Chapter 28

"Stupid Papa Smurf," Prankster huffed to himself as he pulled on a tough weed that even a strong Smurf like Hefty would still have trouble with it. "I hate this punishment!" he snapped as he looked around at all the weeds he had left in this field and to top it off when he was done here he still had a whole other field to deweed.

"HI Prankster," a cheerful voice said from behind

He turned quickly to see Playful standing behind him, "What do you want?"

"Oh nothing," she smiled "I just brought you a drink, that's all."

He glared up at her "Is this some kind of trick?"

"A trick?" she repeated pointing to herself "From me? Why would it be?"

"Because you might have a reason," he replied.

"Well I don't," she shrugged before holding out the glass of Smurfberry juice she brought him.

He took the juice slowly and then sniffed it. "I didn't poison it," she giggled

"Well I can't be too sure, can I?" he smirked

'I guess not," she replied placing her right hand tenderly on his shoulder

He smiled before taking a sip of the juice "Thanks,"

"Don't mention it," she smiled back before leaning forward and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Well smurf you later."

"Bye," he said as he drank the rest of his juice and watched her leave, "I wonder why she kissed me?"

Once out of his sight Playful quickly wiped her lips "YUCK! That was not smurfy at all but it will all be worth it in the end."

"What will be worth it in the end?" a voice asked from behind.

Playful turned to see Gumdrop standing behind her, "Oh gosh Gumdrop, I didn't see you there."

"I know," Gumdrop sighed "I get that a lot."

It was true Gumdrop was an extremely shy Smurf, she had light blue hair and always wore mismatched clothes. Sometimes she would be standing in a room with you all day and not even know she was there.

"What are you up to?" Playful asked

"Oh nothing," she whispered "just trying to smurf up some new recipes for my cook book."

"Well then why don't you go hang out with Greedy?" Playful suggested

"With Greedy?" Gumdrop repeated looking completely nervous "Oh no, I couldn't."

"Why not?"

Gumdrop blushed "Because he's so smurfy and I'm not."

Playful shook her head "But you are smurfy."

"That's not what Berry always says."

"Berry just goes for outer beauty," Playful replied "not inner and inner is what really counts any way."

"If you say so," Gumdrop smiled.

"Hey you two," Cutie smiled as her and Smurfette made their way over, "what are you two smurfing about about."

"I was just telling Gumdrop beautiful she is," Playful replied proudly.

The two girls smiled and agreed "You are,"

"No I'm not," Gumdrop sighed

"Do you want us to give you a make over?" Smurfette asked.

"Oh I think a makeover would be a smurfy idea," Cutie smiled

"But she doesn't have to do one if she doesn;t want to, right?" Playful asked looking over to the two babbling Smurfs.

"Oh, of course not," Smurfette said "it's completely up to her."

Gumdrop thought about this and was about to refuse until she tried to run her fingers through her hair and they got stuck from it being so untidy. "Okay," she smiled "I'll do it."

The two girls squealed "YAY! This is going to be fun."

Playful watched as they pulled Gumdrop off to Smurfette's house, she would have gone too but she was not very fond of makeovers. Instead she decided to go for a walk around the village for a bit.

"Hi Playful," Jokey smiled walking over to her with his surprise box "I got you present."

She already knew it was going to explode when she opened it but with the others around she did it to entertain them.

"BANG!"

"SURPRISE!" Jokey laughed and pointed

Playful wiped the black off her face and sighed "Jokey Smurf," she frowned "that was not funny."

"Yes it was!" he laughed again.

She smiled when he looked down at the box she was holding and stuck on the side was a short note telling her to go to the Great Oak in ten minutes.

Ten minutes later she made her over to the tree, "Hi Playful," Jokey said starting to smile as she walked closer.

"Jokey Smurf," she teased "you have some nerve to pull that joke on me and then invite me out here."

"Yeah I know," he laughed "and it worked."

"Now, what is so important that you had to go and smurf all of that?" she asked crossing her arms.

"I want to dance with you," he replied.

"Dance?" she asked "To what music?"

He grabbed hold of her "To the music in our hearts."

She blushed as they started dancing slowly to the sound of the birds chirping. Jokey pressed his cheek to hers as they danced, right now he was in Smurf Heaven being so close to her. The others would just mess it up if they knew and even if they did not meant it. He was supposed to be the Smurf that liked playing pranks on everysmurf not falling in love and besides it was way more fun to do everything secretly. As they danced Jokey could feel himself falling for her more and more and he hoped that whatever happened to her to make her older would never reverse. Yes as much as he hated to admit it he was in love with her and he always wanted her to near him. He also knew that someday they would have to let the others know but not yet. Not right now...

Disclaimer: Thank you for all your reviews, they really made me feel good. Any way here is the chapter, hope you liked it. Please leave a review if you want me to continue this story. Peyo owns Smurfs, I just own plot and OC's...Have a Smurfy day! Thanks for reading... Sorry for any typos..I will be fixing later.

P.S. Whenever I think about Jokey and Playful, I always thing about the Backstreet Boys song " How Did I Fall In Love With You." If you haven't heard it then listen to it on youtube because I feel that it's their song...