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Chapter 31: Worry Wart

Blossom is at one of the windows of the tree house that looked out onto Hero Square. There is a cake on the table with balloons and a welcome home sign for Holden after his three week hospital stay. The rain had just started about forty-five minutes earlier and a few people who had shown up for the surprise party were drenched. Ben and Julie enter the room talking about her latest tennis match. Blossom turns from the window and sits down in a chair. There is worry written all over her face.

Julie, noticing Blossom expression, sits down next to her and says in a soft voice, "Blossom what's wrong? Is something bothering you?"

Blossom nods and responds worriedly, "Holden should have been back here by now. He was released from the hospital today. I was originally going to pick him up, but Mojo had a job for me. Mandy and I ended up making sure his plan failed."

Julie frowns slightly and says, "Well, do you know who picked Holden up from the hospital?"

Blossom nods and comments, "I know Ben's grandfather had a job that he wanted Holden to do for him, so he volunteered to pick him up."

Julie looks at Ben and says, "Ben, can you call your grandpa and ask if he's seen Holden?"

Ben scratches his head and responds, "There's no need to call Grandpa Max. I saw Holden earlier today. He was on some hush hush job for Gwen dealing with some Totems things. I'm not even sure what they even do. Last I knew he was going to talk to Mojo."

Blossom sighs and takes her com from her pocket and calls Mojo.

"What do you want Blossom? Can you not see I am busy for I have things around me that I must do?" Mojo replied before Blossom could get a word out after he answered his com.

Blossom gulps and replies, "Have you seen Holden at all. No one seems to know where he is and you are the only lead I have right now."

Mojo scowls and replies, "I have not seen that boyfriend of yours since this afternoon and that is when I saw him last. Try someone else."

Mojo hangs up, leaving Blossom even more worried than she already was.

Blossom decides to call Buttercup, but when she responds to the com, her hair is wet, there is some shampoo in her hair and Blossom hears the shower running in the background, "Blossom what do you want? I was in the damn shower."

Blossom turns red from embarrassment and replies, "I'm sorry Buttercup, but have you seen Holden? He hasn't shown up for the party we are have for him."

Buttercup smiles and says, "You worry too much about him Blossom. He's probably fine, but if you need to find him that bad, talk to Gwen. She might have an idea on his location." Buttercup hangs up.

After several moments, Blossom places a call to Gwen and when she answers, Gwen replies, "Blossom, what's wrong?"

Blossom bites her lip and responds, "Holden hasn't show up for his welcome home party. Do you know where he is?"

Gwen sighs heavily and responds, "He's on an important stealth mission vital to protecting the world against Fuse. Last I saw of him, he was headed to Hani-Baba temple to try to active a Totem. Try calling Mandy or Hoss. They probably are the ones who saw him last."

Blossom, breathe a sigh of relief, smiles and says, "Thanks Gwen. Are you still interested in having that double date next week? I know Holden is planning a date with me next week. Bubbles let it slip to me."

Gwen giggles, smiles broadly and responds in a quiet tone, "They won't suspect anything. I know Kevin won't. Do you think Holden will?"

Blossom giggles and replies, "I don't think they will figure it out either. Holden might eventually, if his mind is on it long enough. I'll keep him distracted as long as I can. Well, talk to you later Gwen. Thanks for the help."

She hangs up and calls Mandy immediately. Mandy picks up and she looks drenched and has her usual sour look on her face.

Mandy scowls and replies, "What do you want Blossom? I don't have time to deal with your stupid antics tonight."

Blossom frowns and responds, "Have you seen Holden at all? He hasn't come back from whatever mission Gwen sent him on."

Mandy eyes were almost daggers, but she responds, "Yeah, I saw him. He was going back to Hani-Baba temple when I last spoke to him. He was supposed to come back to talk to Hoss about the next location. I guess he got caught in the rain."

Blossom gives Mandy a serious look and yells, "And you didn't think to go search for him? He could be hurt Mandy. He just got out of the hospital after being in there for three weeks."

Mandy rolls her eyes and replies, "He's probably fine. You shouldn't get your panties in a damn twist." With that said, Mandy hangs up in a huff.

Blossom pushes herself out of her chair and heads towards the door to the room, but before she can open the door to leave, Frankie comes into the room with Blossom's pink raincoat and says, "I thought you might need this to go looking for Holden. Nearly everyone who is here could hear you shouting at Mandy."

Blossom smiles and responds, "Thanks Frankie. I guess we can postpone the party until tomorrow."

Blossom slips the raincoat over her head and grabs an umbrella from the stand near the door. She runs up stairs quickly and gets a few blankets and she puts them under her coat to keep them dry. After this task she takes off towards the temple.

Due to the weather, it takes Blossom an hour to fly to the temple, but when she finally reaches the site, the area is muddy and any tracks that had been there were possibly gone. Blossom gets closer to the ground and finds a faint set of prints. She uses her X-ray vision to peer through the trees but she can't see anything.

She follows the footprints, but they eventually stop. She frowns, but continues in the same direction as the prints were going. As she passes by an opening to a tree, she smells the faint scent of burnt wood. She carefully looks inside the tree to find Holden sleeping in front of an extinguished fire.

He is shivering in his sleep. It must have been freezing out here and it is possible Holden might get sick. Blossom breathes a sigh of relief to see that Holden is safe. She enters the hallow tree and takes the blankets out from beneath the rain coat. She then takes off her rain coat and snuggles next to Holden. She puts the blankets across them so they would both be warm. Blossom puts her arms around him and falls asleep instantly with a smile on her face.

If I messed up personalities of the characters please let me know. I'm doing most from memory. I hope you enjoyed this chapter