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Chapter 6: Bonding

I could feel the blood rushing from my head, and I didn't know what was going on. All I could remember is that Eugene and I had been running… from something. Where were we? Where was my book?

"Eu-Eugene…" I muttered. My head pounded. I groaned as he looked down at me.

"Yes Blondie?" he asked in a concerned tone.

"Did you grab my book?" I asked. Eugene didn't say a word; he just nodded down at me. I smiled to the best of my ability filled with relief. Eugene slowed down and he entered a building, I could hear faint talking, and then my vision cleared up a bit. Eugene was standing over me, and my arm was wrapped up.

"How are you feeling Blondie?" he asked. I giggled and sat up. He handed me the plastic bag from the bookstore and before I could stop myself, I had wrapped my arms around his neck. There was a knock on the door across the room. A man in a white lab coat came in with a cop next to him.

"Flynn Rider?" the cop asked. I stared at Eugene and nodded. Eugene stepped forward and stood proud.

"Yes officer, that's me," he said. The doctor passed Eugene and came over to me, shaking my hand.

"Well Miss, thanks to Mr. Rider here, you'll be just fine. I can let you go now if you'd like. He expressed that he needed to get you home when he brought you here a few hours ago.

"Wait… a few hours ago?" I cried, throwing my legs over the side of the bed. The doctor nods slowly, confused as to what I happened to be talking about. I passed the doctor and walked over to Eugene, who was talking to the cop. I wrapped my arms around one of his.

"Is something wrong officer?" I asked, hoping that Eugene wasn't in trouble.

"Well besides running from officers, he isn't in trouble. The Stabbington brothers have disappeared; we thought he might know where they'd be. Oh, and we found his truck in a dump out in Kingsboro," the cop said. Eugene sighed, and gave me a reassuring smile. "I also overheard that you need a ride home. Am I correct miss?" the officer asked.

"That's correct sir. My mother must be terribly worried by now," I told him. Eugene nodded to express the importance of my dilemma. The cop says something inaudible into his radio, and then he turns back to us.

"I can give you a lift home. Where do you live miss?" he asked.

"The Village," I told him, happy that I'd finally get to go home. Eugene looked down at me, and then he turned to the officer.

"With all due respect officer, I'd like it if I could be the one to take the miss home," I said. The officer looked at Eugene with a skeptical expression. I nudged Eugene and his gaze fell to meet mine.

"Eugene, please… it's getting late. Mother will get worried, and she'll realize that I lied to her, and she'll… she'll… please Eugene, we need the ride," I said. Eugene sighed and turned back to the officer, as did I.

"We'll take that ride."

"Oh… Oh Rapunzel!" my mother called, running out of the house and grabbing me in a hug. The officer and Eugene got out of the car. She let go of me and grabbed Eugene around the neck. "You…" she hissed. "How DARE you!" Eugene struggled against her grip. I tried to get mother to let him go.

"Mother! Stop it! He only brought me home!" I cried. Mother didn't lighten her grip on Eugene. The cop grabbed her and pulled her off.

"In a cop car?" she cried. "That's it! Rapunzel, I absolutely FORBADE you from ever seeing this man again!" she cried.

"Now mam, his car got stolen, and I got them home. It isn't his fault," the cop explained. Mother sighed and put her hand to her forehead, letting out a loud sigh.

"I'm just glad you're safe darling," she said. Eugene coughed and beckoned me over. We stepped to the side while the cop talked with Mother.

"Don't worry Rapunzel, I'll figure out a way that we can keep seeing each other. I need to buy a new car anyway." I didn't know what he was hinting at, but I did know that he had a plan in mind. The next thing I knew, his arms were around me in a hug. He said goodbye loud enough for mother to hear, and then we went our separate ways, for the time being anyway.

"Hey mother?" I asked, sitting at the kitchen table as a steaming hot bowl of beef and vegetable soup was set in front of me.

"Yes dear?" she asked. I got up and retrieved my book from the living room. I set it in front of her, open to the page that illustrated a garden filled with rampion. Mother looked up at me, confused.

"Why'd you stop growing rampion?" I asked, hiding my real question behind the innocence. Mother sighed and looked up at me.

"Oh, I don't remember, it's been many years since I grew rampion hasn't it?" she stated, flipping through the pages.

"You didn't answer me, mother," I said. Mother looked up at me from the book. She closed it and passed it back to me.

"Why are you asking about rampion anyway?" mother asked. I knew that she wouldn't answer my question so I changed the subject, or rather, she did. "Rapunzel, what happened to your arm?" she asked. I rolled my sleeve down quickly.

"Nothing…" I stammered. Mother came striding over and grabbed my injured forearm, causing me to wince in pain. She violently grabbed my sleeve and pulled it back down, revealing the bandages that were wrapping where I had been cut. She began unraveling the cloth to reveal a line of ten stitches lining my arm. She let out a gasp, and stumbled backwards.

"Rapunzel… what happened?" she asked. I began to recover my arm in the bandages.

"I slipped and cut my arm on the way home. It's no biggie," I exclaimed. I pulled my sleeve down and walked over to mother.

"No biggie? Rapunzel, you have ten stiches in your arm!" Mother cried. I sighed and we sat back down, trying to enjoy our dinner. I could only pick out the little pieces of meat that I noticed, as well as the broth. My head started to pound and I winced. I set my spoon down and took my book, making my way towards the stairs.

"I'm sorry I can't finish mother, I lost my appetite," I said. Mother stood up and wrapped her arms around me in a hug. It wasn't warm or comforting like Eugene's had been.

"Goodnight dear, I love you," she said, planting a kiss on my head. I gave a tired smile to my mother.

"I love you more," I said sleepily.

"I love you most…" Mother said before I went upstairs to my room. I shut the door gently behind me and went over to the window, opening to get some off the cool night air. Maybe that would clear my head. All of a sudden I heard something from down below.

"Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!" Eugene's voice called out. I looked down in the darkness and saw Eugene standing below me.

"What?" I said with a laugh. "Let down my hair?" Eugene nodded quickly, pulling on his own hair. "O-kay…" I said hesitantly, throwing my long hair over the side of the wall. Eugene grabbed onto my hair, and yanked, nearly causing me to fall out the window. "Hey! Be more careful!" I said as Eugene scaled up the wall. He got onto the windowsill and threw his legs over the side that faced in towards me.

"Hey!" he said with a toothy grin. He jumped to the floor with a light thump and we faced each other.

"Rapunzel? What's going on up there?" my mother's voice sounded. My eyes widened and I gestured silently for Eugene to get in the closet. The door swung open as I threw a nightgown over my head. Mother stood with her hand on the door handle, she sighed. "Everything okay dear? I heard a thump," she asked. I nodded.

"Yes mother, I just stubbed my toe on the bed post," I lied. Mother shrugged.

"Okay, get some sleep dear," she said, closing the door. I sighed in relief and opened the closet doors to let Eugene out.

"That was close," he muttered silently. I nodded in response. He gently held my injured arm in his hand.

"It's fine Eugene," I told him. He looked into my eyes and smiled slightly.

"I just wanted to tell you that I got a job so that I could buy a new car," he whispered. I clapped my hands together and hugged him.

"That's great news Eugene! Where at?" I asked.

"The Snuggly Duckling," he replied with a grin. I grinned back temporarily, then my smile faded.

Wait… What?

AN: And thus ends the big climax of the story. But don't worry, more modern will be coming your way soon! Please review. R and R plzzz. I need to think of Chapter 7! REVIEWWWWWW