HEY GUYS... this chapter is shorter but i will come out with something bigger and juicier soon if school

allows me to. PS if you haven't read any of the previous chapters please go back and do so.

The day he yelled at Vinnie was hard for Sunil, he had felt deep regret at his unnecessary aggression

towards his best friend. It was not Vinnie's fault him and Pepper had awkward memories , and it was

not Vinnie's fault Sunil had to deal with his emotions. Those same emotions he felt on that night also

weighed on him, it was the first day Sunil had truly thought about his dance with Pepper in a long time.

He remembered it like it was yesterday... that day he did the stupidest thing any love struck boy could

ever do. He remembered the event like it was yesterday.

He thought back to the day he saw Pepper enter the petshop with her owners, that puppy love that he

had felt for his female friend (although he didn't want to remember it) the flutter his heart felt as he saw

Pepper walk into the shop in the most beautiful pink pet dress he had ever seen. He couldn't deny it, the

little kit Sunil had loved his friend. He had felt it for months before that day, he loved the jokes she

made and how he ended up madly giggling every single time she made one. He loved how playful she

was... how well they roughhoused and explored together more than any other pet was willing to in

those first months at the petshop. And she was pretty, the sight of her beautiful grey and white fur

made him smile with wonder.

It was no surprise that he had told his parents about his friend/crush excitedly, into great detail he

described his games with her and all of the "wonderful" qualities she had , his parents had been excited

to see her, they had even considered meeting her parents and discussing arranging marriage between

the two if things had went well.

"There she is" Sunil said as he pointed her out to his parents. "Please don't tell her i like her... and, and

don't do anything embarrassing."

Sunil got Peppers attention from the crowd, "hello Pepper! Come over here, these are my parents".

She excitedly came to greet them "Well howdy Nevla's, Sunny's told me about you guys".

"He has told us quite a bit about you as well, we are happy to meet you, Pepper" , his mother said.

His father joined in, "So Sunil tells us that you are a comedian".

"Sure am."

She began to tell them her jokes, many of them were about Indian culture and the like, no doubt from

the tales and tribulations he had told her his home country had to offer. Many of them could have easily

been interpreted as offensive... but thankfully his parents were understanding to Pepper's brash

attitude.

Pepper was bored, not getting any laughs from either of her friend's parents. She took Sunil and

Dragged him over to were there friends were in the corner.

And like most days in that time period he couldn't get his focus off of Pepper. He would often take time

To stare at her directly. He would marvel at her beauty and think about the two of them, being together.

That second thought had dragged on his mind for awhile, and it began to stir in his mind further. He

wanted to be more than friends with her, that was a given... but how would he go about telling her such

a thing... and what if she would reject his advances, would she still be his friend after he told her?

That thought scared him the most, but the thought of keeping his feelings silent scared him as well. He

began to get nervous and look at Pepper with increased wanting along with increased fear.

The gaze he gave Pepper was a mix of desire and fear, and she must have felt it because she would

occasionally meet his awkward gaze, he would quickly look away.

He began to not be able to take anymore of it, and it wasn't helped by Pepper wanting to dance with .

Him.

As they twirled around his mind was in more stress, he couldn't look at Pepper, the conflicting fears

of him loosing her as a friend and him not being able to admit his feelings was too great for him to

acknowledge her so closely. But she began to pick it up, and go faster... he was so focused on not

tripping that it put him out of his depressive daze. He began to smile at the fun dance they had,

he began to twirl and play with her further, laughing and twisting all the way.

Then he dipped her. She hung in his arm while he stared down at her, meeting her gaze directly. Able to

look comfortably in those beautiful purple eyes, he had a sudden epiphany. Pepper had got him to

get rid of his social fears on that one day after his arrival, she had given him the strength to do

something he could never do on his own, make friends with the rest of the pets.

She was his inspiration, she was the friend that made him braver than he could ever dream to be

Without her. And that is the inspiration that made him stop worrying about his fear of the

Consequences of rejection or his fear to not admit. He bent down and kissed his friend in the embrace of

the dip.

That was it. Hope you liked it! I know it was basically a retelling of the first but I feel i didn't show sunil's feelings enough, but i promise more juicyness coming soon