Love and Confusion Chapter 17

Chapter 17
Confusing Love


Moody looked towards the cliff that the ship was below from. She watched the water pouring down from the top while it flowed down to the pool down below towards where she stood. The lily pads floated among the surface of the sparkling water, and further ahead a little bull frog happily croaked before hopping into the water for a swim. Moody walked towards the cliff then grasping the edges. Small pebbles fell off the surface while she grabbed another side for a good grip. She began climbing the rocky surface to the top easily and carefully so she wouldn't fall.

Even if she was gonna land in the water she wouldn't want to be sopping wet even after she just woke up. It only took a short while before making it to the top. She got up to hr feet and looked down. Some of her hair blew lightly with the wind. She huffed before walking down towards a pathway, knowing exactly where she was going.

She moved a few bushes from her path before making her way to a grassy field. She remembered that 625 took her here before when they were bored. Moody smirked as she saw a patch of brown colored fur from the grass. The back was facing her.

Moody crouched down her hands touched the ground as grasping the earth. She let her antennae droop down while her breathing became shallow. She crept slowly and carefully towards the brownish creature.

The brown colored creature in front of her looked behind her and seeing nothing but grass behind her. A seagulls squawk echoed throughout the field. The creatures ear twitch before looking back down in the ground and admiring the flowers below her feet.

Moody was only but a few feet away from her target. She crouched down further; prepared for the jump. She anticipated the moment where she would successfully would get close enough. The brown creature smirked before walking closer towards Moody's direction, at that moment Moody was ready for the jump.

Moody's reflexes got the best of her, she leapt up into the air towards her victim. Before making contact her victim lashed out her arms grabbing her, and swinging her towards a patch of bare ground. She landed; her white fur was traced with patches of dirt, which was easy to shake off.

"HI MOODY!!!!", Shouted the brown creature.

" Gah Talcha! How'd you know I was here?"

The brownish creature chuckled, her violet-red colored nose twitched while she looked at her fluffy white friend.

'' I tend to know... You're up a tad late.''

'' Yeah yeah...''

Moody got up and wiped the dirt from her messy fur. Talcha snickered.

'' So where's 625? I'd see him with ya sometimes.''

"It's better not to ask about him.''

'' Huh? did you two get into an argument or something?''

'' Yes.''

'' Is it about sandwiches?''

'' No. It's about something different...''

Talcha's smile slowly faded away as she saw her friends ears lower towards her shoulders. She sat next to her putting her arm on her shoulder.

'' You wanna talk about it?''

''... You're starting to sound like somebody familiar, but I dunno who. To answer your question yeah.''

'' We can go to the tree house and talk while eating cookies. Come on!''

'' Tree House?"

'' You'll see.''

She grabbed Moody's arm tempting her to get up to follow. Moody hastily got up, curious about this so called "tree house" (if there was any) that her friend was talking about. The made their way through the grass thrashing long blades that crossed their path. Talcha stopped as Moody bumped into her. They both looked up as something was blocking their path and view of the sky ahead of them.

Before them they saw a large tree trunk, on it's side. Upon further investigation Moody noticed that the tree was pulled from it's roots, possibly from a strong gust of wind.

'' No problem!'', Talcha blurted out; her voice echoed through the land.

She hopped into the tree trunk and walked up the top at ease. She looked downwards towards Moody.

''Hey aren't you coming?''

'' Yep...''

Moody grasped into the side of the trunk and began climbing. Very shortly she was beside Talcha. They both giggled as they hoped off of the trunk. They continued onto their way to the tree house...

Meanwhile...

Dargin, Scrap, and 625 were standing by a flower shop looking at the flowers behind crystal clear glass doors. Different aromas filled the store, and it was sweet smelling. Scrap kept his eyes on an unusual looking plant.

The plants color was a bright yellow-green, and it's shape was very similar to a taco shell. There were no petals on the plant. On the ends of the plant were unusual looking spikes along the edges of it.

"Heh heh, taco plant!'', Scarp said, amused.

He pulled his finger towards the middle of the unusual plant, tickling the middle if it. Without warning the plant began to close it's sides, trapping Scrap's finger inside of it.

'' Gah! Guys the taco plant thingy has eaten my finger...''

Dargin walked towards Scrap and the little predicament that he's gotten himself into,'' That's not a taco plant. there's no such thing. It's a venus flytrap, a carnivorous one.''

'' Can you tell him to let me go?''

'' Why should I? That's just his way of saying that he likes you'', Dargin snickered.

"It's not funny. The plant wants to eat me.''

Dargin sighed,'' Fine if you think it'll eat your finger for lunch...''

The green experiment grabbed the spikes on the end of the plant then began to pry it open; slowly and delicately. A few seconds pass then the opening was big enough for Scrap's finger to go through the plant. he pulled his finger out at that instant before Dargin removed his hands from the plant.

"Thanks, I'd thought I'd be plant food!"

''Plants don't eat fingers.''

Scrap looked down at his hand seeing imprints of dots from the spikes of the carnivorous plant on his finger. He looked up to see 625 looking at a glass door, and on the inside were some vibrant red roses.

'' Hmm maybe this'll work, but it should be something that Moody would like. Roses are too typical...'', 625 muttered to himself, before looking at yellow colored flowers at another side.

'' Still deciding some flowers for your girlfriend 625?", Scrap taunted.

The customers at the store stared at the yellow dressed experiment, causing 625 to blush a few seconds.

'' She's not my girlfriend, she's just a friend of mine...'', 625 spoke, then threw a nasty look at the taco lover.

Scrap chuckled heartedly, irritating Dargin who smacked his across his head.

''Oh, go get eaten by a plant'', 625 muttered under his breath.

He went back to look at the large yellow flower that he was about to look at earlier. The flower that reflected off of his eyes was very large and yellow like his fur but very brighter. the "head" of the flower was unusually big, but it was normal for this kind of flower to have a large one. The petals were tiny and delicate but they were very bright. it reminded him of the morning sun causing a grin to tug into his face.

He sighed happily. He knew that this was the perfect flower. He'd seen Moody eat one of these before since on the center of it grew a special treat; sunflower seeds. He could imagine Moody having a large smile upon her face despite the argument with this flower reflecting off of her eyes.

He let his arms rest upon the doors handle before laying his head upon his hands. His little red nose pressed slightly against the glass, causing a light fog appear against the glass from his breath.

He sighed again, as he calmly daydreamed about how'd he think how Moody would react when the time would come to give her the flower.

625 began to walk back from the trip to the flower store. Wearing a red hawaiian shirt he pulled on the collar of the clothing before straightening the wrinkles out. He calmly grasped the stem of the sunflower before continuing to walk.

On his way there he stumbled upon a mirror shop beside him. it wouldn't hurt to look at himself and spruce up before seeing her. He glared at himself, pulling the collar of his shirt up and fixing the ends of it. He fixed up his sleeves and tugged at the bottom of his shirt.

He was far then satisfied from the nervous expression upon his face. He growled lowly then pulled at his face below his eyes before letting go. It still didn't work. Frustrated he banged in the glass window with the windows on display.

"Blitznack!", 625 shouted.

In an instant he heard something charging towards the store's door. An old frail woman wearing dainty glasses bust opened the door.

'' Get out of here! I've had enough broken windows and mirrors from young hooligans doing that!"

625 turned around and ran down the pathway towards Gantu's ship. When he stopped he could see Moody sitting outside by the water. her feet soaking in the pool below. her head looking so downhearted and no smile upon her face, just a frown of sadness.

625 bit his lip before sighing. Just seeing her like that made him downhearted as his hope began to fade. Looking down he kept his eyes on Moody as he began to slowly approach her. Moody looked up after seeing something move over the corners of her eyes. Her belly suddenly turning a light green.

625 could hear his heart beating quickly in the inside of his chest. He suddenly felt so lightheaded. When he approached her he put his arms ahead of him, the dainty sunflower faced directly near her nose. A worried expression upon his face, but along with that a small grin.

Moody's frown went away but no smile upon her face. She eyed at the sunflower before looking into his eyes. 625 spoke no words. She got up into her feet and hugged the sandwich making experiment, as a small smile grew upon her face. She knew what he was trying to say, even without the use of words.

625 found himself hugging her in return, cuddling her in his arms. he rested his chin upon her shoulder before another thing came to mind. Moody closed her eyes and grasped tightly into him as he lifted his head. Slowly he moved his lips over to her cheek...

"625?'', a familiar voice spoke," Earth to 625, come in sandwich boy!"

'' He must be caught in a daydream... of love!'', Dargin had to blurt out.

That woke up 625 from his pleasant daydream. His eyes popped open as he looked beside him. Scrap had a sly look upon his face and Dargin with a blank look.

'' Looks like our little friend was thinking about a certain snowflake!'', Scrap teased.

'' Eh? Snowflake?''

'' Moody.''

'' Moody a little snowflake?''

'' You were daydreaming about her right?''

625 stood silent rolling his eyes while turning away and unimpressed expression upon his face.

"I knew it!''

"Sheesh now not even in my daydreams, and this time I was thinking about kissing her on the cheek.. bleh!", 625 thought.

Dargin walked to him,'' Sorry for this odd observation, but you seem so peaceful when you daydream.''

625 growled.

'' Well sorry, and while you were daydreaming you were looking at the sunflowers so we guessed you wanted to give that to Moody and we got it while you practically had your face pressed against the glass.''

In his hands he had the sunflower grasped tightly in his hands. 625 snatched it before turning away. He gazed at the flower. It looked so happy and fragile as he held it.

'' 625 and M-''

'' Scrap; why don't you shut it?'', 625 snapped.

Scrap instantly shut his mouth not wanting to annoy him further that it may end up into a fight. 625 frowned and walked out of the store, but before he could make his way towards the ship, he was stopped by Dargin. 625 rolled his eyes; he wanted to go to the ship to see Moody right now.

'' Hey you shouldn't go anywhere yet.''

''Why not? I wanna see Moody.''

'' Aww, he wants to give her a kiss!'', Scrap blurted out.

"Shut up Scrap!"

'' I saw you daydreaming it. I saw everything...''

'' How?''

'' Scrap has the power!'', Dargin shouted.

Scrap and 625 stared at Dargin with a strange look upon their faces. 625 glared back at the orange experiment with an angry look upon his face.

'' Keep your crazy powers to yourself and don't read my mind.''

'' Aww, but your mind is pretty interesting when you got love in your mind!''

'' I'm not in love!''

'' Then a crush.''

'' It's not a crush neither.''

'' Then what is it?''

" It's nothing really.''

" You're confusing.''

'' Good.''

625 huffed then began walking down the pathway towards Gantu's ship, leaving Scrap and Dargin behind. While they watched their friend walk away a familiar face appeared.

'' So what's gotten into him?'', Xeuk asked.

'' He's got love in his mind'', Scrap sighed.

'' Ah. It's a very confusing emotion.''

'' That indeed.''

"Agreed,'' Dargin spoke.

They watched 625 walk down the street before disappearing into the corner of a store. Dargin nodded as they all began to leave the side of the flower shop. Together they turned a different direction before heading their separate ways.


To Be Continued...