A Cute (But Loud) Snore and Some Big Dreams
A Peanuts Fanfiction
By LivingOnLaughs
Pairing: Charlie Brown x Marcie
Chapter 1
Lucy's Prank
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Birchwood and the Pelicans were beating the Tigers 140-0. The Pelicans were a team of baseball players led by a rowdy girl named Peppermint Patty; whilst the Tigers' manager was failure face Charlie Brown.
Charlie Brown was throwing a fly ball to Marcie, the bespectacled girl at the bat. "DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE BALL, MARCIE!" The tomboy yelled from the bleachers, causing some of the teammates to stare at their manager and pro player.
"If she doesn't stop yelling, I will" Marcie thought to herself as the white sphere came towards her.
"SWING!" Peppermint Patty instructed as the ball rolled towards her. "Oh good grief…another strike, one more and she's toast" she sighed.
Schroeder sat down by home plate, his eyes fluttering and his breathing calming down. "Hey manager, c-can we take a break? I feel sleepy all of a sudden" he asked the round headed kid.
"You know we don't have anyone else that can play catcher, right?" Charlie brown asked as the blonde musician collapsed, snoring quietly and softly.
Lucy Van Pelt giggled from right field as Frieda sighed. "Lucy, that wasn't a nice thing to do, slipping that sleeping pill in his cup of lemonade…I thought you loved him," the curly haired girl reprimanded, pounding her fist in her glove.
"So, not like you cared about him. You even thought Beethoven was a drink," the fussing brat reminded.
"People with naturally curly hair are genuinely kind," Frieda explained.
Violet turned to Frieda and procrastinated on that, "So? Marcie has straight hair and she's kind too," the girl with the ponytail told her friends.
"Big deal, it's just because her parents are goody-two-shoes" Lucy retreated as Patty secretly glared at the noirette back talking her best friend.
After finding a substitute catcher, Charlie Brown signaled at the team to continue the game. "How do I look?" the new catcher asked as a tuff of blonde curls stuck out from the mask.
"Sally, just call out a ball or a strike" the round headed kid sighed, tossing Marcie another ball, which went over the field, knocked off most of Charlie's clothes and hit the back of Lucy's head.
"YOU JUST GOT KARMA!" Patty shouted from the bleachers as Lucy fumed up.
Charlie looked at Marcie, who was able to get to first base. Sure, she wasn't fast, but she could be furious if pushed too far or called 'Lambcake'. "Great job" the round-headed-kid complimented with a thumbs up of approval.
"Thanks, Charles…" the bespectacled girl blushed, straightening her askew glasses.
"My turn now" the tomboy hollered, rushing over to the bat and waiting for the next ball to be hit.
"Good luck" the female catcher smiled to the girl that could strike out her brother on three pitches.
"I don't need luck, Sally" Patty responded, showing off her grin. She was missing one of her front teeth and one of her molars from a rowdy game of football.
"Don't lose another tooth now, Peppermint Patty" Sally joked as the ball came towards the tomboy.
After the game, Lucy offered to get water for both teams. "Drinks are on me, team," she explained, filling eighteen cups with water. However, she slipped in a sleeping pill into one of the cups when no one was looking.
"Thanks, Lucille" Patty smiled cheerfully as she was handed a Styrofoam cup of water.
"No problem, Patricia…here you go, Marce" the fussbudget responded with an evil grin, handing the bespectacled girl the cup with the sleeping pill in it.
"You were amazing" Charlie complimented, patting the shy girl on the back in a friendly nature.
"You were great too, Charles…sorry your team lost again though, you really could've beaten us you know" Marcie explained with a shy smile, making Charlie Brown blush a bright red.
"Someone's in love" Linus giggled to Franklin, one of his friends.
"I know, but who?" Franklin teased as they broke into laughter.
"That was a great game, huh Woodstock?" Snoopy asked Woodstock, who nodded his head in agreement, followed by content chirps.
Charlie was about to say something before he was cut off by his sister yelling, "Kiss her, you blockhead!"
"Oh good grief…" he thought as he chugged down his cup of water, "can you believe how silly Sally can get, Marcie?" he asked.
"Yeah…she can get d-doubtfully w…weird" the shy girl responded, stuttering on her words a little, worrying her true love.
"Marcie, are you okay?" Patty questioned, looking up from her cup of water in concern.
"Y-yeah" the bespectacled kid stuttered, her surrounding become darker as blackness began to fall upon her, "Sir, I'm f…ine…" she tried reassuring before falling face first onto the ground and becoming motionless and limp.
"Hey! I'm the one that normally drops asleep here!" Snoopy growled as he walked over towards Marcie. Upon realizing she was only sleeping, the beagle breathed a sigh of relief as he removed her glasses and placed them in his owner's hands.
"Good grief" was all Charlie Brown could say as Lucy began giggling evilly.