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Dan & Pinkie VS.
Chapter 2 – First Meetings…again?!
The morning after the milkshake incident Dan woke up finding himself on his bed fully clothed and with slight body ache. In his sleepy state he didn't question how he ended up in bed or why the floor of his apartment was cleaner than the day before; He just wanted to return to his revenge scheme.
In wouldn't be until the next night, after he had a change of heart and spared the lives of the caged animals but not the animal shelter, he returned home with his newest pet Mr. Mumbles when he found a note on his counter.
It was a bright pink note which strangely enough had a cake frosting scent. The note itself was written with impeccable hand-writing which Dan could appreciate, (he dislikes bad writing) but what he couldn't stand was the color of the ink. It was pink, pink ink in a pink letter, how infuriating and bad for the eyes this combination was! Also who replaces the dots above 'i' with hearts?
To his credit, Dan did read the letter despise his urge to rip it apart. It said something about how the person who wrote it hoped he felt better and that it clean the apartment as it was obvious he couldn't do it in his sick state. And the person who wrote it was Pinkie.
"Pinkie? That name sounded familiar," Then it hit him like a sledgehammer to the face. That was the name of the girl! The girl who apparently stalked him after helping him get on the car at Burger Phile, trespassed into his home, give him medicine and clean his home while he was sleeping.
Dan didn't know how to feel. On one hand she helped him returned to his home and gave him medicine that prevented hours of pain; on the other hand she followed him, intruded uninvited and watch him sleep, which are the signs of a psychopath.
A psychopath who was obsessed with him and knew exactly where he lived, and probably had already copies of his keys too.
In mere seconds, Dan locked every possible entrance to his home, took his trusty old bat with a nail and hurdle with Mr. Mumbles on his bed.
"Don't worry Mr. Mumbles. That pink haired psycho will not hurt us." Mr. Mumbles really didn't pay much attention and just covered herself with a blanket and fall asleep. "Yes, Mr. Mumbles sleep for now. I'll take the first turn for tonight!"
All of this would be for naught because half an hour later he would fall asleep too and forget all about it in the morning.
/
Several days later Dan would've various Canadian related incidents that send into revenge mode which meant calling Chris, interrupting his peaceful walk in the park with his wife Elise.
"What's wrong with Dan? Did he say something about syrup?" asked Elise once the call ended.
"Yeah, he's covered in it. Now he wants revenge on Canada" Chris replied not really amused, he just left the hospital after being poisoned with meatloaf and now Dan wanted to drag him again into another revenge trip.
"Ohh…that Dan! Always covered in something" Elise joked hoping to cheer up Chris a little. But he didn't even crack a smile at her joke, so she decided to take a different route.
"How about we go for something to eat before you go out with Dan" At the mention of food, Chris mood changed instantly. "Yes, let's go to Ninja Dave's. I'm in the mood for his cookies!"
After a short walk from the park, Chris and Elise arrived at the Cookie shop run by the former ninja that weeks prior tried to kill Dan, funny how things turned out in the end.
As they entered, they noticed Ninja Dave talking with a strangely dressed puffy pink haired girl by the counter. They didn't quite catch up that the conversation was about; the only thing they heard was Dave saying "Yes, I will make sure to supply your order for next week!"
"Okie Dokie Loki!" The girls said with such exuberance it was almost contagious, she then turn around and looked at both Chris and Elise and her smile widen more if that was even possible.
"Oh! Hello! Nice to see you again" She greet both of them without losing an ounce of her high spirits. "It's good to see you recovered so fast!"
Chris stared at her not knowing what to say. It seemed that this girl knew him, but for the life of him he couldn't recall ever seen her before. He turned to look at Elise whose face was calmer than his.
"Oh! I remember you. You are the girl who was looking for Dan a week ago." Elise looked at her confused husband and explained. "It was when Dan took you out of the hospital while you were recovering from the poison extraction"
"Really? I don't recall anything of that day. Hmm…sorry but I don't remember you" Chris ended up apologizing to the pink haired girl in front of them.
"Don't worry silly! Besides I'd like to make properly introduce myself! My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie. But you can call me Pinkie, all my friends call me that!" Pinkie finished her introduction by rising her arms and letting confetti pop up from her hands.
A very fast sleight of hand, noticed Eloise who was slightly impressed trick. Besides her, Chris looked totally surprised like a kid in a magic show. "Wow! That was great!" He was about to applaud but he found something suddenly being left in his hands. It was a business card.
´Pinkie's Party Planning´ it read in bright pink letters. ´For all your party needs call us at XXX-XX-XX-XX´
"So you're a party planner?" asked Elise a little curious. She had never met a party planner before.
"Yep! I'm available for all kind of events. Birthdays, weddings, galas, whatever you want! Also I bake all kinds of sweets and treats myself so there's no need to hire a baker unless you request it. Uuh! I almost forgot! If requested I can provided entertainment too, from simple balloon and magic tricks for the kids, to live music and stand-up comedy for grown-ups!"
"You really can do all of that?!" If Elise wasn't impressed before, now she was beyond impressed by all the talents Pinkie had, although it should've been difficult for most people to believe, Pinkie's cheerfulness and honest tone convinced Elise that Pinkie could pull all of that off.
Besides Elise herself was a top agent in a super secret government organization, trained in dozens of different style in armed and unarmed combat and ninja level stealth. She was an expert in mechanics, engineering, physics, chemistry, computer hacking; She could operate all sorts of vehicles and heavy machinery even alien ones. She was fluent in almost any language and she could cook really well for her husband enormous appetite. So yeah, she wasn't one to doubt one person's variety of talents and skills.
"Wow! Maybe we should hire her sometime, right Elise?" Chris wasn't really a party person but he was interested in trying out of Pinkie's parties. "Of course, Chris! I'm also interested."
"Okie Dokie Loki! I'll have to look at my schedule first but I'll be sure to put on priority whenever you need my services Mr. and Mrs. …?"
After leaving the silence hanging for a few seconds, Elise quickly caught on and answered. "Pearson*. Chris and Elise Pearson. Nice too meet you Pinkie!" She said while extending her arm for a handshake which of course Pinkie took and rapidly made it into a hug.
"Nice to meet you too. I hope we can become friends!"
"Sure, it will be nice to have more visits from someone other than Dan, right Chris?" Elise joked but instead of making Chris laugh, she only made him worry.
"Oh no! If I don't hurry Dan will surely blew a fuse…or maybe three!" He quickly dashed to the counter where Dave was and placed his order. "Quick Dave, I need five orders!"
"Hai!" The ex-ninja saluted and went to the kitchen for fresh baked cookies.
"Speaking of Dan…has he said anything about me?" Pinkie asked to her new friend Elise who looked perplexed for a second. "Why would he say any…Oh yeah!" Elise almost forgot that Pinkie was looking for Dan when they crossed paths a week ago.
"Why were you looking for Dan? If you don't mind me asking" Elise quickly corrected herself, I wouldn't be nice to be so direct with someone that they just met. Never mind the hug which was kind of unexpected.
"Well…I was kinda worried about him after I watched him leave Burger Phile in pain. So I followed him to make sure he arrived safe but then I found him lying on the floor in pain." At the mention of that, Elise had the decency to blush embarrassed. She was the one who left Dan in the floor after punching him in the gut. "So I gave him some medicine and stayed the night nursing him. When morning came I decided to make him a favor and clean his place and left him a note."
Elise was at loss by Pinkie's story. Someone, a total stranger, being that kind, especially to someone like Dan, was mystifying. But then Dan never told them about such an act of kindness he received. She theorizes that maybe Dan just couldn't accept received selfless help in a moment of weakness and will never admit it. And Pinkie's eagerness for an answer made her reluctant to confess he never mentioned her before.
"He..he didn't mention anything, did he?" Pinkie sighed in a sad tone. But her disappointment didn't last much because she came to her own conclusion. "I know! Maybe he didn't find my note and thought he dreamed the whole thing! He wasn't that aware of his surroundings when I was there!"
Elise not wanting to bring the upbeat girl down agreed with her. "I'm sure that's what happened"
Then Chris came back with his five orders of cookies and gave one bag to Elise "Sorry Elise but I gotta go, I'll be back as soon as possible, but knowing Dan he would make me drive him all the way to Canada"
At the mention of both Dan and Canada, Pinkie's eyes sparkled in wonder. "You guys are going to Canada?! How lucky! I always wanted to go and try authentic Canadian bacon." At the mention of food it was Chris' who liven up. "Hey, that's a great idea! I'll be sure to bring back some for everyone!"
Elise just rolled her eyes but instead of complaining she just make another joke. "I hope you save us some and not eat everything on the way home!" Now it was turn for Chris to blush embarrassed and scratch the back of his head. "I'll try" he promised in a not so sure manner which resulted in both girls to chuckle at him.
This moment was suddenly interrupted by the ring of a phone, more specifically, Chris' phone. "Oh! It's Dan, I really have to go now!" He bent down a little and gave his wife a small kiss on the cheek. "See you later" Then he turned to look at Pinkie "It was nice meeting you, Pinkie!"
"It was nice meeting you, Chris! I hope you have a safe trip!"She said back "Also say hi to Dan from me!"
"I sure will" said Chris before finally going to see Dan, and possible drive to Canada, leaving behind both Elise and Pinkie alone.
"Hey Pinkie, do you want to eat with me at my house? So we can continue chatting." Elise wasn't kidding when she said it would be nice to have more visitors other than Dan. She herself wasn't a very people person, preferring to stay at home working in different projects only going out for work or to spend time with Chris. But the girl in front of her had a don't-know-what that made it so easy to become friends with anyone.
"Yes I'll love to!"
Over the course of a few days, Elise and Pinkie would become good friends often visiting each other. And they would spend their time talking about work, life, TV, food and all sorts of random things. But a topic that would often come up was Dan.
Through their talks Elise discovered that Pinkie found Dan really interesting and wanted to know more about him. Which was surprising since no one outside of Chris and her could tolerate Dan, let alone want to get to know him better. So she decided to help Pinkie and maybe, just maybe, she could help Dan as well. She just needed to find the perfect moment.
A week later a perfect opportunity presented itself.
Elise was watching the news next to a bed ridden Chris, about how Canada suffered from a huge avalanche, courtesy of Dan, but Canadians as they were known to be, remained good natured.
"102, poor thing," She comforted his sick husband but the phone interrupted her. On the other line was an equally sick Dan asking for Chris to come to his house and help him recover. But Elise was having none of that, and hanged the phone.
"Who's that?"
"Wrong number" she deadpanned "I'm gonna get you some more tea." As she went to the kitchen for tea she got an excellent idea. Grinning she went for the phone.
/
Dan was still in bed feeling miserable and angry at Chris for taking so long to come and help him. Not even Mr. Mumbles cuteness could cheer him up. But when his hope was about to die, he heard a knock on his door. Finally! Chris was here and he sure did take his sweet time to come here.
"It's opened" The shouted. Since Chris didn't have a key to his apartment, he left the door open to not stand up and open it himself. But when the door opened, it didn't reveal the tall and oafish frame of Chris, but the colorful and slender frame of a pink haired girl.
"Hello Dan, how are you feeling?" she asked concerned but a smile still on her face. Why? Because she was happy to see him, of course. A shame Dan didn't felt the same.
"Wha..? What are you doing here?" If he hadn't been sick he would've sounded angry and panicked, but with almost no energy, he couldn't muster to express his anger.
"I'm here to take care of you, silly!" If she sensed Dan's anger or distress, she didn't show any reaction to it. "Don't worry I'll take good care of you!"
Dan didn't show it, but on the inside he was freaking out. The pink haired stalker was once again inside his house and had him at her mercy for her to do anything to him. Now he wished he hadn't seen the movie Misery so many times.
"I brought you some home-made chicken soup!" She took out a big pink thermo from her purse and took off the cap for him. "Here! This will make you feel better" She offered him the thermo but he didn't took it. He was convinced it had some kind of poison or drug.
She stood there with the cup on her hand for a few seconds in total silence until she realized something. "Oops! It is still very hot! No wonder you didn't took it!" she said not aware of Dan's true thoughts. "I'll just put this aside for awhile!"
Then a meow was heard. It was Mr. Mumbles coming out under the bed, sniffing the delicious aroma of the soup.
"Aaw! It's so cute! I didn't know you had a kitty, Dan!" She crouched down and began petting the unkempt fur of the cat. "Hello, Kitty, my name is Pinkie Pie what is yours?"
Dan still in bed tried to warn Mr. Mumbles to escape from the terrible pink haired stalker and to look for help but the only thing that came from his sore throat was: "Mr. Mum…bles…"
"So your name is Mr. Mumbles. What a cute name for a female cat!" How I the world did Pinkie knew what gender the cat was without even checking her was a total mystery until it was later attributed to her strange sixth sense.
Mr. Mumbles resume her sniffing and walked towards the Thermo and began tapping it with her tiny paw. "Oh you want some? Sure! But only if Dan doesn't mind sharing" She turned towards Dan who tried his hardest to warn Mr. Mumbles but still his sore throat only let him say: "N…no…"
"Aw! Dan that's really considerate from you! I didn't know you cared so much for your pet. I love to learn new things about you!"
Pinkie looked around and found Mr. Mumbles food bowl and served her a little bit of chicken soup. "Here you go! Courtesy of Dan!" Mr. Mumbles happily dug in eating really fast. "You know, you remind me a lot of my pet Gummy at home. He doesn't like to go outside be he had an appetite just like yours!"
Silently Dan prayed for the soul of poor Mr. Mumbles for falling to such a trick and hoped the effect of the poison would spare him a quick and painless release of the living world. Except it never came, Mr. Mumbles didn't suffered or died because the chicken soup didn't have poison.
"I think the soup cooled down a little. Do you want your soup now, Dan?" she asked him again but before he could answer his stomach did it for him. It gave a loud rumbled that could be heard by everyone in the room.
"I'm going to take that as a yes" Pinkie stood up and sat on Dan's bed to give him the soup once more. Dan was reluctant at first but since Mr. Mumble didn't suffer severe side effects he ended up eating the whole thing.
"You know we should stop meeting like this" she joked while Dan gulped the last of the soup "I don't mind taking care of you, but we should see each other besides you been sick or in pain"
Dan after finishing the soup, felt a lot better and his throat wasn't as sore anymore which let him finally talk; but before he could start demanding explanations, Pinkie kept on talking.
"You look tired, you should take a nap" She suggested "Don't worry about me I'll help you clean this place while you rest. After you recover you can tell me all about your trip with Chris!"
As she stood up and began cleaning his home, Dan couldn't help but stare at the infuriating woman. Just who was she? What are her intentions? How does she know Chris? Why does she keep taking care of him and cleaning his place? And why did she kept conversing with him when he barely said a single sentence?
He only was sure of one thing: he was really tired and needed a nap. He felt safe enough to sleep while the crazy girl cleaned, she had plenty of opportunities to torture him and poison him already and she didn't act on any of them. Besides maybe she would leave before he woke up, just like last time when he rested his head on her warm and soft lap. And just like that he fell asleep.
Author Notes:
Yes, Chris' last name is Pearson. It said so in his driver's license in the episode Animal Shelter. He has the same name as the co-creator of the show. So by the same note I'll assume that Dan's last name is Mandel.
Man, Soon I'm going to return to college, I don't know if I'll be able to update frequently. But I'll try to keep this story alive and have a DanXPinkie fic with an ending.