Poppy and the Snack Pack, along with some sprites enter a dance hall, wearing leggings, t-shirts or tank tops, and rubber shoes. They walked in with their duffel bags, take off their shoes, and layout their yoga mats. Branch is unsure about it while Rose and Violet are fidgety.
"Okay everybody, who's ready to kick up Creek Week, a full week of exercising our minds and bodies." Poppy said to her friends.
"I dunno, I should be at work." Rose said.
"You overworked yourself in the studio but you have to loosen up." DJ Suki assured her. "You're so stressed."
"I know, Creek usually leads this week but he can't be here for obvious reasons." Poppy added.
"He betrayed us!" Branch blurted out. "We were all thinking it."
"What happened?" Rose asked them.
"It's a long story." Violet answered. "It was in Poppy's party and a storm blew out our fun but Creek left us in the storm."
"True, Creek betrayed us but hey, we got a great substitute instructor to replace him." Poppy said as Cooper enters the dance hall and leads everybody. Rose tried to catch up but she falls face down to her mat. Then, the others were all cramped up too from the complicated poses.
"If you ask me, we should cancel Creek Week altogether." Branch groaned at the sight of Helena and the rest of the yoga class in a jam.
"Can you give it a rest, Branch." Poppy said. "Look, I'm furious over what Creek did to us and we broke up but the mere thought of him makes me wanna make plants grow all over the place into a forest. But still, he was a great yoga teacher."
"True, and I still could be." A voice boomed. It was Creek and he's wearing a light purple tank top and his yoga pants, carrying a dark blue duffel bag.
"Oh, you again." Branch huffed.
"Okay, what are you doing here? Our relationship is over because of what you did." Poppy stopped Branch and stood up.
"Yeah, I deserve that but the truth is, Poppy, I left to find help from somebody to rescue us from the storm and got swept by it instead." Creek explained himself. "I got lonely when things have changed and I want to take back what I did to all of you. I returned to tell you all, I'm sorry."
"We forgive you!" The other sprites, except for Branch cheered.
"What! You almost died because he left us in the storm and we wanna let him back here because he said I'm sorry?" He frowned.
"Nope, he said he's very sorry!" Cooper answered.
"So, any newbies around." Creek asked them.
"Well, we got one." Poppy said as she eyed the worn-out Rose on her yoga mat with her wings all messed up. "She moved here from the Philippines and she needs to loosen up, she's overworked from her job."
"I really heard about the Philippines." He said as he used his water magic to lift her up.
"Thanks...wait, you're Creek?" Rose asked after getting back on her feet.
"Yeah, and you are?" He asked for her name.
"Rosetta but I'm known as Rose." She responded.
Branch felt a bit jealous when Creek befriended Rose on her first yoga class and was itching to get her back as a friend. The class went on as Rose is able to catch up with the others. In hard poses, she kept on falling but Creek helped her get through it. After yoga class, they hang out in Sweet Pop where Rose notices that Branch is angry about Creek. Every day in Creek Week, she noticed how bad Creek felt and felt sorry about it as he started moving away from the others. Poppy also notices that Branch is becoming like his old self again so she goes up to him and gives him a piece of his mind.
"Branch, you're becoming your old self again." Poppy scolded him.
"I don't buy his apology." Branch said.
"I'm trying to say is, everybody makes mistakes and Creek's was a huge one." Poppy said. "But if you don't let go of your anger and forgive, you'll end up all alone like you're doing now."
"Yeah, and I'm doing it again because of him." He huffed.
"You gotta give Creek a chance, no matter how hard it is." She assured him.
"I'll think about it at work." He rolled his eyes and they set back to the cafe for work.
Branch continued to look after the cafe with the other employees while the Snack Pack enjoyed Creek Week. Rose notices that Branch is still working in the café and decides to keep it to herself, thus became torn between trusting her friends or Branch. Poppy noticed that Branch is missing and noticed Rose being neutral, she isn't herself already.
"Hey Rose, have you seen Branch?" Poppy asked her.
"I don't know, he's not here." Rose answered.
"I know you're hiding something, you just have to say it." She asked her.
Rose was torn and tried to resist it but she had no choice.
"Okay, Branch didn't come because he's skipping Creek Week by working at the café while you're gone." She told the truth. "He's still mad about it!"
This got Creek heartbroken and everybody was shocked at what Rose said but Popy whispered something to her instead. Before Creek Week is up, Rose is having lunch in Sweet Pop but Branch, noticing her, went close to her.
"Rough day isn't it?" Rose asked him.
"Yeah with that traitor around." He huffed.
"Traitor? But he is trying to find help when he left them." She explained. "How could you say that he's a traitor? he did nothing wrong."
"He left Poppy and her friends in the storm." Branch explained.
"I know he made that mistake but when will you move on if you're not letting it go?" Rose smirked.
"Huh, how did you know?" He asked.
"I hate to tell this to you but you owe an apology to Creek for missing Creek Week." She said.
"Good thing I have to do that to avoid him." He said.
"That thought you are thinking reminded me of somebody who didn't want to forgive too." She said.
"Who?" Branch asked her.
"Me." She confessed.
"You had a hard time forgiving too?" He asked her again.
"Yeah, to the bullies." She answered. "My element is fire and I used it against the bullies when I accidentally burned down the school when I was fourth grade. I had to move to Elvendale Academy because of the incident while the bullies went to another school."
"You burned down a whole school?" He asked her.
"It went in the headlines and not everybody was saved from the fire. Throughout high school and college in Elvendale Academy, I didn't hear or see them again." She told him. "But in my job acceptance, they apologized to me when I registered to go here for my new job. I never want to give them a chance but my from my loved ones and my parents gave me the same advice as Poppy said to you."
"Really?" Branch exclaimed.
"Yeah, with a lot of talks from them, I thought about it and in the end, I forgave them." She answered him.
"Wow, you felt the same way I do now." He nodded.
"True, we all do it." She answered. "As Poppy said, we all make mistakes but if we don't let go of our anger, we'll all be alone or worse things would happen. Are you thinking of saying sorry to him because you missed out on Creek Week?"
"Okay, I'll try." Branch said.
He and Helena, along with the Snack Pack went right to Castle Park where Creek is after work.
"You ready?" Poppy asked him.
"Alright."
Branch flew close to Creek and the two talked awkwardly.
"Creek, I just wanna say..." Branch stammered.
"Okay, what do you wanna say?" Creek asked.
"I'm sorry I missed Creek Week because I..." He babbled.
"Okay, but please make it clear." He was confused by Branch's stammering. "I can't understand what you're saying."
"I'll express it in a song." He sighed as he stood up and started singing.
Would you forgive me
For everything I've done?
I didn't mean it
I should've seen
I was hurting someone
You shine bright like the sun in the sky
On a beautiful day
Your enlightened and humble
And handsome and so very bra-a-ave
I'm so sorry
Show me mercy
Oh, enlightened one
Oh, won't you forgive me?
This moved Creek and everybody started flying to him. They all hugged him, except for Branch, who feels neutral about it. Rose walked right up to him and gave him a punch in the shoulder.
"Youch, that kinda hurts." He teased.
"I'm so proud of you, Branch." Rose smirked. "It will take time for you to accept Creek."
"I'll be neutral about him." He huffed.
"Me too." She agreed."Truth be told, I never trust him either."
"Huh, you look like you're trusting him." He asked her.
"No, not really." Rose confessed. "I was only playing along and so does Violet."
"Well, you're in the same page as me." Branch smirked at her.
The two watched as the Snack Pack smiled at them. Though Branch is still unforgiving towards Creek, Violet and Rose are neutral about him. Loved or not, it's still the right thing to forgive.