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Chapter 5

Branches POV

It feels weird to live in a pod again. After all those years living in my bunker, I forgot what it was like to have a pod. When all the trolls moved back into the troll tree Poppy insisted that I had a pod right next to hers. The thought of Poppy made my heart flutter I wanted to see her.. hold her. Agh stop it Branch she doesn't think of you like that.

My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a loud knock at my door. "Branch, Branch, Branch, Branch...BRANCH!" I ran across the room to open the door. "Poppy when you knock... at least give me time to answer the door before you yell" I joked but Poppy didn't laugh, her face was deadly serious. "Poppy what is wrong?" I staired into her eyes they weren't glistening a bright pink like always. There was something dark in them.

"Branch... Creek is back" I stood still for a moment trying to process the information. "How.. w-what happened" I held Poppy's hand to invite her in but she shook her head. "We can't talk here I need you to come with me" I said nothing as I exited my pod and walked with Poppy. She looked more nervous than before like their was something else on her mind. That didn't matter now though, because we had reached the entrance of the troll tree. "Peppy will explain it all I'll wait here while you talk to him" Still feeling shocked I just nodded and walked inside.

Poppy's POV

I was getting very nervous. Branch has been inside for 15 minutes now and I was sure he was about to come out. He's going to know I like him ughh. I heard the sound of footsteps and I looked at the door seeing Branch walk out.

"I'm guessing Peppy told you everything"

He nodded.

"And he probably said about you and me"

He nodded.

"Branch..Ireallylikeyouandivebeenscaredtotellyoubecause-" My babbling was cut of when Branches lips crashed down onto mine. I melted into the kiss savouring every moment. We broke apart from what seemed like an eternity. "I like you too Poppy"

Sorry if this chapter is a little short I know that it's a different layout to what I had but I think it sounds better this way. See you in the next chapterr.