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The party had livened up a bit, Vee played music, Shelly and Astro talked in a corner alone about books, Pebble and Toodles were chasing each other, Sprout was going around and handing out snacks and Cosmo was-

Where was Cosmo?

"Uh- Has anybody seen Cosmo?"Sprout asked, scanning the room for the cakeroll.

"Hey come to think of it, Boxten is also missing!"Poppy shouted and leaped up from the ground, almost sending the monopoly board flying as Gigi and Dandy complained about it.

"Maybe they left together?"Teagan suggested, leaning into Rodger.

"Most likely.."Rodger put an arms round Teagan and glanced at the exit.

"Oo! Ohh!! Me and Rodger should go investigate and look for them!!"Toodles stopped running for a split second to grab Rodger's arm and bounce excitingly.

"No, i'm too tired, and they're probably fine and will be back soon."Rodger patted Toodles's head as she frowned and jumped onto his lap to sit with him and Teagan.

"Well wherever they are I hope they're okay.."Sprout out the plate of cookies down and stared at Glisten, who was busy combing out Flutter's fluff.

Glisten didn't happen to know where Boxten was, did he?

"Glisten have you seen them?"

"Seen who?"

"... nevermind-"

The commotion about Cosmo and Boxten was cut short when Gigi flipped the board game and it hit Glisten in the back of the head aggressively.

"HEY-!"He yelled as Gigi stuffed a handful on monopoly money in her capsule.

"Watch it Gambler!"Glisten shouted and turned back to a startled Flutter.

Toodles giggled and hid leapt onto Gigi's back.

"What all ya got in there?"She tried to open the lid but Gigi had already picked her up off of her and set her in the ground.

"I'll show you if you chill out."She smirked as Toodles sat down, trying to appear nonchalant but she was buzzing with energy.

The sleepover was a lot of fun, but Sprout couldn't stop worrying about Cosmo and Boxten.

"Where could they be?.."He whispered to himself, quietly so nobody heard.