Saturday Night – Chapter 2

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your reviews! And thank you as well for your patience. I usually like to update rather quickly, but I started school again, and time has gotten away from me. But the weekend ahead is clear, and I'm in a writing mood :D Hope you enjoy!

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"Ow! Ow! Ow! I just stubbed my toe!" DD started hopping on one foot while leaning against the door to Mr. Cross' apartment.

"Um, would somebody please find the lights? He's not as light as he looks," Cassie shifted to get a little more comfortable as she bore most of Mr. Cross' weight, his arm over her shoulders.

"I can't find a light switch," Shane called from inside.

Cassie rolled her eyes as DD kept hopping, Shane kept thumping against the wall, and Mr. Cross started humming "Secret Agent Man".

Scream.

Thud.

Cassie sighed.

"Shane... you okay in there?"

"I found the lamp."

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"Mmmm. Smells expensive," DD sniffed into the bag of ground coffee before taking a scoop out to make a pot.

"I wonder where he got all this stuff," Shane eyed the exotic looking vase in her hands.

"Maybe he collects them."

"Yeah, maybe."

"You guys finished going through all Mr. Cross' stuff?" Cassie closed the bedroom door behind her and made her way over to the kitchen area.

"Hey, at least we didn't go through that hidden safe of his."

"The one with the rings?" Cassie poured herself a cup of coffee.

"I've got an idea," Shane announced. "Now that he's on pain meds, we can ask him all those burning questions that have been nagging at us for months."

"Like why he has those rings."

"And what he did before the She Spies program."

"And why he never eats the cherry off his sundae."

"You've seen him eat a sundae?"

"Yeah well, you're not going to get too much information out of him right now. I just gave him his medication. He's sleeping like a baby."

"Oh. Well what do you guys want to do now?"

"Considering it's one o'clock in the morning? I think we should get some sleep."

"Who's going to stay with Mr. Cross first?"

"I will," DD volunteered.

"All right. I'll go after you. Just wake me up at 3:00," Cassie decided. "And you should probably change his bandages at 2:00."

"Okay."

"Well, if I'm going to be getting up at 5:00, I'm going to get some shuteye. Night guys."

"Night Shane."

"Night."

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DD shut the bedroom door softly behind her. Though she probably didn't need to worry. Mr. Cross didn't look like he was going to wake up anytime soon.

She slipped off her shoes and tiptoed over to the armchair beside his bed and set her shoes beside it. Then she leaned over him and felt his forehead for fever in case he was developing an infection. He seemed fine.

Then she took the empty water glass off the bed table and refilled it for the next time he would need it.

"All right, Mr. Cross," she spoke quietly to the sleeping form as she sat on the side of the bed and brushed at his hair. "I'm going to stay with you for the next couple hours. And don't worry about a thing because we're going to take good care of you."

He really did look sweet when he was sleeping. DD leaned over to give him a light kiss on the cheek then headed over to her chair, picked up a book she'd taken from his bookshelves and got comfortable for the next two hours.

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"Hey Shane," Cassie hissed. "You awake?"

"Yeah?"

"We forgot to ask DD how long her hamster lived."

Shane giggled.

"Yeah, well at least she had one pet. She's more qualified than the two of us right now."

"I wonder what she named it," Cassie laughed.

"His name was Henry, and he lived for a full five years, thank you very much," DD defended herself as she made her way to the kitchen for more coffee.

Cassie and Shane buried their faces in their pillows in an unsuccessful attempt to hide their laughter as DD just rolled her eyes and went back to Mr. Cross.

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There's chapter two, folks! Thanks so much for reading, and thanks again for your patience. I'm going to go work on "The Face in the Mirror", so hopefully I will have it up tonight. Hope you enjoyed!

Lots of love!

macisgate