Me: Greeting, my dinos. I, CarnotaurusMan, have the next chapter for the Twin Adventures. This is where the twins are now two years old (I don't have an exact day of when there birthday is, so if someone can help me find out a date it's be much appreciative). This chapter is actually based on me and my older brother's first stuffed animals, my first stuffed animal was a teddy bear while my brother's was a white rabbit with a pink nose. As a matter of fact, we both still have our old stuffed animals to this day. *SIGH* I miss my childhood. Oh well, such as life. Anyways, let's roll it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dinosaur King, But Corey and Lily are mine! Back! Back, I say!
Roaming the mall in their stroller, the twins were out and about with their Aunt Zoe and the rest of the D-Team for the day. "Thanks again, guys. For coming with me to the mall." Zoe said.
"Not a problem," Max gave a thumbs up, "So, where should we go first?"
Everyone turned to Max. Amy tells him, "Uh, Max. We're only going to be for for a few minutes to shop for Corey and Lily, remember?"
"Oh, right. Now, can someone remind me why?"
"Reese wanted me to get some more diapers for Corey and Lilly. She gave me enough money for a couple of packages, that's all." Zoe explained. The five made it to the store, they enter inside as they felt a cold draft of air. Zoe instructs her friends, "Okay, Meena and I will pick out the diapers. Max, Rex, Amy, can I trust you three to keep an eye on the twins?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Of course."
"Uh huh."
"Thank you." Zoe and Meena walk off with Meena to the other side of the store for diapers, the others went exploring with the twins. Max and the others make it to the toy section. "Oh, I bet Corey and Lily are going to love going through here," said Max, "Let's check it out!"
"I guess it couldn't hurt to look at the toys,'' Amy said.
Rex adds, "It'll give us something to do." So with that settled, everyone began looking through the toys to see what there was; Max was fonding over the many race cars in one aisle, Rex and Amy were fascinated by the tiny brick playsets. By now, the others had planned to go back and meet up with Zoe and Meena. "I'll call Zoe." Amy volunteered. She pulls out her phone and calls her friend.
The three friends hear Corey and Lily getting excited over something. "Oh oh!" Max decides to check on them. "Hey, guys." He said, "What's up?"
"Be! Be!"
"Ra ra!"
Max takes a look at what the twins were reaching out for; A brown teddy bear and a white rabbit with a pink nose, Max assumes that the twins like them and gets an idea.
Amy had just hung up the phone as Max walks up to his friends with the twins. He says, "Okay, we're all set!" Rex and Amy look at the twins, and then back up to Max with expressions that say 'really?'. Corey was holding the teddy bear, while Lily was holding the bunny.
"What?"
"Max, Zoe said we're only here for diapers and not stuffed animals." Amy explained.
"Aw, come on! Corey and Lily love them"
"I'm sorry, but the answer is no." She tries to take the stuffed animals away from the twins, but the twins wouldn't budge. "Oh boy, they won't give up the stuffed animals," she groans. Rex turns to Max and asks him, "Max, how much were those?"
Max pointed to the sign, "The sign said it was two for $8."
Rex and Amy sigh. "Well, at least it's a reasonable price," said Amy.
"Maybe. But who else, besides Zoe, has money to pay for those?" Max dug into his pocket and pulls out his wallet. He opens it up and takes out some money. "I got a dollar." Rex and Amy turn to one another, without saying anything they began to pull out money as well.
"I've got three dollars."
"I found a dollar, too." they hand their money to Max. "Great!" He said, "Just a few more dollars and we can get the twins their own stuffed animals. How much more do you guys have?"
Rex tells Max, "That's it, that's all the money we brought!"
"Maybe Zoe and Meena can help us?" Amy suggested, "They said to meet up over by the electronics."
"It's worth a shot." Rex nodded with what Max said.
Zoe and Meena were walking towards the electronic section while they each carried a package of diapers. They could see Max and the others walking up to them. "Hey, guys." greeted Zoe, "So, how did Corey and Lily behave?"
"Like any other two year olds would before they hit their terrible twos." Rex said. Zoe playfully rolled her eyes before looking at her niece and nephew, there she notices the stuffed animals. She squats near the twins and asks, "Now where did you two get those?"
Amy replies, "We found those over by one of the toy aisles."
"It's so sweet to see those two with such cuddly toys." says Meena.
"Aww, you two look precious with them." Zoe coos, "But, we have to put them back now. We have to pay for your diapers" She takes the teddy bear away from Corey first. But as soon as she does, Corey began to tear up and wails. Zoe panics as she tries to calm her nephew down. "No, no, no! It's okay, Corey. Calm down." She said, "Do you want the bear back?" Corey reaches out for the bear. Having no other choice Zoe hands the teddy bear back, Corey thn clings to it for dear life. "Okay, let's see if Lily is better." sighs Zoe.
Everyone looks to Zoe. "Are you nuts?" Max asked, "Do you really want to take the bunny away from Lily?" Zoe begins to picture what would happen if she takes the stuffed animal away as imaginary visions of the D-Team appear. Imaginary Zoe takes the bunny away, resulting in imaginary Lily bawling loudly as everyone else covers their ears. Cuts back to Zoe who says, "Good point."
"Well seeing as there's no way the twins are giving those up, Max, Rex, and I plan to pay for the stuffed animals." Amy explains to Meena and Zoe, "But there's just one problem, we're short by a couple of dollars. By any chance could you help us out?"
"I don't believe I have that much money on me." Meena pulls out a coin purse, looks inside it and grabs out a dollar bill, "I only have one dollar."
"We only need one more dollar," said Rex.
Max then remembers, "Wait! Zoe, you have enough money to help cover the rest of the cost."
"You guys, I can't use it. Reese gave me the money, remember? If she sees that I spent her money on something other than the diapers, she'll kill me." Zoe continues, "I'm sure the twins just adore the teddy bear and bunny, but we can't buy them."
"Please, Zoe?" Amy begged.
"My final answer is no. Now come on, let's get up front and pay for the diapers." The others turns sad. Zoe takes the stroller and starts working her way up front, the others follow suit trailing behind her.
At the front end of the store, the D-Team got into a line for a register to the employee working the register. "Hello there," said the employee, "Were you able to find everything you were looking for?"
Zoe nods, "We did, indeed." She hands the diapers to the employee as she scans them and then puts the diapers into bags. "Okay, so your total is going to be $16.98." Zoe hands the clerk the money and pays for the diapers. As the clerk hands her the recite, she notices the stuffed animals Corey and Lily are holding onto.
"Oh! Are those stuffed animals with this order as well?" The employee points to the twins. Zoe replies, "Oh, no. Those are, uh…" Zoe glances at the twin, she could see how sad they were getting. She did feel bad for the twins, Zoe wouldn't want Corey and Lily to be sad ever. She turns back to the employee. "As a matter of fact, those are a separate order." Zoe turns to her friends, "We're all pitching in, right?" The D-Team hesitated for a second, but then smile. Everyone began digging for their money to pay for the stuffed animals while Zoe was about to grab the stuffed animals again.
"Don't worry, you two. I won't take them for long." Zoe said, "We just need to scan them and I'll give them back."
The twins give their aunt the stuffed animals, as Zoe puts the toys onto the counter Max hands her the money everyone else had. She double checks the amount and adds some of her money to help out. The clerk says, "Those will be $8 even." Zoe hands the employee the money.
After that, Zoe hands the twins their toys and gets the receipt. "Thank you." said the clerk, "And have a nice day."
"Thanks, you too!"
Back at the Drake house, Reese and Zander were watching a TV show together when the D-Team enters through the front door with Meena and Max carrying Corey and Lily. "Welcome back." Zander said, "Did everything go well?"
"Yep, we got the diapers like you asked and the twins gave us an easy day." Zoe reached into her pocket and gave the change to Reese, "Here's the change."
Reese takes the money and puts it in her pocket, she walks over to Max and Meena who hand her Corey and Lily. "Did you two have fun with…" Reese notices the bear and rabbit the twins had, she asks the D-Team, "What's with the stuffed animals?"
"Oh while keeping the twins entertained, Amy, Max and I took them down the toy section." explains Rex, "There they found a stuffed teddy bear and rabbit."
Zoe agrees, "Yeah, So we all pitched in and bought Corey and Lily their own stuffed animals. And I did use my own money, not yours Reese."
"Well I must say, these are perfect toys for these little ones." Zander takes Lily while Reese keeps Corey, the two parents play with their children and their new toys. "Oh, a little bunny!" Zander uses the rabbit and nuzzles it into Lily while making smooching noises. Lily was giggling up a storm.
"Look who has a new teddy bear." Corey then drops his new toy. Reese picks the bear up, hold it in front of her son saying, "Uh oh! You dropped it." Corey grabs his bear while his mom gave his a kiss on his cheek.
Me: And there's the ending of the first chapter of the next arc (I'm calling it arc because I'm going through each year of Corey and Lily's life). I'm at least thankful I'm not stuck on this for months on end. But anyways, I hope you enjoy and leave a comment on what you think. Until next time, CarnotaurusMan out! :)