The Land Forgotten

Chapter Nine

(*Lil Dragon's POV*)

To be truthful when Pea gave us soup I was really disappointed. I hate soup. It's mostly broth, so what's the point of eating it if there's barley any real food in it anyway? But Pea looked like she was really trying so I decided for her sake, I would eat the stupid soup.

Every bite or slurp or whatever of the soup I took made me feel better, my headache disappeared and my throat became moist again.

After I finished I lay back, content. Pea smiled broadly, "Great, you're both done!" Then her smile dropped into a glare. "Now, both of you get the hell out of here."

Drew and I exchanged some confused glances but we gladly got up and left.

"You know, I was worried that my headache would kill me." I told Drew laughing shakily.

"Yeah I know what you mean, my vision had been really fuzzy but that soup helped clear it up." I stopped walking and Drew stopped, confused as to why I had stopped so suddenly.

"Drew?" I asked slowly staring at the tiled floor of the hallway in deep thought.

"Yeah?" he asked, his voice seemed filled with concern.

"What if your blurry vision and my headaches weren't a coincidence... what if we'd been poisoned?" I looked up at his shocked face.

He shook his head in disbelief. "That's crazy talk! Who would want to poison us?"

I bit my lip; I had been thinking the same thing. "I don't know." I admitted finally. "You're probably right. It must just be some strange coincidence." We continued walking down the hall but the thought still kept nagging at me.

"Lil Dragon!" I heard a voice yelling behind us. I turned to see Rock running down the hallway to catch up.

"See you later then." Drew said awkwardly before walking away.

I mumbled a bye to Drew before being wrapped in a tight hug. "Rock," I laughed "You're suffocating me!"

"Sorry," He said releasing me. "I just thought you were a goner!"

I smiled at him touched over how much he really cared. "Come on let's go." He smiled holding my hand.

"Where are we going?" I laughed.

He smiled. "I told you that I'd take you on a walk, so that's what we're going to do."

We walked for what seemed like hours, the sun had set and the moon had risen. The whole time we talked about stupid things. About when we first met after I ran away from an orphanage. About our training together, and about how much things had changed.

All of the sudden Rock stopped and stared at me, making butterflies begin to grow in my stomach.

"What?" I asked stopping. We stared at each other for a few seconds.

Rock brushed a stray strand of my hair out of my eyes and tucked it behind my ear. "Nothing," He smiled "You're just beautiful." Then he leaned in and kissed me gently on the lips.