Chapter 21 Shaggy meets Crystal
A few weeks after Velma found out the truth that Shaggy wanted her back and he kissed her Velma had to put her foot down and set Shaggy straight. As time went on for Shaggy he was still upset but at the same time he knew Velma was right and decided to let Velma go and move on with his life no matter how much it pained him. Shaggy continued to hang out with the rest of the gang but he and Velma barely spoke to each other unless it was school related. One day Scooby Doo was tired of seeing his best friend mope around and decided to do something about it. "Shaggy I know you're upset about Velma and I wish I could make you feel better" Scooby told Shaggy. "I'm sorry that I've been moping around lately. It's just that it hurts a lot and I blew it a long time ago with Velma and now I understand that Velma no longer cares for me the way I would like her to" Shaggy exclaimed. "Come on Scooby let's go for a walk. I know how much you like walking around the campus park. We'll even play fetch if you want." Scooby liked the idea of going for walk especially if it will cheer up Shaggy. When they got to the park Shaggy took out the ball Scooby loves playing fetch with and started throwing the ball. After Shaggy threw the ball Scooby Doo ran as fast as he could to fetch it. "Good boy Scooby" Shaggy told him when Scooby gave Shaggy back the ball. "Go get it again!" Shaggy shouted as he threw the ball even further. Scooby search for his ball but couldn't find it so he called Shaggy over to help him find it.
"Don't worry Scooby Doo we'll find your ball that way we can get back to having fun" Shaggy assured Scooby. Both Shaggy and Scooby looked all over the park for his Scooby's missing ball until they came across a bush that they didn't check. "Come on Scooby let's see if your ball landed in that bush" Shaggy suggested as he bend down to check. "I knew we would find your ball" Shaggy as he reached out to grab it. Shaggy wasn't the only one who was looking for something in that bush because when he felt something that wasn't the ball saw a girl through the bush and was startled. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. Are you ok?" said the concerned girl who was with her golden retriever. "Like I'm ok and no worries about scaring me. I didn't know that someone else would be here" Shaggy said who was memorized by how pretty she looked. The girl looked at Shaggy as well and thought that Shaggy was kind of cute. "My name is Crystal and this is my dog Amber. We were playing fetch when I stupidly threw the ball too far and when Amber didn't come back with her ball we started to look everywhere until we came across this bush and by luck not only I found my dog's ball but someone else who has a dog too. May I ask what your name is?" Crystal asked Shaggy as he smiled at Crystal. "My name is Norville" Shaggy finally answered. "Norville really? That's a unique name" Crystal stated. "Really? I never really liked my name. It was my parent's idea when I was born. I prefer to be called Shaggy." "Wow that's a groovy name and who is this handsome dog that Amber can't stop looking at?" asked Crystal. "Oh this is my dog and very best friend Scooby Doo. Say hello Scooby" said Shaggy but Scooby wasn't really paying attention to Shaggy because he thought Amber was the most beautiful golden retriever he had ever seen.
"I think our dogs like each other. Look at how they are staring at each other" Crystal said to Shaggy. "Crystal if you want how about we hang out together here at the park for a little while since Scooby has taking a liking into Amber" suggested Shaggy. "That's sound like a far out idea. I'm up for it" Crystal stated. "By the way Crystal I like the way you're dress. The hippie clothes are really nice" Shaggy told Crystal. "Thank you Shaggy. I'm really into clothes from the 60's" said Crystal. Shaggy, Scooby, Crystal and Amber all had a good time hanging out together in the park with their dogs. "This was fun Shaggy. Now I'm glad that I startled you" laughed Crystal and Shaggy couldn't help but laugh at what Crystal said. "Like me too. Can I see you again?" asked Shaggy. "Sure I would totally love that. Here's my number give me a call sometime and if you want we can make it a couple date with our dogs since Amber and Scooby have taken a liking into each other" Crystal said as she wrote her phone number on a piece of paper and gave it to Shaggy and he did the same thing. "I have to go now. I can't wait to see you again Shaggy" Crystal told him as she and Amber left the park. "Now Crystal is a groovy chick and Amber seems nice. What do you think Scooby?" Shaggy asked his dog who then said, "Yeah groovy."
Author's Note: a while ago I had two people leave a comment suggesting that I should give Shaggy a new girl for him to fall for. At first I was going to let anyone reading this fan fiction vote for who should be Shaggy's new potential girlfriend from previous Scooby Doo series and or movies but since nobody cared enough to vote I decided to go with the idea that somebody left for me in the comments. Whoever you are that suggested that I should include Crystal from Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders in Rekindle Love I would just like to say thank you. As always I welcome ideas and suggestions for characters and or chapters to my fan fiction. Please stay tune for my next update.