I'm back!

Okay, so I was terrified to write this chapter for a while. I had NO idea what Buzz was going to say to Jessie or what was going to happen, and that was super scary. I just kinda let both of them talk and move however they wanted, and this chapter is the result. I was shocked-it's actually kinda short. I never would have expected Buzz and Jessie of all people to be those of few words.

REVIEWER RESPONSE!

.x: I hear ya-Buzz and Jessie are just so cute! Aw, thanks for the compliment! ^_^ Hey lookie thar-we're seeing each other! HI! :D Your anxious yet patient waiting has paid off, my friend! :)

purpledragon6: Thanks! Although I can't take credit for that cause 1. I'm giving the characters free rein here and 2. Buzz and Jessie are just naturally cute. ^_^ Hope you like this chapter too!

Katakana Kong: Actually, most of this story is already written out-the problem is finding time to upload it. _ Sorry it wasn't as quick as it could've been, but I hope you like it anyway? ^^;

Angie J Trifid: Thank you! And O_O I certainly hope they don't do that anymore. That seems unnecessarily painful. To say nothing of little things like skin cancer. Fake tan is the only way to go, yo. Wait no longer, dear friend! :D

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Buzz stopped as he neared Jessie. She didn't see him-her eyes told him she was lost in her thoughts.

What was he even going to say?

All the other times, like "The Compliment" as he'd often called it after the fact-all those times, he'd planned exactly what he would say, choosing his words as carefully as if he were planning a battle strategy. Which, in a way, he was.

But his plan had always fallen apart once he actually talked to her.

Maybe he shouldn't plan what he had to say. Would that have the opposite effect?

Only one way to find out.

"Uh, Jessie?"

She jumped about a foot in the air and whipped around to face him.

"Sorry, sorry!" Buzz held his hands up. "I-I didn't mean to startle you."

"'S okay," She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Well, I just came over to, uh...y'know. See if you were okay. You look a bit sad."

"What?" She laughed an unconvincing, shaky laugh. "Why in the Sam Hill wouldja think that?"

Buzz gave her a look, and her mask of happiness dropped with a sigh.

"I mean, you saw, right?" Her eyes welled up. "I hurt her, Buzz. No wonder she threw me down like that."

"Jessie!" Buzz sat down next to her. "You know that wasn't your fault. And you know Bonnie didn't mean to throw you like that."

"How do you know?" Jessie countered bitterly.

"Because she loves you." Just saying the word made his throat go a little dry.

"And how do you know that?" Jessie still wasn't convinced.

"You can't tell? She always has you be the one who saves the day in her adventures. She asks you every night before she goes to bed if you're comfortable. And remember that time she misplaced your hat?"

Jessie managed a small chuckle. "She wouldn't stop apologizing to me until she found it." Her face dropped again. "But those are just little things."

Buzz put a hand on her shoulder. "Maybe it's the little things that mean the most."

Jessie looked at his hand, realizing what he had just unwittingly revealed. She smiled, a real smile this time. "Thanks, Buzz."

He seemed to suddenly remember his hand was still on her shoulder, and quickly removed it. "Uh, anytime. I mean, that's what friends are for, right?" He wanted to kick himself.

All of a sudden, Jessie hugged him.

Now, Jessie had pulled and tackled Buzz into many hugs since they had met. But this one...this one was different. It was a gentle, almost caring hug, and Buzz was floored by the difference.

Before he could even begin to turn his brain back on to fire the neurons required to put his arms around her or even move at all, Mrs. Potato Head screeched, "Bonnie's coming back!"

Jessie pulled away, gave him a smile so genuine, happy and sweet that he almost collapsed, and went back to her place.

Woody had to drag the stunned Buzz back to his.

Short-ish, I know, but the next one's longer and things get interesting. Why is there a little part of me that wants to shake little Bonnie but not really cause she's so cute but still why did you have to do that to me you adorable thing you? Find out in chapter 3!