A small Surly x Andie story. Hope I can do it well for just a bit. And this for the good friend who suggested it…Monsterjamvadim!

This takes just a few weeks after the events of the first movie, and after Surly's heroic deeds, Andie began to see him very differently. After she told the park that he was alive they were proud of it and thought of him as a hero but for Andie…let's see if it was something more.


CH.1

It opens up from here. All the way in the Central Park of New York City, there was an incredibly large group of forest animals all sitting together in (what use to be) their tree, they looking at the night sky that was covered with so many bombing colors. Because tonight was the 4th of July, and even the animals were enjoying this time of independence.

This was truly a time of celebration. Even for the gang of the park heroes: Grayson and Andie the squirrel, Mole, Jamie, Jimmy, Johnny the three groundhogs (aka the Bruisers). They were all there. Well, almost all…

As the show was going on, everybody just couldn't keep their eyes off of the fireworks. "This sure is quite a sight, ain't it, Andie?" Said Jamie as she was sitting next to her brothers and thought she was sitting next to her friend, Andie, but didn't get an answer. "Andie?" She turned to see that she wasn't even there. "Andie?" She stood up and looked around before noticing that Andie was safe. She was all the way at other side of the park laying down on a flat rock.

What was she doing there? She was just laying, watching the fireworks alone. However, she had right hand opened out and felt like she was next to someone who was holding her hand and talking to her. "It sure is beautiful, isn't it?" "Yeah." Answered a purple squirrel laying right next to Andie. That was Surly, the real hero who saved the park.

"Only…"

"What?" Andie asked.

"Right next to me, I can see something a lot more beautiful."

"Oh Surly." She laughed.

"Sorry, I'm starting to sound like Grayson now, right?"

"No, no. Grayson…doesn't make it sound as modest as you do."

"Hmm…" Surly then put his arms around her. And she enjoyed it by rubbing her head to his shoulders. "Hmm…Surly?" "Yeah?" "You're the best." "So are you. I love you." "I love you too."

"I also love seeing you go nuts." Said Jamie, which surprised Andie with she saw that she wasn't lying with Surly, it was just her imagination. "J-J-Jamie, what are you doing here?" She stuttered trying to stand up. Jamie chuckled a little. "Well I trying to find you until I decided to watch you in your mood again. Are you still thinking about him?" She moved and sat next to her on the rock.

Andie sighed, "Yes. I can't seem to get him out of my mind."

"Why? I mean I know he saved the park but you do remember how stubborn he has been in the past."

"Yes but it's change that makes me think differently about him. Every since he became this selfless forager/scout hero, I've just been thinking about him differently. I…like him. A lot more than I ever could've."

"And Grayson?"

"That's never gonna happen in a million years. As right now, I think Surly's the only one for me."

Jamie took a good look at her and thought about what she said. Then she pat her shoulder. "You sure about this? The way you feel?" "…Yes." "Well…okay then. I still say you're nutty but that's what you wanna go for then don't let me stop ya." "Thanks, Jamie." "No problem, so if you want my advice. Ask him out later on…but tonight I need to be foot loose and join us for the show!" She grabs her arm and playfully drags her to everyone else while they both laugh.

That was Andie's part. As for Surly, where he really was was at the top of the Nut Shop, watching the fireworks with his best friend Buddy the blue rat. They had a good time as much as the others did.

"Sure is quite a sight, ain't it, Buddy?" Surly asked and Buddy nodded. Things for everyone on this night were pleasant. But Surly was feeling something else about it. Ever since he saved the park, he didn't wanna be claimed as a hero. And he hasn't forgotten that the first person he ever said that to was Andie. The way he said it and the way he looked at her for it made think differently about her.

In fact, as Surly was looking at the fireworks more, he thought he kept seeing Andie in the sky. Colors bombing all over and shaping into the one female squirrel that Surly hasn't stopped thinking about in weeks.

"Whoa." He starts feeling dizzy and falls to his back, to which Buddy notices. He reaches up to help him but Surly stops him. "No, no, no. Don't help, don't help. I'm okay. Just a little dizzy. Hey Buddy, I'm gonna go out for a walk, are you okay with staying here?" He asked and Buddy just shrugged. "Great. Bye." So he climbs down to the ground and did what he told Buddy.

Now Buddy was just alone on the roof thinking about what just happened. He's noticed that he's been acting strange for a while. And begins to think…"Andie?"

So Surly just continued walking. Going through the city for a few minutes to do some thinking, and with the fireworks still going off it isn't helping him. With every new color that shows he keeps Andie, and then…it looks like she's dancing. Surly begins to smile before shaking his head.

"…Wow. Am I going nuts or do I really have a-oomph!" He gets bumped to the ground. After sitting up and getting his vision cleared, he sees someone familiar right in of him.

"Andie?"

"Surly?"


There we go. Kinda awkward, right? Anyway, to be continued…