Purple is the Color of Passion
Number 3-Requested by Guest.
It was the morning of February 14th on the North Western Railway, and James awoke feeling quite sunny. It was Valentine's Day on the island! James was quite stoked up on steam when he arrived at the shunting yards to pick up his coaches. He was taken by surprise though when his coaches were shunted not by Stanley as they usually were, but by Thomas instead.
"Oh! Hello, Thomas! Good morning," James said, surprised to see the blue tank engine up early. "How come you're on shunting duty today?"
"Oh, it's only for the morning. I have a passenger train starting at noon, so I'll be done by then. But until noon, I'll be at your service," Thomas said, smirking dramatically. James couldn't help but laugh.
"Thomas, you always have been quite a funny little engine!" He laughed, smiling at the smaller engine. Thomas beamed, and his cheeks went pink.
"It's really nothing," Thomas said. "You're quite funny yourself."
James shrugged, "It comes naturally I suppose," Thomas laughed.
"Alright, Mr. Splendid," Thomas teased. "I've got your coaches waiting for you, washed just the way you like them, do you want them or not?" Thomas laughed. James laughed too and puffed round to the front to collect them.
"Bye, James," Thomas said, beginning to puff away just as Percy pulled up.
"Bye, Thomas, don't stop being splendid like me!" James replied. Thomas blushed and smiled.
Percy couldn't help but grin a bit as Thomas puffed off. The moment he was out of view, Percy smirked at James, moving his eyebrows up and down.
"What?" James asked.
"Oh, you know what." Percy giggled.
"No, I don't. How can I know what what is, if you don't tell me?"
"You know he has a huge crush on you, right?" Percy said, laughing a bit. James felt his face heat up and turn red.
"Wh-What?"
"Surely you've noticed! The red face, the laughing, the smiles and glances, he's totally into you!"
In all honesty, James had most certainly noticed, but he wasn't certain about whether or not it was truly a crush or something else. Percy's fit of giggling told him that it most certainly was a crush.
"Oh, w-well, I suppose I have, but—"
"And you want to know what else?" Percy said, grinning wildly.
"What?" James asked. Percy paused for a moment, smiling, and beginning to puff away.
"I think you're into him too," And Percy puffed away, still giggling a bit. James tried to stutter out a response, but couldn't think of one. Instead, he could only admit to himself that Percy was right and smiled and blushed and he thought of Thomas. After all, red and blue did make the most passionate purple together.