To be honest, this is taking me really long to write each chapter so expect a large gap between this one and the next one. Especially since I don't even really know where I wanna take it. I have a few ideas. Feel free to comment your opinions on this chapter or suggestions for future chapters. -TBN
CHAPTER 3
Angel Cake walked quickly out of Blueberry's house. "Did I really just do that?" All Angel Cake could think of as she ran home was Blueberry lying on the ground with blood gushing out of her hand. Angel Cake burst through the door of her house and flopped into the nearby armchair. Vanilla Icing, jumped down off the chair she had been sleeping on and ran over to Angel Cakes. "Baa?"
Angel Cake straightened up in the chair. "I pushed Blueberry Vanilla Icin'," Angel Cake said softly. "She was bleeding and I just walked away."
"Baaa?" Vanilla Icing asked concerned.
"No." Angel Cake said struggling to keep tears back. "It was just h-her hand I think."
"Baaaa." Vanilla Icing suggested.
"No." Angel Cake said sternly. "I gotta tell Strawberry but," Angel Cake stopped for a moment. "For now we gotta get some rest Vanilla Icin'."
Vanilla Icing watch as Angel Cake walked off to bed.
Strawberry could feel Lime Lights arm around her waist and the rest of her body pressed against her own. Strawberry felt relaxed and safe. As if nothing could hurt her. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Strawberry sighed. She didn't want to move but she had to. She removed Lime Light's arm from around her and slowly stood up out of the bed as not to wake Lime Light. After she got out of the bed she grabbed her hoodie and zipped it up. It covered most of her bar her legs. She walked over and opened the door. Strawberry stared at Blueberry standing on the other side "Hey Blueberry, what are you doing here this early?"
"It's like 1 o'clock Strawberry." Blueberry said.
"Wait, what?" Strawberry looked around at her clock. Ten past one. "Shoot I guess we over-" Strawberry stopped mid-sentence when she saw the bandage around Blueberry's palm. "What happen?"
"Oh." Blueberry laughed nervously. "I cut m-myself on a broken plate. Hey, I was wondering if Angel Cake was around this morning?"
Strawberry hesitated for a moment. Something about her answer didn't satisfy her but she decided to leave it for now. "Maybe I mean I'm only up."
"Yeah," Blueberry said while she looked at the ground. "I should probably tell you before she does."
"Tell me what?" Strawberry asked confused.
Blueberry took a breath. "i didn't mean the things I said yesterday. I was just jealous of you."
"Blueberry?" Strawberry couldn't believe it. That didn't seem like Blueberry at all.
"I was jealous Strawberry. I wished I had got the offer. I'm sorry I thought making you not accept it would make me feel better. I'm sorry." Blueberry said as she took a breath. She was still looking at the ground.
"Blueberry I-" Strawberry began
"Strawberry I need to talk-" Angel Cake stopped as she walked in the open door and seen Blueberry.
"I told her Angel Cake." Blueberry said as a tear dripped down her face.
Strawberry put her hand on Blueberries shoulder. Blueberry smacked it away and ran out the door.
"Blueberry!" Strawberry watched as her friend ran away in tears then she turned to Angel Cake.
Angel Cake shrugged her shoulders. "I was going to tell you but I guess I don't have to."
Strawberry was even more confused now.
"Well I knew what Blueberry had said to you so I went to vi-" Angel Cake began.
"Wait," Strawberry cut her off. "How did you know what Blueberry said to me?"
"I-I just did okay but I went to talk to her," Angel Cake replied changing the topic as quickly as possible. "And she admitted to saying those things because she was jealous."
"She just admitted that?" Strawberry asked suspiciously.
"Well," Angel Cake said quietly. "There was a heated discussion beforehand."
"A heated discussion?" Strawberry asked.
"An argument." Angel Cake said angrily. "We had an argument."
Strawberry sighed. "We should go talk to Blueberry."
Angel Cake want to disagree but decided against it. "Fine."
"I just have to do something real quick." Strawberry said as she grabbed a pen and a piece of paper.
"What are you doing?" Angel Cake asked as Strawberry scrawled something down on the paper.
"Telling Lime Light where I'm gone." Strawberry said as she moved her head in the direction of her bed.
Angel Cake looked over at the bed and sure enough, she could she Lime Light's head protruding from the covers. She hadn't even noticed her. "Oh, okay."
Strawberry finished writing the note, set it down on the table and turned to Angel Cake. "Come on let's go."
The two girls walked out of the house and towards the garden gate. As they reached the gate Strawberry stopped and looked at Angel Cake. "Did Blueberry have a bandage on her hand when you visited her last night?"
Angel Cake froze for a moment. "Uhh n-no."
Strawberry looked at Angel Cake suspiciously. "She said that she cut her hand on a broken plate sometime last night."
Angel Cake pretended to be surprised. "Oh, it must have happened after I left."
"Yeah okay." Strawberry still didn't deliver either Angel Cakes or Blueberry. "Anyway let's try to catch up with Blueberry."
The two girls ran the whole way to Blueberry's house hoping to meet her on the way back to her house but no. She was nowhere to be found. Strawberry and Angel Cake soon arrived at Blueberry's door. "She must be a faster runner then I thought." Strawberry said panting.
"You don't say." Angel Cake said also panting. "We should probably knock."
"Yeah." Strawberry agreed as she knocked on the door. "Blueberry? are you home?" There was no answer so Strawberry knocked again. Again no answer. Strawberry knocked two more times before trying the handle. The door was locked. "Blueberry open the door!" Strawberry shouted.
"Go away!" The two heard being shouted from directly behind the door.
"Come on Blueberry open the door." Strawberry pleaded. "We just want to talk."
There was silence for a moment. Then Strawberry could hear the sound of a lock clicking. Then the door opened and Blueberry was standing there. Her cheeks were wet and her eyes were red, she had clearly been crying. The two girls looked at each other for a moment then Blueberry spoke in a low tone. "I thought you said 'we'?"
"Yeah me and Ange-" Strawberry looked around and Angel Cake was nowhere to be seen. "Oh, Angel Cake." Strawberry shook her head then turned back to Blueberry. "Can I come in?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Blueberry said quietly.
Strawberry walked inside and sat down at the table with Blueberry. Cheesecake was nowhere to be seen. The two girls looked at each other for a moment before Strawberry spoke. "Why did you leave earlier?"
Blueberry looked down at the table. "I-I mean I thought you'd be mad at me."
Strawberry reached across the table and took hold of Blueberries hands. Blueberry looked up at Strawberry. "Blueberry, i could never get mad at any of my friends for something so simple. Everyone gets jealous."
"I know," Blueberry said struggling to hold back tears. "But I mean I tried to sabotage your dream."
Strawberry laughed slightly. "Blueberry my dream is to do these things alongside my friends."
"I'm still sooo sorry Strawberry." A tear slid down Blueberry's cheek
Strawberry stood up and walked around the table to Blueberry. Blueberry stood up and the two girls hugged. "Come on I just had an idea."
Blueberry looked at Strawberry with a confused look but still followed her. The girls soon ended up back at Strawberry's house. Strawberry opened her door."I hope she's up."
The two girls entered the house and could see Lime Light sitting at the table drinking what looked to be coffee. "Oh, hey you two. I hope you don't mind Strawberry I but I made a pot of coffee."
Strawberry smiled at Lime Light and motioned for Blueberry to take a seat. Blueberry did as she was told and sat down. Strawberry walked over to the pot of coffee and began pouring out two more cups. "Speaking of making things up I've made up mind on your offer."
"Oh," Lime Light said as Strawberry placed the two cups down on the table. "So what did you decided?"
"I'm not going to do it." Strawberry said in a rather cheery voice.
"You really should-" Blueberry tried to tell Strawberry but she motioned for her to be quiet.
"Well that's is too bad." Lime Light said sadly. She had really wanted Strawberry to come with her. "To be honest I thought you would accept it."
"Don't worry," Strawberry reassured her. "I know some on even better for the job. Blueberry."
Blueberry had been taking a drink of her coffee and suddenly began coughing and spluttering. "Wait, me?"
"Yes, you. You'd be perfect and she practices a lot." Strawberry said to Lime Light.
"If Strawberry vouches for you i will too." Lime Light said reassuringly to Blueberry.
Blueberry was ecstatic but suddenly her smile disappeared off her face. "I mean I would love too but what about my uhh speech impediment"
Lime Light looked at Blueberry not really sure what she was on about. Strawberry turned to Blueberry."I'm sure it's fine, right Lime Light?"
"Yes completely," Lime Light said smiling "But if you don't mind me asking what your speech problem."
Blueberry was smiling again, not quite as large as before but large enough. "Well, any time I go to make a 'u' or double 'o' sound it comes out as a long 'ooooo'."
"That's completely fine Blueberry. It adds extra character to your character." Lime Light said sweetly. "There is one problem though."
"And what is that?" Blueberry asked.
"Well, we have to leave tomorrow morning so any packing and goodbyes should be done now." Lime Light said nervously. She hoped this wouldn't put Blueberry off the offer.
Blueberry smiled at Lime Light then stood up. "Well, I best start packing I'll see you too later."
Blueberry ran out the door and it was just Strawberry and Lime Light left in the room. "I'm glad I could get someone for this movie Strawberry but I really wanted you to come along with me." Lime Light said as she drank the last of her coffee.
Strawberry smiled. "I know but trust me you and Blueberry will get along just fine."
Lime Light smiled slightly and stood up to refill her coffee. "I really hope so."
It was only now that Strawberry realized that Lime Light wasn't wearing her green dress but in fact, she was wearing a red and white striped t-shirt and a pair of jeans belonging to Strawberry. "You look good in that."
It took Lime Light a second to realize what she was on about. "Oh yeah. Sorry, I just didn't want to wear the same clothes again and I forgot to bring any spare."
Strawberry giggled. "It's fine you can keep them they're slightly too small for me anyway. How do you forget to bring extra clothing?"
"Well usually my assistant would pack my stuff but I've been trying to be more independent and stuff." Lime Light admitted.
Strawberry Shortcake stood up and put her arm around Lime Light. "I'm proud of you. At least you learned something from our visit to Berrywood."
Lime Light laughed slightly. "Yeah feel free to visit Berrywood again by the way. Anytime."
"I will sometime don't worry," Strawberry said pulling out her phone. "I need to call someone, back in a minute."
"Okay." Lime Light said as she watched Strawberry walk out the front door.
Once Strawberry was outside she dialed Angel Cake. After a few rings, the call went to voicemail. "Angel Cake it's me pick up whenever you get this. We need to talk."
Strawberry sighed and went back inside
Angel Cake walked into her bakery. All the ingredients and baking equipment were still where she had left them the night before. She grabbed a whisk and began where she had left off cake had to be finished off by the end of the week, she could finish tonight if she worked late. After a while, Angel Cake looked out the window and it was pitch black but the cake was done.
Angel Cake sighed with relief. "Thank god."
She looked down at her phone. She open the phone and on the screen, it said '1 Missed Call'. She also saw that there was a voicemail and she opened it. "Angel Cake it's me pick up whenever you get this. We need to talk." Strawberry's voice said through the phone.
Angel Cake sighed and looked at the clock. Twelve Forty Five. "Strawberry would hardly be up." Angel Cake thought to herself.
Angel Cake rang Strawberry and it answered after the third ring. "Hello." A tired sounding Strawberry said through the phone
"Hey, it's Angel Cake. I hope I didn't waken you." Angel Cake replied.
"No, I was up anyway. Why did you call exactly?"
"You're voicemail told me to."
"Oh yeah." Strawberry sounded much more awake now. "What's up with you and Blueberry?"
"I don't know what you mean?"
"Don't play dumb Angel Cake. Somethings going on and I want to know what." Strawberry said seriously.
"it's nothing really Strawberry we're just a little at odds because of the fight."
"It's more than that. Blueberry seemed frightened of you this morning. What really really happened?"
There was silence for a second then Angel Cake sighed. "We were arguing. I lost my temper and pushed her. She fell along with some plates and then I left. That's it."
There was another pause. "Well... that explains the bandage."
"I didn't mean to. I swear Strawberry." Angel Cake said softly.
"I know," Strawberry said. "You should apologize to her before she leaves."
"She leaving?" Angel Cake asked surprised.
"Oh yeah. I forgot people don't know. Yeah, she's going with Lime Light instead of me."
"That's good for her." Angel Cake thought for a moment. "I'll call her in the morning."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
"Good. Now," Strawberry yawned. "I'm going to go to bed before I fall asleep standing here. Goodnight Angel Cake."
"Goodnight."
The line went dead and Angel Cake put her phone into her pocket. She decides she should do the same and walked out of the bakery, towards her home.
Strawberry sat up in the bed and looked around. Lime Light was sitting at the table, in her freshly cleaned dress, drinking a cup of what Strawberry could only assume was coffee. "Why didn't you wake me?"
Lime Light stopped drinking the coffee and put it down on the table. "You looked peaceful. Anyway me and Blueberry aren't leaving for almost another hour."
"I still like to be up early." Strawberry said as she hopped out of bed and began putting on clean clothes.
"Noted. Also, you could try diversifying your wardrobe." Lime Light suggested as Strawberry threw on what seemed to be one of a hundred pink tops.
"My wardrobe has diversity," Strawberry argued. "I just like consistency in the way I dress."
"So does everyone else in Strawberryland it seems." Lime Light added.
"Yeah, you have a point actually-" Strawberry was said as a knock at her door cut her sentence short. "Must be Blueberry."
Strawberry walked over to the door and opened it. Sure enough, it was her. "He,llo you two."
"Blueberry, come in." Strawberry said as she stepped aside for Blueberry to enter.
"Travelling light." Lime Light said nodding at the single suitcase Blueberry had set down just inside the door.
Blueberry shrugged. "Well, I didn't think I would need much. I mean some clothes, a few books, and some other small things should be enough, right?"
"Yeah, that should be enough. There's plenty of stores in Berrywood if you need anything else." Lime Light reassured Blueberry.
"Want a cup of coffee Blueberry?" Strawberry offered as she poured out a cup for herself.
Blueberry thought for a moment. "Sure."
Strawberry poured out another cup and all three girls sat down at the table. "So Blueberry you ready to go to Berrywood?" Lime Light asked.
"Yeah, I just wish I had more time to say goodbye to everyone." Blueberry said sadly before taking a drink of her coffee.
"I'm sorry about that." Lime Light said.
Strawberry put down her fresh cup of coffee. "Hey it's not like you're going away forever and anyway," Strawberry held up her phone. "You can always call any of us, anytime."
"Yeah." Blueberry smiled.
"Speaking of calls, did Angel Cake call you this morning?" Strawberry asked curiously.
"I don't think so," Blueberry said as she pulled out her phone to check. "No."
"Oh." Strawberry said in a quiet voice.
"Lime Light shouldn't we be going soon?" Blueberry showed her the time on her phone.
"Oh shoot we really should." Lime Light exclaimed standing up from her chair.
The two girls stood up. Blueberry went to grab her bags while Lime Light spoke to Strawberry. "Strawberry are you sure you don't wanna take up the offer? I'm sure we can make room for both of you."
Strawberry smiled. "I'm sure Lime Light and thank you for the offer."
Lime Light smiled weakly at Strawberry. "Yeah, no problem."
Strawberry put her hand on Lime Light's shoulder, smiled and looked her dead in the eye. "And don't forget, come back anytime."
"I will Strawberry." Lime Light said as she pulled Strawberry into a tight hug.
The two girls took a step back. "Good Lime Light," Strawberry turned to her other friend. "Goodbye Blueberry."
The two girls walked to the door. "Goodbye Strawberry Shortcake." The two girls said in unison.