Woody slowly shut the toy box lid, careful not to disturb the two lovebirds. He had been spying on them since the two first sat down, and up until they started to slowdance. To be honest, he almost jumped in a few times when things began to seem out of control (especially during the insult competition!), but in the end, he was glad he didn't. He had heard nothing of their conversations save the shouting parts, but he was fairly confident that neither of them would try acting up for the rest of the night.

He jumped down from Jessie's frequently-used block stairs, made his way to the windowsill, and sat himself down, dangling his legs freely out the other side. The window gave a spectacular of the garden. He also noted that Buzz had taken care not to make his flower-picking obvious – which was good, or Bonnie's mom was going to throw a fit tomorrow morning.

Familiar clip-clopping noises sounded and grew increasingly louder. Woody look to his left where Bullseye was taking a seat as well, his head raised to the stars. He neighed, and then nudged his head against Woody affectionately. In return, Woody patted his head.

"Good work, Bullseye," he praised. It was his instructions to the toy horse to 'get stuck' on the highest shelf and have Jessie the farthest distance possible from the ground while the rest of the operations were performed. It was after receiving the signal from Bullseye that Jessie had drowsed off that Woody could task himself with getting rid of all other toys and Buzz prepared the toybox.

It took Woody all afternoon to script his parts: convinced the peas-in-a-pod and the LGMs to resume hide-and-seek in the attic and have the Potatoheads burdened with the task of finding them, trip Ham over in the other side of the garden and scatter all his change, where he and Slinky were now trying to locate them all before Bonnie got back in the morning (what they didn't know was that Woody picked up a few coins before heading back inside, so no matter how hard they tried they were never going to find it all), convince Buttercup and Mr. Pricklepants to practice some scenes of 'Cats' on the rooftop (that was going to take hours), and finally, pop in a CD of 'My Neighbor Totoro' in the DVD Player downstairs, where the rest of the toys currently sat glued to the TV. And it was the Special Edition as well, and once finished they were probably going to watch it all over again, this time with Japanese commentary and English subtitles.

"We did good tonight, Bullseye," Woody declared half-distantly as he lifted his face to the moon. It was a full moon, perfect for just the occasion. Pity those two weren't going to see it… or maybe not. They seemed to be having too much fun anyway.

He breathed in deeply through his nose, detecting the same scent of the same flowers inside that tiny vase in the toybox. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't jealous of the two. Then again, when hadn't he been jealous of Buzz before? But seeing the two of them together, being so happy in each other's arms… he couldn't help but imagine what if it had been him and Bo in their place instead.

But Bo was gone. He had understood that a long time ago. And he also knew that nothing would come out of sitting around and moping about – as a sheriff, he never got used to that sort of thing. His duties belonged elsewhere, and that included helping his friends out no matter what, despite how much it hurt inside since they could never do the same for you.

Bullseye neighed again, and Woody allowed him to nuzzle against his head. The sheriff chuckled softly, and slowly closed his eyes. The evening breeze sure was chilly that night.

FIN


Poor Woody…

There will definitely be a sequel for this. &laughs&

I'd like to dedicate this fic to my grandma, Lola Fanny, who passed away last Tuesday... Salamat po sa lahat na ginawa mo para sa amin, at nais ko na masaya na ikaw doon sa langit kasama si Lolo.

And that's about it. And I'd like to thank you too, readers! I SWEAR, A NORMAL HUMAN BEING CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF BUZZxJESSIE. (Uhm… right?)

RxR? :D Critiques are welcome too! (Seriously, I read this over again, and there were, like, a GAZILLION grammar mistakes XD)

[EDIT: Okay guys, we have a sequel! Check it out in my profile - it's called 'Debt to Pay', featuring Woody and Bo (and quite a bit of Bessie as well XDDD) Please check it out too if you want! :D]