❥The Successor of Pixieville.「PopPixie Future Story」

5- The Meeting.

Not long after Floxy had left the Molly Moo, Caramel came out of the kitchen holding two glasses of juice. It was usually Martino's job to handle the drinks, but she hadn't seen him since he fled from serving Arsenio. With the drinks in her hands, she made her way to the table of Lucas and Sapphire. It looked like both of them were having a good time talking with eachother. Once she had put the drinks down, she planned on making her way to the kitchen (she had so much work to do for Arsenio!), but Sapphire grabbed her arm and wouldn't let go. ''Is Floxy still in the kitchen?'' she asked. She was wondering where he'd been for so long, and why he wasn't back yet. Caramel shook her head. ''He left'' was what she answered. ''What? Why?'' Sapphire sounded disappointed. 'Are you seriously asking that?' was what Caramel wanted to say, but luckily knew how to contain herself. Everything seemed to annoy her so easily. It was all Arsenio's fault. ''You should ask him yourself'' was what she finally replied. She'd rather not interfere with their problem, she already had enough problems of her own to deal with. Sapphire shove her chair out of the way. ''Fine''. Before she could go after Floxy however, Lucas grabbed ahold of her hand. ''Where are you going? You can't just leave''. Sapphire tried to pull her hand loose. ''I'm going to Floxy. I can't leave him alone right now''. She was determined to go to him, no matter what happened. ''To him? Why do you want him when you can get someone who's much better? For example... me''. A grin formed on his face. ''What?'' Sapphire wasn't sure if she had heard him correctly. Lucas pretended to sigh in response. ''I told you to pick me, instead of that ugly loser. I'm way more handsome'' he repeated himself. Sapphire was speechless, and thus stared at him for a few seconds. Then, all of a sudden, picked up her drinking glass from the table. For a moment it looked as if she was going to drink from it, yet she turned to look at Caramel. ''I'm sorry, Caramel, but...'' In less than a second she had already splashed the juice in Lucas' face. ''That 'ugly loser' you're talking about, is the love of my life''. Sapphire stared at him angrily. ''I'm gone'' she stated, then proceeded to leave the Molly Moo. Lucas, who tried to clean himself with a few napkins, stared after her angrily. ''You'll regret this...'' he murmured. Caramel, who was still standing beside the table, tried her best not to burst into laughter. It didn't really help much though. After all, he got what he deserved. Lucas now turned to look at Caramel, still angry. ''And you will too!'' he stood up from the table. Caramel waved at him while he was walking towards the exit. ''And don't come back here ever again!'' she yelled after him. She would finally be able to finish that cake now. She hoped Arsenio's payment would be worth her suffering for all of this.

Not much later Sapphire arrived at Rex and Floxy's house. Rex opened the door after she rang the bell. ''What are you doing here?'' he asked, but Sapphire had already walked past him. ''Where's Floxy?'' she asked when she didn't see him in the living room. Rex had crossed his arms and didn't say anything. After all, she hadn't answered him either. This made Sapphire walk up to him. ''WHERE. IS. FLOXY?'' she yelled loudly in his ear. ''Hey!'' Rex looked at her angrily. ''That wasn't neccesary!'' he snapped at her. Sapphire shrugged. ''I thought you'd became deaf and couldn't hear me anymore''. ''That doesn't make any s—'' Rex began, but changed his mind. He knew asking her these questions wouldn't help. ''Well? Where's Floxy?'' Sapphire repeated once again. ''Úpstairs'' Rex replied. ''Which you could've come up with yourself'' he added in an obtuse way. Sapphire chose to ignore the rest of his sentence and went upstairs.

Once upstairs, Sapphire knocked on the door of Floxy's room. ''Floxy! Open up!'' she yelled. No response. ''I'll kick in the door if you don't open it!'' she tried afterwards, even though she didn't sound so sure. ''You're not able to!'' she heard from across the door. Sapphire wanted to counter that, but she knew as well as he did that he was telling the truth. She sighed. ''Just... please open the door! We need to talk!'' It was silent for a moment, then the door opened. ''What's there to talk about?'' he asked. ''It was obvious you were enjoying the company of Lucas more than you do with me'' he added. ''What were you doing with that guy anyway? Do you like him or something?'' Sapphire was shocked. ''What?! Of course not! I just wanted to thank him...'' ''By taking him out to dinner!'' Floxy crossed his arms while finishing the sentence for her. ''That's not true! It's only the Molly Moo...'' ''Molly Moo or something else, I don't like it when you go out to dinner with other guys without me knowing'' Floxy remarked. He was still angry about it. ''I... I didn't mean it that way...!'' Sapphire gazed down at the ground. ''You're the only one for me and you always will be!'' ''Why don't you say that to Lucas'' Floxy replied, throwing the door shut. Sapphire wasn't sure what to say now, she felt defeated. ''And?'' Rex asked when she was finally coming downstairs again, even though the answer to that was written on her face. He didn't even let her speak. ''I knew it wouldn't help''. ''Mind your own business!'' Sapphire growled, leaving the house. The only choice she had now was going back to the Molly Moo. Maybe Caramel could help her, and if not, at least she had someone to talk to.