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Branch could hear the leaders giving their speech from the balcony he was on, hearing the gasp of the trolls when it was confirmed that a trolling was grey. He looked at the paper in front of him as he signed one last page. Doctor Moon smiled as she collected the papers. "Perfect. Congratulations Branch, you are officially the foster parent of Rose. If you need anything or have any questions just let me know. Don't hesitate to call." She stood up and handed him a couple lollipops. "For Rose when she wakes up."
Branch stood up as well and took the lollipops and put them in his hair, Rose still in his one arm asleep. "Thank you Doctor moon. Hopefully everything goes okay and I'll see you in two weeks for her cast to hopefully come off." He shook her hand before Doctor moon walked away. Branch stayed on the balcony for a little longer, listening to the others talk before he made his way to the market in town. The market was empty as he thought, it gave him time to look around at what he may need for Rose. He walked around for about a half hour before he noticed a couple of trolls walking around. Branch stayed in the shadows, and glanced at Rose. He wasn't sure how she felt about other trolls seeing her just yet. He gently lifted her into his hair, careful not to wake her. Once she was in his hair he stood still for a few minutes to make sure she was still asleep before he slowly walked around to find Biggie or anyone else.
He soon heard Guy Diamond's voice and looked around to see him along with Biggie and Mr Dinkles, Smidge, Satin, Chenille, DJ Suki, and legsly walking away from him. "Hey, guys!" He called out to them, seeing them stop and turned around.
"Branch! There you are! We were starting to get worried when we didn't see you at the gathering." Biggie smiled when they walked over to him.
"Were you looking after Rose?" Smidge asked. "While the leaders were speaking? Is that why we couldn't find you?"
"You could say that Smidge." Branch looked around seeing no troll looking at them. He slowly parted his hair enough so they could see Rose. "I'm going to be the one looking after her from now on." He heard them all gasp. Branch could feel her shaking slightly in her sleep, closing his hair in case she was cold.
"That's awesome, you will do great!" Guy Diamond grinned.
Tiny Diamond popped out of his hair. "I get to be a big brother! Yeah! I will show her everything about glitter!" He said excitedly.
"That's so sweet!" The twinned cooed.
"That's great!" Smidge cheered before Branch hushed them, causing them to be quiet.
"I do need some help though." He said, seeing the others nod in agreement that they're I'll help. "What pod did you put all of the stuff in? Did you see any clothes for Rose in there by chance?" He asked Biggie.
Biggie thought for a moment before he answered. "I don't remember seeing much clothes unfortunately, sorry Branch."
"That's alright. Can you think of anything that was there that she may need?" He asked as Biggie shook his head.
"There were mainly pictures, a couple toys, video tapes." Biggie listed.
"If it's not too much trouble, could you show me where the pod is later?" He asked, seeing Biggie nod before he turned to the twins. "Satin, Chenille, Poppy told me you two make nice kid clothes. Do you happen to have any?" He asked.
The twin nodded. "Of course we do!" They both said.
Satin spoke first. "We would love to make clothes for Rose!"
"We have so many ideas!" Chenille finished.
Branch smiled. "Thanks, I don't know what kind of clothes she likes though. Something simple may be good, and she's going to need something to sleep in as well. I am going to go check if there is anything for her first, then I'll stop by. If that's okay with you two?" He asked.
They both nodded. "Of course!" Chenille said.
"We are going to start making some clothes for her right now!" Satin grinned as the twins looked at each other before running off to their pod to get everything set.
Branch turned to Biggie. "Can you show me where it is now?" He asked.
"Of course! It's this way." Biggie said and started leading him towards the pod as the others followed.
After a few minutes they made it to the pod. "Here we are! There wasn't as much stuff as we would have liked." Biggie said, opening the door.
Branch walked in slowly, looking around seeing a handful of boxes. He glanced up at his hair for a moment before he knelt down and opened a box. Inside were family photos and video tapes. He looked at one of the photos inside for a moment before moving to another box. He glanced around to see the others looking in boxes as well. As he looked around he felt Rose shiver in his hair again, he gently reached up and placed his hand on hers. After a moment he let go and continued to look in boxes.
"I'm not seeing much in these boxes." Legsly said, going over to Branch as the others followed.
"Well, maybe I should take these to my bunker for her. I'm sure she will want these." He said, standing up and picking up a box. He looked at the others as they all picked up a box as well. "Thank you guys." He smiled at him.
They all grinned back at him. "Are you going to your home first or to see what the twins have?" Smidge asked, carrying three heavy boxes with ease.
"I was going to see what they have first, I hope she wakes up by then." He said, feeling her shake as she continued to sleep. They all nodded and headed towards the twins pod.
Tiny knocked on the pods door since the others had their hands full. It flew open revealing the twins grinning faces. "Finally! We have so many ideas for her!" They each grabbed one of Branch's arms and dragged him in quickly.
"Woah! Calm down you two, let me see if she's awake first." He chuckled slightly at their excitement as they came to a stop. They let him go and waited eagerly for him to get Rose. He put the box down and slowly took Rose out of his hair. When he got her out he noticed the unease on her face. "Hey, Rose. Time to wake up." He held her in his arms but wasn't sure how to wake her up. "Come on kid, you need to try on clothes." He gently poked her leg, which kicked when he touched it. He repeated his action getting a grumble from the child. Rose suddenly bolted awake, her eyes wide as she looked around cautiously. "Hey, it's okay." He kept a hold of her as she panicked. "Look at me Rose. It's okay." He tightened his grip on her so it was a tight hug, calming her down as she looked at him. She buried her face in his shoulder, shaking slightly,
"It's okay Rose, we want to help you find your fashion style." Satin spoke, causing Rose to glance at her.
"Yeah, we want to make clothes for you! You can be our little model!" Chenille grinned.
Rose looked at Branch. "I don't have any clothes for you, so I thought it would be good for you to choose what you like. Are you okay with that?" He asked her.
Rose gripped his vest, still nervous about the new trolls. Chenille took a step towards Rose, bending slightly to get to Roses level. "You don't have to be scared. If it makes you feel better, why don't we demonstrate on Branch first?"
"Then you will know what to expect. How does that sound?" Satin finished, copying her sister's movements.
"Wait, what?" Branch looked at them confused, before he looked at Rose. "Would that help?" He saw Rose think for a moment before nodding. He sighed in defeat. "Alright, i'll go first." He said causing the twins to jump in delight.
"Great! We have a few ideas we will show you first!" Satin took a few steps back to a curtain behind her as Chenille followed.
"We can take measurements once we know what you like." They both grabbed the curtain and pulled it back, revealing a couple dozen options of styles for Rose. "First we have a cute sporty outfit." Chenille pointed to a baseball outfit in pink and purple.
"Then an elegant dress." Satin showed a flowery long dress.
"Maybe a little hip hop style like we made for Tiny!" Chenille showed a cute baseball hat and jersey.
Rose looked at them all, getting overwhelmed with all the options she had but wasn't sure about. "Um, do you have anything not flashy? Something more simple?" Branch asked, seeing Rose was unsure about the choices.
The twins looked at each other, before they went to a sketch book. After a few moments they showed a few ideas of simple outfits. "How about something like these?" Chenille flipped a page revealing a simple two tone dress.
Satin showed her a variety of colours on cards. "We can make them your favorite colours too!"
Rose looked at the dress and pointed to it, before looking at the colours and pointed to a light purple. "A dress in purple? Alright, that works." Branch smiled. "What do you like to sleep in? A dress as well?" He asked her as she nodded her head. "Okay, a night gown. What colour?" He saw her point to baby pink colour. He nodded before looking at the twins who nodded as well.
"Perfect! Now we just need to know your measurements. We will measure Branch first." They both grabbed multiple items they needed before leading Branch to the center of the room so they could easily move around.
Branch placed Rose on a chair so she could watch before following them. "Stand up straight." Satin told him.
"Arms straight out." Chenille lifted his arms to where they needed to be. Soon they started writing down numbers as they measured him.
While the twins continued to explain to Rose what they were doing Poppy walked into the pod. "I thought you were here for Rose, not yourself Branch." She teased, causing Branch to blush.
"Rose wanted me to go first." He mumbled, his arms lowering before the twins quickly spoke.
"Don't move. Arms up." They spoke in unison, making Branch snap back into position.
Poppy laughed, before she went to Rose. "Do you know what clothes you want?" She knelt down to her, smiling. Rose nodded sheepishly, pointing to a book behind her which was open to the dress she pointed out. "Oh that's so cute!" She smiled, before looking over at Branch who looked like he didn't want to be there much longer.
"You know what? Now that we have Branch's measurement." Chenille started, looking at Satin.
Satin grinned. "We can finally create them."
"Create what?" Poppy asked.
"Matching outfits!" They both cheered, causing Branch to jump at their sudden excitement.
"Wait what?!" He looked at them shocked.
Poppy gasped and grinned. "Oh my troll, YES! Totally!" She joined in on the excitement.
"How about no? I'm fine with what I normally wear." Branch frowned. "Can I move now?" He asked.
The twins nodded, but before Branch had time to lower his arms he went someone rushed onto him. He looked down to see that Poppy had taken the chance to hug him. She looked at him with a smile from ear to ear. He smiled back at her, lowering his arms and wrapped his arms around her. Suddenly they both opened their mouths and spoke at the same time.
"It's not possible."
"It is possible."
They both stared at each other surprised before they burst out laughing. Branch stopped laughing first and kissed her cheek before he let her go. He walked over to Rose who looked extremely tired. "You ready kid?" He saw her nod and lifted her off the chair and onto the ground. "How about I put your bear on the chair? That way she is watching you." Branch saw her nod and he placed the stuffed bear on the chair. "It will only be a few minutes. Be careful with your arms, okay?" He stood up and looked at the twins. "On her arm without the cast she has a sore spot, so careful not to touch her arm much." He told them, seeing them nod.
The twins slowly started measuring Rose, softly talking her through what they were doing. "How did everything go?" Branch glanced at Poppy before looking back at Rose.
"It was okay. There were a lot of trolls with a lot of questions, but we told them to write them down and put them in a box so we can read over them and see what they are." She looked at Branch, smiling at him. "And I talked to the kids as well. They didn't have many questions, they mostly wanted to see Rose." She looked back at Rose.
"Well, maybe if Rose is up for it next week she will go to the reading session?" Branch looked at her.
Poppy smiled softly at him. "If she is up for it. We will take it one step at a time." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "I know you're worried, Branch, and all this was put on you so suddenly. You are already so good with her, you will do amazing taking care of her." Poppy kissed his cheek, smiling at him.
Branch smiled at her. "I'll do my best." He said softly.
"I know you will." She wrapped her arms around his side, leaning against him gently.
He wrapped an arm around her, pulling her closer. He looked back at Rose.
"There! We're done." The twins said. The moment they finished talking Rose ran to Branch's leg and hugged it.
Branch looked down at Rose, slightly surprised at the force he felt when she ran into him. "You're a speedy little thing, aren't you?" He knelt down. "You did amazing Rose. Thank you for doing that." He gently patted her back before pulling out a lollipop Doctor Moon gave him. "Here, you deserve this." He smiled, unwrapping it for her before handing it to her.
Rose took the lollipop and put it in her mouth. Branch turned to the twins. "Should we come back in a couple of days for her clothes?" Branch asked.
The twins stared at Branch. "You underestimate us Branch." They both spoke, surprising him. "It will take less than twenty minutes."
"That fast? Wow." He looked at them, before looking at Rose. "Well, that gives us some time to see if there's anything you need. Do you have any good you like, or don't like? Any allergies?" He asked.
She shook her head, before she wrote in her book. 'No green stuff.' She wrote.
"No green stuff, got it. Anything else?" He asked.
'Cupcakes.' She wrote, looking at him.
"I figured from the two you had today you liked them." He chuckled. "What about toys or something? Do you need anything? I have a bed and stuff in my bunker." He saw her shake her head. "Alright. We can always get more stuff tomorrow or when you need it." He said.
Suddenly Branch saw Tiny standing next to Rose. "Do you have any more lollipops?" He asked, looking at Branch with sparkling eyes. Branch nodded and took one out for Tiny who grinned. "Yeah, yeah! Thanks Uncle Branch!" Tiny hopped over to Guy. "Look daddy! I got a lollipop!" He ripped the wrapping off and put it in his mouth, sitting down next to Rose.
Rose looked at him, before she went back to her lollipop, tears coming to her eyes. Branch saw her and placed a hand on her back gently. She glanced up at him. "Just a little longer kid, then we will head to my bunker." He whispered to her, seeing her nod and go back to her lollipop.
It wasn't long until the twins finished. "Done!" Satin held up one of the outfits for Rose.
"Try them on!" Chenille grinned holding the other. Rose looked at the clothes and nodded, even though she wasn't smiling she did seem to perk up a bit. Branch helped her down and Rose quickly went to the twins, holding her hand toward the purple dress. Satin gave her the dress and pointed behind them. "Right there is the dressing room. Can you get dressed by yourself?" She asked, seeing Rose hesitate as she looked at her cast.
"I'll help you Rose." Poppy smiled, stepping towards them.
"Great! We actually have an outfit for you too Poppy!" Chenille ran back and grabbed an outfit for Poppy.
"You two can both try these one." Satin said, leading them to the changing rooms.
After a few minutes they came out, Poppy was wearing a black skirt and navy blouse as Rose wore her purple dress. "Rose you look so cute!" Poppy grinned looking down at her.
The other complimented Rose on her dress, causing her to blush slightly. She quickly ran and hid behind Branch's legs to try to get away from the stares.
The twins circled Poppy trying to think of what else they needed for her outfit. "Something is off." They both spoke as they tried to figure out what to add.
While the others were focusing on Poppy, Branch knelt down and looked at Rose. "It looks very pretty on you Rose, very good choice you picked out." He smiled, causing her to fiddle with her fingers as she stood there embarrassed. "Do you want to put on the pajamas or do you want to go now?" He asked. She thought for a moment before she pointed to the changing room. "Alright, go change then we will go." He stood up and looked at the others who were still looking at Poppy.
Rose started to go to the changing room, but stopped and looked at Poppy. Poppy was looking at some accessories before she felt a small tug on her pants. She looked down to see Rose nervously looking down. "What is it Rose?" She knelt down to look at her. Rose pointed to the changing room, looking at her. "Oh, of course I will help you." She smiled and took Rose's hand and led her to get changed.
After a few minutes they both came out again, Rose in her pajamas and Poppy in her regular outfit. "You look like you're very comfy in that." Poppy smiled down at her as Rose nodded in reply. Rose walked over to Branch and reached for him.
Branch picked her up, seeing her reach towards his head. "Do you want to ride in my hair?" He asked, seeing her nod. He lifted her up and she crawled into his hair. Once he felt she was safe from falling he looked at the twins. "Thank you both so much, I really appreciate it." He smiled.
"It was our pleasure!" Chenille grinned back.
"We loved making her clothes!" Satin agreed.
"We will make her a lot more clothes! So many cute ideas for her, and we will keep them simple." They spoke together.
"Thank you." He said again, before looking at the others who already were carrying their boxes. "And thank you all as well." He said, picking up his box as well.
"You don't have to thank us Branch." Biggie smiled.
"We want to help." DJ Suki grinned.
Branch smiled more. "Well, we better get going." He said as he led the way to the side entrance of his bunker.
When they arrived Rose peeked out of Branch's hair so she could look around. "Well, this is where I live." He told Rose, putting the box down and placing her on the ground. Rose looked around but stayed close to him. Branch looked at the others, seeing the bracelets around their wrists light up and they all wrapped each other in a group hug. "Thanks again guys." He said after a minute. "We are going to stay in for the rest of the night, so she can get used to it here." He looked at Rose who was cautiously looking at a jar full of purple liquid.
"We understand. We will see you later." Guy spoke, smiling as the mothers nodded and started heading to the exit. "Just wait Branch, you will learn to like having a kid around." Guy finished before following the others.
Poppy was the only one who didn't follow. "Do you want me to stay here with you for the night?" She asked him, seeing him watching Rose.
Branch turned to her, letting out a small sigh. "I think I'll be okay. I think it's just going to be a long night." He reached for her hand, bringing it to his lips and kissed the back of her hand gently. "It is dinner time, do you want to stay for dinner?" He smiled at her.
She smiled back and nodded. "I'd love to." She kissed his cheek before she went over to Rose. "Hey Rosie, do you want to play a game? Or maybe scrapbook?" Poppy grinned as she pulled out some paper and scissors from her hair.
Rose looked at her, before shaking her head slightly. "Alright, we don't have to." Poppy put her supplies back in her hair. "Is there something you want to do? Maybe explore? Draw? Make fun of Branch's inventory?" She grinned.
"My inventory is nothing to make fun of! It's good to be prepared." He huffed, frowning at Poppy as she giggled. "Anyways, do you like soup Rose?" Rose looked at him and nodded. "Alright, I'll make us soup. I do have one rule though, no one plays in the kitchen while I cook. There had been an incident in the past, I don't want anyone getting hurt. Do you understand?" He asked Rose, seeing her not then looked at Poppy. "That means you too Pops."
"It was one time! And I barely got burned!" She pouted, crossing her arms as she stuck her tongue out at him playfully.
Branch smirked, before he kissed her cheek. "One time too many, I don't want to take any chances." He walked to the kitchen and started making them dinner.
As Branch cooked Rose continued to explore, looking around the main area as Poppy sat on the couch watching her. Rose soon got curious about the boxes. She decided to take a look, so she went on her top toes to peek inside. When she looked inside she stopped, she leaned over and toppled the box over. Poppy quickly went to her side. "Rose, are you okay?" She asked as Branch ran around the corner.
"What was.." he stopped when he saw the box Rose was in. Rose slowly picked up a photo of her and her parents. Rose couldn't take her eyes off the photo, but her eyes started to blur over with tears. She held the photo to her chest and started crying. Branch slowly walked up to them and gently picked Rose up. He didn't say anything, just holding and rocking her as she started crying. Branch started walking over to the kitchen, motioning Poppy to follow. He could tell Poppy was still nervous from earlier, so he gently placed Rose in her arms. "Just hold her tight, maybe hum slightly. It will help her feel better, but let her cry." Branch whispered to Poppy, who looked at him still concerned. "I'm going to be right here making the soup. She is grieving, she needs this." He kissed Poppy's forehead before he went to finish preparing the soup.
Poppy stared down at the crying child in her arms. She did as Branch instructed and held her tightly in her arms. She rocked her and gently hummed a lullaby to her.
Rose cried for a half hour, holding onto the photo tightly. She kept her eyes closed as she sobbed every few minutes, trying to hold in her cry's. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Poppy. "Hey sweetheart, feeling better?" She smiled down at her. Rose looked down, holding the photo tighter to her chest.
"The soup is ready." Branch set two bowls down for them and went back to get his own. Poppy gently placed Rose on a chair that Branch raised for her and went to her own seat. Branch came back a couple minutes later with his own bowl. "Give it a try, I hope you two like it." He said, taking a spoonful of his bowl as Poppy did as well.
Poppy smiled. "This tastes amazing Branch." She praises happily, taking another spoonful which caused him to smile.
Branch looked at Rose who didn't move from when Poppy put her there. "Have you tried it yet Rose? Do you need help with it? It's not super hot, just warm." Branch told her, but she didn't move. Branch ate more of his soup, but stopped after a couple minutes went by and Rose didn't touch her food.
Branch stood up and walked over to where Rose was and knelt down. "Rose. I need you to look at me." He said, the tone of his voice more serious than before. Rose slowly turned her head, glancing at him. He spoke softly to her this time. "I know you're sad, hurt, and confused. I understand you may want to be left alone, but you need to eat something. You barely ate today. You had some fruit, cupcakes and a couple lollipops. Will you please have some of the soup?" He asked her, seeing her glance at the soup. He held up a hand towards her. "Four spoonfuls. That's all I'm asking, four spoonfuls then you can go. Okay? If you want more you can, but after four you can stop."
Rose stared at him, before she slowly reached for the spoon and picked it up. She stirred the soup a bit, hesitating before she took a spoonful and put it in her mouth. She slowly ate it, but went back for another bite. Branch stood up after her second bite and went back to his own bowl. Poppy watched as Rose went for another spoonful. "Wow, you got her to eat so easily." Poppy whispered to him, her bowl already empty.
Branch shrugged. "Do you want more?" He asked, seeing her nod. He took her bowl and filled it up and placed it in front of her. He looked at Rose who had taken her fourth bite but continued eating. "I'm glad she's eating this, she needs it." He let out a small sigh of relief.
Rose ate half the bowl, before she put her spoon down and held her hand up. Branch nodded. "Yes. Thank you for eating it Rose." He smiled at her and walked over to help her down. "Do you want me to put you on the couch or do you want to walk around some more?" He asked as she pointed to the couch. Once he placed her down he looked around. "Do you want anything to drink?" He saw her shake her head. "Alright. I'm going to put the soup away, you stay on the couch alright?" He saw her shake her head and he went into the kitchen to clean up.
Poppy helped Branch clean up, washing the dishes. "You handled that very well Branch, I didn't think she was going to eat at first." She said as she took the last dish to wash.
He shrugged. "I just wanted her to eat a bit, but she ate more than I thought she would. I'm glad she did." He smiled at Poppy who smiled back.
She drained the sink, drying her hands. "Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" She asked.
Branch out his cloth down and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I'm sure. I think it may be easier for her if it's just one troll for tonight." He kissed her cheek. "It's been a long day for all of us, and I'm sure you will have another busy day tomorrow too. If tonight goes how I think it will, we won't get much sleep, it may be best if you get a good night's rest." He kissed her other cheek, seeing her giggle.
"I guess you're right." Poppy wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him close so their noses touched. "I guess I will see you tomorrow then." She pulled him closer and kissed him lovingly. She kept him close, feeling his hands tighten around her waist.
Branch held her tightly, savouring the moment for as long as he could. He pressed his lips harder against hers, before pulling back slightly for air. He smiled as he stared into her eyes lovingly. "I love you Poppy." He smiled.
She grinned and pecked his lips. "I love you more." She quickly escapes out of his grasp as he chuckled.
"Don't you start that again." He playfully warned.
She stuck her tongue out at him as she went to the couch. "Hey Rose, I'm going to head home for the night." She knelt down to her height. "I'll be back first thing in the morning! Can I get a hug before I go?" Poppy held her arms out, but Rose only glanced at her. Poppy slowly lowered her arms, but kept smiling. "That's okay. I'll see you tomorrow." She stood up and walked over to Branch.
Branch saw the look on her face, knowing she was trying to smile though she was sad. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. "Don't take it personally Poppy, maybe tomorrow she will feel better." He whispered, kissing her forehead. He felt Poppy nod her head, holding him close for a minute. Once they pulled apart, Branch walked her to the exit. He placed a hand on her cheek and kissed her once more. "I will see you tomorrow. I love you, with all my heart Poppy." He smiled at her.
She leaned her head into his hand, smiling back at him. "And I love you Branch, with all my heart." She said before she started to head home.
Once Poppy was gone Branch made his way back to the couch and sat on the other side of it. He looked at Rose who was still holding the photo, tears coming back to her eyes. 'This is going to be a long night.' He thought to himself.
