"Dotty, someone wants to talk to you!" Carmen, a caramel-colored bunny with wispy black hair wailed to her daughter from the cordless phone in the kitchen.

"I'll get it from mine, mom!" Dotty yelled back to Carmen. Dotty was using a tone that Carmen had not heard Dotty use before, and she couldn't help but get curious.

"Hello" Dotty said once her door was shut. Her pink phone was up against her long, floppy white ear.

"Dotty I need to-" Dotty hung up. It was Jehniva - the last person she wanted to talk to. She's soooo annoying. How am I going to tell her to leave me ALONE!?

Dotty was stressed, and she needed to get away from any way Jehniva could connect with her. She packed her purse with sunscreen and put her striped bikini on underneath her miniskirt and orange teeshirt. She slipped on some flipflops and made sure that her cellphone was off in her purse, and her phone was off the hook in her bedroom.

"I'm going to the beach, mom!" Dotty yelled at Carmen.

"OK, have fun, Dot" Carmen said, not thinking of how fast Dotty had gotten off the phone with Jehniva.

Dotty's favorite spot on the beautiful beach was five miles from Jehniva's house. She thanked the sky that it was that far away, or she might've had to choose a different spot in a more crouded area. Dotty spread a pink towel on the beach and put up a matching umbrella that had "Dotty" embroidered into it. She hoped that Jehniva wasn't there, because the umbrella was a dead giveaway.

"Dotty, what's up??" Rosie June - Dotty's best friend smiled at her. Dotty thanked the sky again that it wasn't Jehniva.

"Hey, Rose!" Dotty smiled back.

"What's up?"

"I'm escaping the pest" Dotty said.

"Oooh." Rosie giggled. She loved it when Dotty refered to Jehniva as "The Pest". It made her feel special, and more like Dotty's BFF.

"Turn your cell phone on, Dots. I heard that Butch send you a text just a minute ago."

Dotty immediately forgot that she turned her cell off because she didn't want a call from Jehn. She flipped open her Razr and pressed the 2 button. "Oh my gosh you're right, Rose!"

"What's it say?" Rosie asked.

"I don't text and tell." Dotty said.

Rosie pouted. Dotty always said that when it was personal.

"Sorry, but it's my life." Dotty retorted.

Rosie just stared at Dotty's face, because she could normally read what what someone said by the look on her face, but Dotty's face was blank this time, unlike it normally was. Was it something bad?

Dotty started humming "Bubbly" by Colbie Calliat, so Rosie knew it was something good.

"What are you TYPING?" Rosie couldn't take it anymore, Dotty had gotten so caught up in her texting that she most likely forgot that Rosie was even there.

"Huh? Oh...Hold on," Dotty looked up quickly and then looked back down at her screen. She giggled.

"This makes no sense. You're not paying any attention to me, Dotty." Rosie got mad easily, and this was one of her many outbursts, so Dotty chose to ignore her just a little big longer.

"Whatevs, Rosie. Thanks for telling me about the text." Dotty smiled half way.

Rosie stomped off towards the tide pools. Looking at the different crabs and starfish took her mind off of her current troubles. Hopefully, it would work with this new backstabbing trouble, too.