A/N: The long wait for the sequel to the sequel to Babysitting is finally over (yeah I know I still have a story to finish). On a side note, I do realize babysitting is nothing like this… I hope
Another side note, I own nothing pertaining to Digimon and its rightful owners and blah blah blah blah. Ok you can read now.
Babysitting or Getting Sat On 2
It was a blazing, sunny, and pleasant day outside. The livelihood of the town was vibrant with a festival taking place downtown. Everyone was going to be there, from well-known band artists, to spectators who would come to watch and enjoy the show. And one of those spectators was going to be Takuya Kanbara, the 17 year old teen who swore to his friends that he would come with them to the event even if he had to break the law to get there.
On that morning, the young teen awoke from his bed, ready to face the day. He came down the stairs and saw his parents in the kitchen. They looked like they were going to a meeting, dressed in business suits.
"Good morning mom and dad!" Takuya sang as he danced around the kitchen like a child in the playground.
"You look chipper this morning?" Takuya's mom said as an observation.
"Well today so happens to be the spring festival." Takuya replied proudly with a grin on his face.
Mrs. Kanbara smirked as she helped her husband with his tie.
"That's nice to hear."
"I'm going with my friends today, so I look forward to it." He bragged as he picked up a toaster strooddle from the breakfast plate.
"But didn't you promise us that you would baby sit your little brother today?"
Takuya dropped the pastry, which was an inch from his quivering mouth. He was overcome with dread from what he just heard.
"WHAT? SINCE WHEN?"
"Since the beginning of this week."
"That's impossible! How come I don't remember?" (A/N: Story of my life)
"You promised me earlier this week when you were on the phone I think."
"No I didn't?"
"Actually you did… I recorded it." Takuya's dad informed. He pulled out a recorder and played the discussion between the two and sure enough he did.
"You are lying… that can't be me."
"We even wrote it on the calendar."
"But Mom. I promised my friends I was going with them to the festival."
"Sorry about that but you should have considered your other commitments as a brother."
Takuya sulked as he mumbled to himself, "I wish I didn't have no commitments. I didn't sign up for brotherhood."
"I hope you didn't also forget that you were babysitting the Jefferson's kids also."
Takuya's eyes enlarged a thousand times its normal size. He remembered the last time he survived, dealing with the Jefferson's children. He couldn't believe he would have to suffer through that again.
"Can't you find someone else please? Just this once?"
"Sorry Bud… you promised us you would help out."
"Maaaan…." The young teen mumbled, "I don't even remember agreeing to this."
"Well… if it makes you feel better, when you're done we'll go to that festival together as a reward." Mrs. Kanbara suggested in order to alleviate the pain Takuya was already enduring just thinking about the job.
He sighed heavily, "Fine… I guess."
"Thanks Takuya." the father thanked his son before he embraced his wife to head out the door for their business meeting.
Meanwhile, Shinya just came down the steps from his late slumber. He rubbed his eyes as he listened to the discussion.
"By the way, the Jefferson's will be coming to drop off their twins anytime soon."
Takuya shuddered, moaning in despair. Just the thought of the two imps was enough to give him nightmares.
"But that means my hands will be full!" Takuya complained.
"You can handle it. You're a big boy." His father replied, encouraging his son.
Takuya crossed his arms defiantly. This was unbelievable he thought while shaking his head. "Have you guys even seen tv shows? They're going to be tying me up to chairs and hiding me in dark closets and stuff!"
The two adults faced each before they burst into a mirthful laughter deep from their guts. That was the funniest thing they heard all morning.
"Takuya, your so funny sometimes." His mother wiped a tear from her eye due to the uncontrolled laughter, "Hehe children tying a grown man to a chair. The sight of that."
"Don't worry son. If it makes you feel better I'll pay you for your efforts."
"Dad… that is an insult to my dignity and self worth, that you would bribe me to do such a-"
"I'll give you 100 bucks."
"SOLD!" Takuya was quick to change his mind, shaking his father's hand to seal the deal; "It was nice doing business with you mom and dad. Now have a good time at your business meeting. I'll take care of things from here heh-heh!"
-xxx-
It was not long ago the parents had left that Takuya was already having a handful with his younger brother.
"Shinya! You can't eat ice cream this early morning!"
"Why not?"
"Because…. Its not… normal."
"Whatever!"
Shinya ignored his brother's warning and took another spoon of strawberry delight to his mouth.
"Shinya give me the bowl!
"No."
"I said give me the bowl!"
"NO! I'm going to have my bowl of ice cream and enjoy it." He stuck his tongue out at him.
"That's it!" Takuya reached for the bowl to take it away from him
"NOOOO!"
Before they knew it they were playing a game of tug a war with the bowl of ice cream, except it was not a game. They yanked back and forth, not giving the other the chance of winning.
'Sssshinyaaaa! Quit being so stubborn!"
"NO!"
"Man, you always do this when mom and dad are gone!"
Takuya gave it a final yank and Shinya let go on purpose, sending the strawberry creamy dessert all over Takuya's black shirt while it trickled down his khakis all the way down to his shoes. Takuya froze in place as his head begin to steam.
"SSSSHINYAAA!"
"What?"
Takuya heaved a sigh right before the doorbell rang.
"Great! The Jeffersons are here!" he said, sarcastically, "My life has suddenly ended."
He dragged his foot to the door and opened it.
"Look just hand me the kids already and get this over with- OH hey guys!" It turns out his friends dropped by to see if he could still make it with them to the festivities.
"What happened to you?" Tommy asked, noticing the ice cream mess all over him.
"Yeah did you get into a fight with the ice cream jar this morning?" Kouji quipped.
"Worse. My little brother." Takuya replied.
"Ah tough to hear," Kouichi said.
"SO are you coming already… after you change?" JP asked.
"Sorry guys… I can't." Takuya looked down as if he let his friends down, "Somehow I forgot I promised my parents I would baby sit my brother today."
"Shinya? But isn't he getting a little to old for that?" Zoe wondered.
"No! 'It' still acts like a brat!"
"I heard that!" Shinya barked from the kitchen.
Takuya sighed, "Look, I guess I'll catch up with you guys some other time."
"Just like that? You're ditching us?" JP asked in such a demanding tone.
"No. I just have responsibilities I have to do. Now if you'll excuse me I'm waiting for the Jeffersons to drop their kids off so-"
Takuya's friends shuttered after they heard his statement. The thought of the kids brought shivers down their spines, rattling their bones.
"Goodluckwiththat!"
"Eyeah seeya!"
"BYE!"
The gang ran off in the opposite direction before Takuya could ask if they could help. He sulked as his friends scurried away while laughing. They looked and sounded so bliss.
"Well no need to worry about me! I'll probably die before you all will ever see me again!"
He closed the door and turned around as a pair of Shinya's eye looked up at him.
"Now can I have some ice cream?"
-xxx-
After changing into a cleaner set of identical clothes (Like all fictional characters), Takuya finally managed to control his little brother by bribing him some money and a video game session since that was only way to settle down the spoiled brat. He watched as his brother held the remote, watching the TV screen like it was a mini theatre.
"It always works." Takuya mumbled to himself.
Suddenly the door rang again.
"Must be… the Jeffersons." He winced just thinking about it.
He dragged his feet to the door again and opened the door.
"Just leave the kids- Oh Zoe?" Takuya was shocked, "Why are you here? Did you forget something?"
Zoe eyes darted towards the ground as her hands were held behind her back. She was acting all sheepishly around him.
"Well actually. I remember the last time I tricked you into baby sitting with me before… sooo" she gazed up at him, "I thought it would only be fair if I returned the favor."
A sudden breeze of relief swept over him. At least now he was going to get some help.
"Thanks Zoe! I was actually going to complain to you later that you should help me but you saved me the phone call haha!"
Zoe smirked before she walked in the house with her lavender tank top and black skinny jeans along with her white sandals, which exposed her pedicured toes. She had her hair up in a ponytail since she didn't bother doing much to it in the morning.
"Soooo… you ready?" Takuya joked.
"No." Zoe nervously answered.
"Haha me neither-" he was cut off by the sound of knocking on the door again. He walked over to open it.
"Hello Jeffer- JP?"
JP was at the door with a condescending face. "So I see. You thought I was just going to sit back and let you two stay at home by yourselves - HAHAHAHA- I don't think so."
"What are you talking about JP?" Zoe asked with her hands folded.
"Don't think I don't know what going on here," He waved his finger at the two of them, "You two are trying to get alone with each other and that's not going to happen! NOT ON MY WATCH MISTER!" he snarled, close to Takuya's face.
Zoe walked over to JP with a sassy swagger. "JP, I'm only returning the favor Takuya did for me when he helped me baby sit, so if you like you can help us… especially with the Jefferson's toddlers."
JP jumped in his spot, shuddering on the inside.
"Never mind! Good luck to both of you!" JP bolted out the door.
Zoe smirked as she watched JP leave as if he were running from a burning building.
"I knew that would make him leave."
Takuya couldn't help but form a goofy smile on his face. He was impressed with how she handled the situation, but meanwhile, Shinya came from around the corner.
He was awe struck to see Zoe's appearance in his house.
"Takuya, is this the girl you've been talking about that has nice legs and a nice pair of-"
"EYES! Nice pair of eyes heh-heh." Takuya interrupted the blabber mouth before he divulged confidential information. Shinya knew who she was of course; he just wanted to get his brother in trouble.
Zoe looked at Takuya skeptically.
"Not that I stare at our 'eyes' or anything ahaha aha-ha…" he rubbed Shinya's head while he had him in a headlock, displaying a false sense of brotherly love.
-xxx-
Takuya sat on one side of Shinya while Zoe sat on the other side as they watched TV.
"So what grade are you in Shinya?"
"I'm in six grade. I'm glad you asked." The kid bragged as if he were going to college and was smart for his age.
Takuya looked in the air with disbelief. "Hey, Shinya. How come your so nice all of sudden?"
"What are you talking about? I'm always this nice. Plus we have a guest so I have to be courteous… unlike you Takuya."
"What?"
"He's right. He offered me something to drink while you sat there being rude." Zoe replied, aiding Shinya's remark.
"I don't believe this! You should come here any other day and you'll see what I'm talking about." Takuya retorted.
The doorbell rang again for the umpteenth time. Takuya got up and marched over to the door. He was getting tired of this.
"This better be good." As he opened it, the Jefferson's were on the other side with a familiar happier than ever look on their faces.
"Why hello there Takuya. Haven't seen you in a while." Mrs. Jefferson greeted the boy.
Takuya smiled sheepishly.
"SO how's the girl? You two been taking it easily?" Mr. Jefferson added.
"Wh-h-hat? What are you talking about?"
"You know… the blond one."
Suddenly Zoe walked up behind Takuya. "Oh hey Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson."
Takuya jumped.
"Hello to you too. I see you'll be helping your boyfriend today."
"What? I beg your pardon," Zoe was taken aback by her statement.
"Ahem so um where's the twins." Takuya quickly diverted the conversation as subtle as possible.
The adults brought the carriage with the twins, Jimmy and Johnny, from behind them. "They're sleeping now, so they shouldn't be too much to handle."
The twins had grown up since they last saw them. They were around two years old already. Jimmy had a few strands of hair sticking up while Johnny did not. It was the only way anyone could tell them apart.
"Oh they're so cute." Zoe complimented.
"Yeah… they're a real charmer." Takuya said, sarcastically.
"Well we will be going now. Here's a bag of supplies and some instructions just incase anything gets out of hand, which I'm sure won't be a problem, and we'll be on our way." And with that the two adults drove off while leaving the two toddlers in the care of two teenagers who had no clue of what it was like to be parents… except once a while back.
-xxx-
As soon as they entered the door and placed the kids nearby, they tiptoed to the sofa, careful not to make a rude noise that would stirrup the sleeping toddlers.
"Hey what you got there?" Shinya asked. The two teens shunned him.
"We don't want to wake up the kids."
"Oh Ok Zoe." Shinya replied, sucking up to Zoe and her beauty.
"Sheesh… kiss up much?" Takuya said under his breath.
"Shut up Takuya! You just wish she was nice to you like she is to me."
"Quiet both of you." Zoe whispered harshly at both of the bickering siblings.
The toddlers made a moaning sound then went back to sleep, causing the two teen babysitters to sigh in relief. That was a close one.
-xxx-
A few minutes passed since the twins were dropped off and there was nothing to do except watch tv.
"So what do you want to watch Shinya?" Zoe asked, being polite as usual.
"Doesn't matter. You can watch whatever you want, Zoe."
"Un-believable…" Takuya was flabbergasted as he mumbled under his breath.
"Alright. Thanks Shinya." Zoe beamed as she took the remote that was handed to her. She switched the channel to a soap opera show she was keeping up with for a while now called, "The Old and the Hopeless"
It was near the climax of the show.
"Maria… por que?" a man said to woman who looked as if she had been caught doing a crime. "What is the meaning of this?"
"Federico it's not what it looks like I swear."
"Don't be stupid Maria! I know exactly what this is. You've been eating my chocolate desserts behind my back."
"Oh, but you don't understand! I'm…" there was a dramatic pause, "pregnant."
"OK! That is just stupid! That doesn't even make any sense!" Takuya jumped up from his seat in protest of such absurdity.
"Sssssh! Shut up and just watch!" said the blonde, intrigued by the drama she was watching.
"Yeah Takuya. You should appreciate art when you see it!" Shinya added.
Takuya wanted to fall over and pass out. It was too much for him to bear as he face palmed.
"B-b-but Maria… how can this be?"
"That's because I've been seeing…. Fernando, your twin brother." The lady replied as a sudden outburst of lightning and thunder crackled in the background.
Takuya fell over in his seat while Zoe and Shinya gawked at the screen with such passion and undivided attention.
"That's impossible. I thought he was dead?"
"How would you know he's dead?"
"Because… I saw with my own eyes." The man said, dramatically with another crackle of thunder in the background.
"NO! He's still… alive!" now it was the ladies turn to be theatrical as her face stared blankly into the mans eyes. Lightning once again flickered in the back scenery.
Takuya couldn't take it anymore at this point.
"In fact, Ferdrico… I must tell you this important thing…"
"What… is… it?" the man asked, syllable by syllable.
"I-"
The channel suddenly changed to a soccer game that had been going on for about an hour.
"Takuya! Change it back!" Zoe demanded, upset that he cut the program off at a bad time.
Shinya chimed in, "Yeah! Change it back!"
"No! I can't sit here and watch it!"
"SO! It doesn't matter what you think! Shinya said I could watch whatever I wanted!"
"Yeah!" Shinya chimed in.
"We'll I'm the next one in charge of this house, so what I say goe!"
Zoe didn't like what she heard and folded her arms. "Fine. I guess I'll just leave," she threatened as she lifted her herself from the sofa.
"NO!" both Takuya and Shinya outburst at the same time.
"Fine… watch your silly Soaps." He tossed the remote at her and walked off. In mid step he stopped and turned dramatically. "I'll be in…." he paused and snapped his head at them, tossing his auburn hair in the process, "THE KITCHEN!" he walked off steadily as if he were dancing a Waltz.
"Yeah yeah whatever." She ignored the idiot walking away to the kitchen and changed the channel back, but it was too late. The credits rolled on the screen with sentimental music playing along.
"TAKUYA!" Zoe yelled in frustration, thus waking up the sleeping toddlers.
The terrible twos had finally awakened. (DUNH DUNH DUNH)
-xxx-
For the next thirty minutes the teens kept up with the toddlers that were giving them a hard time and Shinya wasn't helping with his persistent request for strawberry ice cream.
"SO can I have ice cream now?" Shinya asked his brother who was busy holding on to one of the twins.
"Not now Shinya! Can't you see I'm busy?" Takuya struggled with both his brother and the child, "Settle down, Johnny! Sheesh!"
He walked over to the sofa and sat Johnny down on the pillow to rest. "Now stay there and don't move."
Zoe on the other hand was sitting with Jimmy reading him a children's' book as he listened silently.
Takuya watched in awe and respect for Zoe's sense of command and tranquility with the child she was managing well. "How do you do it?" He wondered.
Zoe looked up. "Who me? Oh I don't know." She tossed her hair around, "I guess… a girls got her secrets?"
Takuya gawked in silence, despising her at the moment. His attention suddenly went to the sound of the freezer opening. He knew Shinya was at it again.
"Shinya what did I tell you!" he rushed over to his little brother who had an empty jar of strawberry delight.
"Ah man! It's all finished and it's all your fault Takuya."
"My fault? You're the one who spilled it over me." The two glared daggers at each other's eyes, sparks flying.
Meanwhile, he heard a loud crash. At the speed of a cheetah, Takuya pounced into the living room like a ninja, only to see his mom's favorite vase on the floor in pieces.
"Zoe! Why weren't you watching him?"
"I thought you were." Zoe looked up from the book she was reading.
Takuya heaved hot air before he walked over to the troublesome toddler. "Come here Johnny." He walked over to the toddler as he ran around the corner. "Johnny!" he looked over at Shinya, "Shinya, get Johnny for me."
"Say please!"
"I don't have to tell you please."
"Fine then I won't help you."
Takuya sighed, realizing that his worst nightmare was coming to life more and more. He was loosing control over the situation.
"Fine I'll get him myself."
Before he could make a move there was another loud crash. This time both Takuya and Zoe got up to see what had happened. Johnny had fallen and scraped his knee somehow over the carpet. He also knocked over a few family pictures, but they were not seriously damaged.
"Gosh darn it Johnny!" Takuya moaned, watching his mouth.
Zoe pushed him out of the way and attended the child's wounds. "Takuya quit mopping and go get the first aid kit."
Takuya's eyes darted around, "The first aid kit?"
"Yes… you do have one don't you?"
"Actually…" he laughed nervously, "We don't."
"Ugh I can't believe you guys don't have a first aid kit. What else are you supposed to do at a time like this?"
"… Suck it up?"
Meanwhile, Johnny was wailing as if his leg had been amputated off by a jack knife.
"Don't worry Johnny. Want me to kiss it? It'll feel better." She said in a motherly tone. The kid looked up at her with tear felt eyes. He nodded, still screaming his head off to the point the neighbors could hear.
She gently kissed his wound, suppressing the kids crying down a volume.
Shinya watched and instantly threw himself into the wall and fell over crying.
"Oooooow Zoeeeeee! I think I'm hurt also!"
"Shinya get up and quit fooling around!" Takuya scolded his brother as he picked him up by the arm. The nerve of him, Takuya thought.
"Well if you don't have a first aid kit we have to go get one, or at least some band aids." Zoe suggested, commanding the situation.
"Yeah sure I guess we'll do that." The teenage boy walked towards the door.
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Zoe called out to him. She was talking about the other three children he subconsciously forgot about. They couldn't leave them in the house alone.
-xxx-
Meanwhile at the local convenient store, the five of them were shopping around for band aids. There were so many aisles that it was difficult to find out where anything was. The consumers walked by with their carts, gathering what they needed while Takuya and Zoe stood around, clueless.
"Takuya can you get the cart?" Zoe asked, requesting the boy's assistance.
Takuya sighed and went to get the cart on wheels. "Am I some sort of butler?" he mumbled to himself. As he got back, they put both of the twins in the cart seat made just for them.
"Can I get in the cart too?" Shinya asked. He was a little too old to be sitting in carts.
"Shinya, your too old for that." Takuya said bluntly.
Shinya groaned and crossed his arms. He felt like he was not getting enough attention sometimes.
As Takuya pushed the cart, Zoe led the way down each aisle looking for some sort of first aid equipment. When she finally found on the bottom shelf she knelt down to pick it up and show it to Takuya as if he had not seen one before.
"What do you think?"
"Um… I don't know… It's good enough to me."
She shot him a lighthearted sarcastic smile. Could he be serious for once?
A couple walked by and smiled at the young "couple", taking care of three children as if they were parents.
"It must be tough raising three kids your age."
Both of the teens turned around to see who made such a remark.
"Oh no," Zoe chuckled, "We're not a couple."
Takuya added on to her statement. "Eyeah, we're not a couple. I mean we aaare, but… we're not. I-I mean by couple we are as in there are two of us… together, but not together. We're together as friends, but not b-boyfriend and girlfriend kind of friends, just friends. Well she is a girl and she is a friend but she's not my girlfriend. Haha… and these are someone else's children, not ours."
Shinya glared at him. As if his brother wasn't being extremely awkward enough, babbling on like some socially disordered buffoon.
On the other hand the two couple scooted away silently as if they just saw someone get executed.
"What?" the teen boy wondered, not realizing how his crazy and elaborate explanation was a little too much.
"Takuya… you're stupid." Zoe walked away from him.
-xxx-
Takuya and Zoe head for the front check out desk before Shinya brought up his persistent request for some Strawberry ice cream.
"You know… since we're here… we can buy some ice cream. Especially Strawberry."
Takuya faced down at him, "What is with you and strawberry ice cream huh? If they got rid of all the strawberries in the world along with ice cream, what would you do then?"
Shinya looked down as if he wereas hurt but cruel words of injustice, which he was.
"Takuya, don't be so mean to him." Zoe said, defending Shinya and his request for a strawberry dessert
"What? I'm just saying."
Zoe ignored him and knelt down to Shinya's level. Her green dazzling eyes met his as she spoke genuinely to him.
"Don't worry. We'll get some ice cream." She beamed. It was infectious enough to cause Shinya to smile also. He stared up at his bigger brother with a mean look. He looked back at the blond. "Zoe… why couldn't I have a sister like you instead of that?" he pointed at Takuya.
Takuya glared at the both of them. "Hey!"
Even Zoe had to laugh at that one.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: You like so far? …I suggest you read on -