I'm on a writing rampage. I seem to be updating way too fast. I hope ye enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 5: New Knowledge.
It was finally saturday, she had woken up at eight in the morning. She's been in this town for a week now and had grown to love this small little town. Trudging off into the bathroom to shower before going to town to meet her friends, Annie thought to herself deeply. Why did he invite her? He had only known her for a day when he asked, he was calm about it too, Eren and Mikasa also seemed excited about the idea.
After washing her hair, drying it and tying it up into a bun, Annie made her way back into her room. She removed the over-sized t-shirt and replaced it with a better fitting one, a dark blue hoodie and a pair of grey jeans.
After putting on her shoes she made her way to her desk and checked the homework situation. Everything was up to date. Annie and the trio would skype each night and do homework together. Closing back over the copy she grabbed her art bag and placed it on the bed. She popped in a copy, two pencils, a pen and a rubber. She may be waiting a while down in town for the trio since Eren and Mikasa live outside of town.
It was another week until the mid-term break, then it would be Hallowe'en. She hated it, she wanted to just sleep and wake up on the first of November when everything would be over. But something told her on the inside that the trio had plans and were intending on inviting her, and she would accept if this were the case.
Exiting the room with the sack like bag attached to her back, the short blonde made her way down the oak staircase and into the kitchen to grab a coffee from "Bob" and a few cereal bars. The group were meeting up at ten, which was going to be in about another 45 minutes. She made sure to use a coffee cup on the go kind of thing so she could drink the coffee on the way to town.
Grabbing her keys off the hanger and her phone from the press beside the door, Annie escaped the house and jogged into town. Town was only ten minutes away from her house at the least, but a good jog was needed right now. The air was bitterly cold, it stung her face but it felt good. Breathing in the freezing air was painful though, but the blonde kept jogging.
Sitting on a bench just outside of the resturuant the trio were supposed to meet up outside of, Annie watched a group of pigeon and crows fight over a bag of chips. She sighed and sat back in the bench but quickly jumped up again when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"You really need to stop doing that!" She scolded with a frown, but her gaze was soft.
"Sorry!" The taller blond laughed as he sat down beside the short girl. "Eren and Mikasa should be here soon." He said and lifted up a small bag which was steaming. "I got some chips, want some?" He asked kindly opening the bag to take one out.
Annie looked to the boy and nodded taking the offer. She watched as the crows and pigeons wait for something to fall out of their bag.
"So, Armin, where are we going today?" She asked looking up to the boy, his eyes looked back at hers.
"I honestly have no idea, we'll most likely just be walking around town" He answered truthfully with a shrug, he turned his gaze back to the birds. Then there was a buzzing noise and a ding. "Here hold these a second" He said passing the chips to the girl and taking out his phone. He unlocked it and read the text or whatever the ding was for. His expression dropped and he frowned plopping the phone back into his pocket. He sat back and sighed.
"Eren and Mikasa can't make it, his car broke down. And they live twenty minutes outside of town..." He sighed looking to Annie who looked a little dissapointed, was she actually looking forward to spending the day with the three? He raised his brows and smiled. "Its okay though, we could spend the day together?" He offered still smiling but had a small blush in his face.
Annie was confused by this, but she felt her own face heat up. Must be the cold or something, she just simply nodded. She got up and handed the chips back to Armin and headed off after him. They had small talk about school and Armin told her some of the history of this small town, although it looked like she wasn't listening, she was actually taking in every detail, And when he would stop she'd just tell him to continue and he'd beam a big goofy smile and continue his ranting.
"Where are we?" She asked looking up at the treeline. She hadn't noticed where they were going but the place was beautiful. The tree's were half bare, leaves scattered the ground and the fog made the forest look almost unreal. She could hear the chirping of many species of birds including Mockingjays who had a distinctive chirp. The air was fresh and calm here, it wasn't smoggy. The town wasn't that smoggy either but this place had the freshest air she had ever tasted.
"Oh its a forest, me and the guys used to come here when we were kids but we never really do anymore. I thought you'd like it though, I heard artists like things like this." He added smiling down at the girl, her eyes were full of wonder as they carefully scanned the area taking in every detail. "Well, I'll bring you to the big oak then, I bet you'll like it." He said and began to slowly walk forward.
Annie nodded and held the strap of her bag tight as she followed the boy. If he weren't here she would already be up in one of the trees drawing everything she saw. She followed the boy along the leaf littered path as they chatting quietly to one another. He told her about the different birds they might spot here. Then he quickly pulled her down beside a boulder.
"Hey what are-" She was muffled when he covered her mouth with his hand and shushed her. After she calmed down he pointed towards a small opening where a tiny meadow was. There was a pair of deer there. He uncovered her mouth and Annie quickly dropped her bag quietly and took out her tiny sketch book and a pencil. "Sorry I have to get this." She said in a shushed tone.
The pair sat behind the rock watching the deer carefully, well more like Annie was watching the deer, Armin stared at her and her drawing more than the deer. She was concentrating so hard on the deer it was adorable to him, he shook his head and blushed at the thought and glanced back at the deer. They were moving more and more away.
"They're pretty cool, especially with the fog, huh?" He said in a hushed voice, it sounded a bit husky though and she looked up at him for the first time since the sighting of the deer, she blinked with confused eyes and nodded, there was pink tingling in her cheeks again, What is this feeling? she asked herself, the girl turned to the deer again, there were nearly out of sight due to the fog.
"Come on lets go." She said putting the pencil and copy in her bag again and getting up.
Once they reached the tree they both climbed it and sat on a thick branch. The two watched the world below them as birds braved to land on the ground again and peck away at the ground for insects and seeds of some sort. Armin pointed out each type of bird. They even did a mockingjay call and listened to their responses. The fog though made the forest mythical though, she loved it here.
"Thanks, Armin." She sighed happily, he back was on Armin's side as she relaxed, he was sitting upright and enjoying the fact that she was leaning on him, it made his heart hammer against his chest. She looked up to his with bright crystal eyes, he blushed slightly but then was confused.
"Thanks for what?" He asked with a small frown, he wasn't sure why she was saying thanks.
"Thanks for bringing me out here and not giving up on me on Monday. I know I was a little harsh at first but you're a nice guy" She answered looking down at her drawing and continuing to draw a mockingjay bird.
"Oh! Well, even if you didn't warm up to us straight away I would've still bothered you" He said as he poked her side causing the girl to jump a little. She blushed deeply now, the feeling of the blush was nice. She didn't understand it but the warm feeling in her cheeks, the pit in her stomach and the racing of her heart was something she never got before, but although its been happening quite a bit over the week, everytime the feeling is different, she never got used to it and actually liked it.
It was now late, six o'clock. The fog was still there but it was dark. The pair of blonds had already left their haven and were on the way into town, passing by some houses and little shops as they went on their way.
"It was nice spending time with you, Annie." Armin spoke up when they reached the little resteruant they met at earlier that day. "We should, um, do it again some time?" He said a little nervously. Annie just nodded feeling the feelingagain.
"It was nice spending time with you too, Arlert" She said with a small smile. The short blond waved her hand and made her way back home the way she had came.
"Hey Armin!" Called a voice from the phone, Armin winced a little at the loudness and answered back with an awkward laugh.
"Hey Eren, How are ya?" He asked as he walked back to his house.
"Oh fine, so did you spend the day with Annie, Huh?" He said with a menacing tone, its as if he planned it.
"Oh yeah, I did. We went to the big oak in the forest. We saw some deer too and stuff." He answered, he remembered how confused she looked when he pinned her to the boulder and shushed her pointing to the deer in the meadow and how her mind switched from being talkitive to silent and concentrated on something. He couldn't stop thinking about how her peircing blue orbs were so engulfed by the scene. It was as if she never saw a deer before.
"Well, I got the car fixed! We can chill tomorrow at my place. AKA I need help with the dammed horses again." Eren laughed. Armin sighed and just replied with an okay and I'll seeya at 10.
"Hey um, Maybe we can invite Annie?" He said quietly hoping the boy on the other side of the line didn't understand.
"I knew you'd ask. Sure she can come." He answer, Armin heard Eren's mother shouting at the boy and decided to say bye and hang up.
"Woo! Mikasa my plan worked! Armin spent the day with Annie in the forest! I knew the broken car trick would work haha!" He shouted as he entered the horse stables. Mikasa gave the boy a frown but smiled anyway.
"Eren, we don't even know if he likes her." Mikasa voiced her opinion and Eren frowned.
"Its a boys thing, Mikasa, I Know he likes the girl." He said as he grabbed a shovel to start work.
Woot, Chapter 5, I hope ye like eh, I thought it would be fun to have Eren play a trick on Armin to get the two blondeys to spend a day ALONE together. So ye there we goes.