From Jealousy to Friends

by RabbitGirl150

Cheeky the Kacheek basked in the warm glow of the sunlight on the beautiful day.

"Hey Cheeky!" Laura, Cheeky's owner said.

"Hi Laura!" Cheeky said exitedly.

She ran up to Laura. "Guess what I have for you, Cheeky?"

Before letting Cheeky guess, Laura brought out a slushie from behind her back. It was a large lime Slushie that had just been bought. Laura put in a straw and handed it to cheeky.

Cheeky smiled. "Thanks, I was gettin' kinda thirsty."

Cheeky took a big sip. "SSsssuuuup!......Burp!"

"Opps, excuse me," Cheeky said bashfully.

"I'm glad you remembered your Neomanners," Laura said giggling. "I have a surprise for you."

"Oh Goody!'' thought Cheeky thinking that Laura had bought her another toy. Maybe a train. Or perhaps a ball. Cheeky loved surprises.

"Ryan you can come out now," Laura said excitedly.

From behind a bush came a little green Shoyru. "Hello!'' it said cheerfully.

''Hi," Cheeky managed to say. In her mind she thought, "How could Laura do this to me?"

Laura smiled and said, "Cheeky, this is Ryan. Ryan, this is Cheeky. I adopted Ryan from the Neopound. I'll give you guys some time alone to get to know each other. I'll be in the Marketplace if any thing happens okay?"

"Okay!" said Ryan.

"Take me with you!" Cheeky thought.

By that time Laura was gone. Somewhere in Cheeky's mind she thought that Ryan would be trouble. He would steal Laura's heart. Then she would be left alone. She knew that they weren't nice thoughts, but she thought them through.

"It's okay," Cheeky said, trying to comfort herself, "Laura will always love me best."

Ryan stood near Cheeky. He didn't know how she would react. She just stared at him.

"Maybe she wants me to talk first," he decided to himself. He looked around and spotted a ball. "Ummm....You wanna play with this ball?" he said picking up the ball.

"That's MY BALL!!" Cheeky said grabbing the ball away from Ryan.

"Oh...sorry," Ryan said looking at the floor ashamed.

Cheeky smiled. "That will teach him not to mess with Laura and me," she thought wickedly.

She started playing with the ball. She smacked the ball a few times against the tree and caught it. She looked behind her to see Ryan smiling as much as when he was first introduced to her.

"This is not working. I have to make him feel bad. So Laura won't like him," she thought. "You know," Cheeky started, "Laura doesn't love you. Even if she does, she loves me better. Hunh.. She probably just got you out of the Neopound because she felt sorry for you. I just want you to know that I don't really like you!" she said even though she knew those words really hurt.

When Cheeky turned around she saw Ryan crying. "That's it!'' Ryan said, "You've been really mean to me but I was willing to be nice because Laura was nice and she wanted me to be her pet. But now I guess she doesn't. My last owner didn't want me, you hate me, and Laura probably will too!''

He ran away and hid some where. Cheeky bounced the ball a few more times and then stopped. A few tears rolled out of her eyes. She knew that Laura was a fair person and she would love all her pets the same. It was like some wicked person had taken over her heart when she said those bad things. She knew the thing to do was find Ryan and apologise. Cheeky looked around and saw a green tail stick out from behind a bush. It was Ryan's tail! She ran to Ryan. He was huddled near a bush crying.

''Look,''Cheeky said, "I don't care if you never speak to me again. I don't hate you, I just said that because I was jealous that Laura might like you better. I know Laura and she would never love another pet more then the other. I'm...I'm sorry. One of Cheeky's tears landed on Ryan's head. Ryan looked up.

"You mean it?"

"I mean it."

Cheeky took another look around and spotted the ball. She picked up the ball and said, "Wanna play?"