Lavender And Vanilla A Wonderful Scent

Chapter 21

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It was around early afternoon when I stepped into the School House, following Miss Delight and Miss Melody to the children's nap room. I’ve been with the older children all morning getting some of them ready to go off with the first toy they chose, only to be taken by the scientists a few levels below the Playcare. I didn’t like that part of my job… even if I was once one of those very scientists.
“Are you alright dear?”
Miss Melody asked, her voice still as muscle as always but her eyes were full of worry. Her and Miss Delight both knew who I used to be and they both agree with what the Prototype has planned for the factory. Which I can understand, neither of them liked what the factory is doing, especially since Delight was once married. Her husband was dead now, being one of the early Mr Delights made, the Mr Delights weren’t liked very well by the adults and children alike so the higher up’s scraped them and sent them off to ‘Destroy A Toy’ which was located somewhere around the bottom of the factory. Sighing I answered Melody,
“Yes Miss Melody I’m fine just… y’know”

Both she and Delight nodded silently as we reached to nap room and opened the door, my Catnip was sleeping on the floor, for a change, surrounded by most of the really young children, there was soft music playing in the room and the stars that surrounded the room had been dimed down slightly, even the big ones around Catnaps bed. The whole scene looked so peaceful that I almost turned to leave but I couldn’t.
“Wakey wakey everyone!”
I quietly yelled with enthusiasm, faked as it was. The children started to stir and looked towards me and the two teachers behind me, almost all of them jumped out of bed and ran to us jumping up and down, suddenly full of energy and ready to play. Miss Delight's eye twitched but Melody placed a hand on her shoulder to claim her as the two of them led the children outside for Playtime.

Looking back into the room I found Catnip only just waking which made me chuckle as I walked towards him, helping him up only to have him fall onto me.
“Naps we have to go now, get off me you lazy Kitty!”
He, of course. Did no such thing instead opting to fall back asleep so I did the only thing any toy in my position could. I let him fall to the floor and started dragging him by his tail.

(Vickeee214: hold up! Pause the damn story! What the he-)
*Rose drags Vickeeee214 away before she can interrupt the story any more then runs back with a sign nailing it into the ground, the camera zooms in on the sign which reads*

     “NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS”  

As I dragged the sleeping kitty cat outside I saw the others and waved them over, I got a few weird looks as there saw the unconscious Catnap laying on the ground in a very un cat-like poison but over all no one questioned it only some quiet chuckling from Hoppy, Kickin and Bobby surprisingly, Bubba was giving me a disapproving look and both Crafty and Piggy were crouched down and poking Catnap to see if he was alive. I rolled my eyes and started talking to Bubba.
“Hay Bubba, what's with the look?”
“Was it really necessary to drag Catnap here, why couldn’t you have just picked him up. Have you no respect for the toy?”
I have more respect for Catnap than the rest of you will ever have. I shrugged, looking back at my Catnip who had curled up on the ground, Crafty and Pippy were giggling now.
“I respect him Bubba, but I was caught between a rock and a hard place so I did the only thing I could”
“That being?”
“I dragged him out of the Nap room and outside to meet up with you guys, really Bubba My paws were tied”

Bubba shook his head and gave an exasperated sigh before chuckling quietly to himself, which, not going to lie, caught me off guard. I mean sure Bubba is a toy like the rest of us and made for children but he’s all science and maths most of the time and or he’s reading… or trying to teach Kickin maths, that never goes well by the way. But to see and hear him, if only faintly laugh, that's something that's never happened and he was the third made after myself, the second being crafty and so on. Kickin came up to me then placing a wing on my shoulder and saying.
“Heya Dogday! So tell me are ya and the Kitten over there a thing or are the rest of us just seein’ things?”
“Kickin! Honesty have I taught you nothing about manners, we have no reason to ask Dogday about those things especially since it’s none of our business”
“Oh come off it Bubba we all know your just as curious as the rest of us are”

On and on the two of them went, coursing the others, including a now awake Catnap to come crowding around the three of us. Sighing I turned to catnap and pulled him closer to me letting my hand rest on his hip, he made a soft squeaking noise as I pulled him closer. When I did this Bubba and Kickin stopped there arguing and turned to us, Bubba’s jaw was on the ground whereas Kickin was jumping up and down with the girls squealing. My Catnip was hiding his face in his paws and making soft squeaking sounds, obviously blushing his furry little butt off at all the attention. Turning to the others I said,
“Yes Kickin me and my Kitten are close to being together though I haven’t quiet asked him out yet so I didn’t want to be rude by saying anything before hand”
They all nodded though Bubba still looked absolutely astound.

We all hung around for the next couple of minutes before Playtime for the children was over and we all had to go  back to work, well all of us except Catnap seeing as he was done for the day. Catnip was on the way back to his house when I grabbed his arm and turned him around, he was still blushing from earlier and his tail was swishing around in a very graceful yet jagged way.
“Hey Kitten, I was wondering if you wanted to come with me and meet the older children?”
His blush grew heavier at the new nickname but he nodded and followed me to Home Sweet Home. As we stepped inside of Home Sweet Home and saw most if not all of the older children going about and cleaning up rooms, doing the laundry and cleaning up in general, Catnap looked from the children to me and gave me a quizzical look.
“You see Kitten the older children go about after they’ve ‘finished’ there schooling that start looking after Home Sweet Home, by cleaning up after the younger ones and keeping the place nice and tidy”