M is for Markers
Cat loved to color. Even well into her teen years you could find her sitting in her room coloring. She loved to color with crayons the most. They were so bright and colorful.
This was the activity she was currently enjoying. She was sitting up in her room with a coloring book and a big box of crayons. She was coloring the grass green when the door to her room opened. She looked up and saw three people leaning into her room. Andre was first to venture into her room, sitting on the edge of her bed. Right behind him was Tori who sat in her big pink butterfly chair. The last in the room was Robbie who sat cross-legged beside Cat on the floor.
"Hi, guys!" Cat smiled happily.
"Hey, Lil Red."
"Hi Cat."
"Hey, Kitty Cat." Robbie smiled shyly. "What are you coloring?" He asked, glancing over at her coloring book.
"I'm coloring in my toy story coloring book. I like Jessie! She had red hair like me!" Cat proudly held up the half colored page that showed off Sheriff Woody and Jessie the Yodling Cowgirl.
"That's very nice, Cat." Tori smiled forcibly. They all thought Cat was a little stupid, and she knew it. She didn't really mind, but when they smiled like that so they wouldn't hurt her feelings, it hurt more. They thought she was weird and childish, which she was, but they didn't have to treat her like a child all the time.
"Can I color with you, Cat?" Robbie asked, leaning towards her. Cat looked up, expecting to see a forced smile, but instead she saw a look of joy and merriment.
"Sure, Robbie." Cat smiled. She went to push the box toward him, but he was rummaging around in his back pack. He pulled out a large pack of markers. "Markers." She mumbled.
"Yeah, you can use them if you want." Robbie put the markers between the two of them. Cat turned to a fresh page, letting Robbie color the picture of Jessie while Cat colored the picture of Woody. She dug around for the right color brown in her box, but she couldn't find the one she had been using earlier. Then the markers caught her eye. There were just as many colors as her crayons, and that brown marker looked like just the right color that she had wanted to use. She slowly reached out to grab it, uncapped it, and ran it over the page. She loved the brightness of the color she was using, so she reached for the blue marker. She giggled as she colored with a new found appreciation for the inky colors sinking into her page. She set down the blue and reached for the yellow. Robbie's hand landed on top of hers when he reached for the same marker. He glanced up at her, his attention being pulled from the paper, to the red head, then down to their hands.
"Sorry." Robbie pulled his hand away quickly. Cat frowned a little, but grabbed the yellow marker anyways. Suddenly a loud ring sounded through out the room, bouncing off the walls and giving Cat a headache.
"Oh, that's Trina." Tori looked at the text message that had popped up on her pear phone screen. "Ugh, Really?" She asked, letting her head fall back in annoyance.
"What?" Andre asked.
"Trina wants me to come home and use me as a make up dummy." Tori groaned.
"Why can't she practice on herself?" Andre asked.
"Because she thinks if she can find something that looks good on me it will look amazing on her." Tori rolled her eyes.
"I'll drive you home. Rob, do you want me to come back to get you?" Andre asked, getting to his feet.
"No, I'll be fine." Robbie said from his spot on the ground.
"Alright. Later." Tori waved as she and Andre shuffled out the door. A few moments of awkward silence lingered in the air.
It was no secret Robbie liked Cat, but when he liked a girl this much he was shy and didn't know how to talk to her.
"So, I like this." Robbie gestured vaguely to her upper abdomen. Cat looked down, confused. Was Robbie really complementing her chest. "I-I mean, t-the shirt. I like your shirt." Robbie said hurriedly.
"Oh, thanks!" Cat smiled her bubbly smile and continued to color. They carried on coloring in comfortable silence.
"So, Cat, I was, umm, I was wondering, maybe tonight if you want to go catch a movie or-"
"Cat!" Cat looked up to see her brother standing in the door way. He was wearing his shirt backwards, his hat on inside out, and a leash hooked onto his belt loop.
"Hi!" Cat called from the floor.
"Can we go to the mall? I want to pet puppies." He begged.
"You know we can't go back there after you tried to put a puppy in your pocket and take it home." Cat said, crossing her arms.
"Then can we go do something? I'm bored!" He asked, letting his arms fall to his sides.
"Hey, how about the three of us go see a movie? That would be okay if he came with us, right Robbie?" Cat asked, leaping to her feet. Robbie sighed.
"Yeah, let's go." He forced a smile onto his face. Cat's face fell a little. What had she said wrong? Did Robbie think she was dumb too?
"Let's go see that new one about the thing!" Her brother yelled, running down the stairs.
"Thanks for coloring with me, Robbie." Cat smiled as she and Robbie walked down the stairs.
"No problem." Robbie smiled a genuine smile.
And the next day, Cat went out and bought a twenty four pack of markers, using them to color every chance she got.

AN: I have been crafting a lot... And I watched toy story two. So this happened. Enjoy! Much Love! :) Review!