It's a lunch rush for Poppy and her employees as they cook, bake, and serve the customers. Everybody loves Sweet Pop, from its customized uniformed employees with sweet, kind, and charismatic personalities, the healthy and delicious food, to it's cute, colorful environment, the fairy forest-like theme, and the family-friendly service. Most of the customers are regulars like Rose, Guy Diamond, and DJ Suki while the others are different, like the solo diners, families, foodies, and couples.
"That's a lot of orders for this customer." Poppy panted as she brought the list of orders to Fuzzbert and the other chefs in the kitchen.
"That's Toby's order, he's having a lunch date with his wife, Jasmine." Another chef said.
"We all know how it is, so many sprites and different races getting to know, so little time." Poppy continued. "So we have these HRM students from our old college as interns, the headmaster asked us to give them internship."
"We got an order of cold cut sandwiches from Guy Diamond and his new boyfriend." A waiter cried.
"We got this!" Poppy cried out as she started preparing the sandwich in a minute.
With the customers, the whole restaurant is packed with many kinds. Guy Diamond and his new boyfriend are talking to each other, asking things about each other while Biggie and Dr. Moonbloom are having a conversation but Harper and a faun got to know each other by drawing portraits. Suddenly, a turquoise haired sprite with purple moth wings arrived into the cafe. She is wearing a black tank top with a blue star, a pair of leggings with white and red stripes, and a pair of rubber shoes. She is drinking water from a water bottle and wipes her forehead with a towel vigorously. She jogged her way to the cash register and ordered. Violet stood in front of the cash register to take her order.
"I'll have one of your healthy strawberry banana smoothies and the flutterkale salad." She said.
"Okay, that will be five hundred." Violet answered.
After paying the money, the sprite went up to the table, where Chenille is sitting.
"What's up, names Ridley Santos but you could call me Ripley Wisp." She said. "I'm all about extreme sports: surfing, flying derby, speed flying, skateboarding, anything to feel the rush. And you?"
"I'm Chihiro Nakamura, known as Chenille." She said. "And I wouldn't do anything of that. I'm all about high fashion, clothes, makeup, hairstyles."
"Oh, I pretty much only wear this tank top everyday, and I let my hair take care of itself." Ridley added.
"Okay, thank you." Chenille said before scooting to another table, where her sister is.
When Poppy served Satin and Chenille's order in her new table,
"Here ya go ladies." She said as she placed the tray of pasta for the twins. "How's your day? Wanna get a manicure at the crystal nails manicure salon?"
"I am so there!" Chenille squealed.
"Sorry Poppy, I made other plans." Satin added.
This shocked Chenille, who usually goes around with Satin a lot.
"Other plans?" Satin asked.
"That's okay, Chenille." Poppy calmed her down. "Just because Satin isn't coming doesn't mean you can't have your nails done, I'm just dragging Rose along because she had trouble with her manicure."
"Sorry Chenille, but I decided to go on a date with one of the sprites I met online." Satin said. "We really hit it off, and there she is now."
Ridley Wisp flew up to them and bent over to Satin's place like a cool surfer.
"Hey Setsuko!" Ripely said.
Chenille was shocked, her sister is dating the same sprite she met earlier.
"See ya tomorrow in the dragon woods." She said as she flew off.
"That was so..." Poppy and Satin cheered.
"Unnecessary." Chenille said.
"Whatever, Chenille!" Satin huffed. "She's thrilling and adventurous, it's more than about being posh, I wanna get out and try new things!"
"Why would I want to try something new." Chenille huffed.
"I dunno, she seems exciting and fun, we are finally dating and who knows, otosan and okasan would like her." She said.
"Yeah, exciting and fun." She huffed as she flew away. "Unlike your fashion sense!"
"Oh really, I wasn't the one wearing a dress backwards last week!" Satin yelled.
The two argued until Poppy intervened.
"Guys, there's no reason why you both have to be friends with Ripley."
"Actually Poppy, I'm dating her." Satin confessed. "I'm a lesbian."
"You didn't tell me?" Chenille cried.
"I tried to keep it down until we're old enough." She said. "I'm dating Ripley Wisp now."
"Its alright, I need time for myself." She sighed as she took her food and eat in another empty table nearby.
Later, Chenille was having her nails done with Poppy and Rose while Satin was hanging out with Ripley Wisp. Chenille was so sad when she now realized that her sister is a lesbian.
"Is there something wrong?" Poppy asked.
"I can't believe it." Chenille complained. "I thought she would find the right man like I will."
"She is your sister, she needs support and acceptance, no matter what orientation." Poppy advised her. "Do you think Satin is straight?"
"Well, I should've seen the signs." Chenille sighed.
A flashback was shown when the twins were hanging out with the rest of the Snack Pack and Satin was thinking about DJ Suki. There was that time when they are watching a movie and Satin's eyes went ogling over the leading actress while Chenille was sighing when she looked at the hunky. At high school, Chenille was asked by a football player while Satin asked out a mermaid for a date to the prom and another memory flashed when Chenille caught Satin kissing a lesbian faun in the corner.
"Chenille, are you alright?" Poppy asked.
"This talk about orientation would take a long time to think about." She said.
"Yeah, we'll help you get through this dilemma, just call your parents if you have a problem." The sprite advices her.
"It's alright, I'll think about it myself." Chenille added as the two, along with Rose finished drying their nails and left the salon.
For the rest of the day, Chenille would just buy food, items for sewing, and fabrics while Satin prefers to hang out with Ridley Wisp. Whenever Satin would do extreme sports with her new girlfriend, she noticed that Chenille is always absent. As Chenille is designing clothes in her flat, she picked up her cellphone and texted Guy Diamond to help her with something. Suddenly, a knock was heard in the door. Chenille opened the door and Guy entered.
"Chenille, what seems to be the problem?" Guy asked.
"It's just that, my sister just revealed to me today that she's a lesbian." Chenille answered.
"What's wrong with that?" He asked her.
"I can't seem to accept it." She sobbed. "I expected her to love the right man but she is revealed that she is a woman who loves women."
"Well, I know how it is being gay." Guy sighed.
"Did they have a hard time accepting it?" Chenille asked him.
"No, my parents had friends who have different orientations. They advised my parents that if anyone of me and my sisters would come out of the closet, they need to accept it and support them." Guy answered. "I came out to them as gay and they accepted me, no matter what, Biggie came out to his brother, who still loves him, and DJ is still loved by her family, despite being bisexual. All of us have different orientations."
"Really?" She asked him.
"Yes, they know that no matter what appearance, race, color, or orientation, the heart never changes." Guy said. "My dad remembered an Indian proverb from my grandmother, she said. "It is love that makes the impossible possible."
"So, even though that Satin comes out as a lesbian, I will still love her and her new girlfriend?" Chenille realized it.
"Yes, many families disown them or fall into chaos when their kids come out of the closet because, without love, everything is in vain." He said.
"I never thought about it." Chenille sighed. "Thanks Guy, for helping me get through it."
For the rest of the day, Chenille started to hang out with Satin and Ripley but she only sat in the bleachers or at the picnic table, where she can find inspiration for her new designs while they do extreme sports. She also made sure they're refreshed or need encouragement so she packed food and bottled water.
"Hey Chenille, I thought you're working in the flat?" Satin said.
"No, I just want to give you and Ripley support." Chenille said.
"If you want to bring us snacks, you could bring us skater taters." Ripley said.
"Skater taters, how do we make one?" Satin asked.
"My mom loves making me skater taters when I was little." She said. "You just have bake potato halves, then add cheese, bell peppers, scallions, sour cream, and salsa on the top."
"Wow, I can't wait to taste it." Satin sighed.
This got Chenille an idea and decided to list it in her cellphone. In all of Satin and Ripley's hangouts, Chenille tried hard to perfect the skater taters as she wears the frilly apron that she designed for cooking. At first, it didn't came out well but with a lot of trial and error, and a help from Ripley Wisp, she finally perfected it. On the next day, Satin got a call from Ripley Wisp and decided to hang out in the Elven skate park and Chenille decided to tag along. She planned to surprise her by calling their parents. That day, while Satin and Ridley are there, Chenille rushed to Sweet Pop to make some snacks.
"Poppy, I need help." Chenille panted.
"Okay, is it about not accepting Satin?" Poppy asked again.
"No, I want to surprise them with Ripley's favorite food: skater taters." She said. "And she wanted us to taste it too."
"Okay, what do they look like?" Branch asked.
"Ripley Wisp told me that it's easy to make skater taters, we need to bake potato halves, put cheese, peppers, scallions, sour cream, and salsa at the top." Chenille remembered.
"You could teach us how to make them." Poppy said as she took out the notebook of recipes and write down the new recipe that Chenille learned. "We just have to take our time."
"Okay, I just need a cute apron and let's get cooking." She smirked as they got into the kitchen and get to work.
In a minute, Chenille puts on her designer frilly apron over her dress and starts cooking. Poppy and Chenille started chopping the potatoes in halves and put them in the oven. As Poppy chopped all the bell peppers and scallions, Chenille would grate the cheese and watch over the potato halves before they're done in the oven. When the potatoes were done, Chenille used her wand to take them out batch by batch for her friend to put the cheese, bell peppers, scallions, sour cream, and salsa on top. Finally, the skater taters are done and they are neatly placed in the box altogether.
"That's a lot of skater taters to give to your family." Poppy said.
"Yeah, and Ripley would be so surprised when I bring them to the Elven skate park." Chenille squealed.
"So, you need help in bringing themto the skate park?" She asked her friend.
"Yeah, and I got a surprise for satin too." The Sprite agreed as they brought the boxes to the fairy truck (Poppy named it) and drove to the Elven skate park. Poppy and Chenille brought the boxes to a picnic table just in time for Ripley Wisp and Satin to arrive there for snacks. Just then, Mr. & Mrs. Nakamura arrived on time.
"Otosan, okasan, you're here!" She cried.
"Setsuko, Chihiro, you're here, and I see you have a new friend." Their father said.
"Um...dad, she's actually my girlfriend."
"Really?" Mrs. Nakamura asked curiously.
"Yeah, I'm gay." Satin sighed.
"Honey, we will always love you, no matter what." Mr. Nakamura said. "You thought that you'll end up like the other children whose parents don't accept their kids for being different."
"So, you're not mad at me?" She asked them.
"Yes, were not, I am the only one who had a hard time accepting it until Guy Diamond told me about his experience of coming out." Chenille said.
"And beside, we also had friends who are gay, like your friend, Fuzzbert's mom and stepmom, they're lesbians." Mrs. Nakamura added. "You and your new girlfriend reminded me of them."
"Awwww, mom!" Satin squealed as she rushed to her family for a group hug. Ripley joined them too.
"So, who wants to try out the skater taters I cooked with Poppy?" Chenille asked as they started having a skater tater feast. Poppy joined in the fun as the family had a delicious lunch. She blinked at Chenille, who gave a thumbs up because she finally understand that no matter what changes, it is the heart that matters the most.