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A/N: Sorry for taking this long to update, guys, I've been sick as of late. Let's see where this goes, shall we? Read on ^_^
"This is useless, I'm never finding my way back to the kingdom! Not when I can barely see." Jamie groaned as she felt around and found a flat rock to sit on in defeat.
She sighed and buried her face into her hands.
Snap! "What was that?" Jamie said, jumping to her feet and getting into a defensive position. She waited for a few seconds, looking all around her for any signs of people or anything for that matter.
Her eyes widened in surprise as three wild boars approached her from behind the foliage, ready to attack her. Jamie froze, thinking of what to do. She couldn't fight these things, it would be suicide, there were more than one and they were big animals and either way, she didn't want to kill these creatures, she saw the small piglets hiding in the bushes. So... "Shit!" She cursed as she dashed off running in the other direction of the animals. The boars took off after her, squealing and making angry sounds.
Jamie kept her hands up over her face so the branches wouldn't hit her too much though it didn't seem to be working, her face stung like you would not believe. She knew how to keep her footing though which was good in this situation. She thought quickly and started to zigzag between the trees hoping to confuse the animals. She listened intently and could still hear hooves chasing after her. She found it hard to believe that they would split up.
Jamie felt her eyes welling up in panic. She didn't know what to do or what was going to happen and she was getting really tired since she was sprinting as fast as she could, pushing her legs to the limit.
Then the worse that could happen happened. She tripped on a fallen tree, falling over and then, of course rolling down a rather steep hill. She could no longer hear the boars, she could only hear herself grunting and the snapping of branches and the crunching of leaves. Many rocks poked into her and twigs scratched her on the way down.
Then she heard something oddly familiar. An unmistakeable sound. She prayed to God that this was a hill and not a-
It was gone. The ground wasn't under her anymore, she was in midair and in seconds she was falling. She didn't even want to look, she new there was a river under her and it was going to be strong, the sound she heard was a waterfall, she was sure of it so she shut her eyes tightly and waited to hit the rocky bottom, she knew that even if she tried, she wouldn't make the fall.
She was still falling? The cliff couldn't be this tall, she would have heard of it as something to be aware of like the Cliff of Montbajo or Bajada Rompecristo, infamous cliffs in Kinkow. Then she felt something crash into her.
Jamie opened her eyes hesitantly though she didn't want to but then they widened as she saw she was headed into trees. She closed her eyes and braced herself for the impact.
She finally crashed into the ground, falling on her back. The landing wasn't so bad as she thought it would be. She groaned and felt something wrap around her waist. She jumped up as she noticed that someone had broken her fall. She got off her rescuer and got on her knees beside the person that seemed to be in a lot of pain.
"Are you alright?" The person, a man, said with a lot of pain in his voice.
Jamie knew that voice. She had heard it only once a couple of years back when he fought the Tarantula People from her village but she never got to see him. She has heard many things about him, even Brady told her a lot of stories about him.
"Sir Rocco?" She asked as she picked the leaves off of his face. He had a mask over his eyes and a stylish mustache.
"Yes," He grunted as he sat up. Jamie helped him sit up and his shoulder cracked. Sir Rocco groaned but in relief. It must have come out of place, "it is I, Sir Rocco!" He said with pride.
"Wow, Sir Rocco, that was so brave of you. How did you know I was out here?" She asked in shock.
"Well," He stretched his body out, "King Brady, very handsome man, called me and told me there was a urgent emergency." He got to his feet, dusting his clothes off and pulling Jamie to her feet. "Now I see why it was so darn importante. He lost you and you, are so very beautiful. Beautiful like butterfly on a mystical flower meadow." He stroked her face softly and smiled brightly at her.
Jamie blushed, "Thank you, Sir Rocco, I don't know how I can ever repay you." She said with a smile.
"Perhaps," He smirked, "a kiss will do the... how you say, trick?" He closed his eyes and waited for the kiss excitedly. He felt it...
He felt it, but on his cheek. Then he remembered something. He was Sir Rocco... Not King Brady who had like a 2% greater chance of getting a kiss than Sir Rocco.
He still looked confused.
Jamie smiled sheepishly, "You saved my life, I am forever grateful but I can't kiss you."
He smiled slightly for a lack of better expressions, "Why not?" He said and realized he didn't use his accent and quickly fixed it, "I mean, Why can you not kiss me? I did save your life, it is the least you can do." He said. He really wanted the kiss.
"Because..." She looked away, "I like someone else." She admitted, rubbing her arm nervously.
Sir Rocco waved his hand dismissively, "He will never know, it is just one small kiss." He said, almost whined.
Jamie giggled, "I can't, I'm sorry. It's a dishonorable act." She said, getting closer to him slowly.
He became nervous and took a step back, "I-I-"
"But maybe if you took this off," She pulled his mask off quickly before he could think and threw it aside. She stared into his eyes.
He was dumbfounded, "How did you know?" He asked in shock.
She came closer and kissed him suddenly. He was frozen in place for a small moment and then put his hands on her hips, kissing her back. She pulled away and sighed with a smile, "I have the image of that smile stuck to the back of my head. Those eyes usually make me get goosebumps, so far it hasn't failed. That kingly jawline," She giggled at his smirk, "I knew it was you, Brady." She said and then she laughed softly, "And when you forgot the accent, I recognized your voice." She admitted.
"That was only for like, a second!" He defended while laughing.
"Gotta be faster than that, Brady." She said mockingly.
He smiled and pulled her close, "Come here." He said before kissing her again. This time it was more than just a peck, this time it was more like a passionate lip-lock.
Brady's brain was everywhere because this was his first real kiss. Maybe he had a couple of pecks before but it wasn't even officially a kiss because he got slapped after each one because it was "bad".
Jamie would never admit it, but no guy ever kissed her before, she never let them. She was either too much of a tomboy and they were too scared or she just wouldn't let a guy kiss her. She never felt like this for a guy before but she didn't want to go too fast so... She broke the kiss.
"That was awesome!" Brady squeaked. Jamie laughed and hugged him tightly.
"I think we better get back to the kingdom..." She panicked, "You do know your way back, right, Brady?" She asked as she picked up his mask.
"'Course I do, this is my island... and last summer me and Boomer came to this waterfall every day. I actually found a nice seashell here once, I'll show it to you when we get back." He said as they started their way back.
The sounds in the jungle kinda freaked Brady out honestly so he decided to talk, "So why did you come in here the first place?" He asked.
Jamie tensed, "I don't wanna talk about it." She said, looking away. "I just needed to blow off some steam so I went for a walk in the village and a merchant tried to tell me something about a special offer on fish and I snapped at him so before I could be mean to another innocent person, I came into the jungle and I kind of lost track of where I was going." She explained.
"Jamie, I wanna know what it is that Mikayla said that upset you so much." He said softly, trying to get to her.
She sighed, "Brady, I don't wanna talk about it. Please." She said, looking into his eyes.
Brady got lost in them, "How did I catch a girl like you?" He asked more to himself. She laughed and he gave her a quick peck.
"You know, you're a really good kisser, Brady." She admitted, biting her lip.
He stopped walking to look at her in disbelief, "I am?" He asked. He wanted to slap himself and say 'course I am' but he couldn't do it, not with her. She nodded. He smiled, "Sweet!" He squeaked.
There was a comfortable silence for a few minutes until Brady had to ask, "So... Where does this leave us?" He asked nervously.
Jamie sighed. The whole time she had been wondering exactly that and she didn't know just yet. "Maybe we should take things slow, see how things roll out. Besides, I don't think I'm ready to go through all the trouble of the ceremonies and trials to date a king." She said with a giggle.
Brady sighed because she was right. Mason and Jason would probably make them go through the tough and pointless ceremonies. Brady pushed the thoughts back for another time. "You're right. We should give it time to settle in..." He put his arm over her shoulders, "but I won't stop kissing you." He said, kissing the side of her head. Jamie giggled and pushed him away playfully.
"We can't let them see us kissing, Brady. It'll cause trouble." She said.
"When no ones' lookin' then." He said with a smirk. Jamie scoffed and nodded. Brady cleared his throat nervously, "Jamie," He said as he thought of how to tell her this. She looked at him expectantly. He sighed, "you can't tell anyone I'm Sir Rocco. No one." He said.
She furrowed her eyebrows, "It's a secret? Like Superman?" She asked.
Brady was surprised, "Dude, you know about Superman?" He asked dumbly.
"I found a book with pictures and bubbles with words in them washed up on the beach. I read it and I fell in love with it. I kept going to the beach every day for about a month but another never came." She said sadly.
"Ah, you discovered the awesomeness that is comic books." He said smartly. Comic Books were the only books he read. "I have ton of 'em. You can have the ones I've already read." He said.
Jamie's eyes lit up with excitement, "You'd give them to me?" She asked in disbelief. He nodded and she hugged him tightly. "Thank you!" She squeaked.
"No problem." He said. He moved a few falling branches away, "Here we are." He said. Jamie walked ahead but Brady didn't follow. She looked back and frowned.
"Aren't you coming?" She asked.
"I can't let them see me like this. You go on ahead, they have to be here by now. They were out searching for you too. They must be wondering where I am anyway. I'll sneak into the castle and come out my room. You ready to be questioned in there? Mason has to have a speech ready in like, five different languages." He said jokingly.
"Ready as I'll ever be." She said with a sigh. She gave Brady one last kiss and walked to the castle gates. The two guards there recognized her and opened the gates for her immediately. What was waiting for her there, she didn't expect at all. She didn't know what to do.
I had left this chapter half way and I could have sworn I had finished it and posted it. I'm so sorry for making you wait so long! This wasn't so good in my opinion, and yes, there are mistakes, I'm not perfect at this, it's just one of my favorite hobbies.
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