The hall was clean in ten minutes as Rachel noticed Roscoe was still torn up over the words Ariana had with him earlier.
"Roz don't let what Ari says get to you kiddo, she's not one to talk right now because now she has three weeks in her room with nothing but her books and you have free reign of the house while her well you know that back story don't you?" Rachel asked squeezing Mop And Glo on the floor.
"Mama do you think they'll ever come back for me?, I mean did they say anything the last time you saw them?" Roscoe asked mopping the rest of the mud up and Rachel shook her head looking at her son sadness flooding her heart.
"All's they told me was to take good care of our son and they were gone, Roscoe you need to know that what Ari said isn't true you're still a Mckenzie and we still love you that's why we adopted you because we knew a day would come when you asked questions and daddy and I will answer anything".
"Was Emily pretty mama?, did you end up getting a good look at her when they dropped me off to live here?".
"Not really Roz but I did get a glimpse and she was extremely beautiful, in fact your name was inspired by her and her favorite show Radio Free Roscoe".
Once the floor was cleaned Rachel led Roscoe to the kitchen where three Ice Cream Sundaes were waiting and Nigel was sitting in one of the chairs as Roscoe picked a chair between Nigel and Rachel and Rachel sat next to Nigel.
"So Roz any other questions you have can be answered by both of us sweetie, I mean there are probably about a million of them" Rachel said as Roscoe nodded looking at Nigel and Rachel.
"What was my first night here like?, I mean was I cranky, happy, sad, angry, excited?, I would just like to know how I felt so I can paint my greatest masterpiece ever" Roscoe said as Nigel and Rachel beamed looking at him.
"Well you were scared at first and didn't know what you could touch, even the stuffed animals were off limits in your mind, but you quickly got used to being here your first night sleeping with Lumpy, Pooh, and Roo with a cute little smile on your face".
"And we went to Auntie Fanny's and Uncle Hoagies restaurant where I made you laugh and that angel laugh which you still have to this day made everybody smile" Nigel said and Roscoe grinned eating some of his ice cream.
"After the restaurant we went out for ice cream and that's when we found out you never had the privilege of eating ice cream which shocked us to no end".
"I believe your mom's words were I can't believe a kid this little has never eaten ice cream, every little kid has got to have the privilege to eat ice cream at least once in their life".
Roscoe giggled his angel laugh and looked at Rachel as she winked at him smiling back at her adoptive son.
"So after ice cream we asked what other things you never got to do that you wanted and you said go to a toy store, so mommy and I who were taking a trip to New York for Christmas shopping took you with us and we went to FAO Schwartz the biggest toy store in all the world" Nigel said as Rachel laughed.
"You should have seen how lit up your eyes were when we walked in Roz, it was like Disney World to a person who's never been there and we walked out with half the toy store that day thanks to mommy's begging" Rachel said as Roscoe giggled knowing what Rachel's begging was like for Nigel.
"Well it wasn't all her begging I mean I wanted to get you toys as much as the next good parent wanted for their kids, but we spent three million dollars for those toys and that didn't phase mommy at all" Nigel said as Roscoe's jaw hung open in surprise and Nigel and Rachel nodded confirming it was true.
"Why would you ever spend that much money on me and not on Ariana or Elizabeth mama?, I mean I'm sure they would have loved to get pressents for Christmas too" Roscoe said as Rachel took his hand in hers and squeezed it.
"They got pressents too Roz but you got the most, and most of the things you got you never even knew about because that's how good mommy and daddy are at keeping secrets" Rachel said and Roscoe had tears in his eyes.
"Why would you want to take care of me mommy and daddy?, I mean I was just dropped here and you two took me in and treated me like one of your own".
"Because you are one of our own Roz, granted mommy didn't physically have you but we did want another child and you come along making our lives happier" Nigel said as Roscoe sniffled and hugged Rachel as Nigel joined in.
"I wish I could have known them but I'm glad I didn't end up in an orphanage like other kids who don't have families".
"We would never have let that happen Roscoe Foley Mckenzie, we love you too much to put you through that, and as we said don't let Ari get to you she just doesn't understand what it's like to be an orphan or to be given up at a young age" Rachel said as Ariana angrily stomped into the kitchen
"They wanted to give you up Roscoe, they said they couldn't afford you and mommy and daddy wanted to send you back like a wrong piece of mail" Ariana said sneering as Rachel heard enough and angrily pushed her chair back and moved swiftly to her daughter who made to run away.
"First of all young lady I have had enough of your Roscoe bashing, second you know that isn't true we've never wanted to give him up we've never even talked about it".
Ariana made to run but her sneaker sole slipped as she fell into Rachel's arms and was led to the table where Roscoe was whimpering.
"Now young lady I want you to tell Roscoe that it isn't true, I want you to tell him that we never talked about giving him up and I also want you to apologize to him sincerely and then it's back upstairs to read and do math problems, then there's the little problem of Roscoe's letter that you owe him".
"I refuse to write his letter because he never wrote mine apologizing for the things he did and called me so until he does I won't write his I won't, I won't I W-O-N-'T won't" Ariana said sticking her tongue out at Roscoe who was still whimpering.
"Fine with me but until you do, you do, you D-O do you're going to spend a lot of time in your bedroom, and before you go you owe Roscoe a sincere apology" Rachel said as Ariana angrily squirmed trying to get out of Rachel's hands.
"I'll make sure he get's at least one apology tonight young lady and just for lying you earned 6 weeks in your room now if you continue to hurt him you're going to be the one hurt in the end".
Elizabeth walked into the kitchen to find Roscoe whimpering and she sat next to him throwing her arms around him.
"What lie has Ariana the meanest sister in the world spun now?, I can't believe Ari's being so mean to Roscoe for no reason this is so unlike her" Elizabeth said as Ariana still trying to escape Rachel stuck her tongue out at Roscoe again.
"Well young lady we're waiting for those two little words you have to give your brother, then I want you to get to bed because you have school tomorrow" Rachel said as Elizabeth wrapped her brother in her arms to console him.
"Fine I'm sorry Roscoe even if you don't have to apologize for dousing me with dirty, cold water but then hey you have mom and dad wrapped around your finger like a piece of string, even if they aren't your mom and dad" Ariana said as Elizabeth let go of Roscoe and angrily grabbed Ariana.
"How would you like it if he called you stuck up and rude, I mean come on Ari where do you get off judging him because he's not 100% our blood, at least he's trying to fit in with us".
"Exactly he's trying to fit in translation lacking in the fitting in stage, he's so grungy and artistic that he's made himself a loner, a loser, and an outcast in the Mckenzie family".
"Young lady that is quite enough and if you continue you aren't going to like what happens next I guarantee it" Rachel said as Ariana growled at Elizabeth kicking her kneecaps as Matty walked in to talk to Roscoe next.
"Don't give him attention for negative behavior Matty, my mommy says that and right now him bawling his eyes out is negative behavior in my eyes" Ariana said as Matty took Roscoe's hand and led him out of the kitchen with his ice cream bowl.
"You have two seconds to go find Roscoe and my boyfriend and apologize to them or so help me God I'll slap you so hard your face will turn redder than a tomato" Elizabeth said in more of a growl than her normal voice.
"Yea and if you do that mommy will hurt you and then maybe your baby will die and then we won't have to worry about having a screaming, crying, drooling machine in the house".
"You just wasted one and a half seconds Ari, I'm warning you don't push my buttons because you have this coming to yourself" Elizabeth said as Ariana for the third time that night let her tongue do the talking as she stuck it out at Elizabeth and Elizabeth slapped her making Ariana fall to the floor.
"Now unless you want it harder you go find Roscoe and Matty and apologize for being so mean to Roscoe once again".
Ariana blubbered looking at her mom and dad for support as they just pointed to the kitchen swinging door their fingers quivering angrily.
"Aren't you guys even going to punish her for hitting me?, I mean she hit me harder then you two could and she's just going to get away with it?" Ariana asked her voice hoarse from crying.
"Ari you heard your sister now go find Roscoe and Matty and apologize once again to your brother, then get to bed you have school tomorrow" Rachel said as Ariana angrily glared at her.
"So does Roscoe but he's not in bed, instead he had to clean the hall, get's ice cream, and special attention, why isn't he in bed yet?".
"Because mommy, daddy, Matty, and I have a fun day planned for Roscoe tomorrow to make him feel like a Mckenzie, and I'm sure in about two seconds Roscoe's going to come in here yahooing about the day we have planned" Elizabeth said as Nigel and Rachel smiled secretive smiles.
Meanwhile Roscoe and Matty are on the back porch Roscoe calming down as Matty looked at him attack his ice cream.
"Careful little dude you'll get brain freeze and trust me that hurts more than anything, I've had plenty a brain freezes in my time" Matty said as Roscoe giggled eating more.
"So I wanted to ask you if you wanted to be the best man at Elizabeth's and my wedding, I mean that should perk you up a bit right little dude?".
"The only thing that'll perk me up is meeting my real parents again, I just want to know if their still alive and all that good stuff" Roscoe said as Matty gently stared into Roscoe's eyes to see pain in them.
"Ari has no idea the hell she's unleashed upon herself Roz, as for your parents well Uncle Nigel and Aunt Rachel aren't that bad as parents are they?".
"No but they aren't blood and Ariana has made that perfectly clear in her fight with me, and she makes perfect sense they aren't blood and I'm Roscoe Foley someone else out there and not Roscoe Foley Mckenzie" Roscoe said as Matty had a brilliant plan formulating in his head.
"Here you two are I'm here on Elizabeth's and mama's orders to say sorry for making you an orphan Roz even if you were already one before you came here" Ariana said as Matty shoved past her.
"Stay here little dude I have the honor any Mckenzie can get coming to you, Lizzie and I are going to make sure you get what you deserve and make Ariana way jealous" Matty said running down the hall as Roscoe scooped more ice cream into his mouth.
"Hey Roz I've been a nice sister and I apologized right?, so how's about giving me a scoop of ice cream?, I mean it's not like you haven't already pigged out on it".
"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM it's so good and no I won't share, because if you call those stupid words you said to me today apologies then I'll be a monkey's uncle" Roscoe said licking hot fudge from his spoon.
"All right I know my apologies weren't top notch but my heart is in the right place, I mean come on give me a break would ya?" Ariana asked as Roscoe shook his head no and Rachel joined him on the porch.
"Ask mommy and maybe you'll get a better answer than my answer, I mean she always was the greatest choice of words in the Mckenzie household".
"Ask mommy what Ari?, and it better be why am I not in bed yet young lady because if it isn't then I don't want to hear it" Rachel said also scooping her ice cream into her mouth as Ariana licked her lips.
"I was wondering since I'm being the bigger person and apologizing and all if I can join the ice cream social and go to bed after that?".
"That's going to be a big N-O because you were forced into all your apologies and I think for one if you even deserved a smidge of ice cream you'd have to apologize without us asking you to".
"Yea and I'm sorry for calling you an orphan even if you were one before you came here doesn't sound like an apology to me" Roscoe said licking the hot fudge from his spoon.
"Now young lady you should be so lucky you still have a comfy bed to sleep in, now get to it and I expect one page of math, one book report, and a written apology to Roscoe which is for half your grade due tomorrow".
Ariana huffed and stuck her tongue out at Roscoe and Rachel before stalking off and stomping up the stairs making sure she didn't miss a stair and that Rachel heard her.
Meanwhile Elizabeth was hugging Matty with a smile on her face as Matty unclung from her and she kissed him following him to the patio.
"Roz you are about to be wowed and also about to be the biggest little boy in this family, Matt and I were talking and if the baby is a boy we're going to name it Roscoe Foley Mckenzie the 2nd, now what would you think about that?" Elizabeth asked as Roscoe hugged her bawling.
"I think that would make me feel like a part of this family, but I thought Olympus was the name you wanted Lizzie, I mean I don't want you to give up your name for mine".
"Roz trust me your name sounds better than Olympus at this point, I mean come on Olympus what kind of weird name is Olympus for a child?" Elizabeth asked as Roscoe hugged her again and she grinned down at him as Ariana still out of bed walked onto the porch.
"Well what's wrong with little orphan boy now?, did Elizabeth make him sad for not sharing ice cream with me?, or maybe their throwing him into the harsh, cold, street alone with nobody to help him poor kid".
"Actually runt of the litter and I do mean runt because they didn't want you either, in fact you were a mistake on a Hawaiian vacation" Elizabeth said hearing enough of Ari's Roscoe bashing and Ariana hung her jaw in surprise and her chin quivered.
"Doesn't feel so good does it Ari, now you know how Roscoe feels when you tell him that's he's an orphan, now get to bed because you're going to be up bright and early for school, while Roscoe, daddy, Lizzie, Matty, and I make Roscoe's room his dream room" Rachel said as Ariana ran off bawling.
"Maybe I should go talk to her mommy, I mean she looked pretty sad and there's no telling what she's going to be feeling in two seconds".
"Don't cater to her Roz she never catered to you when she made you feel bad, I mean where does your heart come from most of the time kiddo?" Elizabeth asked.
"I guess I just don't want her to feel the same way I do, I mean it's a pretty bad feeling kind of like your broken heart attacking your tummy" Roscoe said standing up as the family followed him to Ari's room.
"We're here for moral support Roz you just walk in and duck because there will be things flying if I know my daughter well enough and I do she's going to try to hurt all of us" Rachel said as Roscoe opened the door to find stuffed animals flying at him.
"Look Ari I know you're mad but Lizzie was just trying to show you what it feels like to be singled out like you do to me".
A stuffed bunny hit Roscoe in the head hard as Ariana moaned and bawled as Roscoe not giving up walked up to her bed and knelt beside her.
"Look Ari I know things between us weren't always good but brothers and sisters always fight, I mean even Lizzie fights with me and you sometimes but the trick to the fights is to remember we'll always be a family no matter what".
Ariana gently removed her blankets and looked at Roscoe the blonde hair she inherited from Rachel sticking to her face.
"Why are you being so nice to me after all the things I've done to you today?, I mean there's got to be a reason you're being nice" Ariana said gently swiping at the hair stuck to her face.
"Well as I said we're a family no matter where I came from I'm still your brother, and mistake or not you're still my sister and so is Lizzie".
Ariana hugged Roscoe her tears evaporating into his shirt as Elizabeth, Nigel, Rachel, and Matty joined them.
"See we're a family and good times or bad we're always going to be a chain no matter how loose our links get" Roscoe said as everybody nodded and Ariana laid down a long day of hurt feelings being dished out and felt by her.
"Mama I should get to bed now too, I mean tomorrow's bound to be fun with Lizzie, daddy, Matty, and yourself planning it".
Rachel kissed Roscoe cheek as he skipped to his bedroom and closed his eyes as Matty followed Elizabeth to his and her room.
"So I think the little guy has hope in him, I mean after all the things Ari did to him today he still goes and tries to get back in her good graces" Matty said as Elizabeth nodded pulling the blankets back on her bed.
"So uhhhhhh how do you want to do this Liz?, am I sleeping with you or am I going to sleep on the floor until you're comfortable with me sleeping with you in your bed?".
Elizabeth patted next to her on the bed as Matty took the side she patted and she curled next to him sighing comfortably.
"You're so warm Matt, I think you sleeping in bed with me has definite possibilities and if we're going to act like a mommy and a daddy I think we need to at least shared the bed cutie pie" Elizabeth said as Matty nodded snuggling next to her.
"So Liz level with me am I a better guy than Jeremy Waters?, I mean do you think he'd make a better daddy than me?".
"Of course not Matt, I mean like you said earlier today he's the football quarterback, playboy of Lucky High and my son or daughter will not be a playboy or a vixen for boys at school".
Matty shifted his body until he felt Lizzie's cold body and she laid her head on his chest staring up at him.
"So Matty Sanban you're about to be a daddy and you're graduating high school early young man, so all's Lizzie Mckenzie has to ask is how does it feel?" Elizabeth asked sounding like a sports announcer as Matty giggled playfully hitting her head with a pillow.
"I've got to say Liz my main girl that I feel great, I'm about to raise a son or daughter and I think me and you have what it takes to go all the way".
Elizabeth buried her face into Matty's chest letting his body heat soothe her as he grinned shifting his body so he was comfortable.
"Sometimes I swear I'm related to Jacob Black, I mean I'm always hot, I have long black hair, and I have a girl who loves me but pretended not to for the longest time" Matty said as Elizabeth giggled kissing him.
"There's just that pesky werewolf gene you don't have, plus Bella got with Edward and everybody knows they love each other just as much as Jake and Bella"
"Yea but you've got to admit Jake did cause a little love triangle in the middle of the whole Edward Bella fiasco".
"Oh absolutely and nobody wanted to see Bella with Jake more than me but it's just not possible anymore Matty".
"Hey it could happen, maybe Stephanie Meyer will make a whole new series starring Jake and Bella as starcrossed lovers and Edward fighting with Jake for Bella's affection".
"I don't know why you know so much about the Twilight series, I mean shouldn't you be shying away from otherworldly love stories seeing their as girl's bread and butter?" Elizabeth asked as Matty smiled.
"There's nothing in the rules that a boy can't be curious about the whole Twilight hubbub sweeping the nation" Matty said kissing her as she blushed pink and then pulled the blankets over the both of them not wanting to ever forget the moment she found the love of her life.
"Liz I know you probably don't want to hear this now but I'm not having it with you tonight, I mean that's the reason you got pregnant by Jeremy in the first place".
"Matty keep your hormones to yourself, I'm not planning on taking you I'm planning on making a mental picture, I mean you are after all going to be the big topic of conversation come breakfast tomorrow morning".
Matty grinned gently pecking Elizabeth's neck as she closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his chest with a grin on her face.
Well that's it for now and I'm sorry if I ran it long but there's was so much I wanted to get in this chapter and my imagination knows no bounds, so I hope you like it and please reply.