Regular Crack Chapter 7

~7th crack pairing: Margaret and Eileen~
Margaret sat at the bar 2 hours after work ended, laying her head down on the hard bar table. Her face was still wet from crying.
He seemed so great. Why'd he have to do that to me?
She picked her head up when she heard the door to the restaurant creak open. She heard a low sob and a sniffle. She looked to see who it is.
Eileen!
Margaret ran to her, hugging her.
"Oh my God, Eileen, what's wrong?"
She could barely talk through all her sobbing. Margaret knew Eileen only cried for a few reasons.
Poor girl..I hope it wasn't what I think it is....
"C'mon, Eileen, it's too loud to talk here." She wrapped her arm around Eileen and they walked out of the bar.
It was a bit chilly that night, so Margaret kept Eileen warm with her beautiful, red feathery wing. The sweet little mole didn't even have a chance to shiver. She just cuddled into the wing like it was her own bed.
When they got to Margaret's apartment, they went in and Eileen hung her head as she went to sit on the couch while Margaret went to the bathroom. She wiped her face, trying to stop her crying with positive thoughts.
There's nothing positive or good about me. What am I thinking?
When Margaret came out, she brought some tissues and gave them to Eileen.
"I'm all ears." She said with an uplifting smile.
Eileen had to wipe her face a little before she could talk to Margaret. "Well, I, um..I took your advice." She said with a bit of sadness in her voice.
Margaret nodded, wanting her to continue.
"I kinda followed him to the park. I mean, not behind him or anything, just close by so he wouldn't notice me or think I'm weird. Or both, I mean, well, he thought I was weird in the end anyway."
Most people would think Eileen's conversation skills were beyond awkward, but Margaret didn't mind a bit.
It's only super cute when Eileen does it. It's like her destiny or something....
"So when Mordecai went inside and Rigby lingered outside, all alone....the breeze blowing his fluffy hair to and fro...."
Eileen approached him. "Hi Rigby."
Rigby nearly shrieked as he turned around to see her. His face soon turned dull and blank. "Oh, it's you. Umm, hi."
"Hi." She chirped, and twirled her hair a bit. "So um, there's this new Girls in the City movie coming out Friday and I was wondering if you wanted to go....see it with me."
Rigby was clearly uninterested, crossing his arms and looking away. "Ugh, no thanks."
"Well that's okay! We can see another movie. Not many people like those girlish movies. How bout Blood and Guts 2?"
"No."
"Well how bout.."
Rigby sighed, angrily frustrated. "Look, I'm just gonna save you the trouble toots....I. Don't. Like you. And I don't wanna go out with you either, okay?" He turned and walked into the house.
Eileen stood there, her face blank and tears starting to fall....
Tears started to fall as Eileen finished. "I don't get it." She shook her head. "He...he seemed like the one, Margaret. Why?"
Margaret's smile flipped and she put a wing on her little friend's shoulder. "Some things just aren't meant to be. I know rejection is hard to handle, but it's a part of life for everyone."
Eileen crossed her arms, looking away. "You never get rejected."
"Of course I do." Margaret said as she looked in Eileen's eyes. This meant she was definitely telling the truth. They could always tell if the other was lying or not.  
"But...you're such a cool girl and you're so pretty!"
"You are too!" Margaret retorted. "And look, you got rejected! You remember when that biker guy came by the shop, right?"
"Oh yeah, the one with the grape mohawk?" Eileen nodded. "He seemed nice."
"Well, me and him were kinda socializing after I took his order, so I wrote my number on his check. I've never done that before either. He was that amazing in my eyes. Anyway, he called me during the shift and I told him to meet me after work."
"Oh," Eileen remembered now. "Did it go well?"
"He was super cool, complimenting me and all. He just seemed so sweet! No guy's ever been that way to me before. So I invited him to the bar and restaurant where we both were earlier."
She layed back on the couch and looked at the ceiling, Eileen did the same. "I waited like a half hour, and he wasn't there yet. He struck me as a guy who wouldn't blow off a date, so I called him."
"Kyle, I thought you were gonna be here at 7:30."
Kyle coughed a bit. "Yeah, so?"
"....Well, it's like 8:05. Did something come up?"
"Jeez, chill out birdie. What are you, a time expert or something?" He chuckled.
"Birdie? Kyle, are you okay? You're acting like a jerk."
"A jerk huh?" Kyle seemed irritated now. "If you gotta know, I was a little loopy when I was talking to you earlier."
"So?"
"Well, I tend to be a little bit of a player when I'm that way. I'm better now. But when I saw the pic you texted me. Well, uh...."
Margaret waited for an answer. "Well what?"
"You're not really that hot at all. Not to mention you're a freakin' bird. The hell was I thinking?"
"But Kyle I-" She heard a bunch of chuckles in the background before the call ended.
"Oh my gosh!" Eileen took Margaret's hand. "He hung up on you?"
She nodded. "Turned out he was just a jerk playing with girls' hearts."
Eileen shook her head. "Looks like both our hearts were played with."
Margaret smiled and shrugged. "Guys are jerks. Who needs 'em?"
"Yeah!" Eileen nodded approvingly. "Girls before guys, right?"
Margaret chuckled approvingly and roped Eileen in for a hug. "That's so right!"
They hugged for a few minutes, sharing each others' warmth. Then Margaret came up with an idea.
"I just remembered! I have cookie dough in the fridge." She smiled down at her friend. "Wanna make cookies?"
"Sure, those sound good right now!"
After they spread out the cookie dough, Margaret looked in some of the cabinets. "There's some shape cutters in here."
Eileen instead took some of the pieces and formed them into plus signs.
Margaret put the cutters on the counter and noticed Eileen's shapes. "Oh cool, are those plus signs?"
"Yeah. They're more than math symbols," She looked up at her friend, smiling. "They remind me to keep a positive attitude towards life and its obstacles, no matter how bad it gets."
She hugged Eileen again, loving that her friend was so smart and full of positivity all of a sudden. "Aw! Eileen, that's a great idea! Let's make all the cookies in that shape!"
As they continued to shape the cookies, they smiled at each other from time to time, more than they usually did. As they enjoyed their time together, they each thought the same thing:
Why can't guys be more like her?