Unfamiliar territory

Ooo so interesting with new characters, but they will only be temp ones so don't worry. They're just here too stir up some drama ;) I don't own Slendiferous.

As we drove towards Johns location I could see Charlie glancing at me every few seconds, but seeing as we had company I ignored it and would just bring it up later in privacy. "Right here, you can see the small path." She slowed too a stop as we saw the path and John and I hopped out, "We're going to go grab Issac, you wait here with the car." She nodded and looked at John suspiciously as we walked off, "And don't you try anything either mister." "You cannot stop me from doing what I please..." I rolled my eyes at his childish tone but ignored him for the moment as John began to go off of the trail, "It's right up here, we managed to find a tent so I made a small perimeter fence out of random but sturdy stuff and pitched it up." I nodded and was amazed at the things he managed to scavenge, but as I neared the tent I saw Issac poking his head out, he coughed a bit and looked at me with fear in his eyes. "It's alright Issac, remember me?" He seemed cautious but he moved some of his dark brown hair out of his eyes and squinted at me, then I saw his stance noticeably relax. "Ella!" I nodded with a smile as he hopped from the tent and hugged me tight, "We thought you were gone forever, where were you?" "I...I just got lost for a little, that's all." He backed up some too cough some more and I saw John already had a duffel of what he was bringing, "We're going to stay with Ella for a night or two until you feel better ok?" Issac nodded excitedly and we made our way back out of the forest and into the car, no one saying a word as we drove back down too the gravel path and made our way too the cabin.

As the cabin came into view I heard tired panting behind me and I looked too see Issac slowing down with John trying to get the 8 year old to hurry along, "It's ok, I can get him." John looked to me with thankful eyes and I picked up the boy with slight difficulty, and I felt him lay his head on my shoulder as he tried too go too sleep. "We're almost there, then you can sleep in a nice comfy bed, that sound good?" He nodded tiredly and I smiled at how innocent he still was, it's a shame he's having too grow up in this world. Charlie opened the door for us ,seeing as our arms were full, and I pushed past a curious Bongo too go lay Issac in my bed, covering him up as he sighed heavily with sleep. I shut the door quietly and went too the small kitchen area too get into the medicine supply, looking for a cough and cold suppressant anywhere but I was interrupted by John walking in, "I don't know how too thank you Ella, doing all this for-" "You don't have too thank me John, I couldn't leave my best friend out there like that with his sick brother. It wouldn't be human." He smiled warmly and placed his bag down as he pulled me in for a slightly surprising hug, "You don't know how much we missed you Orella...we really thought you were dead..." I felt my face pull into one of slight shame as I thought about them, you could say that John and I were almost a couple before this happened but we never quite made it...I never was big on dating.

I shook my head too clear it as I realized how long we had been standing there like this and I pulled back a little quickly while smiling a bit awkwardly at him, "I should find that medicine for Issac and give some too him before he gets a nights rest in." He nodded and headed out to the living room to sit down for a bit and eat something, I blushed a bit and turned back to my rifling and made a noise of success as I pulled out some vicks cough syrup type medicine. I made sure to grab a plastic spoon but as I went to turn around too head too the room I hit a wall of black fabric, I stepped back while rubbing my eye a bit, "Uh hey, might wanna make yourself known so I don't run into ya." I tried to smile but he said nothing in reply, he actually wasn't even really turned towards me which worried me a bit. "You ok Slender? Is something wrong?" I looked at him for a moment then I proceeded to tug on his suit until he turned his head towards me, I stopped the tugging as he spoke up, "Are you sure it is wise for you too be allowing them in your home?" I raised a brow in disbelief, "Well yeah. He's my best friend and I know he's not going to pull anything, don't you trust me?" "It is not you I have a problem trusting...and why did he hold you for so long." I felt my eyes widen a bit at his abrupt question but I managed to get an answer out, "He was just worried about me, that's all." "...Do you plan on introducing me?" This really made me confused, why was he acting like this all of a sudden? "I uh didn't know you would want me too..." "We can meet during dinner...I must go hunt now." "Ok-" And he was gone before I could finish, "...bye..." I felt a bit weirded out but I shook off the feeling and proceeded towards the room where Issac was now sitting up and coughing again, "Hey soldier, I have some medicine for ya." I watched in amusement as he scrunched up his nose and stuck out his tongue, "Ewww, that stuff tastes gross." "Yeah but you'll feel better so your going too take it." He continued to make a face as I sat on the bed and poured some onto a spoon, "Alright, you have too take two spoonfuls but then I'll get you some juice, deal?" He tapped his chin for a moment as if he was thinking over the deal, then he looked back too me with a smirk and nodded ruefully, "Alright deal...is it grape juice?" I nodded while chuckling and he quickly drank down the medicine, making a disgusted face all the while and I laughed as I went too get his juice.

I noticed that John had fallen asleep on the couch with Bongo and Charlie was dozing in the chair, I guess everyone was tired today, and I poured some juice in a cup before heading back too Issac. He was elated as he drank some of the juice and put the rest on the side table, then he laid back and looked at me with a more serious expression, too serious for a child his age. "Hey Ella?" "Hmm?" "Do you think I'll see my parents again? I kinda miss them." My heart dropped at the question for I didn't know if his family was even still alive, but I wasn't going to say that too the kid, it would destroy him. "Well, I bet they're out there looking for you and John right now, and I'm sure you'll see them again real soon." "You think so?" "Yeah, I'm sure of it." I smiled warmly and patted his arm before standing from the bed and leaving the room so he could get some rest, I might as well get dinner started before it gets too late.

(Around dinner time) I watched the soup bubble a bit before I spooned some into separate bowls for all of us, everyone eager to have something warm too eat. "You know, I never thought I would love eating soup so much as I do now." We all laughed and Charlie went too take Issac's bowl too him so he could get something too eat, leaving John and I alone in the living room. I was a bit too nervous too talk mostly because I was waiting for Slender to appear, but he hasn't said anything too me since earlier today before he went too hunt. I looked over too John as he cleared his throat and took a sip of soup before looking over as well, "So how have you been lately? I see you have some weird scar on your left arm." I looked down to the arm where Slender had bitten me about a month ago and I winced a bit at the memory, "It was uh, just an incident with some branches." He didn't believe that story hardly at all and he sighed as he continued to study the scar, "Ella, that's not some gash from a tree. It looks like a bite from something with huge teeth, you can tell me what happened." "But John I can't-" Of course just as I was finishing Slender decided too pop up and John nearly sent his food flying everywhere with how fast he stood and backed away from fright. "What the fuck is that?!" He tried to grab my arm and pull me away but an angry growl from Slender made him let go and I moved back to stand by him, "Ok uh, this is not how I wanted too do this but...John. This is Slenderman, and he's my friend." John continued too stare but his brows scrunched up and he gave a sarcastic chuckle, "Wait, you mean like that made up shit on the internet? C'mon Ella..." "It's true John, he is standing right here anyway." John looked as if he might run but too my surprise he looked back too my arm and connected the pieces of the puzzle faster than I imagined, "...He did that didn't he? That bastard is just threatening you Orella you have too get away from him!" "It was an accident-" "An accident? How the hell do you call a large and obviously precise bite mark an accident?"

Johns voice had raised a bit out of concern but I knew it sent Slender on edge when he grew in height and a few tentacles sprouted from his back, "I would watch my tone towards her if I were you, she is not lying." "Says the freaky monster who supposedly kills children." I saw them in some sort of staring face off and I could practically feel the tension rolling off them in waves, men. I walked in between them and put my hands out too keep some distance, "Alright look, the past is the past and that's that. Slender I really wish you would have warned me about this but what's done is done, and you two are going to have to deal with it. You are both friends of mine so don't expect me too choose any sides." The Tall One said nothing but his tentacles receded and he shrunk in size a bit while John continued too stare at him with narrowed eyes, I nodded in satisfaction and turned too Slender. "Do you wanna stay for a bit? We can go outside." He shook his head and spoke too me in my mind in a slightly irritated and frustrated voice, "I am afraid I will have too decline the invitation young one...I do not wish too be around him. But I will be watching for trouble from the shadows." I nodded with a smile and watched him vanish, slightly baffling John but he got over it and stepped up too me with a serious expression. "Can we go for a walk please? I need too talk too you." I seriously contemplated after what just happened but I figured that I might as well make an effort, so I grabbed my cloak, called out too Charlie to watch Issac, and we headed out into the night with our flashlights handy.

As we walked through the slightly foggy forest I tucked my cloak around me a bit more, the cold getting through a bit and making me shiver. I glanced over at John as we walked, the quiet crunching of our shoes on the leaves echoing, and I stopped walking so he would follow suit. He turned too look at me and I crossed my arms against the cold as I confronted him, "John whats wrong? I can tell when somethings bugging you and honestly you look like you have a thorn in your ass." He sighed heavily and ran his hand over his short black hair, making it ruffled, and he looked at me with a weird type of seriousness I haven't seen before. "I'm sorry, I'm just a bit bugged out that your boyfriend-" "He's not my boyfriend! Is that why your acting like this? Because you thought I was dating him?" He rubbed his neck sheepishly before giving me a slight smirk and nodding, "Well...yeah. That and the fact that he bit you." I rolled my eyes at his childish behavior but listened as he continued, "I just...it made me feel so alive when you found me Ella. You don't know how much I missed you.." I looked up at him as he stepped a bit closer and laid his hand against my neck gently, making me blush but I tried to ignore it. "I know John and I'm sorry." "You don't have too be sorry, all you have too do is stay with me..." My eyes widened in realization as I figured out what he was going too do but it was too late, and I closed my eyes as he leaned forwards and captured my lips with his own...

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