It was Valentine's Day in Care-a-lot. With that being said, there isn't much to say about what the Care Bears where doing. Care Bears where gathered at a heavily decorated Care Square and they gave out their hugs and cards and chocolates. Everyone one was there except for one. This Care Bear didn't have a Belly Badge like the rest of them. His name was Oopsy Bear and he was in a crunch.
Oopsy wanted to impress a special person that came into Care-a-lot every day. Her name was Clairinda Bennett. Delightfully shorted to Claire. She was a female human teenager and was just as different as Oopsy was in Care-a-lot. Her beautiful and clean face would become ugly and distorted when she lied, she had an athletic build (tall body, small feet), perfect and white teeth, a smile that could kill, and a laugh that Oopsy could recognize any where. But, Oopsy knew he was he only one that thought that and kept it secret from the rest of the world. More notably, Care-a-lot and it's secret organization of gossip queens and kings.
Oopsy had consulted nearly everyone he knew to hear what they would think would be an idea; Wingnut, Cheer, Funshine, Tenderheart, Share, Love-a-lot, heck, even Grumpy! But no one could think of an idea that Oopsy liked, or what Oopsy thought that Claire would like. He nearly had all day though. It was Friday and she had school, but it would take her another hour to finish her homework and help spread salt on the drive lane. Her house still had snow from the end of January and it was just cold enough that the rain could freeze. And it would that night.
Saturday was a day worth celebrating in Care-a-lot. Both Claire and McKenna (a girl four years younger then Claire and can come into Care-a-lot with the aid of the Care Bears) would spend the night at any given house they pleased. Even though McKenna already had a house in Care-a-lot, she would spend the night with a Care Bear if she wanted too. Claire, would next to always choose Oopsy's house. Call it a force of habit or call it secret feelings but unless someone wanted her over, Claire would not go any where else to spend to night. Oopsy always planned something for the two to do. And sometimes, they even included Wingnut.
"Why isn't she here yet?" Oopsy asked out loud. He impatiently looked at the window waiting for Claire to appear at the Gathering Tree and quickly dart toward his house. But he couldn't see anything.
Wingnut booped and beeped an answer, although Oopsy wasn't aware that the little robot was there.
"Valentine's Day is only one day Wingnut. If Claire is going to take all day and wasting what could have been the best day of our lives!"
Wingnut responded to this.
"Well... I... um... I was going to... but... I could... find... anything for us to... do." Oopsy said sheepishly.
Wingnut raised his eyebrows, and placed his hands on the lower part of his body that could have served as his hips.
"No one's ideas seemed..." (Oopsy took a moment to think his words through.) "Perfect."
Wingnut then gave Oopsy very important advice.
"So you're saying that if I want to make the best Valentine's Day ever with Claire, I should take her to where I want us to go?"
Wingnut nodded his head and gave a robotic reply.
Around the same moment Claire came through Oopsy's door in a rush.
"Hiya Oopsy. Sorry it took me so long to come over, Dad did not order enough salt and we went to the store to get more. Man, my back hurts so bad!" she said in a breathless tone. She tossed herself on Oopsy's couch and groaned in a silent pain. She had never carried anything heavier than that bag of salt that weighed heavier then she did.
"Oh I didn't mind the wait." Oopsy casually lied. Wingnut looked at Oopsy like he was insane. Where they not just talking about that a few minutes ago?
"You might have to wait a bit longer. My back is killing me so much, I might as well die."
"Don't do that!" Oopsy told her. Claire gathered the strength to look at her friend.
"Metaphorically Oopsy hun."
Oopsy started to nervously laugh.
"I knew that." he insisted. "It's just that... if you were to die and all... I would be... very... unhappy."
Claire smiled at Oopsy's willingness to make her happy. Wingnut, however, was getting sick of the mushy love stuff that Claire and Oopsy pretended to hide. He told the two he was leaving and after they said their good byes to him, he left the Oopsy's upside down house. This left the unlikey duo alone.
"How about," Claire started, with a slight grown as she changed her position. "I take a 30 minute nap and we'll have a picnic at Rainshine Meadows."
"And then we'll see if Amigo Bear has frozen yogurt in his ice scream cart." Oopsy added, feeling the need to make it personal.
"I'd like that." Claire said with a smile as she drifted into a well needed sleep. Oopsy happily gazed at her for a few seconds then went to make the picnic dinner. And amazingly, he didn't have any oopsies while doing so. Perhaps this would be a day to remember after all.