Taken

Chapter 26

Ella's POV

"I seepy." Ghost told me as I carried him into the bathroom. "Night night now?"

"Nope." I said, putting him on the floor so that I could run the bath water. "Bath time."

His eyes go huge. "But me takes one yesterdays."

"I know but like I told you yesterday and the day before that, you have to take one every night." I sighed. Why did I always give him his bath you ask? Well, the other say that since I'm Max's sister I should do it. What happened to this is none of my business?

Ghost walked over to the tub and looked over. "Me have too?"

"Yep." I said, pulling off his shirt.

"But me no wanta." He crossed his arms. Any other time, it would have been cute, but I was tired and hungry. I had missed dinner because I had to go to the library. Then, I had to give Ghost his bath before I get to eat.

"Oh well." I muttered. After I got him undressed, I put him in the tub.

"Me want." He whined, reaching for a rubber duck that we had found when we going through my old stuff, for him.

"Here" I handed it to the baby and he started playing with it.

As I started to wash him off, he asked, "You got scare?"

It took me a second to realize what he was talking about. He had been tracing this scare on his chest all day.

"Yes." I told him. "But mine's from falling off a bike one time."

"What's bike?" He asked me.

"I'll show you later." I mumbled. "Where'd you get your scare?"

"From meanie." He told me.

"Who's meanie?" I was truly confused.

"Meanie hurt me and Mommy. He bad." His eyes started to fill with tears. "Me no like him."

"Shh." I said, lifting him out of the tube. I put his clothes back one and carried him to mom's room, where he had been sleeping, and laid him on the bed.

"Grandma had to go to work." I told him. She had been called in on some emergency and had to go. "You want me to stay?"

"No." He closed his eyes. "Night night."

"Night Ghost." I walked out and closed the door softly.

Nudge's POV

A scream made me look up from the show Ella and me were watching.

"Was that ghost?" I asked, already headed toward Dr. M's room.

"Yeah." Ella said, opening the door to the room.

"What's up?" Iggy and Gasman were walking this way too, Angel following.

"Ghost." I said, walking into the room behind Ella.

Ghost was on the bed crying louder than I had ever heard anything cry! Ella rushed to him and picked him up.

"Shh." She whispered in his ear. "It's okay honey. Shh."

"No!" He screamed, pushing away from Ella. 'He gonna get her! I want Mama!"

It took ten minutes to calm him. No joke either. By the time, he stopped crying, we had sent Gazzy and Angel away and Iggy was standing in the corner. Ghost was lying his head one Ella shoulder sniffling.

"Talk." He pointed at me.

"You want me to talk?" I was confused.

He shook his head. "Talk."

"I think that he thinks that's your name." Ella said, running her fingers down Ghost head.

"Mommy say you talk. Me call you Talk." He told me.

"Oh. Well, my name is Nudge actually." I said.

"Nu nu." He muttered, reaching out for me.

"I guess you can call me that." I mumbled, not sure if I could get used to being called Nu Nu.

"Mommy tell me story." He told me as I took him into my arms. "You talk, you tell story."

"You want me to tell you a story?" When he nodded his head yes, I sighed. "In my room?" Another head nod.

I walked out of the room, leaving Ella and Iggy alone. I heard Iggy mutter something about Dr. M saying dude now was an accident. I have no idea what that was about but I'll ask Ella later.

"What story do you want me to tell you?" I asked Ghost, once we were in my bedroom.

"Me no know." He shrugged his little shoulders as I sat him on my bed. Iggy and Gazzy shared a room, while Angel and I used too until Fang and Max moved out, leaving two extra rooms. Ella also had her own.

"Okay, what does Mommy usually tell you?" I asked him, only to receive a shrug.

I sighed again. "How about I tell you little red riding hood? Once upon a time…"

I thought Ghost was asleep. I had just finished the story and his eyes were closed and his breathing had evened out.

"Night Ghost." I whispered, starting to walk out of the door.

"Night Nu Nu." He said back. "Wait."

"What?" I asked, walking back over.

"Me tell you where Mommy is." He smiled at me.

"What?" How the crap did, he know.

"Me members after me dream." He told me. "Texas."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Mommy in Texas. Me tells Daddy I know where Texas is." He said.

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yep. Me goes there one times. It no fun. Meanie hurt Mommy gains." He yawned. "Seepy, Nu Nu."

"Okay. I've got to go. Night ghost."

"Nigh Night."