❥The Successor of Pixieville.「PopPixie Future Story」

8- The Break-in.

It was later that night when Caramel knocked on the door of Martino's bedroom. The three of them (Caramel, Martino, and Cherie), had cleaned up the mess in Caramel's room, and afterwards everyone had returned to their own room. Cherie was staying over at Martino's room. Martino slowly, out of sleepiness, opened the door of his bedroom. ''Caramel!'' he sounded surprised as he saw his sister standing in front of him. ''What are you doing here? It's half past one and Cherie's sleeping already''. ''I'm worried sick about Sapph! What if something happens to her? She's still not back'' Caramel answered. Martino slowly closed the door behind him so Cherie wouldn't wake up because of the noise. ''She's probably fine'' Martino sighed, but went with Caramel to her room just to be sure. He walked up to her bedroom window, and gazed out of it. He then turned back to Caramel. ''Caramel, what are you talking about? She's walking across the street''. He pointed at a figure not far away. Caramel ran up to her window aswell now. ''Sapph!'' she yelled, after which she ran downstairs, afraid Sapphire would've left already once she was outside. Once outside, she immediately hugged her best friend tightly. ''Sapph! I was so worried about you!'' Sapphire wasn't sure what to say. ''Calm down! I'm fine'' she answered rather awkwardly, hoping Caramel would calm down a bit. Caramel let go of her. ''I just had to settle down for a bit after that fight, I'm fine now'' Sapphire shrugged, as if everything that had happened earlier had meant nothing. ''Are you sure?'' Caramel asked. Sapphire nodded. ''Yes, let's go inside''. The two of them went back to the Molly Moo. Martino was waiting outside. ''Told you you didn't have to worry'' he sighed. ''Also, since when do we have roses in our garden?'' He pointed at the flowers Rex had left behind earlier. The ladder was also left behind under Caramel's window. ''We never had those''. Caramel retrieved the flowers from the ground. ''How did these get here?'' She turned to Sapphire. ''Are those yours?'' Sapphire shook her head. ''What would I have to do with those? I don't even like flowers''. A grin started to form on Martino's face. ''Maybe they're from a secret admirer''. It was meant as a joke, but it did made Caramel think about it. Could these be from Rex? ''Maybe... Rex left them here for me?'' she suggested, even though it wouldn't be like him at all to do something like that. ''Well, he did return from something earlier when I saw him... they could've been his'' Sapphire said while thinking about it. ''How romantic!'' Caramel held the roses close to her while fantasizing about the idea. Sapphire and Martino just looked at eachother. ''What's romantic about that? He just threw them on the ground and left'' Martino whispered, upon which Sapphire agreed. ''Did you say something?'' Caramel turned around. She hadn't heard a thing. Both Martino and Sapphire shook their heads. ''I'll just go put these in a vase'' Caramel said, still happy about the flowers. ''...And then I can finally return to bed'' Martino sighed.

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The next morning started with a beeping noise. ''Caramel, turn off that annoying alarm clock of yours!'' Sapphire yelled sleepily through the noise of the alarm clock. ''I'm going already''. Caramel stood up from her bed to turn it off. Sapphire also slowly got up from her bed, wanting to know what time it was. ''What! It's only been half past 8!'' ''Yeah, we agreed to meet up with Rex and Floxy at half past 9, remember? To think of a rescue plan''. ''You're right...'' Sapphire sighed. Once both of them had dressed themselves they went downstairs. Martino and Cherie were already sitting in front of the table for breakfast. Sapphire and Caramel sat down aswell. Breakfast time. Caramel just stared down at her plate, not feeling hungry at all. ''I'm not hungry...'' After what happened last night, she felt so in love she didn't feel like eating at all. ''No problem at all! I'll take care of that all right!'' Sapphire grabbed hold of Caramel's plate and shove the food on her own plate so she had twice the amount of food. Cherie stared at her in disbelief. ''That's a bit much, isn't it? Are you sure you should be eating that much?'' she asked, trying to sound as nice as possible, yet it still sounded as an insult. Caramel and Martino looked at eachother. They were expecting an angry reaction from Sapphire every moment. To their surprise, she didn't get angry at all. ''No, I won't! 'Cause I'm special!'' She started to grin, and added: ''And you're not!'' Upon which she started to eat the food on her plate. Cherie just stared at her, not saying anything, looking indignant. Once Sapphire had finished her plate, she stood up from the table. ''Let's go'' she told Caramel, who nodded. The two made their way to Rex and Floxy's house.