Hey everyone! :) Sorry for a sort-of wait xD So here's Chapter 10 :) I hope you like it.

Chapter 10- Just Ask Her Out

It was a hot day today. It was still ten AM in the morning and Rigby was already beginning to sweat. He has been raking leaves throughout the morning, and Mordecai wasn't around to help him out. In fact, the blue jay never came home after seeing the movies with the robin. Where was Mordecai?

"Rigby, get back to work," Benson said as he passed by.

"Benson, Mordecai's missing," Rigby replied, getting concerned.

"What do you mean he's missing?" Benson asked.

"I mean that he didn't come home last night."

Benson scoffed. "I have other things to worry about than Mordecai. Why can't you just call him?"

"Why didn't I think of that?" Rigby said to himself. He grabbed his phone and called Mordecai.

Dude, Mordecai, pick up the phone.

Mordecai woke up to a familiar ringing tone. It was Rigby's voice. He opened his eyes. He wasn't at their room at the park house. Instead, he was at a familiar-looking apartment bedroom. It was a light pink color. There were art and history books on the shelves on the desk. Other things on the desk was a small white laptop and a portrait of Margaret and Eileen.

Oh shoot.

Yo, dude, pick up the phone! Rigby's voiced said through Mordecai's phone.

"Hello?" Mordecai answered, trying to keep his voice calm.

"Yo, Mordecai, where are you man? Did you run away or something?" Rigby said through the phone. He sounded pissed.

"I don't know, man. But I'm at some chick's apartment." He didn't have the heart to ruin Rigby's day by telling him what he thought happened last night.

"You had a one night stand? Boy, you must've been crazy drunk. Who's the lucky lady?"

"I think she's some chick named…" Quick Mordecai, quick. Think of a name. "Jane."

"Jane?" Rigby echoed, not convinced.

"Jane Williams. She's a blonde." He knew Rigby would never comment on this personal of a topic if it was a blonde. He never knew why it was so.

"A blonde, hmm? Well hurry up, man. I'm doing all the work by myself and I'm getting tired."

"Yeah, sorry, I woke up late. I'll be right there." He ended the call, just to make sure Rigby won't ask any more questions. He opened the door, hoping he could make a direct escape. But when he peeped into the living room, he realized it wasn't going to be as easy as he thought it would be.

Eileen was in a pinch at work today. Margaret wasn't in so she and the new girl were able to work the busy morning. She just wished it be night again, and be in Rigby's company. She longed for that company now. The raccoon didn't come to the shop today.

"So, Eileen, is it always this busy here?" the new girl asked. Eileen could not point out what she was exactly, but judging from the purple-pink mist in her dome she could guess the new girl was those orbs fortune tellers always look at people's fortunes from. She had no hair, unlike Caprice, so Eileen guessed she wasn't a human hybrid. But she did have a cap just like Benson. The girl was wearing the usual coffee girl uniform.

"Well it's usually in the mornings," Eileen said. "Those are the rush hours. People don't always come by after that."

"Oh really?" the girl asked, not really seeming interested in the conversation anymore. That was one thing about her that Eileen didn't like. She never seemed interested in any answer she gave her. This made Eileen conclude that she was quite anti-social.

"Yeah, I guess." Eileen tried calming herself down before wiping some dishes. Just then, she saw someone appear. It was a female gumball machine. Eileen almost mistook her for Benson, if only she didn't have blonde hair and a fur jacket and gloves.

Eileen came closer.

"May I help you?" she asked courteously to the gumball machine. The gumball machine smiled and said, "Yes, of course, do you know where Tamika is?"

"She's probably in the back, ma'am. I'll go and see," Eileen replied. She ran off to the back and found Tamika washing the dishes.

"Tamika, there's a blonde gumball machine looking for you."

"Oh, yes, of course," Tamika replied. She dropped whatever she was doing and went straight for the waiting woman.

"Oh, Aunt Veronica, what brings you here?" Tamika said.

The gumball machine didn't know where to start. "Tamika…. I-."

"What is it, Aunt Veronica?" Tamika asked. She was starting to get concerned.

"Brandon, he's… in the hospital."

"Wait, what?" Tamika said. Brandon, her baby brother, was in the hospital. This can't be happening. She can't lose baby Brandon. He's all that she has left, besides from her mother's best friend, Veronica.

"Eileen, I have to go. My baby brother's in the hospital," Tamika said.

Eileen sighed in frustration. "Alright, I hope he'll be okay. I'll come visit when I can."

"Thanks, Eileen."

And she was gone.

Eileen sighed as she finished up the last dish that Tamika left in the sink. She completely understood the trouble the poor girl was facing, but that just meant she was left alone to tend for the shop.

Just then, Rigby came in. She felt a ray of hope.

"Hey Rigby," Eileen greeted.

"Oh hey Eileen," Rigby replied, sitting on his usual chair.

"What's wrong?"

"Mordecai didn't come home last night. The dude had a one night stand, can you believe it? I waited all night to play Gym Class and he just ditched me for some chick."

"I know what you mean. Margaret didn't come in today, either. It's weird because she's usually here before I am, and even if she couldn't come, she'd always text me."

"Yeah- wait, what? Margaret's not here either?" Rigby said.

"Uh-huh. So are we still on to play at that arcade tonight."

"You know it baby! You might be good at video games, but I'm the best at arcade games. Oh!"

"Hmm, we'll see about that! So what do you want today?"

"I'll just have a joe."

"Cool, coming right up."

Rigby stared at the ceiling, waiting for Eileen. He couldn't help but notice that she was the only one working today. Margaret wasn't there, and that new girl that Eileen said would start working today wasn't there either. It was just Eileen. It was just the two of them.

Alone.

"Here you go, Rigby," Eileen said, giving him his cup of coffee.

"Thanks Eileen. So why isn't anyone around?"

"Oh you know. Margaret's not in and the new girl went to the hospital 'cause of her baby brother."

"Mmm." He took a sip from his cup. "That's good joe, Eileen."

"Thanks. So what are you doing here at ten thirty in the morning?"

"Just wanted to chill here. I don't wanna work without Mordecai. I mean, come on! Life at the park is boring without him."

"Mmm, I know what you mean. The coffee shop just isn't the same without Margaret."

Rigby took another sip from his cup. "So how did you and Margaret meet?"

"Well, Margaret and I met in High School. We were in the Pep Squad together. It's not a dramatic way of meeting someone I guess. It's just really simple. One day Margaret had no one to hang out with, and there. We started hanging out together ever since."

"That seems kinda cool," Rigby said. He didn't know what to contribute to the conversation anymore. He thought Eileen and Margaret met the same way he and Mordecai did.

"I'm sorry, Eileen. I just thought you and Margaret met the same way I met Mordecai. It's just that I thought that was something we had in common."

"Well, if it counts, that's how I met Bailey."

Mordecai was in a pinch. At ten thirty in the morning, he would never expect that Margaret would still be at the apartment.

"So what are you doing here at this time of the morning?" he asked.

"I wanted to wait 'till you were awake. I made a sandwich and some coffee for you in case you're hungry."

"Thanks, but I'll eat later."

Margaret sipped from a mug she was holding. "So how did you sleep?"

"Good, good."

Margaret smiled. This made Mordecai uncomfortable. "Margaret?"

"Yeah?"

"Did we-?" He didn't need to finish the sentence. Margaret was a smart girl. She nearly choked on the coffee she was drinking. "Mordecai, don't worry. We didn't."

"Then how did I get here?"

"Well you had a few drinks at the restaurant we ate dinner at. You didn't look good enough to go home, and it was so late, I decided to bring you to the apartment. I didn't have a spare room, so I had to sleep beside you."

"Oh." He breathed a small sigh of relief. No matter how much he liked Margaret, and how much he always wanted to be with her, he didn't want to have sex with her drunk and end up regretting it. He wanted Margaret to come on her own, which he thought will eventually happen. He still had a chance with Margaret as long as he kept hanging out with her.

He still had a chance.

"Eileen, I-." Rigby couldn't find the right words to say. He never knew Eileen went to a sort-of similar experience when she was young. She was lucky she had a savior. Did Bailey really change?

"It's alright, I had Bailey to 'save the day'."

"Maybe he did change after all."

"Well he did have a moody side I noticed, and a jealous side too. He had to share everything with Riley, so maybe that's why he'd be more than happy to get something for himself."

"Mmm, I kind of noticed that too."

The two sipped another cup of coffee in silence. They had quite similar childhoods. Rigby realized they had more in common than he thought they ever would.

"So Eileen," Rigby asked. It was a long time before he ever asked anyone else this. "What are you doing this weekend?"

Eileen's eyes widened in surprise. Was Rigby asking what she thought he was asking?

"Well, I don't have much to do besides my shift. Why?"

"Well, I was wondering if…" He cleared his throat. He never knew when he first met Eileen that he'd ask this. "You wanted to… oh, you know… go out?"

Eileen was in a phase. After a few years, this was it. This was the moment she's been waiting for. Rigby asked her out. He really asked her out.

"I'll pay," Rigby murmured. Rigby made a mental note to bum money from Mordecai if the blue jay was ever at home.

Eileen blushed, giggled and said, "You don't need to do that." She gave Rigby a big hug before saying, "Pick me up at seven, at my apartment building."

"Oh… uhh… sure." Rigby was speechless by the warmth of the hug. "I… uhh… have to… go. Benson might be looking for me."

"Oh, okay, see you," Eileen said.

"Yeah."

Rigby walked slowly towards the park. It's been almost seventeen years since he last asked a girl out. The girl went with him, much to his happiness. But when they had that date, he never the second she came out of the door that it would never work. The girl was a human, with beautiful blonde hair and green eyes, but he realized that she was meant for someone else. It would never work.

As he walked and walked, he noticed someone. It was Audrey.

"Oh hey, Rigby," Audrey said.

"Hey Audrey. I heard about the baby, congratulations."

"Gee, thanks. I feel really nervous, though. We're closer to the due date than we thought."

"Oh, so you kinda know the kid's gender or something?"

"Well, yeah. It's a girl. Benson and I have agreed on a name already."

"Oh." He thought for a moment. "You headed for the park too?"

"Yeah, I am. I'm on my way to pick up my niece from school and I figured I could stop by for a while."

"Oh." He and the human girl continued walking. "So you have a name for her already?"

"Well yeah. As soon as we came home, Benson and I started brainstorming some baby names. We're nervous and excited at the same time."

"Hmm. So does that mean the baby will be out before the wedding?"

"Oh, no. We're expecting Bree in two and a half months. But because I haven't received pre-natal care for the past few months, Vanessa said we might have an emergency C-section. She said hybrid pregnancies are risky."

"Hmm." Rigby honestly wasn't interested in Benson's soon-to-be family. He was just curious on what's been happening while he was gone.

"So how about you, Rigby? Anything special going on in your life?"

"Well, I'm going on a date tonight. It's no biggie."

"A date? Wow, that's awesome, Rigby."

"Thanks."

"I mean you seem kinda lonely. I hope you have a great time tonight."

"Thanks, Audrey."

They gave each other a fist bump before they separated ways in the north gate of the park.

Okay so this is it :) Rigby finally asks Eileen out :) What did you think? :))