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Shelby was sitting on a big gray rock scanning the surroundings and admiring how peaceful it is in the wild,and Rusty was swimming in the small river for entertainment, he was laughing and splashing in the river. Rusty stopped swimming for a moment to look at Shelby who was still thinking and scanning the surroundings. Rusty smiled,thinking of a way to get Shelby to have some fun. He looked at Shelby then he raised all four of his hands,and pushed the water hard at the encoptolophus sordidus.

Shelby was interrupted by her thoughts with water hitting her which made her all wet. Shelby turned and glared at Rusty. Rusty waved at her and Shelby stood up with her lower arms crossed and her upper hands on her hips. "Hey! What was that for? I was concentrating until I was splashed by another grasshopper!" Shelby said disapprovingly.

"Don't ya ever stop concentrating?" Rusty asked with a smug smile, "Come on in! The water is great!"

Shelby sighed and shooked her head, "No thanks." She said.

Rusty swam up to the dry part of the ground,got out of the water and walked up to Shelby and thought of something.

"Hey Shel,I want to show you something." Rusty said. "Follow me."

"Fine." Shelby sighed, "But this had better be good."

"Don't worry," Rusty smiled, assuring the female, "It will."

Rusty slipped his upper hand and lower hand in her upper and lower hand and lead her to the edge of the river and let go of her hand.

Shelby frowned, "Uh,Rust? What is it you want me to see?" She asked as she looked around and at the spot where Rusty was standing,but he wasn't there. "Rusty?"

Shelby looked around her for the male. "Very funny,Rusty!" Shelby said sarcastically and annoyed.

Rusty walked up behind Shelby and pushed her into the water. Shelby swam out from underwater. "Hey!" She exclaimed as Rusty jumped into the water with her.

"Why did you do that?" Shelby demanded.

"I was just playing." Rusty replied,swimming around Shelby, "Come on,Shel,have a little fun!"

"I can have a little fun!" Shelby said,annoyed, "It's just that---"

"What? You don't like spending time with me anymore?" Rusty finished the sentence,now starting to get disappointed, "I thought we were friends! But I guess I was wrong."

"Rusty,I---" Shelby started.

"It's fine,I'll just leave." Rusty shrugged,getting out of the water.

"Rusty! Wait!" Shelby said,getting out of the water.

"What?" Rusty questioned.

"That wasn't what I was going to say." Shelby said.

"Then what were you going to say?" Rusty asked.

"What I was going to say is that: I can have a little fun. It's just that I feel a little depressed about my parent's death and I miss Hopper." Shelby explained.

"Oh okay,I was just playing with ya!" Rusty laughed, "You know,just messin' with ya."

Shelby sighed, "that's not funny,Rust." She commented,shaking her head.

"You have no sense of humor." Rusty said,stubbornly.

Shelby gasped, "WHAT!?" She said angrily.

"Okay,that came out wrong I---" Rusty said.

"I DON'T have a SENSE OF HUMOR!?" Shelby questioned angrily, "Is THAT IT,HUH!?"

"Well uh---" Rusty started.

"WELL GUESS WHAT?" Shelby said angrily, "HOPPER THINKS I'M FUNNY and now I WISH I DIDN'T LEAVE HIM!" Rusty flinched in fear. "SOME FRIEND, YOU ARE!" Shelby angrily commented in a sarcastic tone.

Rusty was about to say something when Shelby said, "Let me know when you finally know how to treat a lady."

With that,Shelby hopped away from him angrily,leaving Rusty standing there.

Rusty sighed, "What have I done? She now hates me." He mumbled to himself.

He then slowly followed Shelby,falling behind.

"He is so despicable." Shelby mumbled to herself angrily. "I don't have a sense of humor,my foot!"

Rusty sighed helplessly,wishing that he would take back his words.

"Shelby is so sensitive." He mumbled to himself, "either that or maybe I said the wrong things."

Shelby kept on walking and she settled in the hole in the rock and faced the wall with an angry expression with her upper and lower arms crossed. Rusty followed and he stopped by the hole in the rock and saw Shelby's back facing him and he noticed that she was stiff and he could tell that Shelby is mad at him.

Feeling Rusty's presence,Shelby sighed and said, "Rusty."

"Yes?" Rusty said,hoping that Shelby isn't mad at him anymore.

"Go away and leave me alone." Shelby demanded stubbornly.

"But Shelby---" Rusty started.

"NO!" Shelby shouted angrily. Rusty stepped back in fear.

Rusty thought of something for a moment,trying to calm her down he said, "You have beautiful stripes."

Shelby frowned. She turned around and said sternly, "That's not going to help." She smiled, "But thank you,though." Then Shelby went back to staring at the wall with an angry expression.

Rusty sighed,he then saw a tree near him and he went inside the hole and he slowly closed his eyes,deciding to take a nap until Shelby calms down. "Females. . ." He mumbled,sighing.

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A.N. The encoptolophus sordidus is the type of grasshopper that Shelby is. Encoptolophus sordidus is a real grasshopper and if you don't believe me,go to google and type in 'encoptolophus sordidus' and click on images and you'll see those type of grasshoppers some of them are brown and some of them are sort of blackish-gray.