//------------------------------// // Kim's Arrival // Story: My Little Johnny: Fluttershy and Edward Scissorhands // by VioletRose13 //------------------------------// The barbecue had begun and pretty much everyone in the neighborhood had come. They were all impressed by Edward's topiary work and the neighborhood housewives took a sudden interest in the strange young man. Fluttershy was standing with Edward the entire time, which made the housewives even more curious and even a little suspicious. “Who do you think that little beauty is?” “The girl with the big eyes and pink hair?” “Yeah, her.” “Where did she even come from?” “I’ve certainly never seen her around here before.” “Who has? She’s new.” “And why is she always clinging onto him?” “I wonder what she’s hiding.” “Something dark, I bet.” Fluttershy glanced over at the housewives huddled together and curiously blinked a couple times, wondering what they were talking about. She shrugged it off, assuming it was nothing to worry about… hopefully. As she was helping Edward with cooking at the grill, an elderly man came up to them. “I have my own infirmity.” He said. “Never did me a bit of harm. Took some shrapnel during the war and ever since then, I can’t feel a thing. Not a darn thing. Now listen up, don’t let anybody tell you that you have a handicap.” “Who’s handicapped?” A woman with red hair said, shoving the man away. “My goodness. Don’t be ridiculous, you’re not handicapped. You’re um, what do they call that? Exceptional.” “…I would’ve said unique.” Fluttershy shyly commented, but the woman didn’t listen. “My name’s Joyce and I’ve noticed that you’ve not tasted the ambrosia salad that I’ve made especially for you. Allow me.” Joyce then offered Edward a rather large spoonful of the ambrosia salad; he opened his mouth as wide as he could and she fed it to him. He smiled with his mouth full of food, trying his best to spare her feelings. Soon enough, even more women came over and offered spoonfuls of food to Edward. Fluttershy quickly backed up in confusion and fright, unsure of what was going on right now. Thankfully, Bill came over and announced that it was time for dinner. “Okay, everybody! Grab your plates, soup’s on!” “I thought it was shish kabobs.” Edward said with his mouth full. “What?” “I thought it was shish kabobs.” “Yeah, it is shish kabobs. It was a figure of speech, Ed. You gotta learn not to take things so literally.” That night, after everything was done and over with, Fluttershy was lying in her bed, thinking about everything that happened these past couple of days. It was nice; Edward was very sweet, but also very timid… just like her. Then after about five or ten minutes, Fluttershy heard shrill screaming coming from upstairs, which made her jump out of her skin. Then the lights of the basement came on and Fluttershy saw Edward and Bill coming down the stairs. “Hi, Fluttershy.” Bill said casually. “Hope you won’t mind, but Ed here is gonna be staying with you from now on.” “Oh, don’t worry, Mr. Boggs. I don’t mind.” Fluttershy said. “But what’s wrong?” “Kim’s back early. And Edward kinda scared her.” “So that’s what that scream was?” “Yep. Just imagine her reaction when she runs into you.” “Oh dear.” She shivered at the thought of Kim screaming at her like that; she looked over at Edward and saw that he was practically shaking. She went over to him. “Oh, Edward, are you okay?” “I’m sure he’s fine. Just a little shaken up.” Bill said as he led Edward over to another corner of the room; it looked like a small bar of some sort. “Here, this should straighten you right up.” “What is it?” Edward asked as he watched Bill fill two glasses with a strange liquid. Fluttershy froze; she recognized the liquid as alcohol. “Lemonade.” Bill lied. “Um, Mr. Boggs? Are you sure it’s a good idea to give Edward a drink like that?” Fluttershy asked. “Don’t worry about it, Flutters. It’s fine.” Fluttershy didn’t believe him and took the glass away from Edward before he could even of anything with it. “I’m sorry Edward, but you are NOT drinking this.” She said, dumping the glass onto the floor. “Hey, what are you doing?” “I’m very sorry about the stain, Mr. Boggs, but I just don’t think it’s a good idea for Edward to be drinking this, especially this late at night. It’s not even lemonade, for goodness sake.” “What do you know?” “I know how to keep Edward safe. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go upstairs and fix him a glass of milk. Don’t do anything while I’m gone.” Fluttershy then jogged up the stairs to the kitchen, leaving Edward and Bill alone. “I think I should listen to her.” Edward said. “No you shouldn’t, Edward. She’s just a kid, she doesn’t know any better.” Bill said. “She seems to know a lot.” “Like what?” Before Edward could say anything else, Bill filled another glass with the same drink, added a straw, and placed it in front of Edward. He then took a rather long sip, which caused him to almost look sick. “Good, isn’t it?” Bill said just as Fluttershy came back down with a glass of milk in her hands. “Here we go.” She said before she saw Edward; he looked at her and stuttered. She then looked over at Bill and gave him a disapproving glare. “What did you do?” Bill didn’t have time to respond however; Peg came down the stairs with Kim following close behind. “Hi, Bill.” Peg said as she and Kim approached. “It’s time for you to be properly introduced. Edward, this is our daughter Kim. Kim, this is Edward. He’s gonna live with us.” Kim then noticed Fluttershy standing beside Edward and asked, “And who’s this?” “Oh, my name is Fluttershy. I’m going to be staying here for a while too, if you don’t mind.” Fluttershy replied, offering her hand to the teen. “Uh… hi.” Kim awkward shook Fluttershy’s hand just before Edward fell forward off of the chair and collapsed onto the floor, right at Kim’s feet. Fluttershy glared at Bill again before disapprovingly shaking her head at him. “I told you that drink wasn’t good for him.” She simply said.