The Grinding Gears of Romance-Fangle

The Nightly residence

Foxy's POV:

Well, I've made it through the first week of school. Thank God. Bonnie and the others invited me to go out with them today, so I think I might just do that. I mean, I don't get out as much as I'd like, and Azzy is a bit protective, but I know he means well. So, I need to get ready so I can just head out when Bonnie comes to pick me up. I'd go meet up with them, but my car is in the shop. So. I'm gonna get ready.

(This is what he's wearing.)

I decided to go with a semi-formal thing, As I usually do. It's just the way Azzy and I dress. The outfit consists of a short-sleeved, White Button-up shirt with a red Blazer, Blue Jeans with a White belt, and Black steel-toed boots. And before anyone goes off saying, "Well Foxy, won't you get hot wearing all that?" And the answer? Maybe. That's why I dress in layers, so If I get too hot, I can take a layer off, and if I get cold, I can just add it back on. 

Anyways, I have no idea what Bonnie is planning, or who's all gonna be thar, but we'll find out soon enough. He should be here in an hour, so in the meantime, I think I'll continue the wee wooden fox sculpture I've been working on. I don't know why I decided to do it in the first place, or why a fox, but, who knows. I might give it as a gift or something.

*About an hour Later*

Bonnie's POV: 

I pull up to the Nightly Household around 11 in the morning. they live in a pretty big house with a HUGE yard, both front, and back. I get out of my truck and head to the door, but before I'm even halfway up the path, I trip on something hard and cold. I stand up to find I tripped over a piece of, rail? Why is there a piece of track here? I look around and find tracks Going off in both directions. So he does have a little railroad, that's cool. Brushing off the dust, I walk up to the door looking for a doorbell, but find but a rope. I decide to pull it and a loud clang rings out. Looking up, I see a large bell attached to the rope. I swear these people are insane. Train tracks in their yard, and a small church bell as their doorbell? It's a good thing they live further away from people, otherwise, they'd probably get a lot of complaints. Moments later, Mr. Nightly comes to the door, Smiling. A small conversation ensued and went as follows.

B: "Oh, Hello Mr. Nightly, how are you?"

A: "Pretty well Bonnie. Please, outside of school, call me Azzy. I'd appreciate it. How are you?"

B: "Pretty well, other than tripping on a piece of rail."

A: "Oh, sorry, I was working on that, but I came in to get something to drink. Are you alright?"

B: "Yeah, I'm fine. Out of curiosity, Why do you have a Church bell for your doorbell?"

A: *A chuckle resonates from his chest* "My dear boy, that isn't a church bell, it's the bell off of a narrow gauge Steam Engine that my father left to me in his will. I thought it would be interesting to use it as a Doorbell. Besides, makes it easy to know when someone is here. As you no doubt noticed, it's rather loud."

B: "Heh heh, yeah. Scared the daylights out of me."

A: "Sorry Bonnie. At least now you know, and can warn your little crew about it."

B: "Yeah, that and the fact that you have rails in your yard."

A: "Usually, they don't cause a problem with the walkway. Foxy should be out in a few minutes. In the meantime, How bout I show you the engine shed? So you can see what runs on what you tripped on?"

B: "Sure. Why not. Foxy seems to really like them."

A: "Well, He's put a lot of effort into the ones he built. Like the Olton Hall."

B: "Isn't that the train they used in the Harry Potter movies?"

A: "Yes indeed it is."

He lead me to the back where he showed me a few of the more popular engines.

(Imagine at the same scale as the next two)

He showed me three, The Hogwarts Express, An old Civil War-era Steam engine, and this Behomith of an engine. No wonder these are the popular ones. A few minutes later, Foxy came out to join us. We'd leave a few minutes later.