Winter's Cold (KingdomCraft Story: Book 2)

Chapter Six- The Date and the Missing Dragon

------------ Corrupted Kingdom ~ Kalidor (Capital City) ---------------

Lauren walks through the streets of the city with her date, Bobby. He's been a good friend of Lauren ever since high school. Things have gotten a little easier in the Corrupted Kingdom, Lauren hasn't been overtaken by her dark side in the past 4 months, which she was grateful for. She, of course, still has a strained relationship with her brother, but it's much better than it was originally.

"So, where do you wanna go?" Bobby asks. Lauren shrugs, "I don't really know. There aren't many pretty sights in the Corrupted Kingdom, unfortunately" she sighs.

"Well, we could go to a restaurant, could we not?" he suggests with a smile. Lauren thinks about it for a few moments, "Sure" she says.

Bobby smiles and leads the way to the nicest restaurant in the city, the one they call the Kalidor Valley.

Walking in, they find a table free near the back. It was fit for two people, which was good. Of course, Lauren got some bows and different looks as she walked in. Being Queen does that to you.

They look through the menu and decide what they would like to eat.

(Now here's a question, do I go Lady and the Tramp style? Yes. Yes, I do)

They order a large plate of spaghetti to share, save them having to buy two since that would cost more.

About 10 minutes later, their spaghetti arrives and they begin to eat it up while talking to each other about some random stuff, flirting with one another, y'know, as you do.

At one point, they picked up the same pile of spaghetti and put it in their mouths, not realising that one strand of spaghetti was connecting them. They look at eachother as they realise it.

"Do we go Lady and the Tramp style?" Lauren asks. Bobby shrugs, "Sure". They start moving closer, and closer, and closer until all the spaghetti is gone, and their left with their lips connected lightly. They quickly pull away. They both laugh. "Whoa" they hear a girl's voice say.

They both turn around to see Bobby's sister standing there. "Samantha! What are you doing here?" Bobby asks.

"I was just here with a friend, then I noticed you guys here" she shrugs.

"Mum's gonna be mad if she finds out that you're outside at this time of night!" Bobby shouts, throwing his arms into the air as he normally does when he is frustrated.

Samantha, or Sammy for short, laughs and goes back to her friend. Bobby shakes his head. He knew that Sammy was going to be in trouble once she got home. She's always been a troublemaker.

Lauren chuckles, "Should we try and drag her to your house?" she asks.

Bobby shakes his head, "I do that enough. It doesn't teach her" he says, "I'll just bring her home once we're done here" he says.

Lauren nods and gets back to eating.

(Time skip)

Lauren, Bobby and to an extent, Samantha, walk back through the streets and start heading to Bobby and Samantha's house which sits on the outskirts of the city. As they arrive, Bobby's dad could be seen sitting on the front lawn, head down, worried. "Hey dad" Bobby says, pushing Samantha forward. The man looks up. "Samantha Weber! You have a lot of explaining to do!" he says, grabbing her hand and bringing her into the house.

Bobby sighs, "I better head in, just in case. Dad tends to get pretty mean when Samantha disobeys the rules, so me or my mum always has to intervene" he says, "I'll see you tomorrow?" he asks.