24 hours ago...

Ollie's POV

I heard it yesterday when I was taking John Keeves for his daily walk around the Wayne.

"He's not a dog" Saraline told her brother in real life.

"But he still needs his exercise, floating cephlapodcism is no excuse. But I'm getting off topic."

Anyway, I was walking John by the park when I overheard Ansi giving himself a pep talk holding a bouquet of colorful flowers. I nearly got distracted by the floral rainbow wrapped in a pretty violet sleeve, but I heard Ansi saying.

"Okay Ansi, she's right over there, you've been preparing for this for a few weeks now. It's time I stepped up to bat, even though I don't play baseball. Like I told Saraline when we went to the Wayne water area and she tried her first waterslide."

"Close your mouth at the bottom, there might be pee in the pool?"

"GAH!" Ansi jumped as he was approached by Andrei the vampire wearing a large sunhat. "Andrei what did I tell you about pooping up behind me and surprising me!" he lightly scolded his undead acquaintance.

"Not to?" he confusingly answered.

"Yeah. Anyway I was just about to that girl over there something important." He pointed to Julia Wiles behind him on a bench reading a book.

"Okay good luck with that." the vampire left the kid in tiny shorts, that barely conceals anything.

"Alright Ansi just like when Saraline was facing that waterslide. Well besides what Andrei just said, 'Just close my eyes, and don't look down'. Okay, let's do this."

I remember when me, my sister, and my bestest friend went to that underground waterpark we went to investigate the aguqmadronx that popped up and took over when we got there. I ended up getting briefly marrying there princess, real hot for a ten year old. We're having dinner reservations tonight at 8.

What was I just doing? Hey there's Ansi heading towards Julia with flowers.

Oh wait!

"Um hey uh Julia?"

She looked confused until she saw Ansi holding the flowers behind his back, "Oh hey Ansi, how's your day going?"

"Oh fine, everything's fine! I don't have flowers behind me! That's crazy, you're crazy. And pretty, uh I mean uhh," Ansi quickly said with no confidence or suave at all. I've seen geeks with more confidence when going against football captains in a street fight. Don't ask.

Julia just stared with a slightly unimpressed looked on her face, "You're really bad at this aren't you?"

Ansi just sighed in defeat and slumped his arms down, "How did you know?"

"It's not like you were trying to hide your crush on me." she laid a comforting hand on his shoulder, "Look Ansi, you're a really great guy. You have more maturity and smarts than most kids your age, and I know you will make any lad or lady happy someday." she took back her hand, "But just not this lady. Nothing against you at all, just I have a lot on my plate, and I don't know what guy I want. But I'm glad to be friends with you." She gathered her stuff before leaving him to handle soft rejection, "And don't worry, she'll come around eventually." she gave a last minute reassuring statement.

The boy just sighed as he sat down on the now empty bench, "Well, she didn't say yes. But I don't feel any less depressed. Well flowers, I guess we'll have to wait for some other girl that would actually want to go out with a guy as lanky and normal like me. What should I do?"

"Get longer pants!" he heard from off-screen.

"HEY, these are stylish in some countries!"

"Yeah, in places where sunlight is all year long." Ollie said from his hiding place.

(Cut to the present...)

"So yeah, you won't have to worry about Julia trying to take Ansi. He's getting better after the rejection." Ollie told his sister what happened.

"So your saying... I have a chance of being, "Mrs. Saraline Molina?" Saraline wondered with starry eyes.

"I didn't say that."

"So your saying I can't be with Ansikins?" she asked with teary eyes.

"That's not what I'm saying!" he quickly said.

"Is it not what your saying, or NOT what your SAYING?" she questioned with air quote fingers at 'not' and 'saying'.

"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME!" Ollie panicked.

"Exactly." Saraline smirked.

"Look Saraline, just try to tone it down around Ansi for the time being. He's going through a rough patch after his first rejection, so no over the top affection." he sternly told her.

"Okay I promise." Saraline promised, but with crossed fingers behind her.