Rosie's "Date" Planner

Rosie's "Date" Planner is the fifth episode of Sodor High School: Thomas and Friends Tales.
==Synopsis==
Acting on advice from James, Rosie attempts to spend time alone with Thomas.
==Plot==
It hadn't taken long for everyone to find out what Thomas and Emily did for Hiro. They were cheered on by all the other students, and were told that they had done a good deed. Spencer, on the other hand, received nothing but angry stares whenever he passed by, now wishing no one paid attention to him.
At around lunchtime, Thomas and Emily meet up with Skarloey and Rheneas in the cafetaria to apologize for the cart's destruction. However, the two younger students, having heard about what their elders did for Hiro, are glad their hard work wasn't wasted and would be happy to rebuild it to give to Hiro's family as a gift. Before they leave, Emily asks if they're brothers to which they say they aren't but grew up as such. Once they're gone, Rosie joins Thomas and Emily and compliments them on their actions. As Thomas points out that things would've gone as planned were it not for Spencer, he realizes he hasn't seen him all day; Rosie tells him to look at the serving area, where the silver-haired boy is working as a cook as punishment. Hank, the American student, recieves his lunch and approaches the three. He congratulates Thomas for doing good, to which Thomas reminds him he couldn't have done it without his friends. Hank then comments on how often Thomas has adventures and that he now seems to have two girlfriends to share them with; flustered by the second statement, Thomas clarifies that Emily and Rosie are just friends, which Hank seemingly accepts before leaving to eat quickly so he can get in some studying for his computer animation class. Thomas and Emily also leave, while Rosie stays by herself unhappily to eat.
At the end of the day James, eager to go home, trips over the legs of his chair and falls flat on his face. Emily sees this and comes to check if James is hurt; he states that he's fine and he simply wasn't paying attention which Gordon emphasizes as he leaves, to James' ire. Despite Emily's doting, James says he isn't that hurt and is given a hand back to his feet before she leaves to catch her bus. After a moment of admiration, James realizes he's going to miss his bus and races outside only to see he missed it. Looking into the cafeteria, he spots Rosie sitting alone at a table and strikes up a conversation with her. She explains that she doesn't know how to get Thomas to go out with her and James, remembering how she felt early on and seeing an opportunity, tells her to build up her confidence before she does so. Rosie thanks him for his advice and he leaves to find another way home; in reality, James is hoping that if Thomas gets together with Rosie, he'll have a chance to be Emily's boyfriend.
The next morning Rosie, having decided to ask Thomas out, walks into the classroom and asks to hang out on Saturday at the Autumn Festival. He accepts, but turns it into a group get-together by inviting Emily along and mentioning Percy will be tagging along as well. Rosie is initially disappointed, but James tells her to wait until she and Thomas are alone then make her move, lifting her spirits. James has already thought out how things will go; Percy will automatically leave to get cotten candy which will take thirty minutes and once Rosie has Thomas to herself, James'll approach Emily and tell her how he feels. James chuckled quietly to himself, certain that his plan was going to work...
...Until he gets sick on the day of the autumn festival, and had to stay in bed. He grumbles about it, but believes at the very least, Thomas isn't going to be alone with the girls as Percy will be with them.
Sadly, Percy had also come down with the same flu and calls Thomas to say he won't be going to the festival. Thomas tells him Emily also got sick (using the excuse that she had called him) then promises to pick up some cotton candy for Percy before hanging up. When it's time to go, Annie and Clarabel promise to look after Emily while Thomas goes to the festival promising to take plenty of photos for her. He makes the 4:15 commuter train to Knapford and finds Rosie waiting for him, telling her about the others and how the flu is a result of Spencer's cooking; nevertheless, they choose to make the most of it and head for the festival.
When they get there, they see a lot of attractions from rides to food contests, arts & crafts, and even a small area hosting a steam engine race. As the two think about how the day will go, a young teenage boy with orange hair and two big teeth approaches them. Thomas addresses the boy as Billy, who states he's having fun and the two briefly reminisce about how he was when he first came to the school. Billy then asks if Thomas plans to introduce him to Rosie (who he assumes is Thomas' girlfriend) and he proceeds to while Billy mentions his class was joined by a shy girl named Molly; Billy's brother Charlie joins the conversation and claims she's all he talks about. Charlie greets Thomas and assumes Percy isn't at the festival because they had another falling out, but the blue-haired boy says Percy's home sick. Charlie goes on to say several students came down with the flu hence Ben's sulking, as his twin brother Bill got sick too. Charlie then proceeds to drag Billy out so they can go home.
Thomas and Rosie explore the festival for a while, with Rosie hoping to tell Thomas her feelings at some point. Everytime she tried however, Thomas would hurry off to check something else out and she doubts he sees her as more than just a friend. She's snapped out of her thoughts by Thomas asking if she wants to go on a rollercoaster: she backs out due to getting sick on such rides, hoping he'll opt out too only for him to go without her. After Thomas grabs a seat in the first car, a girl with golden yellow hair sits with him recognizing him and introduces herself as Molly. She goes on to tell Thomas about her Father's business (selling comic books and movie memorabilia) and he expresses interest in visiting before the coaster starts up. On the ground, Rosie begins to think she's not good enough for Thomas and walks off upset.
When the ride ends, Thomas notices Rosie was gone and asks Hank if he's seen her: he says she went to the hall of mirrors and Thomas rushes off. When he gets there, he hears Rosie crying and begins to search for her, running into several mirrors, then Henry. Henry tells Thomas where to find Rosie and he takes off again, leaving Henry to find his way out. Thomas soon finds Rosie on her knees still sobbing and, thinking it's because of the ride and gives her the choice of where they go next. Rosie thinks he doesn't mean it, explaining how other guys would make such promises to her, then run off to be with other girls like he did with Molly. Thomas explains what he actually talked about with her, which begins to put Rosie at ease. She automatically asks if he likes her (quickly adding as a friend) and tells him the point of them hanging out tonight was so they could get to know each other more. Thomas says he does and offers to spend a little more time with her and leads her out of the hall of mirrors. As they leave, Rosie thinks to herself that it's better to take things slow for now, even moreso after realizing ahe was holding hands with Thomas.
At the end of the day, Rosie and Thomas went their seperate ways; Rosie felt a little happier knowing that she was a little closer with Thomas, who had picked up four packages of cotton candy and was now making his way to the train station for a ride home. And as for James, he might be sick, but he was still determined to become Emily's boyfriend... as soon as he got rid of his cold.
==Characters==
* Thomas
* Emily
* Percy
* Rosie
* James
* Henry
* Spencer
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Hank (Debut)
* BoCo (Debut)
* Billy (Debut)
* Charlie (Debut)
* Molly (Debut)
* Ben (Debut; cameo)
* Edward (mentioned)
* Annie and Clarabel (mentioned)
* Hiro (mentioned)
* The Kawasaki family
** Koyuki (mentioned)
** Yoshida (mentioned)
** Yuji (mentioned)
** Sakura (mentioned)
* Bill (mentioned)
==Cast==
==Trivia==
* This episode marks a few firsts:
** The first episode that Gordon doesn't appear in.
** The first episode to have Rosie's name in the title.
* James starts to develop a crush on Emily in this episode.
Category:Thomas and Friends
Category:Sodor High School
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Category:Fan Fiction