Hey everybody, sorry it's takin' me so long to update. So here is another chapter, sorry about the fact that is short. Adrian
Disclaimer: I don't own newsies but I do own Christine and Elizabeth!
Chapter 3: Day 2
Christine opened her eyes the next morning to find herself sleeping on her couch, purple blanket wrapped around her and her house spotless, not the way she remembered leaving it.
As Christine sat up she was starting to wonder if Spot and Dutchy living with her was just another one of her vivid dreams, when Spot walked into the living wearing a pair of dark jeans and a silver t-shirt that said 'I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed person'
Christine smiled happily, now feeling fully reassured that she was not dreaming, "Are you and Dutchy ready to go shopping again?"
Spot nodded and helped her up off the couch since she was still very imbalanced after wearing heals the previous night. "Thanks." Christine mumbled, "Alright it's only 9 in the morning so I'll get changed and then we can have breakfast. Sound good?"
"Sounds Great." Dutchy said as he walked into the room in a pair of light wash jeans and a brown t-shirt.
Christine nodded and disappeared into her room. As she rummaged through her closet and found a pair of jeans and a green t-shirt with pink and white flowers and the word Dream on one side.
Once she was dressed and had her hair pulled back she walked into the kitchen where she found Spot and Dutchy looking threw the cabinets. Spot had a Strawberry milkshake pop tart in his hand and Dutchy had a Popsicle in his mouth.
Lilies sighed as she walked over to them, "Alright you two I'll make eggs and bacon for breakfast. How's that sound?"
Dutchy started bouncing up and down chanting about how great it would taste. Christine smiled, "Great how about you two go into the living room and watch and movie or something?"
Dutchy frowned, "But Ise wanted ta help. Ise neva gotten a chance ta make breakfast wit me family before."
Christine smiled sadly, "Alright, you can help." Spot as standing in the corner licking the pink filling out of his pop tart, "Spot would you like to help?"
Spot looked up at her and nodded a smirk crossing his face.
Christine smiled "Great, I'm just gonna get my computer so we can say good morning to Java and the others and we can get started. Now if you two can get the eggs out of the fridge that would be great." Christine pointed over to the fridge and left the room to get her laptop from the living room where she had left it the night before.
When Christine returned with the computer and her new web cam she found everything she needed out on the counter. Not just the eggs like she had asked for but the bacon, frying pans, butter, everything.
Christine smiled, "Alright well I guess we're almost ready to start. I'll just hook up the web cam and we'll be ready to go." Spot and Dutchy nodded and moved to sit at the table whale Christine set attached all the wires to her computer.
Once they were all attached she turned on the computer and signed onto the web cam program. When the video screen popped up Christine smiled because Elizabeth and all her newsies where all piled onto the couch sleeping. Elizabeth was curled up into Racetrack's side and Racetrack had his arms wrapped around her.
"Aw!" Christine cooed, "That's so cute! Maybe we should wait till after breakfast to wake them."
Spot shrugged, "Alright."
"I agree this is da foist time Racetrack has got a goil in…well…eva." Dutchy smiled as Christine chuckled and made her way over to the kitchen counter.
"Alright come on you two Spot you can start by greasing the pan…" Lilies thought about it for a minute, "Do you know how to do that?"
Spot nodded and made his way to Lilies side.
"What can Ise do?" Dutchy said looking over at Christine and Spot who where glancing at each other occasionally.
Liles looked up from where she was pealing the bacon apart, "You can crack the eggs into that bowl."
Dutchy nodded, "Alright."
After that everything was quiet…but only for a moment…a very precious moment then…
"Dutchy, Ise gonna to kill youse!!" Christine heard Spot shout from beside her.
When she looked up at him is golden hair was wet and sticking to his cheeks, an egg shell shattered on his head.
Christine tried her hardest not to laugh as Spot backed Dutchy into the wall. "Now's Spot…" Dutchy started, "Please be forgiving'!"
With a glare on his face Spot said, "Not only did youse get egg all ova me new cloths but youse ruined our only family time!"
Dutchy sighed, "But dis is what family's do. Ise saw it on TV last night."
Christine sighed, "Alright, well Dutchy you have to understand not everything on the TV is really, most of it is made up. I've seen that TV show and in real life smashing an egg over someone's head makes them angry."
"Darn straight." Spot said.
Christine had made him take his shirt off and put it in the washing machine. He was washing his hair in the kitchen sink listening to Christine talk to Dutchy as they finished cracking the eggs into the bowl.
"Spot play nice." Christine warned, taking a whisk to the eggs to scramble them.
"Yeah Spot, play nice." Java's voice sounded from the computer.
Christine looked over at her lap top and saw Java sitting at her table with all the guys trying to make pancakes behind her.
"Good Morning sunshine the Earth says hello." Christine said.
"And so do we'se!" Dutchy said wrapping his arm around Lilies shoulder.
Java laughed as Jack dropped the milk jug on the ground in the background.
"Maybe you should help them…" Christine said watching the chaos begin to unfold.
Java looked over her shoulder and nodded, "Maybe…well I'll talk to you later." Lilies smiled as the chat screen disappeared from her computer, the last thing she saw was Racetrack pulling the cookie dough out of the fridge.
"Hey Lilies what do Ise do now?" Dutchy asked, he had all the bacon laid out on the skillet.
"Turn the knob till the arrow is lined up with the number 350." said Christine as she rubbed the dishtowel over Spot's wet hair. Spot didn't seem to protest to this which was a little surprising to everyone, including Spot himself.
Dutchy followed his orders perfectly and before long everyone was sitting around the table eating breakfast.
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Once all the dishes where is the dishwasher and Spot had his shirt back it was 10 o'clock. "So what would you all like to do for an hour and a half?"
"We could watch a movie." Dutchy suggested.
Spot groaned as a sat down on the couch next to Lilies.
Dutchy looked at him confused, "What's wrong with watchin' a movie? I like watchin' movies."
"Clearly…" Spot said, as he absently wrapped his arm around Lilies shoulder.
"Dutchy," Christine started, "I know you love the movies but sometimes there is such a thing as watching to many movies."
Spot nodded as Dutchy frowned, "But there are so many movies I haven't sent before. I just want to watch them all in case we ever have to go back."
For the first time that day the smile that Christine had had on her face disappeared. Dutchy and Spot were starting another argument and were to wrapped up in it that they didn't even notice the change in Christine mood until…
"Guys…" Christine started, "I think I'm gonna go for a walk. I…I just need some fresh air."
When Christine moved to stand up Spot grabbed her arm and pulled her back, "What's wrong wit ya?" He asked turning to look at her. His icy blue eyes felt as if they were baring holes in Liles.
"I just want to go for a walk." Lilies tried to assure him. However her attempts went unheeded by both Spot and Dutchy.
"Lilies you're upset! What's wrong?" Dutchy asked, he had completely forgot about his previous problem about the movies.
"It's nothing. I just want to go for a walk." Christine looked between the two boys.
Spot looking at her with an expression only Spot himself could give and Dutchy with one that simply stated that he didn't believe anything she was saying. It was amazing to Lilies that she could only have known these two boys for a day and already they could tell when she was lying to them.
Christine was about to tell them the truth when her cell phone rang, "Saved by the song." Christine muttered under her breath as she stood up and made her way to the kitchen where she had left her phone on the table, Dutchy and Spot where hot on her heals the entire time.
Lilies picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID, "It's Elizabeth."
"Java." Dutchy corrected.
Christine sighed as she answered her phone, "Hey Java, what's up?"
On the other line Elizabeth sounded frantic, "Chris you have got to get over here! You and the boys; I can't figure out what's wrong with Mush!"
Christine's eyes widened as she pushed past the boys to get her wallet and coat, "What happened Liz?" Christine looked over her shoulder at Dutchy and Spot who were standing confused in the door way, "Hurry and get ready, we are going to Liz's place something happened."
Dutchy and Spot nodded and started towards their rooms, "Java." Dutchy corrected.
"I'm not sure what happened." Elizabeth said frantically, "He was fine when we finished breakfast but when we all went to play Phase 10 and then he just passed out and we can't wake him up. I don't know if he has a temperature and I can't find the thermometer. I now you know how to figure it out without one so I need you here!"
"Alright Liz I'm coming. I just have to get the guys ready I'll be there is at most five minutes." Christine said as she pulled her jacket on.
"Hurry!" Elizabeth said before the phone clicked off.
"Spot! Hurry Up! Dutchy you too! We are running to Elizabeth's house!" Christine said as she slipped her feet into her running shoes.
Dutchy yelled from his room, "Java!"
"Not now Dutchy." Christine shouted, "Something is wrong with Mush and we don't know that it is."
Spot and Dutchy came out of their rooms and Christine ushered them out the door.
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Alright well there is another chapter. And yes I did have to leave the chapter like that. I figured I would have some sort of fun with it. School is rounding to a closed and the moving prep is taking up a lot of time and to add to it all I got Carpel Tunnel this week so more time that I will have to got completely mad. Anyway, hopefully Chapter 4 will be up sooner rather then later.
Leave a review please! Adrian
