- Fairest queen -( Sewer Queen X Reader Craig of the creek )

8

“Hello [Y/N]! We came to invite you… to the Esteemed Association of Gardeners throughout the creek. And… uh… We would be happy if you were to accept this invitation and become our third member.” Abigail did weak jazz hands as Nora crept forward into my bubble of personal space. 

I scratched the back of my neck as I stepped back a bit, I thought about their chaotic introduction, they just knew my name…? I didn’t tell them. I’m also not hush-hush about being a gardener so I understand how they’d know that but I should ask anyway.

“So… I have a few questions.” I glanced over at Nora who was distracted by a butterfly, trying to hold it.

“We accept any questions.”

“How’d you know my name? Pretty sure I don’t recall telling you.”

She laughed a bit, “Oh well, we asked Kit!” I hummed. “Hmm. What’s goin’ on with that Nora girl? She’s quite different from you.”

Abigail nodded and sat down with me on a log, joining in on watching her energetic friend go ham over a butterfly. “Nora is different from most kids. That’s not a bad thing! She’s just wired differently I suppose, sometimes she doesn’t feel right or express her feelings properly, or maybe she even over expresses them. There are times where she goes silent, maybe just struggling to speak, and may need some help with tasks that other people wouldn’t need help with. She’s a smart independent kid though, I don’t think of her any less.”

“What does all of that mean?”

“She’s Autistic. Nora is a sweetheart and does her best to understand no matter how hard it can be at times, I’m here to help her out if she needs or wants it. Don’t treat her any less than how  you’d treat other kids, okay?”

“I have no issue with it. It’s all good.” Abigail smiled and Nora came back over to us, tuckered out from all the bug chasing. I thought long and hard about the Association of Gardeners. I didn’t know this group existed. Though I guess there are a lot of groups out there I have no idea of. I have yet to decide what kids I’ve joined, I still like adventuring so maybe there’s room for both?

“Could I get some time to think about it?” 

“Of course. Do you wanna see the greenhouse?” After giving an eager nod, I got off the log and stretched while Abigail made her way to Nora. “Hey Nora, we’re going now.” 

“Ok! Can I hold your hand?”

“Definitely.” They held hands and led me to their greenhouse. When we got there, they opened the door and let me in. The door was quickly shut behind me making me jump since I had no idea why. As I noticed the direction of their gaze, I looked up and finally understood. “Nora! Your caterpillars are finally butterflies.” Said girl started playing with the flying bugs, unnoticing the conversation behind her. “Well, let’s go check out some other areas here.”

We started walking through different ways, pointing at each area which was habitat based. “Here are the ones that need extra sun.” I looked around, all plants in good condition, but I didn’t find any cacti. Though not everyone had a preference for them, there was none, not even a spine laying around. “Where are your cacti?” 

Abigail scratched her face for a second and was about to speak, but Nora answered for her, “we don’t have any! They’re hard to take care of.” I did see their point, though once you got a good grasp on understanding the plant, it was rather simple. Not much different from any other plant. “You just need to give them enough sun, like these ones,” I waved my hand at the plants who were embracing the sun full force, “and not too much water. They have a skip day every week when it comes to that.”

The fiery redhead bound over to us, looking at the blondie with bright eyes, “since they know and now we know, can we get a cacti now, pretty please!” Abigail bent down to Nora’s level and smiled, “Yeah! We can get one.” 

“Lets get them from the duck mart!!” She was about to race out before stopping once she realized no one was following, she turned back with a confused stare, “well?”

“We have to see if [Y/N] wants to be a member first, ok?” Nora nodded and looked at me expectantly. Abigail grinned with hope as she looked at me as well. “I’d love to be a part of the Gardeners Association! It sounds fun and I’d love to make new friends.”

A lightbulb turned on in my head, I tapped my fingers together before clasping them behind my back.

“By the way, would one of you like to go to the carnival with me and my friends?”

Credits to WorldinHand for proof reading