Fifty Shades Of Construction (FSOC)

Chapter 3 | Young Witnesses

It was two days later and everyone has been on high alert for the killer ever since Mr. Bentley got shot. Bob and the team were thinking of strategies to make the townspeople safe, along with Sunflower Valley. Roley and Dizzy didn't want to think of such horrible things, so they distracted each other with music and dancing and such. [No wonder they're such a strong couple, they love those two things dearly.] Scoop was helping out Bob by pointing out some things to him and Muck was watching Roley play the guitar as Dizzy sang in sync of the song. The house's door opened and out came Wendy with some papers in hand. She told Bob he had a small job to take care of.

"Mr. Beasley called and said that his shed got knocked down somehow by the wind we had yesterday," Wendy said, "Anyways, he needs you to fix it."

Bob smiled and stretched, "Welp, there's no job that I can't fix. I'll be there in a few minutes." He got up, and went into the garage to put on his hardhat. "Now.. Where's Lofty? I need him for the roof." Scoop and Roley looked around until they both figured out that he was still in the boys' trailer. They quickly did a silent match of Rock, Paper Scissors, Roley looked a little disappointed that he lost but went along with it anyways. He opened the door and found Lofty hidden under many blankets, with the only movement shown was breathing. Roley went up to him slowly and tried waking him up. Lofty sat up and turned towards Roley who was encouraging him to get out of bed.

"Why do you want me awake..?" The exhausted blue haired boy said as he rubbed his eyes.

"Bob needs you for a job." Roley quickly replied as he got up from Lofty's bed and towards the door. Lofty sighed and went to the bathroom to get dressed and to do his morning routine. Roley closed the trailer's door and told Bob he'll be a minute.

After Lofty got ready, he went out of the trailer, skipped breakfast and got into his royal blue mobile crane and waited for Bob.

"Oh. Guess we're going earlier than expected." Bob muttered as he followed Lofty into the crane. On the way to Mr. Beasley's house (in Bobsville), Bob found Lofty with an expression almost as if he were embarrassed. Bob decided to ask him,

"Lofty.. are you alright?" The builder questioned. Lofty forcefully kept his eyes on the road and "ignored" Bob. "Lofty." He started again, trying to get his attention, "Are you okay?" He said but more stern.

"I'm...." Lofty finally spoke, "...Fine.." Bob wasn't satisfied with this answer though, since he could tell if he truly was okay or not. He tried asking what was wrong a third time and to Bob's luck, Lofty finally cracked.

"It's just..." Lofty spoke hesitantly, "I'm just questioning myself a little right now. Nothing important to you, unless you're my Dad.." He tried chipping a sarcastic joke in that sentence. Bob told Lofty that he's always open to talk to and just let things out on, but Lofty always declined a vent; which Bob understood.

A few minutes later, they arrived at Mr. Beasley's house, as Bob got out of Lofty's crane, the geeky looking man adjusted his glasses as he walked up to the blue crane.

"Oh, Bob! Just in time!" He exclaimed eagerly, "You see, uh, the whole shed was just.. blown down or something!"

"Hmm.." Bob said as he examined the collapsed shed, "It doesn't make sense though, the wind yesterday wasn't THAT strong." He picked up a piece of the wood from the shed and looked at it carefully, "Maybe the wood was rotten?"

"I don't think so, it wasn't green or anything." Mr. Beasley replied, worried.

"Don't worry Mr. Beasley, Lofty and I can fix it in no time!" The cheerful builder spoke, turning his head to the driver's seat of the mobile crane, "Right Lofty?" Although, Lofty looked quite depressed sitting alone in there while hugging his knees. Bob turned back to Mr. Beasley with a smile as he went into his house, leaving Bob and Lofty work on the shed.