Author: here's the second chapter. Sorry to make you guys wait…..oh, and thanks for Coava for giving me ideas *viewers stared at me angrily*….umm….I know it's been a long time since I updated….s-sorry it took so long! I'm just….out of ideas, that's all! I didn't mean to-
Author's cousin:Enough talk! Let's start already!
Author:uhh….ok…..just tells them first that I-
Author's cousin: alright, fine! Adventurousguy13 doesn't own the backyardigans….it's pretty obvious, isn't it? I mean, she's not even old enough to make or own a show. And who in the world will think that she-
Author: ignore him….just read the story….

Chapter # 2

"do you think we better look if Uniqua's ok?" Ruselle asked.

"uhh….maybe we can do that later….we just have to-" Tasha was about to finish what she was trying to say, when she heard someone calling her name….she turned around and saw Pablo and Tyrone.

"Hey guys…uhh….we just heard a loud shout not too long ago…..we came to see if everything's ok" Tyrone said.

"hey…..where's Uniqua? I thought I saw her coming here…." Pablo said while looking around.

"She ran off, crying…..my cousin yelled at her…I mean, them…..uhh….I think he must have hurt her feelings" Ruselle said.

"We should go look if she's ok" Tyrone then answered.

"But if Austin's feeling down too, we have to go see him then" Tasha said. "We've got to split up…..Tyrone and Pablo…..you go check if Uniqua's ok…..Me and Ruselle will check on Austin" all of them agreed. and so, they went in different directions…..Pablo and Tyrone went to Uniqua's house, while Tasha and Ruselle went to Austin's house.

"Hey, look…this is the music box that Uniqua gave to Austin…..how did it get here?" Tasha said as she took the music box from the ground….

"Maybe Uniqua dropped it….." Ruselle said.

"We definitely need to talk to your cousin" Tasha said as she continued to walk towards Austin's house with Ruselle. As soon as they got there, they entered quickly without knocking first. "Should we knock first? Auntie won't be too happy if we just enter the house without knocking first" Ruselle Nervously said.

"We don't have much time! We need to talk to him quickly!" Tasha argued as she grabbed Ruselle's wrist and went up on Austin's room. They found out that it's locked so they have no choice but to knock.

"hello? Austin? Are you there? We need to talk to you." Tasha called out. But no one answered back.

"….uhh…..Cousin! Is everything alright? Oww! Hey! What was that for?" Ruselle said as Tasha slaped him at the back of his head.
"Isn't it obvious? Does everything looked fine to you? Austin! Open this door right now!" Tasha shouted.

"Go away! Leave me alone!" Austin shouted back.

"B-but….cousin…..we won't be able to help you with your problem if we leave you alone…." Ruselle said in a concerned tone. After a minute or two, Austin opened the door.

"I-I'm sorry guys…I just don't really like surprises…..they make me feel nervous and scared….not knowing if the surprise is gonna be good or bad" Austin said to them.

"But have you ever had a bad surprise? Since you haven't, you won't. Listen; do you know how it feels like when someone yells at you when you're just trying to cheer them up? Huh?" Tasha asked. Austin didn't say anything…..he just looked down and sighed…

"Well….how would you feel when someone tries to surprise you but you're really scared of surprises." Austin said. Tasha then replied,

"but we didn't know that you get scared that easily…..if you just told us right from the start, we-"

"And what? Get laughed at?" Austin yelled. Tears running down his face. Both Tasha and Ruselle were shocked at his reaction…

"We won't laugh at you Austin….because we can understand how you feel…..and besides, we're your friends, remember? We don't want to hurt your feelings in any way…." Tasha calmly said.

"…..T-Thanks…..you guys really are my true friends" Austin said and hugged Tasha. "C'mon cousin, you still need to apologize to Uniqua" Ruselle said. Austin nodded and then went to Uniqua's house. But, when they got there, they saw Tyrone and Pablo looking worried.

"Hi guys! Is there anything wrong? Did you guys talked to her yet?" Ruselle said to them. Pablo and Tyrone looked at each other before answering. "uhh…why don't you go inside and see for yourself" Tyrone said nervously. When they were about to go inside Uniqua's house, the door opened. It was Kiarra. (Uniqua's niece XD she moved into the neighborhood not too long before Ruselle) Austin stepped forward and said. "Is Uniqua ok? I need to talk to her."

"…you can't…she's in a bad condition….." Kiarra hardly answered before walking away.

"What does she mean by that?" Ruselle asked.

"…..uh-oh….this is bad" Austin ran inside Uniqua's house with Ruselle and Tasha following behind him.

AG13(this will be my new nickname): Yeah, I know….it's short (It's only a quick update anyway). Sorry for this cliffhanger! Huh?...my other story? Rescue team: Backyardigans? I don't know….I think somebody deleted it because when I opened my profile, it was gone! And I'm too lazy (and busy) to rewrite it….(and I lost the chapters not too long ago) sorry guys -_-;
Ac(this will be my cousin's nickname as long as his here though): Review pls! Even though it will take a long time for my cousin to make a new chapter hahahaha! XD *starts rolling and laughing on the floor*
AG13: geez…..what's his problem?