Chapter 6:

Huey, Dewie, and Louie arrived home later that day after a long day of school.

"Can you believe the fight Dave got in today?" Huey said laughing.

"I think I failed my math test guys," Dewey said feeling distressed.

"Do you think mom is still here?" Louie asked.

Just as he said it their mom came out of the kitchen. "Hello boys. I made you brownies."

"Ooh brownies!" Dewey exclaimed.

The three of them went into the kitchen and sure enough there was a plate of fresh brownies on the table.

Jenny sat at the table with them. Her boys were so beautiful and they had grown so much since she had last seen them. She regretted every moment of not being there for them and wanted to make it up to them in any way that she could. She figured brownies was a good way to start.

"How was school today?" She asked rubbing Louie's head since he was closest to her.

They proceeded to tell her about their day.

Huey wasn't as vocal as his brothers which was unusual because he was usually the loudest out of the three. But he didn't trust Jenny. His mom hadn't been part of so much of his life and he knew why. It was no secret that she was too much of a drug addict to take care of them and hadn't cared enough to get better to take care of them. Why was he supposed to believe that now was any different? And why were his brothers falling for this?

A little while later, Donald and Daisy were home from the studio where they'd been making another holiday special. The two of them were surprised to see the boys in there with Jenny but at the same time it was nice to see them spending time with their mom. Hopefully this was how things would stay.

"Who's ready to see Frosty on ice?" Daisy said to them after a little while.

"We are!" The boys said.

"I'm going with you," Jenny said.

Louie and Dewey looked excited, Huey didn't.

His behavior didn't slip past Donald, Daisy, and Jenny.

"How about you three go get ready to go?" Daisy said.

The three of them went upstairs.

Jenny put her face in her hands. "My son hates me!" She cried.

Daisy put her hand on her shoulder. "No he doesn't..."

Donald leaned against the wall. "Yeah he does."

Jenny let out a devastated wail.

Daisy glared at him. "No, Huey does not hate you Jenny."

"No one blames him really," Donald said.

"Donald!" Daisy scolded.

Jenny wiped her tears. "I'm trying, I really am. Do you think I should go talk to him?"

"It might be best if I go talk to him," Donald said. "I doubt you talking to him would help."

"No I will talk to him," Daisy said. "Face it Donald, you're not exactly the sympathetic type."

Donald crossed his arms. "Fine."

Upstairs Louie and Dewey were excited to be going to see Frosty the snowman on ice. Huey however seemed to be a bit down.

"I love the part when Frosty snowboards off the top of the hill!" Dewey exclaimed immitating it by snowboarding on a pillow off his bed.

"That's totally awesome!" Louie exclaimed. "Isn't it great that mommy is gonna be here to see it?"

"Yeah!"

Huey glared at them from his place on his bed. "You two just don't get it do you?"

"What do you mean Huey?" Louie asked.

"Mom doesn't care about us. She abandoned us remember? Last time she was here we all thought she was going to stay forever and she didn't did she? She left after a week! You cried all night when she left Louie!"

"Things could be different now..." Louie said.

"She hasn't even sent a freaking birthday card in two years!" Huey exclaimed. "You two can be sucked up into this fantasy of mom actually staying but I won't be. Uncle Donald and Aunt Daisy are our parents. Mom will be gone in less than a week. If she'd rather sit around high all day let her. I don't care."

Louie and Dewey thought about that and realized Huey could be right. Their mom never cared before, why would now be any different?

There was a knock on the door. "Are you three ready to go?" There was no answer. She opened the door and saw the boys deep in thought. "You three are unusually quiet. Is everything okay?"

"Aunt Daisy, do you think mom is going to leave again?" Dewey asked.

"Well..." Daisy wanted to say yes. She didn't want to believe it herself, but a part of her was saying no. But she couldn't say that to the boys. "Look, none of us are happy with what your mother has been doing, I know you three aren't. And she's not proud of it either. But she really does want to be part of your lives again. Give her a chance guys. Go downstairs and have fun with her tonight. Everything will be okay."

"Okay," they said.

"We're leaving soon, go on," Daisy said.

They started to go past her to get downstairs. She stopped Huey and gave him a tight hug. Then she held him at arms length. "Your mom said so herself that she wants to be part of your life. Give her a chance Huey."

"You're more of a mom than she ever was Aunt Daisy," Huey said.

Daisy felt touched by him saying that. She'd never wanted to be a parent either. But helping Donald raise them was a gift in itself. The three of them were very special to her and she'd always secretly considered herself their mother. She gave him another hug. "Let's go downstairs."

As Huey walked with her he looked at the scar on his arm. When they still lived with their mom one of her many crazy boyfriends had come into the house in a drunken rage and Jenny was too high on drugs to do anything about it. He and his brothers had tried to hide, and the boyfriend threw a vase and one of the glass shards had cut him. Minnie had been the first to see the cut and called child protective services. To this day Huey thought that Jenny was unworthy to be called his mother.

Out of Huey, Dewie, and Louie, who do you most agree with in this situation? And do you think Jenny should be able to come back into their lives?