A/N: Hel-lo Eeeeverybody! So there's this scenario that has played a few times in my head. This one shot is that scenario. I hope you enjoy it. Lets just hope I don't write up to 10 chapters, now lol. Keep in mind that I may not be the best writer (clearly) but I do try. Now that I think of it, it may not be good. We'll see.

Babysat

And so it begins...

(BGM: Gives You Hell, by American Rejects)

It was a wonderful day, almost, for the life of Zoe as she woke up to a rude awakening. It was 7:00 in the morning and her sister tossed a pillow at her head while she was sleeping.

"Wake up sleepy head!" her sister, Crystal, said as she went to the restroom.

Zoe looked over to her calendar to see what day it was. It turns out it was a Saturday, the day where her friends decided to meet for a surprise occasion. When Zoe remembered this she quickly got out of bed to start her morning rituals so that she could see what that surprise was.

***

"I'm telling you, honey, this could be a great opportunity for her to learn responsibility!" Mr. Orimoto said as he was talking to his wife.

" I don't know..." Mrs. Orimoto replied.

Zoe couldn't help but over hearing them from the top of the staircase.

"What could they be talking about?" Zoe thought. She was afraid that her parents might interfere with her already made plans.

She tip toed her way down the creaky stairs as she tried to avoid all the noise. When she finally made it towards the bottom successfully, she sneaked up to the toaster and pulled out an already made pop tart for the go. Now she was almost at her destination, the door. She made careful strides as she step widely over to the door... only to accidentally step on the family cat, fluffy (typical).

The cat screeched at the top of its lungs as it sprang for safety away from Zoe. Her parents couldn't help but feel startled to think someone has injured fluffy.

Mr. Orimoto walked over to the incident, along with Mrs. Orimoto, only to find Zoe frighteningly frozen where she stood.

"What on earth is going on?" Mr. Orimoto asked his daughter.

"Can you explain the whole charades act?" Mrs. Orimoto added.

Zoe let out a sigh as she turned around with a pop tart in her mouth. She removed it and explained what was going on.

"Well, mom and dad, my friends said we should get together on the weekend for a surprise Kouji was going to tell everyone. Kouji said it was going to be fun." Zoe was giving her parents those puppy eyes in order to make her go, "So can I go, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?"

Her parents looked at each other and then looked at her with a concern look on their faces.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, honey..." Zoe's puppies quickly disappeared as he parents began to speak, "but we thought that you could help the next door neighbors, baby sit their kids." there parents waited for Zoe's response.

"BABYSIT? KIDS? WH..." Zoe quickly changed her tone when she saw her parents gave her a serious look, "I mean... why me? Can't Crystal babysit?" Zoe asked again.

"Hm... that's a good idea. You should ask her to help you out babysit the Jeffereson's twins (no not those Jeffersons)" Mrs. Orimoto suggested.

"TWINS!?" Zoe exclaimed.

***

"If you think it is too much to handle, then maybe you should ask your sister to help." Mr. Orimoto, her father, suggested as he took a sip from his coffee from Starbucks©.

"Alright!" Zoe said as she made her way to her room where her sister was.

Her sister just got done doing yoga as she started to put up her mat.

"Uhm... sis.... do you mind if I ask you a favor?" Zoe asked, sheepishly.

"Uhm... what is it?" Crystal asked her back after feeling exhausted from her work out..

"Well... I was wondering if you could help me babysit the neighbors twins?"

"WHAT? You got to be kidding me. I have to...work." Zoe's sister said as she hastily went into the closet to change.

Zoe couldn't help but sigh heavily as she went back down stairs to deliver the news to her parents.

"She said she's going to be busy." Zoe told them as she felt disappointed.

"Well we're sorry dear but we have to go with the Jeffersons on a little business meeting." Mr. Orimoto explained to Zoe. It explained why he and his wife were dressed up in business suit attires.

"SO what am I suppose to do? I can't babysit twins all by myself." Zoe mentioned out of anguish.

"Sorry dear, but we have no other choice. Maybe you can get one of your friends to help out." Mrs. Orimoto suggested as she helped her husband adjust his tie.

"I doubt any of them would help me, mom." Zoe replied through a sigh.

"You never know honey, you never know." Mrs. Orimoto said as she finished buttoning the last button on her husband's dress shirt that he missed.

"Well we'll be on out way so take care. I believe the Jeffersons are coming to drop the kids." Mr. Orimoto mentioned as he and his wife made it towards the garage door.

Meanwhile, Crystal came running down the stairs to go to "work".

"See ya later... looser. Oh, and good luck with the babysitting." Crystal teased as she snickered all the way out the door, while Zoe rolled her eyes. It was going to be one disappointing day.

***

As she watched both her parents and Crystal leave, she began to dial her friends phone numbers for help. She knew if she told them up front what she needed them for, they definitely wouldn't come. So instead, she tried to lure them over with a "cover up" reason.

First, she called Tommy...

(Dial Tone)

"Hello?" Tommy answered.

"Oh hey Tommy! It's me Zoe. I was wondering if you could come over right quick." Zoe replied.

"For what?" Tommy questioned.

"Oh uhm... for some flower arrangement advice?" Zoe sounded like she was asking more than she was telling him.

"Ooo sorry... can't help you there. I'm busy whoopin' my brother in a game of Madden 09. Bye!" Tommy ended. As he hung up, you could hear Yutaka in the back ground screaming in agony.

Zoe sighed as she questioned and mumbled to herself, "What was I thinking? Flower arrangement advice? Who even says that?"

She started to call JP...

(Dial Tone)

"Yel-lo!" JP joked as he answered the phone.

"Hey JP, its me Zoe." Zoe replied as she looked at her nails.

"Oh hey Zoe! What's up... or down! HA HA HA!" JP couldn't help to laugh at his lame joke.

He sounded obnoxious as Zoe rolled her eyes since he couldn't see her facial expressions.

"I was wondering if you could come over and... try some new food I just cooked." She sounded hopeful as she waited in suspense for JP's response.

"Oooooo....hmmmm.... I can't." JP struggled to say, "I'm sorry. For some strange reason I'm full. Thanks for the offer, though. You could just leave me some for later."

Zoe couldn't help but listen in shock. JP never turns down food. Never!

"Well... bye!" JP hung up the phone.

"I can't believe he actually turned down food.. FOOD!" she thought to herself out loud.

She then tried to call Kouichi...

(Dial tone)

The phone played the answering machine message, "The person you called could not be reached... please hold." She waited as she listened to some music that sounded like it came from the 60's. After five minutes of musical torture, Kouichi finally answered...

"Hello?" Kouichi answered.

"Hey Kouichi. Its me, Zoe." Zoe responded. She sounded a little anxious.

"Oh hey Zoe. What's happenin'?" Kouichi asked. He was just about ready to go out the door.

"Nothin... just wanted to see if you could come over toooo..... help me organize my room?" She waited anxiously yet optimistically for his response.

"Really? I would think you can handle that, can't you?" he questioned her and her demeanor.

Zoe couldn't believe his response either. Almost any guy would love to help a girl fix her room up, wouldn't he?

"Uuuuh... yeah. I guess I can handle it." She replied with no emotions.

She really didn't know what to think, but before she closed the conversation, she thought she should ask him one important question...

Zoe fumbled for words to say as she asked, "Uhm, before we hang up, can I ask you a question?

"Sure. Fire away!" he said cheerfully.

"Don't tempt me." She replied as a joke. They both laughed at that one.

After she finished giggling she finally asked him,"NO but seriously... why do you have that old music on your answering machine?"

There was a long pause before he answered.

"Actually... it wasn't my idea. My mom sorta put it on there.... heh-heh." He responded shyly. There was a longer pause until he finally closed.

"Well see ya later Zoe. Bye" he quickly hung up.

She quickly started dialing Kouji's number out of desperation.

"He better help me!" she thought.

(Dial tone)

"Hello?" Kouji asked sharply while he got in the car with his dad who was about to drive.

"Hey Kouji, its...." Zoe didn't get to finish because he interrupted her.

"Zoe? Are you on your way to the surprise meeting?" he asked rudely. Zoe was taken aback by his rudeness.

"Uhm...no...actually I have to babysit." Zoe admitted accidentally. She quickly covered her mouth when she realized she had spoiled her chance of getting him to help her.

"Bummer... well sucks to be you!" Kouji said coldly as he hung up.

Now Zoe was getting frustrated. She couldn't believe she blew her chance for help nor could she believe Kouji's lack of sympathy. She practically called everyone that could possibly help; everyone except Takuya.

"Oh man", she thought, "I can't believe he's my last hope."

She quickly dialed his cell number and waited for him to pick up.

While she was waiting for him to answer his phone, Takuya was busy getting ready for the day. He just came out of the restroom after taking a shower when he heard his phone ringing.

"Hello?" Takuya answered.

"Oh, hey Takuya..." Zoe felt hopeful as she twirled a strand of her hair with her free index finger. If there was anyone she could count on, it would probably be Takuya.

"Zoe?" Takuya asked to make sure it was her. He just came out of his room after dressing up.

"Yeah its me... I was wondering if you could come over and..." Zoe began to explain her dilemma.

He was almost out the door with a pop tart in his hand when he answered, "Alrighty then!"

He quickly replied without hearing the rest of the sentence.

"Oh? OK. Uhm what time will you be here?" Zoe wondered as she looked at the clock.

"Pretty soon..." he replied.

He looked out the window and then towards Shinya who was making faces at him. He then looked a the clock in the living room...

"In fact,I'm on my way!" he reassured.

He quickly motioned his hand to his mom that he was leaving. He then rubbed Shinya's hair as he left out the door.

"OK! See ya soon...bye." Zoe said, cheerfully.

"Bye." Takuya grinned before he hung up.

They both hung up at the same time as Zoe looked at her watch to see what time it was. It was 10:45 in the morning. She almost felt guilty for sort of lying to Takuya just to get him to come over, but it may have been the only way

(Dear reader: do NOT attempt lying to your friend just to get them to do your biding. Just a little warning I thought I might add.)

***

Meanwhile, Takuya couldn't help but wonder what Zoe could possibly need him at this time, but he didn't mind. He was on his way to her house as he walked down the side walk to check her out until he got another phone call from Kouji. Kouji told him the news that the whole surprise meeting was a chance to receive tickets to see some the best bands perform near one of the local entertainment centers.

When Takuya heard this, he was jumping high in the air with jubilee now that his day just got even better... that was before he made it to Zoe's house. (Duh duh duhn)

***

As Zoe walked around in circles, trying to figure what to say to Takuya, someone knocked on the door.

"Must be the Jeffersons." She said to herself. She walked over to the door with out think as she opened it. She was still in her silly pink butterfly pajama bottoms and white cami when she opened the door. Takuya couldn't help but stare at her, amused.

"Oh, hey Takuya. That was fast." She said as she took a look at her outfit. She hid behind the door.

"Uhm will you excuse me. I got to change first." She said as she closed the door to go change first and come back later to reopen the door for him.

She quickly rushed upstairs to her room to change. When she was done she came running back down stair.

"OK. You can come in now." She said as she came back properly dressed with a tight, lavender, Hollister hoodie and some faded jeans. Takuya took a step inside as well with a red unbutton shirt with a black shirt underneath and jeans as well. He looked around her house in amazement as he nearly tripped over the carpet.

"Soooooo... pretty big house you got." He mentioned as he sat down on one of the couches.

"Yeah, I know." She bragged as she sat down across from him.

"So why'd ya call me?" he asked, still wondering what the whole urgency was about. "Your not going to kill me are you?" he teased.

"No! I was just wondering what you were up to." She lied. She tried to hide it as she bit her bottom lip.

"What I've been up to? You called me here just to see what I've been up to?" he slightly raised his voice.

Zoe couldn't help but feel even more guilty than before.

"Well... yeah." She said plainly.

"Oh... well lets see. I just woke up from bed.... I just got through answering your call to come over... and now I'm here." He still looked a little confuse as to why she still called him. He continued to recall through his memories, "Oh and apart from all that, Kouji just called me and told me that the surprise meeting was just a chance for him to give all of us tickets to go see some of the greatest bands perform at the local entertainment center." Takuya explained to her with a sense of arrogance.

"Like who?" she wondered.

"You know, like Fall out Boys, Boys like Girls, Nickleback and T.I., just to name a few." Takuya was smiling hard as he recalled the list of bands that was told to him from Kouji.

"Dang it! I can't go." Zoe said, disappointedly. She couldn't believe she was about to miss out on such an opportunity.

"Sorry to hear that, but I'm going to get to go though.... try not to hate me." Takuya bragged as he held one hand out in front of him and the other on his chest with his eyes closed.

"Too late, I already do!" she muttered to where he could barely hear it.

He chuckled a little as he walked over to the fridge and asked her, "So whats the whole reason why your not going?"

She was just about to answer him until she heard a knock on the door. It was the Jeffersons and they finally came to deliver their boys.

Zoe walked over to the door with hesitation as she looked back at Takuya to see his facial expressions, but they weren't showing much. She finally opened the door as her heart raced like a bloody pump machine. (Ew and lol)

"Oh, hello. Are you by any chance the Orimoto's daughter they mentioned?" Mr. Jefferson asked. They were an elderly couple that looked like they were in their mid forties. They seemed to be such a bright family and a pleasure to be around.

"No, I'm just an immature midget adult that runs this place!" she said in her head, sarcastically, but she gave them a better response. "Oh why yes I am." She said politely.

Takuya walked over to the door since he wanted to know what was going on.

"Oh and who might this be, your boy friend?" Mrs. Jefferson asked with a teasing smile on her face.

"Well I am a boy. And I am her friend soo..." Takuya joked while the Jefferson laughed at his sense of humor.

"He's just a good friend." Zoe reassured as she snapped a look at Takuya and slapped his stomach while the Jeffersons weren't looking.

"Well we think he is a keeper, so don't let go of this one if I were you." Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson continued to tease them with their stale sense of humor.

Takuya snapped a questioning look back at Zoe, while the Jeffersons handed them the twins that were in their baby carriages.

"Now here is all that you'll need." They gave Takuya a large heavy bag to carry. He took it from them as he struggled to hold it in his hand.

"And here's there name tags, Johnny and Jimmy... you know, so you can tell them apart." The couple laughed again at their lame joke while Takuya and Zoe joined them, involuntarily.

"If you need anything, just call. Were just a drive away!' Mr. Jefferson gave them their cell number and a thumbs up as they walked off to the mini van with laughter filling the air. With a couple of minutes they started the vehicle and they were on their way.

"What a strange bunch", Takuya admitted, "I feel sick." He made a sick face as he struggled to walked off with the bag in one hand and the baby carriage in the other.

"A little help here?" Takuya implied as he placed the bag down, "I think they are toddlers." Takuya mentioned as he unstrapped them from their seats. They were still sleeping.

"Yeah I think they are too." Zoe agreed as she walked over with the name stickers in her hand to attach it to the correct child.

"I think this one is Jimmy and this one is Johnny." She said as she placed the stickers on the boys. They were a set of twins that had dirty blonde hair. They had the same out fit: green and white striped shirts and khaki shorts. There was a moment of silence between them before Takuya finally decide to leave.

"So, I guess I'll be leaving now. I can see why you can't make it to the meeting, now." Takuya said as he placed the toddlers down and walked over to the door.

"Wait!" Zoe cried out before Takuya could walk out the door. He spun his head around quickly to see what was the matter. She found it hard to finally tell him, but she did. "The reason why I called you over here was so that you could.... help me babysit the kids."

Takuya stared at her and stared at her some more. It took him a couple of minutes to comprehend what she told him with his hand on his forehead.

"You want me to WHAT?" he shouted with a surprised look on his face.

"I thought it would be nice if you could help me thats all" She looked like she was about ready to cry. "So will you do it?"

"Are you kidding me? And miss out on a once and a life time to go party at a concert? NO WAY!" he couldn't believe Zoe would ask him to make such a sacrifice.

"But Takuya..." she started.

"No Zoe. I could do a lot of stuff for you later, but this.... I can't miss it." He started to open the door once again.

"Takuuuuyaaaaa..." she begged cutely while giving him the "look" that he hated that made him fall for anything she wanted him to do.

"Zoeee... I told you not to give me that look. It always gets me" he tried to look away.

"But Takuuuyaaaaaa... pleeeeeease... with a cheery on top...There may be a surprise for ya." She kept enticing him with bribery.

Takuya looked at her and at the door, back and forth. He didn't know what to decide. This may have been one of the toughest decisions of his life.

A/N: Ok you may be wondering "I thought this was a one shot!" Well it seems my ideas are too much for that. Too bad for me, I don't think this is a really good story yet, but we'll see. This is more like a three shot, if they had such thing. I'm not sure its going to be good, though. In fact, its funny when someone says their story is probably going to suck but ends up being a really good story after all. Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. It was quite long. I believe the next chapter can be better. (notice I emphasized "can"). Oh yeah and review and tell me what you think so far.