Everyone had instantly started looking around the home when they realized Jessie wasn't lying. Woody wasn't in Bonnie's mom's room and she left her hat which meant that she had to be somewhere around the house. They checked every inch of the house, under both Bonnie's mom's and Bonnie's bed, under the couch, between the TV and the wall, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Cap was walking towards the bathroom, thinking she might of been in the closet, when he stopped and looked at the vent leading down to the laundry room. One of the screws was clearly off as the whole vent seemed to be a little lopsided. Looking around, cautiously, nobody was around. Letting out a soft hum, he bent down and took the vent crate off. Sitting down on the bottom of the vent like a slide, he took a slow breath in and breathed out, this was either going to be where Woody was or he was going to trap himself downstairs.
Throwing all logic away, he let go of the wall and slid down the vent, feeling the metal beneath him rock as he went down at a pretty fast speed, he held his breath and screwed his eyes shut. In a brief moment, he felt like he was weightless in the air as the vent ended and he went skyrocketing, luckily he managed to land in a basket of towels with a soft 'oof.'
"Ah, I see you've found my hiding spot." He heard Woody tell him with a rather flirty tone. Still a little dazed, he sat up and looked her up and down, she looked strange without her hat, it wasn't a bad strange either.
"Everyone is looking for you." Cap said as he slowly came back to reality.
"I figured." She said simply as she sat down on the edge of the basket, slowly crawling towards her, weaving in an out of the towels, he leaned against the edge and looked at her before asking,
"Something on your mind?"
"Hm? Oh, no...No...I just like to come down here to get away from it all at times...Forgot my hat this time around." She sighed, he watched as she sadly looked down at her hands, taking a deep breath, he got closer to her just a little bit, she turned and looked at him, he smiled.
"You did pretty well, you need to close the vent all the way though, that's how I found you."
"If I close the vent all the way, I lose my way out of here."
"Good point."
There was another silence between them, before Cap jumped the edge of the basket and slowly scooted just a little bit closer to the cowgirl, remembering all that Jessie had said before, he sucked in a deep breath,
"Ms. Woody, is everything alright?" He asked her as he looked at her, she looked back at him and gave him an unconvinced smile.
"Of course, like I said, I just like to come down here to...Get away.." She sighed softly.
"Ms. Woody...Can I tell you something?"
"Of course."
"...I-"
"YO DA LAY HE HOOO! WOODY YOU DOWN HERE!?" Jessie practically screamed through the vent, causing the two of them jump. Woody just laughed and ran her fingers through the ends of her yarn hair before going up to the vent.
"Yeah! Sorry, I accidently fell down! Cap's with me, we're coming up now." She told Jessie, Cap could of sworn he heard Jessie giggle.
"So, what did you want to tell me?" Woody asked him with a cute little smile. Cap rubbed the back of his head and smiled awkwardly before stuttering,
"Uh, I-I Just wanted to say...I left the vent open, I'm sure that's how Jessie found out."
Woody chuckled and gave him a soft punch to the shoulder,
"Aw, now my hiding spot is ruined. You owe me a new hiding place." She winked before turning and climbing back up the vent, he waited a few moments before following her. Carefully he gripped the screws as he scaled his way up, along the way he could hear Jessie and Woody talk to one another. He honestly had no idea what was said before hand, but by the time he got up to the vent's opening, he heard the sound of Jessie falling back as it seemed like Woody came out and forcefully pushed her back. However, he could hear Jessie laughing so it was clear that it was a playful shove.
Cap had to pause momentarily as Woody wasn't fully out of the vent just yet and he was still behind her, out of respect he looked at the wall until she moved out of the vent, in which he followed.
Once they were out, the three of them hooked the vent back up,
Soon the others all gathered around and Woody explained that she thought she heard something down in the basement and slid down the vent, she wasn't down there too long before Cap found her.
"Oh...Well don't scare us like that. Take your hat next time." Buzz nudged her as he handed her prized hat.
"Sorry, I still can't believe I left it." She laughed as she twirled it in her hands before putting it back on her head. Cap felt someone cling on to his arm and he looked at Raquelle,
"Well, that was a waste, lets go back." Raquelle whispered as she practically dragged him back to Bonnie's room. Even though she was dragging him away, Cap didn't even look at Raquelle, he kept his gaze on Woody, the cowgirl now talking to Buzz and Jessie. A lingering thought lasted through Cap's mind as he awkwardly walked stumbled back to Bonnie's room with Raquelle,
Just why was Woody down there?
