Little Birdie: Okay, here's the second chapter…
Kiara: Which, I hope, doesn't suck as bad as the first one!
Bryan & Cassi: KIARA!!
Kiara: What?
Lakyantkyro: * shakes head * You'll never outgrow your stubbornness, Kiara.
Daisy: Once again, LB only owns Cassi, Bryan, our names, and the plot. Nothing else, not NeoPets or the TV show Diagnosis Murder. And Little Rabbit owns Cheyanne Asoku, and her NeoPets' names.
Kyli: LB also does not know if Diagnosis Murder was based on a true story or not. It just the way this fic goes.
Skye: Now for the second chapter…
Chapter 2: A New Crush
Me, Lakyant, Jessi, and Skyelar all started to walk to our NeoHome when Bryan stopped us, "Um, I'm 17 and I've got a car, why don't we just drive to your NeoHome?" I smiled. "You've got a car?" "Well, it's actually an SUV, but I can drive it. So, where do you live?" "Um, 64343 Soup Alley. We're only a few blocks from the Soup Kitchen." I said as we all got in Bryan's SUV and head towards my house.
"We're here!" "MOMMY!" Jessi yelled as she ran into Daisy's arms. "DADDY!" Squealed Skyelar as she hopped into Skye's lap. Apparently Kyli and Zafakino had gotten back before us because they came running down the stairs. "Kiara!" "Kyli!" They ran up and hugged each other. "How's it goin'?" Zafakino asked Pringle. "Okay." He replied with a sigh.
"These are the rest of my pets: Skye, Kyli, Daisy, Zafakino, and Skye and Daisy's twins, Jessi and Skyelar." I explained to Bryan as I sat down and Jessi crawled onto my lap. "Whoa! How do you have so many pets?" Bryan asked with his mouth hanging wide open. "When I came here I got 2 accounts."
"Lakyant, why don't you go upstairs and show Mason around." I asked her with a wink and she took the hint. All the NeoPets went upstairs except for Jessi. She had fallen asleep on my lap. "Do you want me to take her upstairs?" asked Daisy. "No, she's fine. I don't want to wake her up." I said looking at Jessi, she looked so cute lying there. Daisy went upstairs with the others.
I stroked the soft fur on Jessi's head, "Isn't she cute?" I looked up and saw Bryan was staring at me. He blushed when he knew I caught him looking at me. I just smiled and tried hard not to let out a giggle.
Bryan and I continued to talk. I found out that his last name was Sloan. "That reminds me of my favorite TV show, Diagnosis Murder. I just love mysteries." Bryan sort of perked up when he heard me mention that, "Did you know that show was actually based on real people?" I shook my head. "Actually, it was based on my dad and my grandpa's adventures."
My mouth hit the floor, "You mean, your grandfather is the real Dr. Sloan?" Bryan nodded, "Yup, that's my grandpa. Always getting himself into trouble. In fact, I want to be a cop just like my dad." "How cool! I've always wondered if it was based on real life people, now I know it is!"
"So, how long have you lived here?" Bryan asked me. "A little over a year. My Best Friend, Cheyanne Asoku, practically had to drag me on the plane. I'm terrified of heights." Bryan smiled at me, "Really?" I forced a guilty smile and nodded my head.
"Cheyanne Asoku," he said as he thought hard, "I've heard that name before." "She's the manager/owner of 'A to Z'." I said matter-of-factly, "They're having a concert tomorrow night, and I always go to their concerts." Bryan gave me this huge goofy grin, "Well, maybe you would like to go with me?" "Is this counting as a date?" I asked trying to hide the hopefulness in my voice. He gave a small laugh, "Yeah." That was just the answer I was l looking for!
I still had Jessi in my lap, and she was still sound asleep. I smiled and stared at the little green Zafara, "She looks so cute when she's asleep." I looked up and noticed that Bryan was staring at me again. I looked into his baby blue eyes. Our faces got closer together and just as our lips were about to touch, Lakyantkyro came sliding down the banister with all the other Neopets close behind.
Bryan and I both pulled back quickly and tried to act like nothing happened. But nothing did happen, I thought as looked towards Lakyantkyro. I was slightly annoyed at the fact that the NeoPets, happened to come downstairs at that moment.
Jessi woke up from where she was sleeping on my lap and looked up at me, "Cassi, I'm hungry." Just then I heard a few more tummy growls in agreement with Jessi. I giggled at them and looked at my watch, "Oh my goodness! It's 7:45, no wonder you guys are hungry."
Jessi jumped off my lap as I stood up from the couch. Bryan stood up as well, "Well, I guess we better be getting back over to my NeoHome." I turned to Bryan, a blush was still slightly visible on my cheeks, "You're more than welcome to have dinner here with us." "Are you sure?" "Positive." "Okay, then."
Little Birdie: So, what did you all think of that chapter?
Kiara: It was better than the last chapter…
Little Birdie: I'll take that as a compliment!
Lakyantkyro: Anywho, please read and review. So, LB doesn't have to guess if she did a good job or not!
