Candy Charm School

Chapter 6: Night with Sketch

     After dinner, Popsicle took Fruit into his room for a chat. "Fruit, why the heck was my sister stroking your tail?" Popsicle asked as he sat on his bed.

                  "Popsicle, relax." Fruit said as he sat down beside his friend. "I made her promise not to tell anyone."

                   "You trusted Cherry?" Popsicle asked in disbelief as he turned to Fruit.

                     Fruit nodded as he looked down at the floor. "It seems like I can trust her. I mean she did see me glow during our hug, so."

                             "Wait, you and her hugged? Like genuinely?" Popsicle asked in utter confusion.

                                "Yep." Fruit replied, still looking at the floor. He then looked up at Popsicle's deep blue eyes. "Why is it so hard for you to believe that she's not as bad as everyone thinks?"

                                    "Look, Fruit." Popsicle said as he put his hand on Fruit's shoulder. "I've known Cherry my whole life. I think I'm the expert, here."

                                     "First of all, I've known you guys since we were kids. And second of all, did you know about Cotton Candy bullying for her impairment?" Fruit asked as he got in Popsicle's face.

                                          "Not before you told me, earlier. No." Popsicle admitted as rubbed the back of his neck. "I just figured she didn't like Candy Charm School because it's a regular school."

                                                "Now who's the expert on Cherry?" Fruit teased.

                                                "Just her, I suppose." Popsicle replied.

                                                 "Hmm." Fruit mused. "I suppose that's true."

                                Popsicle pulled out his phone and checked the time. "It's getting late, Fruit."

                                                "Oh, alright." Fruit said as he stood up. He walked to the door. However, he stopped and turned around. "Hey, Popsicle."

                                              "Yeah." Popsicle said turning towards his friend.

                                                 "Ya know what? Never mind." Fruit said as he left the room.

                                                     Popsicle shrugged as went to his bathroom to change into his pajamas. Wonder what he was going tell me? He thought as he put his pajamas on before leaving his bathroom, once more. He looked around for his dog but couldn't him. "Sketch, where are ya?"

                           Said dog could be heard whimpering and scratching at an unseen door.

                                  "Aw, Sketch." Popsicle said as he walked towards the sounds. "You got stuck in the lab, again."

                                               The whimpering and scratching continued.

                                     Popsicle moved the picture of him and Shimmer sitting on the shelf above his desk to reveal a lever. He pulled it, which made the adjacent wall move and let a small orange and white corgi out. "There ya go, Sketch." Popsicle said with a smiled as he pulled the lever, again, shutting the wall. "It's bedtime." 

                                          Sketch stared up at his owner and barked.

                                                Popsicle put a finger to his mouth. "Shh. Not so loud, boy."

                                                    Sketch nodded before following Popsicle to the bed.

          Popsicle pulled back his tan colored blanket and sat down on his smore looking mattress. He bent down and straightened his orange slippers as Sketch climbed up onto the bed next to him or at least tried to. "Can you make it up here or do you need help?"

                       Sketch gave up and instead walked over to his own bed and laid down.

             "Ok." Popsicle said with a shrug as he turned off the light before laying down for the night.