Author's notes: And so begins the great edit! Joy! So I don't exactly know what all I'm going to change, but I'm going to go through all the chapters and edit anything. I might even add a chapter or two if I think it necessary. So please help me with suggestions or whatever. Those help.
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Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Toy Story, Pixar, Disney, or any of those awesome things.
He remembered the first time he laid eyes on her. He had seen her get unwrapped at the baby shower. Woody had never seen a female toy before. She wasn't even a toy either. The girl was part of a lamp, but she was removable, and so Woody hoped she qualified for one. Her slender porcelain figure struck him, and he knew he would never feel the same way about anyone else.
Andy found her appealing as well. He begged his mother to play with her. "Please Mom! I won't break her! Besides, Woody is getting tired of saving Slinky." But Andy's mother kept the pretty lamp in her room until the baby was closer to arriving. She herself was lonely. There were no other toys, except the baby toys, but they were all stored in a box.
The new baby was going to stay in Andy's room. Andy's mother wanted to make a nursery, but after the death of her husband, Mrs. Davis had to find a job, and they had to cut back on expenses for a while. So finally a month before the baby was supposed to come, Andy's mother placed all the baby stuff in Andy's room. They would be sharing a room until they could get a bigger house.
Andy's mother put the lamp on the nightstand, and the box with the baby toys nearer to the crib. After Andy and her had gone out, all the toys Andy had slowly got up, and met the new toys. Woody was concerned about that though. He looked up at the nightstand. He couldn't see anything but the lampshade. He recognized it as the one the pretty porcelain doll stood on.
A voice came up behind him. "Whatcha lookin' at Woody?" called the scruffy voice of Slinky, his good friend. "I'm not sure Slink, I'm going to go check it out." And Woody climbed up the bedside, trying to get a good view. He saw a soft figure sitting down facing away from him, stroking sheep in front of her. Woody turned tongue tied. He wasn't sure what he was going to say. Usually he was pretty confident in meeting new toys, but she was somehow different...
Woody decided that sitting there was going to do him no good, so he started to walk to the desk, when his pull-string caught the bedpost.
"Reach for the sky!" Woody turned red. The female doll was startled. She stood up to see a very embarrassed cowboy doll scrambling to recompose himself. She had to giggle at his floppiness. "I'm sorry; I didn't hear anyone come up here." She started. Woody searched for words. Her voice was so smooth, calm, and sweet.
"Er H-howdy. W-woody I name, I mean…" Woody wanted to punch himself. What a way to start! The doll gave out a little laugh. "Hello Woody, my name is Bo Peep." Woody just stared. She was so… beautiful. He felt like he was going to fall off the desk. They stood awkwardly for a few moments. Woody just stared into her soft baby blue eyes. "So… nice room. Can I ask whose it might belong to?" Bo asked, trying not to embarrass the poor doll anymore than he was. Woody thought to himself furiously. You moron! Say something! "Oh! Uh," Woody swallowed. "We're in Andy's room M-miss Peep" Bo started to walk towards the nervous cowboy. They were so close that Woody could feel her breath on his face. "Call me Bo," she told him in a playfully serious tone. His face flushed.
Woody took it upon himself to give her a tour of the place. He continually worried about her tripping, so he finally linked his arm in hers. She smiled at him sweetly. He attempted to be a perfect guide, even though his voice cracked several times.
After it was over, Bo thanked Woody, and he started to walk away. But before the sheriff could get very far, she used her shepherds crook to yank him back by the neck. He was annoyed at first. It hurt after all. But then he was pulled close to his captor. Bo leaned in and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. Then she giggled and let the dazed cowboy go. It was a day Woody Pride would never forget.
Oddly enough, a certain space ranger recalled the first time he met the one he admired at the same time as his friend. He was supposed to not like her. She was going to take away his best friend from him forever, but something about her made it impossible not to. Her perfectly flowing red hair made Buzz woozy. He'd never felt such emotions, and it was weird. Sure Buzz had seen Miss Bo Peep and Woody show affection for each other, but he never thought he would ever experience it for himself. However, whenever he saw her sparkling green eyes, Buzz was overcome with passion.
He recalled the moment when Woody and her jumped off the plane at the last moment. He wasn't sure if they were going to make it, but they safely made it on Bullseye. She grasped her arms around his waist for a moment to hang on. The touch made him shiver.
The plane took off, and startled by another plane landing just above them, they huddled together. "Let's go home." The threesome took off towards the others. When everyone was reunited, Woody puzzled on how they were going to get home. Buzz wanted so much to talk to her, but she seemed busy meeting the other toys. He felt a twang of jealousy which was also new to him.
"C'mon guys, I have an idea," Woody led the group to a luggage car. "Does anyone know how to drive?" Rex spoke up, wringing his hands together. "Um, well Buzz drove a pizza planet truck to help us get to you." Woody gave a questioning look, but he didn't argue. Buzz took the wheel.
Buzz wouldn't have had any trouble if there wasn't a pretty cowgirl in the back seat. He continually found himself distracted by looking back at her. A few times she looked at him at the same time, and something felt right for a sliver of a moment. Then they would both pull back, and pretend it hadn't happened. Yet Buzz continued to sneak looks back at her.
"Buzz, look out!" Woody yelled. Buzz swerved out of the way from a mailbox across the street from home. The toys got out cautiously, and made their way to the house. The cowgirl stopped in front of the house, looking almost somber for a moment. Then Bullseye came up behind her, and nudged her a bit. And the sparkle came back into her eyes. She looked at the toys in front of her. "Hey guys! Wait up for me!"
Woody went to confront his friend. He had seen him take looks to the back seat on several occasions. "You like her don't you?" Woody teased. Buzz coughed. He hadn't spoken a word since they left the airport. "Well how about that! The space ranger is in love with the cowgirl!" Buzz shot Woody a dirty look. Woody just laughed some more. "I guess it makes sense. We're friends, aren't we?" Buzz still didn't utter a word. "Well you know Buzz," Woody said causally slinging his arm around the space toy. "Girls usually like it if you talk, even if you make a fool of yourself doing it."
That night Buzz was determined to talk to her. He didn't even know her name. It started with a J, but somehow all the names he could come up starting with the letter J sounded unfitting. Jacquelyn? Jeremiah?
But to the Ranger's surprise, before he could even confront her, she confronted him. He felt a light tap on the shoulder. "Buzz, right?" the cowgirl grinned. Buzz swallowed. He just nodded. "Well howdy! I'm Jessie!" she proclaimed. Jessie. It's perfect. He was caught up in his thoughts. Then Jessie lowered her voice a little. "I just wanted to thank you for helping us earlier." Once again, Buzz gave a little nod. And before anything else could have been said, they heard footsteps from the hallway.
The next morning Buzz saw her standing on the bed. He slowly climbed it and edged toward her. "Uh m-ma'm?" He stuttered. "I just wanted to say that you're a bright young woman with a beautiful yarn full of hair, er, hair full of yarn…" Buzz was butchering this. He turned to go, but to his surprise, she caught him. "Well aren't you the sweetest space toy I've ever met!"
After Wheezy's performance, Jessie took Buzz aside again. She pulled him in close to her face. Buzz could practically feel the plastic melting off his face. Then she made her move, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks again for everything," she whispered into his ear. And then she went off to meet the rest of the toys, skipping along. It was a day Buzz Lightyear would never forget.
