Two in One day...actually, I had this written for little while this week, but for some reason FF wouldn't let me post it, so here you are...I hope you enjoy! A very sick, Heavenly Princess

Thank you's (also going for my one shots that I posted last week)...

Dodger, Trap, Spades and special thanks to buglegirl for review my one shots...

Thanks to Ducky for helping me write this, especially when I was hacking...so thank you!

Late Sunday afternoon the phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered nervously.

"The parking garage at 81st and Memorial, no cops."

"What time." I gulped.

"5 am Monday morning." The voice said.

"Is he okay?" Click. I hung up the phone disgustedly.

"Well what'd dey say?" Spot asked.

"The parking garage at 81st and Memorial at 5 tomorrow morning." I answered numbly.

"He'll be all right Acorn." Media said.

"I know how are we going to get the money though, or at least fool them into thinking we gave them a quarter of a million dollars."

"I dunno, I'll call his parents." Media said. She grabbed the phone and exited to the other room.

"I hope the poor kid is okay." I said plopping down in chair and attacking my pancakes.

"Excuse me." Jack said walking out of the room with his cell phone. Media returned looking like she just had to tell a child she ran over their pet dog. She sat down next to me and Spot her and I sat there in silence unsure of what to say. I practically fell out of my chair when the phone rang interrupting the silence.

"Gahhg!" I shrieked.

"I got it." Spot said annoyed. "Hello? Oh really, how bout no."

"What are you doing?!" I gasped thinking he was talking to the kidnappers.

"Heah ya go." He said handing the phone to Media.

"Hello? Oh hey Mush!" she said walking to the other room so we couldn't eavesdrop.

"Spot, I could have killed you a second ago!"

"Why?"

"I thought you were talking to the kidnappers!"

"D'ya really tink I'se dat stupid?" he asked and then when he saw my face he quickly replied, "Don't ansah dat."

"Haha"

Media came back into the room and said that Mush and the others had gotten out of church and were heading back.

"Oh, I probably ought to go get dressed." I said going upstairs as Jack walked back in. Media was making more pancakes for everyone else when I walked back downstairs from my shower.

"Oh more pancakes!" I cheered walking into the kitchen

"Someone's a hungry nut!" she replied

"Well, all I had yesterday was the soup that Jack brought me." I said.

Blink burst through the door saying, "I smell food and I'm hungry!"

"Wow" Spot, Jack and I gaped at him.

"Remember Dodge, that's your boyfriend!" I said as she walked through the door.

"Yeah I know, though sometimes I wonder why." She laughed.

Spades walked in after Mush, Ace, Mouse and Bumlets looking forlorn.

"Any news?" she asked quietly for her.

"Come in the hall Spades." I said leading her to the staircase.

"Yeah, is he okay?"

"As far as we know, Jack's got people out looking for him, and we're supposed to meet the kidnappers tomorrow morning at 5 at the parking garage on 81st and Memorial." I said.

"So he'll be home then?" she asked hopefully.

"As far as we know." I said, trying as best I could not to let on how scared I was for poor Skitts.

"Do we have the money though?" she asked growing uneasy.

"Umm, it's being taken care of hun." I said hugging her as I lied through my teeth.

"Y-you're sure?"

"You doubt me?" I smiled.

"No, I'm just worried about Skittery." She said tears shining in her brown eyes.

"He'll be home safe and sound before you know it." I said, again lying through my teeth.

"Okay."

"Let's get you some food." I said leading her to the kitchen.

"Okay" she said distantly.

"Come on Spades, you want to have strength when you see Skittery tomorrow." I said.

"Yeah I guess."

"BUMLETS YOU'RE DEAD!!!!!!!!" Ace shouted as Bumlets came running out of the kitchen followed shortly by Ace covered in pancake batter.

"Ohh, we aren't going to see him for a while." I said.

"Angel ya missed it!" Spot laughed.

"What did I miss?"

"Bumlets and Ace both wanted the next pancake so they were both standing next to Media while she made it. See Ace took the next pancake so Bumlets splashed her with the raw batter."

"Splashed, it looked more like he dumped it on her." Spades said.

"I don't know, but I smacked him in the head with my spatula for messing with my batter." Media smiled.

"That's my Media!" I smiled.

"YOUR Media?" Mush asked.

"She was my cousin long before she was your girlfriend Mush." I countered.

"So"

"That would technically make her mine…"

"Boyfriend trumps family!" Mush said.

"I'm not gonna get in trouble with either one of you, who wants another pancake?" Media said proving yet again her nickname, and how she's a mediator.

"I have a headache, I need more coffee!" She whined as she made more batter.

"You're cleaning it up this time!" Dodger said.

"Oh you found that?"

The group hung out for a while and the day went by slowly. Finally evening came and we were eating dinner when Jack's phone started going off.

"I'm a little teapot short and stout here is my handle here is my spout, when I get all steamed up hear me shout, tip me over and pour me out!" Came the sound from his phone.

"Hello?" he answered turning red.

"Is that your steamy teapot?" Media called.

"Ok Race where ya at?" Jack asked ignoring her.

"Has he seen Skittery?" Spades asked almost tackling Jack.

"Ok, we'll be dere in a bit. Aight bye."

"What was that?" I asked.

"Well, ya know how I sent woid out ta be on da lookout foh Skittery, well ona me friends found 'im."

"They found him is he okay?" Spades asked hysterically.

"I'm goin ta pick im up, Angel and Spades ya wanna come?" Jack asked.

"Heck yes we're coming!" I said, coughing.

"Well get your stuff and come on!" he said heading to the front door.

"Someone call his parents and tell them what's going on!" I yelled as I ran out the door after Jack and Spades.

We drove for an hour and a half an pulled into a building, mere miles from the pickup point tomorrow morning. We walked inside and found a dirty bar with Racetrack waiting at one of the tables.

"Where is he?!" Spades blurted out immediately. I put my hand on her shoulder to keep her from tearing Racetrack apart.

"Spades you might want to be a little more careful!" I hissed in her ear.

"Heya Jacky Boy." Racetrack said.

"Heya Race."

"Dis must be his goil, eh?"

"However did you guess?" I asked rolling my eyes.

"And dat must be yoh goil." Racetrack asked smirking at Jack.

"It's complicated." Jack replied.

"Well wid out further delay, follow me." He said standing up and walking off. I didn't know what else to do, so I followed him and Jack.

"Hey kid, ya can go home now." Race said walking into a room.

"I can?" Skittery's voice asked.

"Skittery? Is that you?" Spades asked right before she ran over to him.

"Spades baby." He said hugging her.

"Tanks Race." Jack said to Racetrack.

"No problem Cowboy, I owed ya one."

"Yeah specially afta dat hot tip ya told me bout!" Jack said.

"I told ya nobody told da horse!" Race said.

"Well if it hadn't been foh ya, ah nevah mind." Jack said. I suddenly felt very embarrassed.

"We should probably leave now." I said changing the subject.

"Yeah, Skit's parents are probably wanting to see him right now." Jack said looking to where Skittery and Spades were standing still hanging on to each other.

"Do you think Mom and Dad will let me stay at Skittery's house tonight?" Spades asked.

"Erm, I don't know, but I'll let you stay, and take the blame for it." I said smiling.

"Thanks Angel." Skittery said smiling.

"No problem Skits."

"Ok, ya need ta get outtah heah befoh someone sees da kid." Race said shooing us out to the car.

We dropped Spades and Skittery off at his house before heading home to face the music and the grounding that I was sure awaited me. By that time, Ace, Bumlets and Mouse had been taken home since they had school the next day.

"Dat was nice a ya ta let Spades stay wid Skittery." Jack said after my parents had gone to bed and I had of course been grounded for letting her stay.

"Thanks, you'd think that considering all that had happened they wouldn't have flipped out as bad as they did." I said with a little sniffle.

"Yeah, but ya did good." Jack said giving me a side hug.

"In all seriousness, Jack, I don't think we would have gotten him back if you hadn't called in help." I said.

"It's what friends are for." He said.

"Yeah Racetrack is a good friend to you." I said.

"I was actually talkin bout you an me." I don't know why but I leaned over and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. We sat on the couch savoring the moment, knowing it would soon fade. And it did, with the Dodger complaining that Blink couldn't spend the night again.

"Why can't he stay?" Dodger yelled from the other room.

"Because, when the time comes and I walk into your room and see you laying on your bed with your boyfriend, there's no longer trust!" My dad boomed.

"Sah we wadn't doin anyting!" Blink said trying to defend himself.

"At the moment no, but in five minutes, who knows!" My dad roared.

"Leave it to dad to be the voice of reason!" I said exasperated.

"He's just tryin ta protect ya." Jack offered.

"Blink, you have five minutes, and then you have to go to your own house, and take Jack with you!"

"What did he do?"

"I found him and Angelica in her room this morning."

"So you're forbidding the boys to come over?" Dodger yelled.

"No, I'm just kicking them out tonight!"

"Well then make Mush leave too!" Dodger snapped.

"What the heck was that for?" Media yelled from the kitchen.

"It's only fair that ALL the boys have to leave!" Dodger yelled.

"If you weren't my cousin, you're face would be bloodied by now!" Media threatened.

"Media love, chill." I said.

"I'm gonna go to my apartment now." Mush said leaving before he got kicked out.

"Ok" My dad said going back upstairs.

"Mush, wait up!" Media sprinted after him.

"Welcome to the Conlon house." I told Jack.

"Wow and I thought my family drama was bad." He laughed.

"It gets worse."

"All right you guys had better go." Dodger said hugging Blink goodbye.

"Will I see you latah?" Blink asked.

"ShHHHHH" Dodger hissed.

"Maybe we should give them a moment alone." I said sneaking out into the hallway.

"So, it's been an interahstin weekend." Jack said trying to make conversation.

"Indeed it has." I said as I zoned out in my own little world.

"Somethin was missin though" Jack mumbled.

"What was missing?"

"Uh, a date." He said smiling.

"Aah yes. That is true."

"So anyway, do ya wanna make up for it sometime?"

"Yeah, ummm" I was saying when Blink came out of the door.

"Oh, am I interuptin?" he asked smirking.

"No, Jack and I were just talking." I answered.

"Uh, I'll call ya Angel." Jack said.

"Night boys!" I said heading upstairs.

"Night Angel." Blink and Jack called as they exited our house.

"Angel, pst, Angel." I heard a voice.

"God is that you?" I joked.

"No you idiot it's me Dodger."

"Dodger, don't you think I know that God sounds nothing like you?" I smirked.

"Whatever, listen, I'm sneaking out in a couple of hours, and I'm taking you with me."

"Why???!!!!" I moaned, I really didn't want to show up at Blink's house in the middle of the night being drug by my sister.

"They have soup!"

"Soup?!" I asked soup was my weakness. "Oh all right fine!" I conceded.

"Thank you Angel, you're a life saver."

"Yeah yeah, just make sure to wear something dark! So that no one will see you!" I said.

"Right dark clothes." She said.

"Oy what am I going to do with you?" I asked walking to my room.

The two hours before we left I spent getting a little bit of sleep before dressing to sneak out. I'm gonna be grounded til I'm thirty! I thought to myself, because I was already in trouble for letting Spades spend the night with Skittery, but now I was sneaking out. I quickly wrote a note that I hoped my mom would believe.

Mom,

Riley and I left early this morning to go to the gym because she has to get Aerobics Points for school. We'll be back later!

Love, Angelica and Riley.

I made sure to put workout clothes in my bag so it would be a bit more believable and crept to Dodger's room.

"Dodger, open the door!" I hissed. The door opened to reveal my sister in dark clothes with a bag slung over one shoulder.

"Are you ready?" She whispered.

"Yeah, grab some workout clothes, I left a note for mom that said we were working out."

"Good idea." She said grabbing some sweats and stuffing them in her bag.

"Ok, if we're gonna do this, let's get it over with because if mom and dad find us, we're dead!" I said.

"Ok stop being overdramatic!" she said rolling her eyes.

"Who's being overdramatic, it's the truth!" I said following her downstairs. We looked around all was quiet around the house. We silently slid across the rooms and outside, now the hard part was over. We were walking more casually, silent but casually. We were maneuvering between the cars when the headlights to our dad's truck flicked on. We stopped dead in our tracks, frozen like deer in well headlights.

"Get outta da way!" we heard Spot hiss.

"Spot is that you?" I sighed with relief.

"Yeah, what ah da two a ya doin out heah?" he asked.

"She's visiting her boyfriend and dragging me along." I explained.

"Ya don't seem ta be complainin much." He said.

"Now is not the time Spot! And turn those headlights off, do you want to wake up mom and dad?" I said.

"No," he said turning them off.

"Always wait until your down the street before you turn them on." Dodger said.

"Where are you going?" I asked him.

"Uh, Ace's house." He said turning on the engine.

"You wanna give us a lift to Blink's?" Dodger asked.

"Not particularly, but if you don't say anything to mom and Dad then I will." He said.

"What if we decide to tell them anyway?" I asked playfully.

"Then I'll tell on you."

"Two against one Spot, you'll never win!" I giggled.

"Yeah but I wasn't da one getting yelled at by dad eahliah, Dodgah!" He said.

"Chill Spot I was kidding." I said climbing into the cab.

"I knew dat."

"So what's your story as to why you won't be there in the morning?" I asked once we were on our way.

"I will, I'll be back by 4:30." Spot said smirking.

"Ok well, just for the record, we won't and we went to the gym okay?" I said.

"Yeah fine, and da story as ta why ya ain't in ya cah?"

"Media went with us." Dodger said.

A short time later we were standing in front of Blink's house.

"Come on Angel." Dodger said pulling my arm.

"Are you sure they know we're coming?" I asked looking at the dark windows.

"Yeah, well at least Blink knows, I don't know if he told Jack." She said as we approached the door. Dodger slowly turned the knob and stepped inside. We walked inside and stepped off into the living room. Suddenly something soft and fluffy hit my head and set off a chain reaction into Dodger's head.

"OW!" I croaked, my voice still gone.

"Uh, Blink I tink dat da goils ah heah." Jack said from somewhere to my right.

"Ya think genius!" I said holding my head.

"Yep dat's Angel!" Blink said from my left.

"What were you two doing?" Dodger asked as Jack flicked on some lights.

"We were playing a game." Blink said.

"A game, in the dark? What was it, hit your guests in the head with a pillow?" I asked still holding my head.

"Yep dat's da one." Jack said, coming within range of my arm, which I slammed into his stomach.

"Ow what was dat foh?" he asked bending over.

"For hitting me in the head with a pillow!" I said. "You know that things are attracted to my head!"

"So why are we here again Dodge?" I asked.

"I don't know Blink told me to come, so I came." She said.

"It's a surprise." Blink said smiling.

"Yeah but we gotta go get da supplies." Jack said agreeing with Blink.

"So what are we supposed to do while you two are getting 'supplies'?" I asked.

"Um find a bed and sleep." Blink said.

"Whatever!" I said, heading to the couch.

"Angel ya can use mine if ya want." Jack said smirking.

"The couch is just as comfortable." I said as he and Blink left.

"I'm not sleepy." Dodger said.

"Then amuse yourself." I said crashing.

Next thing I knew I was being shaken awake by Jack telling me to get up.

"This had better be worth it!" I yawned.

"It is come on." He said dragging me outside. We all piled into Blink's car and drove to a park outside of town where there were no skyscrapers to block the horizon.

"I risked grounding for this?" I rasped.

"Just sit down on the blanket Angel." Jack said pointing to a blanket situated by a large oak tree. On one end of the blanket there was a wicker picnic basket and on the other a set of blankets due to the fact that it was winter and let's face it, it was cold. I sat down next to the tree as Jack sat on one side and Blink sat on the other followed by Dodger sitting next to Blink and cuddling into his arms. We passed around some doughnuts and hot cocoa that were in the basket.

"Again, what was the point of this?" I asked.

"Da sun." Blink said as it slowly started to rise.

"OOOOOOhhhhh pretty." I said mesmerized by the glowing orb climbing into the sky, setting it on fire.

We sat there until it had fully risen and packed up the car.

"So what exactly is ya story foh getting out?" Blink asked.

"Uh working out." Dodger answered sleepily.

"Who dropped ya off?" Jack asked.

"Spot ironically." I answered.

"So are we just supposed to drop you off at your house?" Blink asked.

"No, we'll call Media and get her to." I said, "Since we're supposed to be with her."

We drove back to the boys' house where Dodger fell asleep and I called Media to come and get us.

"Hello?" Media answered.

"Hey Media, um I have a small favor to ask you." I started.

"Oh let me guess you need a ride." She said.

"Yeah, how did you know?" I asked thoroughly confused.

"Because Acorn, I'm in your house. Remember you told me to grab that thing for you." She said.

"Crap! By the way me and Dodger are supposed to be with you working out!" I laughed nervously.

"Hold on a sec, let me go outside where I can hear you better." She said.

"Ok."

"I could hear you fine, I just didn't want Uncle Nate to hear me."

"Thank you!"

"Ok get this, I came in this morning, and your mom asked me where you and Dodger were because we were supposed to be working out. And due to the fact that it's morning, I had no idea what she was talking about. But Spot was there and clued me in so I told them that I dropped you off at a restaurant because you wanted to eat."

"You're a lifesaver you know that right." I said.

"Yes and so now I'm picking up that thing for you."

"Ok, we're at Blink's. Can you come and get us please?"

"Yeah, I'll be there as soon as I can but you know how your mom is, once she has you in the kitchen you don't get out easily."

"Thank you Media!"

"You're welcome."

"I'll talk to you later, ok?"

"Ok, Bye"

"Bye." I said hanging up the phone. "I am in such deep crap!" I said slumping to the floor.

"Then may I suggest ya get up!" Jack answered walking into the room.

"I didn't mean literally." I said looking up at him.

"I know, I'se just messing with ya." He smiled.

Blink, Jack and I then played Scene It as Dodger slept. Media later arrived buzzed off of her cappuccino.

"Aww, she's sleeping." Media said as she walked in the door.

"Yeah and snoring" I said.

"That's funny. Come on, we'd better get you two home."

"All right, bye guys." I said as Media woke up Dodger.

"See you all later." Media said leading Dodger and me to the car.

"Bye goils!" Blink and Jack said as we left.

"That was one interesting weekend." I said as we got into Media's car and headed for home.