BabKit: So, Sophie and Zack. Tell the readers about yourselfs.
Sophie: Well, I play Lady, of coarse-
Zack: Hey! I wanted to play Lady!
Sophie: be quite before someone thinks your gay.
Zack: maybe I am.
Sophie: I know you aren't.
Zack: How?
Sophie: *gives a duh look* did you forget what happen in the trailer last night?
Zack: 0.0... :D
BabKit: WOH! since when did this happen?
Zack: last night.
Sophie: yeah, it was great!
Babkit: Yewwy! do I look like I want to know?
Zack: looks like you might want to try. *sands hands together*
BabKit and Sophie: NO!
Zack: :'( you don't like me?
BabKit: Oh shut it! do i look... never mind.
Sophie: Are we still going to introduce ourselfs?
BabKit: I don't think so, Mr. Want-to-be-Lady crying in the corner kindda ruined it.
Zack: I'm not crying! I'm expressing my feminine side.
BabKit and Sophie giggle
Zack: I hate you two. *walks over to couch and turns on the t.v. turns it off and walks into kitchen*
BabKit: So, was he this happy last night?
Sophie: Maybe a bit more, but let me tell you about the fun part! He-
Zack, running out of the kitchen: Oh no you don't! You are totally not telling her anything! besides, she didn't want to know anyway.
BabKit: Well, know I do.
Zack: Just start the next chapter.
BabKit: okay, you'll tell me latter, right Sophie?
Zack: NEXT CHAPTER!
Mae, Ebony, and Ira burst through the door "Surprise!" Ira had a one year old on her hip. "Meet little Lynn, your new sister."
I nearly fainted. "Is she an Orph?" I whipped around to look at Jean and Jarrod.
"Yes." Jean said "We placed a special order for her; we thought it was about time you had someone to help take care of."
"Can I hold her?" she was terribly cute.
"Sure." Ira handed her over.
I placed her on my hip and held her snugly. She was so soft, warm and just plain adorable. "Hi there." I whispered to her "I'm Sophie, your new big sister."
"Sophy." she said "Sophy goo ba sester."
"Did you hear that?" I looked at all of them. "She said my name."
Everyone smiled at Lynn and me.
"Did you guys know about this?" I turned to the girls.
"Of course," Ebony said.
"We planned the whole thing." Mae reached toward me "Can I hold her now?"
"No." I turned her away and everyone laughed. It's not everyday I take to something new this quickly.
I looked down at Lynn again; she had soft strawberry blonde hair, and tan skin. A weird combination, I know but she was as cute as a baby kitty (I saw a picture of one in a history book of the twenty-first century.).
"So," I started "How did you get her so young?"
"We know people that know people." Jarrod said.
Who ever the people where, I wish I could thank them.
* One Year Later *
"Sophie, you want to play with me." Lynn pulled at my pant leg.
"Can you say 'please'?"
"Please."
I put my book down and slid to the floor. "What do you want to play?"
She walked on her knees toward a mini kitchen for dolls "I make you lunch." she said a fact-o-factly. "Then you make me lunch."
"Okay." I got up "Sophie needs to get a drink, would you like some milk?"
"Yes," She looked up "you get me milk and I make you lunch."
"'Kay, I'll be right back."
I walked towards the kitchen, grabbing her sippy cup as I went. As I got milk for her and an energy drink for myself, I thought about the last year with Lynn in the family. She was of my best friend, kindda. She loved to follow me around, play with me, and was just a little copy cat that drove me up the wall sometimes. But I still love the lil Shorty, and besides, she doesn't drive me up the walls like the girls did.
I laughed to myself thinking of the day Lynn came and the guy that was there before. I wished sometimes late at night -when Lynn comes in to my room cause she can't sleep, cause me not to sleep, - that he would show up again.
I sighed, going back to where Lynn played. "Lynn," she turned "Here you go."
She got up and took the cup.
"What do you say?" I asked.
"Please."
"No," I smiled "What do you say after that?"
She paused; I tried not to giggle as she tried to remember.
"Do you say 'thank you'?"
"Thank you." she continued to sip her milk.
I plopped back down in the chair thinking of Zack. I wonder if he ever found the town he was looking for.
"Here you go." She hand me her milk and went back to play. "Sophie, you play with me."
I took a swig of my drink and went back to the floor when the door bell rang.
"Hello." Lynn said like she always did.
"I'll be right back girly." I walked toward the door, not to long after; I heard tiny foot steps following me. Grabbing her hand, I opened the door.
"Is this the home of Jean and Jarrod Ward?" A very strange woman asked. She was caring two suitcases.
"Yes," I said "Who are you?"
"Oh good." She pushed passed me and almost trampled Shorty. "I'm your Aunt Ethel; your parents decided to go to a conference out west and left me in charge."
"We don't have an Aunt." I said "If you failed to notice, or if they forgot to tell you, we're both Orphs which equals no blood family."
"Don't talk back to your elders, or I'll have you Iron Jawed." She said firmly.
I stifled a gasped, "That's a little harsh."
If you don't know, an Iron Jaw is when who ever you live with thinks you mouthed off, or talked too much. What happens is, they take you to a special place, and you get these little claws about the size of your pinky nail attached to your teeth, top and bottom. You can't talk, you can't eat you can't do anything... in mouth respect. They do give you Amer family shots that would give you the same stuff food does though.
"It won't be if you keep that up." she grabbed her bags "now, so me to the guest room."
"Say please." I said picking Shorty up so she could come up the stairs with us faster than if she tried by herself.
Ethel whipped around "What did you just say?"
"I asked you to say please," I said bluntly "In this house we use manners."
"You talk back like that one more time, and I'll have you Jawed."
"'Kay 'kay," I put my free hand up to show I got it. "Follow me."
I passed by her I started up the stairs. "Say, she's a mean, isn't she?" I whispered so Lynn was the only one who could hear.
"Yeah." she whispered back. This is why I love her; I never had anyone agree with me so much.
I put her down when we got to the top and showed Ethel to her room. She slammed the door in our face and screamed at us not to disturb her until dinner. Quickly, I ushered Shorty down the stairs and back to the living room. I didn't want my little sister anywhere near that bitch from hell.
"Lynn," I said "Sophie needs to make a phone call, can you stay right here?"
"No," she said definitely "I want you to play with me."
I sighed. "How 'bout you watch Cinderellie for a while, okay?"
"Cinderellie, Cinderellie!" she jumped up and down.
Cinderella was the oldest movie that we owned, it was practically an antique. But Jean had pulled some strings and got a newer one from this century. I still can't believe that something that good was made back 300 years ago in the 1950's.
After I got the movie up and running, I decided to make a group call to the girls.
Ring, ring "Ebony here."
"Hey peoples, the all might Ira has entered."
"I can't think of anything fancy to say 'Mae's here'."
"Sophie is on the radar and really pissed." I said.
"Why?" They all said together.
"Because, apparently I have an Aunt Ethel that's a nut job."
"How is she a nut job?" Ira asked.
"Dude, all I did, was say was she wasn't technically my Aunt, and she threatened to Iron Jaw me.
"Oh, my, gosh" Mae said "She is a nut chase."
"Maybe she's one of those Old Amer." Ebony said thoughtfully.
"All I know is –"
"Sophie," Lynn called "Sophie, do this."
"I can't see what you're doing sweetie."
"Sophie, come dance with me."
"Okay, sorry girls, Shorty's calling. Sophie out." I turned of the phone.
As I walked to the living room, I was meet by the old hag herself. "Were you just on the phone?" She yelled angrily.
"No." I tried to walk around her, but she blocked my way.
"Liar!" she accused "I heard you talking."
"If you already knew the answer, then why ask a question to get an answer you already knew?" I crossed my arms.
"Don't you sass talk me Orph!" does she ever stop yelling?
"Ow," I raised a fist to the center of my chest "That stung." My voice dripped with sarcasms.
"What did I just say?"
"What did you just say." I know Jean and Jarrod had raised me better than this and taught me to respect my elders, but, I just plain don't respect her. I didn't want this woman (if she is one) near this house.
"Sophie?" Lynn came into the room, "Sophie, come dance with me." She whispered.
"Dancing," Ethel said it as if it were a swear "what where you raised in Orph-pag?"
"Come here Shorty." I said to Lynn. She walked over to my open arms. "We'll dance latter," I whispered "Why don't you watch Cinderellie some more while Miss Ethel and I talk, okay sweetie?"
"Cinderellie!" she clapped her hands and walked back to watch, chanting 'Cinderellie' along the way.
"Oh, there won't be a latter." Ethel grabbed my ear and yanked me towards the door.
"What the fuck bitch?" I screeched as she yanked me out the door.
"It's time to get you Jawed." She said.
"But what about Lynn?"
"She can take care of herself."
"She's only two!" I looked in horror as I saw my little Shorty rush to the door as it shut. "Mrs. Alice!" I screamed to our next door neighbor, who came rushing out. "Take Lynn!"
Mrs. Alice rushed to my house and grabbed Shorty, taking her back to her porch. I made an agreement with her when Shorty first came. If something was to happen to me and Jean and Jarrod weren't home, she would take her, no questions asked. I agreed to do the same with her younger daughter Ce Ce who was now Lynn's best friend.
Ethel threw me into the back of a cab, and ordered the driver to the special place that no Orph wanted to go.
Zack: OOO, Sophie's in trouble!
Sophie: :'(
BabKit: Sophie, sorry I had to do that.
Sophie: It's okay, I just need a moment.
Zack walks over and gives Sophie a hug: she's in a better place.
BabKit: Zack, that makes it sound like Shorty got killed.
Zack: maybe she did/ will.
Sophie breaks away and bitch slaps him HARD.
Zack: OW! WTF was that for?
Sophie: saying that Shorty could die!
Zack rubs his jaw: Look in the script, she doesn't.
Sophie: 0.o, since when did we get a script?
BabKit, who dispersed before the bitch slap: Hey guys, i got you a script. hot off the copier.
Sophie points finger at Zack: you lucked out.
BabKit: did i miss something here?
Sophie: No, but do you have a heavy blunt object?
BabKit: no, but i got some chloroform on a rag right here.
Sophie grabs the rag and shoves the rag in Zack's face: bye bye sweetie!
Zack passes out
Sophie: so, you want to know how he was last night?
BabKit: surprisingly yes.
Sophie whispers in BabKit's ear
BabKit: 0.0 :) I didn't know I wrote him to be THAT good!