"So, tell us about yourselves," Estelle said to Max and Emmy. "Do you guys like school?"
"Yeah." Emmy and Max smiled.
"Well, that's good." Estelle smiled.
Lee mumbled something under his breath. Estelle frowned and nudged him, but kept her smile for the kids.
"Hey, Lee, could you show us how strong you are?" Max asked.
"I was hoping that you would ask me that." Lee smiled.
"Yeah!" Max cheered.
Lee chuckled. "All right, well, I can't hog all the credit, Estelle's brother helped me."
"You have a brother?" Emmy asked the older girl.
"Two," Estelle smiled. "My twin brother helped Lee, go ahead, Lee show 'em what you got." she then turned to the boy she liked.
Lee looked around the room to see what he could use to show off his strength, it didn't take very long as he spotted the couch, the perfect thing to show off his strength.
Emmy paid close attention to the time, then heard grunting and looked back.
"Watch this, kiddos!" Lee called to Max and Emmy once he was right next to the couch.
The two kids watched as Lee grunted again and began to lift up the entire couch.
"AWESOME!" Max cheered.
"Oh, my..." Emmy was surprised and worried at the same time.
"Don't be scared, Emmy," Lee smirked. "I do this all the time."
"So, you really are like a superhero." Max smiled.
"You have no idea, kiddo." Lee smiled back.
The timer then went off.
"The food's ready!" Emmy called.
"All right, I'll get it." Estelle put on a pot holder and went to start preparing the food on four plates for all of them to share.
Lee then placed the couch back on the ground.
Max clapped and cheered at that. "Awesome!"
Lee smiled to the kid.
Once the food was prepared, they all sat down to eat.
"Smells delicious." Lee smiled.
"Let's eat!" Estelle smiled.
The four then sat down and ate. Max seemed to roar and nosily eat his food.
"Max, chew with your mouth closed!" Emmy scolded her younger brother.
"Yes, ma'am." Max said.
"Those definitely weren't good manners in front of our guests..." Emmy stated.
'Hope she isn't a kiss-up.' Estelle thought to herself.
"So, we hear you kids like to be in your playroom," Lee said to the two kids. "What's that like?"
"Oh, we color, and-and-and make clay sculptures, and we meet dragons!" Max said.
Emmy seemed to gasp at that, worriedly.
Lee and Estelle then just assumed Max had an overactive imagination and liked dragons a lot.
"You sure do like your dragons, huh?" Estelle smiled.
"Oh, you have no idea." Emmy smiled.
Dinner was then finished. Estelle answered the phone, Max and Emmy's parents were just checking in, so she decided to go over what was going on. After Max and Emmy finished eating, Lee washed the dishes while Max and Emmy waited next to Estelle.
"Uno momento por favor," Estelle said, then bent down to Max and Emmy's heights and put the phone between them so they could both hear and talk with their parents. "It's your mom and dad." she then told the kids.
Max and Emmy rushed over to the phone to talk to their parents.
Estelle allowed Emmy to hold the phone and told her to hold it out so she and Max could talk to their parents at the same time, she then went to help Lee with the dishes. "This babysitting's easy," she smiled. "Barbie was always a great babysitter to her sister and she let us do all sorts of cool stuff!"
"Yeah, I mean, come on, how can some people say this babysitting job isn't easy?" Lee asked.
"I could do this in my sleep..." Estelle smirked. "I raised a Teddyursa before it hatched as a shy and quiet little baby, and now it's so strong and brave all grown up as a full grown Ursaring who's not afraid of anyone, but has a big heart that I allowed him to grow up with."
After a while of talking on the phone, Emmy and Max said their goodbyes to their parents and went back to their babysitters. Max still seemed a little upset about being away from their parents.
"Why don't we go in your guys's playroom?" Estelle suggested in an attempt to cheer Max up since he and Emmy were fond of their playroom.
"Definitely!" Emmy agreed.
"Okay..." Max said softly, he really missed their parents, he was four after all.
"Show us the way?" Lee suggested.
"Sure!" Emmy ran up the stairs, leading the way to her and Max's playroom.
Lee decided to give Max a ride to the playroom while Emmy would lead them. Max gave a small smile. Emmy then opened the door and showed a normal playroom. There were dragons on the wallpaper, there was an easel for painting, there was a small table with tiny chairs for the arts and crafts, there was a window that looked out with a couple of drawers.
"Nice room." Estelle smiled.
"Thanks!" Emmy smiled back.
"So, what do you kids do in here?" Lee asked.
"We like to draw pictures, color, play with our toys..." Emmy listed a few activities.
"Go to Dragon Land." Max added.
"You kids really like your dragons, huh?" Estelle asked, playing along. "And where are these dragons?"
"Oh, we've already seen them for the day, but we're gonna see them again tomorrow, it's after dinnertime in Dragon Land right now." Emmy replied.
"Okay, we'd like to meet them." Lee added, also playing along.
"Well, maybe you will." Max smiled.
"Probably tomorrow." Emmy added.
"Yeah, we'll be here with you guys all week." Lee smiled.
"Yep." Estelle nodded.
"Do you guys wanna draw with us?" Max asked.
Lee shrugged with a smile. "Better than doing algebra homework."
"You kids can draw while I help Lee here with his homework." Estelle said.
"Aww..." Lee groaned about doing homework.
"Aw, grow up..." Estelle smirked.
Max and Emmy agreed to that, they took out their paper and started to color while their babysitters did homework.
"Now, come on, Lee, I'll help you with your homework." Estelle said.
"Fine..." Lee looked like he would rather be dead than do homework.
"Come on now, remember..." Estelle sighed, then started to help him out like she always did, he was slowly getting better but he was still sometimes stubborn, but didn't do it as much with her as his helper.
Max began to draw Lee as a super strong superhero. Emmy was drawing herself dancing with Estelle.
"These ones used to confuse me too, but here's a clever way to remember..." Estelle said to Lee before demonstrating.
"Okay." Lee said before concentrating on what his girlfriend began to demonstrate for him.
Estelle helped him the best that she could. As Lee and Estelle finished their homework, they smiled to Max and Emmy as the younger kids walked over with the crayon drawings.
"You guys are great artists," Estelle smiled. "You should see my brother Vincent though, he loves his paints."
"Is he great at painting?" Max asked.
"Very much," Estelle smiled. "He does a lot of abstract work though."
"Ab... Tract...?" Max tilted his head.
"Abstract," Estelle repeated. "It's like a painting that looks very unique and different from what you think it might be."
"Cool." Max smiled.
Estelle smiled.
The four continued their 'activities' until it was getting close to Max and Emmy's bedtime.
"Well, guys, time for bed." Lee told Max and Emmy.
"Aww..." Max and Emmy groaned.
"Come on, guys, the faster you two go to sleep, the faster tomorrow will come." Lee told them.
"He's right, Max..." Emmy agreed.
"Aw, all right..." Max folded his arms grumpily.
Lee decided to give him another ride. "Hey, little dude, how about a ride to bed?"
This won Max over. "Okay!"
Lee then put Max over his shoulders and ran with him. "Which way to your room then?"
"Upstairs, two doors on the left." Max smiled.
"Oki doki." Lee nodded ans went just that way, making it fun along the way to put Max in a better mood.
"Whee!" Max smiled.
Lee chuckled. "Ah, to be young again..." he sighed before finding Max's room and made airplane like noises to occupy the ride.
"You're so much fun, Lee!" Max smiled.
"Thanks, kiddo," Lee smiled. "I'll be here all week."
"I'm glad." Max hugged Lee.
Luckily for Lee, it wasn't too tight for him due to his incredible strength.
"Okay, kiddo," Lee set Max down on the floor. "Let's get in your jammies, brush your teeth, and hit the hay, huh?"
"Why would I wanna hit hay?" Max tilted his head.
"It's an expression," Lee explained. "It just means go to sleep."
"Ohh, that makes much more sense, but why do they always say that?" Max asked.
Lee tried to find a way to explain it to Max. "Umm... Well..." Lee was stumped, he didn't even know why people said that.
Max waited for an answer.
"Never mind that for now, let's get you ready for bed." Lee smirked.
"Gotta catch me first!" Max smirked back before starting to run all around his room, not wanting to go to bed.
"Hey, get back here!" Lee called.
"Nope!" Max kept running from him.
"Your brother is not making it easy." Estelle said to Emmy.
"That's how Max is sometimes." Emmy replied.
"Luckily for us, Lee is on all of the sports teams," Estelle said. "So it should be easy for him to catch your brother."
"Yeah?" Emmy asked.
"Oh, yeah, Max will be in bed before you know it." Estelle giggled.
And where Estelle was right as Lee caught Max in five minutes flat.
"Gotcha, little guy." Lee said.
"Aww..." Max groaned in defeat.
"Here comes the Tickle Monster." Lee said before starting to tickle Max, believing it would tire the kid out.
"No, wait, stop!" Max yelled out before he started to throw into a fit of giggles.
"No way, little man." Lee smiled.
Max kept laughing, he had slight tears in his eyes, but not from sadness, but the tickling was too much, though also not hurting him.
After a while, Max was all tired out and fell instantly asleep.
"Time for bed, kiddo..." Lee picked up Max, helped him into his pajamas and pulled back the covers.
"But I'm not..." Max said before yawning noisily and rubbing his eyes. "Tired..."
"Yes, you are..." Lee tucked him in.
"No, I'm not..." Max mumbled before falling asleep.
"Wow, you actually tuckered him out." Emmy said out of surprise.
"Surprised?" Lee asked with a smirk.
"Yeah, that almost never works." Emmy said.
"Okay, Emmy, now it's your turn." Estelle said to the six-year-old girl.
"Okay." Emmy said as she went into the bathroom to get ready for bed.
"Thatta girl." Estelle smiled as Emmy went off like a good and proper young lady.
After a little while, Emmy came out of the bathroom dressed in her pajamas.
Estelle was getting Emmy's bed all ready, then smiled to the girl came in the room. "Here, let me get that for you." she said once she saw Emmy's hair was still in a ponytail.
"Okay." Emmy smiled.
Estelle had Emmy sit down, she took out the ponytail holder and started to brush down the younger girl's hair.
"I bet you'd make a wonderful mother." Emmy smiled.
"Oh... Thank you..." Estelle felt incredibly touched by that.
Emmy smiled still. "Do you have any little sisters?"
"I'm the youngest," Estelle said. "I have a twin brother who's older by ten minutes and I have another brother who's a year older than me."
"But no little sister?" Emmy asked.
"Nope..." Estelle said softly. "The closest thing I had to a little sister was my younger cousin, Eloise, she's a year younger than me."
"That sounds like you might need a little sister figure." Emmy smiled.
"Know anyone who might be available?" Estelle playfully asked.
"Hmm... Well, I do know this one girl," Emmy said, of course obviously meaning her. "Someone who's always wanted a sister and is fun to be around all the time: Me!"
"You got the job." Estelle chuckled to that.
"Yay!" Emmy giggled.
Estelle laughed with her. "Okay, Emmy... Time for bed..."
Emmy yawned and crawled into her bed, getting comfortable and snuggly.
Lee began to tuck Max in quietly. Max seemed to go fast asleep.
"Night, Max." Lee whispered, then left the little boy alone in his room to sleep.
Emmy was tucked into bed next by Estelle.
"Buenos noches, Emmy." Estelle said in Spanish to make Emmy feel more comfortable about this.
"Gracias." Emmy smiled.
Estelle giggled, she then gently shut the door to let Emmy sleep. "Phew..." she leaned against the door, slowly sliding down. "What a day... And just six more to go."
"You're telling me." Lee sighed.
"Come on, let's get ourselves to bed, I don't think I can really stay up..." Estelle said.
"Come here..." Lee helped her up to her feet with a smile. "Up you go."
"Thanks..." Estelle said in relief.
"No problem, I'll carry you the rest of the way." Lee smiled.
"Thanks, Lee." Estelle smiled back.
"No problem..." Lee said, he then carried her bridal style as opposed to over his shoulders like he did with Max.
"Ooh!" Estelle gushed to this, but tried very hard not to be loud so she would wake up the kids, and luckily, they didn't wake up right then.
"You know, in a way, I'm kind of grateful that Akito gave me this incredible strength." Lee smiled.
"So am I," Estelle smiled. "Akito's always being helpful for others."
"You must really love your brother." Lee smiled to her.
"I really do..." Estelle sighed. "He was like a role model for me growing up... Well, next to Barbie of coure, but... I really looked up to Akito when we were kids."
"Has he always been heroic?" Lee asked.
"Yep, even before we went to future and joined the Loonatics." Estelle smiled.
'Wonder where he got that from?" Lee thought out loud.
"Oh, I have a pretty good idea, Mom and Aunt Cherry say that Dad was just like that..." Estelle said.
"Wow, really?" Lee asked.
"Yep, Dad was always looking out for others." Estelle smiled.
"Your dad always sounds so cool..." Lee said, sounding a little jealous. "I know we have our adventures now, but... Still..."
"I know, but come on, we'll have more adventures in the future." Estelle smiled.
"Hopefully some good ones..." Lee pouted. "But we're babysitting..."
"Babysitting can be it's own adventure." Estelle encouraged, looking on the positive side.
"Really? How so?" Lee asked. "Someone try to steal the kids and it starts an adventure for both us the kids and a couple of dragons?"
"Well, that sounds a little far-fetched to a normal human being, but you never know..." Estelle shrugged distantly. "My brother's dating a Pokemon Princess... My father's a Wiccan with merman magic... Stranger things have happened..."
"And I suppose your aunt and uncle in France are vampires?" Lee glanced at her.
"I know they go out in broad daylight even though that could burn and kill them, but yes, they are." Estelle defended.
This shocked Lee very much.
"I-I was only kidding about that part! Your aunt and uncle really are vampires?" Lee asked.
"What, you didn't know that?" Estelle asked.
"I was joking!" Lee admitted.
"Oh, I thought we told you that..." Estelle laughed a little. "Well, yeah, Aunt Cherry and Uncle Forte are vampires, so are their kids."
"Wow, that's amazing," Lee smiled. "Anyway, what are the odds of that happening?"
"Eh, I'd give it 50:50..." Estelle shrugged. "I've had a crazy life so far before I become a professional ballerina dancer when I graduate from high school. Who knows what'll come knocking on the door?"
Just then there was a knocking at the door.
"That was oddly convenient." Lee said.
"I'm gonna get my pajamas on, you mind getting it?" Estelle asked.
"Not at all." Lee said as he headed for that direction anyway.
Estelle then went to the ensuite bathroom and went to get her pajamas on.
Lee opened the door, accidentally using his new strength, taking the door off its hinges. "Oops, sorry, I sometimes forget how strong I am now."
To his surprise, no one was there.
"Huh, that's weird..." Lee scratched his head.
Unknown to either of the teenagers, two mysterious figures went into the two kids bedrooms and began to quietly sneak in and quietly get over to the two kids to kidnap them.
