Chapter 4:

"Boys, I'd like you to meet one of the best friends I have ever had! This is Trixie Paint; she was my best friend all through high school and my roommate in college!" Celia sounded so giddy and just like a little girl. After she caught her breath and stopped giggling she added, "Oh, I guess I should introduce you all, first!" She turned to Trixie and gestured to Mike, "This is my wonderful…Boyfriend, Michael Waszowski!" She gave Mike a quick kiss and then went back to Trixie, wrapping an arm around her. "And this is Sull-" Celia started to introduce Trixie to Sulley, but it was evident she didn't need an introduction.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" Trixie exclaimed in high pitched scream, "Mr. Sullivan, I can't believe I'm actually meeting you! I know I sound absolutely crazy, but I just admire your discovery soooo much!"

"What discovery?" Sulley asked, he was lost in his gaze. He wouldn't want to say captivated, but that's what it was. Sulley suddenly felt a wave of butterflies in his stomach; I haven't felt this way since… Hailey. Sulley was stunned at how gorgeous this monster before him stood. Sure, Celia was pretty; he'd never denied that when Mike spoke of her. But this Trixie was stunning! Trixie had a lean figure, and was much shorter than Celia, maybe about 5'0 tall. She resembled, what human might call it, a cat that stood on 2 legs. She was very furry, pale baby pink fur covered her body and looked much the same as Sulley's fur. Dotted sporadically about her body were blood-red hearts. She had light blue eyes and cherry red lips that, at the moment, she covered with her paw that much resembled Sulley's, only much smaller. She had a cat-like tail and ears. If anyone were to ask him to describe her physically, he would've struggled insanely because she looked so much like him, with the fur and the paws and claws, but at the same time she was unlike any monster he'd ever seen with her delicate cat-like face and body, and the color of her fur… He'd never seen such a feminine color. Her eyes were hypnotic and seemed youthful and playful. So dazed he was hardly in reality, he asked in a buffoonish voice,

"What?"

"You, basically, singlehandedly transformed what we have all been taught from childhood! I always felt that terrorizing human children was not the right way to support ourselves! When you revolutionized that, I was so happy that we finally could support ourselves and amuse humans! You are such a great role model and I admire you so much!" Trixie enthused giddily. Sulley was certain he was blushing; nobody had ever called him a role model before. The feeling that Trixie had given him by saying how she admired him and that he was a role model, sit was crazy, he didn't see himself like that and it was hard to believe that anyone else could.

"Well thank you Mrs.….?"

"Miss Paint." Trixie lent Sulley a hand at her name.

"Okay, Miss Paint, thank you, but I didn't do it alone. In fact, I never could've done it had Mikey not been there with me." Sulley glanced at Mike and smiled, this was nothing new, Sulley hsd random people come up to him quite often asking or praising his 'discovery' and he never took all the credit. "Mike, here, is my best friend and went through just as much as I did. Every step of the way he was there for me and I couldn't have asked for a better friend that gave better support." He spoke seriously, sternly, and truthfully with each word being totally sincere in its meaning.

"That's humble, sweet, but I don't see the need to be modest in your society-changing detection." The cat-like monster laughed, but Sulley got irked instantly and replied hotly and in a rush,

"He deserves every ounce of credit I do, and I will not deny him of it, even if everyone else does! Therefore I will not sit here and standby smiling and talking when some glitzy wannabe superstar is standing, essentially, making fun of him!" Sulley snapped at Trixie, whose jaw went ajar. Celia was torn, it was evident. She still had her arm around the other female, but her gaze drifted between Mike and Sulley. Trixie, trying to hide the shock in her voice began to apologize,

"I… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult anyone, trust me; I would never try to hurt someone or something. I really just lost my train of thought there. I just came in here to have some lunch before returning to my job, and then I happened to see Ceil. I came over to say hi to her, and then I saw you. I am a hugely support what you did Mr. Sullivan." Sulley didn't hear a thing Trixie said, sure she was beautiful but he didn't like her… Why he didn't know. She just seemed, he felt, to give off an arrogant feeling. He gave a slight cough to remind her to mention Mike. Trixie wasn't too stupid; she picked up on it as she turned to Mike, "thanks for standing by Mr. Sullivan, Mr. …? I forget the name I'm sorry, Mike." Celia whispered Mike's last name in Trixie's ear, "Thanks Mr. Waszowski." She glanced up at Celia, "Well I guess I should go get some lunch, it's not like my lunch break will last forever." Celia felt like maybe she was imposing on the boys by doing what she did next, but she did it anyway,

"Oh, Trixie, do stay and eat some lunch with us!" She invited. Then she glanced at Mike, "Sweetheart, would you mind terribly moving next to Sulley?"

"Anything for you, my lady." Mike reseated himself next to Sulley and jabbed him in the side. Sulley glanced down at him and Mike mentioned for him to lean down, he did, and Mike whispered, "What do you think? Are you bitten Sulley? Are you shot? Are your knees trembling and feel as if you stand up you will simply topple over because you are so taken?"

"Mike…" Sulley whispered back with a blank look on his face, "Do you need some time off? I think you've inhaled a little too many factory fumes, because I have no idea what you're saying." Mike was exasperated,

"You think she's pretty." Mike said slowly, poking fun at Sulley, "Got it?"

"Yeah I understand, and of course I do! She's stunning! I don't think any guy could deny that." Sulley responded. Mike slapped him on the back with a smirk and, though he wanted to be louder and tease Sulley whole-heartily, kept his voice low so the girls wouldn't hear them, "Did the love bug bite you? Did that fat baby, Culid, Cunif, Culic..."

"Cupid." Sulley helped his friend out.

"Yeah! Did he shoot you with his arrow?" Mike put on a look that made Sulley feel like he was staring directly into his soul.

"No. No. And, before you start, no my knees aren't week. Now shu-"

"Michael, will you please give me and Trixie the salt?" Celia interrupted

"Well, Trixie, I hate to say this but the boys and I need to get back to work. It was nice seeing you, we need to meet again, and maybe we can even go on a double date.

"That would be great, Celia, but I don't have a boyfriend or husband… I'm single, but I would love to see you soon!" Mike and Celia strolled out of the restaurant hand in hand. Sulley fell behind, paying the bill and finding his keys to his office. Trixie stayed on, continuing her lunch, as she began eating much later than the original trio. "Mr. Sullivan." Trixie said, monotone, looking up at him with those piercing pale blue eyes,

"Hm?" He mumbled, glancing down at her, he was standing now.

"I'm sorry; truly, I didn't mean to come off as smug and cocky earlier. I admire what you and Mr. Waszowski did to transform, what will eventually be, the whole monster world, I'm sure. "That made Sulley nod his head, he appreciated her taking the initiative to speak to him alone, and to apologize in private. Maybe she's not just a dumb snob. Sulley questioned his previous judgment.

"Thank you, I appreciate it." He bit his tongue, and then said, "I am sorry too, for the way I exploded on you earlier. I was just, I guess, mad and I didn't realize how I exploded on you. It wasn't fair, and you didn't deserve it." Sulley apologized.

"Thank you; I know how hard it is for anyone to swallow their pride, especially men." She flashed her perfectly white teeth. Sulley smiled, he was amused.

"Well I got to go back to work." He smiled, extended his hand, Trixie took it, shaking hands in a truce and also bidding each other farewell in the way most strangers would. Sulley began to head for the door, back to work.

A/N I know this took me a little bit to write, I feel like this is a good sequence from the beginning to middle of story. What do you think so far? Is there anything in particular you'd like to see? As always, my dear readers let me know in reviews!