Chapter 9:Fawning

Ilia headed out from a long day at work at the town hall. The bell at the town hall was ringing to declare that it was 9 pm on September 21st, 2016. He went to the Roost to get a drink of some sweet Kilimanjaro coffee... and to also have a chat with the silent Brewster, because he actually likes Brewster and his "chill" personality.

When he got to the Roost, he sat down on the counter to say...

"Hey, Brewster, how's your day?"

"Great. Now let me guess, Kilimanjaro with 3 spoons of sugar," Brewster remembers what he gets, cause Ilia visits him once a day, sometimes, even twice since they both get along very well.

"You got it!"

"Well, as you wish, my friend," Brewster mumbled, still showing his seriousness to his pal. While he was preparing Ilia's coffee, they both had a quick conversation. That was until a deer entered and sat next to Ilia at the counter.

"One Mocha please, with lots of milk, and 3 spoons of sugar," said the beautiful deer with her soothing voice.

"Thank you," said Brewster grabbing her money. Meanwhile, Ilia's coffee was still being warmed up, but that wasn't important to him, if not it was the sweet girl sitting next to him. Ilia's mind was in a new dimension.

"Hi there," Ilia had the balls to say something to her.

"Hi," the deer said. Ilia kept staring at her without realizing it, because he got lost in his mind. The deer was getting creeped out, "Umm, you okay there?" Her questioning woke Ilia up from his daydreams.

"Oh, nothing, my apologies, uhh," Ilia now got nervous because he thought that she knew what Ilia was thinking about.

"Oh, it's nothing. So, I never got your name, who are you?," the deer asked. She grabbed her coffe and took a sip out of the cup.

"Well, my name is Ilia Peeper. I came from a country that I still don't know the name of," he said.

"Oh...Wait, I think I heard that name somewhere. Hmm, let me think, umm," the deer was trying to remember how and where she heard the name, Ilia, "Oh gosh, I-I can't remember."

"Me, Ilia, the mayor of Melville," he replied. The deer finally knew who he is, and a bit shocked at that.

"Oh, you are the mayor here. Oh god, well, I am glad to have finally met you in person. I would love to learn more about you. So, can I ask you when is your birthday?," the deer asked nicely, while drinking her coffee.

"My birthday is on March 3rd," replied Ilia, "How about your's?"

"Mine is on the 26th of March," commented the deer, "Yep, we are both born in the same month, funny right?" She took another sip of her coffee.

"Haha, yep," he did laugh a bit there, "So, what's your name, miss?" He finally got his coffe from Brewster, and took a sip out of it.

"Oh, umm, my name is Fauna. I hava an older brother and a younger sister," she said, "Yeah, I don't have to worry about the negatives of being the oldest or the youngest. Although even if I was the oldest, I wouldn't be a meanie to my siblings, because I love them, because they are all important to me and to my future. Meanwhile, friends just leave you behind when they don't like you anymore. That's why we should appreciate our brothers and sisters, because in the end, they will be there in your dark times. And.. oh, did I went too far with my speech there?," Fauna said, without realizing what she had just said.

"No, it's okay," Ilia said, "But, you know what, I kind of liked that. I find you a good person, so can I be your friend? I could use some of those right now." He is kind of worried that he could have blown his little secret.

"Oh, do you truly want to be my friend?," Fauna asked, her cheeks were getting more red than before, "Well, here is my number, anytime you need anything, just hit me up, and I can do my best to help you out, mayor. And before I go, I just wanted to say, you seem like a nice person, that's why I would be very happy to be your friend. Sorry, but I need to go to work at this time, but I do hope your day goes very well."

"Oh, well, thanks, the same to you," Ilia offered her a handshake to show her how "respectful" he is.

"Well, see you later, Ilia," Fauna left, leaving a ten bell tip for the silent pigeon. Ilia stayed at Brewster's for a little while.

"So, how are you liking it here, Mayor?," the pigeon asked, "People here like you a lot, and in just a couple of weeks at that. You've been taking better care than the old mayor has done."

"Well, I never thought I'd be popular so fast, now, I made new friends here. I don't know everyone yet here, but I would like to know everyone here at Melville. But, well, being very busy can be tiring, but with Isabelle by my side, there is nothing to worry about. And speaking of which, I think I had to go somewhere today, now, where was I supposed to go today," and then, he remembered with scary thoughts on how he forgot about her. "Shit, I had to go to Rosie's house at like six or something, well, sorry Brewster, but I have to go." He left forgetting to tip his best friend, Brewster. Brewster, however, didn't mind that his buddy didn't left him anything for tips. Leaving the Roost, Ilia sprinted through the town, heading to Rosie's house. While heading to her house, Ilia got trapped by a pitfall seed. A blue frog saw him trying to find a way out. The frog quickly ran towards Ilia's direction and grabbed his hand, pulling as hard as he could to set the Mayor free. He kept pulling, until the weak little frog couldn't do anything about it anymore. That was until a dark blue bear cub showed up.

"Ahh!," Ilia screamed in fright, "Someone get me out of this hellhole, please... somebody!" The bear cub started pulling the Mayor out of the pitfall. But with the cub, Ilia was getting closer to being free from the pitfall. The cub kept pulling and pulling until Ilia was set free. Ilia shook his shirt to remove the dirt, and also tried to get rid of the dirt on his pants. "Ahh, thank you guys for helping me out," Ilia said rapidly, "But I need to go to someone's house and chill with her."

"Oh, that's nice," said the cub, "But who are you talking about?"

"Rosie, the, uh, blue cat," said Ilia in a beat, "I was supposed to go to her house at like 6, and it is abo..." The frog paused him there.

"Rosie, yeah, she left at like 1 to go to some other town for like, some concert or something like that. You know how "celebrities" are so damn busy all the time. Except that the other town wanted her to perform at like 11 or somewhere around there just yesterday. Sheesh, talk about time."

"Wait, but that slutty bitch doesn't even have talent," the cub commented, "I mean, sure, she is cute, or well, was cute back then, but her voice when she sings is so ass. And not only that, but on like Monday, she was actually caught cheating on her ex-boyfriend. Like damn, she did her man dirty. But he should be happy as heck right now, because back when I was dating her, she seemed sweet at first, before asking her out, but when we were together, she was so freaking possessive, that if things didn't go her way, she would become a drama queen in just moments. Just thank god I ain't with her anymore. Jeez dude, the other guy and myself deserve someone who actually is a sweetie both the outside, and the inside."

"Yeah, man," replied the frog, "I just hope others see how big of a jerk she really is."

"Oh, well, why the hell did I waste my time for her," Ilia was kind of ticked off, "Oh, I never got your names, who are you guys?"

"I am Jeremiah," said the blue frog, or so called, Jeremiah, "I don't do much, but just hang out with this guy, Poncho."

"Well, you heard the guy, I'm Poncho," said Poncho the cub, "And I like to lift hardcore. Bitches say that I am on steroids, well, probably true. But at least I fucking exercise unlike their filthy asses who don't do anything with their miserable lives."

"Ok, that's nice," said Ilia, "So, what are you guys going to do tonight?"

"Me?," Poncho asked, "I'm tired right now, need to sleep for today, but then again, I have to do 100 pushups, 100 sit ups, and 200 jumping jacks. So..."

"What the hell, yo, how many hours do you exercise."

"Damn, I work out like probably 5 hours," Poncho was thinking that Ilia was getting jealous of him,"Why, you are jealous of my shredded muscles, huh?"

"Haha, no. But just willing to say take a break sometimes, you know. Chill out with the exercising, bro. You can be swole still," Ilia tried to give Poncho a motivational message, but Poncho didn't want to hear all that stuff.

"Nah, I'm good, I will only rest when I die, 'kay bud," Poncho stated, "But thanks for your kindness, man. I do appreciate that shit, homie!"

"Yeah, no problem," said Ilia, "Well, I'm gonna head home now, guys. Have a good night, you two."

"Alright, nice knowing you mayor," waved Jeremiah.

"Bye Mayor, have a good one," said Poncho. Then Mayor headed home.

6 minutes later

When he was arriving to his house, he saw Bella outside of her front lawn. It looked like she was smoking something.

"Hey Bella, what are you doing?," asked the Mayor.

"What does look like I'm doing dumbass?," Bella asked loudly, "I'm smoking a cigarette. What, is it against the damn law to smoke this shit or what, because if it is, then the law can lick my fucking pussy."

"Woah, woah, Bella!," exclaimed Ilia, "Chill out there. It isn't against the law to smoke, or, uh, well, at least I think it isn't."

"Good, so ya want one, because I just bought a good 15 of them just today, in a box," she asked.

"Sure, I guess it doesn't hurt to take one," Ilia said nervously.

"Ho ho, that's my boy right there," Bella wasn't expecting a yes from Ilia. She grabbed the lighter, and turned it on. She then lighted up the cigar, and gave it to Ilia, because she thought that Ilia was too dumb to light one up, "Alright, one cigarette for Mayor Ilia, here ya go."

Next thing you know, they were having a good time having a good time having a conversation while smoking a few more cigarettes.

"So, what's new, cuz. Met any new bitches out there or what?," Bella asked him.

"Oh, well, I've went to some dude's house named Bob, with his wife, Lolly. Telling me a bunch of fucked up stories about what happened like how Tortimer was assassinated."

"Bitch please," paused Bella, "Thank the lord that that old, useless turtle was killed, because he couldn't even run a damn town. This town was fucked up before you came. Like, this town back then, looked like an apocalyptic town. Gang violence everywhere, bank robberies, you name it, man. Thank god you are here. I bet you can bring back happiness and joy and shit here. So what else did that Bob animal told you?"

"Well, he told me about some deer named Beau or something like that, and how Diana was kidnapped and raped and shit."

"Well, that bitch kinda deserved that, just look at her now. She always plays the victim everytime she and Whitney gets into juicy fights. Like, she can't even learn to defend herself. But oh yeah, when she talks shit behind the wolf's back. Damn, that is when she is so brave that she is so petty. But man is she a fucking coward. God, she is hated on almost everyone. What else did that cat told you?"

"About how some girl named Amelia lost two of her sons and shit."

"Oh, Amelia, yeah, she is definitely fucked up right now. Like, she is so addicted to alcohol, like she ain't got no life, AT ALL. What was she thinking leaving her children in her house just for a damn meeting when those killers were here. Now, not only is Amelia fucked up, but her ex-husband, Apollo is hella mad at her, cause well, he is the daddy of those two boys, and damn, I do feel bad for the poor guy. He lost his children because of the fucking eagle's uncaring ass. God, even I wouldn't do such a thing, although my daughter is living with my ex."

"Oh, you have a daughter?"

"Yeah, her name is Jasmin, she is six years old, or well, she'll be seven on the 5th of October, which is coming up soon. But, well, I guess her dad knows what he is doing, ain't gonna lie. Cuz as long as she is happy, then so am I. I keep a picture of her cute little face in my phone. Wanna see her?"

"Oh, that'd be great," responded Ilia, still surprised about Bella's daughter.

"Yeah, look," Bella took out her phone out and then opened the 'Photos' app to show Ilia a picture of her holding her daughter, Jasmin. She looks exactly like her mother, but she had hazel colored eyes. She had bigger eyes than Bella. She had a cute smile on the picture, "Yep, she is a cute one alright. She just started preschool last month. She has made some friends, according to her pops. Last time she spent the weekend at my house, she talked about her friend, Malina, I think thst was her name. She told me about how both would complete puzzle pieces. Even her teacher called me, telling me how intelligent she is. Ah, that makes me happy. But nothing better can make my day whenever she leaves, telling me how she loves me. Ahh, that just touches your heart. It's the best thing your heart can hear. But, even if she does love me, I do miss her, sometimes, I even think about her cute little laugh everytime she watches some kids show on the television. It even makes me cry sometimes, cause you never know if the last time you see anyone, could be legit the last time you see them ever."

"Damn, you got me right there, Bella," Ilia was touched by her message.

"Yeah, well I'm gonna sleep for today. Thanks for hearing me Ilia, I really appreciate that shit."

"Yeah, no problem," Ilia was looking at her in a strange way.

"You know, I never believed that there are still understanding people out there. Man, I thought they went extinct, but nope, they are still alive. So," Bella looked at Ilia, but he caught her looking at his mouth, like she wanted to mave a move. She then put her hands on his face, without warning, "Thank you, Ilia." She then leaned forward with her lips touching Ilia's. With his heart pounding harder after the scene, he kissed her back, putting his hands around her hips. With their heads tilting, Bella moaned, realizing that she fell in love with the mayor, and fast at that. They both stopped kissing, and looked at each other with smiles in their faces.

"Wow Bella, uh, thanks for the uh, sweet moment, but, I gotta get going, and shit is it so fucking cold outside," Ilia said, still feeling loved, "With a fucking tent as well. Guess I'm gonna have to sleep in that useless tent." But when Ilia was walking towards his tent, Bella ran up to him, and grabbed him by his arm.

"Are you sure about sleeping out in the cold without anything to protect you," Bella didn't want him to suffer from the air, because well, it is almost October, aka the 28th of September. But well, the air suddenly got worse, "You can sleep in my house. I have a heater in my bedroom. But, I just want to be with you, because..."

"Because what, Bella? Don't worry, you can tell me," Ilia was motivating her to say what she wanted to say.

"I love you," a tear fell out of Bella's eye, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want you to be my babe. There is no way that I'll find a better man than you. So, I know that it should be a woman asking a man this, but, Ilia" she then grabbed his hands, "Will you be my boyfriend?" She saw him smile.

"Of course Bella," Ilia said in joy, "Because I would have asked the same."

"Oh my gosh, Ilia, YES!," Bella shouted in excitement. She ran up to him, and hugged him tightly. This was a moment Ilia could remember, after hugging her, he went to hus tent to pack his stuff, and move those things to Bella's house. He was going to talk to Nook about canceling his house order, just to start living with his girlfriend, Bella. But there is more to come.