Finally! I finished chapter 6! Well...read it and see what happens. ;-)

Bonus: Another new pic in my profile! But please read the story beore seeing it, okay?

Once again, I don't own FA, it's owned by (c)Dreamworks & (c)Aardman

Chapter 6: The Unexpected

After dinner, Rita and Roddy took the tableware and washed them in the sink. Roddy washes the plates with soap and rinses them with water, while Rita dries them with a cloth. Mrs. Malone went in the kitchen, supposedly to wash the tableware.

"Well now," said Mrs. Malone as she approached to them "nobody told you to wash the dishes."

"Mum, it's okay" said Rita whipping the plate with a cloth and turned to her "you can go to bed if you want, we'll take it from here." Then her mother noticed a trinket around her neck when she turned to her. Mrs. Malone approached to Rita and holds the locket that she's wearing.

"My, this is beautiful" said Mrs. Malone as she admires the shiny trinket "where did you get this Rita?" she asked

"It's a gift from Roddy." Rita said. Mrs. Malone turned to Roddy and smiled at him.

"Well, you sure know how to make a woman happy" she said to Roddy and he sheepishly smiled "so tell me, does Rita look lovely in a dress?" she whispered and the cheek on Roddy's face began to turn red and sheepishly smiled.

"I heard that mum" said Rita with a warning tone.

"Alright, I'll leave you two alone." Mrs. Malone winked at Roddy then leaves the kitchen. Rita rolled her eyes and put the plates in the cupboard.

"Now that we're done, let's go to bed" she gave him a pat on the shoulder and Roddy's mind came back to reality. The both of them went to the staircase to their room. Rita took one step then realized that she had forgotten something. "You go ahead Roddy, I need to get something at the Dodger." she said.

"Okay, goodnight." Roddy let out a tired yawn and went up the stairs.

Rita went through the living room and out the front door. She found the Jammy Dodger II parked near the pier, floating on the sewer waters. She jumped in the boat and went below the deck in the engine room. She took out a box and climbed on it. She reached out her hand above the shelf and grabbed a bottle of glue. "I can't make a lamp without this, can I?" she thought and remembers that she needs to make a lamp out of broken glasses that she picked up a while ago, and sells it when it's done. She then jumps off the box and went above deck. She went to the edge of the boat about to jump to the pier, but what made her stop when she looked down the water. She stopped for a while and looked at her reflection. She then remembered what Roddy had said to her "...an angel that came down from heaven."

"A walking celery is more like it" she hissed at the reflection. She didn't believe what Roddy had said to her a while ago, she would normally say something to defend herself against those kinds of words from a man, but instead she smiled and blushed at him. Rita felt something she didn't felt before in her whole life. When she's alone with Roddy, that feeling came to her but she hides it from him perfectly well. But during dinner, she opens up to Roddy, she never opens up to anybody except her mum and dad. "Of all rats, why does it have to be him?" she thought. She then looked at the locket on her chest, when she looked at it she couldn't helped thinking the image of Roddy in her head. She held the locket and noticed a piece of paper slightly sticking out of the trinket. She was about to open it but the sound of running footsteps from the tunnels made her stop. The sound was louder and the shadow grew bigger by the second. She was prepared to attack, but she had second thoughts when she saw the shadow's figure. It was round and fat, and the only rat she knew that has that kind of figure is...

"Sid?" she called out

"Rita?" the voice responded and ran towards her. "Rita! I'm glad I found you." he panted and stopped in front of her.

"I can't believe you're here," said Rita surprisingly "how did you get back?"

"No time to explain, come!" Sid grabbed her arm and pulled her as he ran, Rita followed. Sid took her through the tunnels, not for long they found an unconscious female mouse lying against the wall.

"Blimey! What happened?" exclaimed Rita

"She's been like that since we got here," said Sid "could we stay in your place for a while until she wakes up?"

"Sure Sid" Rita took the arm of the mouse and wrapped it around on her shoulders. Sid did the same thing on the other side and carried the mouse to the house.

"Why did you decide to come back?" asked Rita curiously

"Well, I didn't exactly decide to come back down here." said Sid

"And you know this girl?" Rita's curiosity grew

"Not exactly. By the way, is Rodders with ya?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Great! I kinda miss the little ball of fluff" chuckled Sid. Rita knew Sid was hiding something. The way he answered her questions, he was definitely hiding something. When she first glanced at the female mouse, she was a complete stranger to her. She had never seen her from around the sewers; she's different from the other sewer rats. Apart from that, Sid knows her. Rita had no other choice but to wait until she wakes up, and hopefully finds the truth.

"By the way Rita you look lovely in that dress" said Sid

"Shut up and keep walking Sid" said Rita with a warning tone trying to change the subject

"You never change do ya Rita?" chuckled Sid

"I'll take that as a compliment." she said sarcastically, but what Sid had said to her, it was partly not true.

Morning...

Rita was dressed in her casual clothes, a green shirt, a pair of British designed pants with a black shoe lace as her belt, and she wore the necklace that Roddy gave to her. She went in the living room to find her mother and her younger siblings gathering next to Sid and the mouse, lying on the couch.

"Is she awake?" asked Rita

"Not yet" said Sid standing next to the unconscious mouse.

"She'll wake up soon, just give her time to rest" said Mrs. Malone and went to the kitchen. Jojo, one of Rita's brother, approached Sid.

"Who is she Sid?" asked Jojo

"She's just a friend" replied Sid

"Your girlfriend?" asked Jojo with a curious look on his face. Sid was shocked then he chuckled a little after hearing what Jojo had said

"No"

"Your wife?" added Jojo

"Okay, that's enough lad" Sid pushes the little rat out from the crowd, preventing him from asking anymore questions.

Roddy went downstairs, dressed in his blue pajamas, and finds Rita and her siblings in the living room.

"Morning everyone!" he greeted and yawned at the same time, he approaches to them "what's going on?" as Roddy went closer, he stopped when he saw a mouse lying on their couch. Rita looked at him, his jaws were opened and he looked surprised.

"Roddy?" said Rita trying to nudge him to come back to reality

"Duchess" said Roddy in panic

"Duchess?" asked Rita

"Roddy!" shouted Sid

"Sid?" said Roddy surprisingly

"Come here you little ball of fluff!" Sid went towards and wrapped his arm around Roddy's neck and messed up his hair with his hands. "Did ya miss me Rodders?" Roddy struggled and broke free from Sid's silly game.

"H-How, how did she get down here?" asked Roddy "And how did you get down here?" he turned to Sid and said it loudly. Loud enough to wake the sleeping mouse. Her eyes began to open, and she moved a little. Roddy quickly flee in panic from the mouse, then he saw a flower pot that Liam has been using as his secret hideout. He hid in the flower pot, but Liam was inside. Soon both of them were fighting over it. The female mouse sat up and rubbed her sore head, her eyes were half open, she then looks at Rita.

"Where am I?" asked the female mouse

"Your in my house" replied Rita and gave her a helping hand "My name's--"

"Yeah, yeah, don't know, don't care" she said rudely and pushed away Rita's hand. She stood up and got off the couch and glares at Sid. "Now, where's Roddy?" then she heard a struggle at the corner of the room. She saw two rats fighting over a flower pot. The rat with a black-shirt won the fight and hides in the pot, while Roddy tumbled when Liam pushes him. "Roddy, darling!" the mouse ran towards him and hugged him. Roddy felt awkward when she hugged him. "Oh heaven help me" he cried to himself.

"She knows Roddy?" Rita asked Sid. She was surprised and furious at the same time.

"Yeah, well you see" replied Sid nervously "she's, uh, she's--"

"Duchess is my name" said the female mouse finishing Sid's sentence and let's go of Roddy, she turned to Rita and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "And yeah I know Roddy, he's my boyfriend after all."

"Boyfriend?" shouted Rita. Roddy makes a gesture to Rita. He showed her the "she's crazy" sign behind Duchess.

"Yes, boyfriend" Duchess said boldly "did the sewer water blocked your ears?" she taunted Rita. Roddy continues the "she's crazy" gesture, when Duchess looked back, he immediately stop and put both of his hands behind his back and whistled.

"What are you doing around these parts anyway, princess?" said Rita taunting back.

"It's Duchess darling, and I came here for Roddy" Duchess took Roddy's arm and pulled him towards the door, but Rita blocked her way.

"Do you mind?" shouted Duchess

"Is there a problem?" said Rita standing in front of the door

"Yes, you're blocking our way"

"And where do you think you're going?"

"Back to Kensington of course"

"And how do you propose to do that?"

Duchess paused and scowled at Rita. It's true that Duchess doesn't know what to do next, what's worst she doesn't know her way around the sewers. But then she has Roddy.

"Then my darling Roddy here will get us back" said Duchess

"But you need a boat" said Rita wearing a victorious smile. Duchess paused again still wearing a scowl on her face.

"Breakfast is ready!" a voice called out from the kitchen and the children ran towards the other room.

"Breakfast! I'm starving!" Sid ran to the kitchen along with the children.

"Uh I'm hungry, too so I'll be going now." Roddy sheepishly smiled and followed Sid. Rita and Duchess scowled at each other for a while, not for long, Rita went ahead towards the kitchen.

"Hey" called Duchess and caught Rita's attention.

"What?" said Rita and turned to Duchess

"What's your relationship with my Roddy?"

"Nothing. He's just my first-mate"

"Let's just get one thing straight here. Roddy is a pet mouse, and you are sewer rat."

"And what does that mean?" said Rita. Duchess went towards Rita and whispered on her ear.

"If you're smitten on him, you don't have a chance"

"Who says I'm smitten on him" Rita whispered back

"If you are, I'll make sure you regret it, okay?" said Duchess with a warning tone and went inside the kitchen. Rita just stood and thought about what Duchess had said to her. She then shook her head and ignored it.

"Roddy's right, she is a loony." she thought and went in the kitchen.

Hahaha, it's a new character! I owned Duchess okay:D If you want to know the story behind her, well you have to wait for a couple of days, lol!