… nor do I own the Beatles, from whom I have borrowed the title for this chapter…

A Little Help From a Friend

"Showoff!" Woody teased.

Jessie blushed, but she was grinning.

"Think it'll work?"

Woody shrugged. "You've had more experience with this than I have, y'know. It may be that once he gets reset, it's for keeps."

"I got a feelin' you can take Buzz outta Spanish mode but you can't take the Spanish mode outta Buzz."

"Or at least," said Woody with a knowing wink, "That's what you're hoping, right?"

The cowgirl's face grew even rosier and she looked down at her boots. She was hoping, but more than that, Jessie was downright curious. She'd never been more surprised than when she met Buzz's Spanish side… and realized that she liked him that way! The two of them had something. Chemistry, as the humans would say. Maybe it wasn't fair of her to start fiddling with Buzz's alter ego just to discover if they still had it.

But it was the only way to find out.

"I just wanna see if he'll do it again," she explained to Woody, still feeling the heat in her face.

"You just like it that all you have to do is push a button and you get what you want!" Woody laughed.

"Are you gonna help me or not, Sheriff?" Jessie demanded, her face getting more flushed by the minute.

He chuckled. "Sure. What do you need me to do?"

Smiling, she held out a rose. It wasn't real, of course, made out of red tissue paper and a fuzzy green pipe cleaner for a stem, but Woody raised his eyebrows in appreciation.

"Where'd you get this?"

"I made it."

"You made this?" Woody gave a low whistle. "I never pegged you for the artsy type, Jess!"

She laughed. "We never pegged Buzz for the romantic type, either!"

"So what am I supposed to do with it?"

Jessie just grinned and winked at him before sauntering off in the direction of Bonnie's CD player.

"You'll figure it out!"

Hello to All!

I adored the fact that Woody tossed the rose to Jessie during the Paso Doble, but I wondered where he'd gotten it and how he knew she'd go for it… so that's where the idea for this came from!

And I remember thinking to myself, "Oh, I love it that all she has to do is push a button and she gets what she wants!" :D

Thank you so much for your feedback on the last chapter, you guys! I'll see you again on Monday ~Owl