//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: The Roman Pony // by Silver_Wolf //------------------------------// I sat, looking down at my homework biting my lip. I sighed. “I’ll never get this done...” I muttered. I took a deep sigh. I opened my laptop, I had left it on all night so it was almost dead, but I was simply checking the time. 2:30, I smiled then bolted out the door jumping over the fence like always. Andrew was getting out of school. We always met at the forest whenever he didn’t ditch with me. I sprinted all the way there, almost dead when I sat down on the bench. I sat for at the very least twenty minutes while I regained my breath. I grunted “Damn it... He’s not coming.” I muttered. I stood up from the bench ready to go back home. I glanced to the ground, I noticed there was an five of diamonds on the ground. “Oops, we left one.” I said to myself. I bent down picking up the card and examining it a bit to assure it was clean. Turning it around I saw a large black spider! I gasped quickly dropping the card to the ground. For just a split second, my arms were both straight out when I dropped the card. That had to have been the perfect moment ever. At the exact time I tossed the card to the ground, a girl landed in my arms... I couldn’t believe what had just happened, maybe it was destiny, or maybe it was just dumb luck, but all I knew at the time was that a naked girl was in my arms... Then I realised, SHE WAS NAKED! I quickly sat her on my bench biting my lip, resisting the temptation to look. She was unconscious, I pulled off my shirt and put it over her. Thankfully my shirt was twice her size, so it reached down to her knees. I had no idea what to do next, but then a moment later I heard rustling in the leaves, turning around, my friend Andrew was standing behind me. “Who the hell is that?” He asked. I didn’t know what to say, I just looked at her... I felt like I had met this girl a minute. I turned around to attempt to explain to Andrew what had just happened, but he was gone, turning back around I gasped. Andrew had lifted up the shirt! “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!” I shouted. He was grinning. “DUDE STOP!” I shouted. “Look, she has a tattoo on her but!” He exclaimed. My cheeks got bright red. “C’mon man stop!” I shouted. He didn’t... “Alright that’s enough!” I exclaimed. I grabbed him in a headlock pulled him away from her and covering his eyes. “Alright alright! I’ll stop!” He exclaimed. I let him go, ready to pounce on him if he tried anything again. “So who this chick anyway?” He asked. I shrugged. “So you’re telling me... Some girl just spontaneously appeared NAKED and unconscious?” He asked sarcastically. “Well... Kinda...” I replied. Andrew started snickering, he was an idiot so he’d believe anything... “AWESOME!” He exclaimed. He reached for her shirt again, I smacked his hand. “You’re such a buzz kill you know that?” He asked. I rolled my eyes. “Listen, I think she’s hurt... I’m gonna go home and call the ambulance.” I said to him. He grinned widely. “No, you can’t come!” I exclaimed knowing he’d go for another peek. He grunted. “Aren’t you fun...” He muttered. I picked up the girl carrying her over my shoulders, I knew it’d look weird seeing some kid carrying a sleeping girl over his shoulder, so I ran as fast I possibly could... Thankfully most adults didn’t get off of work until 5, and I only ran in the alleys as to avoid people as much as possible. I got to my garage and walked inside laying the girl on the couch. A breeze entered the room from the window, I gasped as the shirt folded up. I shut my eyes tight then grabbed a pair of jeans from my dresser. I hesitated looking at the purple haired girl. I really didn’t want to get that close to her... Parts. I took a deep inhale, and quickly pulled the pants on her. They were too long like the shirt, so I rolled the ends up as to fit her.