Chapter 3: Awkward situations

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Blueberry hadn't been so eager to get back into the garden in her entire life. Yet a part of her wanted to go back out there and talk to that 'oh so polite' gnome. Was that really Pansy's brother? He was NOTHING at all like his sister, which was a good thing for Blueberry's sake. After all, he had just saved her from a big catastrophe waiting to happen. But why was Blueberry so eager to get away from Redbrick? Was it the fact she felt different around him? Or the awkwardness of the situation? Either way Blueberry was very confused at this point.

Once inside the garden Blueberry closed the gate then opened it again. She peered through the gap to find Redbrick cursing to himself. Was that even possible? And why was he cursing? Blueberry chuckled when he didn't pay attention to his surrounding which resulted in him crashing into the gate. He then entered his own garden embarrassed and feeling stupid. If Blueberry hadn't known any better, she would say that Redbrick was trying to impress her back there.

Blueberry made her way to Wisteria's pad. No music was playing. That was a bad sign! The only time Wisteria didn't play any music was either when something bad had happened to the garden or when she was upset herself. But why wouldn't she be? She had just been humiliated by Pansy; she had a right to be upset.

"Wisteria are you ok?" Blueberry asked standing outside Wisteria's hippie curtains, the entrance to the pad.

"I'm fine Blueberry, could I have some alone time please?" Wisteria's reply was muffled and quiet. She was never like this; it made Blueberry sad to see her like this too.

"Ok then I will be in the garden if you need me," Blueberry turned around and headed away from Wisteria's pad and went to take a good long walk around the garden to clear her head. But her walk was short lived.

"Blueberry! Where have you been? And what happened to Wisteria? She was very quiet and she won't talk to anyone. What happened to her?" Lady Bluebell ran up to her daughter concerned (as usual).

"We had another incident with Pansy who pushed Wisteria into a muddy puddle and almost did the same to me," Blueberry explained, her mother grumbled when she heard the name Pansy being mentioned.

"Ok that's it! Too long have we put up with that girl pushing us around! It's time we put a stop to it!" Lady Bluebell waved her little trowel she carried around with her in the air. She then made her way towards the fence.

"Mother what are you doing?" Blueberry ran to catch her mother.

"I am going to have another word with Lady and Lord Redbury. And this time, it will be more forceful!" Lady Bluebell announced. Her daughter sighed.

"Here we go again," Blueberry muttered putting her head in her hands.

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Redbrick felt silly. He entered the red garden feeling very confused and unhappy. There was something about that gnome that made him act differently. What was he feeling this way for? And most of all why?

Redbrick was soon distracted by his thoughts when he noticed his father and mother giving his sister stern looks. Pansy of course just rolled her eyes and looked away. Typical Pansy… she could dish the dirt out but she couldn't take it back. Pansy never took her parents seriously, that is why they chose Redbrick to be the next leader of the garden. He was more responsible for his actions than his sister ever was. Today he had proved just that and more when he saved Blueberry and her companion from a sticky situation. Speaking of that gnome, he just couldn't seem to get her out of his mind.

Redbrick walked past his father and could over hear the conversation he was having with Pansy, who hardly seemed interested in what he had to say.

"Do you understand that you have completely ruined our plants not to mention put a massive hole in our fence. I will have Lady Bluebell on my case about that now. Yet you don't care do you? Are you even listening to me Pansy?" Lord Redbury sounded annoyed and angry. He was usually like this with his daughter, yet who could blame him? She was so infuriating.

Pansy just shrugged her shoulders and continued to glance around the garden. "I don't know why I bother with you. You have no sense of duty let alone responsibility. And yet you wonder why I gave your brother the 'next leader' title," Lord Redbury continued. His daughter now turned to him and gave him the coldest glare a gnome could muster.

"Dad, you don't know me and I suggest you stay the hell away from me!" Pansy ran off in a fit of rage.

"Consider yourself grounded young lady!" Lord Redbury called after her.

"Yeah, yeah shut up!" Pansy snapped back. Lord Redbury sighed and put a hand over his eyes. When he looked up he saw his son look at him concerned.

"Are you ok father?" Redbrick asked noticing his father's distress.

"What are we going to do with your sister, eh?" Lord Redbury replied.

"She will get over it eventually father, it just takes time." Redbrick wasn't so sure why he said that. At this rate, his sister would never get over her stubbornness.

"Yeah and a lot of hard work," Lord Redbury smiled sadly before noticing someone out of the corner of his eye "Oh look, it seems Lady Bluebell is going to nag at me for this hole in the fence."

Redbrick followed his father's eyes and glanced at the big hole through the fence. He could see the blue garden's leader standing there looking furious. And behind her… it couldn't be? Blueberry?

…

"Mother I think you're over reacting!" Blueberry explained trying to stop her angry mother from making a fool of herself "there is no need for this!"

"Blueberry we have put up with this far too long and I will no longer put up with his heartless daughter hurting any of my fellow gnomes!" Lady Bluebell said determinedly. She now stood at the giant hole in the fence and she could see the red garden quite clearly. Near their precious daisies stood Lord Redbury and it didn't take much for her to get his attention.

"What do you want now Lady Bluebell? If it's about the hole in the fence. I must apologise, for that was my daughter's wrong doing," Lord Redbury said as he walked over to the fence followed close behind by his son.

"It's not about the hole in the fence Lord Redbury but it is about you're daughter," Lady Bluebell explained sternly.

"What has she done now?" Lord Redbury braced himself for what was coming.

"She has cruelly pushed one of my fellow gnomes into a puddle and almost intentionally hurt my daughter!" Lady Bluebell pointed at Blueberry who tried to remain hidden behind her mother but was now put into the spotlight. Blueberry looked at Lord Redbury but noticed someone standing behind him. She then noticed him…

Redbrick stood there trying to look serious like his father but his expression fell when he saw Blueberry. Blueberry on the other hand wasn't paying anymore attention to her mother and Lord Redbury arguing; instead both she and Redbrick had their eyes fixed on one another. Both wore a look of longing in their eyes and it seemed that time stopped for them both, just for a short while at least. Was this really why she couldn't get him out of her mind? Was she really in love?

"Blueberry!" Lady Bluebell tapped her daughter on her blue hat with her trowel. Blueberry was instantly dragged back into reality and turned to face her mother, still dazed and confused because she hadn't paid any attention to them.

"Hmm?" Blueberry muttered.

"Tell Lord Redbury what Pansy did to you and Wisteria!" Lady Bluebell demanded pointing with her trowel back at Lord Redbury who was awaiting a reply.

"Well she-" Blueberry began but was immediately cut off by Redbrick.

"She did push Wisteria into the puddle, and she picked Blueberry up and almost smashed her. If I wouldn't have got there to save her she would have probably got smashed!" Redbrick explained. His father turned back to Lady Bluebell who was giving her daughter a look of disbelief.

"You never told me about that!" Lady Bluebell said flabbergasted.

"Well I never got the chance before you were storming off to get Lord Redbury!" Blueberry replied.

"And my son never told me a thing about this either!" Lord Redbury explained glancing at his son who just stood there and shrugged his shoulders.

"You never gave me the chance to explain either!" Redbrick said.

"Well I will make sure to have a good long chat with my daughter and I may just extend her grounded sentence by a few weeks," Lord Redbury assured Lady Bluebell.

"Thank you Lord Redbury! I am sorry for not understanding the full situation. Please accept my apology," Lady Bluebell said.

"Don't mention it Lady Bluebell I will make sure my daughter is sorted out and it was nice speaking with you!" Lord Redbury replied starting to walk away.

"Likewise Lord Redbury!" Lady Bluebell also walked away but her daughter remained. As did Redbrick.

"So..." Redbrick began. He started to shuffle his feet uncomfortably.

"Thank you!" Blueberry blurted out "well for explaining everything to our parents. Well thank you for everything!"

"You're welcome. How is your friend holding up?" Redbrick asked.

"Well she is still upset but I believe she will be fine soon," Blueberry replied.

"That's good," Redbrick smiled. Soon a tense silence fell over the two gnomes. Both stood there looking at the floor whilst shuffling their feet. Soon Redbrick gathered up enough courage to ask Blueberry a question.

"Miss Blueberry?"

"Please just call me Blueberry," Blueberry blushed at this. She had never been called "Miss Blueberry" before in her life.

"Well, Blueberry… would you like to take a walk with me tomorrow morning?" Redbrick smiled.

"Uh… sure!" Blueberry said a little eager. She wanted to get to know this gnome a lot more. Perhaps he wanted the same with her.

"Great meet me in the ally at noon?"

"Yes."

"Great! See you there Blueberry!"

"Same to you Redbrick!" and with that, the gnomes walked away; smiles were plastered on their faces and nothing could wipe them off.

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"My parents are such idiots!" Pansy yelled, speaking to herself. "Oh Pansy your a naughty girl. You will never become leader with that attitude," Pansy impersonated her father, only with a high voice. "Oh pansy why can't you be like your brother, REDBRICK!" Pansy kicked a plant pot over in rage. She was a strong gnome, she was able to pick up that blue gnome Blueberry… so what could stop her kicking over a plant pot.

Pansy remained on her pedestal for the remainder of the day. She was now grounded for over a month. This meant she couldn't leave the garden and had to stay on her stupid pedestal! This was all Blueberry's fault! If she hadn't have got involved and hadn't of stood up for that stupid hippie friend of hers… she wouldn't be grounded for as long as a month. But her stupid brother had to tell her dad about it. When she got her hands on him, he would no longer be a normal gnome.

Pansy then noticed her brother walking past her pedestal. She noticed he had a look of dimwittedness which made her crack a smirk. His smile was still visible and he was very eager in his behaviour. Pansy decided it would be a good time to get involved.

"What's the matter brother? Cat got your tongue?" Redbrick didn't reply. He just carried on walking; not even noticing his sister was there.

By the time he got far away from his sister Redbrick's smile began to widen as far as it could possibly for any gnome. He whispered eagerly to himself. "I'm going on a walk with Blueberry!"

…

In the blue garden Blueberry was walking by, still grinning when Wisteria got her attention.

"Blueberry!" Wisteria called barely a whisper. "Hey Blueberry over here!" Blueberry then walked over to her friend once she got her attention. "What did your mother say to Lord Redbury?"

"Oh nothing much but Pansy is grounded for a month so she wont be bothering you for a while," Blueberry explained even though she wasn't interested in that particular subject at this point in time.

"Great! Why don't you come in?" Wisteria chirped seeming very happy now. Blueberry wasn't really in the mood to listen to hippie music and chat with her friend, but she didn't want to seem rude so she accepted.

"Toadstool! Put some music on will you? The atmosphere is dull without music," Wisteria directed her mushroom friend who was way ahead of her.

"So what's up with you then?" Wisteria had now noticed her friends change in behaviour. Blueberry was now not even paying attention to Wisteria; she was off in her own world. But was snapped right out of it when her friend grabbed her face and looked down to it.

"What are you doing Wisteria?" Blueberry was surprised at her friend's behaviour.

"Oh my goodness! Don't tell me you met a boy!" Wisteria chirped. Meanwhile Toadstool who had just put a music record on suddenly stopped it in surprise.

"What?" Blueberry blushed, her friend began to smile; she knew she was lying. "Ok so I did… big deal!"

"So when's the date?" Wisteria asked slyly.

"Tomorrow at noon," Blueberry said automatically. She didn't even realise she had said it until now.

"Oh I'm so happy for you!" Wisteria grabbed her friend in a tight hug. "So who is the lucky fella?"

Blueberry froze. How could she tell her best friend that she was going out with Pansy's brother? But Wisteria was her best friend so she deserved to know the truth. Blueberry took a deep breath before replying to her.

"Uh, would you be mad if I told you it was Redbrick?" Wisteria went silent for a moment whilst Blueberry feared the worst. She closed her eyes and held her breath for several moments before Wisteria replied.

"Oh my giddy aunt really? That gnome just saved us from his sister and was very polite to you! Now I see why you were so eager to get me to go away, but back then I was too upset to notice your attraction to him. But Blueberry! You lucky girl, I am so happy for you!" Wisteria clapped happily, Blueberry gave a big sigh of relief.

"So you're not mad?"

"No why should I be?" Wisteria asked raising her eye brow.

"No reason," Blueberry smiled.

"So will you need my help?" Wisteria added. It was Blueberry's turn to raise her eye brow in confusion.

"For what?"

"For your date of course! We need to get you pretty and premed if you plan on impressing your new boyfriend!"

"First off it's not a date and secondly… since when have I been Redbrick's so called girlfriend? I only just met him!" Blueberry said defensively.

"Ok, ok no need to play the 'denying trip' on me," Wisteria backed away a little and then handed Toadstool another record to play. He switched the records and then the next song was playing. The song seemed to be tenser than the last and Blueberry couldn't even recognise it.

"I am not being defensive! And I most defiantly am NOT denying anything!" Blueberry yelled trying to hide her humiliation to her friend.

"Ok either you admit it or I tell your mother what's going on!" Wisteria threatened smirking like Pansy did earlier. This scared Blueberry; she didn't want her mother to know about this! That was the last thing she wanted her to find out.

"You wouldn't…" Blueberry's face froze and her expression went flat. Wisteria continued to smirk evilly as she stroked her hat delicately with her hand.

"I would…" Wisteria continued to grin. Blueberry sighed, there was no point arguing with her best friend. Especially when this gnome was a hippie who took everything so seriously. And to avoid her mother finding out she would have to confide in this gnome she called a best friend. Blueberry sighed accepting her defeat.

"Ok, I am going on a 'so called date' with Redbrick. Satisfied?"

"Quite," Wisteria smiled. "I am so happy for you two! And before you ask, yes I will keep it a secret for both your sakes. The last thing we need is your mother or even Pansy finding out about this!" Wisteria shuddered at the very thought of how Pansy would react to this.

"Thanks!" Blueberry hugged her friend. Wisteria looked up and smiled.

"Tomorrow come here and I will make sure you look perfect for your date!" Wisteria clapped with delight. Blueberry decided to leave but thanked her friend as she went.

"Thanks Wisteria! See you tomorrow!"

"Peace out Blueberry!" Wisteria waved before going back into her pad.

Blueberry stopped dead in her tracks and decided to think for a second. She began to reflect on her responsibilities and what she had done in the past. Then Redbrick came into her mind. Sure she had only just met him but she was having a good feeling about that particular gnome. If only she could just know how she really felt. Was love really like this? Well the answer wasn't yet clear to Blueberry but it was only a thing which time could tell.

Authors note: Well how was this? The ending seemed stupid to me, but hey what do you think? In the next chapter it's kinda like what happens in the movie when Gnomeo and Juliet get ready for their date, and then go see each other. So tell me what you think and don't be shy to review. I won't bite, I swear! Please review!