Chapter Two::
"And Denny told me that Lisa said that Donny said that Jason thinks that I'm cute," Lucy said to Shelby on the phone. Mary was in the background mocking her.
"Wow. You are so lucky!" Shelby said.
"I know! I so am going to hang around his locker tomorrow," Lucy replied.
"Great! That's the way to do it!" Shelby said. Mary threw a pillow. Lucy threw it back. Ruthie walked in the room.
"Mom hired a housekeeper," Ruthie said. Lucy looked at her.
"I gotta go," Lucy said. She hung up the phone.
"You're kidding me, right?" Mary asked. Ruthie shook her head.
"Why, why would she do that?" Lucy asked.
"Because, and I quote, she can't handle being a mom and cooking and cleaning," Ruthie replied.
"That's not a quote, Mom doesn't talk like that," Mary said.
"You're missing the point!" Ruthie exclaimed.
"Mom hired a housekeeper?" Lucy asked.
"Bingo," Ruthie replied.
**
Lucy and Mary ran into the kitchen where Annie was now making dinner.
"Ruthie says that you said that you hired a housekeeper," Lucy said. Mary looks at her.
"I did. She's really nice and great. You'll love her," Annie replied.
"Why?" Mary asked.
"I needed help," Annie replied.
"Don't we help you enough?" Lucy asked. Annie thought.
"No," Annie simply said.
"That was rude," Lucy said, crossing her arms. She and Mary both knew that it was true. Matt came in.
"She hired a housekeeper," Mary informed him. Suddenly, his appetite was out of the picture.
"Why?" Matt asked, making a face at Annie.
"I needed the help. With the twins here now, I can't take care of everyone," Annie replied.
"See, I told you," Mary said.
"Don't you think we could help?" Matt asked.
"I did what I did because I felt that it was neccessary," Annie replied.
"Ok," Lucy said, offended. They all left, leaving Annie to cook, which completely proved her point.
"And Denny told me that Lisa said that Donny said that Jason thinks that I'm cute," Lucy said to Shelby on the phone. Mary was in the background mocking her.
"Wow. You are so lucky!" Shelby said.
"I know! I so am going to hang around his locker tomorrow," Lucy replied.
"Great! That's the way to do it!" Shelby said. Mary threw a pillow. Lucy threw it back. Ruthie walked in the room.
"Mom hired a housekeeper," Ruthie said. Lucy looked at her.
"I gotta go," Lucy said. She hung up the phone.
"You're kidding me, right?" Mary asked. Ruthie shook her head.
"Why, why would she do that?" Lucy asked.
"Because, and I quote, she can't handle being a mom and cooking and cleaning," Ruthie replied.
"That's not a quote, Mom doesn't talk like that," Mary said.
"You're missing the point!" Ruthie exclaimed.
"Mom hired a housekeeper?" Lucy asked.
"Bingo," Ruthie replied.
**
Lucy and Mary ran into the kitchen where Annie was now making dinner.
"Ruthie says that you said that you hired a housekeeper," Lucy said. Mary looks at her.
"I did. She's really nice and great. You'll love her," Annie replied.
"Why?" Mary asked.
"I needed help," Annie replied.
"Don't we help you enough?" Lucy asked. Annie thought.
"No," Annie simply said.
"That was rude," Lucy said, crossing her arms. She and Mary both knew that it was true. Matt came in.
"She hired a housekeeper," Mary informed him. Suddenly, his appetite was out of the picture.
"Why?" Matt asked, making a face at Annie.
"I needed the help. With the twins here now, I can't take care of everyone," Annie replied.
"See, I told you," Mary said.
"Don't you think we could help?" Matt asked.
"I did what I did because I felt that it was neccessary," Annie replied.
"Ok," Lucy said, offended. They all left, leaving Annie to cook, which completely proved her point.