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The pink rabbit follows along, eventually getting the hang of everything quickly. \nAfter handling about twenty-four customers together, Melissa allows her to handle the situation on her own. As she leans against the back of the display case and watches the little employee, her ears twitch to the sound of crunching coming from inside one of the displays. She opens the top up, and to her surprise, finds the demon sitting inside and munching on the treats. “Igor, what are you doing?!”\n“What?” he asks. “I got hungry.”\nMelissa quickly puts her paws on him, pulls him out, and sets him down. “That’s for paying customers, you know. Unless you’ve got money, stay out of the baked goods, got it?”\n“I can’t help it if I’m hungry, you know.”\nThe grey rabbit sighs. “Oh, it certainly was a bad idea to have you come along…”\n“And yet, you decided to bring me along. Good job, Melissa.” Just before Melissa can get angry with him, a voice calls for her. \nMelissa stuffs Igor under her apron and turns around with a smile. “Yes, Tara?” \nThe fennec fox stands beside the pink rabbit. “Uh, is everything all right?”\n“Yes, of course! Why wouldn’t they be?” \n“Anyway, there’s a customer waiting on an order by the front table. Could you deliver it to him? I need to talk to our new employee about paperwork.”\n“Will do.” Tara gives Melissa a small tray of coffee and directs her to the table. Melissa wanders out of the counter area and heads for the table.\nIgor has decided to make himself comfy inside the apron. “I thought you stuffing me in here was awful, but I actually kind of like it.”\n“Shut up,” she orders. “And don’t do anything stupid or else I’ll slap you so hard even the internet won’t find you.” She approaches the table where a jaguar with sunglasses, a leather jacket, blue jeans, and black boots is sitting. She places the coffee tray down on it. “Here you go, Sir. Enjoy!”\n“Thanks,” the jaguar replies with a baritone voice, revealing their gender as a male. “Appreciate it. Say, you look familiar… In fact, you remind me of someone I used to know.”\n“Oh really?” Melissa asks, pushing against her apron to suppress a rowdy Igor. “How so?”\n“Used to go to school with this rabbit girl. She tried to stick out and be popular, but never could pull it off because of what people thought. I always felt bad for her. I understand she wanted attention since her dad didn’t quite talk to her much.”\n“Was the girl’s name Melissa by any chance?”\n“Yeah… How did you- Wait a minute!” He stands up and raises his sunglasses over his head to see the rabbit better. “Melissa?! Is that you?”\n“Hi, Jammie...”\n“My God, I’m glad you’re alive! What have you been up to?”\n“A lot; my new friends and I moved here not too long ago, and we’ve been through so much since we got here.”\n“You’ve been here in the city for a while? If I had known that, I would’ve reached out to you…”\n“Really?”\nJammie nods. “Yeah, because I live here now. After graduation, I decided to go for a sports scholarship and get into college, but one of the managers of the Furton Fireflies noticed my record and gave me an offer to join the team. Of course, I couldn’t refuse. So, how have you been? I take it you’ve heard the news about Buscity, right?”\n“Of course! I learned about it from my father, who barely made it out of the city. I was relieved to see he was okay. He now lives in the city with me, Zach, and my other friends.”\n“Zach? As in, Zach the Fox?” She nods. “I’ve heard about him all over the news, too! The vigilante behind the Pawbucks attack and now newest member of the Furton Task Force. He’s your friend?”\n“Well, let’s say we’re more than friends.”\n“Lucky you. I’m happy you’ve finally got someone and friends.” A couple of employees call the rabbit over as a line of customers starts piling up. “Looks like you’re very busy.” Melissa looks at the line and sighs. “I understand. Here’s my card if you want to keep in touch.” The spotted cat hands Melissa his contact card. “Oh, there’s also a gift I want to give you.” Melissa shoots her eyes up at him with shock, preparing for what he has to say. “My team and I are going to have a big game coming up, and I was wondering if you’d come watch us play. You can bring your friends, and have them bring their friends, if you so desire.”\n“Will that be okay?”\n“Course! My coach and admins will understand when I tell them. I’ll even arrange for VIP seating for everyone. Invite whoever you’d like. I’ll see you there, hopefully.” \n“Yeah, sure. Thanks, Jammie. See you around.” The rabbit leaves the table and starts for the counter. \n“Old boyfriend of yours?” asks Igor, popping his head from the apron at her.\n“Jammie didn’t love me,” she claims. “We were just acquaintances.”\n“Yeah, sure you two were. That’s why he said for you to come see his team.”\n“He was just being nice.”\n\n*** \n\nAfter a long day’s work, Melissa returns home and greets her friends with Igor flying beside her. Everyone shouts their “hello” from the living room. She wanders to her friends and asks how their day was. All reply with “good.”\n“Hey,” Igor spurts. “Guess who Long Ears ran into!” The others look at him, clueless as to what he has to say. “An old beau of hers.” Everyone’s eyes open wider. \n“He’s not a boyfriend,” Melissa claims. “He was just someone I used to know. His name’s Jammie Jaguar.”\n“His name sounds familiar,” Amina comments. “Where have I seen it before?”\n“Jammie Jaguar is the top pitcher for the Furton Fireflies,” Echo answers. “They are a popular baseball team for the city.”\n“No way!” Firework gets up and stands on his tail with glee. “Melissa know Jaguar?!”\n“Yes,” continues Melissa. “He and I went to school together. Once we graduated, he left for Furton and was hired for the Furton Fireflies. He’s lived here before we did.”\n“What did he say to you?” asks Zach.\n“Oh, we were just catching up on things, and told him what happened. I couldn’t speak with him for too long, since I was busy. But, he gave me something that shocked me.” Everyone stays quiet, ready to hear what she has to say. “He invited us to come watch him and his team play.” Echo and Firework gasp, as well as Cotton.\n“Really?!” Amina utters. “He said that?!”\nThe grey rabbit nods. “He even said I could invite whoever I wanted.”\nZach narrows one eye. “Why would he do that?” \n“Guess because I know you. When I told Jammie about us, he was shocked.”\nFirework heads over to Melissa and grips on her apron. Echo being by his side. “Can Firework and Echo go to game?!” He flashes his beggar’s eyes at her; enlarged pupils with white dots in them. “Please…?”\n“Yeah,” Echo says, doing the same. “Can we?”\nMelissa stares down at them for a second before looking up at Zach and Amina, who nod in approval with smiles. Melissa looks back at the kids. “Oh, all right. Guess we’ll all go and watch him play.” The children jump and cheer with glee. Cotton squeaks with the same. \n“Perhaps you two can bring your new girlfriends with you,” Amina says. The robot and dragon halt in place, then look away, blushing. “I mean, friends…” The kids nod. “It would be an honor to see this kind of sport. Back in the tribe, we had a game where you’d kick a ball into goal posts.”\n“You mean soccer?” Zach guesses.\n“We called it something else… And the losers would be sacrificed to the gods.”\n“Oh geez… I don’t want to think about that…” \n“Anyway, I’m sure Nerelia wouldn’t mind coming.” Zach agrees as well.\n“All right,” Melissa starts. “I’ll just call Jammie and let him know we’ll be there.” The kids cheer again and run off to their rooms. Amina chases them down to try and calm them as Igor follows them by flying, leaving Melissa with her fox. 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I would’ve been shy, but if there’s anything being in Team Rescuers has taught me, it’s to feel empathetic and sympathy for those around you.” The rabbit wraps her arms around him quickly and pulls him in for a hug. Zach remains still for a moment before putting both arms around her, accepting her squeezing affection.\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"Morning has come yet again for the city of Furton. The sun’s rays stretch out all over the land and down into the settlement as the citizens are already up and moving about. Melissa does her best become prompt for work before the doors open and the crowd’s released into the café. Once she reports to the office, she greets the new employee, who happens to be a pink rabbit half her size and female in build. Melissa takes a deep breath in and out before beginning to discuss the day’s starting tasks. The grey rabbit leads the little bunny to the front counter and explains everything from preparing the hot coffee to the freshly-baked assortments that get put on display. When it comes time to open, Melissa ensures to show her how to do everything explained. The pink rabbit follows along, eventually getting the hang of everything quickly.
After handling about twenty-four customers together, Melissa allows her to handle the situation on her own. As she leans against the back of the display case and watches the little employee, her ears twitch to the sound of crunching coming from inside one of the displays. She opens the top up, and to her surprise, finds the demon sitting inside and munching on the treats. “Igor, what are you doing?!”
“What?” he asks. “I got hungry.”
Melissa quickly puts her paws on him, pulls him out, and sets him down. “That’s for paying customers, you know. Unless you’ve got money, stay out of the baked goods, got it?”
“I can’t help it if I’m hungry, you know.”
The grey rabbit sighs. “Oh, it certainly was a bad idea to have you come along…”
“And yet, you decided to bring me along. Good job, Melissa.” Just before Melissa can get angry with him, a voice calls for her.
Melissa stuffs Igor under her apron and turns around with a smile. “Yes, Tara?”
The fennec fox stands beside the pink rabbit. “Uh, is everything all right?”
“Yes, of course! Why wouldn’t they be?”
“Anyway, there’s a customer waiting on an order by the front table. Could you deliver it to him? I need to talk to our new employee about paperwork.”
“Will do.” Tara gives Melissa a small tray of coffee and directs her to the table. Melissa wanders out of the counter area and heads for the table.
Igor has decided to make himself comfy inside the apron. “I thought you stuffing me in here was awful, but I actually kind of like it.”
“Shut up,” she orders. “And don’t do anything stupid or else I’ll slap you so hard even the internet won’t find you.” She approaches the table where a jaguar with sunglasses, a leather jacket, blue jeans, and black boots is sitting. She places the coffee tray down on it. “Here you go, Sir. Enjoy!”
“Thanks,” the jaguar replies with a baritone voice, revealing their gender as a male. “Appreciate it. Say, you look familiar… In fact, you remind me of someone I used to know.”
“Oh really?” Melissa asks, pushing against her apron to suppress a rowdy Igor.  “How so?”
“Used to go to school with this rabbit girl. She tried to stick out and be popular, but never could pull it off because of what people thought. I always felt bad for her. I understand she wanted attention since her dad didn’t quite talk to her much.”
“Was the girl’s name Melissa by any chance?”
“Yeah… How did you- Wait a minute!” He stands up and raises his sunglasses over his head to see the rabbit better. “Melissa?! Is that you?”
“Hi, Jammie...”
“My God, I’m glad you’re alive! What have you been up to?”
“A lot; my new friends and I moved here not too long ago, and we’ve been through so much since we got here.”
“You’ve been here in the city for a while? If I had known that, I would’ve reached out to you…”
“Really?”
Jammie nods. “Yeah, because I live here now. After graduation, I decided to go for a sports scholarship and get into college, but one of the managers of the Furton Fireflies noticed my record and gave me an offer to join the team. Of course, I couldn’t refuse. So, how have you been? I take it you’ve heard the news about Buscity, right?”
“Of course! I learned about it from my father, who barely made it out of the city. I was relieved to see he was okay. He now lives in the city with me, Zach, and my other friends.”
“Zach? As in, Zach the Fox?” She nods. “I’ve heard about him all over the news, too! The vigilante behind the Pawbucks attack and now newest member of the Furton Task Force. He’s your friend?”
“Well, let’s say we’re more than friends.”
“Lucky you. I’m happy you’ve finally got someone and friends.” A couple of employees call the rabbit over as a line of customers starts piling up. “Looks like you’re very busy.” Melissa looks at the line and sighs. “I understand. Here’s my card if you want to keep in touch.” The spotted cat hands Melissa his contact card. “Oh, there’s also a gift I want to give you.” Melissa shoots her eyes up at him with shock, preparing for what he has to say. “My team and I are going to have a big game coming up, and I was wondering if you’d come watch us play. You can bring your friends, and have them bring their friends, if you so desire.”
“Will that be okay?”
“Course! My coach and admins will understand when I tell them. I’ll even arrange for VIP seating for everyone. Invite whoever you’d like. I’ll see you there, hopefully.”
“Yeah, sure. Thanks, Jammie. See you around.” The rabbit leaves the table and starts for the counter.
“Old boyfriend of yours?” asks Igor, popping his head from the apron at her.
“Jammie didn’t love me,” she claims. “We were just acquaintances.”
“Yeah, sure you two were. That’s why he said for you to come see his team.”
“He was just being nice.”

***

After a long day’s work, Melissa returns home and greets her friends with Igor flying beside her. Everyone shouts their “hello” from the living room. She wanders to her friends and asks how their day was. All reply with “good.”
“Hey,” Igor spurts. “Guess who Long Ears ran into!” The others look at him, clueless as to what he has to say. “An old beau of hers.” Everyone’s eyes open wider.
“He’s not a boyfriend,” Melissa claims. “He was just someone I used to know. His name’s Jammie Jaguar.”
“His name sounds familiar,” Amina comments. “Where have I seen it before?”
“Jammie Jaguar is the top pitcher for the Furton Fireflies,” Echo answers. “They are a popular baseball team for the city.”
“No way!” Firework gets up and stands on his tail with glee. “Melissa know Jaguar?!”
“Yes,” continues Melissa. “He and I went to school together. Once we graduated, he left for Furton and was hired for the Furton Fireflies. He’s lived here before we did.”
“What did he say to you?” asks Zach.
“Oh, we were just catching up on things, and told him what happened. I couldn’t speak with him for too long, since I was busy. But, he gave me something that shocked me.” Everyone stays quiet, ready to hear what she has to say. “He invited us to come watch him and his team play.” Echo and Firework gasp, as well as Cotton.
“Really?!” Amina utters. “He said that?!”
The grey rabbit nods. “He even said I could invite whoever I wanted.”
Zach narrows one eye. “Why would he do that?”
“Guess because I know you. When I told Jammie about us, he was shocked.”
Firework heads over to Melissa and grips on her apron. Echo being by his side. “Can Firework and Echo go to game?!” He flashes his beggar’s eyes at her; enlarged pupils with white dots in them. “Please…?”
“Yeah,” Echo says, doing the same. “Can we?”
Melissa stares down at them for a second before looking up at Zach and Amina, who nod in approval with smiles. Melissa looks back at the kids. “Oh, all right. Guess we’ll all go and watch him play.” The children jump and cheer with glee. Cotton squeaks with the same.
“Perhaps you two can bring your new girlfriends with you,” Amina says. The robot and dragon halt in place, then look away, blushing. “I mean, friends…” The kids nod. “It would be an honor to see this kind of sport. Back in the tribe, we had a game where you’d kick a ball into goal posts.”
“You mean soccer?” Zach guesses.
“We called it something else… And the losers would be sacrificed to the gods.”
“Oh geez… I don’t want to think about that…”
“Anyway, I’m sure Nerelia wouldn’t mind coming.” Zach agrees as well.
“All right,” Melissa starts. “I’ll just call Jammie and let him know we’ll be there.” The kids cheer again and run off to their rooms. Amina chases them down to try and calm them as Igor follows them by flying, leaving Melissa with her fox. She takes a seat on the couch and sighs.
Zach walks over to her. “You okay?” She nods. “What’s wrong?”
Melissa sighs. “Just exhausted, I guess… And I wasn’t expecting to run into Jammie again… Listen, Zach, if you’re thinking he was some sort of love or crush, he never was…”
“Whoa, easy. I never thought of it… Why did you assume that?”
“It was the way Igor presented it… But Jammie didn’t really talk to me a lot… We hardly interacted… Then again, he said he felt bad for me… Yet he didn’t do anything…” Zach sits next to her and puts a paw on the rabbit’s back for comfort. Melissa turns to Zach. “Zach, what would you have done if you saw me being harassed and going through a hard time? What would you have done?”
“If I was there?” the fox asks. “I probably would’ve gone up to you, asked if you were okay, and probably talk it out with you.”
“Really?”
“Of course. I would’ve been shy, but if there’s anything being in Team Rescuers has taught me, it’s to feel empathetic and sympathy for those around you.” The rabbit wraps her arms around him quickly and pulls him in for a hug. Zach remains still for a moment before putting both arms around her, accepting her squeezing affection.
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