"Wake him up, it's like 3 in the afternoon already!" Odette stomped around her room, the girls just got back from the spa again and Odette was getting ready for her date with Daniel. It didn't end well yesterday so she wanted to re-do it.
"Maybe he's just tired, I think we should let him sleep." Luna sat back on Odette's massive bed and rested her feet on Daniel's bed.
The girls were having some bonding time before Odette could go out, they needed some girl time cause they never got it since day 1. The guys were working out in the gym catching up on some excercise, but Kenny decided to catch up on some sleep.
"We'll be having dinner at 6:30 and I want everyone looking glamorous." Odette was fixing her hair by the mirror, she was actually rushing.
"Won't you have dinner with Daniel?" Rachel tossed Odette her new boots, she bought like 5 new pairs of shoes the other day but she still wanted to buy something new for the today.
"No, we're just gonna go dancing, get some drinks, flirt a bit, you know? The usual stuff." Odette got her lipstick and applied some on her puckered lips.
"Oh, yeah.." Lara giggled and winked over at Ashia, they never really understood what Odette's definition of dating was.
Odette turned to her happily comfortable friends and raised an eyebrow, both Lara and Ashia sat up and bit their lower lips.
Odette rolled her eyes and began to rummage around her shopping bags, she had 4 different outfits to choose from. "Which one should I wear?"
Rachel took an off shoulder blouse and a pair of denim shorts which had the cutest black and white pattern, the blouse had a dark shade of color so it'll look good with the shorts.
"Do you think this'll do?" Rachel presented it to Odette, she wasn't entirely sure about her fashion skills yet.
"That'll look good with the boots!" Lyra gave Rachel a thumbs up, the boots were coloured black.
"And Odette will glow under the sun" Luna opened the curtains to the window and let the sunshine enter the room.
"I love you girls!" Odette gave everyone a hug, she'll be nothing without her girls.
A knock on the door was heard and there the man in waiting peeked in, Daniel waved his hand and pointed at his watch. They were suppose to meet 30 minutes ago but the girls sorta had too much fun back in spa, steam is good for the skin.
"5 more minutes, hun" Odette was digging through her accessory box, you can never under-estimate the power of jewelry.
"No rush" Daniel winked and shut the door, they needed to get going.
As what Odette said after 5 minutes she got out of the room and clang on to Daniel's muscular arm, they were really late for that date, so cross out dancing or flirting for tonight.
"What do you girls want to do?" Luna sat back on Odette's huge bed, she sorta felt sorry for Daniel's tiny space to rest.
"I've got a date." Rachel stated with a huge smile on her face, she never mentioned anything about that.
"Same here" Lyra raised her hand full of shame, she forgot to tell the girls about it.
Luna smirked at the two girls and shook her head, they always had this open relationship with each other but the two never mentioned anything about dates.
"And you two?" Luna directed her attention to the two guilty looking fairies, Ashia and Lara looked a bit embarrassed.
"You know? I'll be catching some last-minute waves, we'll be leaving in the afternoon tomorrow so I... " Ashia grinned as Luna got closer to her, she was giving her a look. "Oh fine, Kai and I will be going to the beach."
"Busted." Lara snickered and pointed at Ashia.
"Any plans with Xavior?" Luna chimed her way to Lara, the girl stopped her laughing and bowed her head.
"Xavior? What? No! Of course not... " she sheepishly smiled, a smile that had LIAR written on it. "Not... Not now, maybe after..." Lara bowed her head and murmured. ".. After this talk we're having."
Luna rolled her eyes and couldn't believe this was happening at all, this was supposed to be a girls day out. But, this is what she gets for having best friends that have boyfriends.
"Why don't you go and have some fun with Kenny" Lara, hoping this'll get things on a move, openly suggested. She for one wants to see Luna be happy with the man that she loves.
"What?" Luna blushed and looked away, not the best moment to have some fun with Kenny, considering the girls are out on dates.
"C'mon, we all know you're just dying to get some alone time with him again" Ashia grinned and elbowed Luna, now they have the upper hand.
"N-no I don't!" Luna furrowed her eyebrows and pouted. "Is it that obvious?"
The girls began to laugh and that made Luna blush some more, Kenny's a great guy and all but Luna does not, I repeat, does not like talking about him when the girls are in the mood to tease her. She was lucky that Odette wasn't here, who knows what kind of mischief she would do.
"Whatever, you just run along on those 'dates' of yours" Luna quoted and smiled at her friends, she wanted to spend some time with Kenny but she can't let the girls see her waking him up, she'll never hear the end of it.
"We are so sorry for that" Lyra got up and gave Luna a quick hug, "no more secret dates." They all, one-by-one, left Odette and Daniel's room leaving it in its usual state.
Outside were Deriek and Kai, they just got back from the gym. The two were right on time, they had a scheduled date to fulfill.
"You aren't tired, right?" Ashia raised her eyebrows over to her, exhausted, boyfriend.
"Of course.." he gulped and took in some air, Kai, even though he knows his body's aching, doesn't want to disappoint Ashia. "Not.."
"Yeah, you're a tough guy" Ashia giggled and took Kai's hand, she was ready for a relaxing afternoon in the beach.
The two left hand-in-hand leaving a smirking Deriek, an annoyed Lyra, a wondering Luna, an eager looking Lara, and a very impatient Rachel.
"I should probably go see if Mark's by the swimming pool" Rachel pointed over to the elevator, she was actually late for her date.
"And Xavior's waiting for me in one of the garden, as crazy as it sounds we're trying out a date that doesn't involve any technology" Lara giggled at the thought, it was just an experiment they thought off.
"Tell me how it goes" Luna laughed knowing Lara won't last 5 seconds without her cellphone or laptop.
They both left, running, to their guys.
"We should go too, I don't want to keep you from waking Kenny" Lyra raised her brow and grinned at Luna, she knows what the shy girl has planned.
"BYE!" Luna blushed and pushed the two to the elevator, she didn't need anymore humiliation.
Luna sighed and took in some air, this was actually too much for her to handle. At least the girls are gone, so on to the plan. She made her way back to her and Kenny's room, he really needed to get out more.
Kenny was still fast asleep on the couch, actually, the two of them aren't in good terms again. After Luna got back from her trip to the ice cream stand Kenny hasn't spoken a word to her, Luna just thought he was really tired but paranoia can really be a bitch at times.
Trying to be as quiet as possible Luna tipped toe to the couch so she won't startle the guy, there's no need to make things anymore awkward.
"Kenny" she shook his body a bit, he wasn't a heavy sleeper.
Kenny moved to his side and started to doze off again, it was 3:30 in the afternoon so why is he still this tired?
"You have to wake up soon sleepy head" she giggled and tried once more, it was cute seeing him like this.
"Huh?" Kenny rubbed his eyes and got up, he had this awful headache.
"Good Afternoon" Luna took the blanket that covered the half awake pacifist.
"Oh.. Hey" he yawned and rubbed his eyes, maybe it was the depression or Deriek's tackle back in the second quarter of the game that sent him sleeping till 3pm.
Luna sat on the bed just across Kenny and waited for him to fully awaken, they needed to clear things out or else she'll never have that chance to be with him.
"Are you hungry?" she started to make him see that there's nothing wrong.
"Not really" Kenny shook his head and got up, man, getting depressed is hard work.
"Oh." she frowned, this isn't really going to well.
"Did you have lunch?" even though the situation's like this Kenny still cares for her well-being.
"Yeah, the girls and I had lunch over at the spa." she smiled half heartedly.
Kenny stared at the window with a neutral expression, Luna had no idea what was going on at all. She, accidentally, cleared their awkward space back in the game when she sprang in and tackled him for that winning shot.
"Do you wanna go for a walk?" she got up and approached him with baby steps.
Kenny turned and looked at the girl before him, she looked so radiant that he didn't wasn't aware that he was nodding. "S-sure."
"Really?" Luna squealed and took his hand, he said yes!
Kenny shook his head and snapped back to reality, at least he made her happy.
After putting on some decent clothes Kenny and Luna left their room and proceeded to the lobby, they were just going out for a walk so they'll be walking around the resort.
The two walked side by side with out a word coming out of their mouths, maybe going for a stroll wasn't the best idea Luna had thought of. Kenny was being distant and cold to her right now, there was this aura that gave out a lot of it.
"Nice weather, huh?" Luna gulped, hoping they can start to converse.
"Yeah." he nodded and stuffed his hands inside his pockets.
Is he mad at me or something? Luna thought as she looked around her environment, it was giving out a gloomy atmosphere. Aren't the Bahama's supposed to be sunny?
They walked without a peep of sound, if Lyra was here she'd be going on a rampage with all the silence in the air.
"Uhmm.." Kenny coughed and pointed over to Luna's left side.
She looked and saw a playground that had a swing seat for two people to enjoy, well, the heck with it, they went over to the supposed kiddie area and parked their bottoms on the red and blue swings.
Luna started to push on the ground and she slowly rocked back and forth beside Kenny, she didn't know what to do now.
"Luna" Kenny sighed, he didn't like seeing her this sad.
"Yeah?" she looked at him, but Luna was actually screaming in the inside, he was talking to her.
"I wanna apologize." he frowned and started to push on the ground as well, the swing started to make squeaky noises.
"For what?" Luna smirked, trying to not make things too serious.
"For my behavior towards you, I've just been having a hard time the past few days" Kenny took a deep breath and focused his attention on the sand that covered the play area.
"You could've talked to me Kenny, you can always approach me." she smiled, assuring him that someone's always there for him.
"I know." he looked at Luna and summed up his courage to open up."But.."
"But what?" she tilted her head and wondered.
"Uhmm... Can I ask you something instead?" Kenny wanted to know the truth so he's going for it, if what he saw from yesterdays event was true then it'll be okay for him to get hurt since he already found out about it.
"Of course" Luna relaxed her feet and gripped on the metal chain that carried it.
The sun was already setting but clouds were gathering up in the air, the sun was disappearing not because it was going down but because of the clouds. It looked liked it was going to rain, but it never rained in Solaria.
"D-did.." he shook his head and looked at Luna in the eyes, the moment of truth. "Did the girls.. Ever hook you up with a guy?"
They stared at each other for a good two minutes before Luna made a reaction, she sat up and blinked.
"What?" she chuckled and shook her head, she was now thinking way on how she'll be yelling at the girls tonight.
"You know? Did they introduced you to a guy and you two just clicked?" Kenny twisted his seat so he could face Luna.
"No" she squeaked out. "No!" Luna held out her arms and waved in front of him. "Of course not!"
"Oh." Kenny smiled, he was trying to hide it but he couldn't.
"What on earth gave you that idea?" she raised her eyebrow and looked at him.
"W-well.." Kenny sat back, blushing, he couldn't tell her that the guys helped him spy on them. "I passed by the garden yesterday and saw you with some guy." he skillfully lied.
"Him? What? No! That was Daniel!" Luna laughed, no way was Kenny jealous. She couldn't belive it.
"Daniel?" Kenny's eyes widened, that guy looked nothing like Daniel. His hair was a bit longer and his skin tone was way off.
"The girls noticed that I was a bit down so they pulled a prank on me" she stuck her tongue out, Luna left some parts out since it involved Kenny. The girls did notice that Luna looked sad but it was because she'd been worrying about Kenny, he did act cold towards her.
"Oh." was all he could say, but inside, he was jumping with joy.
They both laughed and pointed fingers at each other, they acted so immature. Kenny never wanted to be cold towards Luna but because of his jealousy he forcefully did, while Luna, being the shy girl she is, didn't clear things right away when she noticed that something was wrong.
"Huh?" Kenny held his hand out and looked up, he felt water drip from the sky.
"What is it?" Luna looked up as well, the clouds looked really grey.
"I think we better get back inside." Kenny got up and held out his hand, Luna happily accepted it and stood up as well.
Kenny and Luna began to run back to the resort where the others were probably at, it was drizzling but it the clouds looked really heavy.
"I thought it never rained here?" Kenny had his free hand over his eyes.
"I thought so too, Odette has a lot of explaining later" Luna laughed and ran as fast as she could.
They both reached the resort, drenched, and the rain was already pouring outside. Luna looked at the clouds and they weren't grey anymore, they had this black color that showed a storm was entering.
"There you two are!" Odette's voice echoed out the huge lobby.
The rest of their friends got back minutes before the rain started, Odette had warned them about it but she couldn't contact Luna nor Kenny at all.
"Uhmm" Luna gulped and grabbed Kenny's shirt.
"Why is it raining here?" Kenny pointed outside were the wind and water were fighting.
"I have no idea, must be the indoor plumbing" Odette rolled her eyes, she hated rain.
"Sweetie, I don't think it's indoor plumbing" Daniel laughed at his girlfriend's explanation.
"Well, I don't why but I'm gonna call daddy so this can be cleared out." Odette turned and got her cellphone out.
"Kenny" Luna squeaked out, she was shaking.
"You okay?" he looked with worried eyes, Kenny held on to Luna's hand but she was still shaking.
"I-I'm fine, I just want to go upstairs." she smiled and slipped away.
"O-okay then" Kenny watched as Luna ran to the elevator.
He looked back at his friends and the girls had worried faces, Odette was on the phone trying to contact her dad.
Something was up and Kenny wanted to know what it was, if it's about Luna then the more reason to find out what the problem was.
"Do you girls want to share something?" Kenny eyed each girl, they were frowning.
"Can you go and check up on Luna?" Rachel spoke up, she's Luna's roommate so when stuff like this happens she's the one who usually helps her out.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" Kenny began to worry, was she sick or something?
"We need her to come down for dinner but she won't listen to us." Lara tossed Kenny some ear plugs.
"What's this for? And why?" Kenny looked at the ear plugs and then back at the girls.
"She's really scared of the sound of thunder and as you can see..." Lyra pointed at the mouth of the resort. "There's a storm."
"And where there is storm.." Ashia sighed with her arms crossed. "There is thunder."
As the thunder sounded off Kenny immediately ran to the elevator hoping Luna will be okay for a while, he didn't want her to be alone.
"You are good" Daniel grabbed Odette by the waist and kissed her cheek.
"It's not too much?" Odette frowned and tucked her phone back inside her pocket.
"Not at all, without us Kenny won't even make an effort with the whole love thing. He's too shy." Deriek chuckled, Kenny would always complain his actions towards Luna.
"But I'm very much impressed Odette" Lara examined the rain that the Harthstone Princess was able to get the effects for.
"Yeah, you of all people should have a hard time since it would have taken a lot of organising." Xavior gave her a thumbs up and joined Lara.
"Well, it's a full moon tonight so it was a piece of cake" Odette winked at everyone and turned so they could go on with their dinner.
Kenny was now knocking on the door, Luna had locked it up. Whenever it would rain and there would be a thunder-storm Luna would usually isolate herself and try to hide from any noise, it just scared her.
"Please open the door, Luna" Kenny, trying to stay as calm as possible, knocking gently.
Nothing, she didn't say a word. Kenny was growing impatient, he can't stand knowing Luna's alone in a room were she might be trembling because of fear.
"Cover your ears!" he yelled and backed away from the door.
Kenny ran as fast as he could and used his body to open the locked door, since he had a well-built and strong body the door was no match for him. It went down with one big bang but it was still whole, though there was a crack in the middle.
"Luna?" Kenny looked around, there was a curled up shivering blanket on the bed.
Luna turned to see Kenny standing in front of her, she closed her eyes and turned again. Kenny was heartbroken, if he only knew about her fear then he'd be there for her from the start.
"Hey" he approached the bed but stopped a few inches from it, he didn't want to startle her.
Kenny knelt in front of Luna and stayed that way so she could still have her space, but of course, it would be better if he could wrap his arms around her.
"You're better off with a smile on your face" he started, Luna needed to feel safe. "If I knew then I could've been there for you and that smile that I love so much might still be there"
Luna was shocked at what she heard, her heart beat was increasing and her cheeks were burning up. She pushed some of the covers from her head and looked over to the man that made her heart skip, she wasn't dreaming at all.
"What?" Luna was trying to contain herself, she was both frightened and happy.
"I swear, Luna, I'll always protect you." Kenny stood up and took a deep breath, it's now or never. "I can't stand seeing the girl I.." he clenched his fist and proceeded. "The girl I love frightened."
Just then a loud thunder clapped its way around the island, it was a really loud one. Lyra must've helped Odette with this.
As the sound entered Luna's ears she jumped out of the bed and buried herself in to Kenny's chest, he caught her with ease and held on to her tightly.
"I'm here for you" he sat on the ground and stroked her head, Kenny didn't care if she didn't return the same feelings, she was feeling safe with him and that's what matters right now.
"I-I love you too!" Luna yelled as her whole body shook in fear, that thunder really got to her. "Please don't ever leave me"
Luna was feeling helpless and frightened; she just wanted to be with Kenny, someone who'll be there for her in both good and bad times. The girls are there for her but at times like these, she just wanted Kenny.
"I won't" he kissed her forehead and pulled her closer to him, Luna just needed someone to hold on to it times like these. "I'll always protect you."