Sonic Babies
I just looked back over the last two chapters and noticed that I've been including Kat a lot more in the story than Louise. It wasn't intentional or anything, so I've decided to centre this episode around Louise to make up for it, enjoy^^
*It's 10:30a.m, and Kat and Vanilla are downstairs drinking coffee at the dinner table. Suddenly a loud thundering of feet is heard as Louise rushes downstairs, into the kitchen completely ignoring Kat and Vanilla and starts fumbling around attempting to make toast*
Kat: You know, it usually works better if you press the 'on' button
Louise: *glares at Kat then returns to preparing the quickest breakfast you ever saw*
Vanilla: Louise dear you seem very nervous has something frightened you?
Kat: The only frightening thing is Louise is out of bed before 1:00p.m
Vanilla: *gives Kat one of those 'this is not the time' looks*
Kat: *smiles nervously* Sorry, you ok Lou?
Louise: *with her back to them* No I am NOT ok!!
Vanilla: *concerned* What is it dear, what's wrong?
Louise: *sighs deeply, then turns to face Kat and Vanilla* My parents are coming today
*Now it's Kat's turn to look concerned*
Kat: …oh
Vanilla: *smiles and stands up running about the kitchen cleaning and getting out ingredients* Well that's wonderful!! Why didn't you tell us?! Oh never mind, I'm going to make something very special for dinner and you two go pick up the kids from Tikal's and-
*Vanilla continues to instruct the girls to prepare everything for the guests' arrival until Louise suddenly runs out of the room and there is a angry banging of a door from upstairs*
Vanilla: Oh my, did I upset her?
Kat: *sighs* You'd better sit down
*Vanilla takes her seat back at the table and listens intently feeling very worried*
Kat: Louise and her parents don't get on very well, her sister Karen is in a really posh college somewhere in Manchester studying to become a Dr or lawyer or something
Vanilla: Oh my
Kat: I know, so as you can imagine when she told them she was dropping out of high school to look after the babies they completely lost it. I was lucky, my parents were really supportive about the whole thing but Lou wasn't so fortunate. They didn't speak for months, and even when they supposedly forgave her you could tell they were still ticked off. So now every time she sees them Lou gets all nervous and edgy cause they're so picky about every little thing
Vanilla: I had no idea, why hasn't she mentioned any of this before?
Kat: Well thankfully she doesn't see them too often and anyway this'll be the first time they come here not have her go back home
Vanilla: I see, well I think the only thing we can do is be as supportive as we can to her and when her parents arrive show them what a wonderful caring, devoted daughter they have
Kat: How?
Vanilla: *looks round house to see various soft toys or empty plates that once held cookies lying around* Well we should start by cleaning the place up a bit, you call Tikal and ask if she could keep the children a little while longer and I'll get started
Kat: Gotcha, after that I better go talk to Lou, hope she's alright
*A few hours later, Kat has cheered Louise up a bit (although she's still pretty nervous) and is getting the kids dressed in their best for Stan and Janine's (the parents) arrival *
Sonic: Man I hate my best clothes!!
Shadow: Me too, they're all tight and they smell weird
Kat: *buttoning Silver's shirt, yes the boys are being made to wear clothes* That's mothballs Shads
Knuckles: And what the hell is this thing that keeps trying to strangle me *tugs viciously on tie*
Tails: It's called a tie and you're just making it tighter by pulling on it
Kat: Guys c'mon Louise's parents will be here any minute so you lot better behave yourselves, ok?
Babies: OK
*Suddenly Vanilla walks in wearing a beautiful red dress with Amy, Sonia, Cosmo, Cream, Blaze and Rouge following all wearing cute little dresses and posing for the stunned boys*
Kat: Wow, where are our girls cause all I can see are six little princesses?
Girls: *giggle*
Manic: Woah, you guys look awesome*gives thumbs up*
Sonic: Yeah, I've never seen you wear those dresses before?
Sonia: *twirls round gracefully* Vanilla said we can only wear them on special occasions, but they're so prettyful
Amy: I know, dressing up is so much fun!!
Girls: Yeah!!
Boys: *groan*
Cream: You don't like dressing up?!
Silver: We like dressing up but not in these stupid buxitos
Tails: Tuxedos
Silver: …I knew that
Shadow: Suuuuuuuuuuuuuure you did
Silver: *pokes tongue out at Shadow*
Vanilla: Now boys don't start bickering
Kat: I better go get Lou, she's been in her room for ages
*Kat goes upstairs and peeks into Louise's room and finds her sitting on her bed staring at something in her hands. Kat knocks then goes in and sits down next to her best friend*
Kat: Hey, you ok?
Louise: I guess
*Kat looks down and sees a photograph of Louise and her parents when she was younger, her dad is tickling her and she is laughing while her mum is smiling proudly at the camera*
Louise: Things were so much easier back then, when they didn't hate me * a single teardrop falls on the picture frame*
Kat: *puts arm around Louise's shoulders* Oh c'mon Lou they don't hate you you're their daughter
Louise: Well certainly not their favourite one
Kat: *sighs* Look if they can't see what a great, funny, talented daughter they have then I don't know what their problem is
*Louise looks up with big tearful eyes as slowly her mouth curves into a little, tiny smile.
Louise: Thanks Kat *gives her best friend a thankful hug*
Kat: *hugs back* Hey, c'mon don't get all mushy on me Lou
*Suddenly the ringing of a doorbell echoes noisily through the house and Louise hurriedly wipes her face and sighs deeply*
Kat: C'mon lets go show em!!
*They hurry downstairs just as Vanilla opens the front door and there standing on the doorstep are two very serious looking echidnas. The tallest one (Stan) was very dark brown with piercing yellow eyes, the smaller one (Janine) was a cream colour with light blue eyes, she looked slightly less intimidating but still an uncomfortable aura surrounded her making the poor little babies very nervous*
Vanilla: *a little nervous herself* Welcome to our home, we're so glad you could come visit us. I'm Vanilla and this is my daughter Cream
*Cream stood perfectly still except for her quivering chin and knocking knees as the abnormally huge chestnut echidna gazed down threateningly at her with his unnaturally bright , fiery, amber eyes. He smiled, teeth baring before tussling her hair roughly*
Stan: How ya doin kiddo
*Cream began to sniffle quietly before Vanilla picked her up and excused herself taking Cream into the front room to calm her down. Louise was just standing nervously on the bottom stair biting her nails unable to meet her parents piercing gaze *
Kat: …uh n-nice to see you again Mr and Mrs Echidna
Janine: Likewise Crystal
*Kat hated being addressed by her full name, she felt it was too formal and made her feel awkward. Janine stood confidently in the middle of the hallway scanning over the mansion's impressive interior design, even though it was a lot larger than her own home (and a lot less dull XD) her expression was that of an unimpressed person. Her black nose wrinkled and she crossed her arms in a snobbish mannor as if the place was unworthy of her presence. Stan on the other hand seemed utterly uninterested, even unaware of his opulent surroundings as he searched impatiently through the room for his daughter. His eyes seemed to gleam dangerously as he spotted her concealed behind the marble railings*
Stan: Well, come down here we haven't got all day
*Louise swallowed hard before hurriedly stumbling over to her father, you wouldn't think a child could be afraid of their parents in such a way. She stood trembling before her father glancing down nervously at her shuffling feet*
Stan: *pulls Louise's chin up* HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU TO LOOK AT ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!!
Louise: B-but you weren't saying any-
Stan: SILENCE!!
Stan: *lets go of his daughter and crosses arms glancing around the hallway as his wife did previously* Well, are you gonna give us a tour or are we gonna just stand here in the hall?!
*Louise quickly leads her parents upstairs past the terrifies huddle of babies just as Vanilla returns holding a calmer yet still scared Cream*
Amy: I don't like them they're scary
Sonic: *scowls*And they're really mean to Louise!!
Knuckles: *tightens fists* Yeah, I'll show em!!
Vanilla: Now dears you must be polite to Louise's parents, even if they are a little…harsh
Kat: Huh!! Understatement of the century. I never liked em, too snobby
Sonia: They have no right to be so mean!!
Vanilla: Kat please don't encourage them
Kat: Sorry, Vanilla's right guys, it's only for a couple of hours, we just gotta put up with em
Manic: Man I hate dudes who think they're better than everyone else
Blaze: Exactly why should we be nice to such bullies?
Kat: For Louise?
*Babies seem unsure for a moment, but finally agree to behave, besides they're too frightened to act wildly anyway*
(Later, at the dinner table)
Janine: So tell me Lou, apart from watching these…adorable little darlings *sickly smile as babies shudder* what's your job?
Louise: Um…well I just work part-time at a video store
*Stan and Janine both choke on their food*
Janine: Oh, well that's…
Stan: YOUR SISTER IS STUDYING MEDICINE AT MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY AND YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU WORK IN A VIDEO STORE!!
*Louise looks on the verge of tears feeling utterly overshadowed by her sister and unloved by her parents*
Silver: W-we get free DVDs whenever we want
Shadow: *hits Silver*
Silver: Ouch!!
Vanilla: I-I can assure you Mr and Mrs Echidna that your daughter works incredibly hard and does her best all the time
Stan: Well obviously her best isn't good enough
Louise: *frowns and bangs her fists on the table standing up with tears forming in her eyes* WHY IS NOTHING I EVER DO GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?! WHY DID YOU EVEN BOTHER HAVING ANOTHER DAUGHTER IF KAREN IS SO PERFECT?!
Stan: *looks shocked and enraged* HOW DARE YOU YOUNG LADY!!
Kat: *stands up too* WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO BECOME A DECENT FATHER STAN?! WHEN ARE YOU GONNA REALISE THAT YOU HAVE A CARING, DEVOTED, LOVING DAUGHTER WHO DESERVES YOUR LOVE AND RESPECT JUST AS MUCH AS KAREN DOES!!
Janine: Crystal I am shocked
Sonic: HEY LADY HER NAME'S KAT!! AND SHE'S RIGHT, LOUISE IS ONE OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE I KNOW!!
Blaze: SHE TAKES REALLY GOOD CARE OF US EVERY DAY!!
Tails: SHE'S REALLY NICE AND SMART
Shadow: SHE ISN'T SNOBBY LIKE HER PARENTS!!
Silver: AND SHE GETS US FREE DVDS!!
*Blaze hits him again*
Silver: WOULD EVERYONE STOP DOING THAT!!
Knuckles: BUT MOST OF ALL SHE CARES ABOUT US, SHE LOOKS AFTER US LIKE A MUMMY SHOULD !! AND…AND WE LOVE HER…
*Knuckles blushes and looks sheepishly at Louise who just stares awe struck at all the smiling babies around her, and then suddenly it hit her. It didn't matter what her parents thought of her, she had never felt more loved or more needed in all her life as a warm feeling blazed within her*
Louise: Come here *spreads arms with tears glossed in her eyes*
*Knuckles runs over and jumps into her arms followed by all the other babies as Kat and Vanilla move to stand at her side. Louise stands once more and faces her parents proudly*
Louise: You may think my life is worthless, that I have nothing. But the truth is…I've got everything. I belong here and I always will, no matter what you think
*Stan and Janine sit speechless for a few moments as tension hangs in the air, before finally Stan lets out a deep, long sigh and stands up*
Stan: That took guts Lou, I never thought you had it in you, and you're right…I haven't been much of a father *looks guilty as Janine rises beside him*
Janine: Neither of us have, and we're so sorry Lou. But that's gonna change I promise, we love you sweatheart
Stan: And I've never been more proud
*Tears of happiness spilled from Louise's eyes as for the first time in years, she ran over and jumped into her father's arms sobbing with joy, at last, they loved her*
***
Louise: Bye mum, bye Dad, take care *she hugs her parents on the doorstep*
Stan: Bye hon, visit soon eh??
*Louise nodded as her mother hugged her tightly*
Janine: Goodbye dear, be safe, we love you
Kat: Take care Mr and Mrs Echinda
Vanilla: You're welcome anytime
Stan: Thankyou very much, watch those little rascals now
Babies: *giggle*
*A chorus of joyous farewells echoed on the breeze as a huge weight finally lifted from the cyan echidna's shoulders, smiling bright as the sun she watched her parents disappear into the horizon, before turning back to a group of beaming faces*
Louise: Thankyou everyone, I don't know what I would have done without you guys
Kat: Don't mention it Lou
Sonic: Yeah no sweat *gives thumbs up*
Knuckles: Things just wouldn't be the same without you
Silver: Yeah, if we didn't have you we'd have to pay for dv…
*he stops as everyone has had it with him and his flipping DVDs and glares angrily slowly moving towards him*
Silver: *sweatdrops* …uh oh…WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! *runs off as the everyone chases after him and Louise just bursts out laughing and closes the front door*
Just to say, Silver really does care about Louise loads and loads…he just loooves DVDs XDD