That’s what she always wanted, that’s how she viewed love.
True love.
Friendship and support, on top of attraction.
And she was definitely attracted to Phineas.
The way his scales felt rough yet smooth under her touch. The kindness in his big yellow eyes. His strong arms wrapped around her, which made her body melt. She dreamt of what it would feel like to kiss him, to be with him. It made her body ache in a jittery, exciting way.
No one else had ever made her body thrum with heady anticipation the way he did.
She’d been asked out by other men and monsters before, but she turned them all down.
Her heart, her love, belonged to the sweet soul in the swamp.
After she left the hospital, she sat on a bench by the water fountain and quickly sent a text to Mercedes.
Pearl: I did it. It told Phineas to ask me out on a date. I told him I care for him.
Mer: You did? I’m proud of you. How did it go?
Pearl: He is going to ask me out.
Mer: Squee! Do you know when?
Pearl: No idea.
Mer: :(
Pearl: There’s no need for sad emoji face. It’s going to happen.
Mer: I hope so, because you two pining for each other has got to stop.
Pearl: It’s a bit much, isn’t it?
Mer: No, you’re both totes adorable. It’s just, you both need your happily ever after.
Pearl: I’m going out to dinner with him tonight.
Mer: I thought he hasn’t asked you out on a date?
Pearl: He hasn’t.
Mer: But dinner?
Pearl: It’s a long story. I’ll tell you about it later, but I wanted you what had happened.
Mer: Okay. I’m happy for you. Keep me posted. Now I have to stop Vlad the Inhaler Jr. from pestering Foam Fatale in the kitchen. Talk later. XO.
Pearl chuckled to herself over the antics of Room with a Tomb’s enchanted vacuum and dishwasher. She slipped her phone back into her pocket and then made her way home. Tonight might not be a date, but she still wanted to look her best.The next problem was how she was going to explain it to her mother.
Her mother would be thrilled that Pearl was pursuing Phineas, that wasn’t the problem, but she had to work out how to tell her she was going out to dinner with Phineas and it wasn’t a date, but as support because someone had waltzed into town claiming to be Phineas’ long-lost brother.
Mom would be completely overprotective of Phineas, but on the flip side, Pearl couldn’t lie to her either. Pearl didn’t lie, it physically made her unwell and that stemmed from her unicorn side.
Beings that were so pure of heart and drawn to those of the same nature.
Pearl opened the door to Monster Catch Bait and Tackle and found her mother in the shop puttering around, which meant Finn was out, and that was good. He didn’t need to hear this.
