What is Love?

L.A.: Heh, heh, so probably nobody cares about this story any more, but I finally updated this story. The reason that I took so long was that the computer with the story on it melted and then I had no motivation to continue writing. I'm finally back though. Hopefully, this was worth the wait.

Carpet slowly but steadily learning to speak. Soon, he could carry a conversation with ease.

The only side effect of Carpet learning to talk was the never-ending questions. Now that he could communicate easier, he wanted to know everything about humans.

"Why do humans sleep?" Carpet asked.

Anna and Carpet were alone tonight. Iago and Abu were off with Aladdin on an adventure. They decided to take a stroll through the courtyard.

"It's a way for us to get energy," Anna said. Her gaze wandered across the courtyard.

"Why do you need energy?" Carpet asked. "Why does a stomach live inside you? Why does it make strange rumbling noises? What's a heart?"

"Whoa, there," Anna said. "You're asking too many questions at once." She glanced up at the sky. "Plus, it'll be morning soon and I need sleep."

"Can I ask one more question?" Carpet asked.

Anna gave him a skeptical look.

"I'm serious. Just one."

Anna sighed. "Fine, what do you want to know?"

"What is love?" Carpet asked.

"Huh?" Anna hadn't expected that question to come so soon. They were talking about stomachs just seconds before.

"Love," Carpet said. "I've heard Aladdin and Jasmine talk about it."

"Oh, um, how do I put it," Anna tapped her chin. "Love's something you feel for another person. You feel that you want to spend all your time with them…maybe even for the rest of your life. They're constantly on your mind. They become to most important person in your life." Anna shrugged. "Or so, I've heard."

"Why do they press their faces to each other?" Carpet asked.

"You mean kissing?" Anna shifted uncomfortably. "It's a way to express love."

Carpet was silent as he returned to his thoughts. Anna tried to ignore the uncomfortable feeling she had. Talking about love always freaked her out. She already had friends who were getting married. She didn't want that to happen yet. She still had goals she wanted to accomplish, namely graduating college. That is… if she could ever go back.

She was disrupted from her thoughts when she noticed Carpet staring intently at her. "Is there something wrong?"

"Can I kiss you?" Carpet asked.

Anna turned a bright shade of red as she took a couple of steps back. "What? Why would you want to do that?"

Carpet kicked some dirt with his foot. "Because, I love you."

Anna took a deep breath as she tried to keep herself calm. "That's sweet but I think you're confused."

Carpet's brow furrowed. "But you said that if a person is special to you and are on your mind then…"

"You like me as a friend," Anna shook her head. "You don't understand since you were a car…" She stopped herself.

A dark look crossed Carpet's face. "Because I am a carpet?"

"I didn't mean…"

"Just because I've only been a human recently doesn't mean that I can't feel. I may not know the name, but I do know the feeling." Carpet turned and walked away.

"Carpet…" Anna called out but he refused to acknowledge her.

Anna went to bed feeling as if she had just kicked a puppy.

The next morning, Anna still felt terrible. She decided the best choice was to find Carpet and apologize.

As she rounded the corner, she spotted Carpet floating around in the library. She was about to approach him when Lizzie suddenly appeared in front of her.

"There you are. I've been looking all over for you," Lizzie said.

"Oh right, you've been gone since the day before," Anna said as she craned her neck around Lizzie. She frowned when she saw that Carpet was gone.

"That's what I want to talk to you about," Lizzie said. "You were right about Genie. I had the most wonderful time."

Anna did a double take. "Who are you and what have you done with my friend?"

"You're hilarious," Lizzie said. "And for your information, I can have fun."

Anna snorted. "Yeah, right."

"Do you want to hear what happened or not?" Lizzie asked.

"Yes, please tell me," Anna said.

"Well, at first it started out terrible," Lizzie said. "He took me to a dingy restaurant where he forced me to eat dates. Apparently I'm allergic to dates."

"Yeouch," Anna said. "How was this good?"

"Well after I finished violently vomiting, Genie felt bad so he performed this awesome magic show and we watched the sun set."

"That's great," Anna said, "so you like Genie now?"

"Of course not," Lizzie said, "but I'll tolerate him now."

"Oh," Anna said, "Okay…"

"Well," Lizzie said, "I'm going to do some reading. I'll see you later." Lizzie left.

"Well that was weird," Anna said before she went searching for Carpet again.

Carpet was avoiding her. That was the only thing that Anna could think of for why she hadn't seen him all day. She made sure that night to wake up. Carpet in human form couldn't go very far.

Anna went out to the courtyard. She sighed when she saw that no one was there. "Guess that would have been too easy," Anna whispered. She turned around and nearly started when she almost ran into someone.

Two hands reached out and steadied. She looked up and saw Carpet staring at her.

"Where have you been all day?" Anna said. "I wanted to apologize for offending you…"

"You were wrong," Carpet said.

"What?"

"You were wrong last night," Carpet said.

"Not this again," Anna said under her breath.

"You don't believe me," Carpet said, "then let me prove it to you."

"Prove it to me?" Anna asked, her eyes narrowing in suspicion.

"If you don't believe me after that then I'll never mention it again."

Anna rolled her eyes but sighed. "Fine, you can prove it to me. How are you…" She was cut off when Carpet pressed his lips to hers.

Millions of thoughts ran through her head but only one stuck out. For a carpet, he was a good kisser.

Suddenly she didn't care about anything else as her hands tangled themselves in his clothes.

Taking this as a good sign, Carpet pulled her closer to him. One hand rested on her lower back while the other played with her hair.

He deepened the kiss and Anna felt her legs turn into jello. There was so much passion and yet a tenderness within the kiss.

After a moment, he pulled away with a smirk on his face. "Now, do you believe me?"

Anna was too stunned to respond.

Still wearing a smirk, he bowed. "Until next time." He strolled away whistling to himself.

After regaining her composure, Anna forced herself to go back to bed. She knew though, that she wouldn't get any sleep.

She wasn't sure what worried her more, the fact that Carpet loved her or that for the first time she saw Carpet as more of a man than a carpet.

L.A.: So, that's the chapter. Hope you liked it. I do plan to finish this story now that my motivation has returned. You know what to do. READ and REVIEW!