Chapter 28: Count Me In
Purpledolpin05: Hello fellow readers around the world, I'm back with a new chapter.
To J-deep: Thanks for the review. And yeah, the speech went fine. I'm glad you liked Tracy bonding with Evie and Mal, and how Tracy punched Jay. I hope you will like this chapter.
To TKDP: Thanks for your review. Evie is somewhat like a big sisterly figure when it comes to giving advice about relationships. Evie is definitely a full-fledged fangirl. XD Tracy does like Jay, but I guess she's too stubborn to admit anything. (dodges Tracy throwing an axe over) Who knows if anything special might happen on the date? Enjoy the chapter!
I do not own Descendants, Hotel Transylvania, or any of the characters, all I own are my Original Characters, enjoy!
[Tracy's P.O.V.]
I paced back and forth inside my room. I mean, Doug, Evie and Jay are coming over for homework. I checked my room, all clean and somewhat a mixture of OCD's room and a land filth, check. I checked my homework, all but Algebra are set up.
I looked at myself in the mirror. My hair is messy at usual, bangs covering my right eye. A t-shirt that black printing that says 'Keep Calm And Write Fanfables' and my favorite loose blue trousers. And my foot is bare (I see no reason why you should walk around in your shoes in your own room or house when you are going to dirty up the floors) and I really don't care about what the heck I found in the closet Jones left behind. (That boy has strange hobbies)
I heard the door knocking as I answered it.
"Hey Feisty." It was Jay, just great.
"Uh…hi, meathead." I waved nonchalantly, trying not to say anything stupid or blush.
"Am I early?" he asked.
"First to arrive." I corrected him. "So, have you finished Madam Porter's essay yet?"
"Nope, because I have no idea what I'm supposed to write." He shook his head.
"Well, why not something you enjoy doing? You like Tourney right?" I asked
"You're talking to the Most Valuable Player of the team!" he nodded and smirked at me all confidently.
"Huh, that's what MVP stands for?" I blinked. "I always thought it stands for 'Most Value-LESS Player'."
"Really?" he raised his eyebrows at me as I giggled.
"So, try writing about Tourney." I skipped the subject. "Express your passion towards Tourney. Don't forget this one's due Monday."
"Yeah, yeah, Feisty." He gave me a playful grin.
"Can you please call me by my own name instead of 'Feisty'?" I sat on the floor with my legs crossed. I know I'm supposed to be 'lady-like' but let's face it, being girly was NEVER my cup of tea!
"You call me nicknames plenty of times!" he claimed.
"Fair enough," I shrugged. I have several nicknames I ain't so proud of like 'Tracy-saurus', but 'Crazy Tracy' was one nickname I like. (I earned that one from Matt Hatter's tea party)
"How about 'Foxy'?" he asked playfully as I threw a pillow at his face.
"Call me that again and you're gonna spend Thanksgiving in a full body cast!" I warned. I could feel goose-bumps on my skin when he says that.
"Feisty it is." He concluded as I laughed. I love making fun of Jay.
[Jay: uh Authoress, can you edited out the 'making fun of' part?]
Evie came over next, well, she walked in when Jay and I were having an argument.
"Don't ever call me that stupid nickname again!" I dodged a pillow he threw back.
"It's not my fault that you get on my nerves!" I hissed.
"and it certainly isn't my fault you find me attractive." He looked at me playfully.
"Please! I think Kavan is better looking than you!" I rolled my eyes, thinking of Kavan (son of Kristoff and Anna) one of my many ex-crushes who friend or family zoned me.
"Seriously? You had a crush on HIM?! At least I have a nose!" he stated. Right, Kavan has a prone to injure his nose to get it all swollen up on a daily basis.
"Fine, I'll give you that!" I argued back as he winked at me.
"You make goo-goo eyes at me like that again and I will dig out your eyeballs and carved them into Christmas ornaments, you egotistical narcissist!" I warned, grabbing the first thing I can throw at him.
"Someone's in a bad mood." Jay joked as I tossed a stuffed Skylar Storm doll at him. (What? it was a gift from Lonnie on my birthday, I lied to her that I hated it but I still kept it)
"Really?" he eyed me.
"It was a gift from my sister and I liked it." I defended myself.
"Is that all you got?" he dared me.
"THAT'S IT!" I cracked my knuckles as I pounced onto him. "DOOMSDAY ATTACK!"
"Wait, what?!" he blinked before I tickled him.
It started fine at first until he started to tickle back. I forgot to mention I am very ticklish.
"Hahaha! Stop (laugh) that!" it was very hard to stop laughing. "My sides hurt!"
"Uh…is this a bad timing?" I saw Evie outside the door. "The door wasn't locked."
Crap.
"How long have you been listening?" Jay and I asked simultaneously before I blushed and pushed him away from me.
"Long enough to wish I had a camera and send the link to Jones." She shrugged.
"Let's just finish up our homework." I blinked before I remembered why we were here.
I think Doug has band practice and would come over later.
So an hour later, Evie, Doug, Jay and I were finishing our homework, honestly Jay wasn't doing…much. Evie and I tried to make him finish his homework. It worked although I had really thought that Jay would never move a muscle.
I noticed Evie and Doug making goo goo eyes at each other sometimes. Honestly, I find it somewhat cute yet gross.
Doug is giving us a talk about 'commoner denominator', I understand math, but there's so much numbers my head could take!
"Doug, dude, I know that you're great at math, but could we just study until here for now?" I asked him. "if I keep reading, my head will explode!"
"Are you bored out by now?" I heard Jay leaning over to whisper.
"I'm trying not to sleep!" I whispered back grimacing at him. He chuckled.
"So I think this concludes our study da-." He was about to say 'date' when I kicked his knee under the table. "Session!"
"Excuse me for a sec, Doug and I have to buy some soda," I dragged Doug outside.
"What's wrong with you and the word 'date'?" Doug asked as we walked over to the vending machine.
"Nothing." I denied. "I just feel squeamish when I hear something involving romance."
"So," I skipped the subject. "How are things with you and Evie? You were practically her geek in shiny armor when you helped her out earlier"
"I couldn't let her think I was going to let her expel now could I?" he stated.
"You're a great guy Doug, even though you're nerdy and geeky, and you had a peanut stuck in your nose when you were 5, and shipped Skaz and write Skaz stories online rated -" I patted his shoulder.
"I get it." he looked embarrassed.
"What I am trying to say is, make the first move. Some girls like it when guys make the first move." I crossed my arms, giving him the little motivational talk Evie gave me earlier.
"Well, perhaps I was hoping that Evie would be my date for Ben's coronation dance." He looked at his shoes.
"Good!" I clapped my hands. "That's a great start! Now are you gonna man up or you want Jones to do the whole 'Make A Man Out Of You' thing at you?"
"I think I'm taking the risk." He looked determine.
"Nice one, filthy Skazzer!" I nodded. "But we ALL know Brabrina is endgame!"
"No! Peybrina!" he argued back, he ships Lucaya too. Among 10 ships, they'd be only 3 ships we can agree on.
So, Doug escorted Evie to see his chemistry collection in his room.
"See ya later!" I waved over as we watch those two left.
"Have fun, but not too much fun, we have class on Monday!" Jay hollered before I snickered.
"Don't they make a great couple?" Jay asked loudly as I could have sworn both Evie and Doug blushed furiously.
"Hey! You stole that line from Adam Davenport from 'Face Off'!" I exclaimed as I shut the doors before Doug or Evie come back.
"I'm a thief." He joked as I punched his arm playfully.
"And worst one I've met." I snorted. "Jones stole candy faster than you can!"
"Think we should give those two a push?" I joked.
"Nah, I think Evie's got it." he shook his head as I went to set up the tables for junk food, soda for the movie watching.
"Ok, potato chips, here. Soda, here. Pepper spray?" Jay looked at me. "Where did you even FIND that much pepperspray?"
"So I protect myself. That one little thing is VERY useful." I shrugged. "BTW, those are Jones' creation, some may cause permanent blindness."
"So you can make me blind in the process?" he asked.
"Shut up woman, the movie's starting." I shushed him as I hit the play button.
"I'm not a wom-." He interrupted before I placed a hand on his mouth and glared at him.
I removed my hand a few seconds later, my heart couldn't stop fluttering.
2 hours later…
So we basically enjoyed the movie, laughed at the funny parts of the movie.
"So, what did you think?" I asked him as I took out the disc.
"That was pretty cool." He nodded. "Not bad for a movie."
It went awkward again.
"So, wanna go out for a walk? There's a few minutes before dinner starts." He gestured.
"Yeah, sure thing!" I nodded, keeping my cellphone in my pocket and slipped my feet into my white sneakers.
We passed by the Tourney Field where he started asking if we'd like to play 20 Questions, I guess it's become our favorite game.
"My question to you is…" he thought of a good question before asking me. "What's your biggest fear?"
"I guess…it's tall places or falling in love." I shrugged. I've seen what heartbreak could do to a person, and it ain't pretty!
"My turn!" I looked him, swallowing my words. "D-do you have someone you like?"
"Yeah, I do." He nodded, I felt my heart sank. "She's smart, and funny and definitely different than girls I know."
"Is she pretty?" I asked him.
"It depends on how you see the person," he replied. I have to admit, he's right about that point.
I knew I shouldn't have kept my hopes too high, he's already got a crush. It happens all the time, you like someone but when they like someone else, you're a step too late.
"Why would falling in love be scary?" he raised an eyebrow at me.
"I guess sometimes when you fall for someone, the worst fear was losing sight of what's supposed to be more important: friends, family. I've seen when people fall in love, sometimes things aren't all 'happily ever after' for them." I replied.
I heard some sniffling behind the bleachers.
"Shh!" I shushed him as I gestured him to walk over quietly.
We saw Dewey sitting on a bleacher seat, he was sobbing sadly and singing.
"When my brother loves me, everything was wonderful,
Every hour we play together lives within my heart,
And when he was sad, I was there to dry his tears,
And when he was happy, so was I, when he loved me…"
Dewey's singing was soft but sad.
"Dewey?" I asked as he looked up.
"Hey." He greeted with a weak smile.
"Are you ok kid? Because you were crying just a second ago." Jay asked, kneeling over.
"Dewey, it's okay, you can tell me anything, pretend this guy is invisible." I pointed at Jay.
"Hey!" he looked offended.
"I-It's just now that Ben has Mal, he's not spending time with me and Charlie anymore. We were supposed to play Kiddie Tourney today and he cancelled it on me!" He sniffled, I handed a handkerchief to him. "Even Charlie is starting to wonder if the three of us would still play together like we used to anymore."
I felt my heart sinking, I guess he did made a point, last year when Ben was with Audrey, he tried to avoid going on dates with her by playing with his brothers. Now he's head over heels in love with Mal, and he's almost king soon, so Ben's really busy to even bother his brothers.
Note to self: Beat the crap out of Ben after this for making sweet Dewey cry. [Ignoring the fact he's one of my best friends but no one makes a sweet kid cry!]
"Come over here, ok?" I comforted him. "Dewey, your brother will always love you."
"How do you even know?! All he talks about is Mal this and Mal that!" he cried in my arms. "It's like he doesn't even care about me or Charlie anymore!"
"Ben loves you, no matter how much he loves his girlfriend, nothing, and I mean absolutely is nothing, is irreplaceable than family." I dried his tears. "Remember what Miss Lilo Pelakai always says?"
Lilo is now 20 years old and works as a part time teacher at the nursery, she taught me how to pounce on someone. And Stitch taught Jones how to hotwire a car. (Don't ask, Jones and I were really weird back then)
"Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind." He smiled back softly.
"And?" I asked.
"Or forgotten!" he nodded. "I guess I forgot that Ben's going to be very busy now."
"Come stop your crying it will be alright, just take my hand and hold it tight. I will prtect you from all around you, I will be here, don't you cry." I hummed my favorite lullaby to him, gentling caressing his hair.
"Can we sing together?" he asked in a hopeful tone.
"Cuz you'll be in my heart, no matter what they say, you'll be here in my heart…always." We both hum, soon he was back to his old cheerful self.
"Thank you, Cece! You're like a sister I never had." He hugged me.
"no prob, kiddo." I winked at him.
"And Dewey, if you need someone to be a second big brother next to Ben, you could find me." Jay added.
"No thanks, 2 big brothers are enough. Bye Cece and Joy." He shrugged before running off to find his brother.
I looked over at Jay and giggled at his frowning expression.
"I think he's grown on ya!" I added.
"You have a way with kids." Jay complimented.
"Thanks, I love kids, watching a kid smile makes me really happy and satisfied." I nodded. "Tell you a secret: when Ben first told me and Jones about bringing in kids from the Isle of the Lost, I actually thought you guys would be…well little kids."
"Now I'm not sure if should be flattered or offended." he chuckled at me as I rubbed my arm nervously.
"Do you miss Jones?" he asked me. "Even though he's only been gone for a day."
"Of course I do." I nodded. "I'm the sun to his moon, he's the words to my tune, the heart to my beat."
"So…I'll see you tomorrow then?" Jay escorted me back to my room. We were going to the same direction for crying out loud!
"Yeah," I shrugged, remembering our 'movie date', "Goodnight, buddy!"
"I'll pick you up by 2pm!" he added before rushing into his room.
Wait, what?!
I stared into space, I guess I was too shocked.
"Hey Mal!" I noticed Mal walking over. "Why are you soaking wet?"
"Don't ask." she growled at me.
It's okay, I don't even want to know!
"Alright." I nodded. "How did the date go?"
She kept silent for a while. Her face blushed a bit.
"It was…nice." She replied before walking into her room.
"Oh and Mal, could you come by my room tomorrow with Evie?" I asked her.
"Sure thing, what for?" she looked back.
"Evie will explain." I stated as I went back to my room. I think Mal's date with Ben went well.
I wonder how was Jones doing? I know he's been gone for barely 2 days, but I really missed him.
I started to listen to a song, 'Count Me In' by Dove Cameron, who ironically looks just like Mal.
"Even when you're gone, I feel you close, you'll always be the one I love the most. In my heart, on my mind, you are underneath my skin. And anywhere, anytime when you need anything, count me in!" I love this song because it's basically describing me and my brother. We're polar opposites and buttheads, but sometimes being different makes us the perfect siblings.
I reached out to my phone and texted him.
'Hey Jones, how was your trip? I hope it was fun, remember to take care of yourself. Tell C-Dog I said goodnight. Your sister, Tracy'
"and send!" I smiled.
He texted me back a few minutes later.
'It's great! C-Dog and I are having a blast at the arcade museum. G'night sis!. Jones'
Right, better get some rest for the movie tomorrow. But I don't really know why I sat on my table and started writing something on a piece of paper. As soon as I checked the paper and was satisfied, I placed it into an envelope.
Ugh! Every time I think of that jerk, I can't stop the stupid fluttering of my heartbeat, or blushing. I guess…I do like him, I like his personality and who he truly is on the inside. I find liking someone based on who they truly are on the inside better than just based on their looks or how rich they are, b-but I'm not admitting it out loud, somethings are better when you keep them to yourself.
I admit, I like Jay secretly, but for now I think it's better if we're just friends. Because no one will get hurt or get heartbroken.
"Someday I will see that I have fallen in love. After how long, hey will you finally see? I've been counting all the times my heart's stopped. After I admit, once I finally admit. When I do, I look at you, but the words won't come out right: right now I'm falling in love with you." I sang to myself. [Sing: Right Now I'm Falling In Love With You by Miku-tan, you can find it on YouTube]
Well another chapter done! The next chapter would be about the girls bonding and giving relationship advice. I'm considering writing a one-shot about Dewey's relationship with his brothers. Make sure to fave, follow, review or PM your ideas.
Question of the chapter- what did you guys think of Tracy's growing relationship with Jay? Who do you think Jay was talking about when he said he liked a girl? Did anyone feel bad for Dewey and Charles (but mostly Dewey) being neglected by Ben? Do you think that Tracy should confess her feelings to Jay?
That's all for now. Please leave a review and tell me what you think. Thanks for reading and have a nice day.
