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Note: I usually don't put my old chapter art here, but i was and still am kinda proud of the one I made for this short. I wanna make a separatestory where I has pictures of every design I have made for mostly every character. Idk, what do you think?
Originally published on Wattpad ( MalloryMynatt): I think around August 21st 2018
A/N: This one is another short featuring my OC Bluebell and it's mostly about her and Squirt even if at first it does seem like it. After writing this, this short has become the longest short I've written here so I hope you're excited! Anyways, without further ado, here's the short!
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Monday, December 10th, 2018:
"Have a good day, you two." Marlin said, waving to Nemo and Bluebell as they got out of the car. "Bye Fabio! Bye Chantel!" Dory hollered from the passenger seat next to Marlin. The two kids chuckled. "It's Bluebell." Bluebell corrected. "And Nemo." Nemo added. The two said their goodbyes and headed inside the building after seeing Marlin drive away. The bell didn't ring so they had time to find their friends by their lockers. The first person to find them was Squirt. "Dude! Dudette! How are you guys?" Squirt and Nemo as usual did their hand shake, ending it with a "duuuude". "You know, if you two keep smacking your noggins like that, it'll probably cause damage." Bluebell commented making Nemo laugh. "That's cause Squirt has a skull of steel."
He jokes making Squirt playfully punch Nemo's arm. Squirt then went over to Bluebell and gave her a hug like usual. She was offered to do the hand shake as well but she didn't want to hit her head so the two settled for a hug. "Guys! The field trip's today!" Hollered Sheldon as he made his way towards the group with Tad. "Got your forms signed?" Asked Tad, he and Sheldon holding up their forms signed by their dads. Nemo, Bluebell and Squirt nodded, holding up their forms, Squirt's signed by his father, Crush and Nemo and Bluebell's both signed by Marlin. "Awesome! I can't wait to get to the aquarium!" Said Sheldon excitedly. "They don't have any sharks or nothing scary right?" Bluebell asked nervously.
"Yep! They got loads of sharks and eels. They only keep them in the back so they don't scare off and unsuspecting customers." Tad explained lurking up toward Bluebell, making her shiver. "Boo!" Yelled Tad. Bluebell yelped, tripping backwards, but instead of the hard floor hitting her back, Squirt caught her, with his arms under hers. "Tad, I think we get it." He said helping Bluebell up to her feet and set a hand on her shoulder. "He's just joking with you, they don't keep any sharks, or eels or anything like that there." Squirt assured Bluebell. She sighed in relief. "I know I know, but I wish they did. It'd be super cool!" Tad huffed. "What about the sea turtles? They're much more cooler." Said Squirt. "Eh, I guess but they don't have any sharp teeth or can sting you." Argued Tad.
"But they do have their shells." Stated Squirt. "Guys, I think you should really be anticipating the jellyfish." Everyone turned around and found Pearl, signed form in hand. "Finally! What took you so long?" Asked Tad. "I had to find my camera." She explained, pulling her camera out of the bag. It was one of those cheap ones that you'd get at a convenient store. "I brought two, in case something happened to the first one." She pulled out the second camera, identical to the first. "It was kind of a struggle putting them in my bag because of how small it is. That's why I was late." "Oh, you want me to hold one for you?" Nemo offered. Pearl blushed. "Sure, here." She said, handing Nemo her spare camera. He placed the camera safely in the front pocket of his bag.
"I think the bell is about to ring, we should probably start-" Sheldon started before the bell rang. "-heading to class..." Everyone started to rush past Sheldon heading to class, even Bluebell, who kept her ears covered because of the loud bell and crowd of students. "Hey! Wait for me!" Sheldon called out, running after his friends. They made it inside the class room and sat down at their table like normal. Before the late bell rang, Sheldon burst through the door, sweating and panting. "Stop! Hold it, I'm not late!" He hollered, causing everyone to look at him. Sheldon chuckled nervously and headed towards the table where his friends were and sat next to Tad. "That's our Sheldon, surprisingly always on time." Tad whispered to the others, audible enough for Sheldon to hear and blush at his statement. "I-I don't know if that was meant to be a compliment or an insult."
Tad turned over and grinned at him. "Consider it both." He winked making Sheldon blush harder. The late bell then rang and Mr. Ray got up from his desk. "Alright explorers, settle down. I know you're all excited for our field trip to the aquarium but I can't give you instructions when your talking over me, understood?" "Yes, Mr. Ray." The class answered. "Good. Anyways, like I announced two weeks ago, we're going on a field trip to the aquarium. We'll be going from 8:15 to 3:00. Lunch is at 12:00 sharp and you're allowed to buy your own food at the cafe if you brought money. You are also allowed to go to the gift shop, again if you brought your own money. But you must stay with me and pay attention as I teach. Now-" As Mr. Ray was explaining, his walkie talkie beeped.
(A/N: I don't know how it works at the schools you've went to but with most of mine, the teachers would have walkie talkies.) "Mr. Ray, your bus is here." Staff said through the speaker of the talkie. Mr. Ray picked it up and pressed a button. "Thanks, we're on our way." He replied before putting his walkie talkie in his pocket. "Our bus has arrived, so everyone grab your stuff and follow me." The class cheered and frantically grabbed their stuff. "Finally! A whole day of fun and excitement!" Said Nemo, grabbing his bag. "What are you talking about? It isn't that much of a surprise. Mr. Ray holds field trips every week." Bluebell informed. "Yeah and he's still gonna be teaching us." Added Pearl. "I know, but I think it's more fun when we're being taught in a place that ISN'T a classroom." Nemo explained. "Huh, that is true, I mean we're able to learn the subject much easier if it's right in front of us in real life and we're experiencing it for ourselves."
Everyone looked over at Sheldon, impressed. "Wow, that's gotta be the wisest thing you've ever said, Sheldon. I'm impressed." Said Tad, making Sheldon blush. "Really?" "Nope!" Tad started to laugh, nudging Sheldon's arm. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. You're the smartest out of all of us and we love you're knowledge." Sheldon sighed in relief, hints of blush still on his cheeks. "T-Thanks." "Come on guys, the bus will leave soon." Said Pearl, and grabbed Nemo's arm making him blush. The two then rushed out of the classroom. Tad without warning took Sheldon's hand, Sheldon becoming a blushing mess. "Let's catch up with them." He said, reaching out his other hand. Bluebell and Squirt chuckled before Bluebell took Tad's hand and Squirt took her's. "Alright, let's go!" Squirt led the group as he started running out of the classroom, pulling his friends along.
Once they caught up to the class, Pearl and Nemo looked over at the four and laughed. "So now you're the line leader, Squirt?" Nemo joked. Squirt shook his head and punched Nemo's arm playfully. "Ow, I see you also have fists of steel too." "Ey, that means I can protect you guys for any potential threats." Said Squirt, squeezing Bluebell's hand making her blush. The class was waiting outside behind a gate separating the bus wait and the road where the busses drive to pick up and drop off students. While waiting the two girls who would tend to bully Bluebell (A/N: Lets just call them Blair and Clarice because those were some evil and dark baby girl names I looked up, sorry if your name is Blair or Clarice, they both are pretty names) looked over at them with disgusted looks on their faces.
(A/N: I drew a pic of how I think they'd look ^)
The two then giggled and walked over to Bluebell. "Hey Bluebell, or should I say screw eyes!" Blair taunted, making fun of Bluebell's different colored eyes. Bluebell looked down at the ground, not letting them see her tears but they could still see them drop to the ground and freeze in the snow. "Aww is the baby gonna cry? Oh boo hoo!" Clarice teased. As the two walked away, they both shoved Bluebell out of their way. Pearl, Tad, Sheldon, and especially Nemo glared at the two girls as they walked away before turning their attention back to Bluebell. She let out a small whimper and tears started to fall faster. Squirt instinctively gave Bluebell a hug and let her cry into his shoulder. "Hey, it's okay." Squirt assured, stroking Bluebell's hair. "They're just jealous of your wonderful eyes."
Bluebell blushed before letting go and wiping her tears away. "Yeah, ignore them. They're just jerks." Added Sheldon. "But if they do bother you again, let me know and I'll teach them a lesson." Said Nemo, smacking his casted fist against his left palm. "Oh no, Nemo. Violence is never the answer." Pearl chimed. Nemo lowered his arms and sighed. "You're right, but I'll at least tell them that if they mess with my sister, they have mess with me." Bluebell smiled at her adopted brother's words. "Thanks, Nemo." The bus beeped causing the students to look toward it. Mr. Ray was inside the bus, next to the entrance, mic in hand. "Climb aboard, explorers!" He called, starting to sing as usual as the students made their way inside the bus. Thankfully the rows weren't in order from boys on one side and girls on the other anymore so Bluebell could sit with Nemo.
When she approached Nemo's seat, he was already sitting next to Pearl and was talking with her. The two looked over at Bluebell with apologetic expressions. "Sorry, sis. I promised Pearl I'd sit with her today." Said Nemo. Bluebell frowned and nodded. "That's okay. I'll sit somewhere else." Before she did anything, Squirt waved over to Bluebell at the seat behind Nemo and Pearl. "Bluebell, wanna sit here?" He asked. Her cheeks glowed a bit as she smiled and nodded, sitting to Squirt's left. A couple minutes later, the bus starts to move. Bluebell grabs her earbuds and is about to put them on to block out the noise when Squirt taps her shoulder. "Hmm?" She hummed. "You wanna listen?" She asked. Squirt nodded and Bluebell handed him her right earbud and placed the left one in her right ear. "You know, Bluebell. I sometimes don't get why you're occasionally picked on, you're a pretty unique person." Said Squirt after a moment of silence.
Bluebell shook her head. "No, I'm a pretty weird kid." "So? That doesn't make you a bad person. I think you're unique because of how weird you are, in a good way. There's no one else like you and that's special to me." Bluebell blushed and smiled making Squirt grin back. Meanwhile, Tad and Sheldon, who were sitting behind Bluebell and Squirt were having a conversation of their own. "Hey, Sheldon." Tad spoke up. "Yeah?" "You know the school's winter dance is coming up, right?" Sheldon nodded. Tad hesitated before speaking. "I-I was thinking of wearing a d-dress to the dance." (A/N: For those of you that don't know, in my view of the human characters, Tad is gay and Sheldon is Bisexual) Sheldon blushed at the thought of his friend in a stunning dress. Next to Tad and Sheldon were Blair and Clarice and they overheard their conversation. "Ew! A boy wants to wear a dress to a dance!?" Blair asked.
"Gross!" Clarice exclaimed. The two girls then started to laugh making Tad sigh and look away toward the window in embarrassment. "I-It's weird, I know." Was all he said. Sheldon frowned and set a hand on Tad's shoulder, causing him to look back towards Sheldon. "It isn't weird at all. You should be allowed to wear what you are comfortable with." Sheldon started to blush again. "I-In fact, I think you'd look great in a dress." Tad smiled a bit. A moment went by before Tad playfully punched Sheldon's arm. "I'll be sure to get the best one I can find then." He said making Sheldon laugh. "Hey guys! Over here!" Called Pearl as she took out her camera and faced the lens towards herself, Nemo and the two rows of seats behind them consisting of Bluebell and Squirt, then Tad and Sheldon. Everyone smiled before Pearl snapped a picture. "Hey, because Mr. Ray hosts a field trip every week, you should make a photo album of all the field trips we're talking this year." Nemo suggested.
Pearl smiled at the idea and thought about it for a second. "That's not a bad, idea. I think I should consider that." Nemo blushed and smiled at her. A couple minutes later, the bus stopped. "We must've arrived." Said Nemo as Mr. Ray takes out his mic again. "Okay, explorers, we're here. Now please exit the bus in a single file line and do not enter the building without me." Mr. Ray stepped out of the bus and stood by it's door as the students hopped off the bus one at a time while Mr. Ray was counting them up. "Okay everyone, I've planned an activity for you guys that will count for extra credit if you complete it. With a partner, you'll go on a scavenger hunt to find these specific sea creatures." Mr. Ray explained, handing the students the list of marine creatures to find. "If you find them all, you are to hand me back the list tomorrow and it will count as extra credit on your grade for this class. Now, with that said, get with your partner and let's get to exploring!"
He lead the students inside the aquarium. While Mr. Ray was talking to the lady at the front desk, the class went to choosing their partners for the scavenger hunt. Bluebell was gonna ask if Nemo wanted to be her partner, but just like on the bus, he chose Pearl over her. Bluebell was upset but it quickly faded once Squirt offered to be her partner. She nodded and the two exchanged the list. "You seemed upset a second ago, are you okay?" Squirt asked. "Yeah, I'm sorry. It's just that I was really hoping Nemo could be my partner since we didn't get to sit together on the bus." Squirt frowned making Bluebell speak up. "N-Not that I don't want you to be my partner. I appreciate your company and I love hanging out with you a lot. But I just feel like Nemo's been avoiding me and cares about Pearl more than me." Squirt's frown disappeared and was replaced with a look of assurance.
"I see what's going on, he didn't tell the others and only told me but he has a crush on Pearl. And he wants to try and get together with her. The best way for him to do that is by spending time with her. That doesn't mean he doesn't care about as a sister, he likes having you around. But for now I think it's best if Pearl and Nemo got this time together to let their relationship bloom. You get what I'm saying?" Bluebell thought for a moment before softly smiling. "I see, it's alright with me." Squirt grinned before he focused back onto the list. "How about we start getting that extra credit, hmm?" Bluebell nodded before taking his hand and entering the aquarium with the rest of the class. "Okay so we have to find these guys here." Squirt explains, pointing at the list.
Ocean Scavenger Hunt:
1) Clownfish
2) Regal Blue Tang
3) Moorish Idol
4) Starfish
5) Damselfish
6) Royal Gramma
7) Yellow Tang
8) Pufferfish
9) Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
10) Jellyfish
11) Sea Turtle
12) Spotted Eagle Ray
13) Seahorse
14) Butterfly Fish
15) Flapjack Octopus
16) Septopus
17) Whale Shark
18) Beluga Whale
19) Moonfish
20) Betta Fish
"Okay, seems easy." Said Bluebell. "Kinda, this place is pretty big though. It might take a while to find them all." "That doesn't mean we can't at all right?" Squirt grinned. "True." "How about we start with the easiest one and find the clownfish?" Bluebell suggests. "Good idea." The two then went off the reef fish exhibit. The first fish they spotted were the clownfish and the blue tang. "Wow we found two at the same time." Said Squirt, checking off the two fish on the list. Before the two continued on, Bluebell noticed the clownfish and blue tang tapped their faces together, making Bluebell giggle. It reminded her of her adopted parents, Marlin and Dory. The two continued on until they found creatures number 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,and 20. Bluebell's favorite fish she has seen so far was the Blue Betta Fish. It made her think of herself in a way. "Okay, we got a lot done here." Said Squirt, looking through the list. They only had a few left on the list.
"Wanna find the Whale Shark and Beluga?" "Sure." They then went to a different exhibit that held mammal sea creatures and/or larger creatures. They found the whale shark and Beluga whale in tanks next to each other and took a look. A woman was informing the crowd around the tanks about the whale shark. "Whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean. They have near sighted vision, meaning that they can only see things up close and not far away." "Sounds like Destiny." Bluebell commented, Squirt nodded in agreement as the two carried on. A moment later they found the tank that held a couple of sea turtles. "Awesome! We found the sea turtles!" Said Squirt, excitedly grabbing Bluebell's hand and rushing over to the tank. Up top there was a couple of trainers feeding the three turtles some lettuce. The male trainer noticed the two and smiled at them. "You wanna feed them?" He asked. "Sure!" Answered Squirt as he and Bluebell climbed up the stairs to the top of the tank.
The female trainer handed Squirt and Bluebell a hand full of lettuce. "Now don't give it to them all at once. Go slowly, one at a time." The two nodded as Squirt took a piece of lettuce and held it over the water. A second later, one of the sea turtles took the lettuce from his hand and at it. Bluebell giggled and did the same thing. Another sea turtle took the lettuce from her hand making her giggle. "What are their names?" She asked. "Well the two larger ones are named Theodore and Tobias and the slightly smaller female is named Tabitha." the male trainer answered. "We rescued them after they had just hatched and a large bird tried to attack them. We knew that we couldn't separate the three siblings so we let them stay here together in the same tank." "That's amazing." Commented Squirt, petting Theodore. Once the two finished feeding Theodore, Tobias and Tabitha, they said goodbye to the trainers and headed off to find the last two sea creatures.
"Wow! They were even better up close." Said Squirt, still amazed by the sea turtles. "Yeah it was fun getting to feed them." Bluebell said, looking through the list. "All that's left is the jellyfish and the moonfish." Squirt tapped Bluebell's shoulder. "What?" She asked before looking to where Squirt was staring at. The two were in front of a large tank surrounded by jellyfish and moonfish. The jellyfish's bodies were glowing in different colors and with the moonfish it looked like a galaxy made in the ocean.
(A/N: The tank kind of looked like this ^)
"Wow." Bluebell breathes in awe, checking off the last two creatures on the scavenger hunt. "They're the most beautiful things I've ever seen." Squirt grinned and looked over to Bluebell. "Well I can think of one thing more beautiful than that." He said. "Really? What?" She asked. Squirt chuckled, moving a strand of Bluebell's hair behind her ear, making her blush. "You, silly." Bluebell couldn't believe what she had just heard. 'He thinks I'm beautiful?' She asked herself. "R-Really?" "Mmhm." He hummed before giving her a kiss on her forehead. Bluebell became a blushing mess. She thought this was a dream and she passed out during the field trip because this couldn't have been real. But if it truly was real, this made Bluebell overjoyed with happiness. The crush she has had since she moved in with Nemo, Marlin and Dory had the same feelings for her.
Tears formed, but they weren't tears of sadness, they were tears of joy. "Are you okay? If I came on too strong, I-I'm sorry. I just thought-" before Squirt could finish, Bluebell gave him a hug and burrowed her face into his chest, letting her tears soak into his vest. "Never better." Squirt was surprised at first but chuckled and returned the hug. The two stayed like that for about a minute or so until Nemo, Pearl, Tad and Sheldon approached them. "Hey, guys! We're about to leave a-" Nemo stopped when he saw Squirt and Bluebell hugging. The four grinned and giggled. The two noticed this and let go each other to face their friends. "Oh, hey guys." Squirt awkwardly greeted. "How Long have you been there?" Asked Bluebell. "Long enough." Tad joked. "Guys, we better hurry or the bus will leave without us." Said Sheldon. "Wait! I wanna take one more picture before we go." Pearl turned to Nemo. "Nemo, can I see my spare camera, please?" She asked. "Sure."
Nemo reaches into the front pocket of his bag and hands Pearl the spare camera. "Everyone gather around." The six of them moved closer together as Pearl held up the camera, before she could take a picture, she notices Mr. Ray and the rest of the class, heading towards the bus. She quickly rushed up to him. "Excuse me, Mr. Ray?" "Yes?" "Could you take our picture?" She asked. "Sure madam explorer, why not?" Pearl thanked him, handing him the camera and heading back towards her friends. Everyone stood together and smiled towards the camera lens. After a couple of clicks from the camera, Mr. Ray gave Pearl her camera back. "Now come on, explorers. We're about to go." He said, leading the class to the bus outside. Everyone hopped back in and sat at the seats they were in before. Nemo turned around to face Bluebell who was sitting next to Squirt. "Hey, Bluebell. Sorry I didn't sit next to you on the way here and for not being your partner for the scavenger hunt." He apologized.
"Wanna sit with me now?" Nemo offered. Bluebell turned to Squirt, who gave her a nod. She smiled and turned back to her adopted brother. "That's okay. I'm good, we can sit together in the car on our way home. You go ahead and sit with Pearl while you can." Bluebell winked making Nemo blush. "T-Thanks sis." Nemo smiled at her before sitting back down. "That was sweet of you to do, Bluebell. But again, you could've just sat with your brother like you wanted." Said Squirt. Bluebell giggled, shaking her head. "That's alright, I'll let them have their time together. Besides I like your company a lot too." She said before laying resting her head on Squirt's shoulder. Squirt grinned, wrapping an arm around her. Eventually the two fell asleep. 'Best field trip ever.' Thought Bluebell before fully falling asleep.
A/N: I'm so proud of this and I hope you guys liked it! Anyways, thanks so much for reading and thanks for sticking with me for so long! I love you all so much! With that said, see you in the next short!
~Rxin3 ?￢ﾘﾔ️