Brian & Ellie 2: When Families Unite

Based on the TV Series "Family Guy"

Sequel to "A Love Story"


CHAPTER 1

Honey, I'm Home

The story continues as Brian Griffin works at the suicide hotline once again, when suddenly he met a new female co-worker who is a friend of Martha. She has a brunette hair, she's cooperative and she's 27 years old.

"Well someone's getting back into business." said the co-worker as she swivels her chair to face Brian.

"Oh, hello." said Brian as he swivels his chair facing the co-worker. "You must be the new co-worker."

"I am," she said. "My name is Rosie, Rosie Parkinson. What's yours?"

"My name is Brian, Brian Griffin." he said shaking her hand. "So, you single?"

"Actually Brian, I have a boyfriend." she said.

"Well, I have a wife." he said.

"Really, does that mean you're married?" she asked.

"Does this ring lie?" he said showing Rosie the palm of his paw with the ring on his finger.

"Wow, that does mean you're married." she said. "and any kids you have?"

"Well, nine of them." he said.

"Well aren't you a family dog of nonuplets?" she said. "Anyway, I have a date this evening at Proietto's and I was wondering if you would like to come."

"Well that would be my pleasure, Rosie." he said. "In fact, the wife and I would like to see your boyfriend."

"You mean like a double date?" she asked.

"Absolutely." he replied.

"I would like that too." she said. "I'm looking forward to meeting your wife and so will he."

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile at the apartment, Ellie Griffin helps their puppies try to fit into the wool basket. "Mom, is it possible for all of us to fit in this basket?" asked Martin Griffin.

"Of course, it's for all of you young ones to fit in." replies Ellie. "I mean, you could sit on it, sleep inside it with the covers and even watch some TV from it."

"Mom, when's Brian Jr. here ever gonna talk?" asked Frank Griffin. "I mean seriously, he's been doing nothing but panting with his mouth open and his tongue out for the past several weeks."

"I wouldn't push it too hard, Frank." she said. "I'm pretty sure that Brian Jr. will have the chance to say his first word."

"Gee Mom, I wonder when Dad's coming home." said Dean Griffin.

"He'll be home from work soon, Dean." she said. "And I'm pretty sure that your Dad will be happy to see you kids in this basket."

A few hours and a dozen minutes later, Brian enters the apartment and says "Honey, I'm home.".

"Oh hi, Brian." she said as they both kiss. "How was work today?"

"Oh it was wonderful, Ellie dear." said Brian. "I've just met a new co-worker who is a friend of Martha. Her name is Rosie."

"Rosie, that's a cute name." she said. The puppies yap. "Aaw look, our puppies are happy to see you."

"It seems they are, my dear." he said.

"Hi daddy." said the puppies except Brian Jr..

"Hi kids, daddy's home." said Brian. "And I know that you're all very happy to see me." Brian Jr. walks and jumps up to Brian. "Oh-ho-ho, even you little Brian Jr; how's my little scamp?" Brian Jr. kept on panting and then yaps.

"See, what did I tell you?" said Frank. "Even Brian Jr. yaps every time he makes a response."

"Mom says don't push it, Frank." said Mitzi Griffin. "You'll never know when Brian Jr. can talk."

"Yeah Frank," said Martin. "Be patient."

"Yeah Frank," said Dean. "Puppies yap until they can talk, so give him time."

"Your siblings are right, Frank." said Brian. "We should all give Brian Jr. some time until he's able enough to say his first word." Brian places Brian Jr. back into the basket. "Anyway, your mother and I are going out on a double date with the new co-worker at Proietto's this evening."

"Really?" said the puppies.

"Yes," said Ellie. "If only we find someone to take care of you kids."

"Or perhaps the family to take care of." said Brian.

"You mean the family that we've just met at the vet when we were born?" said Genie Griffin.

"I thought the stork brought us here." said Dean.

"That's your logic, Dean?" said Sally Griffin.

"No, Sally." said Dean. "I thought I believed in storks, but I was wrong."

"Anyway, yes Genie." said Brian. "The Griffin family. Unfortunately, we're not getting the chance to find a real sitter for you just yet."

"Where are we gonna find the Griffins, Dad?" asked Coco Griffin.

"Well let's hop into the car and we'll show you the way." said Brian.

o - o - o - o - o

At the Griffin's house, the Griffins are watching TV as usual before dinner time. "Gee Dad, I wonder how Brian's doing with Ellie and their pups." said Chris. "I assume that they're at least a month old."

"I assume that too, Chris." said Peter. "At least they have a new place to live."

"Yes, at least Brian and Ellie are living happily ever after without Max around." said Stewie. "But you won't know when he might turn up again."

"Yeah, at least the Boxer got what he deserved for trying to kill our dog." said Chris.

"Kids, calm down." said Lois. "I'm pretty sure that things are going just fine without Max. At least they've got themselves a family." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Speaking of which." Lois answers the door. Brian Griffin now in his dinner suit and Ellie Griffin now in her black dress are at the front door with their puppies in the basket. "Brian, Ellie, how's the new place suiting you?"

"It's okay at best." said Ellie. "We still haven't found a house just yet."

"Okay," said Lois. "Anyway, are you two going out for your double date?"

"We are, Lois." said Brian. "The wife and I are going out to eat at Proietto's, but we don't have anyone to take care of while we're gone."

"So I was wondering if you and the family can take good care of our puppies until we get back." said Ellie.

"Well that'd be great." replied Lois. "I mean, we can feed them 'Dog Chow', give them a bath, help Chris with his homework for school and even potty train them."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on Lois." said Peter. "Potty training the puppies? Where would you think they could go to the bathroom in?"

"They may use the old newspapers or the yard, Peter." said Lois.

"Fine Lois," said Peter. "But if they're gonna go on the newspaper, they should at least go on any section, except the funnies which is my favourite section of the paper." Peter hands each page of the old newspapers to Chris, Meg and Stewie.

"And before we hand you our puppies to take care of, we should introduce you to them." said Brian. "This one's Dean."

"Hi Lois, hi Peter." said Dean.

"This one's Genie." said Brian.

"Hello." said Genie.

"This one's Frank." said Brian.

"Yo wassup, Griffins." said Frank.

"This one's Coco." said Brian.

"Hey there." said Coco.

"This one's Martin Luther." said Brian.

"Hello Peter." said Martin.

"This one's Sally." said Brian.

"Hello." said Sally.

"This one's Eli." said Brian.

"Greetings Griffins." said Eli Griffin. "I'm honoured to see you there."

"This one's Mitzi." said Brian.

"I'm so excited to see you." said Mitzi.

"And say hello to Brian Jr." said Brian. Brian Jr. yaps.

"It's so nice to meet your puppies, Brian." said Lois. "We'll take good care of them."

"Thanks Lois." said Brian as he hands Lois the basket. "There's dog chow in the kitchen if they get hungry, there's some water in the bowl if they get thirsty and if any problems, call us."

"You'd probably have Brian's number, but here's mine." said Ellie showing Lois her phone number on the side of her tag.

"Thank you, Ellie." said Lois writing Ellie's phone number down on her notepad. "You two enjoy your double date."

"We will." said Brian.

"We'll see you when we get back." said Ellie.

"Bye, thanks for dropping off your litter." said Peter as the two mates walked to Brian's car and Peter shuts the door. "What are we gonna do, Lois? How are we going to cook dinner when these puppies needed care?"

"Well Peter," said Lois. "Chris needs some homework done, Meg needs some fashion sense and Stewie's playmates are due. So we should assign Eli to Chris, then assign Sally, Genie and Mitzi to Meg and we'll assign Dean, Frank, Martin, Coco and Brian Jr. to Stewie."

"That's a great idea Lois." he said. "That way, we can still concentrate on the task at hand, just like Stephen King working on his novel at hand."

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile at Proietto's, Brian, Ellie, Rosie and the boyfriend are having their double date. "We're so glad to see you two came here on our date." said Rosie.

"And we're glad to see you two as well." said Brian. "Rosie, the boyfriend, this is my beautiful wife, Ellie. Ellie, this is Rosie and the boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you two." said Ellie.

"Nice to meet you too, Ellie." said Rosie. "This is my boyfriend, William Andrew Stevenson."

"Pleased to meet you two." said William.

"How did you two know each other?" asked Rosie.

"Well, Brian and I both met at the Quahog Veterinary Clinic." said Ellie.

"Then on our first date, We were visiting the Quahog Art Museum." said Brian. "She asked me what my favourite painter was and it was Jackson Pola… No, Jackson Pollock."

"You almost had me there, schnookums." she said.

"Oh babe." he chuckled blushing with his rosy cheeks.

"Then, this is where we had our first dinner date." she said.

"It is?" said Rosie.

"Yeah it is." he said. "After our dinner, as I tried to kiss her, she didn't want that kiss."

"The only reason, was because I was under contract with my owners." said Ellie. "Then came the day of the Quahog Dog Show in Quahog Arena, we were both performing and entertaining."

"And after the show, Ellie and I both got first place in both divisions." said Brian. "As I was about to make puppies with her, the owners found out that I was unable to perform, so I got replaced with that jerkass Boxer named Max."

"After Brian had left in his depression," she said. "Max came and was about to breed, but I did what no show dog had to do."

"And what did you do to this 'Max' dog, Ellie?" asked William.

"I dumped him." she said.

"Then what happened next?" asked Rosie.

"I left him in disgrace, returned to Brian and we both made puppies of our own, by ourselves." said Ellie.

"You were that close to cheating on me." said Brian. "But the storyteller didn't want that to happen, so he had to make changes for the better."

"I know, that ending of the episode was awful for him." she said. "Anyway, we had our second date, met the Griffin family and all of a sudden, Max came to visit unexpectedly."

"But as Max tried to seduce her, I stood up to him to try and protect her." he said. "Then Max and I got into a big fight. Things got pretty violent as Max threw me out the window and smashed me with a mailbox almost killed me."

"But then, the policeman named Joe Swanson came and arrested Max for using steroids and attempted murder, then he was sentenced to the pound." she said. "Then we kept on dating, until Brian proposed and then, we got engaged."

"And then you got married?" asked William.

"Yes, we both have." said Brian. "Then we moved into the apartment that I remembered when I got hated, because of that racist tweet about the movie which was about five months ago."

"And finally two and a half weeks later, our puppies were born." she said. "And that's how we met each other."

"Wow, that story of yours was breathtaking." said William.

"And what are the names of your puppies?" asked Rosie.

"Well, their names are in no particular order." said Ellie. "Frank, Genie, Dean, Coco, Martin, Sally, Eli, Mitzi and Brian Jr.."

"Interesting," he said. "And you thought eight is enough, but nine? That's remarkable."

"I know, William." she said. "Brian and I are amongst families."

"So tell us about yourself and William, Rosie." said Brian. "It's the first time you've ever met us."

"Well, I work at the same workplace and William's a professional website designer." said Rosie.

"It's true." said William. "I've been creating loads and loads of websites around Quahog, with help from my friends and co-workers."

"Well that was professional." said Brian. "I mean, you've been learning your A materials."

"I've been learning a lot." said William. "Two years of web school and I've still got it."

o - o - o - o - o

Back at the Griffin's house, Stewie's having a tea party meeting with Martin, Dean, Frank, Coco and Brian Jr. in Stewie's bedroom. "Alright men," said Stewie. "I've called you all here, because you're new to the Griffin family. My name is Stewart Gilligan Griffin, but everyone calls me Stewie. Since I know you Brian Jr. at the vet, I would like to catch up on your names from the rest of you." Stewie points the rattle to Martin. "You, state your name."

"My name is Martin Luther Griffin." said Martin. "I'm a White Labrador and I'm good at Math."

"Aahh, Martin. Just like Martin Luther King." said Stewie, then he points it to Coco. "You, what's your name?"

"My name is Connor Cornelius Griffin, but Coco is my short name." said Coco. "I'm a Yellow Saluki and my nose leads me to undiscovered smells."

"Mm-hmm, your nose takes you somewhere, Coco." said Stewie, then he points it to Dean. "You, speak your name."

"My name is Dean Griffin." said Dean. "I'm a White Labrador and I'm feeling lonely."

"Really, why do you feel lonely, Dean?" asked Stewie. "And why do you sound like Slouchy Smurf?"

"No-one would play with me," said Dean. "no girl would love me and I think I have aspergers."

"Aspergers, I guess that links up with autism, doesn't it?" said Stewie, then he points it to Frank. "You, you got a name bro?"

"My name is Frank Griffin." said Frank. "I'm a White Labrador and poetry is my passion."

"Yes, I suppose you could write and read your poems, could you Frank?" said Stewie.

"I could if I write one." said Frank.

"Very good." said Stewie. "Now then, first item on the agenda." While Stewie talks about what's in the meeting, Brian Jr. gazed his eyes on Rupert inside Stewie's crib. He gets down from the table and walks to the crib. He sniffs for Rupert and gets it by his teeth. He walks near Stewie's toy box with it in his mouth and chews on Rupert. This interrupts Stewie's agendas by the sound of Brian Jr. growling and chewing Rupert. Stewie ran to Brian Jr. and shouted "Hey! Brian H Griffin Jr., put Rupert down this instant!". Stewie grabs Rupert, then Brian Jr. growls aggressively. "I said drop him!"

"Brian Jr., drop the bear." said Frank. Brian Jr. spits Rupert out.

"Eew, it's got dog-spit on him." said Stewie in disgust. "I swear you're just the same as your Dad. If you feel like teething, you can chew on Oscar instead, he's useless to me now." Stewie throws Oscar to Brian Jr.. "Now I'm gonna have to have him washed up." While Stewie leaves with Rupert, Brian Jr. chews on Oscar.

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile in Chris' bedroom, Eli helps Chris with his homework. "Okay Eli," said Chris. "Mr. Goldberg assigned me to write a ten page essay of Agatha Christie. So you be the brains and I be the pencil."

"And what is the purpose of the pencil, Chris?" asked Eli.

"To write of course." said Chris.

"And where does it write?" asked Eli.

"On this piece of paper." said Chris.

"Right, so I'd be reassuring that you would get an A on this essay, my potent friend?" said Eli.

"You'd be hoping I would." said Chris. "So what do I need to start with?"

"Before I start Chris, is your full name on the top of the paper?" said Eli.

"Yes Eli, along with today's date." said Chris.

"Alright, let's begin the essay." said Eli. "On September 15th 1890, Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born to a wealthy family in Torquay, Devon, England. She had a very happy childhood as she was surrounded by a group of strong and independent women from early age."

Chris stopped and asked. "Is this really gonna be ten pages long?"

"That's the essay, Chris." said Eli. "Shall I go on?"

"Of course." said Chris.

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile in Meg's bedroom, Meg is picking out the dress for her school prom. "So what do you gals think I should wear for the school prom?" asked Meg. "The white one or the pink one with the red bow?"

"I'm pretty sure the white dress really suits you." said Genie.

"I'm with Genie." said Sally.

"Me too." said Mitzi.

"You gals like the white one?" asked Meg.

"Uh-huh." said the girl Saluki puppies.

"Okay, I'll wear the white one for the prom." said Meg.

o - o - o - o - o

Back in Stewie's bedroom, the meeting continues uninterrupted. "Alright, since I gave Rupert a good showering, let's continue our m…" Stewie's sentence was cut short by one missing puppy. "Where the bloody hell is Dean?!" Dean comes back to the table. "Ahh, there you are, Dean. Where have you been?" asked Stewie.

"Sorry Stewie," said Dean. "I had to make a pee-pee on the newspaper."

"Where exactly on the newspaper?" asked Stewie.

"The sports section." said Dean. "The New York Jets beat New England Patriots by 4 touchdowns. Patriots aren't doing so good with Jets."

"Well, this wasn't the first time you were potty trained." said Stewie.

"Well, I also did it on a tree, when we were walking at the park." said Dean.

"Well gee whiz, Dean." said Stewie. "Every dog has to go someday." Stewie walks to the whiteboard. "Now where was I? Ah yes, to continue, if I could calculate the exact amount of the exact fluid of milk poured in this empty glass, I should be able to make that exact amount of a filled glass of milk."

While Stewie keeps talking about the amount of milk, Brian Jr. kept gnawing on Oscar. As Martin tries to get Oscar, Brian Jr. growls to keep Oscar in his arms. Martin resists trying.

"Come on Brian Jr., when's my turn to chew Oscar?" asked Frank in desperation. Brian Jr. growls.

"Don't be silly, Junior. It's my turn to chew on Oscar." said Coco impatiently. Brian Jr. growls. Martin, Frank and Coco fight Brian Jr. for Oscar. They shout and fight over Oscar that Brian Jr. chews on.

"Uh, Stewie?" said Dean.

"Not now Dean, I'm trying to concentrate." said Stewie.

"I know you're trying," said Dean. "But you're not going to like this." Dean points to the puppies fighting over Oscar.

"Give us the bear, Junior!" shouted the puppies. Brian Jr. yelps in his 'mine' phase. Stewie gasped in horror, then he ran towards them.

"Hey, hey, hey! Time out!" shouted Stewie. "Time out I say!" He then blows a dog whistle to stop the puppies fighting. "Look at you all, fighting over a teddy bear? That's the most repulsive thing I have ever seen. You need a time-out." Stewie sends Frank, Martin, Coco and Brian Jr. to time-out. "Brian Jr., I think you've had enough teething today." Stewie takes Oscar from Brian Jr..

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile in Chris' bedroom, Eli continued to help Chris with Agatha Christie. "'Murder On The Orient Express' was the first novel ever written in the New Year of 1934." said Eli as Chris types it.

"I didn't know that, Eli." said Chris. "What would the second novel be?"

"Keep writing my good kid." said Eli. "But, here in America, we call it 'Murder In The Calais Coach'."

o - o - o - o - o

Back in Stewie's bedroom, Martin, Frank and Coco blame Brian Jr. in the time-out space. "Nice going, Brian Jr.." said Coco.

"Yeah, nice going. You've got us in big trouble, Junior." said Frank.

"If you've learned to share, then we wouldn't have been in here, no-share." said Martin.

"Hey, no talking in time-out!" shouted Stewie. "You're being punished, until your mom and dad returned from their date!" Brian Jr. hangs his head in shame, while Frank, Martin and Coco glared at him. Stewie turns to Dean. "Now then Dean, it seems that you're the only one I can talk to. What's on your mind?"

"I don't have a lot of friends, Stewie." said Dean.

"Well, that's the problem with being lonely. Lack of friendship." said Stewie explaining. "Just like Lukas Graham at 7."

"I didn't know that was the first verse of that song." said Dean.

"Neither did I, brother." said Stewie. "Anyway, I would like to be your friend."

"You would?" said Dean wagging his little tail.

"Sure I would, Dean." said Stewie.

"Wow, so I wouldn't be lonely when I have a friend." said Dean. "I guess that song was true."

"It's true, Dean." said Stewie. "It's true." Stewie shakes Dean's paw.

Suddenly, Stewie and Dean heard a voice. "Stewie." said the voice.

"What the deuce was that?" asked Stewie.

"I think it came from over there." said Dean pointing to the puppies. Stewie walks to them.

"Alright, who said it?" said Stewie. "Which one of you talked during time-out?" The puppies pointed to Brian Jr.. Stewie picks up Brian Jr.. "Well, I never thought I'd see the day. You couldn't keep yourself quiet, can't you?"

"Stewie." said Brian Jr..

"I don't care what you sa…" Stewie's sentence was cut short as he began to realise. "Hang on. Did you just say Stewie?"

"Stewie." said Brian Jr..

"Oh my God, it's a miracle." said Stewie. "I can't believe it, his first word! His first word!" Stewie ran out with Brian Jr. with joy.

"Told you Brian Jr. got the chance to say his first word." said Martin.

o - o - o - o - o

In the kitchen, Peter and Lois are cooking some dinner, when Stewie showed up with Brian Jr.. "Mommy, Daddy, you won't believe what Brian Jr. just said!" said Stewie excitedly.

"What is it, Stewie?" asked Lois.

"Did he just say his first word?" asked Peter.

"Yes, he just said his first word." said Stewie. "Go on Brian Jr., tell Mommy and Daddy the first word you've said." Stewie shows Brian Jr. to Peter and Lois.

"Stewie." said Brian Jr.. "Stewie, Stewie, Stewie, Stewie, Stewie." he then chuckled.

"I'm his first word." said Stewie. "I'm his first word."

"Well that's a relief." said Lois.

"Yeah, it's the first time that Brian Jr. talked, like baby Jesus who said his first word." said Peter.

o - o - o - o - o

Meanwhile at Proietto's, the two mates and two dates had their dinner. "Man, it was such a great dinner with you." said Brian.

"It is." said Rosie. "That casserole was exquisite."

"Yeah." said William. "There was chicken in that casserole."

"That's why it's called a chicken casserole." said Brian. They laughed. Suddenly, the phone vibrates as Brian picks it out of his pocket. "Sorry, I have to take this." Brian answers it. "Hello."

"Hey Brian, it's Stewie." said Stewie over the phone.

"Hi Stewie." said Brian. "How's it going?"

"Brian, you won't believe what Brian Jr. just said." said Stewie.

"Really, what did he say?" asked Brian.

"Come on Brian Jr., tell your daddy what you've just said." said Stewie.

"Stewie." said Brian Jr..

"Oh my God." said Brian. "Brian Jr.'s first word." Brian wags his tail.

"Would you like to hear it again?" asked Stewie.

"Yes, but I would like Ellie to hear him." said Brian.

"Okay, put Ellie on. I want to hear her reaction." said Stewie. Brian passes the phone to Ellie.

"Hi Stewie." said Ellie.

"Hi Ellie." said Stewie. "You won't believe what Brian Jr. just said."

"What is it?" asked Ellie. "What did he say?"

"He just said my name." said Stewie. "Come on Junior, tell your mommy what you've just said."

"Stewie." said Brian Jr..

"My God, he's just said... Stewie." said Ellie as she wags her tail. "His first word. Finally, no more yapping."

"That's great, Stewie." said Brian. "We're happy to hear his first word."

And so, this was the first time that Brian Jr.'s first word ever spoke. Brian and Ellie Griffin are both very happy that Brian Jr. can ever talk.

END OF CHAPTER 1


AUTHOR'S NOTE: Chapter 2 is coming soon.

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fan fiction using characters from Family Guy, which is a registered trademark of FOX and The Walt Disney Company. I do NOT own any of these Family Guy related characters, they belong to Seth MacFarlane, FOX and The Walt Disney Company. The story I tell here focuses on my fantasy of Brian X Ellie is my own invention and is not purported or believed to be part of Seth MacFarlane's story canon. This story is for entertainment purposes only and is not part of an official plot. I am not making any money of this fan fiction using any Family Guy characters. I am truly grateful for Seth MacFarlane for his awesome show taking place in Quahog, Rhode Island, for without his show, my story wouldn't exist.