Hello again!

Ihope you like this chapter! I don't own trolls, but Rose is my OC.


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Poppy walked ahead of Branch as they got to the shopping center, looking around for the mattress booth. "It was here somewhere. They switched with the drum store." She muttered as she looked around.

"They're big, how can we not find them?" Branch looked from side to side but couldn't find the store they were looking for.

As Poppy looked around she saw King Quincy and Queen Essence. "Hey King Quincy, Queen Essence!" She called to get their attention.

The funk royals looked over at the sound of their names and smiled. "Queen Poppy, what are you doing here? I thought you would have headed home for the day." Essence said, giving her a motherly hug.

Poppy hugged her back, smiling. "We're going to head back soon. We're trying to find a new mattress for Branch, it's been twenty years since he got a new one." She said, pointing to Branch behind her who was blushing slightly at Poppy's bluntness.

"I would say it's time for a new one." King Quincy chuckled, walking over to Branch. "How has it been looking after Rose? I saw her earlier at the celebration of life party, but I never got the chance to talk to you after. Where is she?"

"She's currently asleep." He pointed to his hair. "It been a rough couple of days, but she does have her good moments."

"She's going to need those good moments." He smiled as they followed behind Poppy and Essence. "Did you get the bag of letters? King Trollex was bringing them to you yesterday."

He nodded as Poppy pointed to the mattress booth and walked in with Essence. "Yes, Peppy brought them over since he was heading to my bunker anyways. I've gotten through about half of them, and I'm guessing the other half are going to be the same questions." He watched as Poppy sat on a mattress, bouncing slightly to test it. "How is it going to work to talk to the other trolls? Are you all going to give a speech?" He looked at Quincy.

Quincy looked down at him and gave him a soft smile. "I was thinking that if you're okay with it, you give the speech instead. If you are comfortable with that of course."

Branch thought for a moment. "Can I think about it? Maybe think of what I would say first?"

"Of course. Have the night to think about it, there is going to be a meeting tomorrow. You can join us and help give us input even if you don't want to speak in front of the other trolls." Quincy looked over at Poppy who was going from bed to bed trying to find the bounciest mattress.

"Thank you. I will think about it." He said before looking at Poppy as well. "I better go stop her from breaking a mattress." He sighed with a smile on his face as Poppy jumped on a bed, causing Quincy to chuckle. "Poppy, stop jumping on the bed. You're going to fall or break something. Why are you even jumping on the bed anyways? You aren't a trolling." He said when he got to her.

Poppy looked at him with a frown. "You were the one just standing there talking, so I decided to see what the comfiest bed was! So far this one is winning." She jumped in the air and landed on her bottom before getting off the bed, grinning. "Test it!" She patted the bed.

Branch put the bags he was carrying down and sat on the bed. "This one is much more comfortable then mine." He muttered.

"Lay down! You can't get the proper experience from just sitting on it." Poppy said, going to the other side of the bed.

Branch did as instructed and carefully laid down, hoping not to wake Rose. "It's a lot bigger than the one I have." He stated.

"The one you have at home is a single bed. This one is a queen size bed! Nice and spacious! You can roll around and not fall off the side." She grinned.

He chuckled as he sat up. "It's a bed. It meant for sleeping, not rolling around." He said as he got off the bed.

Poppy pouted as he walked over to her. "You're no fun. No jumping and no rolling." She crossed her arms playfully, staring at him. She jumped back on the bed and laid down on it, smiling as she snuggled into it. "It's as soft as a cloud."

Branch immediately stood up. "Nope." He walked to a different bed. "No clouds." He groaned.

Poppy looked at him, before she burst out laughing. "It's just an expression Branch."

"Don't care.." He sat on a different bed. "Don't use that expression again. It's creepy."

"Why is that expression creepy?" Queen Essence asked, looking at Branch who looked over to her.

"Branch doesn't like clouds. Cloud Guy gets on his nerves." Poppy giggled and sat on the bed next to Branch, bouncing gently on it.

Branch frowned and crossed his arms. "He doesn't just get on my nerves. He bothers me on purpose! He's like a storm cloud on a sunny day." He huffed as he looked away.

"Now, that's not nice to say Branch, Cloud Guy is just having his fun." Poppy frowned as well, about to say more but saw Branch freeze. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"She moved." He muttered, waiting a moment to see if he could feel anything.

"I've been meaning to ask, what was that thing Rose was carrying earlier? I saw her writing on it during the ceremony." Essence asked, looking at Branch.

"It's a larger notebook for her. The one she was using filled up so I made her one she can change the paper in. It also carries things so it works as a bag as well." Branch explained, standing up.

"That's a very good idea Branch. You will have to show us sometime." Quincy smiled at Branch, who nodded slightly.

A sudden scream caused them all to jump. Branch quickly reached into his hair as Rose kicked in his hair. "Rose, calm down." Branch turned around so his back was to the others and knelt down, trying to get Rose out of his hair before she got too tangled in it. Roses screams slowly subsided as she came out of Branchs hair, but a crowd was forming outside the booth to see what happened. Branch could hear the trolls outside, and could see Rose was getting scared with all the voices and new surroundings, her eyes filling with tears as her breathing became rapid and short. Branch placed her on the ground as Poppy went to the entrance to stop the trolls from coming in. "Hey, look at me. You're okay." Branch gently cupped her face with his hands, his palms engulfing her cheeks as he kept her from looking around. "Don't look at them. Look at me. Focus on me. You're okay" He spoke softly, seeing her eyes slowly start to focus on him.

As she stared at him her breathing started going back to normal after a few minutes, but the tears kept slowly. Branch kept a hold of her, gently using his thumb to wipe the tears off her cheek. Rose slowly moved her hand up to his and leaned into it, rubbing her face in his hand. Poppy soon walked over to them, kneeling down next to Branch as Rose glanced over at her. Poppy slowly lifted her hand and moved Roses bangs out of her eyes, giving her a soft smile. Rose closed her eyes, gently rubbing her head against their hands as she slowly relaxed.

Branch slowly brought his hands back to his sides, but Rose quickly followed them. She reached out and grabbed his hand, bringing his hand back to her cheek as she gently nuzzled it. Branched stared at her, surprised for a moment as he heard Poppy giggle next to him. He glanced over at her when he felt her hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we should hurry and get your bed and head back." Poppy stood up and thanked the royal funk trolls for helping disband the group of trolls.

Branch held Rose in one arm as she refused to let go of his hand. "Feel better now twig?" He asked as he stood up, his back still turned to the others. He felt her nod as she grabbed his thumb with her hand, lifting it so his hand went back to her face as she stared at it. "King Quincy and Queen Essence are here. You remember them, right?" He saw her look up at him and slowly nod. Branch turned around to see the others staring at him. "Say hi." He said as he tried to move his hand but she pulled his hands back so she hid behind his hand.

Queen Essence smiled as she lowered her head towards Rose. "Hello again little one." She saw Rose peek out from behind Branchs hand, waving slightly before going back to playing with Branchs fingers. Essence looked up at Branch. "Is that normal for her?" She asked softly.

Branch nodded. "A handful of times every night." He replied as he looked down at Rose who had her hand wrapped around his thumb. "She has been getting better. She laughed a bit yesterday. It will just take time."

She smiled. "That's good to hear. I'm glad she is comfortable with you, and Poppy as well."

Branch chuckled. "She has really gotten attached to Poppy. She wouldn't let Poppy leave yesterday. She… What are you doing?" He looked down at Rose who was hitting her hand against his. Rose kept hitting her hand against his before she pointed to Poppy who was sitting on the bed next to them, bouncing slightly on the spot. "Alright, alright. Stop hitting my hand." He placed her on the bed next to Poppy before he continued to talk to Essence.

Poppy grinned down at Rose who looked up at her. "I have one more thing we gotta do. You wanna help?" She asked excitedly as Rose nodded. "Alright. We gotta find the most comfiest bed here! You think you can help with that? Branch needs a new bed." She saw Rose perk up more at Branchs name, seeing her nod again. "Alright! What do you think about this one?" She patted the bed she was on, seeing Rose jump on the bed slightly before pointing to another one.

As Poppy brought her to the other bed a voice came at the entrance of the booth. "Of course when there's a crowd, you're there." Barb walked towards Poppy with a guitar on her back. "What was the commotion earlier? I heard a scream and stopped practicing to come check it out."

Poppy grinned. "It was nothing, don't worry! Rose just had a little nightmare." She placed Rose on the ground, who hid behind her leg. Poppy knelt down next to her. "Hey Rose, why don't you go see Branch? I think he needs to go jump on the beds." She said as Rose quickly went to Branch and hugged his leg. Poppy quickly turned to Barb. "What were you thinking?!" She quickly whispered to Barb.

Barb looked at her confused for a minute, before grinning. "You went to the book shop!" She placed her arm around Poppys shoulder to bring her closer as she whispered. "You haven't done it right? With him? How come? Is there a reason? Spill!" She asked.

Poppy stared at her as her face darker with every question. "What?! No, there's no reason for not! Not like that. We just...haven't." She muttered, looking away.

"There has to be a reason! Is it because he was one grey? Does he not want to? I mean, not could he not? I thought he would have jumped you by now." Barb started but was quickly shushed by Poppy, giving her mouth with her hand.

"Stop! What if they hear you! We just haven't, that's all! We aren't ready. I still have to talk to him." She whispered aggressively.

"Talk? Talk about what? There is no talking, just action! The action is the best part! You have to read that book. It would help both of you." She winked.

Poppy groaned, embarrassed. "We have to talk first. That's all. He may not want to be with me after…" Her ears dropped at the thought of him not wanting her.

"Now I have to know what you have to talk to him about if you are worried he will leave you. He is BRANCH. He has always been at your side ever since I met him. He threw a book at me, to try and help you, then took the hit for you. If that's not commitment, I don't know what is." Barb said, removing her arm from around the pink troll.

Poppy looked over at the dark coloured troll, her expression sifting the more she stared at him. "He really is something…" she said lovingly, the smile on her face growing.

Barb rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah, go on. I know that face. You can tell me next time." She chuckled as she saw Poppy run over to Branch and hug him tightly, causing him to fall back onto the bed behind him.

Branch steadied himself on the bed before wrapping his arms around the pink troll that just collided into him. "What? Is something wrong? What happened?" He asked quickly, trying to look at her but Poppy refused to let him go.

"I love you." She mumbled into his chest, rubbing her face into him as she hugged him tightly.

Branch let out a soft chuckle. "I love you too." He whispered in her ear as he hugged her back. He heard a soft grunt coming from the floor as he felt a small hand on his leg. He kept an arm around Poppy as he quickly brought Rose up onto the bed so she could sit next to them. "Did you two find the most comfiest bed you were looking for?" He asked, seeing Rose laying back on the bed.

Poppy moved her head to look at Rose. "I think she likes this one." She moved off Branch and laid next to Rose. "I have to agree. This one is the best. It's not so fluffy you sink but still very soft. Like a marshmallow! Is that better?" She teased, smirking at him.

Branch chuckled as he rolled his eyes. "Alright, I'll be right back." He got up and went to talk to the sales trolls. After a few minutes he came back, seeing Rose teaching towards him eagerly. "Well, we're ready to go now. They said it will get delivered in a couple of hours." He lifted Rose into his arm, using the other arm to gather the items they bought earlier.

"Me and Carol are going to work on some songs if you wanna come Popsqueak." Barb suggested, looking at Poppy.

Poppy thought for a moment. "I'd love to, but I can't today." She gave her a smile. "Next week for sure though."

Barb shrugged. "Alright. See ya around." She waved as she walked out of the booth.

Branch looked over at Poppy. "Why don't you go? You never turn down a chance to sing." He placed a hand on her shoulder, feeling her hands tangle with his.

"I'd rather stay with you and Rose." She smiled, squeezing his hand. She saw Rose reaching towards her, grabbing her hand gently as she smiled down at the trolling.

"You should go, if you want. Rose will be okay if you aren't there for a few hours." Branch said, causing her to look at him. "I don't want you to feel like you have to stay with us all the time. I love having you around, I really do, but you should go if you want to."

Poppy gave him a warm smile, placing her free hand on his cheek. "I know that. If I really wanted to, I would have gone with her. Right now, I want to stay with you two." She kissed his cheek before leaning against him as she felt Rose playing with her fingers. She swiftly took Rose out of Branchs arm and turned to see Essence and Quincy looking at a few side tables. "We will be leaving now. I'll see you tomorrow!" She smiled, before looking down at Rose. "Wave bye bye Rose." She grinned as Rose shyly waved.

"We will see you all tomorrow." Quincy smiled as Essence waved back at Rose, soon making their way to booth across from them. Poppy looked at him confused for a minute before looking at Branch.

"King Quincy said he wanted me to go to the meeting to help with the speech." He explained as they headed to his bunker. "I need to finish those tonight, in case there are any new questions."

Poppy grinned. "That would be great! I get to sit on your lap again during the meeting! Yes!" She lifted her fist into the air excitedly.

Branch chuckled. "Really? That's what you are excited about? Don't think that's very professional."

Poppy rolled her eyes. "Oh, it's fine! Your lap is much comfier than the chairs." She wrapped an arm around his waist and gently rubbed her nose against his. "Come on, let's hurry up and head back." She took his hand and started walking towards his bunker.

Once they got into the bunker, Poppy placed Rose on the ground and went to help Branch out everything away. Rose followed them as they walked around the kitchen, staying out of the way as she waited. Branch looked down at her. "What are you dong?" He saw her reaching towards him. He picked her up and placed her on the counter, getting her a small drink of juice. "Here. Have this. Do you want to start colouring in one of your new books?" Rose nodded, drinking her juice before reaching towards the pile of books behind Branch. He picked her back up and brought a few of the books over to the table, sitting her down so she could draw. Branch sat next to her and pulled out a few more letters as Poppy sat and started scrapbooking.

Branch finished reading the letters an hour later, letting out a loud sigh. Poppy and Rose looked up at him. "You okay Branch? You don't have to finish the letters today." Poppy said, reaching for his hand.

He looked up and took her hand in his. "I finished reading the letters. I need to think of how to make the other trolls understand what she's going through." He kissed her knuckles letting go of her hand and stood up. "They should be here soon for the bed, I'll go move the other one." He headed towards his bedroom.

Poppy stood up once he started walking. "I'll come help."

"No!" Branch said loudly, quickly spinning around with his hands up to stop her. He froze when he realized how loud he was. "I mean, i got it. Don't worry about it. I won't be long." He quickly backed up into his room and shut the door.

Poppy watched him, a frown on her face. She looked over at Rose who was looking back at her. "That was weird, right?" She saw Rose nod in agreement. "That troll has a lot of secrets." She said as she walked over to see Roses colouring book. "Oh that critter is so cute! I love the purple wings." She grinned as Rose started pointing out other colours.

Fifteen minutes later a knock rang loudly through the bunker. Branch opened the bedroom door and went to the elevator. When he got to the door he saw the bed and a couple of trolls. He led the two trolls down the elevator and helped them move it into the room. "Thank you." He said as they made their way back to the surface. When he came back down he saw Poppy and Rose were no longer in the kitchen. "Poppy? Rose?" He called out, hearing Poppy call back from the bedroom. He walked to the bedroom to see Poppy and Rose laying on the bed.

"Very good choice on the bed." She grinned as she laid sprawled over the bed, Rose next to her head doing the same thing. "We are going to sleep well tonight!" She propped herself up on her elbows and grinned at him.

"You were the one who picked it to be the best one, it better be good." He walked over and picked Rose up. "Are you hungry?" He saw her nod. "Is leftover pasta good?"

"That sounds great." Poppy stood up and followed him to the kitchen. She got the table ready as Branch headed the leftovers.

Once they finished eating Branch gathered the dishes, seeing Rose yawn. "Bed time." He said as he put the dishes on the sink to wash later. He walked over and picked her up, causing her to fuss. She kicked her legs, whimpering slightly as she squirmed in his arms. "Come on, you're tired." He placed her on the ground to try and keep her calm.

Poppy walked in with her pajamas on. "What's wrong?" She asked, seeing a pouting Rose and a frowning Branch.

"She doesn't want to go to bed, but she's tired." Branch stared down at Rose who whined slightly, still sitting on the floor.

"Oh, someone wants to stay up?" Poppy walked over to them and knelt down in front of Rose. "How about I read you one of the new books we got?" Poppy saw Rose quickly look up at her, her ears peeking up as she nodded. "Alright! Go get changed and choose a book. I will be right there." Rose quickly made her way to her room, causing Branch to stare at Poppy slightly shocked. "What?"

"I knew you were good with kids, but I didn't know you were that good. She didn't even try to fight you on it." He said, seeing Poppy giggle. "What? I told her bed time and she started kicking, you told her to get ready and she went."

"She is a kid. Of course she's going to try and stay awake as long as she can. The last couple nights she fell asleep and you put her in bed, but with her nap earlier she's still awake. After the story I'm sure she will fall asleep." Poppy grinned, kissing his cheek. "Are you going to come listen?"

He gave her a smile, his arms going around her waist to bring her close as her arms snakes around his shoulders. "I think I'm going to stay here at the table, I will be able to hear you from here." He kissed her softly. "What would I do without you?" He muttered against her lips.

Poppy giggled, letting him go. "You would be so lost without me." She sang as she skipped towards Roses room.

Branch chuckled. "I would." He sat down at the table and took out one of his notebooks and started writing.

Poppy walked into Rose's room, seeing her laying in bed ready for the story. "Well, you look ready for the story! What book did you choose?" Rose held up a book with a beast on the cover. "Beauty and the beast? Very good choice." She sat at the chair next to her bed, taking the book. Poppy saw Rose wiggle slightly in the bed before she started reading. Rose watched her intensely, her eyes not leaving Poppys face as she listened. Her eyes slowly felt heavy, fighting to keep herself awake to listen to the story. Poppy saw her eyes slowly closing and stopped the book at the page. "We can continue tomorrow night. You should sleep." She gently tucked Rose under the covers as she got a small whimper in return. "Sleep. We will be in the other room when you wake up." Poppy gave her a smile and stood up. Rose lifted her hand towards her, staring at her. Poppy took her hand and knelt back down, gently nuzzled her cheek. "Sweet dreams Rose. Branch will be in soon to say night too." She whispered before she let go of her hand and went to the door. She glanced back at Rose who yawned before going back to the kitchen to see Branch with a couple of books spread out on the table.

Branch heard Poppy in the hallway and looked up. "Is she asleep?" He asked as he gathered his books up quickly.

Poppy walked over, shaking her head. "No, she's waiting for you to go see her." She looked down at the untitled books. "What are those?" She asked.

Branch picked them up and walked over to a bookshelf. "They're nothing. I'll go see her, but don't touch the books please." He said as he put them away before going to Roses room. As he walked in, he immediately saw Rose reaching towards him. He walked over and gently took her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Hey twig, go to sleep now." He said softly, feeling her squeeze his finger. "You had a long day, we all need sleep. We will be in the room next door, and we will come whenever you call or ring the bell." He assured her, giving her a soft smile as she yawned again. After a minute passed Roses eyes shut, her breathing evening out as she fell asleep. Branch slowly let go of her hand and walked out to see Poppy looking at one of the books. "They're stuff I wrote years ago." He said, causing Poppy to jump slightly.

Poppy looked over at him before looking down at the book. "The lyrics, the poems…" She stopped as she looked back up at him.

"I didn't have much to do, so writing was some of the things that helped me get things under control sometimes." He walked over to her to see what one she was reading. "You can look at those another time, We should head to bed." He yawned.

She put the book back on the shelf before wrapping her arms around him. "I love you Branch." She tightened her arms around his body, bringing him as close as she could.

He wrapped his arms around her shoulder, rubbing her back gently. "And I love you Poppy… Those were written years ago. I don't feel like that much anymore."

"I know." She muttered into his chest, rubbing her nose against his collarbone.

Branch held her for another moment before letting her go. Once Poppy let him go he quickly bent down, swinging an arm under her legs to bring them up into his arms as his other arm rested on her back. He heard her squeak in surprise as he held her in his arms, a large smirk on his face. "It's bedtime now." He said as he headed towards his room.

Poppy let out a heartfelt laugh, resting her head on his shoulder. "What are you doing?" She grinned.

"What does it look like? I'm bringing you to bed." He kissed her cheek as he walked to the room, placing her on the bed.

Poppy kept a hold of him, keeping him hovering over her. "My handsome troll." She brought his face down to hers, gently rubbing her nose against his.

He gave her a warm smile as he stared into her eyes. "My beautiful queen." He gave her a soft kiss before placing his forehead against hers. He rolled over to lay next to her, not taking his eyes off her.

Poppy placed her hand on his cheeks, the smile on her lips permanently stuck. "We should sleep." She kissed him gently. "I love you."

"I love you too." He pulled her closer to him, their bodies pressed against each other as they fell asleep in one another's arms.