Authors note: Happy Mother's Day! I know your kids don't say this much, but moms, you are awesome! This chapter goes out to all the mothers out there. R&R
Chapter 2: meeting the gang… sort of
Cece's POV
I was just watching TV when the doorbell rings. I opened the door to see it was Rocky's father. "Oh hey, Mr. Blue. What's up?" I asked.
"Are you doing anything?" he asked me.
"No, I'm not doing anything," I said.
"Good, I need your help. You see, I have got me into quite a pickle," he replied.
"What do you need help with, Mr. Blue?" I asked.
"I need you and Rocky to babysit a few kids for a while," he replied to my question.
"What's in it for us?" I asked.
"I'll give you sixty dollars an hour, which is about ten dollars an hour each child," he replied.
"I'm in!" I exclaimed.
"Good, you bring down Rocky and I'll bring down the little angels," he said then walked out the door.
"Rocky! Your dad wants you to come down here!" I yelled. I took her a while to get down here.
"Hey, hey, hey," she said as she walk in through the fire escape, "What does my dad need?"
"He wants us to babysit a few kids he just adopted," I replied.
"He adopted more kids?" she asked, quizzically.
"Apparently," I said in a quizzically fashion. We stopped talking and waited for Mr. Blue to come back.
Vanellope's POV
We were in the car, waiting for our new dad to come and introduce us to the family. He finally came. "Are you ready?" he asked.
"As ready as I'll ever be," I replied. He took Rancis, who was on my lap, ushered us out of the car, closed the car door, and walked in, us following. We got to the elevator and he pushed a button. Up we go.
Cece's POV
We were waiting for a long while for Rocky's dad. He finally came. He had a young boy with blond hair in his arms and five other colorful children around his legs. "Cece, Rocky, these are Vanellope, Gloyd, Jubalina, Swizzle, Minty, and Rancis," he told us. The others were really shy at first, but then Vanellope took a step forward and held out her hand, which we both took.
"Hi, sweetie," I said and ruffled her hair, which she started crying and ran out of the room. "What did I do?" I questioned.
"Sorry about that, they're just going through a hard time," he stated.
"Boy I'll say," Gloyd said sarcastically.
"I'll get her," Rocky said and then fled in the direction Vanellope went.
"Cece, you take care of the other's until she comes back. I have a busy day today," Mr. Blue said.
"You can count on me!" I exclaimed. I looked over to the other kids. I walked up to them and, "Okay, we're going to see if your little friend is okay then we can start having fun." They all nodded. Wow! Sixty dollars an hour and all I have to do is take care of six little angels for a while with my best friend. This is the second best job I've ever had!
Rocky's POV
I ran through the corridor to check on Vanellope. I finally spotted her on the windowsill, looking out the window. "Hey," I say to catch her attention.
"What?" she said very angrily.
"I'm just checking if you're alright," I responded. She looked at me and I could see that she was hurting a lot. Her tear streaked cheek and watery eyes were all I needed to know that what Cece did really hurt her. "What's wrong?" I asked.
"I'm sorry about the outburst earlier. It's just that… Rancis used to do that to my hair. He's the love of my life and… he's been sick for a very long time," she responded. I felt so bad for her. I tried to comfort her by holding her very close, but that only made her cry more.
"It's okay, let it out," I said and patted her back, "We will take good care of him."
"R-really," she stuttered.
"Really," I replied. She hugged me and said, "Thank you." I thought of ways to make her happy and then say, "Hey, you know what will turn that frown upside down."
"What?" she asked me, starting to be more cheerful.
"Pizza and a movie!" I exclaimed.
"Okay, I've never had pizza before," she said.
"You never had pizza before?" I questioned. She shook her head in response. "Well, you're in for a treat," I said and walked off, her following.
Cece's POV
We were waiting for Rocky and Vanellope to come back, which they finally did. "Hey, I think I got her to calm down," she said.
"Great! What are we doing?" I asked.
"We are going out for pizza and a movie, you are going to stay here with Rancis," she said, starting to usher the kids out of the door.
"What? Why can't Rancis go?" I questioned in a complaining way.
"Because he is very sick. You need to get him whatever he needs and wants," she replied. I started to pout.
"Don't worry," Vanellope, stated, "If I know Rancis, it's never going to be something big. Later!" They walked out of the door. I can't believe they are going out without me. I ran to the phone to call someone. I dialed a number and the phone started to ring. "Hello?" the voice on the other line said. "Hey Logan, it's me. Listen, I know that we have our differences, but I need your help," I replied.
