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A/N: "Finally another short! What took you so long!?" Technically it wasn't that long ago when I posted my last short but yeah... I want to take a break from request shorts to just relax, enjoy the rest of my summer and make some original work and that's what I'm doing right now. I don't know when I'll get back into request shorts yet but I'll tell you when. Right now I enjoy the freedom to write whatever I want. Anyways ever since I got Finding Nemo's two-disc collectors edition on DVD, I've been binge watching the bonus features, the documentaries and the best part, the visual commentary on disc one and I then got the idea to make a short featuring my OC Bluebell and Gill. No idea why honestly so here we are today XD Fun Fact, Originally in the film, Gill would lie to Nemo by giving him false history about his life before he was put into the tank but it would turn out what he said was just stuff in a children's book in a dentist's office. (Credit to the visual commentary for that fact) There's a deleted scene that involves this, it might be on YouTube somewhere, look it up. Okay I've talked for too long, here we go!
When it came to Peach and Gill, they were like mentors to Bluebell and Nemo. A couple of times every week, Nemo and Bluebell got to hangout with the lab gang after school for a couple hours. This week though, Peach had to leave for a few days to fly back home to visit her family so she wasn't there that day. Bluebell was of course upset and went outside to the backyard to calm down. She had been crying for a half an hour now. The gang, Nemo included have been staring at her worried. "The poor thing, no one can understand her better than Peach." Said Deb sadly. "I know, what can we do to help?" Nemo asked. "I'll try to talk to her, I'll be right back." Gill said before heading outside. "What do you want?" Bluebell asked, taking off her headphones annoyed. "Bluebell?" She turned around to see Gill and her expression softened a bit. "Oh, hey Gill." "Can I come sit with ya?" He gently asked.
She nodded and scooted over to one side so Gill could take a seat next to her. Bluebell was fiddling with her favorite fish plushie she named Bella. She would always have it with her no matter where she'd go, and if she was ever upset, she had Bella to calm her down. Gill looked over at her feeling guilty. 'If only Peach were here, she'd know what to do in this situation.' He thought. 'Come on, Gill. Just think of something Peach would ask her if she was upset.' After a moment of awkward silence, Gill spoke up. "Are you upset about something?" Bluebell said nothing for a second until answering. "Yes." "You wanna talk about it?" She shook her head. "I wanna talk to Peach about this." "Well, she's away right now so she can't talk with you about it right now." Gill explains. "But if you want you can talk to me about it." "No thanks, I'm fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes." She answered, starting to get a little agitated. "Because you know I-"
"I said I'm fine!" She finally snapped and moved to the other side of the yard and sat underneath a tree. She hugged her legs and cried into her knees. Gill sighed and headed back inside. The others saw the whole thing. "Nice going, Gill." Bloat commented. "You made the poor kid more upset." said Deb. "You were practically forcing her to spit it out." Gurgle said. "Look I was only trying to do what Peach would've done. I-" Suddenly the back door opened and it was Bluebell covered in tears. "Bluebell, sweetheart, are you okay?" Deb asked. "I want to talk to Gill." She said, not looking up at anyone. Gill approached her and followed her outside. She then immediately hugged Gill, new tears forming. "I'm so sorry Gill! I shouldn't have been so mean to you!" "Hey, it's okay. I know you tend to get upset or frustrated sometimes and I understand." He assured her. A moment of silence flew by. "I'm upset because of something that happened at school today." Bluebell finally spoke. "What happened?" Gill asked. "Well, it was like this..."
Earlier that day during one of Mr. Ray's field trips...
Today was another weekly field trip day, and the class was heading to the museum. During the bus ride, as usual, the girls had to sit on one side and the boys on the other. Bluebell was okay with this because she had Pearl to sit with even though most of her friends including her adopted brother were boys. But when they were placed in their seats there were no more areas for the two to sit together. Bluebell held in her tears and obliged to sitting next to two other girls. She tried to calm down by putting on her headphones and playing with Bella. Around five minutes into the drive to the museum one of the girls sitting next to her tapped Bluebell's shoulder to get her attention. Bluebell looked over at the girls and took off her headphones. "Excuse me, but what's with the bulky headphones?" The girl asked. "Oh, I just wear them to block out all the racket." Bluebell answered. The reason she would wear headphones was to block out loud noises.
The noise would be too much for her and it would hurt to hear it so she'd always just listen to her music. "What racket?" The other girl asked. "Oh you know, all the chatter that's going on." The two girls looked at each other sharing a confused look. "Okay? That's a little weird." The first girl commented. "And why do you have a doll with you?" The second girl asked pointing at Bella. "Oh, this is Bella. She's a blue betta fish. She's one of my bestest friends and I like to bring her along with me all the time." Bluebell explained. The two girls then started to burst out in laughter. "Your best friend is a fish doll? How pathetic." One of the girls said between laughs. Bluebell started to get upset, but tried not to cry in front of the girls. "S-She's not my only best friend, I have loads of friends here!" "Really? Are they also inanimate objects?" The second girl asked before they both started to laugh again. The first girl then swiped Bella out of Bluebell's hand and started playing catch with the second girl with the fish.
"Hey! Give it back!" Bluebell shouted, trying to retrieve Bella. "No way, loser!" The first girl said. "Weirdo!" The second girl shouted. "Weirdo weirdo weirdo weirdo weirdo!" The two started to chant, laughing some more. By this point, Bluebell was furious. Tears were forming in her eyes and her face was turning red. She tried to hold in all of her anger until she couldn't take it anymore. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" She screamed in rage, causing everyone on the bus to look at her. "GIVE BELLA BACK NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, stomping on the floor. "Okay, jeez! No wonder you don't have friends." The first girl threw Bella back to her. "Maybe she does have friends, but their just too scared of her or weirded out by her." The second girl suggested. "Oh, makes much more sense." The two girls chuckled.
Bluebell stopped being angry, looked around the bus and saw everyone staring at her, even her crush, Squirt was staring at her. Bluebell quickly turned back around and looked down at the floor crying. She placed her headphones back on and tried to forget about everything the rest of the ride. Bluebell couldn't have been anymore embarrassed that day. It was probably one of her worst outbursts ever. During the entire field trip, she didn't say a word and couldn't even look her friends in the face, especially Squirt. He must hate her now after seeing how she had acted.
Present...
"Bluebell, that's terrible." said Gill. "I know. What if they're telling the truth?" Bluebell sniffled. "Hey," Gill placed a hand on her back. "That's not true at all. You have a lot of family and friends that care about you a lot, myself included. And you're not weird. No one's perfect, you have your autism, I have my scar, etc. We understand that you may tend to get upset over small things or not act like other kids but that doesn't make you weird for it. You know, we both actually do share something in common." Bluebell wiped a couple of tears away before responding. "Really? What?" She asked. "You and I both have something about us that make us look intimidating at first glance, but once people get to know us, they're able to see the best in us." Bluebell smiled, nodding. "The point is, you're you and you shouldn't let people tell you that you're weird for being yourself. Just ignore those jerks and stay the Bluebell we all love to hangout with."
"But what if my crush doesn't like me for who I am? What if he thinks I'm weird." Gill sighed. "It isn't usually easy, trust me it wasn't with Peach. He's your friend, I can tell he wouldn't think you're weird. If he doesn't like you then you should respect that and move on and stay friends if he wants to stay friends." Bluebell nodded. "But, when it comes to Squirt, I kinda doubt it, he seems to like you a lot." Gill teased making Bluebell shove him playfully. The two laughed it off and stayed silent for another moment. "Uh, Gill?" Bluebell asked. "Hmm?" He hummed. "Could you maybe do me a favor tomorrow?" "Sure, what is it?" Gill asked. Bluebell whispered into his ear the favor. Gill grinned a bit and nodded. "Good plan, Blue. Now, how about we head back inside, your parents are coming soon." Bluebell nodded before the two headed back inside the house.
The gang looked at Gill with a "Well?" look. Gill grinned, nodding meaning he was successful at cheering Bluebell up. The others sighed in relief. "Wait 'till Peach hears about this." said Deb. "Right, Flo?" She pulled out her mirror and turned to her reflection which gave her no response. The others just laughed and continued to enjoy their evening.
The next day after school...
"Alright, have a nice day." Hank said as the children left the classroom. The two girls from yesterday confronted Bluebell. "Hey loser." The first girl said. "You gonna go on another yelling fit again?" The second girl mockingly asked before the two girls laughed. Bluebell tried not to cry as they left, saying hateful words about her behind her back. But once they were about to leave the classroom, someone blocked their way. The girls looked up at who was blocking the door. It was Gill with his hair untied covering his scared eye, and giving the girls a death glare. "Um excuse us. Can you like move out of the way?" The second girl asked. "Heard about what you did to Bluebell yesterday. I just wanted to give you a warning." He said before moving the hair covering his scared eye behind his ear revealing his scar, making the girls a bit nervous. "I know your teacher well, hell she's my girlfriend. So if you ever try to give Bluebell anymore trouble, I'll make sure to have your teacher contact the principal and have her call both of your parents. Understand?"
He gave the girls one last glare before the girls quickly nodded in fear. Gill nodded and moved away from the door, in a flash the girls left. Bluebell smiled, feeling relieved now that she had Gill to protect her. "That was awesome, Gill!" Said Nemo. "Yeah, thanks Gill." Bluebell thanked him. The three high fived before they left the school with Hank. "Hey, Gill." Said Hank. "That was pretty kind of you to do that for the kid." Gill grinned and nodded. "Well I just did what I had to." He said as the four walked home.
A/N: OMG I DID NOT THINK THIS WOULD BE SO LONG! See what happens when I'm allowed the freedom to write my own work. Anyways hope you guys enjoyed this short. Thank you guys so much for over 200 views! That really means the world to me that there are people reading this that many times XD Anyways hope to see you all in the next short.
~ Rxin3 💜☔️