Chapter 1: Invitation

Mabel hurriedly ran into the store as she clutched the small envelope in her hand with excitement.

"Sisters!" Mabel cried at the top of her voice, "We have an invitation from Dr. Shrunk! There's a Valentine's Day dance coming up at Club 101!"

Labelle entered through the right hallway of the store, "A dance?! How wonderful!" she spoke happily.

Sable on the other hand, remained silent. She continued sewing, concentrating on her pattern carefully. It was a newly designed dress she had conjured up from the night before. Labelle and Mable looked into her direction and waited for a response.

"…Ahem," Mabel said pretending to clear her throat. Sable remained fixated on the dress.

"AAHHHHHHHHEMMM," Mabel said once more even louder. Yet again Sable didn't look up from her sewing trance.

Mabel shook her head in frustration and looked around her. She spotted a small spool of red thread nearby and picked it up. She threw the spool over to Sable, which bopped her on the head.

"Hey!" Sable said annoyed as she rubbed her head, "What is it Mabel?!"

"THERE'S A DANCE!" Mabel repeated herself, "Didn't you hear me earlier? Dr. Shrunk invited the whole town and we're invited too!"

"Ohh, well that's nice," Sable commented with disinterest. She went back to sewing.

Mabel heaved a sigh. Getting Sable excited for anything was like getting a rock excited that the grass was growing. Labelle tapped Mabel on the shoulder.

"It's okay, if she doesn't want to go, she doesn't have to," Labelle suggested with a shrug and a small sigh.

"Yes, but haven't you noticed for a while now?" Mabel asked quietly while pulling Labelle off to the side with her.

"Noticed what?" Labelled responded with a whisper. The two hedgehog sisters looked towards Sable, making sure she wasn't overhearing their conversation. She was still preoccupied with the dress, the sewing machine making such a loud clacking noise throughout the room that it was unbearable to hear anything else.

"Tom Nook!" Mabel mentioned, "He hasn't visited Sable for a long time now. Ever since he got back from the city and began his own business here, he has yet to say even a hello to Sable."

"He is a busy raccoon after all," Labelle replied, "he has two businesses."

"His nephews are taking care of one of the stores! All he does in his home shop is stand there! The least he can do is walk over and say hello to Sable," Mabel replied with great frustration.

"We can't force him to talk to Sable," Labelle replied as she crossed her arms.

"Yes but don't you see," Mabel tried to explain, "Sable hasn't gone out and done anything for herself in a long time. Everything she's done, it's been for us. Don't you think it's time to change that?"

Labelle looked back at Sable, who was still in trance with the dress.
"She has been working hard after all. She definitely needs a break," Labelle answered with some concern.

"See! And on top of that, have you noticed the orange scissors she's been using?" Mabel mentioned as they both looked back to Sable again, who was cutting out the extra thread from the dress, with the orange scissors.

"What about it?" Labelled asked curiously.

"She's recently been using those," Mabel replied as she lowered her voice a little more, "While Tom Nook was working in the city, he gave her those scissors!"

Labelle gave a little gasp. She didn't know Sable and Tom Nook had romantic feelings for one another.

"See?!" Mabel nudged Labelle's shoulder, "We have to help her and Tom Nook speak to each other once more."

"How do we do that though? They won't meet each other face to face. They always act as if they're busy all the time," Labelle sighed.

"I've got an idea," Mabel giggled, "but I'll need your help."

~to be continued…