Memories of the past Chapter 8: The end of our love?, a gnomeo & juliet fanfic

Chapter 8: The end of our love?

Authors note: Well… Pansy is in a tantrum, Wisteria no longer has a hat, and war has officially been declared! Oh what fun! And all this happened because of Pansy. But let's get off of that and focus on Redbrick and Blueberry. Where does this leave them? Oh and thanks for the reviews guys! Please keep on reading! This story is gonna get WAY more interesting soon! I promise! Anyway enjoy!

Blueberry noticed a change of atmosphere in the blue garden ever since what had happened a few days before. Lady Bluebell was in constant arguments with Lord Redbury, many blue gnomes and red gnomes attacked each other, and to top it all off; Wisteria refused to step one foot out of her pad ever since her hat was sliced to bits. This was chaos, pure chaos!

Lady Bluebell showed no sympathy for the reds and took nothing into consideration that one red gnome in particular saved Blueberry's life! Now Lady Bluebell was so focused on the new feud that she no longer cared for other people's opinions. Especially her daughters.

Blueberry had not seen Redbrick since the day Pansy ruined everything. She wasn't able to. With everything going on around her, Blueberry was in a bit of a pickle. She rarely spent any of her time visiting Wisteria because Wisteria insisted she'd be left alone. It wasn't that Blueberry could hardly blame her. After all, Pansy did take her dignity away along with the rest of Wisteria's happiness. Now it was sadness, all sadness.

Now that they were at war with the reds, Blueberry decided to take her role as future leader very seriously. Her mother was so engrossed with arguing with Lord Redbury that she had forgotten her duties. It was now up to her daughter to keep the garden from falling apart. Many blue gnomes often went to Blueberry for help because they found that if they went to Lady Bluebell, well she would tell them to go away. Blueberry seemed more than happy to help any gnome in the blue garden; it was a way of distracting herself. She missed Redbrick terribly.

The red garden wasn't that much better. Lord Redbury hadn't spoken to his daughter since what had happened. He wasn't really mad with her, a feud had been brewing for over many years and now it was finally happening. Pansy remained on her pedestal and didn't move for several days. She wore the same frowning expression on her face non stop and refused to speak to anyone, especially her dim-witted nitwit of a brother, Redbrick.

Redbrick also had a lot of pressure put on him. His mother was acting very peculiar around him and his father spent all of his time trying to prove Lady Bluebell wrong. Lord Redbury was in non stop arguments with the blue leader and this really bugged Redbrick. But other gnomes didn't seem particularly bothered about it. Some actually enjoyed it, like Pansy and Boris.

Redbrick missed Blueberry. At this point in time all he wanted was to be with her. Oh how he wanted to grab her hand and run away with her! But he knew he couldn't. He had too many responsibilities in the red garden to even consider eloping with a gnome he was meant to be enemies with. Like Blueberry, Redbrick also had to attend his duties as future leader. His father was also doing a bad job of tending to the garden and Lady Redbury wasn't exactly helping out either. She just spent her days watering plants and listening to her husband constantly argue with Lady Bluebell. She had even begun joining her husband in the arguing which made matters worse.

Pansy continued to sulk on her pedestal on this particular day. She occasionally glared down at her brother ever so often but he ignored her most of the time. Redbrick would have tried to make peace if it wasn't for her actions the other day. She was so stupid and cold hearted! He hated being her brother after what she almost did to his one true love! It was lucky enough that Pansy was too thick headed to actually make the assumption that Redbrick was actually seeing Blueberry! She assumed that he had just gone soft for the blues. And even if Pansy actually found out the truth, no one would believe her! She had lied enough times so her parents now didn't trust her and always assumed she was lying to torment them.

Redbrick was now concerned where this left him and Blueberry in their relationship. He now realized that they would both have more responsibilities for their gardens now there was a feud going on. Redbrick worried constantly about Blueberry and wished he could talk to her, for he had many questions that needed answering ASAP.

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A week or so after the hat incident, several blue gnomes had managed to find all the pieces of Wisteria's demolished hat and had carefully and steadily fixed it back on her head. Wisteria still kept a low profile and was barely seen at all. On the occasion Toadstool would pop his blue mushroom head out of Wisteria's pad to see what was going on but he would soon go back inside. Both Lady Bluebell and Blueberry tried to talk to Wisteria, but it was no use. The gnome still refused speak to anyone, let alone venture outside.

Today started as normal. Miss Montague was trimming her plants and checking on her gnomes and then peered over the red garden to see what Mr Capulet was up to. She sneered at his 'oh so prideful garden'. He had flowers of all kinds fitted in a boat, and a nice newly built wishing well near the front of the garden, and what did she have? An empty garden with only a few flowers scattered around the garden and a toilet in the middle with some old bluebells growing out of it. Miss Montague knew that if she wanted to be the winner of the best garden, she would most definitely have to sought out her garden more!

Once she went back inside Lady Bluebell overheard Miss Montague saying she wanted to replace many things in the garden, including some gnomes. And when she said the word 'replace' she knew that some of the more worn gnomes would have to go. Lady Bluebell immediately knew that she was one of them. She sighed and looked in the direction of her daughter who still remained in her 'oh so sweet and innocent' position. Lady Bluebell then smiled reassuringly and nodded at her daughter who was oblivious to her mother's behaviour. Lady Bluebell then knew for a fact, her daughter was ready to be the next leader! And she would make her proud!

As soon as Miss Montague left the house the wind vain, a blue pig let out a signal that the coast was clear and the gnomes could come to life. Lady Bluebell continued to smile as her daughter came out of her normal position and straight away helped an old gnome off of the steps. Lady Bluebell felt tears well up in her eyes of both sadness and joy, and she then looked down at the floor pretending nothing was wrong. When she looked up she was stunned to see her daughter looking very concerned towards her mother. She had obviously noticed her mother was crying.

"Mother are you ok?" Blueberry asked. Lady Bluebell then wiped her eyes and smiled reassuringly as if nothing was wrong. But her daughter was smart, she knew something was wrong.

"I am fine Blueberry! Just thinking as all!" Lady Bluebell explained then looking away as her daughter spoke.

"Look if this is about the feud then I don't really know what to say!" Blueberry began but then her mother put a hand in front of her face signifying her to stop.

"No Blueberry I was actually thinking about our future. I know I have been putting a lot of pressure on you lately and that has made me selfish!" Lady Bluebell spoke as her daughter gave her a stunned confused look on her face. She wasn't expecting this! "Yes, yes I am very selfish! I don't know why I keep trying to force things on to you but I know you don't like the way I run this garden. You should learn how to run it yourself! And what I'm saying is Blueberry…" Lady Bluebell froze as she considered what to say. Was she really going to say to her daughter that she may no longer be the leader of the garden? Lady Bluebell didn't want to say this straight away so she decided to say something completely different. "You'll be alright!" Lady Bluebell then patted her baffled daughters shoulder and continued to walk off, leaving her daughter alone with many un answered questions in her mind.

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"Now Pansy will you just hear me out?" Lord Redbury asked walking up to his daughter climbing the stairs with precaution. He had his old leaders stick in his hand as he straggled up the pedestal. He was no longer young and it was a struggle to climb stairs at his age.

"What do you want?" Pansy asked gruffly. She was in no mood to argue with her father today.

"Now I am not proud of what you did the other day to that blue gnome's hat," began Lord Redbury. Pansy just rolled her eyes and looked in the other direction. She knew this lecture was coming, but she decided to sit it out rather than cause another argument. "But I have decided not to punish you!" Pansy's eyes began to widen as her father said the words 'Not punish'. Was that even possible?

"What?" Pansy said in disbelief as her jaw dropped ever so slightly.

"We are at war now Pansy! And the blues will most likely do that to one of our gnomes. So I am hereby leaving you in charge on handling the blues. But if you do something extreme, then that is it! You will be banished from the garden, am I understood?" Lord Redbury braced himself. Any bozo would know that Pansy should not be left in charge of handling any fights with the blues. She would probably do something bad to them! But Pansy smiled. This piece of news made her the happiest she had been in days.

"Of course!" Pansy said excitedly. Her father then pressed matters on to a different subject.

"Now I want you to at least TRY and be nice to your younger brother! We will be retiring soon and he will take on our roles as future leader. Therefore he needs respect! Can you give that to him Pansy?" Lord Redbury pleaded. Pansy rolled her eyes and frowned glumly.

"Yeah, sure, whatever!" Pansy said as if she didn't care.

"Good!" Lord Redbury smiled. This had gone better than he expected! He walked off happily whilst Pansy chuckled humorously. She was in charge of defending the garden against the blues. By sure this was going to be fun! And Lord Redbury was sure going to regret it after a while.

Lord Redbury soon walked to find his son. He knew that his son had recently taken over his responsibilities after he constantly fought with Lady Bluebell. And he also knew that there was something bothering his son. So he decided to find out what was wrong.

Redbrick was helping a young gnome find his parents; it was a quite entertaining sight for Lord Redbury who stood there waiting for his son to be alone. Once Redbrick had been successful with his task, he noticed his father and walked over to him immediately.

"Hello father is something wrong?" Redbrick asked curiously.

"No son, I was wondering if you are ok," Lord Redbury replied. Redbrick felt his eyes widen a little bit, why on earth was his father asking him this?

"I am fine father I can assure you!" Redbrick assured. Lord Redbury sighed and accepted it.

"Very well. It's just, you seem very… I don't know, distant recently!" Lord Redbury let out. Redbrick knew what he meant by this and he was right! Redbrick had been very distant recently. It was probably because he deeply missed Blueberry. But Redbrick had no intentions of telling his father about her, especially now! There was a feud going on now after all!

"Well this feud has taken its toll, am I right?" Redbrick decided to use the feud as an excuse for his distant behaviour. And truth be told, it was actually working!

"Indeed son! But I feel like I am putting you under too much pressure as a result of me spending all of my time arguing with Lady Bluebell. Boy can she try and prove me wrong! It gets so annoying!" Lord Redbury put his head in his hands and rubbed his temple at the thought of having another argument with that woman.

"Ah, yes I believe so," Redbrick tried to sound interested but he really wasn't. Whilst he said this Redbrick casually glanced over the blue fence. His father noticed this and began to worry about his son.

"Yes… Son are you sure you're alright?" Lord Redbury asked as Redbrick's attention soon snapped back to his father.

"Yes father I am fine!" Redbrick snapped and Lord Redbury backed away a little. But he still pressed the matter on! As usual.

"It's about the blues isn't it? You still doubt the feud?" Lord Redbury asked and Redbrick looked to the floor sadly. He decided not to reply, just nod. His father soon got the message and then replied "Look son, you may doubt the feud but it is happening! It will still happen when you become the next leader and you must lead the garden and defend it from the blues. Do you understand?"

"No father, I DO NOT understand! Why must we fight the blues? Why can't we have peace?" Redbrick asked looking very determined.

"Because we are different to them! And peace was once an option, but it is now no longer one."

"Don't you realise what Pansy has done? She has started this war!"

"No son! War has been stirring up ever since those blues arrived! Ever since Miss Montague arrived in that house our gardens have been suffering from hers and Mr. Capulet's complaints! Pansy only triggered the chain reaction that started the feud Redbrick! There is no need to blame your sister!"

"You're mad! Pansy almost killed both Wisteria and Blueberry! And you're proud of her?"

"I am not proud of what she did Redbrick!"

"Oh really? Is that why you gave her the job of 'handling the blues'?"

"Listen son! War is upon us! And whether you like it or not Pansy is the best one to deal with the blues if they pull anything funny on us! It will be better for the garden if she and Boris help protect it! Now I suggest you stop feeling sorry for the blues and focus on your own garden for once!" And with that Lord Redbury stormed off waving his leader stick high in the air with rage. His son had never stood up to him like that before. It was as if Redbrick and Pansy had swapped roles for the day! Accept Redbrick had more sympathy for the blues than Pansy. And why did he care so much for the blues? What on earth made them so special?

Redbrick stood there fuming from his argument with his father. Why on earth would he praise Pansy for what she did? It was insane! Poor Wisteria lost her hat and Blueberry was so close to a near smash experience and his father acted as if it did not matter? Redbrick still cared for his garden but he loved Blueberry and was now beginning to feel a lot sorrier for the blues. It was because of the reds that the blues declared war. He could hardly blame them. They had put up with Pansy's careless antics for years and they were getting sick of it. Then Pansy crossed the line and smashed a fellow gnome's hat, so they declared war. It made sense to Redbrick, why didn't it to Lord Redbury?

Redbrick now wanted to see Blueberry more than anything. He now reconsidered the idea of eloping. At least they would be away from this mess Pansy had created! Redbrick now thought it was a good idea! But what would Blueberry think?

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Blueberry did a few more jobs to help her mother before deciding to have a rest and think. Her mother was acting very odd lately, more than usual, and this worried Blueberry. Lady Bluebell did not spend one second today arguing with Lord Redbury, neither did she try and be a hindrance to Blueberry. Instead she just observed what Blueberry was doing and it wasn't bad. She was smiling yet frowning. At one point Blueberry could have sworn she saw her mother crying. This worried her more than ever. What was wrong with her?

Blueberry decided to approach her mother cautiously. "Mother, are you alright?"

"What? Oh, I'm fine Blueberry dear! What makes you think I'm not?" Lady Bluebell tried to play dumb with Blueberry. It was obvious something was amiss, and it was up to Blueberry to find out what.

"Well your crying makes it pretty obvious along with your unnatural behaviour you have displayed all day. Now tell me what's wrong!" Blueberry insisted as her mother wiped her eyes. It was obvious she was crying and she was now trying to cover it up. But she sighed and decided to tell her daughter the truth.

"Ok, I guess I should tell you what is going on. I overheard Ms Montague say she wants to sought this garden out and get rid of the old and worn out gnomes. I am one of them gnomes and I think I may soon be leaving this garden. But it's not that that I am happy yet sad about. Knowing you will be leader makes me happy and I should have never underestimated you! I guess with what happened to your father made me realise that you have to hold on to something or else you will loose it forever. I didn't want you to make the same foolish mistake your father made so I wanted you to become the leader I wanted you to be. I never knew that it would affect you in this way. I now realise that I made a big mistake and you should lead the garden your own way! I am so sorry Blueberry!" Lady Bluebell then started to cry again and Blueberry quickly embraced her mother. She felt sad now for her mother, she had no idea what was going on, but now she knew. The mother and daughter shared a deep hug which they hadn't shared since Blueberry was little. Once they let go Blueberry smiled sadly at her mother.

"Don't worry mother, you never made any mistakes! And you never held me back, if anything I held myself back!" Blueberry reassured and her mother smiled a little.

"Well now seeing what you have become, I think you will be a great leader! And the reds will know what hit them when we give them the power of the blues, led by the future 'Lady Blueberry'" Lady Bluebell now smiled and winked at her daughter.

"Thanks mother!" Blueberry hugged her mother one last time before walking off to continue with her jobs. Blueberry then stopped, after that discussion with her mother, she was now put Redbrick back into her mind when Lady Bluebell mentioned the reds. What Was Blueberry to do with him? What was her fate? Blueberry thought this through over and over again in her mind. And it wasn't a pleasant thought!

Blueberry now had many responsibilities to do. She was now going to become the blue gardens leader and the entire garden would look up to her. Not to mention there was a war on and her 'future enemy' was meant to be the one she dearly loved, Redbrick. But what could Blueberry do? Make a truce? No that would not work, Pansy would only find a way to hurt Wisteria or any other blue gnome for that matter to try and get a war to restart. Also the gardens came to hate each other now. There was no way they would be making a truce any time soon. Blueberry knew that she would have to make some tough choices. There was no way of running away from all of this! It was either her family or her love! Two different matters brought into one choice Blueberry would have to make. This was not good. Blueberry knew that Redbrick would be feeling the same way. But Blueberry had no idea what he was thinking. She assumed that he was thinking the same thoughts she was thinking. But apparently he wasn't.

Blueberry considered her relationship and then looked around her garden. She knew she and Redbrick would never find any true happiness together. Their families were fighting and no one (other than Wisteria) had any idea that they were together! Also Pansy would be quick to stop them ever being together! So Blueberry now felt like she was about to cry. She knew what this had come to. What it was doing to her life, and now her love. She and Redbrick were never destined to be together. Their love was now doomed!

But the thing was now, how would she tell him?

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Later that night Blueberry made sure that everyone was asleep before making her way to the now sealed gap in the fence. Lord Redbury had put a massive stone in the big gap through the fence but Blueberry was still able to open it. She peered through making sure all the red gnomes were asleep too. She then scouted around the garden to see if she could find Redbrick. Surprisingly enough he was the only gnome still awake. He stood there watching his reflection in the pond, but was soon interrupted when he heard a hissing sound come from the other end of the garden. He looked over to where the noise came from and was actually surprised by who he saw. Blueberry!

"Blueberry!" Redbrick literally ran from where he was standing to the other end of the garden, he would have embraced Blueberry if it wasn't for the fence that stood in their way.

"Hello Redbrick!" Blueberry said sadly. Both of their voices were in hushed tones to avoid waking anyone on either of the two gardens up.

"What's wrong love?" Redbrick asked immediately noticing Blueberry's sadness.

"We need to talk!" Blueberry said.

"I know, but it's not safe to speak here!" Redbrick replied.

"Can we meet up at the Lawrence garden tomorrow afternoon?" Blueberry asked.

"Yes, noon?"

"Yes!"

"Great!"

"Well… goodbye Redbrick!" Blueberry turned away from the wall but was instantly pulled back by Redbrick's arm.

"Blueberry wait!" Redbrick called out as he pulled Blueberry back to face him.

"Yes?" Blueberry said expectedly. Redbrick then pulled her forward and their heads touched. He then kissed her fully on the lips. He had wanted to do that for days!

"I love you Blueberry!" Redbrick pulled away and Blueberry looked away before looking down a little.

"I know," Blueberry replied. "See you tomorrow Redbrick!" And with that Blueberry grabbed the stone that kept the big hole closed and put it back into its original position. Blueberry then sighed and looked down sadly as she walked away from the fence. How was she going to tell him? It made it even worse when he kissed her. Now how was she going to tell the one she loved that their love was dead?

Blueberry felt a few tears form in her eyes as she walked across the garden. She wasn't going to get much sleep tonight! She knew that tomorrow was going to be painful. And she would probably regret it for the rest of her life.

On the other side of the fence Redbrick was confused. He told her he loved her, but she never said it back. She also seemed very eager to leave. What was going on? Redbrick now began to worry even more than he did before. What was going to happen? What was Blueberry gonna say? Well he would just have to wait until tomorrow.

Like Blueberry, Redbrick got little sleep that night. Their thoughts were constantly on each other; both worrying what the other person was going to say or think. But Blueberry knew that tomorrow was going to be the worst day of her life!

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The next day wasn't so pleasant. The sky was cloudy and dark. And the gnome's moods weren't as pleasant as the weather. Pansy was up to her usual tricks. Throwing the occasional snail over the fence. It didn't help one poor blue gnome who had got in the way of one of them and the snail collided with his face sending him flying to the floor, now covered with snail slime. Pansy and her friends watched humorously through a small gap in the fence and sniggered at the very sight of a snail being splattered all over a petty blue gnome. That would teach them!

Blueberry wasn't particularly bothered with her duties today. Her mind was focused on one particular subject. How would she be able to break the terrible news to Redbrick? Sure she would rather not. If Blueberry had options, she would unite the gardens and marry Redbrick so she could be happy. But there was no way that that would ever happen. Pansy would put a stop to that! She had already ruined what chances Blueberry had with Redbrick, so now it was up to Blueberry to end the relationship before the gardens would find out about it. The last thing Blueberry wanted was that Pansy found out about her relationship with her brother! God knows what would happen if she found out! Blueberry felt horrible about this. She was about to let go of her true love for crying out loud! It was going to be difficult and Redbrick would probably resist. Or yet again he may feel the same way. But deep down, Blueberry knew she was making the right choice, for herself and her family. She was expected of so much! And like they say: "War is nothing without sacrifice".

Sitting on a rock near the gate Blueberry watched as the morning went by. She kept herself completely clear of her mother and everyone else in the garden. Wisteria was still hidden in her pad, and Toadstool didn't venture outside much either. Blueberry wanted to be alone for today. The more she thought about losing Redbrick to the feud, the more she cried. But after a while a spread of determination washed over her features. But she still felt sad. VERY SAD.

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Meanwhile in the red garden Redbrick was getting excited to tell Blueberry his plan. But he still couldn't figure out why she was so depressed when he met up with her last night. What on earth was wrong? Redbrick felt uneasy about that but his suspicions were clouded by his happiness. Yeah sure he would be away from his family. But it was worth it!

Redbrick picked up a few red roses and a few bluebells from his garden. Mr Capulet actually didn't keep bluebells in his garden, but since the feud was on, Miss Montague threw a few bluebells into his garden to teach him a lesson. He hadn't noticed this…yet! But Redbrick picked up several of them any ways; he wanted to show that both reds a blues could be together no matter what. That is why he chose red and blue flowers to signify this.

Redbrick was confident that he could still be with Blueberry even through the feud. If they ran away, they could build their own garden and get married there! The plan seemed perfect to Redbrick, and he couldn't wait to hear Blueberry's opinion on it!

When it was nearby 12 o clock Redbrick decided he would make his epic escape to meet up with Blueberry. He would have to be careful once again to sneak past Pansy. But surprisingly enough Pansy wasn't on her pedestal. Instead she and Boris were at the fence sniggering like school children whilst they threw snails over the fence into the blue garden. Redbrick wanted to put a stop to it at once, but he knew that if he did Pansy would watch him like a hawk for the rest of the day, and he didn't want that. He wanted to meet up with Blueberry and tell her his ingenious plan. So Redbrick decided to leave Pansy and Boris to their fun and sneak out the garden unnoticed.

Once outside the gate, Redbrick was almost immediately greeted by Blueberry who waited for his arrival. She smiled a little but her eyes told a different story. Her eyes still held back some tears but Redbrick thought they were happy tears. He had no idea what Blueberry was about to tell him, which made Blueberry even more upset.

"Hello dear!" Redbrick hugged Blueberry and handed her the flowers. Blueberry took the flowers and smiled.

"Hello Redbrick!" Blueberry replied. Redbrick then gestured to her that they should walk into the Lawrence garden to talk.

"So how have you been Blueberry?" Redbrick enquired curiously. Blueberry didn't really want to answer to him considering she hadn't had the best time in the world.

"Well I'm ok I guess… but Wisteria is not! She won't speak to anyone since that incident with your sister!" Blueberry quickly changed the subject using Wisteria as a good subject to talk about. Redbrick looked at the floor ashamed.

"I must apologise for her dispicuable behaviour!" Redbrick said causing Blueberry to suddenly chuckle. "What?"

"Dispicuable? Is that even a word?" Blueberry smirked as Redbrick blushed "Don't you mean despicable?"

"Yes! And it's not funny Blueberry! I am just not good with words as all!" Redbrick explained and Blueberry nodded. "Now where was I? Oh yes, I was apologising for my sister's dispic- eh… cowardly behaviour!"

"You shouldn't apologise for her actions Redbrick! I just hope when you become leader of your garden, that you punish your sister more appropriately," Blueberry replied. Redbrick then rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. Sensing something was amiss Blueberry decided to ask what the matter was. "What is wrong Redbrick?"

"Eh about that Blueberry…" Redbrick began starting to feel excitement boiling up inside of him. "I would like to ask you a very important question."

"Ok?" Blueberry said cautiously. She hoped that it didn't involve marriage or anything like that. Not that she didn't want to get married to him, it's just she made up her mind to be loyal to her family.

"Considering the feud has began after my sister's actions the other day… I was wondering if…" Redbrick continued.

"Yes?"

"Well, our relationship doesn't stand much of a chance here now does it? So I have been thinking things over and…" Redbrick then took a deep breath before speaking "Would you like to elope with me? We could build our own garden together! What do you say?"

Blueberry was shocked to say the least. She knew she had to tell the truth to him sooner or later and the sooner she got it out of the way the better. But apart of her wanted to say yes to his loving offer. She would have done anything to be with him! To be with him for the rest of her life would seem like a fairytale! But sadly deep down in her heart Blueberry knew this could not be. She had duties to attend to! And her mother would be heart broken if her only daughter and family member ran away to be with her true love. She had already lost her husband! She couldn't loose her only daughter as well!

"Redbrick I would love too elope with you! But…" Blueberry then looked down at her feet sadly, Redbrick suddenly frowned. He hadn't expected this!

"But?"

"Oh let's face it Redbrick! Our relationship is doomed!" Blueberry blurted out looking directly at Redbrick as she said this.

"What are you saying?" Redbrick asked flabbergasted.

"Oh don't play dumb with me Redbrick! You know yourself that we can't get away from this feud even if we did elope! My family is falling apart! My mother is now depending on me to run the garden, my friends are relying on me to make things right, and I need to be there for them! I wouldn't expect you to understand, but my mother lost my father! It would destroy her if I ran away with you!" Blueberry explained tears beginning to for in her eyes.

"So you are breaking up our relationship?" Redbrick asked now looking away, distraught by what he was hearing.

"I am sorry Redbrick! But we can't go on like this! The feud is getting to great to control! And I can't take it anymore!" Blueberry explained.

"But if we go to our parents and tell them about our relationship, perhaps they could reconsider the-" Redbrick suggested but was immediately cut off by Blueberry.

"What? Reconsider the feud? No Redbrick, it is too late for that! Don't you see? Your sister has created a crisis and now every blue and red gnome hates the living daylights out of each other! There is no way that any of them will reconsider!" Blueberry's tone then became lower and more layered "and neither will I." Blueberry then began to walk off leaving Redbrick behind. Redbrick then called back to Blueberry, he had no intentions of backing down now!

"I will not give you up Blueberry!" Redbrick said very determinedly. Blueberry turned around and slowly walked back to Redbrick and sighed deeply.

"Redbrick, I love you! But I have now realised that our relationship isn't going to end well. It was just a dream Redbrick!" Blueberry explained.

"But, you can't just-"

"What? End it all? Don't you see Redbrick? It's over! Finished! Not there anymore! This is a very hard decision to make Redbrick, but I feel that I have made the right decision that will benefit both of us in the future!"

"Benefit us? Or just yourself?" Redbrick huffed feeling very hurt by all of this.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Blueberry demanded feeling an argument brewing up.

"Well you have made your feelings perfectly clear, but you have no idea about how I feel! Or don't you care for my feelings anymore?" Redbrick exclaimed angrily.

"Of course I do! But we have our families to think about here Redbrick! Or do you just think of no one but yourself?" Blueberry replied feeling twice as angry as Redbrick.

"Take that back Blueberry! I saved you on two occasions from my sister! Do you call that selfish?"

"Well this feud wouldn't have even started if it wasn't for your sister!"

"You can't blame her completely Blueberry!"

"Really? Tell me why!"

"Because she didn't cause all of it to happen! Sure my sister had her problems but if Wisteria hadn't of gotten in the way, perhaps this would have never happened!"

"So your blaming Wisteria now?" Blueberry fumed.

"Well it is kind of her fault!" Redbrick said.

"How is it?" Blueberry asked in disbelief at what he was saying to her.

"Well if she would've defended herself, perhaps Pansy would have backed off!"

"She can't Redbrick! Don't you understand? Wisteria is used to peace, not fighting!" Blueberry defended speaking the full truth.

"Well she is just going to have to get used to the fighting! There's a war going on now!" Redbrick exclaimed and Blueberry shook her head appalled.

"All you reds are the same aren't you? You don't care about peace… you just want to make life a living misery for all of us! Now I can see the resemblance between you and your sister!" Blueberry roared.

"So this is what our relationship has come to eh? We are arguing just like our parents!" Redbrick said a little calmer than before.

"Well perhaps we should stop living in a different and face reality! We are destined to be rivals, and to be honest, I don't care anymore!"

"Well I can now say I don't know why I pitied you blues! Here I was defending you blues against my father and now look what it's come to! I hope your happy Blueberry!" Redbrick then walked away.

"That's Lady Blueberry to you!" Blueberry blurted almost instantly. She actually didn't mean to say that, but it certainly got Redbrick's attention. He stopped and turned around and looked at Blueberry in awe.

"What?"

"Yeah that's right! I will soon be the next leader of the blue garden so I suggest you watch your back 'Lord Redbrick'!"

"Well, I am sorry 'Lady Blueberry'. I guess your not who I thought you were. I guess the gnome I loved got ruined when the feud began," Redbrick's face became less angry and sadder than he had ever been. "I guess we no longer have the freedom to make our own choices. Good luck with everything Blueberry! I wish things could've changed… but they didn't." Redbrick now walked in the opposite direction and aimlessly walked into the bushes as if he cared for nothing anymore. Blueberry sighed as her anger began to wash away. Now she was sad, VERY sad!

Blueberry decided to go back to her garden. She too also walked as if nothing mattered to her anymore. She had just made the biggest decision in her entire life! And it didn't go down well with Redbrick. Now they were going to be like their parents! Fight and argue none stop for hours each day. What had this come too? Why was fate so cruel?

Blueberry now knew how her mother felt when her father left her. Looking back on it now, she didn't think it would be that sad. Well like other things she guessed she was wrong.

Walking across the alleyway slowly, Blueberry looked up to the sky and noticed it was about to rain. She then looked down at the floor and stopped as she felt tears start to build in her eyes. Then the most unlikely thing happened. Blueberry heard a song playing in the distance, and she instantly recognised it. It was her favourite song ever playing and surprisingly enough…it reminded her of what could have been if the feud hadn't started. The song was called 'Running up that hill' by 'Kate Bush'. Blueberry soon found herself singing along to it, her thoughts consumed with Redbrick as she sang. It reminded her so much about her relationship with Redbrick. And if she only could… well… she would.

It doesn't hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know that it doesn't hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I'm making?
You, it's you and me.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...

You don't want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.

Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don't we?
You, it's you and me.
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...

You,
It's you and me,
It's you and me won't be unhappy.

C'mon, baby, c'mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C'mon, angel, c'mon, c'mon, darling,
Let's exchange the experience, oh...

And if I only could,
I'd make a deal with God,
And I'd get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

If I only could,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems...

And even though she was aware of it, Blueberry wasn't the only one singing the last verse of the song. In the Lawrence garden Redbrick also heard the music and thought of Blueberry. He knew that his life was now changed and he couldn't do much to change that. He wished he could be off somewhere else instead of being stuck here inside a feud. He began to sob as he sang the song. And even though he didn't know, he wasn't the only one crying. Blueberry couldn't control her emotions no longer, and as she sang the last verse she was practically crying.

If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.
If I only could, I'd be running up that hill.

Blueberry took one last glance at the Lawrence garden gate before opening her own. She then whispered to herself. "Goodbye Redbrick," before going back into her own garden. Her love was now ruined. Now it was all hate. Hate for sure!

Authors note: Aww… I'm unhappy now! So what do you think? Like it? Depressed now? This is the longest chapter of the story! Please comment and tell me what emotions this chapter put you through! Oh and by the way! I just had to use that song! I love it! And it has a meaning! I have had that song in mind ever since I started this story and it sort of reminded me about their relationship. Weird huh? So anyway I decided to use it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed! I will update soon!