Ella - The World According To A Disney Doll

Chapter 33 - "Hit Me Baby One More Time !" - 16th October 2012.

Whilst taking a pleasant stroll with a couple of my gal-pal's, and gossiping like all women do naturally, we happen on a rather worrying situation. I have a feeling SOMEONE is gonna get a slappin as well ! ... Oooh-errrr ! ...

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Chapter 33 - "Hit Me Baby One More Time !".

Jem and I had not spent any real time together in ages, in fact I think the last time we had a proper chat had been just after the little misunderstanding with Rocky. So I made sure that I put aside some time specially to catch up with my very good friend, after all there was so much I had to tell her, about mine and Rocky’s vacation, the car present I had just recently given him, plus all the other little tid bits of gossip and intrigue which had been going on in my life recently. Not that Jem was a gossip, quite the opposite in truth, but I do rely so very much on her guidance and council, to hopefully help keep my life as on track, and drama free as possible.

We had decided it would be nice to take a little stroll around the ground floor of the house. I had also asked Rocky’s sister, Crystal, to join us, not just because she was the sister of my Dearest Love, but in the short time I have known her, I have become rather attached to her as another close companion, I suspect that it’s most likely because she reminds me so much of Rocky, why I have taken to her so instantly. I knew Jem wouldn’t object to Crystal joining us though, after all they had also known each other from Holly’s childhood, so it’s not like she was a stranger or anything.

There was also a second reason why I had brought her along, and that was because I knew she had to try and get some regular, not too strenuous exercise, to ensure she didn’t stiffen up and have problems moving around!

Now, I know that this must sound a little confusing to you all, but I was just about to explain everything to you … honest!

Anyway, you remember the day I met Crystal, no not that time the second time when we were properly instroduced, and how at the time my curiosity became piqued by a comment Rocky had made about ‘How had Crystal managed to climb up on the dining chair?’, well at the time I didn’t really get to find out what that was about ? But since have discovered that Crystal’s injuries, and suffering from the excessive play of Holly’s childhood, were not just limited to her head and neck problems !

Crystal was one of Holly’s very first Barbie dolls, and as such, was very well used and loved. However seeing as Holly was VERY young at the time, perhaps a little too young to know how to play carefully with such toys, Crystal ended up having an unfortunate accident where her right leg snapped off !! … Yep, that was very bad, and at the time supposedly Holly was heartbroken. However, her Dad did manage to re-attach the leg in the end, but to get it to hold in place he used a big metal screw. So basically Crystal has the equivalent of a metal pin in her hip to hold her leg on !! … I know, it sounds horribly painful doesn’t it ?!

It’s such a sad story, and sort of explains some more why Rocky was so distraught and thought his Sister had been binned, when she eventually broke for a second time. Although I do wonder why he never said about this part of her injuries, when he told me about Crystal in the first place ? But I guess that was a bit of a stressful day for us both, and the point at the time was more to explain the misunderstanding, rather than the entire history of his sister to me.

So, anyway, with the screw firmly embedded in her leg, Crystal does have a few mobility problems, she finds climbing very difficult, if not impossible, and her hip can get rather stiff and sore if she doesn’t try and keep it free and moving often. Plus she can be rather slow at walking, and has an ever so slight limp as she moves. I am so impressed with her though, she never complains about it, despite her limitations and how uncomfortable she must feel a lot of the time. Which is why I thought a nice walk around the house and a chat amongst friends would be good for her, after all I have to look out for the doll who could one day, perhaps, maybe, hopefully end up to be my sister-in-law, don’t it !?

As we meandered our way along, ensuring that we were slow enough for Crystal to manage, but not so slow that she would think she was holding us up or anything, I told Jem all about the wonderful romantic getaway to Disneyland Paris that Rocky had recently taken me on. I also thought it was probably about time to tell her exactly what had happened when we had our brief little breakup, as up until now all she had known was that we had been fighting, but for whatever reason had finally made up. I thought she deserved to know the truth of what went on, it was her after all, who was the ever so needed shoulder to cry on when I needed it!

She looked so very pleased that Rocky and I had patched things up, but confused when I started to explain that we had fought over the fact I saw him in the arms of another doll.

“He did what ?!!?” she blurted in shock “ I don’t believe it !! but who was it ? … and what ?”.

By this point Crystal was sniggering to herself so very much, she knew exactly what I was about to say next.

“Well, errr … you see” I replied, I knew I was going to sound so daft and stupid, but it’s not like I could un-tell her now I had started, so just came out and said it “Well, I never knew he had a Sister, nobody had told me!”.

She was now giggling, and Crystal was also laughing so hard and nodding, as Jem declared “Oh Ella … oh dear … I’m sorry, I’m trying to be sympathetic here, but it’s just all too funny”. She then composed herself a little as she added “If you had just told me what you had seen in the first place, I could have cleaned up that whole misunderstanding straight away … oh dear, what are you like ?!”

I was now chuckling a little myself as I timidly replied “I know, I know, don’t you think I have told myself that very thing a thousand times since I found out”.

Crystal now chimed in adding “Oh don’t worry about it Ella, there’s no harm done in the long run” she then smiled sneakily as she continued “and at least it will teach that daft Brother of mine to not keep things from you in future hey! … remember that whole thing was partly his fault too”.

“I’m curious about one thing though?” asked Jem, now sounding much more herself again “How did you find out there had even been a Crystal Barbie in Holly’s childhood, if Rocky and none of us had ever mentioned her ?”.

Ooh that was a good question, and I’m surprised that none of them, not even Rocky, had bothered to ask me that one before now. However I was a little concerned that my answer might make me come across even more daft and suspicious, but I guess they were my friends after all, surely they wouldn’t judge me too much … would they ?

“Well Reid asked a question about Crystal to Rocky, not long after we found him in the bag of doll parts” I replied trying to appear ever so rational, although I knew they were probably going to wonder why one earth I had not simply asked Rocky about her then ? “I was too scared to ask him about his past … I know that’s pathetic, but I was worried what he might say … so I tried to find out more about him by doing an internet search for Crystal Ken and found a photo … and kind of put 2 and 2 together myself”

“And came out with a 6!!” said Crystal quite teasingly in response as she giggled.

Jem looked at me sympathetically as she said “Oh well, its easily done, we’ve all had momentary lapses in judgement on occasion”.

They were both very nice about it, considering what a complete idiot I had been, I think they could tell I had been torturing myself inside, so didn’t need to add to my discomfort any more.

As I recalled everything though, there was one little tiny thing that I was reminded of, it was another question about Rocky’s past “I know this might be an odd question” I enquired, feeling a little self conscious “but … what did happen to Rocky’s lovely white Crystal Ken suit, the one that he originally came with ?”.

The girls giggled at the, I guess, insignificant little question which was on my mind. It probably didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things at all, but I was curious all the same, I couldn’t help it.

“Ah, I think that was probably to do with one of the Jackson Brothers” replied Jem, as she then sneakily glanced past me and added “I’m sure Crystal can fill you in, after all she did date one of them at one point!”

Oooh this was sounding interesting, I thought Jackson’s interest had only ever been in Stella. Was he a bit of a Ladies doll back in the day perhaps ?! Hmmmm.

I turned to Crystal excitedly and enquired rather slyly “Did you really date Jackson ?”.

“Oh Jem, you are such a tease” replied Crystal as she slightly blushed “It was a very VERY long time ago, and it was before he and his brothers met Stella and Bonnie” Bonnie ?? … who’s Bonnie ? I thought to myself … oooh it seems there’s much more to this history than I had thought. And hang on, wait a moment, did she say Brother’s ?? As in, more than one Brother ? … I thought he only had one Brother. Oooh the plot thickens.

“How many Brothers has he got then ?” I asked, my enthusiasm for all this intrigue was making me feel all bubbly and rather thrilled “and what on earth do they have to do with Rocky’s suit ?” I added feeling slightly confused.

“Well” said Crystal, looking a little bombarded by my interest “to start with there were 5 in total of the Jackson Brother, including Jackson himself”.

“Five ??!” I burted feeling a little startled “But who ? Where ? Why ? And what happened to them all ?”.

I think she was a little amused by my constant shocked interruptions, I guess if I just let her finish, I will get all my answers ... whoops ! Crystal sighed and then continued on further with her explanation.

“Holly’s parents bought 3 of the dolls, one for her, and 2 for her brothers to play with. The other 2 Jacksons were bought and kept mint in the box, in a safe place for Holly and her younger brother to have when they were grown up”.

Ah so that’s the 5, but what about where they all are now ? I thought to myself, but I think she could see on my face that I wanted to know more as she went on “Holly’s older brother took his play doll with him when he left home, and obviously Holly took Jackson with her … Now, her younger Brother, he has his mint in box doll, and play doll versions, and we suspect Rocky’s suit is with him, as it did sort of look like a ‘Smooth Criminal’ outfit, being a white suit an all … It is also a bit of a mystery what happed to Jackson’s original clothes too, as they went missing around same time!”.

Oooh all these suspicious mysteries, and items going missing in Holly’s childhood, I wonder where everything went ? Was there some kind of strange Bermuda Triangle anomaly in her house or something, where all the lost toys, cars, and clothes etc had gathered ? … How strange it all seems !!

“Wait a minute ?!” I exclaimed feeling more and more curious as I recounted everything I had been told in my head “that was only 4 dolls you’ve explained the whereabouts of !?”.

Crystal giggled as she replied “Oh well, that’s an easy one … look up there” she was now pointing up to the Games Room display unit, as we had only just turned the corner and entered that room.

As I glanced up, to start with I was a little confused what she was on about ? But then when I looked closer I finally saw what she meant …

There was a mint in the box Michael Jackson doll up there !! Blimey, how had I never seen that before ?! He was just sitting there, so obviously in plain sight, and yet for some reason I hadn’t noticed him before being pointed out. What I did notice though was that Kirk was missing from his display stand again, but then forgot about that as Crystal said.

“That’s Sonny … Jackson’s other brothers were called Michael, Jack and Mikey”. Hmmm, not very inventive naming there, but I guess how many different names can you come up with for Michael Jackson dolls ?

As I really started to look closely at Sonny, I thought how much he looked like Jackson, but I guess they were identical Brothers. But this guy looked so much more sparkly, coloured and cheerful, even with his slightly sad looking eyes. To be honest I felt a little sorry for the guy, I remember what it felt like to be trapped in my box, before Holly bought me, and I wasn’t in mine anywhere near as long as this guy had been. But I must admit, he did look so very brand new for his age !

I was so busy studying Jackson’s brother in great detail, that I hadn’t really noticed what was going on in front of me. It was only when Jem gestured and said rather worriedly “Oh dear, what do we have here then ?” that I actually saw the sight before my eyes …

Kirk was indeed off his display stand, but worse than that he was talking with Serena ! Oh noooo … I had completely forgotten to warn the new dolls about him, oh god, how stupid of me. That guy never just wants to chat, he always has much more on his mind !!

I gasped in horror !! I was suddenly reliving my last encounter with that awful guy, it was the scariest experience of my life, and I really couldn’t believe I had not ensured I spared my new Disney doll friends the same upset and humiliation.

Jem and Crystal both turned to me, seeing how distraught I had become “Oh Ella, don’t worry … I’m sure they are just saying hello” said Jem, somehow though from the tone of her voice, I could tell that even she wasn’t totally convinced about that.

“He wouldn’t dare try anything like that again with you Ella” added Crystal trying to make me feel better, I did wonder how she knew about my history with Kirk, but I guess Rocky must have told her ?

I felt as though I was almost going to cry as I replied “But its not me I’m worried about … I never told Blanche, Rai and Serena about Kirk … oh god, what have I done ?!”.

I couldn’t believe my eyes, I watched in terror as Kirk put exactly the same kind of imposing forceful moves on Serena as he had done with me, it was awful to witness. And by the way she was turning and trying to push him away, I could tell that she was as unimpressed by his behaviour as I had been.

We were now hurriedly crossing the room, I was desperate to reach Serena in time, as by now Kirk, who was oblivious to our approach, was leaning in so very close trying to kiss her … Urgh, what a creep !!!

I am not sure if we heard the noise, or saw first with our eyes ? But it was just at that moment, Serena shoved Kirt away from her quite forcefully, and gave him a flippin great SLAP around the face ! The sound resonated around the room, as everything went deadly quiet … he appeared quite jarred by the unexpected response from his reluctant love interest.

The girls and I instantly stopped in our tracks as we smiled, our mouths also gaping in shock, I really could not believe she had just done that ! Why on earth had I not been brave enough to give him what he deserved, like that, when he had been behaving badly with me ?

Serena then very casually turned and started to walk away, glancing over her shoulder as she said rather sarcastically “I hope it was as good for you, as it was for me ? … Dollface !” Oh god, not the Dollface thing again, had he really said that to her just like he had done with me ? Does that guy really not bother to learn anyone’s names at all ?

Kirk just stood there, I think he was still in shock from it all. But most of all I was so impressed with how Serena had handled herself, WOW, she really could take care of herself. It made me realise how awfully helpless I can be by comparison … why oh why cant I be more like her ?!

By now we had reached the scene of all the drama, Jem instantly escorted Serena away to check she was ok, whilst Crystal stood with me in front of Kirk. It was strange being in such close proximity to him again, I was very glad I had Crystal to hold onto, to help keep me strong in the face of my former attacker.

Kirk didn’t even seem to notice we were there, he stared off into space and exclaimed rather passionately “Whoa … What a Woman !!”. I was starting to wonder if he was actually rather taken with Serena despite her forceful brush-off ? His face began to look ever so slightly dreamy … nooooo … surely not ? Has someone actually managed to get under his skin ? In more than just a brief flirtatious kissing sense ? … Never … But then I have never seen him look like that before. Blimey, I thought Serena might turn out to be a bit of a heartbreaker, but I never imagined she would actually be able to get to him of all dolls, that’s shocking. But somehow I don’t think she will be in any hurry to return his affections, do you ?!

When Kirk finally started looking more himself again, he stared straight at me, it was then he came over ever so fidgety and worried as his eyes widened in what appeared to be fear, and he said

“Ella !! …I haven’t touched, come near, or said a word to you … remember that!”

Eh ? You what ? What is he on about ? … ooh and he now knows my name, how bizarre.

He instantly turned and hurried away in the opposite direction, which was all very strange, considering his display spot was actually in the other direction behind me. It was almost as though he was scared to be anywhere close to me, which was all very odd, after the intimate close way he had been trying to get the last time we had met.

“That was rather … errr … different!?” I said, almost laughing, as it was somewhat funny in a very strange kind of way.

Crystal then came out with “Well, I guess the little ‘chat’ Rocky had with him about you did the trick !” she now had a very amused look on her face too.

“What ? You don’t think THAT had anything to do with Rocky, do you ?” I asked feeling a touch confused.

She was trying not to laugh as she replied “Oh Ella, whilst I don’t know exactly what went down between the two of them, I do know my Brother ! I saw how furious he was when he told me the story of what Kirk had done to you” she then looked a tad devious as she added “and trust me, Rocky would have made damn sure that guy was NEVER gonna come anywhere near you again!”.

“Ohhh” I couldn’t really think of anything else to say, I still wanted to know what had happened between them ? and even though she claimed she didn’t know, I had an inkling that Crystal knew much more about the whole thing than she was letting on … why is it that no-one wants to tell me ?

Anyway, there were far more important things to deal with now, the first of which was checking to see that Serena was in fact ok ? As we turned round, I saw Jem was holding her shoulders in a rather supportive, big sisterly kind of way. Serena however, did not appear in any kind of distress at all, in truth, she appeared happy and jovial and was quite amused by the situation in general. Well, fancy that !

I on the other hand was feeling so very guilty about it all, I said to her rather meekly “I’m soooo sorry about that Serena, I really should have warned you about him … especially after what he had tried with me … please forgive me ?”

Serena was smiling confidently, and to be quite honest looked a little confused “Don’t you dare apologise !” she insisted “You are in no way responsible for the actions of that creepy jerk … who was he anyway ?”

As Jem explained, I was quite amused by her question, she hadn’t any more idea about Kirk’s name, than he knew of hers !

I was so relieved that Serena was ok, and as I linked my arm in hers, was also grateful that she had forgiven me, not that she had been at all cross, or even appeared to think any of it was my doing. But I still felt on edge about the fact, if I had only said something before, then this whole thing might have been avoided.

It was then that Crystal felt the need to lighten the mood by declaring “I’m not sure if he was more scared and shocked by, the thought of what Rocky might do to him for coming close to Ella, or the lovely great slap you planted across his cheek Serena !”.

We all burst out laughing and in truth that was a tough one to answer, in a way though we were glad to see a little karma come back on Kirk for his previous actions. Maybe there is a glimmer of a chance that he might actually start to treat us female dolls with a little more courtesy and respect, now that he has seen first hand the kind of reaction he can get if he tries it on with the wrong doll !

Serena had now joined us on our little walk around the house, and we decided to head back the way we had come, as there’s no way we wanted to risk bumping into Kirk again by following in his footsteps.

As the four of us sauntered along, I began to realise how much these three dolls meant to me, not that I didn’t dearly care for Calamity, Millie, Blanche and Rai. But it was these girls, who were standing beside me now, that I had the closest connection and bonds to. And despite the fact that we were all varying types of dolls, of all kinds of ages, after all there was a rather nice mix of Barbie, Disney and Jem dolls in there, they were still my best friends in the whole world.

We were all deep in little conversations, with varying discussions, constantly switching around who we were addressing, as our stroll progressed at a comfortable pace. I thought to myself, as much as Rocky mean’s everything to me, I really do need my close girl pals too, I mean guys are great, but sometimes a lady needs the sympathetic ear and advice of other females, even if only for someone to appreciate all the little stresses and worries that us girls have, you know, the ones that guys just cannot fathom or remotely understand.

Although, I guess my Rocky is rather sweet and sensitive, compared to a lot of the blokes out there. Wow, that’s another thing to be ever so thankful for in my innocent little life !