Wish Upon A Christmas Star

Chapter 10 Back Together In Asher

Karla took the bears to the food court upon returning to the mall. Even if the cubs are inevitably banned after breaking the most important rule at the parade, they're not even bothered about it, especially if they're still allowed to stay in the mall. All of their friends, including Amanda and Issac's all sat at multiple tables. It wasn't even close to four o'clock in the afternoon, and they barely have anything to do right now. Instead for the time being, they told Chloe, her parents, and Karla everything that happened.

"So you're telling us that a wish caused you to turn into cubs?" Chloe asked, while Ice Bear nodded.

"We didn't have the choice to stay in our cave, because our friends might've mistaken us as..." Panda lowered his head in disappointment. "...little bears."

Karla wished she could help the cubs, but after taking the truth for granted, she can't imagine how they will take care of themselves. "If you really gonna stay as cubs forever, are you thinking about moving into this guy's apartment?" She pointed at Tom.

"Griff and Issac are living in the same apartment as me and we didn't agree on this." Tom answered.

"The problem is we've learned about this just this morning." Griff added. "We're not gonna stay home to take care of them because we still have jobs."

"Issac can't do cub-sitting and work at the same time." Issac added.

When the three bears look at each other upon reuniting, they're not even in the position to find adoption because they've already got a home. "This permanent wish won't be the same when all of you get older then us." Grizz signed. "This has to be the saddest Christmas Eve ever."

The grizzly bear notices Nom Nom walking in the halls while his entourage is carrying Andy's drone. When Karla saw what Grizz was looking at, she recognized who that Koala was. "Have you met him before?" She asked.

"Let's just say. we have a mixed relationship with him." Panda replied. "But Grizz is the closest friend to him."

"I'll be right back, I need to talk to him." Grizz jumped off the table, making his way to Nom Nom who's looking for him. "Nom Nom!"

"I know you're not Grizz Jr. Grizz." The koala rolled his eyes. "The less said about how I know about it, the better."

Grizz immediately stopped right in front of the koala while his eyes shot open. Even his brothers couldn't believe it when they heard him. "Nom Nom barely gets fooled, that's often more than I give him credit for." Panda said dumbfounded.

"Or he's not in the Christmas mood to get into the spirit." Tom added.

"Don't look at me like that." The koala crossed his arms. "I just want you to know that I'm thankful for what happened to Andy."

"But...what about my film?" Grizz asked.

"No offense, but it was dead on arrival. If you ask me, Crowbar Jones and Christmas don't really fit together."

Grizz didn't agree with him but on the other hand, his wish is what caused everything to change. "If your wish came true, your plans wouldn't be the same."

"Except I would be careful of what I wish for. And knowing how your brothers got into the same problems as usual, they would rather think about their future than celebrate Christmas."

When Grizz turned to his brothers, they didn't have the best day, even if it wasn't meaningless. And after everything they went through at the mall, inside and outside, there's no point in being around a place to make everyone happy in the end.

Just when he turned back to the koala, he walked away with his entourage protecting him. "By the way." He responded. "If there's one thing I could take from today is that you didn't deserve this." He smiled while staring at him. "Soon enough, everything might work out for you."