A few weeks passed, and Tip continued to teach Oh helpful things, as well as introduce him to other chicken based foods. Oh's love and appreciation for her grew deeper and deeper with each time she help him and his fellow Boov as well. Then came the urgent reminder from Kyle, "Oh are you remembering what day tomorrow is? We need to be holding the meeting at Boov HQ today, as soon as it is being possible!"
Oh gulped, "Is it being that time already? I had thought it would not be arriving for a whiles yet."
Kyle replied back, "Yes, it is being that time. But I knows you has been distracted by learning Earth things and leading the Boov."
"I has never led this meeting before, I am not sures I can do it right" Oh said nervously.
"Relax, I knows Smek always was leading this meeting before, but I alsos know that you are best Boov to be leading it this year" Kyle said reassuringly.
"Really" Oh said with stunned surprise, "Whyfor?"
"Come and be finding out Oh" Kyle said with a big grin.
Oh rushed to the door of the apartment, calling out over his shoulder that he had just been called away to a "Very Important Meeting". Tip and Lucy looked at each other with confusion, and Lucy asked when he would be back. "I dos not know" he said "But I should be back before it is being bed time." They wished him a safe journey and he bolted out the door. Once outside he quickly decided not to be using Slushious, their family car "They might be needing it while I am away" he thought. With that he headed straight to the nearest Bubble Pod which were available for all the Boov to use. Getting in he grasped the Control Sphere, and set the autopilot to take him straight to France. He was too lost in deep though to successfully navigate there and he knew it.
Once there he headed to the base of the Eiffel Tower, where the humans of France had graciously allowed them to keep their HQ at, the computer room was back to being there as well. On arriving he found the Boovs already talking with each other, and Smek was there also earnestly talking with his fellows. As soon as Oh reached the throng of Boov, all eyes turned to him, and everyone stopped talking.
Oh gulped again, "We are all knowing why we are having this meeting, so to be getting started is anybody having a good idea who it is we shoulds be selecting?"
A Boov in the very back pipped up, "We alls knows and are agreeing, even Smek is agreeing."
Smek turned and glared at the one who spoke, "Of course I am agreeing, if it were not her none of us would be alive today."
Another Boov spoke, "And she hads been helping us out so much, I can not be counting the many times her help has been saved us from harm!"
Suddenly I hit Oh who they were all talking about, "Are you meaning Tip?"
Kyle came up to him, and put a hand on his best friends shoulder, "Yes, we are meaning Tip. She hads be helping so much and so often, there is no other choice."
"Wow! This is being a great Honor of Tip! I am so happy for her!" Oh said with a big grin, and turning orange.
"And alsos there is being one more thing we were agreeing on" Kyle said.
"Really? What is being that? There is usually only one thing being discussed at this meeting" Oh said in confusion.
Kyle came close and whispered it into Oh's ear. What was said made his eyes go wide as his color shifted to a deep pink.
After the meeting Oh had to once again use the autopilot, this time because he was too stunned and amazed to think straight if at all. Who knew his fellow Boov would be giving Tip these Honors. He was still in a daze when his Bubble Pod touched down just outside of the apartment. He went straight to be with a huge grin and orange skin, leaving Tip and Lucy to stare after him, and wonder what the meeting had been about.
The next morning Oh woke up a couple of hours early, happy and excited about what the day had in store. Never had he been more proud to call Tip his friend. "Tip! Hurry waking up! We needs to be going someplace together shortly!" Tip woke up goggily, "Huh, what is it about Oh?" "You will be seeing, but it is being a surprise. Hurry to get ready!" Confused, but knowing it must be very important for him to be acting this way she did as he asked, and quickly left a note for her mom saying that she was urgently needed elsewhere. As soon as she was dressed, Oh grabbed her hand and pulled her behind him and into the Bubble Pod he had used the night before. "What could it be that's so urgent" she wondered as the Pod took off. "The last time he acted like this is when the Gorg ship was nearing Earth" she thought shaking her head. "I hope this isn't about another enemy speices after the Boov." She was remembering the HUGE mistake Smek had made, and hoping it had been the only one like it.
On touching down in Paris, Tip couldn't help but smile. She was remembering the last time the two of them had been there together, and the deep friendship that had resulted from it. Leading her by the hand he brought her to Boov HQ. Tips confusion grew as she was led to the middle of the Boov crowd and Oh was handed a golden necklace with the Spiral Circle (the Boov emblem) as a pendant. Turning to Tip he said with a big smile, "Tip, all us Boovs are agreeing that you should be the one to be wearing this pendant."
A shocked and surprised Tip replied, "Wow! Thanks, but why?"
Smek stepped forward and said, "That pendant is showing that the one wearing it is now to be considered a full fledged Boov. Meaning you are now being one of us Tip."
Tip bent low and Oh put the necklace on her, the small pendant shining brightly in the early morning sun. Tip straightened and looked at Oh, "Is THIS what the meeting was about yesterday?"
"Yes Tip, but there is yet more" he said turning a deep pink. Tip turned back to Smek looking for an explanation. Seeing this Smek said to her, "We alsos has decided to be making you CoCaptain. These twin Honors are being in recognition of all you has done for the Boov since we came here." Tip was so stunned she didn't know what to think, and a moment later she fainted.
Smek turned to Oh in panic, "Is she being alright, I dids not mean to be doing this to her."
Oh smiled and said, "Not to worry, she is alright. I thinks it is just shock and surprise. She is also being a humble Humansperson, oops I mean Boov, it was completely unexpected to her."
The others now gathered around Oh, congratulating him on such a wise choice for a friend, and helping him to take her back to the Pod (which was no small feet considering how small they were, and how heavy she was to them). On the way there Smek turned to Oh and asked the question many Boov had had on their minds, "When are you to courting her? We all knows you love her." "In a few more years, she is not yet grown." Smek raised his eyes and looked at the sleeping Tip above him, "Not yet grown and STILL she has done SO MUCH" he said smiling at Oh "No wonders you has fallen in love with her, she will make for a fine fellow Boov." Oh turned a shade deeper pink hearing these words, "Thanking you Smek, I knows she is so special, is why I treasure her so much."
Finally reaching the Pod they curled her up in it, making sure there was room for Oh. As he flew the two of them home, the others below watched in amazement as their new CoCaptain was lifted from their view. He set the Pod on autopilot, so he could gaze at his dearest friend turned Boov and now CoCaptain. He remained pink the whole way home.