The Chameleon Brothers arrived at their house. They had a brick house with a green roof and window shutters. It was 3 houses away from Rocko's house and next door to The Bigheads' house. It was like any other typical house. It had a kitchen, a living room, a creepy basement, a bedroom, a master bedroom, a bathroom, an empty room, and a backyard.
"This is our home, Gemina sweetie," Chuck explained as he showed her around the house. "You'll be safe here."
Gemina cooed at him questioningly, "Goo?"
"Yes, this is where you'll stay for most of your life until you are all grown up!" added Leon. "Then you can move out and pursue a job of your own! I hope you become a photographer or an entrepreneur like your daddy.."
"Oh, Leon…" sighed Chuck, facepalming himself. "You're already deciding what our daughter's going to be when she's older.."
"Who knows," Leon insisted. "That's what she might want to be when she grows up!"
"Whatever, we'll save that for later… She's just a little baby right now." sighed Chuck as he bounced Gemina on his back. He had no time for yet another argument over something as petty as what their daughter might be when she grows up. They already had enough fights today.
Suddenly, there was a foul smell lingering from Chuck's back. It smelled of rotten eggs and spoiled milk. The brothers began gagging and coughing as the smell wafted into their noses.
"What's that horrible smell?!" rasped Leon, covering his nose.
"I don't know, probably you?!" Chuck grunted.
"No, it wasn't me! It was-" Leon paused to see that Gemina had soiled her diaper. "Gemina?"
The brothers stared at her blankly as if she was some kind of alien.
"So Gemina was the culprit behind this?!" Chuck asked. "Then who's going to change her diaper?"
"I'm not!" refused Leon, shaking his head.
"Well, I'm not going to either!" Chuck sniffed. "I don't want to get my lovely hands dirty!"
Gemina glared at the two chameleons while crossing her arms impatiently, "Humph!"
"The baby says that you have to change her diaper, Chuck!" Leon sassed.
"Oh yeah? Rock-Paper-Scissors it is then!" bet Chuck.
As usual, Leon lost.
"Darn it!" Leon whined.
Chuck handed the baby over to him. Leon recoiled as the dirty diaper touched his arms. Holding a baby with a dirty diaper felt like touching cow manure.
"A-a-at least she's not crying…." he chuckled nervously.
"Here are some wipes, powder, pins, and diapers. Holler if you need help," Chuck instructed as he gave his brother the supplies needed for diaper changing.
Leon gulped nervously as he looked down at the baby. This was going to be a tough job.
He placed Gemina and the supplies on the floor and swept his head.
"Oh, I almost forgot," said Chuck as he threw a white bath towel to his brother. "Here's a towel, it's to prevent any mess from getting on the floor." He walked away casually to the other room.
"I'm scared…." Leon trembled as he lied Gemina flat on the towel. He attempted to remove the diaper, but he kept flinching every time he did so.
"C'mon, you've done it with Filburt and Hutchy's kids before!" encouraged Chuck, who was sitting on a sofa in the living room watching TV.
"Can you please help, my brother?" asked Leon, who had tears in his eyes.
Chuck got up from the sofa to help his brother.
"OK, you take off her diaper," Chuck instructed, placing his brother's hands on the baby's diaper tabs. "Then you pull it and slowly take it off..."
Leon slowly pulled off the dirty diaper. The surprise in the diaper was disgusting. It looked as if a poop bomb exploded in there.
"Ewwwww!" Chuck and Leon cringed, turning their heads away in disgust.
Gemina giggled at them as she kicked her legs.
"That's disgusting, man!" Chuck groused.
"You're disgusting," muttered Leon.
Chuck clenched his teeth in annoyance, "Quit it, or I'll whoop your-"
"Whee! Caca!" squealed Gemina as she rolled onto her back. Her butt was a gross, oozing mess of poop. It would surely take a village to clean her up.
"It's okay, brother," Leon reassured, placing his hand on his twin brother's back. "You can wash your hands after, it's no big deal!"
"Said the person who couldn't even take off a baby's diaper," retorted Chuck.
He took a deep breath as he grabbed a wipe from the box. He began wiping Gemina's butt gently. Gemina giggled as the cold wipe touched her butt. Chuck rolled her over to her back and continued to wipe her private areas.
"I wonder what it's going to be like when she's older and she gets her- Oh!" paused Leon as he clasped his hand over his mouth.
"What's the matter?" asked Chuck as he placed a clean diaper under Gemina's bottom.
"Ah, nothing!" chuckled Leon as his cheeks blushed.
Chuck shrugged his shoulders. He dressed the baby in the fresh, clean diaper. Who knew a hard job could turn out to be an easy one? The chameleon still got his hands a little dirty from changing the baby girl's diaper, but it was worth it. He did do most of the work, after all.
"All clean, my baby girl!" cooed Chuck as he scooped her up.
"Ah-goo…" Gemina cooed back at him while smiling.
"That's right," Leon murmured. "You're all clean.." He kissed her on the forehead.
The brothers smiled as they walked into the living room. The two plopped on the couch and rested their legs on the coffee table. They finally had time to relax after a long, exhausting day. All were content.
Gemina began to coo and gurgle happily at the brothers.
"What is she trying to say, Leon?" asked Chuck as he rocked the baby.
"I think she is trying to say, 'I hope you two are going to be the best daddies ever'..." Leon bubbled.
Gemina was starting to get tired. She closed her eyes and yawned softly.
"Somebody's tired…" Chuck and Leon cooed in unison.
Chuck placed Gemina on the floor. He grabbed a purple blanket from the coffee table. He swaddled her tightly like a burrito. Next, Leon took the Moses' Basket from earlier and lied her in it. The Moses' Basket was white with a pink bow plastered in front of it.
"You ready?" whispered Chuck as he pulled out an acoustic guitar.
"Ja," nodded Leon.
The two chameleons began singing and harmonizing to the tune of Brahms' Lullaby,
"Go to sleep. Go to sleep.
Go to sleep little baby.
Rest your eyes. Go to sleep.
We'll help you count the sheep
Go to sleep, Go to sleep
Go to sleep my darling
Rest your eyes, Go to sleep-"
Their song was interrupted by a sudden knock at the door.
Knock Knock!
The brothers take turns kissing the baby on the forehead before quickly rushing to the door. They opened the door to see their two friends: Filbert and Heffer. Heffer was a yellow steer with red overalls and green hair.
"Hi, Chuck and Leon!" The steer greeted in a happy-go-lucky tone. "Do you wanna hang out with us?"
The brothers look at each other in confusion.
"Sorry guys, I didn't know your baby was loud…" sighed Filburt, who somehow had his glasses fixed up.
"Aw, shucks! You don't have to apologize!" Chuck said as he patted him on the shell.
"Ja, the baby's sleeping right now... She's not crying anymore," murmured Leon.
Heffer groaned as if he was impatient. He crossed his arms and tapped his foot.
"Yes, Heffer?" acknowledged Leon.
"I asked if you guys wanted to hang out with us," answered Heffer. "Maybe we can grab a bite at the Chokey Chicken or something.."
The Chameleon Brothers were unsure about this. Bringing baby Gemina along to eat out would be a lot of work. Crying babies were annoying enough, but in restaurants, that would make an unpleasant experience for everyone. They didn't want to suddenly wake her up from her nap just to eat out, that would be a stupid idea in their minds.
"We can't... Sorry, Heffer," Leon denied.
Heffer frowned, "Why not?"
"Because we have a new baby and she already cried enough today. We don't want to embarrass ourselves in public anymore.." Chuck explained.
"A new baby?! Let me see!" Heffer chirped as he made his way into the house.
Chuck turned white in fear that the baby would be potentially wakened. He rushed over to Heffer as if he burned something in the oven.
"Please don't wake the baby! Only look at her, don't touch!" sibilated Chuck.
"OK!" Heffer bubbled.
"Shhh!" Chuck and Leon shushed him.
Heffer crept over to the basket. He saw baby Gemina snoozing away while sucking her thumb.
"Hi there, baby… My name is Heffer Wolfe… I'm adopted!" Heffer cooed softly as he tickled the baby's chin.
Gemina stirred a bit but smiled as the steer stroked her chin. The chameleons sweat with anxiety as Heffer touched the baby.
"Hey, you and I have a lot in common... I'm raised by wolves, and you're raised by chameleons," Heffer gushed.
The steer gently scooped the baby from her Moses' basket and cradled her in his arms. Both brothers facepalm themselves while shaking their heads. He wasn't exactly the best listener in the world.
"You and I gonna be great friends," Heffer talked to her. "Let's think of all the things we can do when you're older. We can eat out, play together, hang out with my best buddy Rocko…"
Before he was finished with his sentence, Chuck immediately swiped Gemina from his arms.
"I said you may only look at the baby, and you didn't!" Chuck interrupted, cradling her protectively.
"Brother, just let him hold her. He's not causing any harm…" Leon coaxed as he gave her back to Heffer.
"If you insist…" Chuck mumbled.
Heffer began tickling Gemina's belly happily, "Coochie, coochie, coo!"
The tickling caused her to wake up giggling. The baby girl reached her arms out at the steer's face.
"Awww, she likes it!" gushed Heffer. "And she has little nubs for her arms…"
"Actually, she's just swaddled," Leon replied.
"Well, it makes her look like a starfish... with a monkey face!" Heffer cuddled the baby close and laughed.
Filburt was standing between the two chameleons, smiling at what was going on.
"May I hold her?" he reached his arms out again, forgetting the incident that happened less than 3 hours ago.
Heffer nodded and passed the baby to the turtle. Gemina squealed happily as she kicked her legs.
"She is so cute!" cooed Filburt as he tickled her.
"Wheee!" Gemina squealed, waving her arms and legs.
It didn't take long for Heffer to join in the tickling game. The baby laughed so hard, her face turned red.
Chuck wasn't having any of it. Gemina was supposed to be sleeping, but now she was wide awake being tickled by a steer and a turtle. He rudely snatched the baby away from Filbert's arms.
"Please get out," Chuck requested sternly, pointing at the front door.
Heffer and Filburt looked at the chameleon with scared faces. Even Leon was scared of the intimidating tone in his brother's voice. Gemina too looked at him as if he were an alien.
"C'mon, vamanos. Come back tomorrow when you're less of a distraction," Chuck demanded politely as he lead Heffer and Filburt out of the house.
The two friends' hearts sank as the door slammed in front of them.
"Let's go to Rocko's house…" Filburt sighed sadly.
Back inside, Chuck was rocking Gemina to sleep on his back.
"That was mean of you, Chuck. Why would you do that?!" Leon chastised.
"The baby needs to sleep. She's already had a long day and we don't want her up all night making a fuss." Chuck explained.
"Well, you just made Heffer and Filburt hate us. T-t-they're probably not our friends anymore!" whimpered Leon. He began to cry like Gemina did when they first brought her to Cafe Chameleon.
"It's fine, dear.." Chuck comforted his brother. "I'm pretty sure they're gonna forget it by tomorrow.."
"Oh, they're never going to forget!" sniffed Leon.
"No, no. We can apologize to them tomorrow. You know, the typical friendship recovery stuff," Chuck gently intoned.
Leon's wobbly frown transformed into a smile. He hugged his brother tightly like a bear hug.
"You're the cleverest of them all, my brother," he grinned.
"Yes, I am very clever…" Chuck thanked, nodding his head in agreement.
He gently lied Gemina back in her Moses' basket. The two brothers kissed her forehead lightly. They then plop on the couch like fish.
"What do you wanna watch?" inquired Chuck, grasping the TV remote in his hand.
"I don't care, just as long it's exclusive," joked Leon. The two chameleons broke out in laughter.
Things were looking a little light for the Chameleon Brothers and baby Gemina. A bond was formed between the three. A fatherly bond that would eventually stay with Gemina for the rest of her life.