Yikes. Took me longer than I thought to get this next arc started (I apologize for that...my "work" and just overall tiredness are the culprits here (=_=") ), but...here it is, and I apologize for the wait. Hopefully, the start to this arc is something you guys like and have been waiting for. I bring to you all for your reading pleasure the 'Healing Sasha' arc. I hope you all enjoy, my loves. =)
Reading through one of her Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, Bayley couldn't help but notice that over the past few days, Dean and Sasha seemed to be spending quite a lot of time with each other talking about...something. Just what this something was, the ponytailed brunette didn't know; all she was able to really gather was that it seemed to be good news of some sort. She had even gone so far as to ask Seth and Roman about what was going on between the duo, but even they didn't seem to know what was going on with them. All they could tell Bayley was "I'm sure they'll tell us soon."
...Well, to Bayley, "soon" never quite seemed to come around. These somewhat secretive talks had been going on for a few days now, and the ponytailed brunette just wanted to know what was going on.
"I'm sure it's nothing much, Bayley," Sami reassured one Friday while he and Bayley were walking to Bayley's house from school. "It's probably just some Gem stuff they're still sorting out."
"I can't imagine what it could be since they've been talking in private about it for a few days now," Bayley brought up. "I just don't like how this is all making me feel."
"And, that would be...how, exactly?" Sami asked, not quite following Bayley at the moment.
"Umm, ...I guess I should probably say it's making me feel left out. It's almost like how it took Seth a while to finally tell me about my parents, and now this is happening between Dean and Sasha," Bayley said. Sighing as her shoulders sagged a bit and she raised a hand to touch her Gem through her t-shirt, Bayley said "I hate that it feels like the guys are always hiding stuff from me. I know it's because I'm younger and everything, but...I just wish they would be more open to tell me about stuff like this."
Seeing Bayley so upset about this made Sami feel bad for his friend. While he couldn't exactly speak from experience here, he could empathize with Bayley on a smaller level in the sense that he had a similar feeling when it came to all of the moving around he and his parents did before finally settling down in Emerald Pines; he'd always be so late to finding out that when the time to move came, he'd feel upset about having to leave behind the friends he had managed to make only to move to a new place and do the same thing all over again. It was never all that fun nor was it entirely pleasant, but he knew it had to be done in the end. So, thinking back on these times had Sami somewhat understanding both how Bayley and why Dean and Sasha were probably keeping what they were doing a secret from the ponytailed teen.
"Don't worry, Bayley. I'm sure they'll tell you what they've been doing soon. After all, I can't imagine Seth and the others wanting to keep too much a secret from you for much longer," Sami reassured. "And, who knows? Maybe today will be the day when you find out just what it is that Dean and Sasha have been so secretive about."
"I can only hope so," Bayley said, seeing as how the two had come up to Sami's house. Saying her goodbye to Sami, Bayley continued her walk to her house, where she'd try yet again to get some answers out of Seth and the others. 'Today has to be the day I finally get some kind of answer. I just hope it is,' Bayley thought, as she began her walk up the hill that led to her house. Reaching the top and climbing the steps that led to the front door, Bayley pushed open the door and was surprised to see Seth, Roman, Dean, and Sasha all gathered at the kitchen island.
Seeing Bayley coming inside the house, Seth said "Ah, Bayley. You're finally home. We've been waiting for you."
"I was talking with Sami about some stuff, so I decided to walk home with him today," Bayley began before catching on to Seth said. "Wait. What do you mean you guys were waiting for me? What is it? Is something wrong?"
"No, no, not at all," Seth said, hoping to calm Bayley down so that she wouldn't panic. "It actually has to do with what we're going to do with Dean and Sasha."
"Does...this have anything to do with what they've been talking about for the past few days?" Bayley asked, a big swell of excitement starting to rise within her.
"It does, actually," Dean piped up from where he was sitting at the kitchen island. "Look, Bayley. We want to apologize for being so secretive around you. It hasn't really been fair to you, and we've been feeling a bit bad about it."
"It's just that we wanted to make sure that what we're about to do is really going to work," Sasha added in."
"What do you mean what you're about to do? What? What is it?" Bayley asked, her anxiety building with each question she asked and everything the older Gems told her.
"What Dean and Sasha are saying," Roman cut in to help keep Bayley from becoming an overly curious ball of questions "is that Dean's found a way to help Sasha fix her Gem."
Hearing the brunette Gem say this, Bayley couldn't help but feel quite surprised. So, none of the other Gems blamed her when they saw her smile and ask "Whoa! Seriously?!"
So far, it looks like things are off to a pretty good start here. Sure, Bayley was kept a bit in the dark about just what the other Gems were talking about, but it looks like she got her answer in the end in Roman and the others telling her that Dean's found a way to help Sasha fix her Gem. And just this news alone is enough to make Bayley feel pretty excited. Just what is this way of fixing Sasha's Gem that Dean found? And why does it seem like something that will take all of the Gems together? These questions shall be answered over the course of this arc, one question getting an answer sooner than the other. So, until the next chapter (which I promise won't take too long for me to post), don't forget to R&R please. =)
