Author's note: From my memory, on Rugrats, the only adult who's birthday had been celebrated was Didi's, in 'Baking Dil.' However, celrock recently gave me the idea to write a story where Chuckie, Kimi, and Chaz celebrate Kira's birthday, to which I credit her for the idea. Thank you, celrock! In addition, the story title might change as I continue, and is planned to go on for three or four chapters before I decide to end it to continue other stories.
Considering how lazy I've been this past week, I am truthfully not sure of when the next chapter will be uploaded.
If you can, please tell me which story on my profile you would like me to write after I finish my next three stories. Thanks!
The title might change as this story goes on, just to warn you guys.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rugrats, and the fascinating series belongs to Klasky Csupo. I also do not own original characters Zack and Peter. If you're wondering what happened to Jesse in this story, he's out somewhere, and I'll leave it up to your imagination as to where. He will reappear in my next story, though.
Kira's Birthday
Chapter one
On an enthralling Wednesday afternoon in Yucaipa, three-year old Chuckie Finster, his younger sister, Kimi, and their father went to his best friend, Tommy Pickles' house. This was usually their daily routine, and they were rarely the only three there. Aside from Tommy's younger brother, Dil, their friends would often come over to Tommy's home, as well, along with one of the nicest girls in Yucaipa, Susie Carmichael, and Tommy and Dil's rotten cousin, Angelica. The blonde four-year old girl would often trick them and call them names, yet at the end of the day, they still saw her as a mentor of some sort. While Chuckie himself didn't understand why they continuously forgave Angelica for the previous situation that she had gotten them into, he supposed that it was because without her, their lives wouldn't be as fun.
By the time that Chuckie, Kimi, and Chaz, their father, had arrived, most of the others were already there. It was not like the three to come this late, and the babies, along with Tommy and Dil's mother, Didi, had begun to get worried that something was the matter. That is, before the three finally showed up. Chaz rung the doorbell while Kimi giggled. She was always joyful, it seemed, even when people did simple things. No one really knew how she did it, and instead left with the assumption that she was simply a cheerful child.
Tommy and Dil's mother, Didi, answered the door, and smiled once she saw the three.
"Sorry we're late, Didi," Chaz said immediately. "We were out shopping for Kira."
The last few words that he said could quickly and simply explain why Chuckie was unhappy and frowning. His sister, however, thought differently about the incident that had taken place, which was why she was still smiling. That, and joy was her main emotion.
"Shopping for Kira?" Didi asked. "Isn't she taking that brief vacation in Japan?"
It was true indeed that a few days ago, both Kira and her biological daughter, Kimi, had been invited to Japan by their relatives. Noticeably, they hadn't invited Kira's husband, Chaz, and her recently 'adopted' son, Chuckie. Considering that they, mainly Kira's father, were not too fond of Chaz, it wasn't much of a surprise. While none of the Finsters actually knew this, Chaz could sense it whenever Kira would have late night phone conversations with her father, discussing what was going on in Japan, and what was going on in California. To him, his wife's father's big, loud, voice whenever he talked about Chaz explained it.
On another note, however, Kimi unfortunately could not come along because she had gotten a cold. This struck surprise in the Finsters, as toddlers usually didn't get sick during the summer, though they did try their best to deal with it normally… aside from Chaz's occasional freak-outs. Kira, being a helpful mother, had offered to cancel her trip to Japan to stay home and take care of Kimi. Chaz, however, had decided that perhaps he should give his wife a vacation, and told her that no, he could take care of their two toddlers. While Kira had her doubts, he was convincing enough, and she ended travelling to visit her relatives.
Sweetness hadn't been the only reason that he had done this. Everyone, including Kimi and Chuckie, knew that Kira's birthday was coming up soon, and they wanted to secretly go shopping for her. If she were there, it would've been more difficult for them to do this secretly, and it wouldn't have been a surprise.
After Kimi's cold had gotten better, though not fully gone, they had finally gone shopping that morning, hoping to each find a good present for Kira, and that they would be finished in one to two hours. Not even this turned out to be enough time, as they spent four hours, from eight in the morning until twelve in the afternoon, shopping for Kira, mainly because none of them knew what to buy for Kira. While Chaz had had a few ideas in mind, the majority of them were either much too expensive, or simple.
That had landed them at the Pickles' home, hours after they had promised to be there.
"Yeah, it's been difficult since she went on vacation, which is mainly what I came here to talk to you about, aside from dropping Chuckie and Kimi off to go play with Tommy and the others while we have this discussion," Chaz explained.
Didi's face turned to look of concern.
"I can see that this is serious," Didi said. "I'll drop Chuckie and Kimi off in the playpen."
With that, she offered one of her hands to each of the toddlers, and walked them to the playpen, where the babies were playing with Tommy's ball. Smiling at the two, she opened the playpen and allowed them inside, before locking it again once they were now with their friends.
"Have fun, kids, and be good! Susie and Angelica will be coming over later, by the way!"
These were her last words before she walked back into the other room with Chaz, and led him to the dining room where they could discuss what had been going on recently.
Once they were sure that the adults were gone, they all began speaking to each other as usual.
"Ugh, Angelica's coming!" Lil complained.
Zack groaned.
"All she ever does is call us dumb and lie to us."
"It's almost like she can't be nice for more than a day," Phil acknowledged.
"Yucky!" Dil exclaimed, sticking his tongue out to represent how he felt about his older cousin after he said the word.
Since Kimi actually kind of liked Angelica, she, along with Chuckie, didn't say anything, just sitting there with an unsure look on her face. As for her brother, he sat in a corner, his face on his knees, frowning up. She would've asked him what was wrong, though she wanted to wait until the others actually took a second to realize they were there, and existed.
"Well, as mean as Angelica is, there's nothing we can do about it, at least not for a while," Tommy reminded them with a sigh.
"I agree with Tommy," Zack suddenly said. "Plus, if we keep complaining about her coming, then we won't get to play or anything, and then there won't really be a point in it, or of us even being here. We also forgot to say hi to Chuckie and Kimi, and we've never done that befores!"
The others frowned once they realized that they were right.
"Oh yeah," Lil said. "Sorry, guys."
"It's okay," Kimi said with a smile, glancing at Zack. "Me and Chuckie were just kinda waitin' for you guys to notice that we were here."
"Speaking of Chuckie, why does he look dead?" Phil asked.
"Yeah, Chuckie, what's the matter?" Tommy asked.
They indeed had a right to wonder what was wrong, as not only had the Finsters been late to come over, which even the Rugrats, whom didn't have much of a concept of time, could tell, yet their friend Chuckie hadn't spoken and seemed… out of it.
"Chuckie?"
No response came from the freckled three-year old, who just stared in one direction. His lack of response just made the 'Rats even more interested.
"What happened to Chuckie?" Lil asked, waving her hand in front of the three-year old's face, while looking at him with curiosity.
"Yeah, what happened to him, Kimi?" Zack asked.
While the blonde baby would've usually asked Chuckie himself what the matter was, in this situation, since Chuckie didn't seem to want to talk to anyone, he asked Kimi, instead. Since Kimi always tried not to be rude, he knew that she would answer.
"Well, Zack, I dunno, but, I think it has something to do with our mommy's birthday," Kimi explained.
"Wow Kimi, Chuckie, your mommy's birthday is comin' up?" Lil asked.
"Yep!" Kimi exclaimed happily, clapping. "My new daddy took me and Chuckie shopping earlier for a present for her, and since then, he's been all frowny faced."
"Well, maybe he wants a real good present for you guys' mommy," Tommy suggested.
"I think Tommy's onto something," Zack told them. "Chuckie, did you find a present for your mommy?"
Chuckie groaned, clearly battling in his head whether or not to speak to Zack. He didn't want to be rude, but right now he really didn't want to talk, either.
"No," Chuckie mumbled quietly.
"Well then, I guess that's what's wrong," Zack said. "If you're ready to talk, Chuckie, what exactly did happen, though? A description, please?"
Chuckie bit his lip, clearly not all that ready to explain why exactly he was so upset yet.
"Well, I guess Chuckie doesn't wanna tell us, let's get back to playing ball," Phil said after a minute of staring.
They were about to do as Phil said, until Chuckie randomly decided that he did want to speak.
"Okay, okay!" Chuckie shouted. "Well, since my new mommy's birthday is comin' up soon, we had to go shopping today. And when we did, I looked and looked, but I couldn't find anything that I think my new mommy would want. But then I realized something."
"What?" Phil asked.
"I don't know what my new mommy wants," Chuckie mumbled sadly.
The others felt bad for him, and tried giving numerous suggestions to help. None of them liked to see their friend sad and scared.
"Well Chuckie, maybe get her something that you like," Lil suggested.
"Yeah," Phil agreed. "That's what me and Lil did for our mommy's last birthday, and she liked it when we gave her a worm. She laughed, too."
"Uh huh," Kimi said, she, too, trying to cheer her brother up. "Last year when I gave our mommy a present, it was something that I had gotten from outside. She sure did like it."
"Yeah, and my mommy always says that whatever present we think fits, does," Tommy explained.
"Guys, as much as I agree with you here, I don't think that's helping Chuckie," Zack acknowledged. "Chuckie, maybe you should think about what new mommy usually shows interest in when you're with her. You've been with her and Kimi for about a year, right?"
Chuckie nodded, his eyes closed and still not speaking. Zack, seeing this as a signal to continue speaking, did so.
"Then surely, if you spend enough time with your mommy, then you know what she's like."
As he said these words, Zack's expression did change, as he remembered that he didn't see his mother much, with his Aunt Celeste being with him around one-hundred percent of the time. That was why it kind of hurt him to say these words.
"Well, yeah, I kinda do, but even when we spend time with each other, we're usually doing what me and Kimi wanna do," Chuckie explained.
"Yeah, like all those times when our mommy taked us to the park," Kimi exclaimed, happy and pleasant as usual.
'Well, of course,' Zack thought. 'For a grown up and a kid that's kinda normal.'
"Well, I'm sorry that you guys don't know some of your mommy's interests," Zack said, trying to think of another suggestion. "Hey, guys, when's your mommy's birthday, anyway?"
Kimi giggled at this, knowing that Zack would most likely come up with another one of his excellent ideas.
"Daddy said that it's tomorrow, I think," Kimi answered immediately.
"Well, then, we need to come up with something that we can do by tomorrow," Zack acknowledged, sitting down. "Guys, let's brainstorm."
"What's that?" Phil asked.
Zack, who simply wanted Chuckie to get over his depressing state and to solve the problem, as opposed to Phil asking any questions, groaned.
"Brainstorming is when you think of some really good ideas," Zack explained. "The ones that don't make sense, you leave out. You brainstorm 'til you find the very best idea."
"Wow, Zack, that's a real big word," Kimi said in admiration.
Zack briefly smiled at her.
"Thanks, Kimi, I try to put as many big words into my vocabulary as I can," Zack explained.
"Why can't you just say what normal babies say, like 'think'?" Phil asked.
"Yeah," Lil said, truthfully a bit jealous. "You don't have to use such big words all the time."
Suddenly, the twins began bombarding him with questions that he either didn't know the answer to or didn't want to answer.
"Do you do it to look smart?"
"What's two plus two?"
"How many fingers am I holding up?"
"What's the biggest number in the world?"
"What's Mr. Einsten's 'quation?"
"Exactly how old am I?"
"What's my shoe" –
"Guys, stop!" Zack finally yelled, losing his patience. "Not only do I not want to answer any of those questions, but I don't see how this is helping Chuckie at all!"
Kimi was now frowning at the twins, as she agreed with Zack.
"Yeah, and no 'fense, guys, but that was kinda mean, too," Kimi said.
"Oh," Phil said. "Well sorry Zack and Kimi. Sorry, Chuck."
"Uh huh, sorry you guys," Lil said.
Zack closed his eyes, still a bit frustrated from their constant questioning from before.
"Just… don't do it again, you two," Zack insisted. "Anyway, guys, let's get back to brainstorming so that we can help Chuckie."
After a few minutes of thinking, Lil came up with something.
"Hey, why don't we make a mug?" Lil suggested.
Tommy, deciding that this time, he wanted to answer, did so.
"Well, uh, sorry, Lil, but, that's gonna take too long, and 'cording to Kimi, we only have 'til tomorrow," Tommy reminded her.
"Oh, yeah," Lil said.
"Sorry, Lil, but I agree with Tommy, maybe we can do that when we're a bit older, maybe about five or six," Zack suggested.
"Yeah, it was a pretty dumb idea, Lillian," Phil stated.
Lil, upset that her brother agreed with the two, and that they were unable to do what she wanted, crossed her arms and began arguing with Phil.
"Still better than any of your ideas have ever been, Phillip," Lil angrily stated.
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Not!"
"Too!"
"Not!"
"Too" –
"Really, could you guys just be quiet and stop fighting?" Zack finally groaned out of frustration. "If all you're going to do is argue while we actually try to do something, then maybe you two should go somewhere else and do that while we actually help Chuckie and solve the problem!"
"Fine," the twins both said, crossing their arms and looking away from each other.
Zack, still a bit frustrated, tried to continue thinking up ideas.
"Well, maybe Chuckie can get our mommy some flowers from Tommy's backyard," Kimi suggested. "I think that's what I'm gonna do if a better idea doesn't come up."
She then giggled. Zack smiled at her for this. With how stressful everything was, with trying to help Chuckie find a gift, and the twins' exasperating behavior, someone positive could really be helpful.
"I think it's a good idea to start with," Zack said.
Kimi, glad that Zack liked her idea, smiled widely at him.
"Thank you, Zack," she said, giggling a bit louder than she usually did.
Tommy, agreeing with the idea as well, smiled, prepared to shout his line.
"C'mon, babies, we're goin' for a liftoff!" Tommy shouted.
"Not so fast, Tommy," Chuckie exclaimed. "I really like my new mommy, and I really wanna find her a present 'fore tomorrow comes, but what if this all goes wrong? What if she doesn't like the flowers, and what if we can't even get outside anyway?"
"Chuckie, stop bein' silly," Tommy told him. "Your new mommy will like whatever you give her, cuz she's a real nice person, and as for all that other stuff, it's not like it's ever stopped us befores."
"Well, Tommy, on some of those points there, I agree with you, but on others, not so much," Zack told him. "I love venturing as much as the next baby, but we should plan this out first, or else we might get hurt like Chuckie said."
"Well, okay," Tommy said, a bit disappointed, as he was used to going on adventures without plans.
"So, Tommy, Dil, your mommy is in the kitchen with Chuckie and Kimi's dad, right?" Zack asked, wanting to make sure before he continued.
"Uh huh," Dil said, smiling after getting those two words out.
"Well, uh, I think so, cuz I heard my mommy say that she was gonna fix Chuckie and Kimi's daddy some tea," Tommy recalled.
"Okay, good, and, I've only been over here a few times since I'm sorta new to this group, and I'm pretty sure that I haven't been here for even a whole month yet, but, every time I come over, your mommy doesn't check on us unless she hears a noise, like if someone starts crying," Zack acknowledged. "And that someone is usually Dil."
"Yeah, Dilly, this time, could you try not to cry if we go outside?" Tommy asked his younger brother. "This is real important to Chuckie, and we really wanna help him. Please?"
Dil looked confused for a minute, and seemed a bit cross that he would have to stay quiet even if he needed a diaper change, though he then saw the look in Tommy's eyes, and agreed.
"Okay, Tommy," Dil said, for once saying his older brother's name right.
Tommy smiled at him.
"Okay, Zack, if you got anything else to say, continue, cuz just like everyone else, I wanna get to venturing soon," Tommy said.
"I have an idea," Kimi said with a huge smile, wanting to impress them, mainly Zack.
"Sure, Kimi, what is it?" Zack asked.
The other babies listened to Kimi, as while her ideas were never as intelligent as Zack's, nor as dangerous as Tommy's, they were usually creative or imaginative. Of course, being a toddler, her imagination was huge, with it often full of dragons and numerous ideas. However, her ideas could vary from imaginative and impossible to do in real life to just as intelligent as Zack's were sometime. Perhaps this might be one of those times.
"Well, me and Chuckie can sorta talk to the growed ups since he's three and I'm two and three quarters," Kimi reminded them. "So, even though it might not be as fun, maybe we could scream for the growed ups, and then we can point to the stuff outside, and, maybe Tommy's mommy will pick up our signal."
Zack, once again, smiled at the girl, his eyes lighting up at her idea.
"Well, that's a pretty good idea you got there, Kimi, and even though I don't like screaming all that much, it still isn't as dangerous as it would be if we tried to escape from the patio door," Zack recognized.
"Finally someone agrees with me," Chuckie mumbled.
"No 'fense, Kimi, but doesn't that kinda take the fun out of venturing?" Tommy asked.
"Well, Tommy, I like going on adventures almost as much as you do, but, I have to agree with Kimi here," Zack told him. "If one of us gets hurt, then we're all going to look back to Kimi's idea, and think, 'now, why didn't we do that earlier?' I'm guessing you don't want that to happen, right?"
"Well, no, but, I sorta feel like it's holding us back from what we can actually do."
"Tommy, point is, our original idea was a lot more dangerous. Besides, it's not like we're not going to have a lot of fun outside."
"Well, I guess you're right, but next time I don't wanna do it this way."
"Well, okay, I'm just glad that at least we're not going to spend the rest of this whole day arguing about this."
"Yep, cuz we don't gots any time to waste!" Tommy said. "Anyways, babies, are ya ready to scream?"
"Boy am I ever!" Phil exclaimed, chuckling.
"I love screaming," Lil whispered.
"On your marks, get set, go!" Zack shouted.
At this point, they all screamed, though none of them got too out of control, and the majority of screams weren't very loud, excluding Phil, Lil, and Dil's screaming.
Just as expected, Didi and Chaz ran into the room at this point.
"Oh, no, what's wrong with the kids?" Chaz asked.
"I don't know, Chaz, but, they sure are loud," Didi said.
If she weren't such a good mother, she probably would've covered her ears at this point.
Once they realized that the adults were now with them, they began pointing outside.
"What are they pointing to?" Didi asked, trying to figure it out.
"Oh, well, Deed, I think they wanna go outside," Chaz realized after he looked carefully.
The Rugrats, pleased to see that one of the adults understood what they wanted to do, smiled and clapped.
"I suppose it might be a little too hot in here," Didi said. "Why not? They can go outside."
With that, she opened the patio door and allowed them each to walk out, with the exception of Dil, whom she picked up because he couldn't walk yet.
"Well, Deed, maybe we should move closer to the kids incase they start crying again," Chaz suggested.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," Didi said. "Let's sit outside at the tables. I'll get our tea, you can watch the kids."
She walked back inside, closing the patio door behind her so that bugs wouldn't fly inside, and went into the kitchen to get the tea that she had brewed for she and Chaz. They had been halfway into their discussion before they heard the babies/toddlers screaming, to which they took care of the situation immediately.
While he was outside, Chaz sat at the small, white, table that the Pickles owned, and, while he did watch the babies as requested of him, he squinted while doing so. Of course, since it was summer, it was rather hot outside today, with the sun blazing. The redhead thought of going to the beach soon with his family. At this point of summer, whereas Chuckie and Kimi would be starting preschool soon, he thought it would naturally be good for them to get out all that they could.
Didi had been gone long enough for him to think about these things. Once she came back with the tea, she took a long glance at the babies to make sure that they were alright now, smiled, and sat down with Chaz so that they could continue their discussion about Kira's birthday.
"And Deed, I know I've said this a million times, but I just don't know what to get her," Chaz complained, stressed out. "We even went shopping for two full hours and you know what happened in the end? None of us got her anything because I don't know what she wants, and it seems that Chuckie doesn't, either."
Didi, who was trying to keep Chaz from passing out because of so much stress, attempted to comfort him.
"Well, what about Kimi, does she know what to get Kira?" Didi asked.
"I'd like to believe so," Chaz told her. "I think I saw her eyeing some gifts at the store, and she wanted to get Kira this teddy bear but it was one-hundred and forty dollars! Nearly gave me a heart attack just to see the price of a teddy bear. I mean, this was a teddy bear, Didi, a teddy bear, not a vintage Cynthia doll!"
At this point, Chaz was taking deep breaths, as he was rather stressed out, wanting the best for his wife. The last thing in the world that he wanted was to get her a gift that she disliked.
As for Didi, she nearly choked on her tea once Chaz told her the price. She found it hard to believe that a teddy bear would be that pricey, though a Cynthia doll from the fifties was indeed up for around five thousand, so perhaps it shouldn't be all that difficult to think about.
"How did Kimi react to not being able to get Kira that pricey teddy bear?" Didi asked. "Oh, and Chaz, at this point, you might want to take your inhaler. I fear what will happen if you don't."
Chaz, nodding, took two puffs from his asthma inhaler, and indeed calmed down.
"Kimi nearly threw a tantrum in the store," Chaz said, frowning. "She's usually so happy, and I rarely see her act up, so that kind of surprised me there. Her tantrum wasn't bad enough for me to have to take her out of the store, goodness no, considering how pleasant she is to be around, the majority of her tantrums are just a lot of crying and the occasional kicking, but this time, she just groaned a little and stomped her feet. After about two minutes, she got over it. I still don't understand why she's been a bit moodier than usual lately."
"Well, Dr. Lipschitz published a book on this," Didi told him. "It was very recent, only came out two days ago, so you probably haven't read it yet. In his book, he said that around the ages of two and three, toddlers often throw many tantrums whenever they don't get their way. He said that as long as they're not physically harming anyone, it's best to ignore the tantrums, because they'll tire out."
"Yeah, well, Kimi's tantrum was barely even a tantrum," Chaz said. "More of some groaning and she stomped her boots while we walked throughout the whole store until I put her in the shopping cart. Then she calmed down."
"Tantrums, even when they're as small as Kimi's, are ways of expressing anger," Didi acknowledged. "Kimi is a very happy girl, always smiling, so I doubt that unlike some people, her tantrums will stop as she grows into a grade-schooler. However, they will probably occasionally come back up in her pre-teen and teen years when she'll be going through… well, you know."
"My gosh, please don't remind me of that," Chaz groaned. "I had better just face it, Deed. Kimi's going through the last few stages of the terrible two's, and at least next month she'll go into her horrendous three's. And my oh my, about Chuckie…"
At this, the man shuddered, barely being able to imagine how she might change once she got into her horrendous three's.
Meanwhile, the babies were congratulating Kimi on her plan, as it had worked, and got the adults' attention without any danger.
"I'm glad that there wasn't any real danger, so, thanks for that, Kimi," Chuckie told his sister, opening his mouth to speak for the first time in a few minutes.
"I'm sorry for doubting and objecting your plan, Kimi, cuz it worked real well," Tommy acknowledged.
Phil chuckled.
"Yeah, I loved screaming," Phil said.
"Me too!" Lil added in. "But I screamed louderer."
At the very idea, Phil crossed his arms, completely prepared to argue with his twin.
"Did not, Lillian," Phil insisted.
"Did too, Phillip!" Lil shouted.
"Nuh uh!"
"Uh huh! Uh huh times a gazillion plus the worstest ice cream in the world!"
"Gross, Lillian!"
The others ignored their short argument as they continued to congratulate Kimi, who was smiling shyly and twirling her boot.
"Yeah, the others are right, Kimi, your idea was really smart, and I'm starting to think that maybe you should be the one coming up with the ideas instead of me," Zack suggested jokingly.
The toddler blushed as her friends complimented her.
"Well, gee, guys, thanks for all the compliments," she said, giggling, though still blushing. "'Course I figure you, Tommy. I was thinkin' about putting a little more 'venturing into it, too. And, Zack, nah, sometimes my ideas wouldn't really work. Yours usually work better. As for everyone else, thanks a lot! But, didn't we come out here so that Chuckie and me can pick flowers for our mommy?"
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgotted about that," Lil said.
"Well, c'mon, babies, let's go pick flowers!" Tommy exclaimed.
They all went over to pick a few flowers.
"I got a boring old violet," Chuckie complained.
"Well, I like violets," Kimi said, smiling. "They're real pretty!"
"Most flowers are pretty, Kimi," Phil reminded her.
"Well, sure they are, but Phil, you gotta take a few minutes out of each day to appreciate nature and how pretty everything is," Kimi said, sniffing a rose. "Mm! Roses!"
"What type of flower is this?" Lil asked, holding up a large, yellow, flower. "Cuz it sure smells bad!"
Zack sniffled, before wrinkling his nose.
"No, I think that's Dil's diaper," Zack said, covering his nose.
The others, beginning to smell this as well, covered their noses, too.
"Dil, couldn't you have waited?" Tommy asked, a bit annoyed.
"Yeah, smells like a barn in here," Phil complained.
While the other babies complained about Dil needing a diaper change, the youngest of the group himself crossed his arms, upset that they were blaming him for something that was natural.
"Hmph," Dil said, not exactly clarifying what he was upset about, though one could guess. "Tommy said no crying, so I didn't."
"Well, boy, am I sorry for telling you that now, Dilly," Tommy said while holding his nose. "You sure are a stinky baby!"
The smell itself couldn't get past the adults, as Didi sniffled and realized that one of the babies was in need of a diaper change.
"What's the matter Dee… oh," Chaz said, covering his nose.
"I think my little man needs a diaper change," Didi said, walking over to Dil and picking up. "Y'know, that's strange. Dil usually cries whenever he needs to be changed. Maybe today he decided to give mommy a break. Now, sweetie, that's nice, but next time cry to alert mommy, mm'kay?"
"Flower," Dil said as Didi carried him inside.
The seven-month old finally, despite what his older brother had made him promise not to do, began crying as Didi carried him inside.
"Now, now, Dil, calm down, sweetie, mommy's about to get you a nice ole diaper change," Didi promised her younger son, attempting to calm him down. "My goodness, we need to tone down on the foods that we feed you!"
However, since this was not the main reason that he was crying, tears continued to pour down the seven-month old's face.
The others couldn't help though feel sorry for both he and Didi. They felt bad for Dil because he had dropped his flower, and Didi because she would have to calm him down before he could come back outside.
"Don't worry, Didi, I'll watch the kids to make sure that nothing dangerous happens!" Chaz shouted after her, though the woman was so keen on soothing Dil that she didn't hear him.
Chaz walked over to them, and smiled once he saw that they were picking flowers. However, this smile soon turned to a small frown once he remembered his first wife, Melinda.
"Melinda used to love these," Chaz mumbled.
All of the 'Rats, excluding Chuckie, whom knew exactly who his father was talking about, gave him a look of confusion.
Chaz was about to explain to the Rugrats who Melinda was, until someone knocked on the door.
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I apologize for not only being many days late on this chapter, though also for leaving this first chapter here on a cliffhanger. I hope to update this quickly, as I do indeed have the story planned out, and feel that you guys have been waiting long enough. Once this story has ended, after about four or five chapters, I'm going to move onto my story 'Alternate Ending of a Step at a Time', and after that, I'm going to try to publish my first Inside out story. I've been interested in the movie for months.
If you have wonders as to where the heck I've been lately, I can't really answer that. I don't really know where I've been myself. All that I do know is that I've been tired lately, and will actually probably go straight off to bed after uploading this, or at least hope to. Sure, it's a little early for me, since it's eleven pm and I'm usually in the bed at four in the morning, but I'm going back to school soon, and you can always make a change, right? Anyway, gonna end this chapter right here, and I hope to update tomorrow.
For any Big Hero 6 fans, I'm also going to try to see that movie soon, and I saw Jurassic World recently. Wonderful movie.
Feel free to review or send me a private message if you think something's wrong.
Anyway, peace out, guys, and, I'll catch you all tomorrow!