How About That? (Completed)

More Bitter Than Sweet Memories

I had a few dreams that night, but they could be classified more as memories than they were as dreams. Memories I did not actually want to dwell on because of who they were connected to and the pain that came along with them. All I wanted to do was move on with life. These dreams were often the reason I avoided sleep, because a restless night's sleep was what I considered to be worse than no sleep at all.

"Hey." he said, flashing me a gorgeous smile as he came up to me.

"Hey you." I said, smiling back.

"Hey you too." I could hear the smile in his voice as he came and sat next to me, putting his feet into the cool water of the pond. This was my favourite place to be. Nobody else came here, except Alex now of course. The trees formed a canopy over the pond letting only enough sunlight in to keep the area comfortably warm. Brightly coloured flowers covered everything. Footmongers (which were little fish that swam in the pond) sucked on my feet and tickled them, but letting them do that was like getting a free pedicure. Even though it gave me goosebumps and shivers, it was worth it to have smooth and soft feet.

He laughed as he looked at my arm and rubbed the goosebumps away. His touch just made them come back and made my stomach do flip-flops to join in. He smiled brightly and shook his head.

"I will never get tired of that." he laughed again as they reappeared."And I will also never know why you keep letting them do that."

"Free pedi. Duh!" I replied jokingly, faking a major cool-girl accent."I mean like what girl could like turn that down." As I said it a shiver ran down my spine.

That just made him laugh double the amount he originally would have. Then he suddenly got serious. He took my chin and forced me to look at him and away from the water. He leaned towards me and gave me a soft, loving peck.

"You're absolutely beautiful, you know that, right?" he said, still not letting go. I could feel my cheeks growing pink.

"Thank you." I paused, then released the breath that I didn't realise I was holding in. My stomach was still doing more flip-flops every second that I stared into his gorgeous eyes, until he let go and I could look away.

I could sense him smiling. He knew the effect he had on me. My cheeks still flushed.

That was it for the first memory. It was just one of our moments together, nothing extraordinary I guess, but something special and tender indeed. And after speaking to the elderly couple, (whose names I realised, I didn't even know) I felt like I should have cherished every moment, even if it was something we always did. That's exactly what I should have cherished about it. That's what I decided I would do with everyone and everything from then on.

I was pulled back into sleep by exhaustion, but found no rest as another dreamory (a dream memory) assaulted me.

"Alex?" I called as I got near to the pond. I hoped he was already there, because I was late, so he should have been there... He was always on time, ever the punctual, Alex. Luckily one of us was punctual. I tried, but it's not like I ever really had reason to be on time.

He wasn't there. How strange and very un-Alex-like of him . I went to the spot where we usually sat and waited for a while. I chased the Footmongers away, as I was in no mood for them that day. I had a very bad feeling. A gut feeling that this was going to end badly.

"Alex?" I repeated getting up as I heard something in the bushes.

He then appeared. Looking cautious and closed off.

"Katie." he said, his tone indifferent. What was wrong?

"Hey." I said as he hugged me. I quickly put my slippers on after he had stepped away from me.

"Katie," He was starting to sound sad now.

"Whats wrong?" I said getting very concerned.

"I think that it would be better if we stop seeing each other."

I pulled back and away, feeling tears well up in my eyes. My heart thumped against my rib cage, slowly. Time slowed almost to a stop.

"Why?" I asked quietly. "Why?" I repeated louder.

"We." He cleared his throat. "There is just too much pressure in court for me at the moment, with my father and everything... to have a relationship. And I don't feel the same way about you, that you feel about me. I'm sorry I'm just being honest. I don't love you."

I felt my face go pale, my heart dropped into my stomach painfully. Why did he lead me on for so long? Meeting me here everyday. I should have seen it coming, considering his reputation. I turned and ran in the other direction. Away from him and everything and everyone. As far away as I could get. Deeper into the forest. I knew where I was going. I trusted my legs to carry me and not let me fall. I just wanted to cool off and calm down before I saw anybody. When I got there I collapsed onto the floor and burst out crying. I let it all out and sobbed like I had never sobbed before. I didn't understand, one minute he was all over me, telling everybody that I was the love of his life and the next he didn't feel the same way. My heart broke and ached. I wailed out in pain because I could literally feel it... I now understood why it was called heart break. Your heart literally shattered in your chest and it hurt really bad. I spent the night in my cabin, though I couldn't sleep much and when I did, it was restless and tormented.

Then I woke up with a jump. What a dream. What a horrible, horrible, dream. That wasn't a dreamory, it was a nightmarory.

The day that Alex had left me and I ran away, Puck said that I almost gave him a heart attack. He said that I didn't know which creatures lurked in the forest. He said that there were many and I was lucky that they left me alone, although he didn't know why they did. I knew why though, because I went to my cabin.

When I was younger, I had built it with the help of my magic. As I grew, I upgraded it and fixed it up. It wasnt fancy, but to me it was my castle. It was pretty top notch and that was where I went when I needed to escape. Those dreams left me in a sullen mood for most of that day and the next, until I decided that it was stupid to walk around moping about something I couldn't change. It was time to get over it.

Now that the banquet was over, life was calming down, but it went from calming down, to normal and then to boring within a few weeks. Everything just became repeats. I had read all the good books that were in the library, explored most of the underground ALONE. Abby was acting really strange since I had asked about the mortal realm the other day. She avoided me and was borderline rude towards me whenever we did speak. I decided to give her time. I knew she would come around. I didn't see much of Puck either. His job as the court jester kept him quite busy, seeing as he was so good at it. Loneliness started to creep in to accompany the boredom. I didn't actually have any other friends other than Abby and it was driving me crazy. I knew I should have made some more friends to avoid situations like that, but I was so fussy and a lot of the other elf girls were so mean.
... or in some cases we just didn't click right.

One sunny day it came to me and it was brilliant. Getting up from my sketch book that I was messing up, I turned to pack my bag. I had a lot of dresses to choose from, but I decided to only take a few. I took the silver one, a deep purple one made of velvet, a light gray one with puffy sleeves at the top and an earthy brown one. I also took a few pairs of pants that would tuck into my normal boots(the super comfortable, plain black ones) and a few different shirts that would be described by me as 'pirate' shirts and of course my weapons. I strapped my daggers around my calves and the sword around my waist. Now I was prepared. Lastly I grabbed the picture of my parents and packed it carefully in between my clothes. I wrote a note to Puck and left it on my bed for him to find when he came looking for me.

I was going to the mortal realm.

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