Teddy and Family- Chris and Ana
Chapter 4- Scooby gang is formed
By Cindra
A/N: First Day of Kindy School! Like the title of this chapter says. The Scooby Gang is formed.
This has been one crazy busy summer! The last half of July I've been crazy busy attending symposiums for work. This month I'm attending a month long retreat with my sisters. While it's a fantastic Zen atmosphere, it's also hard as hell to sneak off and reconnect with the outside world! Well that and my reoccurring chronic illness has been kicking my ass since July and tech still hates me! So cross your fingers that this update works!
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Now on a sourer note as I have managed to attract a few unwanted cowardly trolls…here is my message to you regarding all of my stories.
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Cin XOXO
Disclaimer: The original characters are mine as is the story idea. EL owns the rest.
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Chris
Today we get to start Kindy School and I'm really excited because Ana gets to go with us too! Ana's been so happy to be going with us that she's been all smiles and giggles for days!
So much better than grouchy, angry, sulky, growly, frowny, Ana!
Daddy says that we're gonna make lots of new friends and that we'll learn a lot.
"Chris, Mia, Elliot, time for breakfast! You don't want to be late on your first day of school." Mom calls us from downstairs.
Mia stomps past me down the stairs! Mimi is so not a morning person. Neither is my Ana, but she's too happy to even let getting up this early bother her.
I follow her into the kitchen and scramble up onto my chair at the kitchen island. Gail is making breakfast and its yummy pancakes and blueberry syrup. I'll try my best not to get my new clothes dirty when I eat them. Mia's still pouting being up so early and chooses to have cereal instead.
Lelliot stumbles blindly into the kitchen and heads for coffee. Even when I'm older I will never drink that yucky brown drink. It's gross! Lelliot's not really pose to drink it and gets his fingers swatted by Aunt Gail. Nope, it's OJ just like me and Mimi. He grumbles as he plops down next to me and eats his breakfast. He reminds me of a wild animal sometimes when he eats. Now you see it then it's gone.
"I've got practice tonight! I'll be home for dinner!" He tells Mommy, between his last bites of breakfast. He kisses each of us on the head. "Don't get into too much trouble your first day, midget. Mimi, it's not gonna work so enough with the waterworks! Get used to waking up early, because the older you get the earlier they force you to wake up. Mom and Dad aren't gonna cave because you're not a morning person. Annie's a beast in the morning, but I bet she's jumping around like a little bean raring to go."
Mimi's down to sniffles now, but she's glaring at everyone still.
"Straight home after practice! It's a school night! You just got your license! Homework first! You know the rules!" Dad calls after Elliot, as he grabs his jacket, gives Mom and Gail each a kiss on the cheek then heads for the garage.
"Yeah, I know the drill by heart!" He calls back. "Laters!"
We have little backpacks, snacks, and stuff that they told Mommy that we'd need. A nap matt who knew that you get to take a nap in school? Not me. How can you learn anything when you're sleeping? It makes no sense to me. We only get to go for half a day. It's confusing cuz Elliot has to go all day, but then I don't really know a lot about school as this is my first day. We all went to Tiny Tots, but I guess this is more than that I'll find out when our Mommy drops us off at school.
Mia's starting to cry again and I don't think that it's because she's scared at all. She's not going to get her way and when she doesn't she cries a lot. Dad kisses the two of us on the head and goes off to work. Uncle Jason's gonna pick us up when it's time for us to come home. Mommy is gonna take us now because she has to work when we need to get picked up. She's a doctor and works to make kids all better again at this big hospital.
She's my angel. She made Mia and Me all better when we were hurt really bad. I don't wanna think about that though. Nope, all I wanna think about is what school is gonna be like. Ana's going to be taken there by her Mommy, but I know that she's excited about this as much as I am. Then she gets to come home with us.
I bet that she's driving her Mommy and daddy crazy too. I miss her. We usually ride to school together at least that was when we went to Tiny Tots.
The front door flies open and Ana races in with her Mommy giving chase. "Anastasia Rose Steele! I said the car not Grey Manor!"
"I wanted to see my Chris!" She's hugging me so hard that I can't really breathe. It's a Mimi hug. She's so excited that she's full of energy.
"Ana…" I wheeze. "Can't…breathe…"
"Oops…" She bites down on her lip, big blue eyes wide. "Sorry! I'm just so excited about Kindy school!" She let's me go, but she's far from calm and turns her sights on Mia. "Mimi! No tears! It's gonna be fun!"
"But I'm tired!" Mia whines. "Why's Kindy School so early?"
"So we can learn lots and lots of stuff!" Ana hugs her until Mia hugs her back. "No tears! It's gonna be fine! You've got Chris, Me, Kate, Ethan, and we're gonna meet even more today at school!"
"Sweetie, this first week will just be all of you getting to know one another, your school, and your teacher. You're going to have so much fun learning that you'll be excited to get up every morning, you'll see." Mommy's giving her a pep talk too.
I think its working, coz Mia's calm enough to see that Ana's wearing a dress, tights, and her sneakers. "Ana's wearing a dress that Kate and me got her!" She's all but screaming it to the world and hugging Ana.
"She's a girl, Mimi." I roll my eyes, but it's really weird to see Ana in a dress. It doesn't happen. "Girls wear dresses."
She's even got her hair all braided nice too and not her normal pigtails. Momma Carla must have promised her a super yummy snack, coz Ana loves her long hair, but hates messing with it. Her hair is like crazy long to her waist with lots and lots of curls, but she always puts it into pigtails to keep it out of the way.
"Mommy begged me and I'm in too good of a mood to fight her, so yeah, I'm wearing a dress. I had to sit through like forever getting my hair brushed, braided, and pretty. I was gonna just keep it down with a hair thingy, but it kept getting all in my face, so she braided it." Ana's getting all red in the face and looking at her bright blue sneakers.
"Kate! You! Me! All match! I'm in pink! Kate's in Red! Annie's in blue! Almost, I gotta go run and change into my sneakers too! Mommy! Can you call Kate's Mommy and tell her to put sneakers on, so we match? Please! With gumdrops and lollipops on top!" She's excitedly jumping up and down. Her eyes doing that melt to what I want look that nearly always lets her get her way. She, Kate, and Ana all have that one mastered.
"I'll try, baby girl." Mommy hurries over to the phone and Mia zooms to go change into her bright pink sneakers.
I cross my fingers and toes that she hasn't left or Mimi will start sulking all over again. "Don't be like that, Ana. We're all kinda sorta dressed up for our first day. You won't be the only ones in dresses that's for sure. I mean, all that's missing with what I got on is a tie, but there's no way that I'm gonna wear a stupid tie to school." I try to cheer her up and give her a hug.
"At least you get to wear jeans and not those funny shorts that you sometimes gotta wear to church and stuff, so you're lucky." Ana lets me go to see what I've been forced to wear to school then whispers in my ear. "And don't even mention the tie or our Mommies are gonna go all crazy and make you wear one just because you'll look cute in it."
"Chris! You left the tie on your bed and you wanna look good for school too!" My traitor twin comes zooming back in her hot pink sparkly sneakers with my grey tie in her fist. "Momma Carla! Chris forgot his tie! Could you put it on him please?"
"Told ya so…" Ana takes the tie from Mia before her Momma can even answer my traitorous twin. She looks at it then at me all sympathetic like and clips the stupid thing onto my shirt. "It's easier just to give in…like what Lelliot and the boys say all the time 'Resistance is futile'."
"Christian you look so handsome all dressed up for school!" Aunt Gail's got a camera and is taking pictures. "Let's get some with all three of you together."
Mia, Ana, and me all pose for what seems like endless pictures and then to make it even worse we've got video too. Weren't the pictures enough for them?
All three of them are looking at us with tears like we're going away forever too. Isn't Uncle Jason gonna come get us? I thought school was a good thing, but they look so sad. Adults are so weird.
Ana looks at me and then at our Mommies and Aunt Gail and bites her lip. "We are coming back home, right? I mean, Uncle J is gonna come get us from school and everything?" She whimpers next to me.
"I think they're happy…" I frown at our Moms and Aunt because they really don't seem like it. They seem really sad.
"If we can't come back home then I'm not going to stupid school!" Mia's back to crying again and races over to cling to our Mommy's leg in terror.
Ana's just clinging to me like I am to her.
"No! Babies! We're just sad that you're growing up so fast!" Our Mommies are staring at us in alarm that we're thinking that we're not coming back.
I mean Mommy didn't cry when Lelliot left for school. Daddy didn't cry at all he was smiling when he told us to have a good day and learn lots of things. It's so confusing how tears can mean so many things instead of just one.
"Then we still get to come home?" The three of us are so confused.
"Yes, darlings. No one is sending you away forever. School is just part of the day and then we'll always be there to collect you afterward." Mommy's in soothe mode and so is Momma Carla.
The big granddad clock chimes and our mothers go crazy. "Oh, my stars! You're going to be late! Let's go, you three!"
Ana's already wearing her backpack that's got her stuff in it, but we're not and we scramble into them. Aunt Gail hands me my Power Rangers lunch box and Mimi her Barbie one that got our snacks in them. Can't leave without our snacks. We'd starve to death.
"Wait is Kate wearing sneakers! We have to match!" Mia's back to that again no more tears.
"Yes, she's wearing her sneakers, now does everyone have their things?" Mommy looks us over.
"Um, Ana doesn't gots her snacks. She needs her snacks too." I'll share if I have to, but we're all pose to have one. It was on our list of stuff.
"Did someone forget her Garfield lunch box?" Daddy Ray is standing in the doorway holding up Ana's snacks and she races over to him.
Good. She won't starve now! Gotta have snacks to keep you going! Ya just gotta! It's a rule!
"Thanks, hon." Momma Carla smiles and goes over to him.
"Let's get our little pixie to school, as it is we'll be lucky to get there on time." He's got Ana in his arms.
"Guess, I gotta go with Daddy and Mommy. I'll see you there." Ana shouts as they leave.
"Let's go, darlings." Mommy takes Mimi's hand and then mine and we head for the garage. "It's a whole new world for you to discover today and you're going to meet new friends and have fun."
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We get there and there are a bunch of Mommies and Daddies with their kids all lined up in front of the doors to this big building with lots of windows.
Was Daddy pose to come too? There are an awful lot of Daddies here. I can see Kate and Ethan with their Mommy, but their Daddy's not there so maybe it's okay that Daddy didn't come too. Ana's Daddy's here, but then he and her Mommy work in the same place so maybe that's why?
I see Miss Mana talking to Daddy Ray and she's wearing a dress with flowers on it again, but this one's nice and doesn't hurt your eyes.
"Let's go start your big adventure into learning." Mommy's smiling at us as we walk over to where everyone is all starting to line up by the doors.
"Kate! Ana!" Mia squeals, as soon as she spots them. "See Mommy! We match!"
"I see that, darling girl." Mommy laughs. Mia was so against going and now she can't wait and is dragging us to them. "Looks like Ethan and some of the other boys are wearing ties too, baby boy."
"Chris!" Ethan's waving at me and I wave back. "Ya, gotta, meet Barney! His dad makes planes! And his Mommy makes stuff for computers! Jose! His Dad draws and builds stuff and his mom decorates them. And Paul! His Dad's a CEO of his own company like my dad and his Mom's a nurse."
The boy wearing glasses, with curly hair like mine only his is black not red, is getting all red faced and staring at his sneakers. Jose's got black hair and Paul's blonde like Ethan. They're all wearing a tie, shirt, Jeans, and sneakers just like me and Ethan.
"Really!?" Now that's what I call a job! Making airplanes! I wanna be a pilot and fly them and copters too! But being CEO like Daddy Ray or Papa K isn't bad either. Ros wants to be important like a CEO too and spends lots of time with either Papa K or Daddy Ray learning stuff. Our other big brothers and Sam wanna fight the bad guys and that's not bad either. "Be right there!"
His Mommy gets to work with Computers! Jose's dad and Mom are what Lelliot and Gwen wanna be. Paul's Mommy's a healer like Mommy, only she's a helper of doctors and his Dad's a CEO. They all have important jobs! Mine do too! Mommy's a Doctor and Daddy's a Lawer!
"Slow down, little man. You too, little miss. They're not going anywhere." Mommy's not about to let go of our hands.
"Grace!" Ethan's Mommy Victoria, Momma K, to us smiles at our Mom and they do this air kiss thing that's weird, but a lot of grownups do it. Then she reaches down and scoops us both up for a hug and kiss on the cheek then sets us back down. "Chris, Mimi, you look precious! Are you both ready for your big day?"
We both nod our heads a lot. We're waiting for the signal that we can go see our friends, even if they are like right there.
Mia's never one to wait for anything. "Can we go see Kate, Ana, and Ethan now?" She pouts up at them with big grey-blue eyes and her strawberry blonde ringlets bouncing around her face. Mia's never liked long hair, but it's long enough so that she's got a headband that's pink and sparkly in it. Mimi's big on the sparkly stuff.
Mommy scoops us up one at a time and gives us a squeeze and a kiss. "Run along to your friends. Have fun. Meet new friends. I can't wait to hear all about your first day when you get home. Love you, my darlings."
We hug and kiss her back. "Love you too, Mommy!" And that's all it takes for us to zoom over to our friends while Mommy and Momma K goes to talk to the other parents and Miss Mana.
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"Barney! Jose! Paul! This is Christian! We call him Chris!" Ethan's grinning at the boys beside him.
"Hi!" I smile. He seems kinda shy, but Ethan and I will cure him of that when he gets to know us. Now the other two don't seem shy at all.
"Hi!" Jose and Paul grin back.
"Hello…" Barney's shuffling his feet, yep shy.
"So, your Mom works with Computers? We have one at home that's for the family and then Daddy has one just for his law stuff in his study. Then we have a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and a Genesis. They're all my big brother Lelliot's, but we get to play games on them too. Oh, and Gameboys. I wanted to bring mine, but Mommy said that's just for home so I couldn't. Jose, your Mommy and Daddy do what my big brother and big sister want to do. Building and desigining things that's neat. Paul's Mom helps healers make people get better and his dad's a big boss. Your parents have awesome jobs. "
Barney's eyes light up and he starts talking all about operating systems and his Mom being on a team that makes systems so that computers can work. About his Uncle who works for the people who are making something called a PlayStation. His family are all into computers and stuff and his Dad designs top secret airplanes and passenger planes too. He wants to be a computer programmer when he gets big. "What's your Mommy and Daddy do?"
"My Daddy's a lawer and my Mommy's a Doctor she makes little kids who are really sick or hurt all better again. She's like an angel. I wanna fly planes and copters when I get big and maybe build ships like Ana's Daddy does." I proudly answer him. "Daddy is more than just a lawer, but right now I can't think of what it's called. He works with the Justice people sometimes and when he does then he can't talk about it and men and suits come to our house. I think he defends people, but not baddies even though they come and ask him. My Daddy's a champion for justice or something like that I think. He also helps big companies with law stuff too."
"I know your Mommy. She made me better when I had trouble breathing this summer and she's still my doctor. You're lucky that she's your Mommy. Wow, and your Daddy gets to go defend people at that big courthouse that's cool." He's smiles shyly.
"You're Mommy's Doctor Grace?" Paul's looking over at my Mommy.
"Yep, that's my Mommy right over there." I nod.
"She's like the best doctor at the hospital where my mom works. You're so lucky to have her for a Mom." Paul's in awe of my Mom. A lot of people are.
"Chris, is gonna be a CEO just like Ethan's and My Daddy are when he gets big, but flying's nice too. Mia's not sure yet what she wants to do, but it'll be something to do with clothes maybe like Momma K. I'm gonna write stories or read them coz I love books. Kate and Ethan's gonna be a reporters for their Daddy. Jose and Paul not sure yet. But Barney that's easy anything with computers." Ana chimes in as the girls join us. "Chris, Ethan, Barney, Jose, Paul, meet Andrea and Hannah. We just met, so I don't know what they wanna be yet. "
"Hi," Andrea's blonde with blue eyes and Hanah's got light brown hair with green eyes and they both smile shyly at us.
"Hi," We smile back.
"I wanna be a doctor just like Chris and Mia's Mom." Paul declares.
"I love to draw stuff like my parents, so I'll probably do that…" Jose's next.
"Um, I like to read a lot like Annie, so I'm gonna do something that lets me do that like my Mom. She's an editor and my Daddy's a DA sort of like Chris's dad, but he works for the city and puts baddies away." Hannah shyly starts talking.
"My Dad's the CEO of his company they do taxes and stuff for big companies and my mom helps keep him organized. They're a team." Andrea's very sure of herself.
"Steele Shipping it's like been in our family for a really long time. Daddy runs it as CEO and My Mommy's the CFO. He builds ships of all kinds and Mommy makes sure that stuff all stays in balance or something. Just never in the red that's bad. But for some reason being in the black is good. They're a team too. It's neat that all of us have awesome parents." Ana's all happy smiles and believe me that's a good thing.
The bell rings and Miss Mana reads our names off her list and we get a sticker with our name on it to put on our clothes and then go over to line up beside her in front of the big blue open doors. There's fifteen of us, so it should be easy to remember all the names. But something tells me that our little group are gonna be best friends for a long, long time. This is just the start of our adventures together.
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I hope that made you smile! The next Chapter of Teddy and Family will be up soon and that has a bit of drama but this was all smiles and a few giggles.
Cin XOXO
