Trapped in Ophelia's Body

Being attacked by the Goblins...

Song: Can you hold me By NF ft. Britt Nicole

I don't hear anything from him the next day. I know he has plans to be out with his friends but he could at least text. Then again maybe he is waiting on me to text him. I feel like I messed everything up between us. After coming home last night, I went right to bed. My parents didn't nag me about what all happened. Even if they did I probably wouldn't tell them everything especially what happened in the car.

Today I stay in bed all day. I don't bother getting out of my PJ's. I have no plans. However what I want is to just to be held by him, to have his arms around me.  Why did we have to get in an argument  about this.

I finally get a text from him saying that he was thinking about me all day and hopefully we can do something tomorrow. I set and debate forever before responding back. Finally, I only reply back with 'OK'. It takes me forever to go to sleep because my stomach still feels all twisted up in knots.

The next morning I sleep in late and when I do get up he has sent me a few text telling me good morning and that he would like to see me today. I roll my eyes at the very thought before exhaling into my pillow. I still don't feel like go anywhere.

However by the time three o'clock comes around, I am tired of hearing my mom complain about me lying around all day. What difference does it really make it's not like I have to do anything. Instead of staying home, I get dressed and go to his house. We need to talk about Friday night anyway.

When I get there his mom answers the door. "Good afternoon Ophelia." She reaches over with open arms yo hug me while I cringe as she touches me.     "Kodiak should be back in a few minutes he had to go to the store for me. You can wait if you want." She motions for me to come inside.

I walk in and think that maybe I should have just waited out in my car. The girls are singing and fighting over who gets to sing next on the Wii. Kia happens to run up to me and grabs my hand and starts dragging me to his room. I feel like one of his stuffed animals being dragged along the floor.

"Kia...let go of Ophelia; she might not want to go to your room," their mom says to him.

"But she likes playing with my dinosaurs...don't you O-Phelia?" He looks up at me with a big grin on his face.

I nod my head yes. "Its fine really...I don't mind." I follow him into his bedroom. He gets out the tote full of dinosaurs and we start to play. He actually plays with me and not once gets upset that I am touching all of his toys.

"You like my Kody...he a good bubba you know."

Hearing him call him Kidy brings a smile to my face. "I know...and yes I like him." I do like him, actually I think I love him. My life is empty without him.

"You can marry him...then you can live here and never leave...you could...I like you."

"I like you too...but I'm too young to marry your brother...you know that right," I say with a surprised look because I was actually shocked that he would even think that.

"You can marry him if you want...I'm the king and I say its ok."

"The king...really now...that's amazing maybe you could show me your kingdom sometime." I stop and think about the last time his brother took me into the forest.

"I have a castle...me and Kody...we built it...you want to see it...it's no girls allowed but...I like you so you can come if you want. Come on I'll show you." He jumps up from the floor and grabs my hand.

"You will take me to your castle?" I ask in shock.

"Yes...come on...I want to show you..." He holds on to my hand tightly as he  drags me outside. I feel like I should tell his mom where we are going but he looks at me and holds his finger over his lips. "Shhh...it's a secret."

He drags me through the woods and when we come to the small ditch with the tree he starts to walk over and then stops. "Wait...here...I have to make sure it's safe for you."

I do what I am told. I wait. I glance around to see if I can see anything  but nothing is there. A few seconds later he comes back. "Ok take my hand I will help you. Oh and be very quite...or they will hear you."

"Who will hear me?" I whisper.

"The goblins...they will hear you and you don't want them to get you," he whispers.

"But won't you save me...I mean you are the king right."

He smiles. "I will save you my fair lady." He holds my hand the rest of the way until we come to the built shed...I mean castle in the forest. I pretend that I don't see it.

"What...you don't see it...hold on. Abra...kadabra...let the castle appear." He moves his hands wildly all over the place.

"Oh...cool...this is your castle. This is amazing." I look at it as if it is my very first time seeing it.

"I told you...you would like it. But you are the only girl allowed."

"Why thank you my King...for allowing me to be at your castle." I bow before him.

We play for over an hour. Pretending that the Goblins are coming and we have to protect the castle. "Hey did you hear that?" I ask him.

He suddenly stops and gets really quiet as if straining to hear whatever I heard. "No what did you hear?"

"Listen..." I place my finger over my lips and try really hard to listen to my surroundings. There is noise in the distance. Crunching of sticks and leaves. His eyes go wide, bugging out of his head.

"Oh...no...the Goblins are coming take cover," he practically screams. We both hide in the castle and wait for them to come closer to us.

The crunching gets louder and louder as it gets closer to the castle. We both jump out at the same time to scare off the Goblins only to find Kodiak screaming back at us from having a mild heart attack.

"What the..." He stops himself when he sees us. We all burst out laughing.

"Kody...what are you doing here...we thought you were a Goblin," says Kia.

"I'm here to save the princess. You took my girl. I had to find her." He rubs him on the top of his head.

"She is safe...I made sure to keep her safe."

"Why thank you good King. I was out looking for the dragon. I thought I saw him this time."

"You saw the dragon...we should go look for him," he shouts with excitement. The three of us take off into the woods looking for the dragon.

Somehow I end up lost. I keep looking around but I have no clue where I am. "Kia...Kodiak...where did you guys go?" I yell.

No one replies back. I try not to panic. The trees surround me. Their long arms sway in the wind and they try to grab me. I do panic, of course I knew I would. I start to run and then trip over the roots in the ground scuffing up my knee and my right hand. I yell out in pain and of course the tears come right along with it. I hear crunching leaves around me and I keep looking around frantically. I think of the Goblins and the dragon knowing that they are not real however here I am in the middle of the forest practically all alone. Where in the world could they be?  I start to scream again and behind me I hear him calling my name.

"Ophelia...there you are...are you ok?"

I shake my head no. "Not really....I tripped." I look down at my jeans that are ripped at the knee. There is a little bit of blood coming out. We both look up when we hear Kia coming closer to us.

"Oh...no...what happened," he says a little concerned.

Kodiak was getting ready to tell him that I tripped but I stopped him. "I saw the dragon...but the Goblins caught me off guard and I tried to fight him off I did but look what he did to me...thankfully Kodiak scared him away." Kodiak stares back at me with a smile and I wink at him.

"We should be going home...he will go get the others and it's getting too dark. Beside we have to doctor you up," says Kia.

They both help me up into standing and then Kodiak picks me up and carries me. He holds me tight as I wrap my arms around him. This is what I want...this feeling is all I need. I can feel his heart beating rapidly as my head leans into his chest. His arms holding me just the way they need to be...this is perfect.