I realized I haven't posted in a while...because I've been busy...yes... so here's the next chapter!
Clank and Bobble went into their house in the roots of a large tree. Clank had a smirk on his face, having figured out how to find out what was wrong with his friend. Clank was glad the day was finally over; he couldn't stand seeing his best friend down anymore.
"So, it's good to see Tink's feelin' better," Clank said nonchalantly. "That's quite a dent she has on her wing."
"I suppose," Bobble agreed. Bobble quickly got into bed with his back turned to his friend and put his goggles on a table beside him and tried to sleep.
"Too bad she can't fly," Clank continued.
"Yeah," Bobble said quickly.
"Quite a pretty thing, isn't she?" Clank asked.
"Clank, I've had a long day and I'm tired," Bobble said, trying to hide the annoyance in his voice.
"Too bad Terence fancies her."
"Why'd ya say 'too bad'?" Bobble asked, turning to face Clank, suddenly interested in the subject.
"Well, that means you can't have her, then."
"It doesn't meant that," Bobble said quickly.
"Aha!" Clank exclaimed, pointed at his friend. "So you do fancy her! I knew it!"
"I never said I fancied her," Bobble said, a little too defensively.
"Oh, come on, Bobble! You do so! You said so yourself when she made your goggles pop!" Clank pointed out.
"I said she was pretty and my goggles pop all the time. You know that," Bobble said. "I can assure you, Tinker Bell is my friend, nothing more."
"Then why were you so sad when she wanted to see Terence? Why'd ya fly away like that?" Clank asked.
Bobble paused and sighed. "I wasn't sad, I was-"
"Jealous?" Clank cut in.
It was true, Bobble was jealous. It was an unusual emotion for him to have. Normally, the fairy was content doing his job and being with his friends. Staying behind while the nature talent fairies went to the Mainland never bothered him. There wasn't much to be jealous of.
"Aye, Clank," Bobble said.
"Then tell her that! Not that you're jealous, but that you fancy her! Tell her you think she's pretty," Clank said.
"I can't, Clanky. Tink...Tink fancies Terence, not me," Bobble said. It was obvious Tinker Bell liked the shy dust-keeper fairy. She always seemed to melt around him, but she never melted with Bobble.
"Yeah, but...but-"
"Clanky, it's alright," Bobble said. Clank wondered if it really was alright.