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"I was very alone growing up. I couldn't tell anyone how I felt about doing Waveball with the intense training. I essentially became stubborn to everyone, even to my teammates, which wasn't me. Until I was 17." Dewey explained to Logan (A).
"I'm guessing that this is where you met someone?" Logan (A) asked as he sat down at the campfire. Dewey smiled as he remembered the first time that he saw her.
“She was a very talented builder, she was beautiful, like crystals in the glistening ocean,” Dewey explained Brook to Logan (A).
“Ok, poet. I'm assuming she cared about you and your feelings besides caring about you because you were the best waveball player?" Logan (A) teased and then questioned.
“She did… One day, I wasn’t having a good day with my shooting, and my parents were letting me hear it. She came up and talked to me to make sure I was alright."
Looking up from his drink, he remembered a woman who was just like the one he was describing but it was to help him during the recording session after he found out that his caretaker had terminal throat cancer.
“Any other times like that or was that one and done?” Logan (A) asked as he nestled the mug into his hands.
"Hmm… ah- that one.” Dewey (A) thought and then remembered.
“There was one time when I helped her with one of her projects. She needed a second opinion, and her partners on the project weren't available." He told Logan (A), and he smiled at the thought of what Dewey might of added.
“What was your second opinion? What did you add to the project?” Logan (A) questioned
"I added an area for a garden. She thought it was silly, but her teacher loved the idea." Dewey told him as he tightened the blanket around himself to keep himself from getting too hot.
“And she passed?”
"She did pass. She went looking for me to thank me for the help and then we started talking fully." Dewey confirms and tells him.
"We would talk about the things we were doing, I helped a little more with her projects and she started going to the games, right in the front row to support me." Dewey continued
“She was the loudest?”
"Yes, and um… ha-, one time I did get distracted and got piled on during one game. Worth it though."
“What did she do to get you distracted that much?” Logan (A) asked.
"She was looking thrilled and as I was going to catch the ball, she called out my name in a cheer and I looked at her and the rival team dog piled me," Dewey explained
“Oooo… Ow. Hopefully, that didn’t cost you the game. How did she feel about that?” Logan (A) said and then asked.
“It did not, and she felt bad that she distracted me, but I told her that I take all kinds of hits in Waveball." Dewey (A) explained
“Did you go out after the game?” Logan (A) asked
“We went out afterward to a nearby restaurant where we started the romance of our relationship."
“When you mean by that is… was that where your first kiss was or was that elsewhere?”
“It was after we ate and left, it was out of nowhere, and both of us were surprised."
“Who was the first, you or her?”
“Me, both of us were smitten with each other but I was the one, who was more smitten.”
“Waveball… That reminds me, Jerry told me while you were out that you got beamed in the nose, during the Waveball championship, What did she do?”
“She tried to rush over to the bench, to check if I was alright."
“What happened after the game was won between you two?”
"We went out to eat, but when we were going to a restaurant, I think the hit was harder than usual and I sorta passed out in the sub."
Logan (A) looked at Dewey, surprised that he got knocked out.
"A call and trip to the emergency room to check me out. Brook never left my side though. I didn't mean to scare her like that."
“I guess, she was the first thing you saw when you woke up?”
"She was right by my side, the nurses probably saw her concerned and allowed her to stay in case I woke up."
“What happened between both of you when you were awake in the hospital?”
"We talked for a while, I apologised for scaring her when I passed out. I promised her that if I ever got a hard hit again, I would get checked."
“What did she tell you?”
“She said that she loved me with all her heart. I told her that she meant so much to me before she kissed me.” Dewey told the events as they happened.
“Was that the moment that you knew she was going to be your wife? Surely you proposed to her in the garden that you suggested?”
“Oh, I just knew she was the one when I saw her for the first time, I even told my teammates that too, and yes. The garden was the perfect spot to propose to her, seeing that it was the first place we made together." Dewey said confidently and confirmed the garden location.
“How did she react?”
“She was surprised, then started tearing up and said yes, she wanted to spend the rest of her life with me as her husband," Dewey said as he still remembered the aftermath with him lifting Brook up as both cried rivers of happiness, then flashed forward to the entire wedding as both cut the water cake as both kissed each other again.
Logan (A) smirked a little at that before he wanted to ask the question that plagued him since learning of his existence when he was living his secluded lifestyle.
“Umm… so, Dewey, I know you may not want to answer this question, but what happened, that week with you & #17.”
“At first, I was nervous at meeting your- well, our species as I didn’t know what they wanted but me and Brook were suspicious of why they had shown up 18 years after my birth.”
“Yeah since the last day, you potentially saw us. You were a day old.”
“Believe me when I say this, I was nervous, but Brook helped me calm down and we decided to visit this #17 person and I assume, his wife?”
“Yeah, #17 & Liv aren't… the most appealing people to talk without… some problem arising. I’m sure you had that same experience.”
“Yes, so we had the meeting with them. They were quiet for most of the time, only speaking when they wanted to, his wife was more alive and understanding than he was. Then he asked if he wanted to join them, which I wasn’t too sure about because I wasn’t willing to leave everything for people I had only known for a week.”
“Brook didn’t take the news of that well?”
"She was very mad. In fact, she got up and started to just yell at them, telling them about why they popped back up in my life when told about a potential wife coming in and she saw my adopted parents as my real parents. She was defensive.”
“What happened after the talk?”
"Brook stormed out and I followed her out the door, I was worried that the meeting ruined everything. We went to the park to calm down and talk about everything. Brook was worried that her anger might have done something to hurt my relationship."
“And you told her that it was fine because you agreed with the points she stated?” Logan (A) questioned
“Yes, after I told her that I wouldn’t leave her for them. She just gave the hugest heartfelt hug to me, saying reassuring words to me and telling me that she loves me for who I am."
"That's good..."
He then shifted to the next question.
"Dewey. Did you ever ask yourself about what the infection you had?"
"I was very curious about how I caught the infection and what it was. I was usually careful with where I traveled, even during Waveball.”
"It's something that we have. We call it the tumor because it was literally that. On how we straight up didn't get alerted for 40+ years is anyone's guess."
“True, but at least it's no longer an issue.”
"When did Brook see it for the first time?"
"I was changing my shirt when she came into the room and all of a sudden, screamed. I was confused until Brook pointed it out on my chest."
"How big was it at the time?”
“It was- you know the circle at the bottom of a cup- the size.”
“Did she try and pull it out first?”
“She tried to, but I stopped her, We were not sure what it was and I didn't want Brook to try and toss it.”
"When did the complications start?" Logan (A) questioned as Jerry II watched on with regret for his mistake that almost cost Dewey his life.
“Maybe about two months later. I suddenly felt a pain, but thought that it was something I ate. Then I couldn't breathe."
"Was this before or after your kids?"
"After my children were born. Brook was starting to worry about me, but I told her that I would be alright."
“Was this when you started bubbling up."
"Yes, at first it was small, but as the problem worsened, the bubbles got a bit bigger."
"How long did you have left before we came to get you out of your coffin?”
“Maybe about two or three months if I took care of myself well. Brook was heartbroken thinking that I didn't have too long left over. The kids were hurt too when they found out."
“Now bro, you will live to see your grandchildren… How do you expect Brook to react when you get home, in your peak form?”
"She'll be shocked a little, but most of all... she'll be happy once she finds out the infection is gone completely and I’m back looking like this,” Dewey says as he lifts his shirt to reveal his thin but strong form.
“Yeah... Don't try anything with her yet, because you have to heal fully or you could just try either way."
“I know that! I just have to explain that I'm still healing from the surgery.”
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. I'm just saying."
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