AGH! I'm freaking out because I KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND POOR SALLY DOESN'T! MY POOR LITTLE OC! *protectively holds Sally* I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE! EVEN THOUGH I'M WRITING YOUR HEARTBREAK!
Anywho. Enjoy.
"You need to come out here."
"Oncie," Sally laughs over the phone, "you know I can't."
"I know you won't," I argue, walking to the doorway and leaning on it, holding the phone with one hand while reaching down and scooping Pipsqueak up in the other. I lift him up and he instantly snuggles onto my chest. It's so impossible not to smile. "You're perfectly able to. You just refuse to."
"I gotta finish school, hon," she says, and Pipsqueak suddenly croons. I laugh. "Yeah, getting an education is always hilarious." I laugh again.
"Sorry. I'm just holding this adorable bear that you won't be able to see because you're boring and want to finish school." I hear her laughing.
"You just want me to cook for you."
"I can make pancakes!" I say defensively.
"And?"
"And...Pop-Tarts." She laughs again and I smile. I love her laughter. I wish I could hear it more often.
"Okay, you're right. You obviously don't need me. I just won't go over there for Christmas at all."
"I love you," I say automatically, and she laughs again. "Please come down here. I don't have any to keep me company."
"Hey, Beanpole, I heard that!" Mustache yells from wherever he is. I roll my eyes and I swear Pipsqeak giggles. Smiling, I rub behind his ears and he croons a bit.
"I'll come down for Christmas on one condition," Sally says.
"Hmm?" I hum, holding the phone between my shoulder and ear, using one hand to hold Pipsqueak and the other to scratch his belly. He falls over in my hand and giggles delightedly.
"You let me sleep on the water bed."
I frown. I told Sally about my bed floating down the river, and I'll never hear the end of it.
~!~Sally's POV, a month and a half later~!~
"Why are you leaving?" Yo-Yo asks yet again. I roll my eyes.
"Because Oncie and I always spend Christmas together. Literally, every single Christmas we've been alive, we've spent it together." I shove another bra into my bag.
"But Pinwheel!"
"No but's!" I say, shoving a jacket into the bag. "I'm only gonna be gone for two weeks, okay?"
"Whatever. It's just gonna be you and Perv?"
I nod.
"Then you won't be needing these." She dips her hand into te bag and grabs a pair of my underwear, tossing them to the side onto my pillow.
"Yo-Yo!" I snatch the underwear back as she laughs. "We won't do anything!"
"Of course you will. So many years of sexual tension all held up, and you'll be alone together for two weeks..." She shrugs. "I'd bet money you two'll do it."
"We will not!" I exclaim. "We agreed a long time ago to wait until we were married!"
"Right. Right." She tugs the underwear out of my hand. "I'll still hold these here."
~!~Oncie's POV~!~
"Nope." I get on my knee and hold my hand out. The Lorax's fuzzy stomach hits it.
"What?" he asks.
"You can't come in here today," I tell him. "I'm having comany."
"Who?" he asks.
"My girlfriend," I reply. "She's staying for two weeks, but I just want tonight to be the two of us. I'll introduce you tomorrow."
"Why can't I come in?" he says. "We had a deal. I keep an eye on you." I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose.
"Yes, but I don't need you watching as I spend time with her." I'm not too fond of the idea of the Lorax being right there the whole time while Sally and I are exchanging many displays of affection.
"All right," he finally says. "I won't come in today."
I smile. "Thank you."
I stand and walk back inside but leave the door open, expecting the Lorax to shut it. Instead, I hear, "So she's that Suzy girl, right?"
"Sally," I correct him. I glance over my shoulder to see him still standing in the doorway. So I go on. "She's gorgeous. Long brown hair, big green eyes, beautiful smile." I sigh and lean on the wall. "I miss her."
"When's the last time you saw her?" he asks, still in the doorway.
"Two months ago," I answer, looking over at him. "Can you...can you please leave? I want to clean a bit." I nudge a broken bowl on the ground, which a Swamee Swan had knocked over a few days ago. I never bothered to clean up.
"I could help," he offers. I think for a moment before shrugging.
"Okay. Thanks."
Sorry it's a bit short. But I'll write a long one ASAP, I promise! REVIEW? AND LIKE MY FB PAGE, AlwaysOrange73, please! BUT MAINLY REVIEW!