AN I should really thank GrandeBear (Katie) for motivating me with this story for the past couple of months. So… thank you GrandeBear! This has been sitting in my notebook for a long while now and, without your motivating skills, I would have never typed it up. Go follow her on Twitter!
Over the next couple of weeks, Robbie melded himself back into our little group. Though the acted rather coldly to him, I tried to be as nice as possible. Let's face it, how could any of us stay mad at out nerdy, awkward, puppet wielding friend? Exactly, we can't. it only took a few days for Beck to act the same way around him as he used to. After Beck caved in, the others followed suit. Even Jade seemed to act coolly around him again, only leaving minor insults for Robbie to deal with, which is basically the way it was before any of this ever happened.
In fact, the other day, we all went to the mall. It was Saturday and Robbie suggested it, he even drove us all. None of us even knew that he could drive, apparently he can. He actually has a pretty cool car; it's some sort of blue convertible with leather seats. When Rex suggested that we go to the candy shop, he won my trust back immediately. Robbie said he would pay for my candy; he offered to pay for Jade, Beck, Andre, and Tori, but they didn't want to get anything. By then, Robbie had won over Beck, but Tori, Jade, and Andre were still reluctant to forgive him.
Getting Tori back into the rhythm of hanging out with Robbie again was sort of complicated. No matter how hard he tried, hard headed and reluctant. But, when Robbie saw his opportunity, he lunged for it. Tori had to take a test that she had no clue how to study for, and Robbie was able to help her. Using my keen persuasion skills, I talked Tori into getting help from our geeky buddy. Within just a few day, the two were re-friended and I even think that Robbie's crush on Tori resurfaced. By the time the Tori had to take that test, she was completely ready. With the aide of Robbie, Tori was able to ace the test with no problem at all.
Jade's hatred of Robbie slipped just a few notches just a couple of days ago. He walked up to Jade with a descent sized Staples bag and a little jewelry box. Putting down the two objects and slowly backing away, Robbie awaited Jade's reaction. Reluctantly, she picked up the Staples bag and found a new pair of shiny, blue and green scissors. Seeming pretty happy with them, she put them in her back pocket and reached for the small box. The lid of the box bared a Dakotah Rae logo, giving me an idea of what might have been in the box. I watched as Jade's face lit up when she pulled out a silver necklace with a scissor pendant on the end. This might have been the one and only time that I have ever seen Jade touch Robbie in a non-harmful way; in fact, it was a very nice way. She actually hugged him. Yes. A hug. I was shocked out of my mind. I tried pinching myself, but it hurt, so it must have been reality. Right? isn't that how it works?
Well, whether that was reality or not, I guess I'll never know. But, I will know how Robbie won Andre over. It was a Tuesday and the two boys were video chatting. The three of us had to do a project together for Sikowitz and Andre refused to go over to Robbie's house or let Robbie come over to his. I still can't exactly comprehend what had happened, but Andre's grandmother went berserk over something and Robbie somehow calmed her down. When it was all over, we asked Robbie how he did it. When he started explaining, we started loosing the connection and the image on the computer was going all blurry. A few seconds later, we completely lost connection, not even being able to start our project. We still don't exactly know how he did it, or if he could ever do it again.
Things were just getting back to normal, that is, until one day… when my dad showed up.
AN Dakotah Rae is an AWESOME jewelry design and I seriously suggest you check her out!
PS I think this story might actually be coming to an end. But how many times have I said that before?