This chapter is a lot better than the last one, i promise.
Her Best Friend
The next morning the fairies were at the Pixie Hallow tree to get their daily dose of pixie dust from the dust keepers. Tink came up to the blonde dust keeper with the acorn hat with a smile on her face. This was Terrence, the sparrow man Rosetta said she should be with since spring is "the season of love". Terrence was really cute, his blonde hair was always perfect and his eyes were amazing, even Tink had to admit that, but they were just best friends; that's all they were.
"Hey Terrence," she said.
"'Sup Tink?" He gave her her pixie dust.
She flew next to him and stood in the huge piled of pixie dust next to him. She picked some up in her hands then blew it making it float everywhere.
Some get in Terrence's eyes and he rubbed it away and turned around and saw Tinkerbell playing in it. "Hey." He grabbed her wrists and made her drop the rest that she'd picked up. "You know the rules, no extra."
Tink pouted. "Aw c'mon, not even for your best friend who has done so much for you in the past and even shared a muffin with you last week…"
Terrence put his hand over her mouth. "No guilt trips either." He picked up some pixie dust and poured it on her. "Happy now?"
Tink giggled. "Of course."
Terrence smirked and turned back to the fairies who were receiving their pixie dust but there were none in front of him. "Huh, what do you know, none left."
Tink shook her head and laughed. "Thanks Mr. Obvious."
Terrence pushed her arm. "Shut up!"
Tink smirked. "Tell me to shut up huh? I'll show you."
"Them's fighting words Miss Bell," Terrence said looking smug. He tackled her and she squealed as they both fell into the pixie dust making a big splash of gold.
"Terrence!" she yelled rolling on top of him. He pushed her off and she fell on her back. Then he picked up a handful of pixie dust and threw it at her hitting her in the face without really meaning to. She glared at him pretending to be mad but he could see through that and could tell she wasn't really mad. She threw pixie dust at him as well. They went back and forth then she jumped him again. He got handfuls of pixie dust and poured it on her head then he pushed her over while she threw some at him. They went back and forth again laughing and getting golden splashes of pixie dust on everything.
"Ahem!"
They stopped and saw Fairy Gary, the dust keeper boss, glaring at them and the other dust keepers were staring at them and the mess they'd made. Tink and Terrence stood up and dropped the pixie dust in their hands red faced and embarrassed.
"What is this mess? You were supposed to be passing out pixie dust to the fairies, not throwing pixie dust at her!" Fairy Gary said gesturing to how much they were covered in pixie dust.
"But we finished with all the fairies…" Terrence said trying to cover it up.
"That's no excuse."
"I'm sorry sir."
"Clean this up, now." Fairy Gary handed them both broomsticks then left with the rest of the dust keepers.
They started to sweep the pixie dust back to the center."I'm sorry I got you in trouble," Tink said.
Terrence smiled. "It's okay. It's not your fault." He reached over and brushed the pixie dust out of her hair. Then he slid his hand down to her cheek and brushed his thumb across it. Tink blushed as he did this and she felt butterflies fill her stomach. Terrence realized what he was doing and turned back to sweeping the pixie dust up.
Tinkerbell somehow felt disappointed about this. She touched her cheek where he'd touched her. She could practically feel him still touching her there. She shook her head to get the thoughts out. But she looked at him again feeling the butterflies fly fiercely around her stomach. He wasn't facing her but she could still see his face. His brow was furrowed like he was deep in thought. A few strands of his hair fell down his nose. His muscles flexed a little while he swept the last bit of pixie dust up. She had the sudden urge to go over and touch him.
He looked up at her and leaned on the broom. "What?"
"What?" Tinkerbell said in a confused tone even though she knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Why are you staring at me Tink? Is there something on my face?" He brushed his face.
Tink laughed. "Nothing but pixie dust. It makes you look…sparkly."
Terrence snickered. "Sparkly huh? Okay…" he said laughing. "You done with that broom?" She handed it to him and he put it away. He came back over to her and put his arm around her shoulders as they flew out away from the tree. "So what do ya wanna do now Tink? Go to Winter Woods and make a snowman."
"Are you crazy? It's freezing there! Maybe if I had a coat."
"Alright, you've got a point there. How about we go swimming?"
"Alright."
They flew to Summer Glade and went to the lake although halfway there Tink ended up chasing Terrence there. They weren't paying attention to where they were going and ended up flying into a cherry blossom tree. Some of the leaves fell out and floated to the ground.
"What the…"Fawn was below them feeding some squirrels when the flowers fell on her. Fawn was another one of their friends. She was an animal talent fairy, tomboyish and feisty she wasn't afraid to get down and dirty and she always wore her long hair in her signature single braid down her back. She looked up and saw Tinkerbell and Terrence laughing.
Tink and Terrence looked down. "Sorry 'bout that Fawn!" Terrence called to her.
"It's okay. What are you two doing?"
"We're going to the lake," Tinkerbell replied.
"Have fun." Fawn looked back at the squirrels she was feeding. "Here you go little one," she said handing them more nuts.
Terrence and Tink flew over Summer Glade to the lake which was currently inhabited by butterflies. They landed by some azalea bushes near the waterfall. Terrence took off his acorn hat and put it on the ground then he took off his shirt. Tinkerbell couldn't help but stare. Sure she'd seen him shirtless once before when they went swimming but today, the way the morning light hit him made him looked incredible. He had the most amazing abs and muscles which only complimented him more.
"Coming?" Terrence said.
Tink snapped out of her trance. "Um, I don't have a swim suit or anything." She knew she should have said that before they came butt it was too late now.
Terrence shrugged. "So? T doesn't matter." He smirked."I won't violate you or anything."
Tink smirked and proceeded to take off her green dress. "You'd better not. Last one in is a rotten firefly!" She said jumping into the lake wearing only a bra and underwear.
"Hey, no fair!" Terrence yelled jumping in after her. She swam over to the waterfall and he followed her. She went on the other side of it and splashed him. "Tink!" He splashed her back then went under the waterfall to the side she was on but he didn't see her. He looked behind him and found her laughing and saw she'd moved to where he'd been.
"Come and get me dust boy." She swam away.
"You're gonna get it tinker girl!" Terrence swam after her. He found her sitting on a rock with her legs crossed. Now it was his turn to stare. Her wet hair fell across her face and her bangs hung down to her nose. She didn't realize it but her bra hung down just a little. Tink was so curvy and well…sexy.
"Whatcha looking at? Spot a hot fairy?"
"As a matter of fact, yes." He bit his tongue for saying that. Why was he thinking about Tinkerbell this way? She was his best friend, he wasn't supposed to be thinking about her curves or kissing her soft lips. He kicked himself mentally for thinking that.
Tinkerbell blushed wondering if he was talking about her. She jumped back in the water on the other side of the rock hoping he didn't see her blush. She started to swim back over to him and he came to her looking like he had something up his sleeve. Then her foot slipped on something underwater and she lost her balance and fell into him. He caught her and she ended up pressed against his chest. His arms were around her waist and hers were around his neck. They were looking into each other's eyes surprised by what had happened but deep inside they were pleased by it. She brushed his wet hair out of his eyes so she could see them better. She felt his breath on her face. The moment was perfect. Every bone in Terrence's body screamed "Kiss Her!" And he wanted to.
She knew what was about to happen. But she also knew it wasn't right. She and Terrence were just friends; that was all. She didn't want to ruin that. She pushed away from him and didn't notice the disappointed look on his face. "I have to go Terrence." She started to get out of the lake.
"C'mon Tink, it's not even twelve o clock," he said not wanting her to leave.
She slipped her dress back on. "I have work to do, and I don't want Fairy Mary to yell at me. Bye." She flew off and Terrence watched her go sadly.
