Chapter Forty Eight

Blueth Mendoza's POV

"Well, what do you think? Is it something worth taking pictures of?" Ms. Val asked as she showed me the cake she made for Rachelle.

"It. Is. So. Beautiful!" I said as I started taking pictures of the cake.

"Well, I'll take that as a yes."

The cake was a 3-tier cake, each tier a different flavor. The first tier is blueberry flavored, the second is chocolate, and the third tier is strawberry. Why so many flavors you asked? Well, it's because these three specific flavors are Rachelle's favorite flavors. Coincidentally, these are also my favorite flavors, well, actually the strawberry is my favorite, but still, I love blueberry and chocolate.

"It's perfect Ms. Val! Thank you! Rachelle will love this!" I said as I hugged Ms. Val. She smiled and patted me on the head.

"Don't mention it Blueth. Besides, a friend of my baby is my baby. Now, why don't you go get Rachelle, so we can start her birthday party. You didn't tell her, right? We have to keep it a secret until she comes here."

"Don't worry Ms. Val, I haven't told her about this. And besides, I was the one who planned a secret birthday party for Rachelle, why would I tell her about it?"

"I don't know, I just thought that maybe you already told her or something."

I looked at Ms. Val with one of my eyebrows raised. There she goes again with hinting at me that I'm not good at keeping secrets.

"Seriously Ms. Val?"

"What?"

"You're not moving on with me telling Rachelle about your powers?"

"I'm getting there." Ms. Val said as she let out a laugh. "Now go get Rachelle so we can start eating that cake. You should hurry up though, Cathy's been staring at the cake for a while now, she might pounce at it any minute."

Ms. Val and I looked at Cathy and she was right, Cathy was staring at the cake. The stare of wanting to jump towards the cake. I let out a giggle as I started walking outside. "I'll go get Rachelle! Don't let Cathy destroy the cake!"

"I won't!"

I started walking away from the house and started making my way towards the market. Since the market is the place where me and Rachelle keep bumping into, that's the first place I went. I walked all over the market, looking for Rachelle, but I couldn't find her anywhere. She must be working or something. Maybe I should wait here in case she walks by.

After Rachelle's done with her work, item finding, she sometimes goes through the market to buy things she needs for her home. Things like food and other necessities of some sort. I should wait for her to come by.

I sat down on a pile of bricks as I waited for her to come by. Minutes passed and I still haven't seen her.

"Boy, I hope she's not gotten into trouble or anything." I know Rachelle's been itemfinding for a long time now and that she knows what she's doing. But I still get scared for her. Okay, Blueth? Stop thinking about bad things, Rachelle's fine, she's a strong girl.

I let out a sigh as I kept looking around. While looking around, I saw Rachelle buying what looked like fruits. It's hard to tell because I was still far away from her so I can't really tell if they're fruits or if they're vegetables.

Okay, now that I found her, how should I approach her? And how can I make her go with me without her suspecting a thing? It's her birthday today so she might figure out why I want her to come with me. I need to think of a good excuse so she won't suspect a thing.

But before I figure out what I should tell her, I need to figure out first how I'm going to approach her. Should I act cool? Should I act casual? Or should I just act normal? I think if I act cool or something, she might figure it out. So, I guess I'm going with acting normal.

"Okay, now that I figured out how to approach her, what should I tell her?" I asked myself as I kept thinking of ways on how I can get Rachelle to come with me.

"Well, you could start by saying hi to her."

"No, saying hi is a bit too casual. She might find it a bit weird."

"What are you talking about? She won't find it weird, watch. I'll say hi and she won't find it weird. Hi Blueth."

I can't focus on how I can approach Rachelle because someone was talking to me. I looked over to see who it was and I saw that it was Rachelle. "Oh, hi Rachelle."

Wait a minute. "Rachelle! Haha! Hi! W-what are you doing here?" I asked as I kept it cool. Rachelle giggled as she looked at me.

"Well, I was doing some shopping and I notice a cute little girl standing over here acting all cool and stuff."

I let out a nervous laugh as I scratched the back of my head. "That cute little girl wouldn't happen to be me, is it?"

"Who else would I find cute when they act weird?" Rachelle giggled. I started blushing as I kept looking at Rachelle. She was wearing this pink off-shoulder floral dress with a matching flower hair clip on her hair. "You like my dress?" Rachelle asked as she started twirling around.

I giggled as I looked at her, smiling at me. "Yup, you're dress looks cute on you."

Rachelle smiled as she gently punched me on my shoulder. "So, what brings you here? Did Ms. Val sent you to do some shopping?"

"Shopping? Oh no, I'm not here to shop. Ms. Val sent me here to pick something up."

"Oh, is it something about, magic?" Rachelle said as she moved closer to me, whispering the magic part.

"No, it's not something about, magic." I giggled as I whispered the magic part to Rachelle. "It's actually about a special occasion."

"Oh? What special occasion? Is it related to a birthday? Like, someone specific?"

"Hm?" Oh, shoot, did I accidentally place myself in a corner? Think Blueth! Think of an excuse! "Uhm, yeah. Yes, it's Cathy's birthday next week and Ms. Val asked me to buy some stuff which we will need for her birthday."

"Oh, I see." Rachelle replied, a frown appeared on her face as she looked down. She must be thinking that I forgot about her birthday. Okay, good, she's not thinking we planned her a birthday party or something. That's good, well, good that she's not suspecting anything, but bad that she's sad. Don't worry Rachell, that frown will be gone when I bring you home! I just need to figure out how I can bring you home without you finding out about the surprise.

"Those are the cups that Ms. Val wanted me to get." I said as I grabbed the red paper cups. I don't know why Ms. Val said that there are no red paper cups, it's filled with red cups here.

"Is that everything Ms. Val wanted you to get?" Rachelle asked in a sad tone. She really thinks that I forgot about her birthday. I want to bring her home already so she can see the surprise that we have planned for her, I really want to take her home already, but Ms. Val told me to stall Rachelle a little bit more because the cake got ruined.

Ms. Val said that Cathy couldn't handle the waiting anymore so she jumped at the cake, ruining it. Ms. Val sent me a message telling me what happened to the cake, so, I had no choice but to buy things we don't really need. I have to keep Rachelle occupied while Ms. Val fixes the cake.

"Well, I still have a few things to buy. Why? Are you in a hurry?"

"Well, not really. It's just, I'm planning on cooking something for me today and I wondered if you wanted to come with me? Well, it's not like there's any occasion as to why I want you to come with me or anything, it's just that I bought so many ingredients and I figured that I might invite you, I mean if you want to come that is. I'm not forcing you to spend some time with me or anything, just, if you want to come." Rachelle said as she lets out a nervous laugh with every sentence she says.

Ack! It's breaking my heart seeing Rachelle being sad! Please don't think that I forgot your birthday, I really want to tell you that we planned a birthday party for you, but I don't want to ruin the surprise! I'm sorry!

"Well, do you want to come over?"

"I would love to! But, let me just tell Ms. Val, she might be waiting for me."

"Sure, let's go tell Ms. Val" Rachelle then started walking towards the house. I quickly grabbed her arm and she looked at me. "What's wrong?"

"Where are you going?"

"I thought you wanted to tell Ms. Val that you'll come over to my place?"

"I will."

"Then, let's go."

"We don't need to go there. I'll just send Ms. Val a message." I said as I took out my phone and showed it to Rachelle. "See? Be right back." I walked away from Rachelle not too far away, just far enough for me to call Ms. Val and not make Rachelle hear me.

I told Ms. Val that I found a way to buy her enough time for her to finish the cake. I told her that I'm going to Rachelle's house because she invited me. Ms. Val agreed and told me that she'll call me when the cake is all finished. I ended the call and walked up towards Rachelle.

"Well? What did Ms. Val say? Did Ms. Val say anything? You know, a greeting to someone?"

"Oh, Uhm, Ms. Val said hi. Let's go?"

The frown on Rachelle's face came back after hearing what I said. "Oh, well, shall we go then?" Rachelle said as she started leading the way towards her house. I'm really sorry for acting like this Rachelle! I promise that we haven't forgotten your birthday!

-End of Chapter-