For the week that Grizzle finished making his ray and successfully turn the Care Bears into human, Claire was in bed with a cold. And for once it wasn't her fault, it was Ricky Marshall. Everyone blamed Ricky when they got sick only for one simple reason. The kid was a germ magnet, and Claire had the sad honor of sitting next to him in history class.
"You are regaining your temperature pretty well." Amanda reported after checking Claire's temperature. "You might be out of bed by the end of the day."
"Yes!" Claire shouted happily.
"I said you MIGHT be out of bed by the end of the day." Amanda reminded.
"Why must you ruin my fun?" Claire asked. She was joking because her face beamed as it bore a smile.
"Get some sleep and you'll feel better." Amanda said, ignoring Claire's question on purpose.
"That's what you said a week ago!" Claire remarked. Amanda laughed as she left Claire alone in her room.
Claire got the remote for her radio under her bed and turned it on. Loud Katy Perry started to play and it made Claire feel bad about being sick. She couldn't get up and at lest pretend to dance. Three songs went by before Claire heard the doorbell ring and Amanda's proclamation that she would get it. It was only three minutes later until Claire heard a knock on her door. Claire turned off the radio and listened.
"Hey Claire," Amanda said through the door. "Someone is here to see you."
The door opened to reveal a boy not much older then what Claire was. Claire looked at him and wondered why he looked so familiar.
"Claire, this is Edward. He's my nephew and I've told him much about you. He finally gave to came to visit us today."
"It's... interesting how you never told me about him before." Claire said suspiciously.
"I'm sure I've brought it up." Amanda insisted. "Why do you think he looks so familiar?"
Claire couldn't deny that he did look familiar. He smiled at her like he was looking at an old friend from school. And it nearby looked like he was in love with her. Claire had to glance from Amanda to Edward then back to Amanda again.
"Am I allowed to get out of bed then?" Claire asked.
"Do not leave the house grounds." Amanda said, she had a smile on her face that made Claire wonder how sick she really was.
"You never told me that you had a tree house!" Edward said excitingly.
"You mean, Amanda never told you I had a tree house." Claire said.
That's what I said. Edward insisted. Claire looked at him, and wondered where she had seen that face before. He must have noticed her staring at him because he asked,
"Is something wrong?"
His smile was so dreamy, Claire fainted a little.
"No," she admitted, "But there is something so familiar about you that I had to guess that..."
"There you are Oopsy!" someone said from behind them. Not far from them was a kid with blond hair, a red baseball cap, and a tracksuit. And Claire thought that his eyes looked really... yellow.
"Grumpy needs you back in his workshop right away. He needs another set of hands." the kid said to Edward. The kid then turned to Claire and said,
"Hi Claire!" When he realized what he had done, he said surprised, "Claire!"
Claire took several steps back and looked at Edward and the kid. Trying to understand what she just saw.
"If you're Funshine," she said pointing to the kid, "And you're Oopsy," she said pointed to Edward. "Then that must mean..." Claire stopped to think about it, and then, upon realizing what had happened, fainted on the spot.