STRANDED: HOLIDAY EDITION
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Rating: G
Warning: There's a bit of fluff. Lol.
Plot: Journey with the Fabray-Berry family as they celebrate the different holidays with Frankie.
Genre: Family
Era: Post WMHS
AN: I just felt compelled to write a sort of "continuation" of Stranded in honour of Valentine's Day (even though I don't celebrate it because I don't have anyone in my life currently) and then I thought, well, why not do most of the "big" holidays too. Or at least the one's I know of (But don't necessarily celebrate myself – like July 4th – Lol).
So I hope that you will all enjoy this short series of one-shots.
Valentine's Day
Frankie was sleeping peacefully by the fireplace today.
Just dozing and lazing.
It was Quinn's day off today too, and he was rather happy about it, mind you, she got the day off in advance from what he gathered.
He wondered why humans had the need to go to cramped buildings and do things to make something he heard was called money.
Couldn't they just do what the colony does? Look after the young, eat, hunt, sleep, have…uh, well, you know, mate. It was less hazardous and life was enjoyable, if you didn't include having to survive stupid Bull Sharks, but Frankie did.
He remembered well the time he nearly died himself.
Light haired Mommy, who he eventually memorised to call Quinn and Dark haired Mommy was Rachel and their pups were Maddie and Alison, Maddie was the taller brunette that had Quinn's eyes, Alison was the shorter blonde that had Rachel's eyes. But both were like Rachel and were very, very loud and energetic.
Anyway, that day when Quinn was taken away by the metallic bird, he swam as fast as he could but got tired, he was only a growing pup at the time.
As he tried to get back to Rachel, he realised a Bull Shark had started to chase him, what made it worse was there was a Great White not too far behind the Bull Shark.
He swam the best he knew how, weaving, trying to throw the two off course.
The Bull Shark actually managed to bite him, not deep enough that he'd die, but deep enough to scar, fortunately for him, the Great White bit into the Bull Shark and started to eat it instead of trying to eat him and he swam off injured and bleeding.
When he got to the island, he found himself at the colony where he eventually healed over time (probably about three weeks in human terms he guessed); a lonely female mother looked after him until he was better and feed him.
When he felt fine again, he went looking for Rachel, but she was nowhere on the island.
Saddened he went back to the colony to live and help look after orphaned pups before becoming an adult and decided that maybe it was time to consider finding his humans; after all the adopted pups no longer needed him and the females there weren't to his liking and the other males harassed him even when he didn't do anything.
Plus he missed his Mommies, the island just wasn't the same, sliding down the rock slide or sleeping at the Beach Bivouac wasn't the same without the two there.
He had to find them.
So he swam from one island to another to avoid exhaustion trying to find his way home to his mothers.
He had his own set of adventures, like the time he helped divers with a net that was trapping fellow mammals underwater.
Or the time he thought it'd be fine to climb onto a boat that was fishing and slept on the front while the humans fished and took pictures of him.
He even went to a place that had volcanos and a lot of surfers. That was a fun time, the people there marvelled that he'd join them in surfing.
Anyway, as of right now he was happily home with his family, his mate didn't want to come, she made that clear, and his pup was fine with her.
He stretched himself in front of the fireplace and sighed. Sure, he was supposed to sleep outside, Quinn had tried to make him once, but one Californian Sea Lion version of a pout and he was happily back inside sleeping in what became his spot.
Today was just another lovely February Day. And the Fabray-Berry household was wonderful and silent.
"Frankie, wake up," a little voice said to him.
Until now.
The big Sea Lion just groaned and turned away.
"Frankie, wake up, wake up," six year old Maddie said as she poked the sea lion, now normally he'd be bearing his teeth right now in annoyance or trying to bite, but he figured something must be up if Pup Maddie was waking him.
"Yeah Fwan-key, wake up, it's Val-tynes Day," Alison said as she joined her sister.
'What the heck is a Valtynes Day?' Frankie thought to himself as he gave the girls a look.
"It's Valentine's Day Frankie," Maddie said as if he'd know what that meant, when he still looked at her she sighed, "It's a romantic day, like, uh, I don't know how to explain, but Mommy and Mom get cards and presents, and we want to make them breakfast in bed, you have to help us,"
At the mention of breakfast, Frankie got up.
"Yay, Fwan-key's helping," Alison cheered.
"Shh, quiet Ali, and I think I mentioned breakfast, that's why he moved," Maddie said as she tried to shush her sister.
"Oh, okay,"
Frankie followed the two into the kitchen as they started trying to make their Mommies breakfast.
The result was a disaster, the entire kitchen was a mess of flour, eggs and sugar, as well as soy milk.
"Wait, Mom's a vegan, we can't give her eggs, we have to make something else," Maddie said as she finished Quinn's pancakes.
"She likes her yoghurt in the fwidge, I saw," Alison said.
"Good idea, I'll mix it with her vegan chocolate, she loves it,"
Finally with breakfast made, Frankie looked at the girls expectantly and wondering why he had to be there in the first place.
"Oh right, fish," Maddie said as she went to the lower half of the fridge and gave Frankie a fish, "Right, let's go, Frankie help us carry,"
Frankie had no say in the matter as the two girls balanced a tray of the breakfast on his nose, Alison ran ahead to help up the stairs and Maddie carried the tray with him.
Let me tell you climbing that infernal contraption known as stairs was a nightmare with a tray on your nose, and Frankie wasn't happy, although he supposed if it made his family happy, why not.
When they reached the Master Bedroom, Alison opened the door quietly with a giggle. Quinn and Rachel were both still asleep.
Frankie huffed as Maddie took the tray from him.
Well, if he had to be up, so did they.
He waddled over to Rachel's side, but realised she wasn't there as she had curled up against Quinn during the night and was on her side of the bed.
He waddled around and gave Rachel a sloppy kiss, waking her.
"Ew, Frankie, again?" Rachel groaned as Quinn groaned as well but didn't wake.
Frankie huffed again as he went closer to Quinn and barked really loudly in her ear.
"OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED?" Quinn yelped as she bolted up but fell out of the bed as everyone but Quinn started laughing, "Argh, Frankie!"
Frankie was now face to face with his blonde mother and if he could smile in a cheeky manner he would and she knew it.
"HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!" Maddie and Alison yelled happily as Quinn got back on the bed and looked at them after she put her glasses on.
"Aw, thank you babies, that's so sweet," Rachel said, "And you made my favourite, thank you,"
"Thank you girls, I love breakfast in bed," Quinn said as she took the tray so that the girls could jump on the bed.
"We talked with Gannma Shelby and Bweth," Alison said.
"You did?"
"Yeah, Beth is going to baby sit because she said 'I don't have much of a life or a boyfriend,'" Maddie said, "So, she's looking after us so you guys can go on a date,"
"You arranged that?" Rachel asked as Maddie nodded, "That's my girl, always planning ahead,"
"What are you going to do today?" Maddie asked.
"Well, how about we hang out as a family first, and then I suppose Beth's coming here to Babysit and Mommy and I are going to go to a nice restaurant, have dinner and then, uh, come back and, sleep," Rachel said.
"You can say you're somersaulting, I don't mind,"
"Somersaulting?" Quinn asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Beth said that that's what you two do when you're locked in your room and laughing, like, a lot," Maddie said.
Quinn's face turned completely red at that and Rachel looked shocked.
'Somersaulting? They weren't somersaulting,' Frankie thought to himself, even he could figure out what was really going on behind those doors, not that he wanted to but the noise was hard to ignore, even from his spot, 'Weird humans, why they couldn't just do it once a year at the right season I don't know,'
"She told you that?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah," Maddie replied.
"Mommy can I somersault too?" Alison asked.
"Oh god no, not until you're old enough to understand what it means to somersault in a bedroom," Quinn said.
"Oh, why? I somersault in the yard,"
"That's a different type of somersaulting, okay, Mom and I do adults somersaulting,"
"Quinn, you're going to dig a hole for yourself and the talk is not something I'd like to awkwardly do on Valentine's Day," Rachel said.
"Right," Quinn said.
Frankie was bored on the ground as he hopped onto the bed and relaxed, staring intently at Quinn's pancakes.
"No, my pancakes, you have fish, I smelt it," Quinn said as she grabbed her pancakes and ate it with her hands.
"He helped us carry the tray," Maddie said proudly.
"He did? Thank you Frankie for helping the girls bring us breakfast," Rachel said as she kissed the top of his head.
"The sea lion gets a kiss before me?" Quinn said amused.
"Yes, because he's our child too,"
"Things I endure for him,"
"Exactly, now I'll give you a kiss,"
"EW!" the two girls said as they covered their eyes and Frankie decided to copy them and put his flipper to his face.
"Oh shush," Quinn said.
"So, do you have a Valentine's Day gift for me?" Rachel asked.
"Yes I do, and I'll show you later tonight, okay,"
"Okay, I will too,"
The happy family had started eating their breakfast before Quinn said, "Girls, what state is the kitchen in?"
"Uh, Ali and I have colouring in to do, right Ali?" Maddie said as she grabbed her sister and the two bolted off.
"Frankie?"
Frankie just looked at her before waddling away as quickly as he could. He wasn't going to stay in this mess.
"Oh god we have a mess to clean don't we?" Quinn said to Rachel when they were left alone.
"Yes we do, but first," Rachel said as she kissed Quinn's lips, "Happy Valentine's Day Sweetie,"
"Happy Valentine's Day to you too," Quinn said with a smile.
AN 2: And there you have it, short (sorta) sweet. Next one will be up eventually, I still have to work on my other stories too. Lol.