Hi. I thought this story was way too long to be one chapter. So, I decided to reupload the story and break it up into different chapters.
The story itself is still the same, just know. It's still the first story, so don't think it's brand new. This is still the first James x Percy story I made.
It was a beautiful Spring day in 2016 on the Island of Sodor. All the engines around the island were always ready to get to work when they needed. But the one engine that was always overexcited and vain is none other than James The Red Engine. Everyone knows how egotistic, vain, and what a show off he was, but he didn't care. The reason why he was so ready today was because he had been dating Molly for over a week and was starting to fall for her. However, unknown to James, Molly was already starting to get annoyed at James. He would always cut her off when she's talking, ignore her requests, talk about how great he is as always, and has been late for more than 20 minutes on 3 dates already. Molly might give him one more chance or else she'll be done with him.
On the other side of the Island of Sodor, Percy The Small Engine has always been known for being clumsy, concerning, and sometimes dumb. But everyone still thinks he's a cute, helpful engine that is nice to everyone, even people and engines he doesn't like. The one thing that Percy wanted though was to have a girlfriend, to be like his best friend Thomas, who has Emily. There wasn't really any girl engine on the island that he would want, they were either already taken or not his type. But the one engine that he had eyes on was Rosie. Percy thought she was just like him, cute, helpful, and hard-working. Percy hopes to ask her on a date, but he doesn't want to mess up anything, he wanted it to end perfectly.
After work was over at 6:00 pm, Percy decided it was time to ask Rosie. Percy soon found Rosie sitting near the Yards.
" Hey Rosie, it's Percy " Percy said starting the conversation.
" Hi Percy, you need some help? " Rosie said back.
" No, but their is something I would like to ask " Percy said nervous. Rosie was intrigued.
" What is it " she said making Percy more nervous and blushing. Percy's driver Patrick told him to just be slow and calm, don't try to rush it.
" Uh, would you be okay if you and I just went out on a little date, because I want to try and find someone I like " said Percy very calm. Rosie was shocked what she heard, she wasn't actually sure what to say, she didn't want to say no though. What she was about to say was going to be risky to her.
" OK Percy, you and I can go out a bit tonight, how about at the Black Loch " Rosie said to the little saddle. Percy was just glad she wanted to.
"Amazing, see you there " Percy said excited and steamed away, but Rosie steamed away feeling guilty.
On James's side, he was gonna be ready to go on a date with Molly tonight at the end of the pier at the Docks. James's driver Jake, who was also vain like him, but more less egotistic was helping get ready by...uh using makeup. Why?
James asked him to do one more thing. Jake wasn't okay with it. " James, I blew a blow dryer on your face, put eyeliner on you, and put large rings around your buffers. But I'm NOT putting lip balm on your lips, OK " Jake said very done. James did always talk about his paintwork and splendidness, but he also began talking about how handsome, hot, and sexy he is.
"Just do it, I want Molly to be surprised " James said demanding.
" Fine. Strawberry Coconut or Blueberry Pie? " Jake said holding both balms.
" Strawberry, duh, its red, red's the best " James said very vain. Jake just sighed and put it on James's lips and closed his eyes. This moment will forever be his worst experience ever.
Rosie was sitting in her shed waiting for someone in particular. She wasn't confident on what she was doing, because she had something else with her. She looked up and saw someone coming, that someone was Stanley, Rosie's boyfriend.
Rosie and Stanley had their discussion about Rosie's decision to go on a date with Percy. Stanley was a little upset by it, but he understands why Rosie said yes, to not sadden Percy.
" My advice, after the date is over, tell him that you're not ready to date and maybe he'll understand " Stanley said to Rosie. Rosie didn't know what else to do, so she agreed with Stanley's advice.
Meanwhile, James was waiting at the Wash down after getting a very shiny clean for Molly. Percy soon came up next to him.
"Hey James, guess what? " Percy said to him. "Fine, What? " James said not interested.
" I'm going on a date with Rosie " Percy said happily. James wasn't really thrilled about it, also lucky for Percy that James doesn't know about Rosie and Stanley.
"That's great, you're going on a date with the most annoying, loudest, and tomboyish engine, Congratulations " James said laughing. Percy didn't want to listen to James's teasing like he always does to him, so he took off to find his date.
Jake soon came back from washing the tools after cleaning James and saw something.
"James, I think there's a small little drop of tar on your tender " Jake said examining. James was already pissed.
" I thought you said I looked perfectly spiffy! " James said yelling. " Just clean it off already, damn! " Jake was already annoyed by James's behavior and already wishes Molly would leave him.
Molly then came up to James after Jake finished and was gonna tell him what they were going to do tonight.
" I think we should start by going to the top of... " before Molly could finish, James once again interrupted her. " No, you said we were going to the end of the pier and watch the waves, we're not changing " James said kinda rude. Molly once again couldn't stand James cutting her off and ignoring her.
" OK, then how about after the pier, we can go have a race to the Mainland and we can go home and sleep " Molly said. James however wasn't fond of those plans. He knew that he would beat Molly and he wanted to do more than sleep when they got home.
"Alright, let's go " James said very unexcited. Molly was ready, ready to tell James to move on.
Percy and Rosie were ready for their date. Rosie just went as herself, while Percy wanted to look good. He went and got some decorations put on him to look nice and splendid like James, but not like him at all actually.
Percy soon arrived with Rosie at Knapford and were ready to go. Percy was planning to then ask Rosie to be his girlfriend, while Rosie was gonna tell Percy to just be friends with her.
This is how both dates ended up.
James and Molly went up and down hill, quite literally. They started by sliding down Gordon's Hill on their way to the docks and Molly ended up getting leaves in her face from a bush that James hit. Once they were at the docks, Salty was telling a tale to Porter right next to them and James got annoyed and tried to blow them off with his steam, but instead he blew one of the workers off the pier and into the water. Molly tried telling James about her story on when she first arrived on Sodor, but James was more interested in telling her on how he got his "handsome" red paint. Lastly, the date ended with the race to the Mainland, Molly was given a 20 second head start, and James started to pass her many times. The race was cut short, due to Molly getting stopped by a signal and James not even caring to help her. Molly was so done with him.
Percy and Rosie's date went way better though. They took a stroll around the Black Loch looking at the lake, trees, seals, and stars. Their was a moment where a seal came from the lake and starting digging in the sand, probably for hiding something. After that, the two went near a restaurant and asked for some drinks. (Yes, the engines in my universe can drink OK, deal with it) Lastly, the two decided to sing with each other outside a club near Downtown. Some songs they sang were slow songs, old songs, and even Steam Team songs that Percy's driver Patrick is apart of, while Rosie's driver Riley plays the guitar for them. The two finally went back to Knapford to talk about the date.
At about 10:00pm, the two "couples" assembled and talked about some stuff that'll be hurtful.
Percy began to tell Rosie his request. " Rosie, tonight was great. So, do you want to you know, be more than my date, like uh...what is it, my girlfriend " Percy said very nervous and blushing. Rosie was really sad, she didn't want Percy to be sad, but she couldn't date him, she had Stanley who she loves a lot.
" Percy, you're cute, helpful, strong, and cheeky. I think it's really nice that you want to be more with me. But I don't think that you're really the guy I want to have " Rosie said making Percy's smile disappear. " It's not that I think you're bad and all, I just feel like you and I aren't really right for each other. I know you want a girlfriend and I understand, because I'm not dating anyone either " Rosie just lied. The only people that knew about Rosie and Stanley were Harvey, Rocky, Caitlyn, Connor, and Flora.
Percy wanted to cry, but he wanted to say one more thing. "Does that mean you're still friends with me? " he said to the tomboy engine.
"Of course we're still friends, we can still hang out as friends if you want to, okay " Rosie said that Percy was able to take.
" Okay, thanks for understanding " Percy said before leaving actually crying. Rosie felt horrible, not just for rejecting him, but for lying to him.
Meanwhile, James and Molly arrived near Molly's shed and James thought they were gonna have some "fun", but not at all.
"So, you wanna enjoy this moment? " James said seductively. Molly was not acting excited at all though.
" James, we need to talk " Molly started making him confused. " All week long you haven't been anywhere to being a good, nice, protective boyfriend. You always cut me off when I'm talking, don't agree to do what I want to do, and you always just showboat on how handsome you are. Which I don't think I should call you handsome " Molly said that ripped James's heart into pieces.
" I'm sorry, but I can't be with someone so egotistic and vain like you. I need someone who cares more about the people around them and shows respect to me " Molly said worried that James would scream at her.
James just sat there emotional. He thought Molly would be the perfect fit for him.
"Okay, if that's what you want, I guess I'll leave you alone " James said before leaving crying like Percy. Molly also felt terrible, but she had to dump James, it wasn't gonna get better.
Both James and Percy had returned to Tidmouth both sad, neither knew why the other was sad, but they didn't care. They drifted off to sleep hoping for a better day tomorrow after both getting dumped, well just James got dumped.
The next couple chapters will be uploaded very soon.
Again, the story is the exact same. I just wanted to break it up.