What Kindness Can Bring

Chapter 14, Making a Memory

I go back to Rotte's room and put all my equipment back on, stuffing my tentcoat back into my bag I do a final check on my camera and equipment. "All set."

Rotte walks down the hallway, "Jerald, where are you going?"

"I'm going to take pictures around this area in hopes that if my proof of being in a different world is true, I can convince my dad for better firepower."

Continuing the walk forward, Rotte simply stands where she is while looking around at the floor.

For a few seconds I think of asking her to give me a tour, "Uhh, do you want to come with me? Might need some help at finding good spots."

"You really mean it?" She asks with a shy voice, I smile. "I really, there's nothing I tell you I'm not going to do."

She smiles then follows me by my side as we make our way to the outside of the castle. My eyes scan the area for a good place to start.

A few minutes in I find a crystal clear lake with an odd looking animal swimming at the shallow bottom and snap a picture.

Rotte looks at the camera I'm holding, "How does it work?"

A sigh escapes my mouth, "It's good for doing surveillance or just for simply making memories."

For a few hours we venture around the outside area of the castle taking pictures of whatever I find interesting. Satisfied at my pictures I begin to put the camera back into my bag just as she stops me.

"Can we take a picture together?"

My heart skips a beat, "Err.. Isn't that a bit- weird?"

She laughs, "You sound so nervous all the time, just relax!"

"Well I guess it's fine." I take the camera and prop it on a nearby rock and explain her the directions. "At the 5 second count the device will take a somewhat 'detailed' visual of us both, feel free to do any position you want."

Setting the camera 5 feet from us I ready myself for the picture.

A small red flash blinks on the side of the camera indicating that the photo has been taken, "Alright, I got the picture!"

She yelps in excitement as we view the picture, in the photo Rotte's arm is around my neck while I grip the front of my helmet with both hands and a smile.

Rotte turns to me and twirls with a happy expression, "Our first memory together."