And so it goes on and on - a Dolly story

"One of us is lonely"

 Song: One of us by ABBA. I guess it could be called a song from the musical Mamma Mia as well.(Stage version, this song vasn't included in the movie)

Dolly: Here I am, once more, to tell you some fairytales!
Kiki: More like a never ending soap opera. I've got a feeling this is going to be really loooooooooong.
Dolly: Maybe. Where was I?
Kiki: Sitting in that cozy corner, overthinking the whole.
Dolly: Oh yes. So I was confused and sat and thought some more.

But I could not sit there forever. I had to make up my mind. I decided to drop the matter for now and get back to it a few days later. A long walk in the house will help thinking over the situation once more. It was quite long, it took three whole days.

When I got back into our room, and closed the door behind me. The easiest way to do it is to push it with my back. Deep breath. Okay, Dolly, you can do this. You just go there and say you are sorry and didn't mean to be rude, just felt shy and unconfortable. Easy, I said to myself, starting to walk towards the desk that stands under the dollshelf. Then I looked up and I saw someting that surprised me a lot.

Vester was talking to somebody.

And not just anybody, he was talking to the holiday Frozen sisters. Why shouldn't he? It is really stupid, of course, but I couldn't help it and felt dizzy and upset.

So I sat down where I was to collect and compose myself. (Luckily, they couldn't see me when I sat down and  I could no longer see them, either) My head was going round and it took much longer than I thought to recover. What 's going on?

Maybe I have dollfluenza? (For my non-plastic readers: dollfluenza is a common illnes among dolls, but a few days rest and some tea cures it. But if neglected it can have serious consequences) I have to talk to Meritre, she'll set up a sickroom for me if needed. But after sitting for a while and relaxing I felt better and decided to go on and go back on the shelf and get that apology behind me. The more I waited, the worse it will be. As soon as I was up on my feet again Hannah and Valancy appeared out of nowhere. I was so absorbed in my own thoughts that I did not notice them coming. Or was it because I stil felt kind of dizzy? They looked rueful and poured out their hearts at once.

'Dolly, we are so sorry, we didn't mean to upset you.' Hannah said.
'The two of us came in the name of us all to offer an apology.' Valancy added.
I was confused.
'Y-you? But... it is I who should apologize. I lost my temper and I'm really sorry for that.'
'But we should have listened to what you were saying.'

'That's okay, you need not worry about that. I must beg your pardon for beeing so insufferable.'
That went on a while, since both parties thought they are the ones who should apologize.

'Are you all right?' Hannah suddenly asked 'You look quite pale.'
'Oh, I'm always this pale.' I assured her. My sister and I are the palest in the group so no wonder they think we are sick. But I could finally convince them that  everything was all right and I promised to come up and speak to the others myself in the evening. They wandered off and I went to look for my sister. I didn't tell her that I'll be away for three whole days so she certeinly would like know where I have been. It was so much harder to look for her than usually. My head felt so heavy I could hardly walk.

I thought I saw the shimmering edge of a cape.
'Kiki! Wait!' I called.
'I'm not your sister' a voice replied.
'Of course you are! Why are you so mean to me, sis?'
The next thing I remember is waking up in a bed, Kikis face above me. I couldn't see very clear first.

'You all right?'
'Of course. Why did you say you were not my sister?' I asked, while moving myself to a siting position and then trying to get up. That bugged me very much.
'No, no, don't even think about that.' Kiki said 'You have the dollfluenza so no getting up for a few days.' She gently pushed me back and that wasn't even a hard job since I still felt quite faint and obeyed gladly.
'And that cape wasn't me but our new friend from the Holiday set.' she continued 'So naturally her first reaction was that you are not her sister. But she called me and reported to Meritre that you were not feeling well.'

'And I was rude to her' I sighed.
'No need to worry, you were sick.'
'Thank you for setting up that bed for me.'
'Oh, that wasn't me alone, it was mainly Meritre of course but the others helped a lot as well. Elena Valancy hunted down a comfy cushion for you.'

I sighed.
'I assume you did not speak to him yet.'
I just nodded.
'Don't worry, Dolly, there is plenty of time to do that. Now try and get some sleep, I'll see if Meritre has some tea for you.'

Meritre presently broght me something to drink. I think I heard her complaining about dolls wandering off for three whole days and then beeing surprised that they became ill under her breath.
So that's how it ended... at least the offending friends problem was taken care of. Sort of... But this didn't turn out like I hoped. I'm still confused and have an unconfortable feeling about the whole affair and I can't do anything about it for now because of my illness. That's even worse than listening to the others making wedding plans for me. (Believe it or not, they actually did it.)

PS. by Kiki: And you thought she was lovesick? Nah. She says she's convinced he's a villain and yet, she is the one who spent some time with him. But who knows? He asks quite often how my sister is doing  so... ;) I'm convinced if it wouldn't be winter he would bring her flowers from the garden. He has it quite bad. Now I have to go and bring Dolly some tea. Bye!