A/N Okay! I hope your liking the story! I am. Here is chapter two!

Settling matters

Felix sweeps all the glass into a pile. He gets it all into a box. Wiping his his forehead, he sighs. He pushes the box into a corner for the time being, until he gets the time to throw it out. Just as he does, Calhoun and Ralph burst into the house, carrying the kid. Felix watches them bring him in, and put him on the couch. The kid is instantly onto his feet, and is running for the door, but is instantly stopped, picked up, and thrown back onto the couch, by Calhoun. She picks up the bat Ralph dropped earlier, and thrusts it into the kids chest making him wince. Ralph bites his lip.

"Alright. Who are you, and why did you break into our house?" Calhoun asks, angrily. The kid looks around the room. He spots a 'Handy man of the year' award hanging on the wall. He looks back at Calhoun, who stares at him, with a frightening glare. "Felix." He says, lifting his chip up. Felix looks up at the kid.
"Yes?" Felix says. The kid shakes his head.

"No. My name is Felix." The kid says, looking at Felix. Felix leans the broom against the wall, and walks over, cheerfully, he stretches out his hand to shake the kids. The kid reaches out, and shakes it.
"Well. Nice to meet you Felix! My name is also Felix!" Felix says, happily. Calhoun rolls her eyes and slaps Felix's hand, making him let go. Felix rubs his hand, and looks up at her startled by her outburst. "His name is not Felix. He just saw the award on the wall." Calhoun says, not at all surprised, by Felix's immediate trust for the kid.

She glares at the kid again. "What is your name? And don't lie." Calhoun says, thrusting the bat into the kids chest again. He pushes the bat away, and glares back at Calhoun. "Fine. It's Josh." Josh says. Calhoun lowers the bat. Ralph rubs the back of his head.
"Okay. Josh. Why did you break into our house?" Calhoun asks, a little more calmly. Josh takes the backpack off his back, and throws it onto the floor, in front of Calhoun. She hands the bat to Ralph. She picks the backpack up, and opens it, she then dumps the items out. Half a loaf of bread, some baloney, ham, and of course the ketchup and mustard, lay on the couch next to Josh.

Josh crosses his arms, and looks at the wall to his left, away from the food. Ralph looks down at the bag, that Calhoun has dropped on the ground. He hands the bat back to Calhoun, and picks up the backpack. He narrows his eyes, and waves the bag in the air.
"This is Vanellope's backpack." He says, angrily. Josh looks further away, towards the stairs. Felix inches his way, to the couch, and picks up the loaf of bread, looking it over, he notices it's from their cupboard. He holds the bread up to Ralph. Ralph looks at it.
"This is from our cupboard. The one he was hiding in." Felix says. Josh glares at Felix.
"I wasn't hiding. I was waiting." Josh spits. Calhoun hits him in the stomach, with the end of the bat again, making him keel over.

Ralph take the bat away from her. "Would you stop that?" Ralph says. Calhoun scowls.
"Why? He's just some no good kid from the street." Calhoun says. Ralph sighs.
"Just go back to bed. Me and Felix will handle this." He says, a little worried for Josh's safety. Calhoun looks at Josh, then back at Ralph. She shakes her head, and reluctantly walks back to her room.

Ralph looks at the food on the couch. He kneels down, and picks up the baloney. Felix looks at Ralph, wondering what he's going to do next. Ralph picks up the rest of the food, and takes it back to the kitchen. Josh looks down at the ground, avoiding any eye contact. Felix sits down next to Josh, to lecture him, of course.

"Stealing is wrong." Is the first thing out of Felix's mouth, making Josh roll his eyes. Josh must have gotten this speech a hundred times, and Felix must know that, but he continues anyway. Josh just stares out the broken window, ignoring Felix.

Ralph limps back into the living room, sandwich in hand. He stops next to Josh, and hold the sandwich out to him. Josh looks away, but even Ralph can hear Josh's stomach growl. Josh takes the sandwich, mumbles a thanks, and devours the sandwich, it's gone within a few seconds, surprising Ralph and Felix.

"Sheesh. When was the last time you ate?" Ralph asks. Josh tilts his head, thinking.
"It's been a while." Josh says, shrugging. Felix shakes his head.
"What kind of parents wouldn't feed their kid?" Felix asks. Josh bites his lip, and looks away. Ralph sits down, on the other side of Josh, opposite from Felix.

"Where do you live? I can take you home." Ralph says. Josh sighs.
"I...I don't have a home exactly." Josh says, looking at the floor. Ralph looks over at Felix.
"What do we do?" Ralph mouths, so Josh can't hear.
"I don't know. We have to do something." Felix mouths back.
"What are we supposed to do?" Ralph mouths back. They continue mouthing back and forth, distracted by each other, they don't notice Vanellope hopping down the stairs. She walks over to the couch, in front of the couch, and stops in front of Josh.

"Hello! I'm Vanellope!" She says cheerfully. Ralph and Felix look down at Vanellope.
"Vanellope go back to bed. We're handling it." Ralph says. Vanellope ignores him, and keeps her attention on Josh.
"So. I told you my name. What's yours?" She asks.
"Josh. Josh Scott." Josh says. Vanellope sticks her hand out. Josh hesitates, before taking it. Vanellope rapidly shakes his hand.
"Okay. You met him. Now go back to bed." Ralph orders. Vanellope crosses her arms, and starts pouting. Ralph shakes his head.
"Not going to work." Ralph says, turning his attention back to Josh. Vanellope rolls her eyes, and walks back to her room, upstairs.
"Where do you sleep then?" Ralph asks, making Josh laugh. Ralph narrows his eyes. "What's so funny?" Ralph asks, confused.
"Who sleeps?" Josh asks, still laughing a bit. Ralph frowns.
"So you have no where to sleep?"
"Not exactly. I saw a park bench a couple miles back." Josh says, sliding off the couch. Ralph picks him up, and places him back on the couch. Ralph rubs the top of his nose. "I guess, you'll just have to stay here tonight. We'll figure out what to do with you in the morning." Ralph says, yawning. Felix covers his mouth, and yawns as well. He slides off the couch, says good night, and heads to his and Calhoun's room. Ralph brings Josh up stairs, to the guest room.

Ralph opens the door, allowing Josh walk in. Josh stops in half way through the door, looking at the room, he takes in a deep breath.
"Wow. Is this the master bedroom or something?" Josh asks, looking up at Ralph, surprised by such a large room. Ralph shakes his head.
"No. This is the guest bedroom." Ralph says. Josh tilts his head.
"But it's so big." Ralph sighs.
"Just try and get some sleep. We'll talk to you in the morning." Ralph says. Josh walks over to the bed, and looks it over. He looks under it, then jumps onto it.
"This bed. I like it." Josh says, sweeping his hand across the top. Ralph nods his head.
"Okay. I'll see you in the morning." Ralph says, closing the door.

Josh lays down for a while, when he's sure Ralph is asleep, he slides off the bed, and heads for the door, planning on being gone, before dawn. Opening it, he jumps back, and grabs his chest.
"You scared the crap outta me." Josh whispers. Vanellope crosses her arms.
"Where ya going?" She asks, narrowing her eyes. Josh opens his mouth, and rubs the back of his head.
"Uhh. Just to the bathroom." Josh says, nervously.
"Oh okay! I can show you where it is!" Vanellope says, perking up.
"No! I mean, I can find it." Josh says, waving his hands. Vanellope shakes her head.

"So, you know where our bathroom is then?" She asks.
"Wellll. Not exactly." Josh says.
"Okay! I'll show you then." Vanellope walks down the hall. she stops a couple feet away, and waves her hand at Josh.
"Well. Let's go." She says. Josh sighs. He follows her down the hall.

She leads him down the stairs, through the kitchen door, and over to the fridge. Josh crosses his arms, as she opens the fridge. "I thought you were taking me to the bathroom." Josh says.
"I was. But then I got hungry." Vanellope says, taking a couple slices of baloney from the fridge. She grins at Josh.
"Okay. I'll find it on my own." Josh says, walking out of the kitchen. Vanellope shrugs, as she chews on the baloney.

Josh closes the kitchen door behind him. He looks at the front door. "Nice to meet you all." Josh whispers, as he walks over to the door. But as he's about to open the door, something stops him. He looks back at the kitchen door. Vanellope leans on the doorframe, slowly chewing the baloney. She raises an eyebrow.
"Going somewhere?" She asks.
"Not with you watching me. No." Josh says, letting go of the doorknob.

Josh places his hands behind his back, and slowly walks up the stairs. Vanellope watches him, still chewing the baloney. He nods, and walks back into the guest room. Vanellope walks up the stairs, and back into her room.

Josh groans, and collapses onto the bed. "Guess I'm stuck here for the night." He mutters. Closing his eyes, trying to sleep, but he can't. So he lays still, silent, and worried about what these people are going to do with him. 'Will they send me back to the orphanage? No. They don't even know where I came from. Turn me into the police? Probably. Shoot.' All possible outcomes like these, cross Josh's mind. Eventually though, somehow he manages to get to sleep.

The next morning

Ralph puts the bowl of cereal in front of Vanellope, who gladly accepts, and eats it. Felix places a plate of hash browns and eggs down on the table, for Calhoun. Ralph looks up at the clock, then to the kitchen door. "It's almost ten. Why isn't he awake yet?" Ralph asks, no one in particular.

Vanellope looks up from her now empty bowl. "He was awake forever last night." She says. Ralph looks at her, and raises an eyebrow.
"How do you know that? Were you spying on him or something?" He asks. Vanellope shakes her head.
"He got up to use the bathroom, but he didn't even use the bathroom." She says, poking at the bowl with her spoon. Ralph takes the bowl, and gets her more cereal. He gives the bowl back, and she starts eating again. "I'll go and wake him up!" Felix says, in his usual cheerful tone. Ralph watches Felix march out of the kitchen, and turn towards the stairs. Ralph serves himself some hash browns, and sits down at the table, next to Vanellope.

Felix returns a couple minutes later, with Josh. Felix serves Josh some hash browns. Josh sits down at the table, across from Ralph, and devours the hash browns. Felix covers his mouths.
"Haven't you hear of a fork young man?" Felix asks. Josh licks his fingers, and shakes his head. He continues eating his food.

The smell of hash browns wakes Calhoun up. She slides out of bed, pulls her jogging pants, and t-shirt on, and heads for the front door, yawning again, she walks past the kitchen, to the front door. She opens the door, just as the news paper land on the porch. She picks it up, and looks at the front page. Her jaw drops. "That little..." She storms back into the house, into the kitchen, and throws the newspaper down in front of Ralph.

Ralph picks it up, and looks it over. He narrows his eyes.
"Vanellope. Why don't you show Josh your game boy, or something." Ralph says. Vanellope nods her head. She jumps off the chair, walks towards the kitchen door, and calls Josh over. He follows her, out of the kitchen up the stairs, and into her room.

Toys scattered on the floor, a couple video game posters on the wall, a bunk bed, with the top bunk covered in clothing, Josh's eyes shoot over to the giant television on the wall. Not exactly a room you'd expect a nine year old girl to have. Josh nods in approval.

"Awesome room." Josh says, looking at Vanellope's room. Vanellope nods.
"Yeah. I like it." She says.

She leads Josh through the room, over to one of the three boxes that line of of the walls. She opens the box, and digs through it. Finally she pulls out and old game boy color. "My dad gave this to me last year." She says, handing it to Josh.

Josh turns it in his hands, until he finds the on button. He turns it on, and flips the screen to him. Within seconds he's playing Pokemon. Vanellope seems amused, by Josh's intense focus for the game. Josh groans, and throws the game onto the bed. "I lost." He says, making Vanellope laugh. She shows him a couple more games, on her xbox, playstation, and wii. Josh seems to be enjoying himself, but Vanellope notices he hasn't even smiled once. She shrugs it off, and keeps showing him around her room.

Ralph puts the newspaper down, and rubs his eyes. Felix take the paper, looks at it, and reads it. "Lost boy, Josh Scott, ten years old, ran away from On The Right Path orphanage. Black hair, green eyes, will defend self. Please inform authorities if spotted." Felix puts the paper down. Even a picture of Josh is posted on the front. "So, what are you going to do about it?" Calhoun asks Ralph.

Ralph sighs, and shakes his head.
"I don't know. Not yet anyways. He must have a good reason for running away." Ralph says. Calhoun crosses her arms.
"Your taking him back though, right?" She says. Ralph shrugs.
"Do we really have a choice?"
"You actually do. He is an orphan." Felix says. Ralph raises an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, he has no family...there's always..." Felix begins.
"No! You are not adopting him!" Calhoun says. Ralph nods his head.
"We barely have enough room for us." Ralph says. Felix nods as well. Calhoun walks out of the kitchen.

She returns a minute later, with a laptop. She opens it, and starts searching the web. Ralph and Felix eat silently. She turns the laptop towards Ralph, he squints, and looks at the screen. On the screen is a map. Showing the location of the orphanage. Ralph nods. He finishes his food, and puts the dishes away. "So, how are we going to do this?" Ralph asks.
"Simple. We drag him back." Calhoun says. Ralph shakes his head.
"We can't drag him half way across the country." He says. Calhoun rolls her eyes.
"We don't actually drag him. We drive him there, and dump him off." She says.
"It sounds like a good idea, but I don't think he'll just go with us willingly." Felix says. Ralph crosses his arms.
"Your right. How do we convince him to come with us?" He asks. Calhoun snaps her fingers.
"We tell him were going on a road trip. We say, we can't just leave him hear alone, so he has to come with us." She says. Felix frowns.
"You mean we lie to him? That's not a very nice thing to do."
"He attacked us with ketchup. Nice is the last thing I'm worried about." Felix rubs the back of his head, not liking this idea at all, but knows he can't change Calhoun's mind.

Josh and Vanellope run into the kitchen. The adults look at them. "I beat him!" Vanellope yells, happily. Josh shakes his head.
"Just barely." He says.
"I beat you by like twenty-two kills." She says, sticking her tongue out. Ralph claps his hands together.
"Okay! Time for a road trip!" He says, loudly. Vanellope tilts her head.
"What road trip?" She asks. Ralph crosses his arms.
"Our first annual summer road trip." He says.
"Where are we going?" Ralph kneels down next to her, and with a big grin says,
"Everywhere." Vanellope claps excitedly. But stops almost instantly.
"What about Josh?" She asks, looking at said person. Ralph stands up straight. He looks at Calhoun, who nods. Ralph sighs.
"He's coming with us."

A/N Chapter two done! I hope you liked it! If you have the time, please let me know what you think!