I greatly apologize for the delay. Christmas Holidays, on the contrary to what I had thought, took away the time I could have spent writing these stories. Nevertheless, I now offer you Chapter Two of "A New Friendship":


A NEW FRIENDSHIP

Chapter 2:

"This is Stalking!"


Abby didn't bother telling her friends what had happened with Goosey. She thought of that as something irrelevant that would soon be forgotten by both.

The following days were pretty nice for the misfits. There was no Foxy Loxy to bully them around, and without her, not only they could be more noticeable in sports class, but also Goosey Loosey had no reason to annoy anyone either. But for her, on the contrary, things got very grim.

Loneliness became her only company, and since she didn't have the smartness that was needed to use a telephone or to get to the hospital, she had no way of communicating with or seeing Foxy. But perhaps the worst part was that she always got lost on her way back home. She wandered for hours looking for her house, and she didn't find it until night. She didn't have the courage to tell her parents. She hated it whenever they treated her like a brainless baby. But she didn't want to bother Abby again… Finally, Goosey Loosey realized that she had only one choice left…

"Look, she's watching us!" Runt said while walking out of the school, along with Chicken Little, Abby and Fish. They quickly caught on: Goosey Loosey was watching them from a distance.

"What do you think she wants?" Asked Chicken Little, a bit angry and, at the same time, a bit worried.

Goosey Loosey began to walk towards them.

"Oh man, here she comes…" Said Abby.

Finally, Goosey was only a few steps from her. They all observed her with serious, intrigued expressions, even Fish, and Chicken Little finally gathered the courage to ask her:

"Well… what do you want?"

Goosey Loosey answered by pointing at Abby.

"What is it, does Foxy wants you to take her to the hospital, so both of you can have fun by torturing her!" Asked Runt furiously and suddenly he found himself gasping for air.

Goosey seemed a bit scared due to Runt's yell. She turned around and began to walk away, losing all hope of getting home early…

"So… you want me to take you home again?"

Goosey turned around, surprised. Abby walked towards her, ignoring Chicken Little, Runt and Fish's surprised faces.

"But Abby, she's…" Began Chicken Little, not knowing what to say next.

"She's not really a bad goose; she was just hanging around with the wrong crowd." Said Abby, while placing her right hand on Goosey's left shoulder. "Why don't you guys accompany us?" Goosey seemed happy of having physical, non-violent contact with Abby,

Chicken Little, Runt and Fish exchanged silent looks many times, and Runt finally said:

"Um... Ok… but there's no need to enter her house? I mean…"

"We're only gonna take her home, but we don't have to enter, do we?"

Abby sighed annoyed. "You're worrying too much, guys…"

"Well… here you are… again…"

Goosey clapped her hands happily as she recognized her house.

"I never thought I'd say this, but… I hope Foxy gets well soon." Said Chicken Little.

"If somebody's gonna be Goosey's escort, it'll be her!" Added Runt.

"Glub."

"Well, that really solves one thing or two." Said Abby, after she saw Goosey rushing to her house and opening the door with her key. "Now, let's go before the movie starts!"

Upon hearing these words, Goosey turned around. It had been a really long time since she last had been to a movie theater…

There was no line at the theater, so Chicken Little, Abby, Runt, and Fish didn't have to wait much in order to get into the theater. They headed to the booth and Runt, being the tallest (Read: Biggest) of all of them, ordered:

"Tickets for all of us for 'Chaos Control 3', please."

After paying, Runt received the tickets and the change, which he quickly checked.

"Um… excuse me, ma'am, but… you just gave me five tickets. We're only four."

The bunny at the booth seemed a bit confused by that. Runt noticed it, so he decided to explain it in the most polite way possible:

"Look, it's one (he pointed at himself), two, (he grabbed Chicken Little and placed him up to the bunny's sight), three, (Abby was then showed up), four, (He then showed Fish) and… five! (He was shocked when he saw himself holding Goosey Loosey)… Ok, I'm gonna need my bags…" Runt then coldly placed Goosey on the ground and, without saying another word, he pulled his two paper bags and began to calm himself down with them.

"What are you doing here!" Asked a badly shocked Chicken Little.

Goosey smiled and clapped her hands. Then, she pulled some money from her pocket.

"Looks like she wants to come with us…" Said Abby, who was surprised, too, but she wasn't paralyzed like Chicken Little was.

"She followed us! That's stalking! I'm gonna tell the police, the navy, the air force, and Super Goof!"

"Oh, put a cork in it, Runt! You're exaggerating!" Said Abby, visibly annoyed. After calming down, she continued: "There's nothing wrong with it… I mean, she's even brought her own money…"

"But… Abby… we're talking about Goosey Loosey…" Added Chicken Little, while taking a step forward.

"Glub."

"Yeah, well… aw, c'mon, guys! Give her a chance!"

For the second time in the day, Chicken Little, Runt and Fish exchanged looks and Runt finally answered, while pointing at Goosey, who didn't seem to understand what was going on:

"If she tries something funny, she'll have to find her house on her own!"

"So… are you kids going in or what? You're delaying the others, and the movie's about to begin…" Asked the bunny, while pointing at the disgruntled people that we're waiting behind the misfits.

"Oh… right. Sorry." Said Chicken Little, as he and the others entered the theater. Then, he asked Runt in a whisper:

"'She'll have to find her house on her own'… is that the best you could think of?"

"Hey, threatening is an art!"


TO BE CONTINUED…


That's all for now. Again, I apologize for the delay. Hopefully, soon I'll be able to offer you chapter three.

One more thing.

Please, review. Now that I think about it, perhaps the main reason why it took me so long to write chapter two was that, since my first Chicken Little Fanfiction got only one review, whereas other stories from other authors had many more, I didn't feel very motivated to keep on writing.

It really feels bad when almost nobody tells you what s/he thinks of your work… has that ever happened to you?