Kris's POV
So about after another day of walking through tree's i was about to snap. For one thing, i was sick of being a nutcracker, i mean, do you know how hard it is to be made of wood? i had to sit about five feet away from the fire just so that i wouldnt burst into flames on the spot! I also was extremely intimidated by Thomas (though i will not admit that to anyone so shut up) but that all didnt matter as much as the fact that i was going crazy without Clair. I mean, how would you feel if the girl that you loved was ripped out of your hands and locked away in a castle with some creeper who wanted to use her for his own personal needs? Wouldnt you be a little pissed off?
On the third day of our journey i finally snapped.
"This is riduculas" I snapped "We have been walking for three days and it doesnt seem like we are any closer to Clair!"
"We are closer" Thomas replied "Much closer then you think"
I looked around me, it didnt seem like we were any closer, all i could see were thick tree's sorounding me.
"We need to move faster" I said "For all we know Clair could be hurt or something"
"The princess is fine" Thomas told me
"And how do you know?" I snapped
"Because i can feel her"
I stopped short, starring at Thomas in complete shock.
"Excuse me?" I asked
Thomas looked at me as though i were a complete idiot, i was getting that look alot lately, it was starting to piss me off.
"I am the princess's warrior" He said "To protect her better i can sense her emotions, it helps me know when shes in trouble"
"But you have never even met her!" I exploded "How can you be connected with her if you have never even met her!"
Thomas sighed and dropped the large pack that he was carrrying on his back.
"I never had to meet her" He explained "I have been connected to her since birth, its just the way it is"
I felt like someone was taking an axe to my chest, since birth? could my life litterally get any worst?
Thomas picked his pack back up and began walking again, i had no choice but to follow him sulkily. This was just not fair. How could he be connected to Clair on a level that i never could? Actually how about the fact that he had never even met her and he already knew her better then i did? and i had known her my whole entire life.
A life that i had been to stupid to share with her.
As we trudged on in silence and i glared at Thomas's broad back i found myself in deep thought. I had never been there for Clair, sure i had my reasons, but in the end they were all just excuses that i had just made up because of what i felt for her. I had been cool and she hadnt, and i had let that get in the way of the way i felt for her and the fact that i should have been there for her when i wasnt.
Which i was sure i thought he already knew.
"Whats she feeling?" I blurted, as we past the billionth tree of the day.
Thomas glanced over his shoulder
"She's afraid" He said "But mostly angry, she doesnt like being trapped, shes in no danger right now though"
I took comfort in the fact that she was at least safe for now and tried to push aside the jelously that he could feel her.
"Do not be angry at me for feeling her, young warrior" Thomas said "It is a burdon you would not wish to bare"
I gawked at him, how the hell did he know that i was jelouse?
"How did you?" I asked
"I can feel you glarring into the back of my head" Thomas said, a smile in his voice "Its about as irrataiting as a wood pecker"
"Sorry" I muttered, looking down at my wooden feet
"She is worried about you" He said "She is afraid that you wont come for her"
I smiled to myself. Clair was stonger then anyone else that i knew, but i also knew how much she worried. It also warmed me inside to know that she was thinking about me.
"What else is she feeling?" I asked, curious
"Its not right for me to share someone elses feelings" Thomas said as he continued to walk a step ahead of me
"Aww come on Tom" I said with a grin "I have known her all my life, its not like your telling it to the world"
Thomas looked over his shoulder and grimaced
"Be carefull what you wish for young warrior" He said
i just looked at him
With a heavey sigh, Thomas turned his attention back to the path in front of us.
"She is really pissed off" He said "And hurt"
"Hurt" I exclaimed in alarm
"Not physically you idiot" Thomas snapped "Emoitonally, she's super pissed off, and hurt, because of you"
His words hit me hard but they didnt surprise me. I knew that keeping thise secrets from Clair would have consequences. But i had hoped that i would be able to tell her myself, on my own terms. Now she was stuck in some castle trying to deal with the fact that the guy who had been a totall ass to her for most of her life was also the same guy who got turned into a nutcracker and who had been telling her he loved her the whole time and yet she never knew it. I was definitly not earning myself any points here.
"Is" I said "Is there anything else?"
"Yes" Thomas said "She is relieved, extremely relieved that your alive, she feels hurt that you didnt tell her, but she is relieved"
I smiled to myself, in the end, Clair still couldnt help but be happy that i wasnt actually dead.
Abruptly, Thomas spun around on his heel. He moved so fast that i bumped into him. Startled, i looked up at him, he was glarring down at me with a fierce gaze.
"Know this" He said in a deadly voice "She may be in love with you, but that does not mean that if you harm her she will not be able to stop me from ripping you apart. Understand?"
I took a step back and gulped. All i could do was nod my head so that he knew i understood.
"Good" he said "Lets go, we should be there by nightfall"
He turned back around and marched on, i followed him meakly.
Did he say that she loved me?
Maybe i had earned some points after all.
