"So I seems that I just have to try harder to get her to accept me." said Ollie with a sigh.
"No, dude, I don't think you should. I think that Maddie has already accepted you, she just doesn't want you to know that she has." said Matt as Ollie scoffed.
"Of course she doesn't... she can be really difficult for no reason at times." he said as he laughed, he did not know if he was laughing at her or himself, it was probably the latter because he did not know why he actually did care a lot.
"Isn't that the truth? But I'm sure that you'll get into her good books very soon, heck I am sure that you are already in her good books." said Matt as Ollie laughed.
"You're just saying that to make me feel better dude." said Ollie as he shook his head.
"Do you really think that I would do that?" asked Matt as Ollie stopped walking and looked at him shaking his head.
"Exactly, so trust me when I say that Maddie does trust you. All her actions do not say otherwise. If she really still hated you she wouldn't have agreed for us all to come spend a week with you here." said Matt.
"Yeah well that may be true, but you forget that she was also very thrilled about learning to convey, in her mind there was no passing up that opportunity.
"That is true, look I would be lying if I said that Maddie isn't complicated, she is very, very, very complicated, you just have to learn to get used to her and understand her." he said as he smiled.
"Alright, I get it, thank you Matt." said Ollie as he smiled.
"Anytime." replied Matt as he smiled.
"Do you want to take a break? We've been walking for a while." said Ollie.
"Sure." replied Matt even though he was not tired but he had a hunch that Ollie was a bit tired.
"Great." said Ollie as he sat down on the ground completely unworried that some bugs or creepy crawlies would bite him or climb on him.
"Aren't you afraid of bugs?" asked Matt.
"Not at all, there are no bugs here." said Ollie.
"Okay then." said Matt as he sat down beside him and they looked up into the trees.
"Are you good at climbing?" asked Ollie out of the blue as Matt chuckled.
"Well yes... I think I am." said Matt.
"What exactly are good at climbing?" asked Ollie out of curiosity.
"Well trees, but I'm not as good as my dad though." said Matt as he laughed.
"Why not?" asked Ollie.
"Because he told us that he and my uncle Jacob literally grew up living in the forest. They used to climb trees and hunt prey, so I cannot compare to his skills." said Matt.
"Ahh I see, so if I was to ask you to climb that tree right now, how fast do you think you will be able to climb it?" asked Ollie as he pointed to a large, tall tree right in front of them.
"I don't know, five seconds or less." said Matt simply as Ollie looked at him surprised.
"Five seconds?" asked Ollie as Matt nodded.
"But that tree is huge dude, I think it would take you at least a minute or more." said Ollie.
"Would you like me to prove you wrong?" asked Matt smugly.
"Be my guest." said Ollie as Matt stood up instantly.
"Get ready to be proved wrong." said Matt as he stretched out lightly and Ollie snapped his finger as a little green bird timer appeared in his hand.
"Alright then, three, two, one, go." said Ollie as the timer began to count down and Matt was already off.
He ran to the base of the tree and before Ollie could realize what was going on Matt had somehow leaped onto the tree as he continued to leap mightily until he reached the top of the tree in a matter of seconds.
"I told you so." he said as he shouted and looked down to Ollie who was snapped out of his shocked stupour when the timer went off.
"Alright, you weren't lying when you said five seconds." said Ollie as he shouted back and laughed.
"I can see the Castle from here." said Matt as he looked ahead. Everywhere looked majestic from way up here, the view was simply breathtaking and the Castle looked like a haven in the midst of all this dense, thick forest.
"It looks breathtaking doesn't it?" asked Ollie as Matt nodded.
"Certainly does." he replied.
"Alright that's enough showing off, come down now." said Ollie as Matt laughed and slid down the bark of the tree with his hands and it did not hurt one bit.
"I still can't believe you were actually right." said Ollie as Matt laughed while walking towards him.
"But how come you can climb so fast?" asked Ollie as he was still surprised.
"I have no idea, I also wonder why I can climb so effortlessly and quickly." said Matt as he chuckled.
"I think I have an idea why. Vampires have claws, although not as long or as sharp as werewolf claws, but they definitely have them, and it enables them to be able to climb well and kill their prey." said Ollie as Matt looked at his hands.
"But I don't have any claws at all, see." said Matt as he showed Ollie his hands and he had normal nails, no claws at all.
"I see, but I guess that since you're part vampire you didn't get features like the claws, or the fangs, but your abilities are clearly still there. Your claws may not be visible, but your hands have the adaptations that vampire hands do." said Ollie as he came up with his own conclusion.
"I believe that since Evie is a pure vampire, she will probably have claws and fangs." said Ollie.
"That explains why my dad is faster than me, he would have climbed up that tree in less than a second." said Matt as he chuckled.
"Now I can believe that." said Ollie.
"We should get going, I am hungry." said Matt as he laughed.
"Alright, come on, I know a shortcut to the Castle." said Ollie with a smile.
...
"Maddie can you get me some more sugar?" asked Annie as she and Maddie were in the kitchen baking some cookies.
"Sure." said Maddie as she handed Annie some more sugar which she added to the batter.
At first when Annie had told Maddie that she wanted to make cookies, Maddie was lazy and she did not want to, but after hearing that if Annie made cookies and she did not help her then she wouldn't be able to eat them, and that quickly changed Maddie's mind.
And to Annie's luck the head chef did not even question her, he just allowed her do whatever she want and even told her to ask him in case she needed anything,
"I wonder how long those two will be out. They have been gone for far too long now." said Maddie as she frowned.
"And I don't see why you are so worried." replied Annie.
"I'm not worried, I just don't want them hanging out together alone." she replied.
"And tell me why that is any of your business in the first place?" asked Annie with a frown.
"Well because I am sure that they talk about me when they are alone." replied Maddie as she frowned.
"I highly doubt that, and even if they do, they are allowed to talk about anyone they want to talk about." replied Annie.
"No, I am very, very sure that they have been talking about me. Why else have I been sneezing since we entered this kitchen?" asked Maddie as Annie put the cookies into the oven and turned to look at Maddie.
"Really? Well maybe you have an allergy to the flour or something." said Annie.
"No, no, no I don't have any allergies, I am sure that I was sneezing because those two were gossiping about me and probably still are." said Maddie in certainty.
"You know what, I am starting to realize that you just love to trouble your little pretty head over things that shouldn't bother you." said Annie as she shook her head.
"Thank you for acknowledging that I have a pretty little head, and yes I agree, but it should bother me because it concerns me, I don't need Matt spilling some secrets with his big mouth, he tells the blondie everything and I mean everything." said Maddie.
"Because they are friends and friends tell each other everything, I tell you everything don't I?" asked Annie seriously as Maddie looked at her.
"But that's different, we are girls and also we are best friends, they are not even best friends." said Maddie in severe annoyance.
"Well now they are, and you should get used to it." said Annie as Maddie looked really far from pleased.