Her heart pounded and blood pulsed through her body. It was times like these that made P!nk forget about everything she stressed over in the past. She skidded down the long, narrow hallway and threw herself onto her bed, laughing heartily. Wink soon joined her, though she did not understand. She didn’t even seem to notice the strange looks people gave her as they strode past her door, noticing the crazed smile on her face.

Meanwhile, an exhausted Bloo slowly squished into the bathroom, his vision so blurred he couldn’t even see the bags under his eyes as he looked into the mirror. As things became clearer all he saw was his empty, longing eyes. What the hell happened to me, he thought. Look what I’ve become, just because of a girl! Hopeless, he opened the cabinet…and was pelted by eggs. Bewildered, he shook off the yolks and shells and was slightly angry for a second. But this gave him a sense of pleasure…a huge smile spread across the face that, at that very second, seemed to change in the mirror from a pale, sickly blue to vivid cerulean.

BAM!!!

It was early in the evening. Two speeding blobs rubbed their heads with their hands and got up from the floor. Bloo’s eyes lit up to see the prankster, and P!nk smiled.

“Where you the one that-“

“Yup.”

“But since when-“

“Come here, Bloo,” P!nk’s smile dropped and she led Bloo up the stairs, to the roof of the house. The sky had never looked so beautiful. The sunset was stunning, with blending shades of tangerine, ruby, lavender…

“We both know why I brought you here,” P!nk sighed. Bloo honestly did not know. She built up a bit of needed courage before saying, “Bloo, I am so sorry. You know that. But…well…so, I want to tell you that Wilt explained to me what happened. You know, to you and Mac. Before I knew that I honestly thought there was no more to you than being a rude jerk…” Bloo gave her a bit of a dirty look, then let her move on. “…but I see now that if you can overcome such a terrible thing, so can I. I know I will never be you, such a funny, energetic, goofball with such a great personality and the ability to move on…but I wish I was.”

A tear, followed by many more, escaped the pink blob’s eye. Bloo was shocked…P!nk admired him? As far as Bloo was concerned, she despised him. But he had always respected that somehow because Bloo loved her to death, and there was no way to reverse that.

“So here’s what I’ve been wanting to say all along,” she said between sobs. “It’s all I’ve been thinking about for days. Blooregard Q. Kazoo…I…really like you!”

Nothing could hold back the warm embrace P!nk had been holding back all along. Both their cares were now free. Free as the birds, free as the stars, free as the wind. The world lifted off their shoulders, and everything seemed possible. In fact, that night the stars seemed to shine brighter than ever.

=)