Chapter 6: More than friends

Swoosie woke up Willie from her deep slumber. "Wake up, it's morning," Swoosie said carrying Willie out of bed. "W-What time is it?" she yawned. "7 o clock." Swoosie said. They walked out of the room and Swoosie placed Willie on the couch and turned the TV on. The usual Squid Sister intro played on the TV but suddenly something different happened. Willie could hear the studio shaking from the TV. "We have news from up high!" They said in shock. "What is it what is it?" Marie asked. Suddenly the shaking stopped. "There's a new Splatfest happening!" Callie said. "What theme, what theme?" Marie asked. "It appears to be Winter vs Summer!" Callie said, "So what team are you on? I'm all for Summer; that's when all the fun stuff happens.". "I love the winter, you can sit near the fire and play in the snow." Marie grinned. "Cast your votes now at the Pledge Box! See you there!" Callie said. "Don't forget it happens in one week from today!" Marie chimed in before they announced the stages for the turf wars. "Oh I used to love doing Splatfests." Willie sighed. "What team would you choose if you could do it?" Swoosie asked in curiosity as she was cooking breakfast. "Probably Summer because it's the perfect time to do Turf Wars." Willie answered. "I-If I were a squid I would choose Winter, you can stay inside all day and read a nice book..." Annie said emerging from her room. "Yo Annie, I thought we were on the same team, I want to do Team Summer!" Moe said with some anger. "I-It's not like we can do Splatfest anyways though..." Annie said quietly. "Anyways, good morning Annie, I cooked you breakfast." Swoosie said setting the table and putting the food down on it. "O-Oh thank you very much..." She said beginning to eat. Swoosie grabbed Willie and put her in a chair. Then Swoosie began to eat herself. "I-I like when Splatfests happen because I can have a day off once and a while..." Annie said trying to start a conversation. "This is my first Splatfest, I can't wait to see it." "It's super fun! The squid sisters perform live concerts in the plaza; it's super cool." Willie enthused. "I hope you're ready to listen to them all day because I'm going to drag you with me to see them." Swoosie said. "You mean hear them." Willie joked. "Oh stop it you." Swoosie said. "U-Um I'm going to get some coffee, what do you guys want?" Annie asked. "I want some good old plain coffee, please." Willie said. "I want a cappuccino." Swoosie added in. "I'll be back within an hour." Annie said heading to the coffee shop. Annie placed Moe in Willies hands and left the house. "Ok bye!" Swoosie waved as she left. "I'm going to clean the house , you can just stay in the couch for now." Swoosie said helping Willie get off her chair with Moe onto the couch. "Ok." Willie said in boredom. "Hey Loser, don't be boring... Cause that's boring.!" Moe said. Willie laughed a bit.

Annie made her way down to the coffee shop. She didn't need Moe with her, he would tease her when she looked to the alley. But Annie had a better idea, she would personally go to him with coffee. He seemed to have plain coffee when he talked to her. She went and ordered an espresso and a coffee to go, she would order the others coffee later. Annie began to feel some anxiety and butterflies in her stomach. "No you can't back out of this!" Annie thought to herself as she went into the alley. "U-Uh hello Spyke... I brought you coffee..." Annie said flustered. "Coffee?" He asked. "Aww Love you didn't have too." He said offering her to come over and sit next to him. The nickname love caught her off guard and made her blush but of course she went over to him and sat down. She handed him the coffee, her hands were shaking a little. "So love, not everybody buys somebody a coffee, why'd you buy me one?" he asked. "U-Uh because I liked the talk we had yesterday..." She said. "It made my day." she said starting to blush. "Did I really love? I'm glad I did." He said. He smiled but it was hard to tell because half of his mouth was covered by his 'hair'. Annie started to drink her coffee in small portions like she did the day before while trying not the freak out. "You said you like this alleyway right love?" Spyke asked. Annie nodded while sipping her coffee. "Sometimes it gets lonely here when there isn't business but there's this little area where you can get away from the city but still see it." He explained. "I-I like it because is quiet..." Annie said. "B-But I agree with you!" She said. "You seem flustered," Spyke said. "It kinda looks cute on ya.". Annie started to blush more and hide her face in her hands. He quietly cooed at her and it made curl up into a ball. "You look like a Super Sea Snail now. He said gently placing his hand on her. Annie made a quiet squeak of embarrassment. "There's nothing to be embarrassed of love." he said. Spyke sat Annie up and removed her hands from her face to see it. "Your hands are nice to hold." he said looking into her eyes. Annie was blushing like she never had before but she was shocked that Spyke was accepting her like this. "Your face is also very cute, I just wanna hug you." he said. "Y-You can..." She squeaked as she reached out for him like a baby would to his mother. "Hey love, do you think you can come back tomorrow?" he asked keeping her in the hug. "Y-Yes..." she smiled. "H-Hey Spyke?" she asked. "What's the matter love.". "Well uh... Uh... Spyke..." she said nervously. She leaned into his ear.

"I-I love you." she whispered hiding her face in her hands again. "When will I wake up from this dream, this is a dream right?" Annie thought to herself. "Me too." Spyke smiled. "Love." Annie's eyes widen. "He said yes..." She thought in disbelief. She starting to cry. "Love don't cry," he said. "I-I'm sorry it's just I'm very happy right now that you said yes and-" she started to say. But she was cute off when Spyke went to her and kissed her gently on the lips and wiped the tears from her face. "Don't cry ok." he said. By then Annie's coffee was finished and so was Spyke's. "I want to stay Spyke...but I have a store to run." Annie said trying to calm down from everything that happened. "I understand love, you'll come back later right?" he asked. "S-Sure!" she replied cheerfully. Running towards her shop. She realized she forgot to order the coffee for Willie and Swoosie though so we went back and did so before running away to her shop again.

Willie peered up from seat as she heard footsteps come in the store and run up the stairs. "About time you came back." Moe said. Annie came over to Willie and Moe and Moe jumped back in her hair. "You smell different." Moe pointed out. "It's probably just the coffee I had, it was different from yesterday." She told him. Swoosie came out from her room. "Oh you're back Annie? Here I will take this from you." She said getting the coffee from Annie. "Willie come here." Swoosie said grabbing her hand and guiding her to the table. "This coffee smells nice and fresh." "Stay fresssh!" Swoosie said horribly mimicking the Squid Sisters. Willie and Annie laughed at her. "W-Well, I'm going to open the store now..." Annie said going down the stairs. "See you soon!" Swoosie said. "Hey Moe, I-I'll tell you why I smell different.. It's probably not my coffee...a-although I told you the truth about having a different coffee..." Annie said going into the back room. "Ok listen...don't freak out...but today I went and bought coffee for Spyke hoping to be friends with him...but then we became...well...more than friends. Annie confessed. "Y-You what?" Moe said loudly.