A/N: Whoo! I'm on a roll! Two chapters in one day whoo! (Well... two days really, cause it's like, 2 in the morning but we can just ignore that) So sorry if there are more grammer mistakes then usual. I usually fix them by reading my story out loud, but my mums sleeping rigth now and she already came in twice and told me to shut up xD

I told myself that I would start getting to the journey at chapter 5, but the way things are going I don't think that I'll get it it will chapter 7 or eight. Maybe if I'm lucky a little sooner .

Jam-on-toast-is-good

I like Crystal more than Peter. Yup. She seems very professional. Is she going to show up again later or shall we again meet someone new...? Hmm...I wonder...

No, there's only two people. It's just that the more I thought though the kind of work these people had to do the more I realized that oen person doing it alone would be impossible. So I got two people instead! Rah.

Aww...Don't be sad, Ally! *throws Genis plushie at story*

Screw Ally I want that plusie! *pushes Ally back and grabs plusie* HA!

Diclamier: I don't own Tales of Symphonia. Hell I don't even HAVE Tales of Symphonia =C

Chapter Four: Chocoalates and Bonding

We made it though the forest with only two other battles. We were attacked by a wolf and a ladybug. The ladybug scared the crap out of me. It was freaking to my knees! I killed that one, it freaked me out. And I got bug slime all over my hammer! It was really gross, Lloyd laughed at me. I flicked bug slime at him he flicked it back. We had a really girly flick fight. It was actually really funny, we were both laughing and being disgusted at the same time.

As for the wolf, Lloyd knocked it out and we continued.

When we got back to Lloyd's house, Lloyd sat down and started to skin the bunny. I tried to help but Lloyd noticed how pale I was getting and told me to wait in his room. So here I am now. Laying on Lloyd's bed once more, looking up at the ceiling. It was a nice ceiling. It was all wood like and stuff.

…Yeah I'm bored.

'Hey, Crystal?'

'Yes?'

Oh hey she's still there.

'Hello'

'Hi.'

This was the first time that I was really alone and had a chance to talk to Crystal. I guess I should use this time to try and find out about why I'm here.

'So…ah…how was you're day?'

Oh wow, what the hell Ally.

'Eventful I should say.' She said sipping on her coffee. 'My day is basically you're day. If you're day is eventful, mine will be too.'

'That's the creepiest thing anyone has ever said to me.'

Oh! Speaking of being a creeper. I rolled over and sniffed a handful of Lloyd's bed sheets. Hmm, lemony? That didn't smell like Lloyd. I guess he changed his sheets or something. Curses.

'You call me a creeper and look what your doing!' She sounded amused. That made me happy for some reason.

'I'm just lowing myself to your level.'

'At least I get paid to do this.'

'Wait…you get paid to watch me?'

'Yes. I'm here to watch you and make sure that you don't do anything stupid while your there.'

She said stupid like steeww-pid. I love British people.

'So um… how long am I gonna be here for?'

There was a pause and faint typing could be heard in the back round. 'You're records say that you shouldn't be there for too long.'

I smiled.

'But you never know.'

I frowned.

'Something big might happen~' She said this is a sing-songy way. But before I could retort Lloyd called me down. I rose out of bed and went downstairs.

'Hey, say stupid again.'

'Stupid'

I 'tee-hee'd and Lloyd looked at me strangely. I waved it off and helped carry the food over to the table. And you know what? Dinner was actually better then I thought it would be. I always thought that Lloyd was a little of the bad side when it came to cooking (he usually failed at making the simplest dishes whenever I made him cook) but I guess I was wrong.

"Hey Lloyd, this is actually pretty good!" I said after a careful taste test.

Lloyd smiled at the comment. It was kinda weird seeing Lloyd without his infamous red jacket. I guess he took it off when he was cooking because the stove was hot or something. He wore a black tank top underneath which was actually a load off my mind cause whenever I drew him without his jacket he was wearing a black tank top.

…Or nothing at all! Rawr!

"Thanks! My dad's gone on business trips a lot so I kinda learned to cook for myself."

I was about to say 'you know, a girl likes a man who can cook over a fancy car' But I figured that we haven't known each other for that long and he could take it the wrong way. Plus he doesn't know what a car is. That would have been awkward.

I was then hit by a wonderful idea. "Hey Lloyd when did you say you're dad was coming back?"

"Uh… I didn't… and two days from now. Why?"

I couldn't hold back my grin as I snuffed food into my month. Signaling for him to hold on. He didn't take his eyes off me the whole time I was chewing. "What is it?" He said after I swallowed.

I grinned quite widely again and leaned over the table slightly. Lloyd leaned with me. "You see…I was thinking that we should have-"

I leaned back into my chair and took another bite of my bunny meat. Lloyd was starting to look a little pissed off but I didn't care. This was too much fun.

"We should what? We should have what?!"

I swallowed and forced a look of confusion. "We should have what now?"

"I dunno! What should we have?"

I shrugged. "I dunno Lloyd! You should think of these things, I'm you're guest!"

Lloyd looked dumbfounded. "What? I…I mean- you!"

Wow I never thought that would be so much fun to tease Lloyd like this! Of course, I never thought I would ever meet Lloyd in the first place but never mind that. I burst out laughing and Lloyd looked more pissed at me.

"I…I'm just messing with ya'! I said inbetween laughs. Lloydie was not amused.

"Anyways, about my idea! We should have…" I leapt out of my chair and struck a dramatic pose. "A SLUMBER PARTY!"

Lloyd just stared.

And stared.

…And stared

…

…and stared.

I frowned and turned to him. "You're ruining the flow here, come on, say something!"

Lloyd blinked and opened his mouthy to speak. He when closed it, not to sure what to say. It was my turn to be a little pissed off.

"Come on! It will be in Colette's honor!" -Lloyd's head peaked up a bit at the mention of Colette's name- "I mean she's going on the journey soon right? And we might not have the chance to get together for a long time." I felt a ping of sadness when I said this. Both Lloyd and Genis really believed that they would see Colette after she regenerated the world. Desperate this I forced a sly smile on my face. "So just think! A night without parents! Just you, me, Colette and Genis staying up late and doing whatever we want!"

Lloyd seemed to share my excitement for he stood up from his seat with a gleam in his eye. "Yeah! We can make s'mores!"

"And stay up late!"

"And tell ghost stories!"

"And play truth or dare or I never!"

Lloyd looked at me strangely. "What's truth or dare and I never?"

I simply stared at him in complete and utter shock. "You've NEVER played truth or dare? I mean, I never I can understand, but truth or dare!?"

Lloyd looked around the room nervously. "N-No I've never even heard of it."

I looked at Lloyd with pity. So much fond and disturbing memories that he could have if he had only have know of the wonder that is truth or dare!

"He-hey! Don't look at me like that! Is it really that fun of a game?"

A wicked smile crossed my features. "Oh you don't know the half of it." I picked up my now empty plate. "Now c'mon! The faster we go to bed the faster we can tell Colette and Genis in the morning!"

We put our plates away before we said our good nights and went to bed. I stayed in Lloyd's room again while Lloyd stayed in Dirks. Lloyd's house was actually bigger then it was in the game, the stars upstairs lead to a hallway instead of Lloyd's room. And Dirk actually had a room.

Anyways, Lloyd gave my some of his old clothes to wear as pajamas and they were actually pretty comfortable. Oh, and they were red too. Hand up for whoever wasn't expecting that. Shame on you.

So, here I am again. Lying in Lloyd's bed, staring up at the ceiling. I had tried to sleep, but I just wasn't tired. I guess it was due to the fact that I've already slept most on the day anyway, or because I was actually kind of excited about tomorrow. Whatever it was, it was preventing me from sleeping.

'Hey Crystal? You still there?'

'Mmm-hmm.'

Huh. She stuck around longer then Peter.

'Shouldn't you be sleeping or something? I mean, it's kinda late.'

There was a pause.

'I'm more surprised that you're worried about me. Someone who could very well be your enemy.'

'I-I'm not worried. I'm just curious is all'

'I can hear your thoughts, remember?'

…crap.

'But no, I'm not going to sleep. I have to stay awake and watch you.'

'So you're just gonna watch me sleep for the next couple hours?'

'Yes, or at least until my shift is over. Then that Peter fellow will take over.'

Hehheh Peter fellow.

'Wait, so you guys don't know each other?'

'No. I was told that we don't even work in the same building. He may as well be on the other side of the world.'

'Where are you?'

'Manhattan, New York.'

I almost chocked on…I dunno something. I was pretty surprised.

'Huh?! What?! That would mean you're on earth!'

'It would seem that way.'

'So what?! There's some kind of company sending children into video games!?'

'I can't tell you.'

'Why not?!'

'Because I'm not to sure myself.'

I wasn't sure how to respond to that. So I just flipped over to my side and tried to get to sleep again.

'…If you need anything just ask. I'm going to be doing paperwork.'

'Yeah, whatever. Thanks'

It took a while, but I managed to fall asleep. I think I might have had a dream that night. Something about Colette talking to Raine about something or other. But I forgot most of it when I woke up. The only thing I remember about it was Colette saying 'they would be happy' but that's it. I was kind of wondering about it in the morning, but I pushed it aside and got dressed before meeting up with Lloyd downstairs.

I think it might have been around mid morning when Lloyd and I went back to Iselia together. There were more monsters in the forest now then there was last night. But they weren't really a treat and were taken down quite quickly. I'm only saying this because Lloyd was there to beat them all up while I watched and ran in at random times to smash something. Oh good old Hammy what would I do without thee?

Anyways, we reached Iselia about an hour later and we went to the Sages household for breakfast, since we forgot to eat any and there was no school today since it was a Saturday.

"Good morning Raine. Good morning Genis." I called as Lloyd and I walked in. Genis looked up from his book with a horror filled face. "Run."

I really didn't understand, but Lloyd did. He was halfway though shoving me out of the door when Raine appeared from what I was guessing to be the kitchen.

…

…

…oh.

"Ah! Good morning Lloyd, Ally. You're just in time! I just finished making breakfast!"

Aww. How could I say no to a face like that. She looked so happy and proud of herself. I pushed Lloyd out of the way and walked towards Raine. "Sounds good I'm staving!"

Raine looked very pleased with my choice. "Oh Ally! Thank you for trying out my newest invention!"

Ooh boy she calls her meals inventions. Woo.

I turned to the others, who both had a look of pity on they're faces. Oh c'mon, it couldn't be that bad. Right?

I started getting a little worried when I heard Genis say 'It was nice knowing you, Ally' before I stepped into the kitchen.

I looked down at the plate that was placed in front of me. It was just a normal omelet. An omelet filled with cheese, tomato, lettuce, and chocolate. …yes you heard me right, chocolate.

…

And it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. And I know that's from the girly part deep inside me.

I picked up the folk that was beside the plate and started picking out the tomatoes. Raines noticed this. "Oh, you don't like tomatoes?"

"I don't mind them; I just don't really like them in my food." I said truthfully. I was weird like that. I didn't mind tomato flavored stuff, just not in my food. I could eat them when they were alone just fine though. Raine seemed a little disappointed that I didn't like tomatoes. I guess it was a prime ingredient in balancing out the chocolate flavor or something.

"Ok." I said to myself after I took out all tomatoes I could find. "Here goes nothing…"

I took a bite of the omelet and the inside of my mouth exploded with flavor. It was…it was…

I turned to Raine. "Raine…you're beautiful" I said before taking another bite on my omelet. She clapped her hands together in excitement. "Really?! You like it?!"

I nodded, shoving another piece of chocolaty eggy goodness into my mouth. Lloyd and Genis pointed they're heads into the kitchen. I waved to them.

"Hey guys, you gonna try this." I said pointing to my plate. "It has all the protein of eggs and all the awesomeness of chocolate!"

Genis looked at me like I was crazy but Lloyd came to stand beside me. "Really?" He asked, giving my breakfast a thoughtful look.

"Lloyd what are you doing?! This is-" Genis stopped when his older sister smacked him on the head.

"Genis try some or be quiet."

Genis grew pale and didn't say anything more.

I turned my attention back to Lloyd after watching that amusing scene. "Yeah! Try some!" I cut off a piece and stabbed it with my folk, holding it up for Lloyd to eat. Lloyd paused for a second before eating the small piece of eggy awesomeness. There was then a really eerie silence as we all watched Lloyd chew slowly on Raines newest invention. Then his eyes widened and he coughed the food onto his gloved hands.

"Eww!" I yelled. "Lloyd that's disgusting!"

Raine looked angry and chest fallen at the same time. It was gonna weird. "Lloyd Irving!" Lloyd jumped at the sound of his name. I couldn't help but laugh at this. What do you know? I get food and a show! "Wait Professor! I can-ah…"

The next 10 minutes consisted of Raine chasing Lloyd around the house, which was actually really amusing. Though in the end, Lloyd and I some how managed to get Genis outside without Raine around and tell him our plan.

"A slumber party for Colette?" Genis repeated. He frowned. "But Raine would never let me go if she knew that Dirk wasn't there."

Lloyd looked downcast. "Yeah your right."

I shrugged. "Just ask. You never know, she may say yes."

She better say yes. She knows what's going to happen to Colette. She should want her to be happy before she becomes and angel.

Genis looked unsure. "Well… I'll guess I'll try." He walked back into the house.

I turned to Lloyd. "Well that's one down."

Lloyd turned back to me, confused. "…Huh? How do you know?"

I smiled turning back to the Sages' house. "I just have a feeling."

Genis ran out several moments later with a big smile on his face. "She said yes! I can come!"

"Awesomesauce." I said giving Genis a thumbs up.

"That's awesome Genis!" Lloyd said pumping his fist in the air.

"Yeah! This is gonna be lots of fun!"

I seriously wanted to rape this child. He was so goddamn cute.

'God you're since a rapist.'

You remember when I said that Peter was lovable? I take that back. As soon as I heard his voice again I got really angry. I really didn't like this guy.

'I don't like you. Shut you.'

I then tuned Peter out and went with the two males to go see Colette.

Yays, Colette grandmother let Colette come!. Colette's grandma is amazing. And she looks pretty good for her age. I would tap that.

Anyways, after all that was said we all wondered around town talking and about what we were going to do and getting some things like sneaks for the party. Ohoh, this was going to be a fun night indeed.