A/N: Thank you to all who read and reviewed the previous chapter. I very much appreciate it. I hope you'll enjoy this next chapter, just as much.
Disclaimer: I only own Simone Jasper, Alana Santos and Rosita Santos. All other characters within this chapter, do not belong to me. I am only borrowing them.
The children were busy painting bird houses, that Simone had purchased for each of them. They were having quite a great time, as they shared ideas with each other.
"I'm gonna paint butterflies on my bird house," said JJ.
"I want flowers on mine," said Savannah. "Miss Jasper, do we get to keep these bird houses," she asked Simone.
"Yes, you do," Simone proudly answered.
"I'm gonna give mine to my sister, Jessica," said Haley. "Her birthday is in three days. She's gonna be thirteen years old."
"That's very nice of you, Haley," said Simone. "I'm sure your sister will love it. It's a very beautiful bird house," she said of Haley's bird house. One side was light blue and the other side was black.
"Thanks," said Haley. I'm gonna paint the sun and a few clouds on the blue side and on the black side, I'm gonna paint the moon and some stars. That way, it'll look like day and night."
"That's a very good idea," said Simone.
The children continued to work on their bird houses. Then, a few moments later, Simone had interrupted them. Standing at the front of the room, she caught their attention, when she said, "Alright children, I'm going to need you all to stop what you're doing because in a couple of moments, there's going to be a surprise for each of you."
At first, the students seemed upset about having to stop painting their bird houses, but once Simone mentioned a surprise for them, they were suddenly curious.
"What kind of surprise," asked Grant.
"Yeah, tell us," many of the students said in unison.
Simone just smiled. "Well, if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it," she asked. "Now go wash your hands, in the rest rooms, and when you all get back, the surprise will be here," she promised.
While in the girls rest room, the girls wondered what the surprise was, as they washed their hands. The same was said for the boys, in the boys rest room, while they washed their hands.
"I bet she's gonna let us watch a movie," said Jason.
"I bet she's gonna let us have an extra recess today," said Penelope.
About a moment or so later, both rest rooms, heard the voice of their substitute teacher. "Alright children, it's time to go back to the class room. The surprise is waiting for you," Simone was now standing outside in the hallway, waiting for her students.
Quickly, but calmly, the students rushed out of both rest rooms. They were all eager to find out what the surprise was. Some of them, could barely contain their excitement.
When they entered the class room, they were surprised to see their teacher, Alana, sitting in a chair, at the front of the room. In her arms, was a baby girl. The baby was wearing a yellow dress with a matching yellow headband. She had very thick black hair and beautiful brown eyes. The students couldn't help, but rush over to their teacher. They were all very happy to see her, as she was also happy to see them too.
"Mrs. Santos, you're finally back," said Luke. "You've been gone for like ten years!"
Alana let out a small laugh. "I know it seems like I've been gone for ten years, but it's only been seven weeks," she said. "I missed each and every one of you. Miss Jasper has been telling me, you've all be behaving quite well for her. I'm so very glad to hear that."
"They're a very unique group of students, but we do have a lot of fun," Simone smiled.
"Miss Jasper's very nice to us," said Jordan. "Just like you, Mrs. Santos. When are you gonna come back," she asked.
"I'll be back next week," said Alana.
"Is that your baby? What's her name," Clyde asked of the baby, in Alana's arms.
Alana smiled proudly. "Yes she is," she said. "and her name is Rosita Novella Santos."
"Awe, she looks just like my Grandma's cat, Captain Jingle Paws," Emily said of the baby.
Alana let out a small laugh. "Well, if your Grandma's cat is cute, then I'll thank you for that comment," she said.
Emily shrugged her shoulders. "Eh… Captain Jingle Paws is cute, until you don't feed him on time and he gets in a really grouchy mood," she said. "I mean, if you want to see a cat throw a fit and tear up the furniture, you should meet him. Trust me, seeing him angry, it's not a pretty sight," she shuttered at the very thought.
"I don't think I'd want to see him, angry," said Alana. "Now how about we all go back to our desk and enjoy some cake and ice cream sundaes," she suggested.
The children were too busy talking to their teacher, they failed to noticed that on each of their desks, was a slice of chocolate cake with blue icing and a small bowl of sundae.
"Thank you, Mrs. Santos," the children said through excitement as they rushed to their desks, to get to their tasty treats.
"You're very welcome, but you'll have to thank Miss Jasper too," Alana said. "She's partially responsible for this."
"Thank you, Miss Jasper," the children were now enjoying their cake and sundaes.
Simone smiled. "You all are very welcome," she said. "I'm so glad to have been able to do this for you."
"Hey, Mrs. Santos, when was Agent Adorable Fuzzy Bunny born," asked Emily.
"Agent Adorable Fuzzy Bunny," There was a puzzled look on Alana's face. She then realized Emily was talking about Rosita. "Oh, you mean Rosita," she said.
"Yep, that's exactly who I mean," said Emily. "I can't use her real name because she's going on a spy mission with me. So until further notice, she'll be known as Agent Adorable Fuzzy Bunny."
"She was born no January 28th," Alana proudly said. "And I think she might be a little too young to be going on any spy missions, but Agent Adorable Fuzzy Bunny sounds like a really cute nickname for her. I might just have to call her that, sometimes. If it's alright with you," she asked Emily.
"Let me talk to my imaginary pet dragon about that, and then I'll get back to you," Emily cupped both of her hands together and began whispering into them. After about a moment, she held her hands up to her ear, as if someone or something were speaking to her. Her hands still cupped, she lowered them away from her ear and turned her attention back to her teacher. "Sparkly McGlitter Waffle Toes, said that she's okay with you using that name for your baby," she said.
Alana smiled. "Well, tell her I said thank you," she said.
Once again, Emily began whispering into her hands, and then bringing them up to her ear, and finally bringing them back to her desk. "Sparkly McGlitter Waffle Toes, said "You're welcome.".", she said.
"What kind of spy mission are you gonna go on," Alex and Emily.
"I'm trying to find out who ate Kevin's cake and sundae," said Emily.
"No one ate it," said Kevin. "I did."
"Kevin, what did you do, when you woke up this morning," asked Emily.
"Uh… I got out of bed," Kevin answered.
"Ah ha," Emily pounded her fist onto her desk. "I knew it! It was Jason! He ate your cake and sundae! Problem solved, case closed," she sat back with her arms across her chest.
"No I didn't," Jason protested.
"No he didn't," Kevin agreed. "It was me, I told you it was me."
"Just because the two of you can't tell the difference between a shoe and a lamp, it doesn't give you the right to make fun of Aaron's eyelashes," said Emily. "It's not his fault, they're always fighting with each other."
"Uh… I don't think my eyelashes have ever fought with each other," said Aaron.
Emily looked at Aaron and said, "Trust me, they fight a lot."
"Mrs. Santos, when you come back next week, are you gonna bring Rosita with you," JJ asked, suddenly changing the subject.
Alana frowned. "No, I can't," she said. "I'll have to leave her with a babysitter. I wish I could bring her, but the school won't allow it."
"You could just put her in an animal costume and just tell the school, she's the class pet," suggested Tara.
Alana smiled. "I wish I could do that, but I think the school would know the difference between a baby and an animal," she said.
Simone also smiled. "She would look very cute, in an animal costume," she said of Rosita.
Alana looked down at her baby girl and smiled. "Yes, she would," she agreed with Simone.
End of chapter ten. You know what would be really awesome? If you would all be kind enough to leave me some reviews. Remember, I'll accept both good and bad reviews. Just don't be too cruel if you hated it. I'll have chapter eleven posted as soon as possible.