Big Monkees fan but I don't own them unfortunately. Hope you like it :-)
''Hello, Peter?'' A female on the line spoke, her voice slightly timid,
''That is my name,'' Peter replied blankly,
''Peter it's Eve,''
''Eve?'' he racked his brain for a moment, he recognised that name from somewhere, ''oh...Eve!'' It was his younger sister, of course it was. Hearing the excitement in Peter's voice, Davy came down the spiral stairs and was soon followed by Mike and Micky, curiousity getting the better of them.
''Yeah, listen I'm coming to stay with you,''
''Stay with me as in live...in this house?'' Peter asked slowly. Micky raised an eyebrow and glanced over at Davy who was just as confused as to how Peter could have a girl coming to stay, as far as they were aware Peter wasn't interested in anyone.
Eve sighed a little, ''Yes, I will be over in two days,''
''How long are you staying with us?''
''For as long as it takes to get an appartment. And Peter, what do you mean by 'us'?''
''Well Davy and Micky and Mike live here too,'' The three boys grinned at their names being mentioned.
''Oh yes, I forgot. I hope this isn't inconvenient,''
''No,'' Peter shook his head even though he was talking through the telephone.
''Okay, I'll see you all soon. Goodbye.''
''Bye,'' Peter hung up the phone and turned to find the three Monkees looking at him.
'Well who was that then?'' Micky asked, sitting on the bottom stair.
''You didn't tell us you had a chick, man,'' Mike smirked.
Peter looked confused, 'Chick? That was my sister,'' he frowned.
Micky, Mike and Davy looked at eachother, ''Oh,'' they said in unison.
Davy took a seat at the table beside Mike, ''When's she coming?''
Eve had said two days and today was Wednesday, Peter counted on his fingers. ''Friday,'' he said.
''Friday?''
Peter nodded,''Friday,''
''Shouldn't we clean up a bit?'' Davy suggested, after all the beach house wasn't looking the best with all the pizza boxes laying around, ''we haven't had a lady stay before, well not for more than one night anyway,'' he threw a glance at Micky who didn't seem to notice.
''Davy's right,'' Mike added.
Micky waved his hand dismissively, ''Yeah, yeah we can do that later, but where's the chick gonna sleep?''
They hadn't thought of that, there was only four beds. ''Peter could share his bed, they are related,'' Mike suggested.
''No,'' Peter answered, folding his arms.
''Well why not?''
''Come on guys, you know how I am with sleep walking,'' They all nodded, being reminded of the time they had stopped Peter from walking into the sea with a batch of freshly baked cookies.
''He does have a point,'' Micky said, ''I don't mind if she sleeps with me,'' he grinned.
''Geez, don't be getting any ideas Micky, it's Peter's sister,'' Davy reminded him and Peter nodded, looking rather disgusted at the thought of his friend hooking up with Eve.
''Just a suggestion,'' Micky raised his palms up in defence.
By Friday morning the pad had been tidied, mostly by Davy, and the boys were in bed sleeping. At 8:00am the doorbell rang and Peter got up to answer it, knowing without a doubt who it was. He opened the door in his rabbit print pjs to see the familiar face of his little sister, Eve Tork. Eve had the same colour of hair has her brother, if maybe just a tad more browner, it was long and a full fringe sat cropped just above big amber eyes.
She's changed quite a bit, thought Peter, his last memories of her being a young child who would sit on his lap and demand to be read a story.
''Peter!'' she smiled, setting her luggage down on the ground to hug him.
''It's been a long while,'' said Peter, hugging her back, ''How have you been? How's mom and dad and Aunt Grizelda?''
''Everyone's fine,'' she laughed, walking inside so Peter could close the door, ''they've been asking about you and they hope you're not getting into any trouble,''
''Me? Trouble? Course not,''
''What's all the commotion 'bout?'' Micky asked, still half asleep with his hair sticking out everywhere, as he walked out of the bedroom in a daze.
''Micky this is Eve, Eve this is Micky Dolenz,'' Peter introduced them.
''Wha-,'' Micky rubbed is eyes before snapping out of his daze, ''oh...oh! Eve well hello,'' he smiled trying to flatten out his hair.
''Nice to finally meet you,'' Eve smiled at the brown haired boy who was much taller than herself, ''I hope I didn't wake you, it's just the last train here left pretty early,''
Micky noticed the family resemblance between Peter and Eve as they stood side by side. She was certainly a very pretty girl. ''No no, it's fine,''
''Take the last train to Clarksville!'' Davy came out of the bedroom singing and then stopped to grin, ''Hey, I'm Davy Jones,'' He realised Eve was smaller than him by two inches, that was a good thing, he was normally the shortest but she was also very cute.
''Hey,'' Eve smiled, ''nice voice you got there,''
''Yaa'll know it's 8am?'' Mike said before noticing Peter's sister, ''nice to meet ya ma'am,''
Eve blushed slightly at his use of 'ma'am', ''You too...Mike,'' she said, just about remembering the names, ''It's a nice place you all got here,''
''It wasn't that nice before Davy cleaned it,'' Peter remarked.
''I helped too,'' added Micky.
Davy snorted, ''Yeah if you count spending all day at the beach helping,''
Eve laughed, ''Say, since I woke you guys up, how 'bout I make breakfast?''
''Oh boy, could you?'' Mike exclaimed, happy at the mention of food since he was starving.
'Yeah, sure I could,''
''Ah you don't have to do that for us,'' said Davy being courteous even though he really liked the idea.
''Please do, we haven't had proper food in ages,'' Peter encouraged.
Eve headed towards the kitchen, happy to try and repay her brother for taking her in on such short notice. ''What do you guys like? Pancakes?''
''Great!''
The Monkees left Eve to it and headed back into their bedroom to get dressed. ''Your sister is real nice Peter,'' Micky said pulling on a navy sweater.
''Pancakes mmm, I don't think anyone has ever offered to make breakfast,'' Mike said, thinking of his stomach.
''Yeah, if she cooks like my mom, it will be good to have her around,'' Peter shrugged.
The boys got dressed and took a seat at the table just as Eve brought over a large plate of warm homemade pancakes and some syrup.
''These are great,'' Micky smiled, tucking in.
''They really are...can I have some more?'' asked Mike.
''Thank you and sure Mike I made two batches,'' Eve grinned, pleased that they liked them.
''These are sure just like mom's,'' Peter managed to say with a stuffed mouth.
' Aren't you going to have some?'' Davy asked her, noticing that she wasn't eating.
''No I already ate, at the station.''
The Monkees cleared their plates and even finished off the second batch, Eve smiled and took the plates over to the sink. ''Wow, you guys were hungry,''
''You're a great cook Miss Tork,'' Mike said in his country drawl.
''Well thank you, glad you liked it,'' Eve smiled.
Davy got up from the table and joined her at the sink, ''Here, I'll 'elp you with that,'' he smiled and Eve found her heart skip just a little.
''We're going down to the beach, you two want to join us when you're done?'' Micky asked.
''Sounds great,'' Eve replied before Peter, Micky and Mike left the house carrying towels.
''So Eve, what made you come and stay with Peter?'' Davy asked, hoping to find out more about this girl who had suddenly joined their gang.
''Well I'm searching for a job here, and then eventually an appartment,'' she replied, filling the sink with water.
''What sort of job are you going for?''
Davy's hand brushed Eve's as he added bubbles to the water and she felt her cheeks growing a bit warm, ''Em well, something in journalism/ publication, I have an interview with Mode magazine next week actually,''
Davy smiled, ''That's great!''
''How about you guys, how do you make a living here in California?'' Eve asked,
''We're musicians,'' Davy explained, ''The Monkees,''
''Ah Peter mentioned that, I'll have to hear you play sometime,''
''We're playing at a local club tonight, you should come,''
''I'd like that,'' Eve smiled and handed a dish to Davy for drying, he grinned back.
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