Interaction: DJ and Sadie

Sadie sniffled as she sat on Bass Cabin steps, wiping her nose and looking sullenly down at the ground.

She felt a large shadow pass over her. "Hey, what's the matter, girl?"

She looked up. "Oh. Hey, DJ," she said sadly, looking back down at the grass. "It's nothing. It's just..." Her eyes suddenly filled with tears, and DJ jumped as she grabbed his legs, nearly knocking him over. "I MISS KATIE!" she screamed, burying her face in his knees and sobbing profusely.

"Uh---well, calm down, girl," DJ said awkwardly, gently moving her away from him and sitting down beside her. She sniffled and moved over; neither one being very thin, the steps were a bit crowded with the two of them there. "It'll be okay."

Sadie wiped a tear. "I know," she said, sounding as if she would burst into sobs again at any moment. "It's just---I've never been away from her this long before!"

"For real?"

"Never! Not since we met, anyway." She looked down at the ground again, arms wrapped around her legs. "I really miss her."

DJ bit his lip, looking around awkwardly. He wanted to say something comforting, but couldn't think what. Knowing those two girls, he didn't think anything other than a reunion was going to do much good.

Just then, DJ felt something large and furry stick its head out of his pocket, with some difficulty since that space was occupied by Sadie's voluminous thigh. She let out a scream and jumped, spinning around. "What is that?!"

"Oh, don't worry," DJ said quickly, reaching into his pocket to take the little creature out. "It's just Bunny."

"What?"

"Oh, that's right, you and Katie weren't with the rest of us on that challenge. I found him in the woods," DJ explained, gently running his hand down the little rabbit's back.

Sadie hesitated. "Can I...pet him?"

"Sure!" he said. "Just be gentle. Don't scare him or anything."

Sadie reached out and carefully petted Bunny's head. Bunny closed his eyes happily and allowed it. Sadie smiled.

"Too bad Katie isn't here. She'd say he was so cute. Aren't you, little bunny?"

DJ smiled as Sadie, momentarily forgetting her sadness, continued to stroke the happily contented rabbit.

Yeah, not all that original, but eh, Bunny is a powerful force, and unfortunately DJ doesn't have a lot of other character development to go on.

NOW! That quick drabble over, I have many author's notes. First of all, it took a bit longer to get this up, and you should probably expect a space of a few days between updates, because frankly I have classes. :-\ But in the meantime, you might want to go read the one-shot I published the other day, called "Perfect Opposites." It's Cody/Lindsay, a pairing I'd never seen before but thought would be interesting to explore. I might post more one-shots soon, too, and I really want to post an actual multi-chapter story on this fandom, even though I know I really don't have the time...

Also, congratulations to any Canadian readers who actually are getting to watch TDA already. I hate you all! Ha ha ha...you think I'm kidding, but I'm not. (And yeah, I know I could just watch it on Youtube if I wanted to.)

Okay, I guess that's all for now. Please review and have a good...however-long-until-I-update-period.

Next Interaction: Noah and Justin. This fic needs a bit more hatred...