori said.
Louis backed toward the entrance and walked out. Lori walked over to it.
"Bye!" She yelled up the tunnel, and heard a quiet goodbye echo through the entrance.
"Mom, Why?" Lori asked, turning to her parents.
"It was just a question Lori's mom said. Lori looked over at her dad and he still had a stone cold angry face on from earlier. Lori walked over to him.
"I don't like him." He growled.
"Of course you don't, Daddy." Lori said giving him a little peck on the cheek.
"Goodnight." Lori said to her parents.
"Goodnight, Lori!" her mom called back as Lori went down into her room. She flopped down on her grass nest and sighed
That did not go well. Lori thought
Sorry the last few chapters were late. I put them up yesterday and assumed they were automatically in the story for some reason. derp.