Chapter 11: Walking In The Forest

"I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

-- Roy Croft


Authors Note: Short, boring chapter. It's kinda important but blah, the next one will be better. Sorry for this lame excuse that I call chapter eleven =_=

But, enjoy it nonetheless. Took me all day to write this xD

It was around eight o'clock in the morning now. Cornelius and I had been walking for a little while now and we talked off and on. Mostly about where to find Alex and Dustin, and that's if they were alive still that is. I sighed lightly and looked towards the early morning light and pondered if Alex was staring at the same thing. He probably was and that made me smile like crazy. I guess Cornelius picked up on it and I heard him laugh and say

"What are you smiling about?"

"Oh nothing." I chimed happily. He only laughed and shook his head. He looked and me and said

"My ass it's nothing. What is it? Tell me."

"Nothing I want you to know!" I laughed quietly and he laughed too.

"Oh come on, please? Please, please, please." He pleaded with a puppy dog eyes. I looked at him and only punched his arm lightly which apparently wasn't very light because started to rub his arm. I shook my head and just continued to walk along all the bushes and stuff. I took in a deep a breath and sighed lightly. Then I heard him say suddenly

"You were thinking about Alex, weren't you?"

"Maybe, maybe not. Why?" I questioned without looking at him

"I don't know. He has had many girlfriends and only played them. He had no interest in love but thought it would be fun to just mess around. I'm not saying he's bad or anything, he just likes to "have fun" as he would put it. But with you, it seems, different." He responded

"Well, what makes you so sure that I'm going to just become head-over-heels for him? Hm?" I responded and this time looking at him

"You already are sweetie. You smile at nothing and seem unusually happy for being dead. That's two for you." He said and looked towards me. We held eye contact as it slowly became silent. I simply shook my head and turned my attention towards the trees and shrubs infront of me. He didn't know what I was thinking, or what I was happy about. Hell, I didn't even know what I was so happy about. Then again, he could have been right. I shook my head at that one too. I growled slightly at my frustration and decided to ask him something. I looked at him and smiled. He looked back, with question written all over his face and said what. My smile grew wider and I asked

"Well, Mr. Mysterious, you never told me about your former life. Who were your parents? What did you do? Stuff like that."

"Hm. Well, my parents were Allison and Victor Wright. I had a baby brother named Nick but he passed along with my mother and father. I had a dog too. His name was Fish."

"Fish?" I questioned almost bursting out into laughter "What an odd name for a dog!"

"Hey, my brother named him. Not me." He laughed as well.

"I had a hamster named Cracker and I named him if that makes you feel any better." I said, my laughter not dying down though. His only response was laughter, and a lot of it. I smiled and watched him as he laughed. He managed to say something through it all

"That's...so cute! A hamster...named Cracker...wow"

"Hey, my mom thought it was a great name too!" I said and smiled more

"I'm sure she did." He said with a small laugh at the end. I pushed him a bit and we laughed together. We were actually getting along, something that I never saw coming from Cornelius and I. I looked towards the ground and smiled to myself quietly. Then he spoke again, which caught me by surprise

"So, you said you were in choir, right? How exactly did you manage that? You don't seem like the choir type to me. Well, maybe a little, but still?"

"Oh, my mother worked as the choir instructor and decided that I would be a wonderful asset." I responded and kept my gaze towards the ground

"And you said earlier that your father was that one biker looking dude, right? so how did they manage to get together?" He questioned and I could feel his gaze upon me

"I don't really know to be honest. It was something along the lines of her hitch-hiking along the American/Canadian border. I guess they just hit it off that well." I said quietly. They probably would have had a picture perfect romance if it weren't for the fact that my father enjoyed women on the side lines and how much he hated the music my mother taught. I didn't care though, she and I were better off on our own anyway. Then something broke the silence. It sounded like shouting and tires turning. We stood there, listening, waiting and questioning everything. Then Cornelius quietly said

"I think Dustin and Alex are with those humans."