New Playmates She Brought With Her. . . ! [Mr. Hopps' playhouse 2]

Chapter 4 "Two Secrets and a lie."

It was after dinnertime when Isaac called for Molly and Esther, he snuggled close to different teddy, a plush snake this time, Mr Stripes was on the wooden floor as if lifeless, his happy-go-lucky smile haunted Isaac's eyes. It heard the door open to Molly standing in the hallway, her arms crossed and wearing her usual pouty scowl before Esther poked her head in, smiling warmly. "Hi Isaac, what's wrong now? Did Ms Beverly scream at you again?" Esther asked warmly, Isaac's black eyes looked around the room, many children were playing, reading or relaxing on their beds, he lowered his voice and pulled Molly and Esther closer. "I need to speak to you girls privately, meet me in the library tonight before Bedtime." Molly raised an eyebrow in confusion whilst Esther nodded, they all continued on as normal: Esther was reading a book in the library, Molly was practising her acting in the mirror and Isaac sat on his bed in silence and averting his gaze at the plush tiger. It was nearly 10:00PM when Molly and Isaac passed through the matrons and the stern and harmful Ms Beverly to the library where Esther closed her book and placed it neatly back onto the shelf where it resided. Isaac, Esther and Molly went up the stairs and sat down on a chair each that formed a triangle, there was a silence before Molly broke it. "Well, spill the beans, Isaac or I'm going back to practising my future!" Isaac gulped in a silent terror, his eyes drifted before blinked and taking a deep breath. "Well, remember this morning when I was screaming?" Isaac hushed so the  matrons couldn't hear, Esther and Molly nodded in unison and listened carefully the more Isaac explained. "Well, I had a bad dream where I went to get a glass of water from the kitchen and I began hearing noises while I was in there, I thought it was both of you but you two didn't show up; anyway, I was going back to bed but then I was. . . Attacked by. . . S-Spiders. . . And I saw this figure that looked like an animal. . ? It was orange, with black stripes; looking back now, I think it was a tiger." Esther's eyes widened in shock after Isaac spoke, she thought for a moment and already was struck with an idea - She nestled closer to Isaac and whispered in his ear, but also loud enough for Molly to hear. "I had a dream like that too, but I wasn't attacked, I was being chased by something that resembled a rabbit, then when I was waiting for you two, something flashed onto Mr Hopps, like a clown's smile but with razors for teeth. ." Molly rolled her eyes and tried to hide her uneasiness with an eye-roll and laying her head on her hand, Isaac tried not to shudder and Esther clenched her teeth. "Molly, did you experience any nightmares?" Isaac asked, Molly scoffed like a spoiled princess and shook her head left and right; "Maybe it's because you two found the toys cute and I was only one who found them cute!" She said with ignorance, Esther wore a face of a stern mother and Isaac sighed and face-palmed, they all disbanded again and placed the chairs back where they all were and went on with their bedroom routines. "Goodnight Esther and Molly." Isaac smiled and snuggled into his bed, Mr Stripes and Mr Hopp was absent as they were both locked away in the same cupboard in the hallway - Esther said the same thing to Molly and Isaac before snoozing away, Molly just threw the covers over her body and stared into space as she snuggled Ms. Bo to her chest. "Ms. Bo, can I tell you something and you'll promise you won't tell anyone?" Molly whispered into the panda's ear, it's porcelain blue eyes and it's angelic smile had something alluring to it, Molly turnt to her side and opened her mouth to confess when one of the Matrons came in to check if everyone was asleep - She quickly shut her eyes when the matron got close. Soon, the matron left and closed the door gently, Molly opened her eyes and looked down at Ms. Bo's cute features. "I actually do care about Esther and Isaac but something's just keeping me from expressing it, and also I. . . Ummmm. . . I have a crush on one of them. . ." She blushed gently, Ms. Bo continued smiling and staring into space as Molly took in a deep inhale through her nose and out her mouth; she kissed Ms. Bo on the forehead and closed her eyes as she yawned silently. "Goodnight Ms. Bo, sweet dreams. ."