Chapter Six
It was dark and Andy was asleep but he wasn't alone, someone had decided to sleep over. One by one the toys carefully climbed out of the toy box and inspected the scene.
"That's not Wendy," said Rex, the first out of the box.
"Who is she?" asked Buzz.
"Shannon I think I heard was her name. Andy's girlfriend," said Woody climbing out.
"Way to go Andy," said Hamm as he stared at the two sleeping.
"What about Wendy? She was such a nice girl and they have been together for ages," said Mrs. Potatohead.
"But they were never 'together' they were just best friends. Like Buzz and I," explained Woody.
"Then where has Wendy been?" asked Slinky.
"Not here. I don't know the last time Wendy was here," said Mr. Potatohead.
"It was their movie night a week ago," said Buzz with a 'thinking' face.
"Poor Wendy, we have to help her!" said Jessie. Bullseye nodded excitedly.
"How?" asked Mr. Potatohead. Everyone stopped and tried to think up a way to help Wendy. That's when Woody's eyes landed on Andy's video camera.
"That's it!" he said.
"What's it?" asked Slinky.
"Sarg. we are going to need your help," said Woody. The tiny soldier saluted to him.
"What is your plan, Woody?" asked Buzz walking up to him.
"You remember how Andy's mum would always have the video camera out when they were younger?" asked Woody.
"Oh, I see, get Andy to watch those old videos," said Buzz.
"Then he'll realize he misses Wendy!" exclaimed Jessie.
"Shh!" hushed everyone else. They all glanced up at the sleeping teens who didn't even budge.
"Exactly," said Woody.
"How do we get him to watch the videos?" asked Rex.
"Put them in the player and when he is alone we'll turn it on," said Woody.
"I like it, it's so James Bond like," said Mrs. Potatohead.
"Who?" asked Mr. Potatohead.
The next day Shannon had gone home and Andy was sitting in his room talking to some friends online when his tv turned on.
"What?" he asked confused and turned around to look at it. He then saw that it was playing an old home video his mum had filmed when he was younger. In the scene he was outside in the front yard and him and Wendy had their toys scattered around the yard. They were playing superheroes. Andy smiled at the memory and continued to watch all of the tape.
When somebody loved me,
Everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart
Realizing he hadn't talked to Wendy in a while he decided it would be a good idea to call her. Her cell phone rang six times before being answered.
"Hello?" asked Wendy, "No, Samantha keep the glue on the paper. Hello?"
"Wendy?" he asked cursing inwardly at himself for forgetting she was at work.
"Andy?" she asked confused. She was trying to keep all the kids under control while they did arts and crafts.
"Yea," he said.
"Look, now isn't a good time, is it important, because I have a break in fifteen minutes you can call back then," she said.
"Oh, now, it's okay," he sighed.
"Okay, bye," she said hanging up.
And when she was sad,
I was there to dry her tears
And when she was happy,
So was I
When she loved me
Wendy hadn't talked to Andy in a long time, which was making her sad and everyone seemed to notice. She also didn't like him and Shannon together since she was only using him for his looks. She remembered when she overheard Shannon taking to her friends at the mall.
Wendy had gone to the mall to buy some new pants that weren't destroyed by toddlers when she saw Shannon and one of her friends looking at a rack next to her. She ignored them until they mentioned Andy.
"He is cute," said her friend.
"I know, and since he is now cute I decided he was alright to go out with him. I knew he use to have a crush on me, it was really pathetic before, but I decided to humour him," she said.
"Your parents did want you to give back this summer," said her friend.
"Right," said Shannon as they laughed. Wendy sighed and walked away from them after that.
And now she was forced to see Shannon constantly over at Andy's house. Luckily she was always at work and hung out with Bonnie everyday after work. Her parents hardly saw her anymore but when they did they noticed her change in behaviour.
"All right everyone time to head outside," said Wendy after the bell rang. They all ran outside and she shut the light off and headed outside.
"Hot day today huh?" asked Bonnie's mum walking up to her.
"Yea, summer had officially arrived," replied Wendy with a small smile.
"Do you have any big summer plans?"
"No, this is it," she said, "Oh hold on." Wendy walked over to the swings where one of the older girls had gotten her hair caught in the chain.
Andy sat in his room staring at his phone when his mum came in.
"Andy, what are you doing, don't you have to go walk the neighbour's dogs?" she asked.
"Oh yea," he said jumping up out of his chair.
"Don't forget sunscreen it is really hot out. And can you take Buster?" she asked.
"Yea," he said shoving his phone in his pocket and running down the stairs. He grabbed Buster's leash, found Buster, hooked his leash on, and was out the door. By the time he got to the first house he was already sweating: it was a really hot day.
The first house was on the other side of Wendy's house and Andy couldn't help but stop and look up at her house. He shook his head and moved on.
Through the summer and the fall
We had each other, that was all
Just she and I together,
Like it was meant to be
"Did it work?" asked Rex from inside the toy box.
"No," said Mr. Potatohead.
"Do you think Wendy has given up on Andy?" asked Slinky.
"There is only one way to find out," said Woody.
"Call her and pretend to be Andy," said Buzz slamming his fist in his open hand. The others stared at him.
"What- no. We have to ask her toys," said Woody giving Buzz a weird look.
"All right who is going?" asked Jessie. Bullseye got excited hoping he would be able to go.
"Woody, sir, we will gladly go and talk with the requested toys," said Sarg. from a corner in the box.
"All right Sarg. I suggest going tonight once everyone is asleep, that will be the safest," said Woody.
"Sir, yes sir," replied Sarg.
"What kind of toys did Wendy have again?" asked Hamm.
"I don't know," said Woody, "anything could have happen between the last time we saw them and now."
Wendy arrived home late, once again, but as she was walking into her house she saw Andy getting out of his car. He was alone tonight. He spotted her and ran over to her after locking his car.
"Hey Wendy, haven't seen each other in a while," he said with a smile on his face. Wendy nodded.
"Yeah, I've been busy," she said glancing down at her shoes.
"Same here. We should get together and do something. Are you free tomorrow?" he asked. It felt strange to him asking her if she was free, he never had to make an appointment before to hang out. He finally realized just how far apart they had become.
"Oh, I have some free time after work, but not much. I have to baby sit almost right after," she said shifting her bag on her shoulder. She didn't want to look at Andy because she felt it would hurt too much. She really missed him and with him out of her life she felt all alone.
"Okay, see you then," he said awkwardly.
"Yeah," she said and then turned and went into her house. Andy watched her walk into her house and continued to stare at the house until he turned and entered his. He felt something inside of him as he watched her turn and leave with such a depressed expression. He felt guilty, he felt responsible, and he felt he had to fix it.
And when she was lonely,
I was there to comfort her
And I knew that she loved me
Unnoticeable at night the tiny green men made their way up to Wendy's room where she was sound asleep. Her toys were out and about and froze when they spotted the tiny green army men.
"We are here on a mission from Andy's toys," said Sarg.
"Andy? Really?" asked a Kirby doll.
"We haven't heard about Andy in a while," said James the Spider. A tinkling noise was heard and a collectable Tinkerbell doll floated down nodding her head.
"Who is the toy that sees everything?" asked Sarg.
"Well there are us who are on the bed," said James, "and that would be me and Kirby, the others can't talk. They are microbes." Sarg. looked up and spotted the giant Flesh Eatting Disease and Toxic Mold toys on the edge of the bed and nodded.
"The other in the closet can't talk either, they just make noises," said Kirby pointing to the Totoro dolls on the bookshelf.
"Are you and the spider the only talking toys?" asked Sarg.
"No, I think the one you should talk to, is Darth Tater, he sees all," said James. Just then a deep breathing could be heard and a Mr. Potatohead came out, only it was dressed up to look like Darth Vader.
"So, we have guests?" asked Darth Tater with deep breathing.
"Sir, Darth Tater, sir, we are here to ask about the feelings of your owner," said Sarg.
"Wendy?" he asked, "she has been depressed."
"And how does she feel about Andy?" asked Sarg.
"She and Andy have grown apart. She has always deeply cared for him but currently she is heartbroken," said Darth Tater.
"Sir, thank you, sir. We shall take our leave and do everything we can to help your owner," said Sarg. saluting Darth Tater.
"Go, and may the force be with you."
So the years went by
I stayed the same
But she began to drift away
Wendy and Andy sat across from each other at a table in their favourite coffee shop. It was a little afternoon tea, and each had a pastry. Wendy was staring into her tea cup and stirring her tea while Andy was chewing a couple of bites from his éclair.
"So how is Sunnyside?" he asked after swallowing. The only thing they had said to each other was 'hi' when they met up so Wendy jumped slightly when he spoke.
"Fine," she replied not looking away from her tea. Andy reached out to touch her hand that was resting on the table but she moved it.
"Wendy, can you tell me what is wrong?" he asked finally getting to the point.
"I'm just tired, I work all the time," she said.
"Well maybe you need to take a break for yourself," he said.
"And do what?" she asked glancing up at him.
"Relax-" started but his phone rang, interrupting him. He looked at the screen and answered it, quickly holding up a finger signalling 'one moment' to Wendy.
"Hey," he said, "I'm actually out with Wendy right now…No it's not a date more like afternoon tea…sure we can talk…okay…see you then." He hung up and put his phone back into his pocket.
"Sorry," he said.
"Look Andy, there is nothing wrong with. I'm happy you are having a fun summer with the girl you've always wanted. I have to go now," Wendy stood up, chugged her tea, and left without a glance back.
I was left alone
Still I waited for the day
When she'd say I will always love you
Andy was shocked, she had just somewhat admitted as to what was wrong with her. He knew she didn't mean to, but she had. She was upset with him. For as long as they had known each other they had spent summer together but this year, majority of summer so far they spent it apart.
He had to get his best friend back, he'd finally seen the light and now he had to fix this mess he created.
"Hello, Shannon, can you meet me at my house now?" he asked into his phone. He really liked Shannon and really wanted to go out with her, but she wasn't Wendy. He wasn't going to jeopardize his relationship with Wendy just to be with a girl who he had a mere crush on. He wanted- no, needed Wendy in his life.
It was day time when the tiny green army men made it back to Andy's room where the other toys were waiting.
"So what did you find out?" asked Woody.
"Sir, Wendy is heartbroken," said Sarg.
"Oh how sad," said Mrs. Potatohead.
"She still cares for Andy," said Jessie.
"Women," said Mr. Potatohead to Hamm.
"So what do we plan to do next?" asked Buzz. Woody was about to answer when they heard footsteps. They quickly got back into the toy box and Andy came into his room with Shannon.
"Not her," said Jessie getting angry but Buzz held her back.
"You may want to sit down," said Andy. Shannon sat down on his bed while he took a seat in his desk chair.
"What is this all about, Andy?" asked Shannon.
"Look, it has been fun, but I realized being with you is not fair to someone else," said Andy.
"It's Wendy isn't it? She told you what I said at the mall that one day she was eavesdropping, didn't she?" said Shannon standing up.
"What? No, you said something about me?" he asked confused.
"I should have known by the way she looked at you," she said.
"Wait, what?" he asked confused. Shannon rolled her eyes and sat back down.
"She loves you Andy, but she respects you too much to tell you what I said. She has always looked at you with love in her eyes, but you never noticed, which really didn't surprise me," she said.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes, now are we done here?" she asked.
"No hard feelings?" he asked holding his hand out.
"Right," she said shaking his hand and then leaving. Andy sighed and turned to his laptop. He opened it up and found the pictures from his and Wendy's graduation party and he looked at the ones where Wendy was looking at him. He stared at her expression and saw what Shannon was talking about.
He couldn't help but think back to the past few weeks and when she saw Wendy. She looked so sad and he knew he was the reason.
"Oh what have I done?" he asked putting his head in his hands.
Lonely and forgotten,
I'd never thought she'd look my way
Wendy came home exhausted and feeling really low. She got out of her car and nearly fell over. It was around midnight now so she was pretty tired. She had been getting up at five and getting home around midnight and she wasn't sleeping very well. She said it was because she was dedicated to her work but she knew better. But there was nothing she could do; she hardly slept at night and it wasn't for lack of trying, she just had a lot on her mind all the time.
She closed her car door and locked it, slowly making her way around her car when she tripped on her own shoe dragging on the ground.
"Whoa, I got you," said Andy. He had been waiting for her to come home.
"Thanks," she said leaning on him for support.
"Here," he said wrapping her arm around his neck. They awkwardly continued to walk up to her house. When they got in next were the stairs. Wendy said she was fine to go on alone but Andy knew better.
He turned around and kneeled so his back was facing her.
"Come on, like good old ties," he said remembering a scene from the hoe video where he was giving Wendy a piggy back ride through sprinklers one summer.
Wendy sighed, but still smiled and got on his back. He tucked his arms around her knees and she hugged him from behind. He continued the journey carefully upstairs and to her room, trying not to wake her parents. He went into her room and pulled the comforter down before turning around and setting Wendy on her bed. He laughed at the fact that the small ride from the bottom of the stairs to her room had put her to sleep.
He took her bag off and set in the ground, then he took her shoes off and laid her down in her bed and pulled the comforter up. He smoothed her hair down before going over to her desk and leaving a note for her.
And she smiled at me and held me just like she used to do
Like she loved me
When she loved me
Andy headed back home after locking up Wendy's house and made his way into his house. He rummaged through the attic for more home videos and decided to watch all of them. As he watched them he kept a close eye on Wendy's expression every time she was with him or looked at him. It was the same expression that was in the graduation party pictures. She really did love him, but was it so still?
He finished the videos and decided sleep would be the best bet he had right now.
When somebody loved me
Everything was beautiful
Every hour we spent together lives within my heart
"When she loved me," he said before falling to sleep with the images of their childhood still fresh in his mind.
A/n: Now this one was long. I was thinking of putting it into two parts but I didn't want to break up the song. This song was my favourite out of all of the Toy Story songs so I couldn't break it up.
I leave for New York tomorrow, so I will be writing I just don't know how much updating I will be doing.
And today I got more toys at the Disney Store. My Stretch came in the mail yesterday, and today when I went to the Disney Store to get a job application I couldn't resist getting Trixie, Wheezy, and the main evil dog from Up whose name I forgot but gets the malfunctioning dog collar so his voice is squeaky. Tomorrow I have to go back to turn in the application and already I know I won't be able to resist buying more. Yea.
I would like to thank all of you who have reviewed, it still amazes me how many of you are reading my story and how I get a full inbox everyday almost. Thanks and please keep reviewing.
-Charlotte