Ok I'm back with another chapter. Hope you like it.
Zoey was waiting at the lobby after checking in with the front desk. She took a peek at her hamster and smiled at her as she stroked the hamster's cheek as a way to soothe her pain.
"Don't worry Miss Puffycheeks." Zoey picked up her hamster so they would see eye to eye. "We'll find out what's wrong with you by the end of this trip and hopefully, find out what we can do to make you feel better. " Zoey placed her hamster on her lap as she continued telling herself that Miss Puffycheeks will be ok.
"Umm Miss Zoey?" One of the vets walked over to her. "The physician is ready to see you. If you'd like to follow me to the room."
"Sure!" Zoey beamed as she placed her hamster back in her cage and got up to follow the young man to the vet's office. The hallway seems pretty fashionable for such a small and middle class clinic not that Zoey's one to judge since by the end of the day, a clinic's a clinic no matter how pretty the outside or the inside looks. As Zoey continued daydreaming, she bumped into the back of the young man.
"Wait, why did we stop?" Zoey asked?
"Because we're here." The physician flatly responded as he opened the door. Once Zoey got in she was surprised at the person inside the room.
"E-ELLA?!" Zoey pointed at the girl, stunned. "You're going to be our physician today?"
"Ahh Zoey it seems fate has caused us to cross paths sooner than I thought." Ella hummed as she walked over to the girl. She looked at her colleague, who nodded before walking out the door, waving at Zoey in the process. With the man gone, Zoey turned her attention back to Ella.
"I never would have thought you be the one checking up on us today." Zoey chuckled. "It's so crazy how things turn out. First we bump into each other, then you end up being our physician."
"It is a wonderful feeling." Ella smiled before looking at the cage in her hands. "So what seems to be the problem today?"
Zoey looked down at the cage. "Well you see…. my hamster Miss Puffycheeks isn't feeling well at all." The Indie chick sighed, sadly.
"Oh dear!" Ella gasped. "The poor thing! When did she did start feeling ill?"
Zoey took a deep breath before she began her story. "Well the first signs kinda happened yesterday when I tried feeding her. She just sort of shrugged off her meal which is unusual since Miss Puffycheeks loves eating her Hamsteros. I assumed she was just feeling tired or something since she wasn't moving around or anything. Then I try feeding her again this morning and she did the same thing. This isn't normal or at least I think it's not normal."
"Hmmm.." Ella pondered as she picked up the hamster from her cage. "I'll run a few tests on him to see what I can find out." She held the hamster to her face. "You'll like that, won't you Miss Puffycheeks?" She cooed affectionately as she stroked the hamster's cheek and surprisingly got a very positive reaction to it which even shocked Zoey.
"Wow… I've never seen Miss Puffycheeks so…..loving since I was a kid." Zoey said in amazement.
"Oh it's nothing special really." Ella giggled. "I've always had a huge loving for animals ever since I was a little girl. Mother nature provides such wonderful children for us to play with and nurture." Zoey chuckled at this statement as Ella looked at Zoey in puzzlement.
"Something the matter?"
Zoey's chuckles began to die down. "It's nothing. You just remind me a lot of my friend from Total Drama. Her name's Dawn and she was all about saving the animals and trees as well."
"Ahh Dawn? I've heard of her." Ella mused. "She's actually one of the people I admired while watching Total Drama…." Ella stopped and looked at Zoey more carefully. "You said she was a friend of yours on Total Drama? That would mean you must have competed right?"
"That's correct." Zoey nodded. "I'm Zoey and I competed on Revenge of the Island and All-Stars."
"I had a feeling you looked familiar somewhere." Ella smiled. "You were that kind sweet redhead who went through so much trouble for love and made it all the way to the finale on your second season. That's some incredible strength if I do say so myself."
"Aww really? Thanks." Zoey blushed in embarrassment. "But I don't think I was anything that special on the show. Most people would have called me naïve, dumb or the simple damsel in distress."
"That's not true!" Ella protested. "You just had a different way of handling things and the truth of it is, most people wouldn't see it that way. Not everybody can perceive things the same way and therefore, wouldn't understand it the same way either. At least that's the mistake I made while on the show."
"You were on Total Drama?" Zoey's eyes went wide in surprise. "What season?"
"Pahkitew Island." Ella answered, calmly as she placed Miss Puffycheeks on the patient bed as she began examining the hamster. "It took place right after the All-Star season. Most call it Season 6 while others call it Season 5.5…..but you get the point."
"That's so cool!" Zoey squealed in excitement. "It's kinda rare these days to find other people on the show. I mean with us living in different cities and living completely different lives, it's to be expected. But still, it's always good to see someone familiar with the show."
"I suppose you can say that." Ella giggled as she continued with her procedure on the hamster.
"But to what you said earlier…. what did you mean about making a mistake on the show?" Zoey asked.
It became silent all of a sudden and while Ella was still performing her procedure on Miss Puffycheeks, her face went from a cheery expression to a rather solemn one. This expression had even Zoey a bit startled at how a sweet girl can just get so serious when she wants to be. Obviously something about her question must have struck a chord in Ella.
"Uhh are you ok?" Zoey asked, trying to break this uncomfortable silence. "I didn't mean to bring up something personal for you. We could always talk about something else."
"No…. it's ok. I was just thinking of something." Ella replied in a low tone before looking at Zoey with a smile on her face once again. "But as for your question, well you see… I had this person on the show I was trying to befriend. Her name was Sugar and I just felt like she needed a lot of love so I tried to cheer her up with a song. But the more I tried singing my feelings of friendship to her, it caused her to hate me more and more. I never understood why. I never understood why we couldn't' be friends." At this point, Ella's voice began to tremble as if it can break at any moment. "I even stopped singing so we could be friends but she still hated me. Was it just me or did I never bothered trying to understand her? I just never knew why. Perhaps I perceived things differently from her and that lack of understanding probably caused her to hate me. It probably wasn't only because of the singing."
Zoey took all what Ella said in and began to contemplate on Ella's ordeal. She was like her. Someone who doesn't make a whole lot of friends or at least doesn't understand a lot of people so she could befriend them better. It's sad because all she wanted was good to come out of this friendship from both sides.
"It's not your fault, Ella." Zoey tried to reassure her. "You did all you could on being friends with her. There's only so much you can do and while it's sad that Sugar doesn't want to see that, you would have to move on from it. I mean as they always said: there's bigger fish in the sea. Normally that would go for dating, but it could also work with friendships as well.
"You're right." Ella's mood brightened a bit. "I could only do so much but with friends in general, I just don't have a lot. Most would probably think I'm bothersome due to singing and all. But what can you do?" She sighed as she finished up her examination on Miss Puffycheeks. "It seems the poor dear had food poisoning. Must have ate something that wasn't good for her. Luckily I gave her medication that should get rid of that uneasy feeling."
Zoey walked over to the patient's bed where Miss Puffycheeks was more lively than she was when they first arrived to the clinic. "Looks like she's all better now. Didn't take as long as I expected it to be" Zoey smiled before looking at Ella. "Thank you for helping Miss Puffycheeks. It means a lot to the both of us."
"Hey no worries." Ella beamed. "I love my job and the animals I get to help out. It's been one of my dreams since I was a kid after all." As she said this, she kissed the hamster on her head, who responded in a rather positive manner by "nodding " her head. Zoey laughed at this which caused Ella to laugh as well.
Once the laughter died down between the ladies, Zoey looked at the clock. "I guess it's time for us to go. But before we go, can I get your number?"
"My number?" Ella gasped. She's never really had anyone ask for her number outright like this.
"Yeah your number." Zoey repeated. "After all, we're friends now."
Ella was in shock at what she heard. After hearing everything she explained about her likings, Zoey was still trying to be her friend. Someone wanted to be her friend and wasn't annoyed by her at all. It makes Ella feel really warm in the inside for some reason.
"Sure!" Ella grinned as she went to her purse and pulled out pen and paper. Once she wrote the number down, she handed it to Zoey. "Here it is. I do hope to see you again soon."
"Same here and I'll definitely give you a call!" Zoey smiled as she gave her own number to Ella. "Just so we can both call each other from both sides at any time. Well I'll talk to you later, Ella. Thanks for everything!" With that said, Zoey took Miss Puffycheeks and left the room. Ella cleaned out her equipment before standing alone In thought.
"A new friend. Someone who doesn't care about what I like to do. Just likes me for who I am. The days just keep getting better and better."
Back in the cities, three guys were posted at a local park. One of the boys was busy texting away at his phone.
"Scott, seriously?" Alejandro sighed. "You're that desperate to see her?"
"After that smoking hot kiss and bitchy attitude, you best believe I want another round with that blonde bombshell." Scott scoffed. "She's been on my mind ever since that night."
Alejandro just groaned as he took out the sticky note Amy wrote down for Scott. He didn't want him to notice it since he was afraid he'd bug the hell out of her phone which could cause some headaches for himself. But seeing how the drastic measures he planned on taking to find her, he decided to take a gamble and trust that Scott would prove him wrong.
"Ok amigo here's the thing…" Alejandro began as he looked to see if Scott was paying attention to him. Once he saw that he was, he went on. "She did leave her number for you but I didn't want to give it to you because of how loco you'd be if you had it."
"WHAT?!" Scott shouted in disbelief that Alejandro would hide something that big from him. "How could you do that to me?! That number was for me, not you."
"Last I checked you were too intoxicated to have even noticed. "Alejandro rolled his eyes." Besides, I couldn't trust if you wouldn't bug her phone just so you can see her."
"That's bullshit." Scott scoffed. "You should have still given me that number the very next day."
"Well I'm giving it to you now if it would stop your whining." Alejandro said as he handed him the note. After doing so, Scott pulled out his phone. "What do you think you're doing?" The Latino asked.
"Doing what you told me not to do." Scott deadpanned as he began typing in numbers on his phone.
"Should have expected this from you." Alejandro glared at the redneck, who was too busy with his phone.
"Luckily I anticipated something like this would happen so I'm not completely unprepared."
A/N: That ends this chapter. Zoey and Ella have formed a friendship and the RVB makes their next move. To the twins' house. Will everyone get along? Will Scott end up getting himself killed by Amy? How will Alejandro and Samey's unexpected friendship play out in all this? Will Lightning get any lines at all? Find out this and more next chapter. From now on. I plan to post a new chapter every Wednesday just to so me and my co-writer can have more time to discuss our plot ideas. Until next time!