#webby2

[darlasfish]

@webbiigaiil said: "Watch out, 'cause I'll compliment you until you puke.”

“Okay.” Darla couldn’t help but giggle. She wasn’t sure if that was just a warning before Webby got started or the first pick-up line attempt itself, as she had prompted her to try when her friend asked about how to flirt. Darla wasn’t a particularly skilled flirt herself, but she figured she could see what level Webby was at with a practice line and go from there, and…that was the immediate answer. “Maybe don’t talk about puke when you’re trying to flirt,” she offered for constructive criticism. But she still wanted to encourage her; no hope was lost for the girl’s quick-learning mind. “Have anything more cutesy? Like: do you have a map, because I’m getting lost in your eyes,” she suggested. “Or, if you don’t want a cheesy one-liner, you could just start with the compliment. You have lovely eyes.”

[deweydewdrop]

Dewey still felt bad about having Webby keep his big secret for him, and although he did plan to eventually tell his brothers about their quest for Della Duck information, everything that happened with Tink at the recent party sort of made it all bad timing. Things were starting to ease up between him and Huey now thankfully, but since then Dewey had ventured himself into a potential dating situation that might be considered dangerous. Since he felt bad for not keeping Webby in the loop with the Tink stuff, he figured he should be straightforward with what was going on in his love life now, even if it was messy.

After filming another Dewey Dewnight video with Webby, Dewey looked over to Webby after ensuring the video was saved. “Great work today, Webbigail. Let’s go eat some junk food as a reward,” he suggested with a smile, motioning for her to follow him to the hallway. He figured now would be the best time to get what he wanted to say out there in the open. Or, at least to try. He was a little nervous, unsure how she would react. “Also — There’s something I want to tell you .. I haven’t told my brothers yet, but before you say anything, it’s not like the mom stuff again. I’m going to tell them! I just wanted to tell you first—“ @webbiigaiil​

[deweydewdrop]

Dewey could tell right away that Webby was bracing herself for what he was about to confess, which he couldn't really blame her. At least this had less of an impact on the family than his other big secret, which was why he didn't feel like he had to hide this exactly. No, he'd only waited to tell his siblings because ... well, he had no idea if he really was in over his head or not. He didn't exactly have a plan moving forward either, which was why he was starting to seek advice from his friends and family, beginning with Webby.

Well, confusion was to be expected from the blonde, really. It was better than judgement, right? Although the congrats wasn't exactly what he expected, the questions to come were ones that he should likely expect from his brothers, too. "Well that's the problem, Webby, I don't know. For now, I guess I'm waiting it out, right?" He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, after what happened with Tink, it felt good to move on," he admitted, huffing out a sigh, "but then there's the chance that this doesn't end up going anywhere, either.." Perhaps he was just doomed with bad luck in trying to find love. "Besides, even if I wanted to fight for her, that's gonna put Louie in the middle and add more problems to the mix."

Continued from HERE ( @deweydewdrop )

With everything going on in Dewey’s life recently, it was no surprise that he had no clue that Webby was dealing with her own problems in the meantime. Perhaps dumping his love life tea on her now wasn’t the best timing, but he felt it was important to keep her in the loop! Webby had seemed to be in a good mood anyway, which made it feel like now was a good time to tell her, but Dewey watched as Webby’s expression sort of faltered. He didn’t blame her — he didn’t have the best track record with secrets lately, but luckily this was one that Webby didn’t have to get caught in the middle in. This was just Dewey telling his sibling about his crush, simple as that (even if the crush situation wasn’t so simple).

Although the two had been ready to head to the kitchen for junk food, Webby stopped in place as she waited for Dewey to explain. He gave her a nervous smile. “Well.. I’ve kinda been talking to someone .. Like, the coolest, most beautiful girl ever,” he was quick to admit, his nervous smile growing to a genuine one as he began talking about Tiffany. “But it’s not serious, I’ve just got a fat crush on her,” he quickly added with a sigh. It felt good to get that out in the open, even if it didn’t uncomplicate anything for him. “… But she’s got a boyfriend,” he continued, “and her boyfriend is friends with Louie, so ..” he shrugged his shoulders. “Don’t worry, I’m gonna tell Louie, but I thought maybe seeing your reaction first might help me prepare for his..” His nervous smile returned, trying to read Webby’s expression. “Thoughts?”

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It probably wasn’t a good thing that Webby felt the need to brace herself for whatever Dewey wanted to tell her instead of already being excited over it. But there just wasn’t a good track in him starting off by telling her how neither of his brothers knew about this yet. Even when he also said that he will tell them, it was the fact of how long will it be before he does that has her the most worried because if the blonde had to be honest, holding onto another important secret wasn’t something she thought she could do right now. That said, Webby wasn’t about to ask Dewey not to tell her what it was because if it was important to him to tell her, then at the same time she would want to hear what it was. Even if the secrecy of it all might end up driving her crazy in the end.

“Huh?!” At his admission of how he was talking to someone, Webby only stared at him in confusion, not getting why this had to be a secret in the first place when this wasn’t the first time Dewey’s met someone, he was interested in. But it wasn’t until he elaborated on how he had a big fat crush on a girl who had a boyfriend and how the two were friends with Louie, was when she realized why Dewey considered this as a secret. “Uh…” Unsure on what to say, Webby only stared back at him as she let his words sink in. “Congrats?” She then said, as how does one say anything in response to that. So, the girl already had a boyfriend, but Dewey really liked her? “Are you planning on fighting for her or something since she’s dating someone else right now? Or are you going to wait and see if the two break uuuppp? I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you want me to say about this.” 

[darlasfish]

Darla nodded at the sage granny wisdom Webby shared, her expression saying, See? The ladies who have been around the block before know the way. Making food for someone was like a combination of acts of service and gift giving, if not a love language of its very own. Plus, humans could be very food-motivated creatures in general, so it couldn’t hurt getting on someone’s good side by giving them good eats. Despite their agreement on that piece of advice, however, Webby went on to question her affinity for proper mix-tapes.

“Okay, you could just make a Spotify playlist and call it a day, but so does everyone else,” she replied with a roll of her eyes. “That’s the difference between a halfhearted effort and a real show of love. Taking the time to download and burn all the songs onto a physical disc, decorating the jewel case by hand—you just can’t replicate that digitally!” All the mix-tapes she had made for her friends over the years were a labor of love well worth the time and energy they took to make. “But if you wanna go the extra mile,” she added, “You make an online playlist too, add a QR code to the inside cover. That way they can listen anywhere, anytime!”

At the redhead’s affirmation, the blonde beamed. From an outsiders perspective, this entire conversation about trying to flirt and make random pick-up lines may come off as strange to them, but Webby was appreciating this entire thing. Not only was she learning how to potentially flirt with someone in the future, but this whole thing was helping distract her from her pervious state of mind. Things back at home had been getting better—she’s been going out more and doing her own things instead of wallowing at home all day—but Webby’s still be feeling kind of out of place at home. So this moment she’s having with Darla definitely helped her a lot. 

“Oooh, Granny has told me that the best way into someone’s heart is through their stomach, so baking makes a lot of sense!” The blonde commented, already getting excited at the prospect of going into step two of this flirting lesson she was getting. She also heard that making a personalized mixtape was also a way to whoo a person, but had thought that doing so had gone out of practice now that streaming had became a popular thing. “But isn’t making mixtapes kind of old-school though? Like, I guess we can burn a CD, but at best I know that people curate and share playlists with others instead of giving them an actual mixtape.” 

[darlasfish]

“Pretty good,” Darla reaffirmed when Webby sought assurance that she had done well on her second flirting attempt. With practice, she could definitely become a pro. It seemed she wasn’t trying to put the moves on anybody just yet, which was good—it gave her time to develop her flirting skills before it actually mattered and she needed them for a real crush. When she did have her eye on somebody, however, Darla wanted to be the first to hear about it! She bounced a little in excitement at the thought.

“It’s always good to be prepared! When you do find someone you want to woo, we can progress to step two. Baking and making mix-tapes.” Darla was convinced her method of making a crush fall in love with you was valid, only it wasn’t exactly foolproof. She had done her best with Finn up to this point, but he still didn’t want to be with her. It wasn’t a matter of him not having feelings, though—it was just…complicated. She sighed. Well, if Webby found someone who was ready to be in a relationship, the tips to making them fall for her should still work.

“Huh, well when you say it like that, I guess not.” The blonde admitted after some thought. Then again, it’s not like Webby’s been paying attention to whoever the boys kisses or has been actively around whenever it happens. Sure, they’ve had girlfriends and boyfriends whom she’s met before, but even she knew when to give them privacy for things like kissing. So for all Webby knew, maybe talking about nausea had prompted someone in wanting to kiss Huey! But the more she thought on it, the girl doubted it, which is probably what Darla was trying to tell her. Talking about nausea or puking while trying to flirt with someone was not the way to go. Noted.

Hopefully, her next attempt had been better than her first one. Webby’s heard the saying of someone wanting to drown within another person’s eyes, especially if their eyes were blue, but the blonde wanted to use a line that could be more versatile. So when Darla told her it wasn’t the worst, she immediately perked up and smiled. “Yay! So I did good this time around?” Webby asked, as she admittedly was a bit worried of being told that she needed to come up with something else. Who knew flirting with someone can be so hard? And she wasn’t even actively trying to, but just practicing at that! “Oh no, there isn’t anyone.” The blonde replied, now shaking her head. “I just wanted to practice because….well, I’ve never flirted with anyone before, so I might as well learn how to be prepared to do so when the time comes, right?” 

[darlasfish]

“Has saying that ever prompted anyone to want to kiss Huey?” Darla retorted, trying to make Webby see that certain topics—like nausea, for example—just because they could be involved in romantic feelings, that didn’t make them good things to talk about in an attempt to flirt. (And as an aside, if one was to mention it, a more romantic turn of phrase for that concept might be considered having butterflies. She might have to make notes for Webby. A glossary of appropriate terms.) After listening to the younger girl’s attempt to craft a pick-up line about eyes, Darla opened her mouth to give feedback but paused, somewhat confused. 

“It’s…not the worst,” she offered, trying not to be too negative or discouraging in this coaching session. “It’s not the best either…I could see someone liking it,” she decided, shrugging. Webby was quirky, and that kind of line could work for someone similar to herself. It wasn’t the safest bet to give any random person a line about their eyes being like black holes, but at this point, anything was better than puke, so Darla felt like they were definitely making progress. Besides, she realized, some people would say they were drowning in someone’s ocean-blue eyes which was just as morbid, so it was only fair for there to be an equivalent for dark eyes, right? “Okay, I think you’re on the right track! So…Is there someone in particular you’re trying to flirt with, or is this just for general practice?”

Webby wasn’t good at flirting. In all her years, she hasn’t ever had the need to flirt with anyone, nor has she ever had anyone flirt with her in return, meaning that there wasn’t a reason for her to try. She felt like being her usual friendly self was enough, but with all the changes that’s happened back at home, the blonde’s been feeling more lonelier than ever. Even Lena and Violet’s been busy for her, which soon prompted the blonde to try and get herself out there more. But in order to do that, she realized that learning how to flirt may be a skill she needed. “Why not? Lots of times I’ve overheard Huey say how he’s about to puke because of how nervous he was, and even Louie’s gotten a little queasy over romantic situations so I figured puking was very common?” The younger replied, a little confused. But if Darla told her not to bring it up, than Webby would make a note-to-self in not to. Instead, she was given a suggestion to say something more cutest, like talking about someone’s eyes. At that, the blonde perked up. “Oh, so something like —you’re eyes are so dark it’s like a blackhole and I’m going to get sucked right into it?!” 

[deweydewdrop]

With everything going on in Dewey's life recently, it was no surprise that he had no clue that Webby was dealing with her own problems in the meantime. Perhaps dumping his love life tea on her now wasn't the best timing, but he felt it was important to keep her in the loop! Webby had seemed to be in a good mood anyway, which made it feel like now was a good time to tell her, but Dewey watched as Webby's expression sort of faltered. He didn't blame her — he didn't have the best track record with secrets lately, but luckily this was one that Webby didn't have to get caught in the middle in. This was just Dewey telling his sibling about his crush, simple as that (even if the crush situation wasn't so simple).

Although the two had been ready to head to the kitchen for junk food, Webby stopped in place as she waited for Dewey to explain. He gave her a nervous smile. "Well.. I've kinda been talking to someone .. Like, the coolest, most beautiful girl ever," he was quick to admit, his nervous smile growing to a genuine one as he began talking about Tiffany. "But it's not serious, I've just got a fat crush on her," he quickly added with a sigh. It felt good to get that out in the open, even if it didn't uncomplicate anything for him. "... But she's got a boyfriend," he continued, "and her boyfriend is friends with Louie, so .." he shrugged his shoulders. "Don't worry, I'm gonna tell Louie, but I thought maybe seeing your reaction first might help me prepare for his.." His nervous smile returned, trying to read Webby's expression. "Thoughts?"

Due to recent events and seemingly being the last one to be within the loop of things— if she’s ever at all, it’s safe to assume that Webby hasn’t exactly been her usual cheery self. She tried her best to mask it all, not wanting to dump anything else onto the boys with everything else they already have and currently are still dealing with. Even when around her Granny, Webby tries her best not to let it slip, and the only occasion where the blonde had let it known that she hasn’t been in the greatest of moods was when she had quite literally ran into Launchpad the other day. But thankfully for her, they didn’t get too into details of why, but rather just that the girl just hasn’t been in a spunky mood as of late.

Right now, there wasn’t much of a need for her to pretend as the blonde had the majority of her face hidden behind the camera she had been using to help Dewey film another one of his Dewey Dewnight videos. That, and she genuinely did get into the segment Dewey had been going on about— a real smile apparent on her face after shouting “cut” and pressing the stop button on the record. “Yes! I could use something in my stomach right now!” She claimed, putting the camera down after turning it off. Eating junk food sounded like a great distraction right now! But just as Webby turned around to leave the room, she looked at Dewey. “If it’s not about your mom then….what is it?” She asked, both anxious on what he had to tell her that neither Huey or Louie knew about if it wasn’t about their mom, yet also delighted that Dewey wanted to tell her this first before he did either of them.