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Floral Forgiveness

To start from the beginning, the cast and crew were filming for "VeggieTales In The House", a new series being streamed on Netflix. Due to the nature of the series, the cast was able to cut loose and lay back, a sharp contrast to how they were held to a degree of responsibility in the usual shows.

Everybody took full advantage of the less strict standards: Bob and Archibald started to loosen up and actually enjoy themselves, Jean-Claude and Phillipe grew out moustaches like they always wanted (although there's a rumor that Philippe's was fake), Jimmy and Jerry could eat and chill out more, Madame Blueberry changed her hairstyle, and Petunia left her hair down. It took everyone but Larry awhile to get use to Petunia's new look.

Larry was even able act more silly than usual. Although the script sometimes called for him to be more immature and outlandish than he was for the effect of the story, he never really minded a bit of extra silliness. Some of the episode plots even called for him to be silly in order to drive the story along: he would act silly, get into trouble because of his silliness, learn his lesson, and sing a song somewhere between those three things. However, in this particular episode, his in-show trouble accidently turned into real trouble.

As in, "might not make it out alive" sort of trouble.

While they were filming the new series, Petunia had taken up gardening in her pastime. To say that she was an expert was an understatement. She was able to grow all kinds of flowers and plants, from the beautiful small flowers to enormous lush trees. She even managed to grow a herbivorous Venus Fly Trap, to which it and Larry shared a mutual dislike for each other (probably because it tried eating him the first time Petunia showed it to him). How Petunia managed to tame the monstrous plant around her was a mystery to him, but Larry had guessed it had something to do with the kindness that he knew her for. Petunia was proud of her newfound skill for agriculture, even if it was a little ironic in retrospect.

So when the producers and director wanted Larry to accidently scorch a few of her plants for an episode plot, Larry could guess how Petunia reacted. Nevertheless, Petunia finally did agree to their request, but Larry knew her better than anyone else.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" Larry had asked her prior to the filming.

"Yes, Larry, I'm completely fine with this." Petunia assured, "But please do try to keep the damage to a minimum."

"Okay, I'll burn as few as I can."

Oh boy, Larry was really in for it now. Had he not been so clumsy with the magnifying glass this whole fiasco could have been avoided. What was even worse was that his blunder was going to be added to the final production reel of the episode, making it forever available to watch anytime somebody wanted to. He should've dropped the magnifying glass when he had the chance instead of waving it around like an irresponsible fool. Not knowing what to do, Larry had to seek out advice as fast as possible.

It was just his luck that he had happened to run into Mr. Lunt and Bob right after the shoot.

"So you really ruined all of them?" Bob asked again. Larry had initially told him that he had ruined all of her plants while they were filming, but the tomato assumed that was merely a line in the script. It so happened to turn out it wasn't a line from the script.

"Uh huh," Larry nodded, "I didn't mean to, buuut…"

"Whoa-ho, you're in for it this time man!" Mr. Lunt chuckled.

"Gee, thanks." Larry grumbled sarcastically.

"Have you told Petunia about this?" Bob continued.

"Ummm, no?" Larry admitted. Bob's facial expression immediately dropped while Mr. Lunt was doing his best to not laugh. Looking down on his two friends, one snickering and one with a dumbfounded look, Larry felt as if he was looking up from a big hole he had dug himself into. Mr. Lunt finally stopped laughing and sighed.

"Look buddy, I'm sure you'll be fine," Mr. Lunt stated, "Petunia is as smart as Bob and as sweet as her name."

"You haven't seen her when she's mad." Larry countered, recalling the last time she was angry; it wasn't pretty, to say the least.

"Well, you didn't mean to burn all of her plants, right?" Bob said.

"No, not at all." Larry said defensively.

"Then you should probably go and tell her it was an accident before she gets home." Bob advised before glancing around, "Where is Petunia anyways?"

"She went back to her house with the camera crew to finish her scenes for the episode." Larry explained, not realizing that his metaphorical hole he had dug himself into had just gotten deeper. Bob eyes widened in shock while Mr. Lunt's mouth dropped in bewilderment. Larry was about to ask why they had those looks on their faces before it dawned upon him on what he had failed to do.

"Heh, wrong move?" Larry wondered nervously. Bob pressed his lips together before giving a slow nod.

"Wrong move." Bob repeated to confirm.

Suddenly in the distance, the three of them could a voice scream. Although it was distant, it was still loud enough to make Larry wince.

"Laaarrryy!" Petunia's voice shouted not too far away.

"I'll start digging a grave." Mr. Lunt sighed and went off to find a shovel, leaving Bob shaking his head and an anxious Larry wondering how he was going to get himself out of this mess. For a split second, Larry felt that a grave would be a nice place to lie down in and think over how he was going to sort this mess out. It was certainly better than risking his face getting torn off or his bones built into a fort.

LATER…

"Here lies Larry The Cucumber," Mr. Lunt sermonized as he looked down upon the cucumber nonmoving cucumber lying on the ground, "he lived a long life, but alas, he couldn't survive the fury of a florist."

Larry took a moment to breathe and let the trickles of sweat run down his forehead.

"You're hilarious." Larry deadpanned with closed eyes.

"I know I am," Mr. Lunt shot back, "now help me carry this tree upstairs."

Heaving a sigh, Larry picked himself off of the floor and righted himself next to the bagged tree they had hauled in. With Larry on one end and Mr. Lunt on the other, the two of them lifted up the bagged tree and proceeded to carefully carry it up the stairs. Heading up the stairs, Larry silently thanked himself that he and the others have been working out, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do half the things they did both on-set and offset. Plus, it was also healthy.

Larry and Mr. Lunt finally reached the top of the stairs and entered into the newly decorated plant-a-tarium, dubbed by Larry, and sought out a clear space to set the tree down. Meanwhile around the plant-a-tarium, Bob was busy snipping away the super fast growing weeds that had sprung up all around the place. In the middle of the whole place, Petunia stood at the table with a bunch of potted soil, delicately replanting her flowers.

"Thanks again for helping me replace my plants." Petunia kindly thanked the three of them.

"Don't mention it Petunia," Bob replied, "after all, it was Larry's idea in the first place."

"Yeah, it was all Larry's idea." Mr. Lunt announced broadly as he and Larry found a place to set down the tree, making the emphasis in his voice clear. After standing the bagged tree upright, Larry slouched down right next to it while Mr. Lunt continued. "Nobody else's but Larry's."

Petunia gave the gourd a skeptic look and raised her eyebrows. Catching the look, Mr. Lunt met her look with an unfazed expression.

"What? I'm serious." Mr. Lunt said with honesty, "It was all Larry's idea."

With that being said, Mr. Lunt was about to tell Larry to get back up to help him with the other plants they had to haul in, but one glance at the slouching cucumber told him that he needed a break.

"Hey Bob, can you give me a hand with the other plants downstairs?" Mr. Lunt requested. Putting down the over-sized snippers, Bob joined Mr. Lunt and the two went exited the plant-a-tarium to carry in more plants.
Larry simply sat there against the tree, taking the moment to catch up on his strength. Out of the four of them here, Larry was the strongest, and so he had been doing most of the lifting, which had definitely worn him out.

Looking up from the floor, Larry saw Petunia heading right towards him with a glass of water.

"Are you okay?" Petunia asked sweetly as she leaned over to eye level with Larry, offering the glass of water.
Gathering his strength, Larry stood up next to Petunia and gladly accepted the drink.

"Yeah, I'm good," Larry replied and gulped the water down, "just needed a break before I can get back to hauling."

"You didn't have to spend so much just to replace my plants." Petunia said as she returned back to the center table. A refreshed Larry followed right behind her.

"I mean, I kinda had to," Larry countered, setting the empty glass on the table, "I was responsible for scorching all of your plants, so it only seems right to be responsible for fixing my mistakes."

"Well I appreciate it nonetheless." Petunia added before she resumed digging little holes with her miniature shovel in the soil-filled flower pots. Larry felt a question bubble at the tip of his tongue, but was unsure of whether or not he should ask it. Pushing through, the cucumber had to know the answer.

"Petunia?"

"Yes Larry?"

"Are you still mad at me?"

Petunia blinked and rested her miniature shovel on the table, staring in deep thought at the flower pots. Larry waited patiently for her to answer his question. This whole incident took place this morning, so it was reasonable if she still held some anger towards him.

"I am still a little bit angry at what you did…" Petunia admitted honestly before looking up and meeting Larry's gaze with her own. Larry felt his shoulders sink a little from her confession, but knew from the drop in her voice that she wasn't done speaking just yet.

"But it was an accident," Petunia continued softly, "and you did apologize…and take it upon yourself to replace all of my plants..."

A small smile slid onto her face while she paused. Upon spotting it, Larry simultaneously smiled too.
For a brief second, the two harbored an all-too-familiar feeling they knew too well.

"Give me a day." Petunia answered with a smirk before she turned her head and went back to her potting flowers. Larry felt his heart jump from her answer and his smile widen; he wasn't expecting that. It was a coy response on Petunia's behalf, but still nonetheless clever.

'Wait, does that mean she's gonna be mad at me until tomorrow?' Larry thought.

"And…thanks for the plants." Petunia added tenderly.

"No problem." Larry replied nonchalantly.

Before the two could go on any further, they heard Mr. Lunt and Bob's voices squabbling back and forth over trying to carry something up the stairs. Larry quickly went off to lend them assistance. Unbeknownst to him, Petunia had turned her head and watched him head off downstairs until he was out of her sight.

"Oh Larry, what am I gonna do with you?" Petunia sighed contently and rhetorically.

CRRRAAASSSSHHH!

The whole building shook from whatever impacted. Petunia flinched in reaction before she her a commotion of three voices coming from the floor below her. Regaining her deadpanned expression, Petunia hurried off towards the stairs to go and settle whatever commotion was coming from the cucumber, the tomato, and the gourd.

Author's note: Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! Whether or not you are in a good mood, I wish you a Happy Valentine's Day from me to you, because you deserve it.

For those who haven't heard, VeggieTales has a new TV series on Netflix. This particular chapter follows up on what happens after the episode "Larry's Cardboard Thumb".

VeggieTales has gone through a new look and will feature said redesigns until further changes. The new look has very swell animation and textures, making it much more fluid when compiled together. As for their looks, even though I subconsciously jump out of my bones upon seeing them, all that matters to me is that they keep the characters' personalities intact, to which they did, and that they continue to teach good morals to people. Oh, and Larry/Petunia stuff of course. In regards to the new voice actors…I do believe I will miss the older ones, but I am glad that the new ones aren't terrible. Thank goodness DreamWorks was smart enough to keep Phil Vischer voicing on the show. Just imagine the uproar of the fan base if they did replace him….

Hypothetical anarchy aside, thanks again for reading. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!