To Be Told Those Three Words

Chapter 2

"Please tell me," Skye asked me once more and it seemed as if I were looking at a newborn puppy abandoned in the rain. I knew I had no choice but to tell him. "My mother made me stay up all night to study for the midterms for a few nights," I wanted to stop but I felt as if I was obliged to tell him everything. After all, he did save me like a prince. "When the grades came out I still failed miserably…" I never was a good student but the grades I got were horrific. I shrugged and tried to make it seem like a joke. Skye was silent and hugged me again.

He whispered the words, "It's alright, Jill." I tried to smile but it hurt. I created such an awkward atmosphere, I don't think he liked it so I decided to lighten the mood.

"Skye, what is there to do here?" I asked trying my best to glue on a smile to my face. Skye raised an eyebrow then nodded. "We can visit one of the nearby towns."

"I'll get dressed then," I said as I ran to the bathroom to change.

When I came out I wore the same white t-shirt from yesterday. I also wore the jeans with the olive green on top. On my hands were the black and red gloves, they felt so warm and had an earthy smell to them.

"With that kind of clothing you'll fit in perfectly," Skye smiled. I looked at him oddly. "What are you talking about?"

Skye explained about how the town was quite rural. The roads were too small for cars and only a number of families lived there. Skye then went to change and came back wearing a black hoodie and a blue baseball cap. He placed his hood over his hat.

"Skye, you look great and all but you look like a gangster." I stated as I looked at his appearance. Skye laughed. "Well you look like a farmer," he pointed out. I looked down to my outfit and rose my eyebrow as I laughed. "Touché."

Together we walked out of the house and I explored a little as Skye locked the house. The house was surrounded by an army of trees. I saw no sign of civilization anywhere near us. That's odd, Skye is usually a people person.

What did happen last night? It was all a blur but I remember Skye being someone else…

"Jill, are you coming or what?" Skye asked as he walked a few paces away from me. I nodded as I ran to follow him. Whatever, I'll remember it eventually. We had to walk over mini streams, bushes, roots, and animals.

"What is this? Are we hiking?" I exclaimed as I collapsed on a nearby rock. Skye chuckled, "We're almost there, don't worry." He held out a hand and helped me stand up. Then he adjusted his hood again. I looked at him strangely. He's usually so open about his hair and has no problem showing it off.

We carefully stepped over one last boulder and I saw actual sidewalks.

"Yes!" I screamed in delight as I stepped on it to hear the wonderful noise. I looked around me, I saw two houses, two large fields, and a few windmills. On the fields both were overflowing with ripe corn.

Yum corn…

"Wow! They look so shiny like gold! Skye let's go buy some!" I shouted loudly as I pointed at the crops. The three people working on the land looked up from their work and looked at us curiously. One of then, a girl about my age with chocolate brown hair under an orange bandana smiled as she saw us. She mouthed words to a boy with black hair which seemed to be gelled up.

I turned to Skye who was looking the other way as if he wasn't trying to make eye contact with them.

"Skye, let's go buy some corn." I suggest as I tried to pull his arm.

"But corn wouldn't taste good in curry," he protested as he reluctantly followed me.

"You and your curry obsession," I muttered as I brought us to the front of the people of the farm.

"Hello! Welcome to Vesta's Farm, this is Vesta," the girl with chocolate hair explained as she pointed to a round woman with wavy orange hair.

"He-"I began but was cut off by Skye.

"Hello, I'm Spencer and this is Jean. We were wondering if I could ask for some of your delicious looking corn. Of course we would be paying," Skye said. I looked at him, why did he make us fake names? What's up with that? I decided to play along with it.

"Of course, how much would you like," Vesta asked.

"About half a dozen, miss," he said in a soothing voice. Even though it wasn't addressed to the brown haired girl, she seemed red. I giggled to myself, it's been a while since I saw Skye's spell in action.

"Marlin," Vesta addressed the boy with black hair, "go give him some corn from the store." Marlin sighed as he adjusted his hands in his pockets and began to walk to the exit of the farm.

"Marlin, wait!" the girl cried out, "Can I get the corn?" She was blushing pink. Marlin eyed Skye from head to toe.

"Are you sure, Celia? He looks like a gangster. I mean look at how he's dressed." Celia nodded and then Marlin agreed. She happily hopped into a building and quickly returned with six corn.

"Here you go, hehe," Celia giggled bashfully as she handed Skye the bag of corn. Marlin was watching Skye the entire time, he made especially sure that he paid the right amount before leaving.

Then we left the farm and began to walk over a stone bridge. "Skye, I mean Spencer, why did you make the fake names?"

Skye closed his eyes halfway and began to explain. "Well this town is known for its high crime rates, I wouldn't want a beautiful maiden like you to get involved so I made fake names."

I nodded with sparkles in my eyes.

"That's so cool!" I said. "It makes you feel as if you're in a movie!"

"Let's go to the inn next," he said, pointing to a building southwest from us. I nodded as I quickly ran like a child to the building. "It's this one right?" I asked. It felt so refreshing breathing in this crisp air. Skye nodded and I walked in. We introduced ourselves to the inn owner, her name was Ruby.

"Oh, are you two a couple looking for a place to stay?" she asked as he looked at the both of us. Skye cheeks became flustered.

"Nope, we're almost like siblings," I said I wrapped one of his arms around mine. I flashed a cheesy smile. Skye jumped when I grabbed him. Ruby noticed Skye and began to chuckle.

"Well, enjoy your stay at Forget-Me-Not-Valley."

I nodded. Skye relaxed and returned back to his prince self. We walked to the right and saw a flight of stairs. He offered to carry me up bridal style.

"I wouldn't want my princess to exhaust herself on these stairs," he flirted. I smacked his head lightly.

"Just because I fainted once doesn't mean I'm forever damaged!" I lectured at him. Then I walked up the stairs. When we both reached the top of the stairs I looked around. I only saw a few rooms.

"Why are we here?" I mused.

"We're here to buy you some clothes," he explained.

"What's wrong with the farmer clothes I'm wearing now?" I asked as I stretched my shirt a little.

"Nothing's wrong. You need more clothes, since you're living here now. I bet you didn't bring much, am I right?" he snickered. I laughed embarrassingly. Then my eyes flickered.

"What kind of inn sells clothes? I mean sure they might have a gift shop but why here?" I pondered. Skye didn't say anything but grabbed my hand and walked forward. There I saw a round man with sleek black hair, most of which tied back in a red suit. He was seated behind an orange carton.

We walked to the man and he asked us what we would like. It turned out he had some clothes.

"I need to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back," Skye said.

"Right, we wouldn't want you're thingy to explode," I laughed. Skye suddenly became red and opened his mouth but didn't say anything. He bashfully stomped away. I laughed some more and then skimmed through the clothes. Luckily I brought my wallet so I was able to buy some clothes on my own. I picked out a blue set of clothes, a blue t-shirt, blue skirt, and blue shoes. I also chose the white set and pink set. I'm not much of a pink fan but you never know when you might need it.

Sky returned and looked at the bag of clothes I was holding.

I showed him what I bought. He complimented them and said they would look amazing on me.

"Are you done shopping?" he asked me. I nodded. Skye began to walk back and then I looked back at the man.

"Can I buy this white hat and black set of clothes?" I asked. The man nodded and we exchanged money for clothes. I thanked him then quickly caught up with Skye.

How was it? I hope you liked it (smiley face). This took me forever to write, I'm not sure why. Review if you liked it!