FOODS POV
"Jane?"
"No."
"Stacy?"
"No."
"Merideth?"
I turn and laugh, "Hell no."
He frowns, "I like that name."
"Why? It's terrible."
Charlie clears his throat, "It's my mothers name."
I freeze, "Oh shit! Charlie I'm sorry."
He starts to laugh, "I'm just messing with you. My moms name is Caroline." He raises an eyebrow silently asking if that's my name and I shake my head. He sighs.
"Bella?"
I shake my head, "Please just give up."
"No way. I want to know your name. Am I close at all?"
"Nope."
I step over a fallen tree and head towards the stream. It's been three days since we kissed and Charlie hasn't stopped with the guessing game.
While he buried Henry he just guessed different names. There's a lot of repeats because he forgets what names he's already questioned. He's started to accuse me of not telling him even if he does get it right.
But he really hasn't gotten it yet.
"Jennifer?"
I start to ignore him.
"Sally?"
"Becky?"
I sigh, "Are you done yet?"
"Have I gotten it?"
"No."
"Then no I'm not done."
"Mollie? Mariana? Jessica?"
"Please tell me you're done."
We get to the stream and I push him behind the tree. He laughs, "What you practically eat my face off but you won't bathe in front of me?"
I give him a dirty look, "I don't eat your face off. And that's quit a statement coming from a cannibal."
"You do too eat my face off. I can barely do anything without you trying to attach your lips to my body."
I cross my arms, "Fine I'm done kissing you."
He grabs me around the waist, "I'm just kidding. I like it."
I roll my eyes, "Sure."
Charlie leans down and presses his lips to mine, "Kaley?"
I shake my head, "No."
"Sam? Maddie? Shayla?"
I laugh and shake my head, "No, no, and no."
I pull away and start to walk towards the stream then turn quickly, "No peeking!"
Charlie smiles and winks at me before sitting with his back towards me.
I roll my eyes and quickly strip.
"Brittany?"
"No."
"Liz?"
I decide to completely ignore him and quickly wash up.
"Tabitha, Leota, Sandi, Barbara, Heidi, Kay, Dawn, Katie, Angela, April, Jane."
"You already guessed Jane." I tell him, "But two of those names were sort of close."
I quickly slip my dress on. I packed one dress and until now I've been avoiding putting it on. Mostly because he's a cannibal and I don't want to be showing off flesh that would hunger him. But now I figure it's okay if I want to look cute for him.
"Which two?"
"Not telling."
He sighs, "May?"
I shake my head, "No."
"Corinne?"
I sigh, "Please please tell me you're done."
I slip on a pair of shoes that don't match my dress what so ever.
"Heather?"
I move until I'm next to him and then I sit down, "Give up yet?"
He shakes his head and then looks at me smiling, "You look nice."
I blush, "Thanks."
Charlie looks at me completely serious, "Chase?"
I raise an eyebrow, "That's a boys name."
He shrugs, "You never said it wasn't a boy name. Plus I don't know if your parents had some sick sense of humor."
I shake my head, "It's a girl name."
He nods, "Kelley?"
I shove him in the arm and he laughs, "What?"
"Stop guessing and go wash up so we can get back to the house."
"Actually we're not going back to the house right away."
I raise an eyebrow, "Where are we going?"
He winks at me, "It's a surprise."
I sigh, "Your last surprise ended up being Oliver. If I find out you have a pet bear I might freak out."
Charlie gives me a look, "Bears are dangerous creatures Food. Who do you think I am? Steve Irwin?"
I raise an eyebrow, "You know that he's dead right Charlie?"
He freezes shocked, "What? When? What happened? I loved that guy!"
"A few years ago. A sting ray killed him."
Charlie rubs the back of his neck, "That's terrible."
I nod, "Yeah well that's what you get for constantly angering animals."
He narrows his eyes at me, "I'm going to pretend that you didn't just suggest the Steve Irwin deserved to die."
I shrug, "Pretend away."
Charlie stomps away and I laugh to myself leaning against a tree.
He doesn't talk the whole time he's washing up and when he walks back over his hair is wet and his arms are crossed.
I laugh, "You are such a baby."
He shakes his head, "You're not helping yourself."
I stand up and take his hand. "So where are we going?"
Charlie doesn't answer, instead he just pulls me in the direction of the surprise.
"You aren't really mad at me are you?" I ask him.
"You won't tell me your name. And to top that! You said something awful about Steve Irwin!"
"Come on I was just playing." I wrap my arms around his waist.
He stops walking and purses his lips as he looks down at me, "You didn't mean what you said?"
I hold in laughter, "No."
I don't really understand why this means so much to him.
He nods, "Alright."
I kiss his cheek, "Please please tell me your name."
I shake my head, "Maybe later."
He sighs, "Fine."
He wraps an arm around my shoulders and I still have my arms around his waist as we start to walk again.
"Can I have a hint?" He asks me.
I smile up at him, "Later."
"When later?"
"When we're in bed later."
He sighs again, "Why can't I know now?"
"Because I want to tease you a little longer."
"Jerk." He mumbles, I smile.
I don't know how long we walk for and I realize that I have seemed to lose all track of time. I know what the date is because of Charlies calender and I've gotten good at guessing what time it is by how bright or dark it is outside. But short periods of time I have no idea.
I remember when I was in the 'normals' world and I was always looking at the clock always racing to get home, or to school, or to the hospital to see my dad. But now I'm not rushed to go anywhere.
Eventually we end up in a clearing and I tighten my arms on him playfully, "It is a bear isn't it?"
He laughs, "No."
That's when I see a moose enter the clearing, "I've already met Oliver, Charlie." I tell him.
He shakes his head, "That's not Oliver."
I look back and see another Moose appear, "Oliver has a girlfriend!" I say excited.
Charlie smiles, "Yeah. I woke up early this morning and you weren't up yet. You looked so peaceful I couldn't wake you-"
"Charlie you woke me up anyways."
He smiles and shrugs, "You were wasting the day away. Anyways I went for a walk and ended up here."
"And that's when you saw Oliver's girl?"
He nods, "Yup. Isn't she beautiful?"
"Yes. Can we pet her?"
Charlie shakes his head, "Oliver will let me ride and pet him because of years of trust. This new moose won't be as nice."
"Do we get to name her?"
"I figured I'd let you name her seeing as I named Oliver."
I smile, "Okay."
I think about this leaning against him, "What about Star?"
Charlie shakes his head, "That sounds like a hooker."
I laugh, "Alright what about Moonlight?"
"That sounds like something you would name a horse."
I pull away from him, "Charlie, it's a moose!"
He shrugs and I purse my lips, "If you don't like the names I come up with then name her yourself."
I start to walk away and he laughs easily catching up. He grabs me around the waist, "Alright alright. Give me one more name."
I shake my head, "No."
"Please." His breathe hits my neck and I shiver.
"Fine."
"What about..." I think carefully and he brushes hair from my neck and lightly kisses it. I can't help but shiver again, "Love."
He smiles into my skin, "Oliver and Love. I like it mostly because if you switch around letters in Oliver's name and take away a few you get Love."
I turn in his arms smiling, "Now what are we going to do?"
"You're going to tell me your name."
I shake my head, "I told you I'll tell you later."
He presses his forehead to mine, "Alright."
I smile, "So what now?" I ask again.
He shrugs, "I dunno what do you want to do?"
"Hide n' seek?"
We play until it gets dark and then we go inside as I complain.
"Charlie you can't just follow the seeker around."
"Well seeing as I did exactly that, you can."
"No you can't. That's cheating."
He rolls his eyes, "You're cheating."
"Please tell me you're not starting that again."
He smiles and moves in to kiss my lips I turn my head so he gets my cheek instead, "You cheated."
"No, I didn't. The whole point of the game is that someone hides and someone finds them. That's exactly what we did."
"Yeah but you're supposed to stay in the same spot."
"I don't think that's in the hide n' seek hand book Food."
"There is no hide n' seek hand book I tell him." I move over to the fireplace and start a fire.
"Exactly meaning it's not in there."
I roll my eyes, "You make no sense."
"Food I hid and you found me that's how it works! I don't see what the problem is!"
"You followed me around for an hour as I walked in circles."
"It wasn't a full hour." He says rubbing the back of his neck, "More like forty-five minutes."
I give him a look, "You think you're so funny don't you?"
"No, but whatever right?"
The fire is going good and I storm past him and into the bedroom. I don't actually need anything in there I just wanted to storm out of the room. To make it look like I had a purpose for coming in here I kick off my shoes.
"I'm impressed with your fire making skills." He says from the door.
I turn angry, "What?"
"It takes me like five minutes to start a fire but it takes you two."
"Thank you." I say some of my anger dying.
Charlie crosses his arms and leans against the door frame, "Are you done yelling at me now?"
I purse my lips, "No."
He crosses the room and his arms circle my waist, "What do I have to do to make you not mad?"
I cross my arms even though I'm dying to wrap them around his neck, "Say you're sorry."
One thing I've learned about most boys is that they refuse to say sorry when they think they're right. Or at least the boys I've been around. Jared would never say sorry even if he knew he was wrong. He once 'accedentally' tripped me and he never said sorry. His only response was, 'oops.'
So when Charlie puts his forehead onto mine for the second time that day and whispers that five letter word I immediately forgive him.
"Sorry."
I wrap my arms around his neck and pull his lips to mine, "It's okay. Just don't do it again."
"Alright."
I remember that Charlie repeatedly apologized after that first time we kissed and I smile.
"I like you Charlie."
He laughs, "Thanks, I sorta figured. So is it later enough?"
I shake my head, "I told you already. I'll tell you when we're in bed."
Charlie shrugs, "Oh okay."
His arms tighten around my waist and I feel myself being lifted.
"What are you doing?" I ask but Charlie ignores me as he spins us and my back hits the bed.
He's on top of me and his arms are holding him up on either side of my head, "We're in bed."
I laugh, "Cheater."
He shrugs, "Apparently I'm cheating a lot today."
We both laugh then and he brushes hair from my face, "Alright no more stalling. What's your real name Food?"
I rub my thumb against his cheek, "Did you have any pets when you were a kid?"
He looks at me confused, "I don't know what this has to do with anything."
I shake my head, "Just answer the question."
"I had a dog, why did you have any pets?"
I nod, "There were three cats in my house. Violence, and Marshmallow."
His eyebrows pull together, "What was the third cats name?"
I smile, "Well the third cat wasn't really a cat."
"What do you mean? Did you have a dog named cat or something?"
I shake my head, "No. And this Kat was spelt with a 'k' not a 'C.'"
His eyebrows pull together again and then realization crosses his face, "Thank you." He says leaning down and kissing my lips.
I laugh around the kiss and he pulls away, "So Kat what's your last name?"
I laugh again, "You are so needy today."
He smiles, "Alright I'll ask tomorrow."
"You aren't going to start guessing again are you?"
He grins, "If you don't tell me."
I roll my eyes, "Lucky me."
"Smith? Jones?"
I shake my head and pull his lips down to mine, "Please just shut up."
He laughs, "Alright." Then he leans down and kisses me again.
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Awww :D
Dear Chase, I can't wait for MONDAY!!! Just cause we're gunna be on the bus again and making Dave think we're crazy and what not :D Though we are crazy O_O asdja;lksjdlaksjdklajsdlkjasd < I'm so hyper right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm gunna go eat some animal crackers!!! And you're going to be so jealous when you read this wishing you had some. Maybe if you ask nicely (and don't eat the whole page when I look away for a few seconds) I'll give you some on monday :D
Dear Mariana (Chase I hope you don't mind she gets one in the chapter too), I used your name :D You got your part in one of my stories :D