Sora and Gooliope Jellington

It was a seemingly normal day at Monster High when everyone became startled as the entire building shook and the Monsters braced themselves.

"Was that an earthquake?" Heath asks as he had jumped into Abbey's arms.

The Yeti the says, "That is third one this week," she then drops the Fire Elemental.

Suddenly, the doors burst open to let out a tall pink ghoul who stands above everyone. The ghoul expertly steps over and around the students and faculty. Even doing flips, cartwheels, and summersaults to avoid collision. She eventually made her way out the nearest exit.

The doors burst open again as nearly all the ghouls from the Freak Du Chic performance came out.

Frankie runs up to Abbey and Heath as the boy gets back up. "Have you guys seen Gooliope?"

Abbey points, "That way."

"Thanks!" with that, the Living Cadaver rushes out the front doors along with the rest of the ghouls.

The Yeti and Fire Elemental glance at one another before following suit.

.oOo.

Gooliope finds herself sitting under a tree as she smacks her head, repeating, "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" she only stopped after hearing her name.

"Gooliope?"

Glancing up, the Blob Ghoul finds her entire circus crew along with Abbey and Heath looking down at her in worry.

"Hey, guys," she drags her knees up to her chest. "Sorry about what happened. I know that you were working so hard on the next show."

"They're just decorations," Frankie sits next to Gooliope. "We can always put them back up. What's important right now is you. There's been quite a few tremors lately. Was that you?"

The Blob Ghoul looks down. "Yeah."

"Why? What's going on?"

Gooliope takes a deep breath.

.oOo.

A Few Moments Ago

"This is going to be great!" Gooliope shouts in excitement.

Freak Du Chic has been asked if they could perform another fundraiser. This time for the children's hospital.

The flyers have been passed around and now the entire crew were in the gym either setting up decorations or practicing their performances.

"Looking great, ghouls!" she shouts. "With this show, I'm sure we'll beat our record."

Then some shouting is heard from above, "Woah!"

Gooliope looks up just in time to see someone falling and the ghoul's reflexes went into autopilot as she reaches out to catch them.

"Thanks!" a spikey haired Normie looks up from her arms. "Nice catch, Gooliope," he flashes her a smile.

The Blob Ghoul could feel her heart pumping and before she knew it, the ground was shaking, the decorations were falling, and the routines were disrupted. Not knowing what else to do, Gooliope ended up dropping the boy as she made her way out of the gym.

.oOo.

Now

"Every time I'm near Sora, I just get so nervous that I end up locking up, spacing out, and… You know what happens when get nervous? I try to keep my distance, but it hardly works out like that," Gooliope lets out a sigh and looks up at the ghouls. "How is Sora?"

Frankie gives her a sheepish smile, "You kinda dropped him on his head but Sora's fine. He's been through worse, but Clawd and Draculaura went ahead and took him to the nurse."

The Blob let an "Ugh! What's wrong with me?" she stands up and flips over the ghouls. "I can perform all sorts of tricks," she twists her body around and bends backwards. "From illusions to contortions. And I can do it all in front of a crowd of hundreds and hopefully one day, thousands!" she straightens herself up and faces the ghouls. "But I can't walk up to a boy and say I like you, Sora. Would you like to hang out sometime?"

A familiar voice is heard saying, "I'd like to," startling the Blob Ghoul

Slowly turning around, Gooliope finds the said boy they were talking about with a bandage wrapped around his head. Clawd and Draculaura were also behind him, and the petite vampire seems to be trying hard to hold in her excitement.

"S-Sora!?" the Circus Ghoul blurts out as she feels her heartbeat picking up and the ground starts rumbling. All the present Monsters try their best to keep themselves steady but many ended up dropping to the ground by the intensity of the tremor.

Gooliope's heart suddenly starts calming down as she hears her name.

"Gooliope?" Sora says worriedly. "It's okay. Take a deep breath," the boy does this and the Blob Ghoul finds herself mimicking him.

After a few calm breaths, the Jellington looks around to see that all her friends are now getting back up, gazing at the ghoul with worry. Soon, The Blob realizes that she's sitting on the ground with Sora standing in front of her who is currently holding her hands.

"How are you, now?"

"I'm f-fine," the ghoul tells him. Her face has a noticeable blush. "Sorry," she pulls her hands away.

Sora smiles in response. "Don't be!"

Gooliope examines her own hands. "Why would you want to go out with a ghoul like me?"

"Why wouldn't I? You're an awesome ghoul, Gooliope," the boy tells her honestly. "I mean…" he waves over at the entire Circus Crew. "When the arts program was in danger, you got everyone to put on the Greatest Show to save it. Any guy would be lucky to be with you."

The Blob ghoul smiles at that. "Yeah! But I'm nearly as tall as my age. Aren't most boys insecure being with someone that's much taller than them?"

Sora tilts his head. "I don't understand why. Heath doesn't seem to have a problem with it," he then gestures to where the Fire Element is standing side by side with Abbey, showing the noticeable difference in height.

"Sora…" Gooliope shakes her head. "I don't think that's the same. There's a difference between a ten-foot difference and one foot."

"One foot, two inches," Abbey suddenly says with her usual stoic expression.

Heath then adds, "And three centimeters," he waves three fingers in the air.

The entire group blinks at the couple before Frankie notes. "That's oddly specific."

"We measured," the flame haired kid proudly announces.

Clawd then jokingly comments. "What else did you guys' measure?"

Heath opens his mouth to say something, only to have a blue hand cover it and his lips were frozen shut.

Abbey then says, "Nothing!" maintaining her blank expression.

All the present Monsters looked at one another before turning back to the Yeti who is now dragging the Fire Elemental of as the said boy is trying to melt the ice over his mouth.

"So…" Sora, ignoring what happened with Heath and Abbey, turns back to Gooliope. "What would you like to do?"

The Blob ghoul, smiles, "I'm not sure. Not many places can accommodate me." she stands and gestures to her size.

"I'm sure we can figure something out. How about a day at the park. We could have a picnic if you like?"

"I'd like that."

End

NOTE: I'm starting to realize that through these shorts I'm promoting Abbey and Heath a lot. Makes sense though. They are my favorite pairing from G1. Possibly even in the entirety of Monster High in General.