Chapter 15 Talking About Bullying

Jake's POV

As Izzy Cubby and the rest of troupe A went into studio A Peter and Michelle were waiting for us as Sofia and Carly were watching.

"Okay, time for the finale dance practice! Amd begin!" Peter said to us A we began to dance.

Sofia's POV

As I saw everyone dancing, I started to feel like I'm not that good of a dancer, that I don't belong in the team as I start to leave the room and head to the bathroom by myself as I took off my amulet so I can just be myself.

Izzy's POV

As I went to go use the restroom, I went inside and heard Sofia crying. So, I kneeled down to her level and rubbed her shoulder.

"What's wrong, Sofia?" I asked her.

"Oh hi Izzy, I feel like I'm not good of a dancer." Sofia said to me.

" Oh Sofia, you are a good dancer, and very cute." I said to her as I pinched her cheek.

"But." Sofia said to me as I cut her off.

"Sophia you're just a girl that's adorable, cute, and a good dancer. So, don't put yourself down." I said to her.

"Thanks, Iz." Sofia said to me as we hugged and left the restroom to go back inside studio A.

As we arrived back, Sofia amd I watched the team dance.

"Just watch their moves closely." I said to her as she nodded her head.

But as we were watching them, Sofia realized something.

"Uh-oh Izzy, I think I left my amulet in the bathroom." Sofia said to me as we went to check the bathroom.

Lisa's POV

As I was walking into the bathroom, I saw beautiful necklace with a couple gem on it so, I decided to wear it and then I left the bathroom.

Sofia's POV

once Izzy and I arrived back into the bathroom, my amulet was gone.

"Oh no oh no Izzy, my amulet is gone!" I sakd to her as I started to panic.

"Whoa whoa Sofia, calm down calm down sweetie, we'll find it we'll find it." Izzy said to me as I hugged her.

" Oh thank you thank you thank you!" I said to her as we went back to Studio A.

As we arrived back at Studio A, Jake and Cubby walked over to us.

"Hey, what's wrong Sofia?" Cubby asked me.

"My... Amulet is missing." I said to him as I started to cry on his shoulder.

"Jake, we got to help the girls." Cubby said to him as I was still crying.

"Your right Cubby, let's go!" Jake said to him as we were about to search for my amulet, Lisa came inside the room wearing it.

"LISA, WHY ARE YOU WEARING MY AMULET?" I asked her.

"Oh I didn't know this was yours Sofia." Lisa said to me.

"YOU DIDN'T KNOW?" Izzy asked her in a angry tone.

"Well, I found it in the bathroom so I decided to wear it." Lisa said to us.

"You should not wear something that doesn't belong to you Lisa." Jake said to her.

"Jake's right." Izzy said to her.

"Should I give it back?" Lisa asked us.

"YES, IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU!" I said to her as she just handed it to me and ran off crying.

"Oh, no." I said to myself as I ran after her.

As I found her in the cafeteria, she was crying on the floor.

"Lisa, I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell at you. It's just that my amulet is really special to me. You saw me how I was upset when he fell into the wrong hands or the wrong person. I'm sorry." I said to her as I hugged her.

" Thank you Sofia, I'm just really upset right now." Lisa said to me.

"I understand." I said to her.

Jake's POV

As my crew and I ran into the cafeteria, we all saw Sofia hugging Lisa as Izzy was tearing up a bit.

"This is such beautiful seen to see." Izzy said to us as I handed her a tissue to blow her noise into.

"Alright, let's get back until Peter decids to kiss Michelle again." I said to them jokingly as we all went back to Studio A.

As we went back, what we saw shocked us. Peter and Michelle were kissing.

"What did I tell you guys?" I aed them as they just walked away.

" Peter, we're back." I sais to him.

"Oh, right, sorry. You guys can continue dancing." Peter said to us.

"Peter we need to talk, after we're done dancing." I said to him as we continued to dance.

After we were done dancing, I took Peter's hand and lead him out to his office.

"Peter what's going on with you?" I asked him.

" Okay I confess, I love Michelle she's the best thing that ever happened to me Jake." Peter said to me.

" Aww." I said to him.

" But, I thought you had a crush on Wendy what happened?" I asked him.

"After introduced you guys to Michelle on the first day we came back, I just couldn't help myself she was so beautiful and stunning." Peter said to me.

" You really love her don't you Peter Pan?" I asked him.

"I love her with all my life Jake." Peter said to me.

"I understand, do you know how hard it was to me to express my feelings to Izzy?" I asked him.

" Oh yes I remember that clearly." Peter said to me.

" Let's talk about this over the phone later on tonight." I said to him as we went back to Studio A.

As we were having our 30 minute break, Izzy, Cubby, and I went into the Cafeteria to get our kids.

As we arrived we saw Princess playing with her little brother.

"Him Daddy." Princess said to me.

"Welll, you had a good nap." I said to her.

"Yeah, and I'll take the surgery." Prijcess said to me.

"Did did, Princess just say that she'll take the surgery? Or am I just dreaming?" I asked them.

"Jake, your not dreaming, and she really said that." Cubby said to me.

"Oh." I said to him.

"Wow, what changed your mind?" Izzy asked her.

"Well, I understand now, that I'll be asleep during the process, but I'm still a little bit scared. Long as I know I don't have money Uncle cubby my mother and father with me, I'll be safe." Princess said to her.

"Princess we know that you're still scared, about your surgery but you don't need to be unscared about it it's okay to cry." I said to her.

"I'm not going to cry, right now." Princess said to me as she began to cry.

"I'm still scared of my surgery, and that message Uncle cubby said to me about me waking up during it, it still haunts me." Orincess said to us as she was still crying.

"Princess, come here sweetie." I said to her as u picked her up as we all hugged her.

As were calming down Princess, Cubby went to baby Jay, as he just giggled at his uncle while Izzy and I were calming our daughter.

"Hey Cubby, aren't you going to help us?" I asked him.

"No I'm not going to help you, I'm too busy playing with my nephew." Cubby said to me.

" Cubby, you are going to help us." I said to him.

" I'm not going to help again, I'm too busy playing with my nephew.

" Robert Adrian Andrews you are going to help your niece to calm down." Izzy said to him.

" You are not the boss of me." Cubby said to her as izzy got angry at him.

" what did you say to me?" Izzy asked him.

"You are not the boss of me." Cubby repeatedly said to her.

"You better treat your big sister with respect." Izzy said to him.

"No, I will not." Cubby said to her.

" you better treat me with respect Cubby." Izzy said to him as Cubby gave her the raspberry.

" you know what? Fine, act like a baby see if I can." Izzy said to him.

" Izzy, don't treat Cubby like this please." I said to her.

"No, Jake I had enough with cubby. Cubby's been acting like a big baby." Izzy said to me.

"Izzy, I'm sorry." Cubby said to her.

"No I'm not going to accept your apology Cubby, since you won't help your niece calm down." Izzy said to him.

" you know what Cubby, since you had that dream last night about Stormy breaking up with you, and cheating on you, I'm going to make that happen." Izzy said to him.

"Whoa Izzy, that's not nice." I said to her.

" What if I had a dream about you breaking up with me, and Cubby did the same thing to us would you like it?" I asked her.

" No, I wouldn't." Izzy said to me.

"Think about it Izzy." I said to her as I took princess off her hands.

As I was hushing my daughter, Cubby was crying on the table as I walked up to him.

"Hey, you okay little bro?" I asked him.

" I don't want that to happen to me Jake. Stormy and I Belong Together, I don't want Izzy to break us up." Cubhy said to me.

" it's okay buddy it's not going to happen I promise you. My girlfriend's not going to break you guys up. She's not even going to make you do that." I said to him.

" Cubby I know you're upset right now, but if you want you can go home a little early." I said to him.

" But what about the dance routine?" Cubby asked me.

" I'll ask Peter to record it for you on my phone and I'll send it to you. But right now, you need to calm down it's going to be okay buddy." I said to him.

" Ok, I'll see you guys back at home." Cubby said to me as he left as tears were still coming down his cheeks.

After Cubby left, i was mzd at Izzy.

"Now look what you're done Izzy you broke Cubby's heart for saying all of that go him. And now, he went home crying." I said to her.

"Oh no, I can fix this Jake." Izzy said to me as I put my hand up.

"No, you need to think about on ehat you did to your little brother." I said to her.

"But Jake." Izzy said to me.

"No." I said to her as we walked back to studio A with just silences.

"Hey, where's Cubby?" Jenny asked us.

"Izzy, would you like to tell, your friend here what you said to Cubby?" I asked her as she was just silent.

"That's okay if you dont want to tell me Izzy." Jenny said to her.

"Okay, since you wasted our free time, Jake and Izzy, all of you can go home." Peter said to us.

" Peter, don't blame it on me blame it on Izzy. Because she is the one that broke Cubby's heart saying that she will literally make cubby break up with Stormy." I said to him.

"Izzy, is that true? Did you really say that the Cubby?" Stormy asked her while leaning against the door after hearing the whole conversation.

" I might have said a few things to him, but I didn't mean to." Izzy said to her.

"I'm sorry Stormy." Izzy said to her.

" Did you break my boyfriend's heart?" Stormy asked her.

"Yeah, I'm so sorry." Izzy said to her.

"No, I'm sorry." Stormy said to her as she ran away crying.

"Nice going Izzy." I said to her.

As we arrive home, I went to go check up on Cubby who was crying on his bed.

" Hey, Cubby, whatcha you doin?" I ssked him.

" I'm just texting Stormy." Cubby said to me.

" all right, if you need anything just call me okay." I said to him.

"Okay." Cubby said to me as i climb down his ladder.

Cubby's POV

After Jake had left, I was still crying on my pillow thinking about that nufhtmare I had last night. Until I fell asleep.

Izzy's POV

While I was in the dinning room by myself, I was thinking what Jake said to me about not making Cubby break up with Stormy thing. But it got me thinkin, why do I treat Cubby like a mother to him? Am I really like his big sister? I asked myself as Jake came in.

" hey are you okay?" Jake asked me.

"Yeah, I just feel bad about what I did today."

" and you should feel bad Izzy. The way that you were behaving, today was not the right thing to do." Jake said to me.

" But, Cubby should have helped us." I said to him.

" I know but that's his choice. If he doesn't want to help, then that's his decision. Izzy, you can't make him do things that you expect him to do. That's not how leadership works oh, and you know that." Jake said to me.

" Jake I'm starting to think that you're becoming a father to me." I said to him while teasing.

"But Izzy, I'm serious." Jake said to me.

" OK Jake I understand. I'm going to go take a nap." I said to him as I left.

Jake's POV

Once Izzy went to go take a nap, I went into the living room and sat down on the couch with Princess on my lap and Baby Jay on the other while we were watching TV.

"I love you Daddy." Princess said to me.

" You know I love you both equally." I said turn up as I kissed both of them on the forehead.

" is Uncle Cubby and mommy going to be okay?" Princess asked me.

"Yeah, they're going to be just fine princess." I said to her as she smiled.

Cubby's POV

After I woke up from my nap, I was still crying so I went over to Jake downstairs who was in the living room.

" Cubby what's the matter?" Jake asked me.

" Jake, I'm still scared that Izzy might break me and Stormy me up." I said to him while crying on the floor.

" oh Cubby, come on buddy get off the floor it's dirty." Jake said to me as he picked me up off the floor and in to his lap.

" I promise that won't happen buddy." Jake said to me as i was still crying.

"Shhhhh it's okay, little bro Jake's here, Jake's here." Jake said to me as he was calming me down.

"Jake, did you recorded the dance choreography when I left early?" I asked him.

" No, I didn't because of Izzy." Jake said to me.

"What did Izzy do?" I asked him.

"Izzy announced about her trying to break you and Stormy up. So, Peter told us to go home, because we were wasting time. Once Stormy heard the hold conversation, she ran off crying. I felt that she has to here that." Jake said to me.

" Jake, can you show me the choreography to me please?" I asked him.

"Sure! We can you the time to rehearse. Let's go to the basement." Jake said to me while he agreed with me as we took the kids with us to the basement.

Once we were down in the basement, Jake began to show me his choreography. Once he was done, he then helped out with mine. We spent like an hour helping each other out and I t was fun spending time with my big brother. After we were done, we stayed down in the basement to watch TV as I am wondering why did they choose that Izzy would be the one to get bullied in the dance.

"Jake why are they bullying Izzy for?" I asked him.

" I actually doesn't know, probably because she's the kindest girl in the world. l" Jake said to me.

"Is Izzy more likely to get bullied Jake?" I asked him.

" Even though I would more likely kill someone who would bully my girlfriend. but I think she would be in the target to get bullied because of how nice she is and that she would never be mean to anyone and maybe because of her intelligence as well." Jake said to me.

"Why would she get bullied for being nice? " I asked him.

" They will always bully people that are nice, and being kind." Jake said to me as I got annoyed as I hate being bullied.

"Jake I want to something about this." I said to him.

"What do you have in mind?" Jake asked me.

" I think we should put up flyers all over the studio about bullying." I said to him.

" That should help it, and I'll get Bart to look at them." Jake said to me.

" Jake, I hate to break the bad news, but Bart can't read." I said to him.

"Wow, I'm shocked." Jake said to me.

"so, I think the three of us should make posters about bullying and why it's terrible to bully others." I said to him.

" Cubby, I agree with you 100%." As I will defend anyone from getting bullied. If anyone tries to bully my friends, then they'll have to go to go through to me first." Jake said to me as I smiled knowing that Jake will always have our backs.

Izzy's POV

After I woke up from my nap, I didn't hear anything. There was no cooking going on in the kitchen, nobody was in the dinning room, or the living room. So, I went to downstairs to check the basement. little did I know, that Jake and Cubby were actually down there with the kids. Once I made it down the stairs, Cubby hid behind Jake as I knew he didn't want to talk to me.

"Cubby, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to be like that towards you." I said to him as I was now crying as Cubby came over towards me and gave me a hug.

"I forgive you Izzy. but please, don't try to break me and Stormy up. Because she's my lightning bolt." Cubby said to me.

"Aww." Jake said as I was wipping my eyes.

"so anyway, what will you guys talking about? And what were you doing down here?" I asked them.

"Oh we were helping each other with our dance routine for the semi-final!" Jake sOd to me as I smiled.

"We were also talking about bullying, and how it's not cool to bully people. So, I came up with an idea that we should all make flyers and put them around the studio should everyone knows that bullying is not right." Cubby said to me.

"Cubby, that's the best idea ever I love it, and I agree with you I hate being bullied." I said to them.

" So, we're going to make posters and post them all over the studio about bullying." Cubby said to me as Princess came walking towards me.

"Mommy, during my surgery will I be in a hospital gown? Will I be in a hospital room wearing a hospital wrist band? How big is the operating room? And will I be put to sleep?" Princess asked us those questions.

" yes Princess during the day you surgery, you will be wearing the hospital down, a hospital wristband, you'll be having the hospital room we won't know what number it would be this time until we get there, and the operating room is huge. but since we're going to Children's hospital, it's going to be filled with a lot of animals so you'll be safe with those." both Cubby Jake, and I said to her.

" Wow the hospital seems scary, but also kind of fun." Princess said to us.

" The hospital can be scary princess, but you're always have your maties by your side." Jake said to her.

" Daddy, someday when I get older, I want to be a doctor just like Doc McStuffins. But I won't do any surgery things." Princess said to him.

"I think that's the best goal for you princess I Love it." Jake said to her as she smiled.

" Wait I thought you wanted to be a pirate? Cubby ask her.

"oh yeah. okay, how about maybe when you guys get older and decide to leave Neverland, even though we are going to come with you, I'll ask Uncle Peter if I can come back here and become a pirate just like my family. But, I'll still keep the doctor thing in mind." Prince said to him.

" how about you just become a pirate doctor for animals?" I asked her.

" Izzy, isn't that called a veterinarian?" Jake asked me.

"Oh yeah! Never mind." I said to him as we all started to laugh.

"so I'll become a pirate veterinarian when I get older. Yay!" princess said to us with excitement.

" I think she'll be okay in 30 years." I said to my crew.