John Dory's Hair Raising Eggventure

Chapter 13: Confessions

John only slept a couple of hours before waking up feeling miserable. A soft whine escaped between his lips before bringing a hand up to cover his mouth but he didn't need to. Creek wasn't there, no one was, which instilled that longing feeling in his chest. He couldn't stand it because his sleep kept getting disrupted. He was waking up earlier and more often during the night that he now debated on going to see Dr. Moonbloom. He wondered if she could do anything or maybe give him some advice on what to do. He couldn't go on like this, it was unhealthy and his worry over the baby wasn't helping matters as he thought about how it would affect his little girl.

John sighed as he gave up and decided to maybe go see her. He had to be more responsible about stuff so his brothers wouldn't worry or do something outrageous. That thought alone made him nervously crawl to the edge of the bed. That's when he spotted the card Creek had given him. He reached down and pinched the corner before pulling the card out from between the mattress and looking at it. He smiled a little while opening the thing. He could still smell the scent that the purple flowers left behind before he removed them since they were dying.

John brought the card a little closer while slowly being lulled into relaxing and the feelings he had when waking, ebbed away to a much more manageable amount. He breathed deeply and slowly to calm himself further, something he learned from Creek. Now, he wasn't into the whole spiritual thing but the breathing techniques were useful in these types of situations.

John's smile spread even more as he fell backwards into his bed while holding the card up to his face. He probably wouldn't be able to do that in front of his brothers, they'd most likely question him... "Hmm..." He wondered if a day would come where he didn't have to lie about going to see Creek but Branch would have to calm the hell down before that.

John was now thinking of ways he could get his younger brother to see Creek in a different light like he had but everything seemed to lead to a disaster. He was sure no one was ready for that anyway. Hell, it wasn't like he was dating Creek.

"Wait!" John shouted as he sat up quickly. Would he even want to date him when he was having a baby with another man? "Holy craptrolly!" He didn't even think of that but... Creek still could be the dad so that wouldn't be as weird but... "Agh...!" What was he going to— his thoughts were interrupted when he heard a light 'Knock Knock' on his door.

"John, are you okay?"

The troll shoved the card back under his mattress when he jumped up out of bed and made his way over to the door. He opened it when a small bouquet was shoved into his arms. He was a bit dumbfounded as he stared at the flowers before looking at the one who gave them to him, Ablaze.

"Sorry about the flowers, Trickee destroyed some of them and wanted me to apologize in his place. I wanted to give you something to replace them so I got you that. They even look nicer, right?" Ablaze probably shouldn't have said that last thing but he couldn't help himself but to think about what Hype had said earlier. Plus, Floyd had lied to his face about where the flowers came from. He wished to know the truth.

"Thank you." John appreciated the gesture but he didn't particularly like the comment the other had said. "I don't think it's about whether they look nice or not, more so the reason and who they came from... buuut, I like the flowers a lot!" He smiled wide, hoping the sadness on the troll's face would lighten.

"Who gave you the flowers from before?" Ablaze just out right asked, he wasn't beating around the bush. "Also, please don't lie, I'm begging you not to. Floyd already did."

John glanced around the room but there was nowhere to escape since the other was kinda blocking the door at the moment, not on purpose, he was just in the way. He Cursed Branch for not building hidden escape routes. Maybe he could convince his brother to do that, ask him what they should do if a cave in happens. Yes, perfect solution if he gets trapped again.