Darla and everyone else were invited to attend a party for her friend Stu's father with his new wife named Lulu and they decided to celebrate. It was a very lovely party, everyone was all dressed up and having a good time with either their friends or their family members.
However, it got a little intense at one point, Angelica had a Godfather movie marathon and she had been imitating it lately and told the other kids she could solve their problems for a price of cookies. And where Akito and Estelle didn't see how she could solve any of their problems, but decided to go along with it. Chuckie was standing alone and looked a little distant and lost.
"You okay, Chuckie?" Estelle asked the red-haired boy.
"Oh yeah... I'm just thinkin' about what I should ask Angelica..." Chuckie shuffled his feet. "She got a binky back for Dil... What could I wish for?"
Akito couldn't help but glance to his untied shoes. "Uh, ask for new shoes?" he chuckled softly.
"No, no, something else, I just can't think of it." Chuckie said.
"Well then, why not ask Angelica to get you a new mother?" Estelle asked before covering her mouth, remembering of what happened to his mother.
"A new mother...?" Chuckie looked up at her.
Akito gave Estelle a glance, he knew it was tough for the Finster family due to what became as the wife formerly known as Mrs. Finster. Instead of being sad, Chuckie actually thought that was a great idea and went to look for Angelica after Phil and Lil showed a broken horse head that was in their bedroom.
"Well, looks like I helped Chuckie choose what he is going to ask Angelica for," Estelle said. "I just hope I didn't cause any sad memories to come in."
"Let's hope so..." Akito gave a nod.
"Eloise, you have a call." Mo told her niece.
"Thank you, Aunt Mo," Eloise went to the phone and answered it. "Hello?" she then got super-duper excited. "Hi, Mommy! Yes, I'm at a party with everybody, except for Jenny... Her parents took her to Paris like we always go... Wait, what? Really!? Oh, thank you, Mommy! Thank you! Thank you!"
Akito and Estelle looked to their cousin, wondering what was happening. It had to be good though if Aunt Darla was calling since she rarely got to speak with Eloise due to traveling all the time, but this seemed like wonderful news.
Speaking of mothers, the music went smooth and soft just as Chuckie went to find Angelica since the deejay decided to put on a special song for the kids and their mothers, but she was more interested in having a dance with her mother and Chuckie actually was sad this time. He found out what happened to his mother on the last Mother's Day, he was indeed sad, but not as much since he was only very little when it happened, but moments like this made him feel sad about it.
"Poor Chuckie, I wish there was something we could do for him." Estelle said.
"Yeah..." Akito agreed.
Mo went to dance with her twins as it was a mother and child dance and everyone met with their mothers. Eloise could kind of relate to Chuckie, her mother was not dead, but she was gone almost all the time and she only really saw her on Christmas. Chaz decided that he and Chuckie should go home now as the kids danced with their mothers. The rest of the night, Estelle wasn't herself as after they all came back home and where she began to practice while her mind was somewhere else.
After the dance and partying, everyone went home for the night. Akito was reading one of his books while Estelle did her dancing and Vincent played a game with himself. Estelle's dancing was beautiful as always, but she still couldn't get the thought of Chuckie not having a mother anymore and hoped that he would get a new one soon.
After Akito was done reading, he began to take care of the Pokemon egg that was given to him by Emi and where Estelle would do the same with her Pokemon egg after her practice dancing.
"I wonder what they are?" Akito asked himself as he remembered to nurture his egg.
"Hopefully nice ones." Estelle said as she warmed hers up.
"Of course they'll be nice, but what kind of types will they be?" Vincent asked while playing his game.
"Well we won't know until they hatch or start glowing." Akito said.
"Is that how they work?" Vincent asked, he didn't know about Pokemon as well as his twin siblings did.
"Yeah, they usually glow and then hatch..." Estelle said as she took care of her egg like a young mother and even walked it around in her old baby doll's stroller. She then smiled as she kissed her egg and gently stroked it. "I feel like a mommy." she then giggled, being a little girl and all.
The telephone then rang and Mo decided to get it. "Hello?"
"Bonjour, Mo." Darla greeted with a giggle.
"Oh, Darla, hello, how are you doing in Paris?" Mo asked.
"It's going great, thank you," Darla smiled. "Um, listen... I was wondering, if it isn't too much trouble, if the kids would like to come to Paris? I was able to give Eloise a ticket to a plane ride over and you should be getting some tickets in the mail yourselves... I just thought maybe it would be nice for everyone if they had a taste of culture and visit wonderful Paris, France themselves."
"That's great and Darla, Akito, and Estelle were given an each an egg for helping Emi and Ash find their father." Mo said.
"What kind of eggs?" Darla curled her finger through her hair.
"Pokemon eggs." Mo said.
This surprised Darla, but then she thought that Mo was kidding. "Really, Mo..." she said to her sister-in-law. "What kind of eggs?"
"I'm serious, Pokemon eggs," Mo said with a chuckle back. "I'm not for sure but I think one is a Larvitar and the other is maybe a Teddyursa."
"Um... Right..." Darla shrugged that off. "Okay... So, would you all like to come with her to Paris?"
"Of course we would, Darla." Mo said.
"I do have to warn you though... Since it's so far away, you'll have to get up a teeny bit early..." Darla reminded her.
Mo didn't like to get up early, but this seemed worth it this time. "Okay... Early bird catches the worm anyway... I just hope your daughter can fall asleep fast by then."
"Oh I'm sure she could, I slept fast when I was a child star with a busy day ahead of me," Darla informed with a smile. "Though, I do admit, whenever I got to win an award, the night was rough... Also, Eloise will meet you there in a kid's section, since she's six, she's an unaccompanied minor, so could you get her on the plane to meet us all there?"
"Of course!" Mo thought that seemed easy enough. "I hope Eloise isn't keeping the whole hotel awake."
"Oh, I'm sure she's fine..."
"Yeah, I'm sure you're right." Mo said.
At the Plaza Hotel...
Eloise was lying wide awake in her bed while Nanny was fast asleep. She then decided to get out of bed, taking the room key and putting it into her nightgown pocket, slipping on her slippers and decided to cause some mischief to pass the time.
"Where do you think you're going, young lady?" Nanny asked while her eyes were closed.
Eloise pouted and turned to her babysitter/guardian. "How do you do that!?"
"I'm your nanny I just know when you are out of bed and are suppose to be in bed and are suppose to be asleep." Nanny said.
"I can't..." Eloise pouted. "The night's taking forever!"
"Would you like me to read a bedtime story?" Nanny suggested.
Eloise frowned and shrugged. "Okay, Nanny..."
"That's a good girl." Nanny said as she got up.
Eloise went back to her bed and tucked herself in. "Sorry, Nanny..."
"You must have all the energy that you can get for tomorrow morning." Nanny said.
Eloise folded her arms. Why did morning always take forever on nights like this.
"Your mother was the same at your age." Nanny smiled in memory.
"Really?" Eloise asked, sounding more interested in her mother's childhood than a bedtime story. "What did Mommy do when she was my age?"
"Oh, where do I start? Well, when she was your age, she would usually try to get her hands on the cookie jar to snack on." Nanny said with an amused smile.
Eloise giggled, she loved to hear stories about her mother, she never really heard what her mother was like as a kid, but it was quite exciting. Nanny told her all she could until Eloise actually started to yawn and get sleepy. The two shared good nights and went off to bed. Maybe now the night could move faster for Eloise.
Meanwhile with Felicity, she was hoping that something exciting would happen.
"Flick, please go to sleep..." Forte sighed as he was in a rush to put his daughter to sleep.
"I am sorry, Papa, I just have the feeling that something exciting will happen!" Felicity was a bit hyper tonight.
Forte sighed and shook his head. "Yes, yes... I know... You're excited... But please, for me,... For your mother... Go to sleep..."
"I'll try, Papa, but no promises." Felicity said.
Forte then knew that he needed to find out from his wife if anything exciting was going to happen for tomorrow, so then, their daughter could go to sleep. He of course, knocked on the door before entering, still obeying the rules she made him follow when she was a teenager and he was merely her teacher.
"What?" Cherry asked, annoyed.
"I just wanted to find out from you if there was anything exciting tomorrow waiting for us." Forte said.
"Everybody's going to Paris..." Cherry said, never opening the door as she was getting dressed for the night and a special surprise. "Like we did for our honeymoon."
"Are we going too?" Forte was a little surprised.
"Either we can go too or we can just drop Flick off to Atticus and Mo's place."
"Works for me. Forte said.
"So which one...?" Cherry asked as she cracked the door open, but hid her body from him from behind the door.
"Hmm, we should go with them." Forte said.
"Is Felicity asleep yet?" Cherry asked.
Forte sighed and shook his head. Cherry then pointed back to the door of Felicity's room, making him go back.
"Why did I marry you?" Forte murmured as he went to their daughter's room.
"Because I said yes." Cherry reminded him in deadpan.
"Oh, right." Forte said with an annoyed face.
Cherry waved her hand to shoo him.
Forte walked into the room and sat on his daughter's bed. "Never get married."
Felicity was unsure why her father would say that, but agreed. "Oui, Papa..."
Meanwhile, Vincent was a bit jealous of Akito and Estelle as they placed their Pokemon eggs back in their glass containers, both with a Pokeball on top of them.
"Son?" Atticus came behind him.
Vincent looked to his father and had a small smile. "Oh... Hey Dad..."
"Don't worry, Vincent, you'll get your own Pokemon egg someday." Atticus assured him.
"You sure, Dad?" Vincent asked.
"Yes, I'm sure, son." Atticus said.
"Thanks, Dad." Vincent said before going to get ready for bed.
"Get some rest... It's been a big day..." Atticus advised his eldest.
"Night Dad." Vincent said on his way to his room.
"Night, Vincent." Atticus nodded back.
Forte knocked on the door again and waited.
"What now?" Cherry sounded peeved.
"Your daughter is asleep now..." Forte drawled out.
"Your daughter first." Cherry retorted as she opened the door, but stayed in the shadows.
"Yes." Forte said.
This meant that they were going to now have a moment alone and hopefully wouldn't be interrupted by Simon or anyone else.
"Shut the door." Cherry demanded.
Forte didn't know where this was leading up to and closed the door behind him and sat on the bed, rubbing his head.
"What's wrong, baby?" Cherry cooed. "You look stressed..."
Forte sighed. "Just... I've been putting her to bed for eight years without you... She's never been this restless... She reminds me a lot of you when you were younger..."
"Interesting..."
"I'm serious." Forte said.
"It's not all bad, is it?" Cherry asked as she kept herself hidden.
"It is..." Forte rubbed the back of his neck. "I never thought I would end up here..."
"There's one part of me I know you still like."
"Being?"
Cherry walked over, wearing her old Halloween costume which was a sexy French maid. "That no matter how many years go by, I'll still always look like this..."
Forte had forgotten his point as he was stuck on her and this evening just got more interesting. Until the next morning when they had to take Felicity to the airport to join the kids to going to Paris, France. And where this trip to Paris would be one that would change the lives of the Finster family for the better and would yet again be a trip none of the kids would ever forget.
