Velma found Will playing quietly upstairs in his room. He had pulled all of his cars out of a bin and onto the floor. William was playing happily with three cars, which he had named on day, Momma, Dada and William. Velma had found it adorable, and quite hilarious that the Dada car was a replica of the Mystery Machine. Will looked up as the door opened, and smiled when he saw his mother. He simply said, "Hi Momma," and continued playing. Velma decided to just watch, sitting down on the carpet next to him. Will played by himself for another five minutes, until he finally looked up at Velma. "Momma?"
"Yes sweetie?" Velma knew that tone of voice. Will was curious about something, but he wasn't too sure if he should ask or not. "You can ask me anything William. You know that." William nodded, setting his car down, and preparing to ask his question.
"Why is Aunt Daphne's belly so fat?" He finally asked. Velma snorted with laughter, but stopped when Will gave her a look that only toddlers could give. It's better for him to ask these questions now then at Daphne's house. Fred would have found that hilarious, but Daphne…Velma's smile turned into a frown. Daphne would have been extremely insulted, but probably wouldn't say anything because Will was so young and didn't know any better.
"Well, Will, Aunt Daphne has two babies inside her tummy." Velma was trying to explain it, but it was hard to make it appropriate for a three year olds curiosity. She guessed that she had said the wrong thing, for Will's mouth was wide open.
"Did she eat the babies for breakfast?" He asked.
"No, Willy, they're growing inside of her. They're called identical twins." William gave her another confused look. She smiled, thinking how much William was like her. He was smart and asked a lot of questions, just like she had when she was that age. "If you were to look in a mirror you'd see yourself, right?" William nodded. "Well, identical twins are two people who look the same."
"Like two of me?" William asked.
"Yes, or two of me." Velma said. Will smiled, happy with the answer Velma had given him. Will turned his back on Velma and went back to playing with his cars.
"Bye-bye. I'm playing with my cars."
"Bye-bye Will. Momma will be downstairs." She got up, and walked back down the stairs to Shaggy
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"Daphne, you still awake?" Fred asked. Daphne had her eyes closed and was turned slightly away from him. They had just pulled into their driveway.
"Mmm." Daphne opened her eyes as Fred got out of the car and closed the door. He walked around the front of the car, and to the passenger side, opening up Daphne's door. She unbuckled herself and then put her arms up. Fred reached into the car and picked her up, while Daphne put her arms around his neck. Daphne leaned her head against Fred's chest. He started to head inside when he jerked suddenly. Daphne held on tighter. "Freddie?" She asked worriedly. He gave a little chuckle.
"Nothing baby." Daphne looked behind them, and laughed. Fred had avoided a wad of gum on the sidewalk.
"Still afraid you're going to destroy the millions of Chubacks that are living in their city?" She asked playfully. Along with being obsessed with the Mole men as a child, Fred also had a time where he was fascinated with the Chubacks. Daphne had always just rolled her eyes and ignored him, but when they had first started dating she had decided to finally asked him what they were. Fred held her a little tighter, maybe so he could pretend to ignore her comment, but she saw his face a little more red then usual. She smiled to herself, and then let her mind drift back to when they were so much younger.
Daphne made a face, but Fred didn't seem to notice. "Freddie, I hope you know that whatever you're trying to do isn't working." She said, putting her hands on her hips. They had been having a nice, peaceful walk in Coolsville Public Park, until Fred had abruptly stopped and spit out the gum he had been chewing. It had landed on the sidewalk, and Fred would have grinded it into the sidewalk, had Daphne not made her comment. Fred looked up, a sheepish grin on his face.
"I was just making a city for the Chubacks, Daph." To Daphne's look of confusion, he continued to talk. "You've never heard of them?" She shook her head slowly. "Well, I didn't know either until a couple of years ago. The same magazine that did the cover stories on the Mole men did an article on the Chubacks."
"Great, Freddie." Daphne said, beginning to loose interest. "Are they endangered or something? I've never seen one." She instantly regretted her words. Fred would probably try and describe what they were now.
"Yes, Daph, as a matter of fact they are. It's because everybody keeps stepping on their cities. That kills millions of them!" Fred's voice cracked, and Daphne shuddered. She hated when it happened. Shaggy's voice did that a lot, since he was going through puberty. Fred was too, but his voice rarely cracked. Daphne had just turned twelve, while Fred was fourteen. Daphne still wasn't too sure why Fred had asked her out on a date, but her parents had encouraged her. They said that it would be good practice for when she was going to meet with all of the available rich boys.
"Too bad," she mumbled.
Thankfully Fred hadn't heard her. He just continued to talk, "Well, I guess you're wondering where they all came from…well, to tell you the truth, nobody knows. Many scientists think that the Chubacks come from space, and when it rains, that's the Chubacks with their ships landing on earth. The water is like a pad they land on." Fred paused looking over at Daphne. She nodded, pretending to be interested, all the while looking at two cute boys playing football in the grass. Fred cleared his throat and Daphne looked back at him. "They're extremely tiny. So much, in fact, that over a million can inhabit one piece of gum. The only problem with that is that they'll get squished if anything lands or steps on them."
"This is so…interesting." Daphne said.
"Watch out!" Fred pulled her off the sidewalk and into a mud puddle, ruining Daphne's brand new shoes.
"Freddie! That's it! I'm through with this date! I don't care about you and your fake aliens! It's all so STUPID!" Daphne started to scream. Fred's mouth was wide open. He never had expected Daphne to loose her temper so easily. He thought that she didn't know where she had almost stepped, so he decided to tell her.
"Daph, you almost stepped in a Chuback city! You would be a murder in their eyes. I wouldn't want my girlfriend to be a murderer."
"I'm NOT your girlfriend! We're through Fred Jones!" Daphne stormed off and Fred let her be. He was too shocked to do anything.
Daphne looked up at Freddie, and thought of how much had changed. They were so immature back then. Besides, look where they were now…married, and expecting twins. She looked up at Fred and smiled. He smiled back and leaned down to kiss her. Daphne kissed him back fully, before closing her eyes to drift off to a light slumber, but not before whispering, "I love you, Fred Jones."
A few minutes later, Fred gently set Daphne down on their bed, and covered her up with the blankets. Before turning to leave, he kissed her on the forehead and responded, "I love you too, Daphne Blake."
AN: Well, I hope you all understood the Chubacks (Shoe-bah-ks). My friends and I made it up a long time ago, and I figured I'd add it in, just as something sweet…well, thanks for all the kind reviews, guys. Oh, and just to let all of you know, I have this entire story planned, out. It's just taking a while getting everything right so I can get on with the major story line. I hope you guys don't mind…but I truly do have everything right down to the epilogue planned out…oh and, Please review, I need 5 to update!
