Veritas Vos Liberabit.

Chapter 1 part 3

The sun shone brightly the following morning, making all signs of the rain disappear. Nero was woken by the sweet smell of breakfast coming from the kitchen. Salvia coming from his mouth he leaped of the sofa and hurried to breakfast. Anabella and Jayden were already sitting around the table. Jayden had a mouthful of something whilst Anabella ate a lot more ladylike.
"Good Morning Nero. Did you sleep well? "Anabella asked politely
"Yeah, thanks. Man this smells great."
"Please help yourself."
"Alright, don't mind if I do."
Anabella pondered the arrangements that she had agreed to last night as she watched Nero stuff as many pieces of food as he could into mouth. Jayden then decided to turn it into a competition and began stuffing his mouth full. On a normal day Anabella would tell him to stop but this was not a normal day, in fact it was far from it. She had let a total stranger stay in her home and had agreed to travel with that same stranger across the world.
"What am I thinking?" she bellowed
"Huh, dude shumthings up with your shista." Nero spoke, his mouth full of food.
"Shust ignore her, she shumtimes talks to hershelf." Jayden slurred
"Nero!" she said full of passion and rather loudly.
Gulp!
"What, he said ignore you"
"What the hell you douche."
"Shut it kid."
"What…no, can I talk to you" she said," in private."
Nero scuffed his chair as he stood up, anxiously following behind Anabella. He contemplated many strategies of survival and escape. They ranged from distraction to diving through the hall window. She led him to the farthest room, pushed open the door and flopped into a pink beany chair. Nero stumbled in afterwards still set in action mode; however, he soon changed once he had examined his surroundings.
"No way, Pocco rabbit" he said overjoyed, lifting the overly sized toy into his arms.
"You like Pocco to?" Anabella asked excitedly
"Totally, Limited edition too, how did you get this?"
"I saw him while I was touring so naturally I had to get him."
"Naturally!" he casually replied
"Wait till you see this then" she said scrambling through her bedside draw. She pulled out a key ring of Pocco and dangled it in front of Nero.
"No fricking way, is that the rare key ring that only four was ever made."
"Yep, that's not the best part. I HAVE TWO!" she said revealing another, "here I want you to have one."
Nero's face lit up like someone had turned a light switch on in his head. His eyes widened and a huge smile crept upon his face. "REALLY!" he yelled
"Of course, here"
"This is so cool, hahahahaha" he chirped, reaching for Anabella's hands and engaging in childish laughter and bouncing around.
"I know, hahahahaha"
Five minutes passed before Anabella realised the real reason she had brought Nero into her room. After all the excitement of Pocco rabbit she had completely forgot.
"Nero, I almost forgot. Last night, the travelling together, you really think that's a good idea. We hardly know each other."
"No problem, you can trust me," he smiled "Pocco promise."  
Anabella felt secure with Nero, it was strange how comfortable he actually made her feel. It was like what she read in novels, as if she had known him all her life. She felt a smile play across her face and she replied, "Pocco promise."
"Alright then, let's get out of Afthlum."