Have, Do, Will

Chapter 3 - Why Are You Here?

Once-ler's POV:

I think that day I gained more tomatoes than success, but there was still tomorrow and I had my hopes up.

"Man, I'm tired! Melvin," I addressed to my mule, "Let's go home".

Your POV:

"He should be back really soon! Are you guys done?" I asked the Bar-ba-loots who were helping me out with food decoration. They nodded.

"Why are you even doing this?" Lorax asked me.

"Why not? He's only trying to be successful, which is a pretty good goal" I said and put the last plate of food on the table outside. Lorax only sighed and rolled his eyes.

I ran home and quickly changed into a cute, white dress that I made a couple of days ago. I curled my hair and put a bit of makeup around my eyes.

Perfect I thought.

Suddenly, 3 fishes ran into my house and started pulling me outside.

"Is he here?" they nodded, "Let's go then".

I walked to the table that we arranged between our houses and looked around.

There he is.

Once-ler looked pretty sad. He was strumming something on his guitar and seemed to be thinking. As he approached closer and closer to the table, he looked up and his mouth dropped open.

"Wow" he said and I chuckled.

"SURPRISE!" All the creatures joined me. A warm smile appeared on his face and he looked. A Bar-ba-loot ran up to him and Once-ler patted his head.
"We thought you might have had a tough day, so we decided to do something nice for you" I clarified as he walked up to me.
"Everything is perfect!" He said. All of a sudden, he pulled me into a big, warm hug. I felt really happy.
He smells so nice! And he's really handsome! I thought.

Once-ler's POV:

No one has ever surprised me. EVER! When I saw all the hard work and thought that Y/N, the creatures, and even Lorax has put into it, my heart melted.
"These cookies are the best I've ever had!" I exclaimed, eating the 10th cookie from the table.
"Thanks Oncie! But I won't tell you how to make them" Y/N said with a smirk
"What? WHY?!" she laughed.
"Secret recipe... can't"

Your POV:

~ 2:30 hours later ~

"Y/N?"
"Hm?"
"Can I ask you something?" I nodded, "How did you end up here?"
Silence.
Should I really tell him? I guess I trust him.
"I'll tell you only if you answer my question".
"All ears"
"Will you be friend" I asked. He gave me a questioned look.
"Weren't we already?" that answer satisfied me and actually made me smile.

"I came from a small town on the other side of this valley," I began, "it wasn't a poor town and most of the citizens actually were quite rich, including my parents. I had a mother, a father, and 2 young sisters, that were about 5 years younger than me.
I went to school and was a pretty smart kid. I could've gone to a bigger city and have a successful career, however, I found a good job in town and decided to stay.
One night, when my parents were out of town, my sisters and I had an argument. One of them, Arianna, left the room and I ended up finishing it with just one of them, Alira. The whole fight was about me being the most loved one, the favorite child, which wasn't true.
When Arianna came back into the room she was holding my bag with some things inside. She threw it at me and they both kicked me out of the house. They were calling me ugly, stupid, and telling me that I'd always be alone and that no one will ever love me.
'At least we'll get more money for your "death"' one of the said.
I left. Found this place and decided to stay here"
Once-ler was quiet. He looked at me with those blue eyes full of pity.
"Wow..." He managed to say.
"Oncie," I started, "that's what money does to people. My sisters didn't actually believe that I was a favorite daughter, they knew I wasn't. They wanted me dead, because that'd get them money!" We  stared at each other for a long time.
"I can promise you one thing," he smiled, "I for sure will never do that".
We sat down for another half an hour, before I yawned.
"Oh damn you must be tired after making this all!" We got up and went to our houses, deciding that I'll clean everything up tomorrow.
"By the way, Y/N?" I looked at him, "Your sisters were wrong about everything that they said, you're pretty, smart, and I definatly won't let you be alone!" I smiled and hugged him tightly.
The fact that he was about a head taller than me, made it easier to hug him.
"Good luck tomorrow" I whispered.