Hiram's Lady

Arden and Hunter were gone for the day and Olivia was pretty much alone. She was in the living room sitting on a couch reading her favorite story. Basil and Dawson were there babysitting her.
"When do you think Hiram will be back?" asked Dr. Dawson.
"I don't know. Arden and Hunter are gone also," replied Olivia.
"Well, I hope he comes back soon. I have an appointment at 3 and I can not be late," returned Basil. Hiram came in to with the brightest intentions. He had a big toothy grin that stretched from ear to ear.
"Hello everyone!" he exclaimed. Everyone was staring at him filled with confusion.
"Hiram is everything alright?" asked Dr. Dawson. Hiram looked at him.
"Everything is marvelous!" exclaimed Hiram. He went up to his room skipping and singing La-la.
"Let's go see what's going on," suggested Olivia.
"No way I don't skip! And I definitely do NOT La-la!" replied Basil folding his arms and looking away. Dr. Dawson looked at him.
"Come on, Basil. Let's just follow him," returned Dr. Dawson. Olivia, Dr. Dawson, and (a few minutes later) Basil followed Hiram to his room. The door was closed and Olivia, Dr. Dawson, and Basil stopped in their path. Olivia looked at her two adult friends.
"Boys…...we're going in," announced Olivia. She grabbed the door knob and started jiggling it around. She looked back at Dr. Dawson and Basil.
"No we're not. It's locked," she said. Hiram came out of his room and Olivia, Basil, and Dr. Dawson immediately scurried away. Hiram frowned. He went back to his room. He went to his bed and sat on it. "Why am I feeling as though Olivia and I are drifting apart? We've been together ever since my wife…well…now that this wonderful thing has happened I……wait a minute! That's it! Now that this wonderful thing has happened, I think I should start being a fun parent, so that Olivia and I would be brought closer together. I'll start tomorrow. If my plan doesn't work, well……back to the drawing board," thought Hiram. A few minutes later, Arden came home and Basil and Dawson left.
"Hey guys, my date with Hunter was a big success. First he started telling me about what Daren said to Nathan yesterday and I was all "Oh no he didn't" and Hunter was all "yes he did" and I was all "Nuh-uh" and he was all "Uh-huh" and everything!" she exclaimed. Olivia was just staring at her feeling confused.
"O……kay," she replied. Olivia looked around.
"What is it?" asked Arden.
"Father came home being quite weirder than usual," replied Olivia. Arden made an even more confusing look.
"What? You know what, that's not like him," returned Arden.
"I know. He came home with a disturbing grin. He went to his room skipping and singing La-la," replied Olivia. Arden leaned back feeling discouraged.
"Okay now that is strange," returned Arden.
"Tell me about it," replied Olivia. Hiram came out skipping again. He wrapped his arms around her daughter and adopted daughter and giggled.
"Okay you really need to back off of me," squeaked Arden. Hiram let them go and skipped away.
"Can you believe it?" he asked.
"I'm as giddy as a rat! I'm as bright as an angel! Woo!" exclaimed Hiram. Hiram was gone by the time his voice faded away. Arden and Olivia gazed at the strange performance their father just made. There had looks on their faces that looked like nothing you would've thought existed.
"What is going on?" asked Arden. Olivia glanced at Arden and shrugged.

The next day, Hunter came by to ask Arden if she'd like to go on another date with him. When he got there, he opened the door and saw nothing but a messy floor.
"What the heck!" he asked feeling puzzled. He found Hiram messing around in a trunk.
"Mr. Flaversham?" he asked. Hiram turned and Hunter gasped in shock.
"Eh…what's on your face?" asked Hunter feeling disgusted. There was powder and dirtiness on his face.
"Hey Hunter!" he exclaimed. He wrapped his arms around Hunter and lifted him into the air.
"MR. F!" yelled Hunter. Olivia and Arden came and they were in complete shock.
"Oh my gosh!" yelled Olivia. Hiram looked directly at them.
"Arden and Olivia!" he exclaimed. He dropped Hunter and came toward them.
"Hello my sweets, want to go out and do something fun?" he asked.
"We have homework due for school," replied Arden.
"Ah……forget that junk! I hope you have your sugar streak 'cause I'm thinking sugar for dinner! C'mon let's go roller blades and go skating!" exclaimed Hiram. He came behind the two girls and he tried to lure them to the door.
"Uh……who are you and what does Professor Ratigan want with him this time?" asked Olivia. Hiram smiled.
"Oh you're such a silly girl! Come on," replied Hiram. He, Olivia, and Arden went out the door leaving Hunter behind. He fainted.
Later, Hiram, Olivia, and Arden come home.
"I told not to do it and now look what happened!" complained Arden.
"Well it isn't my fault!" exclaimed Olivia. Arden kept walking until she saw Hunter on the ground. She went down to him and tapped on his shoulder. Hunter's eyes opened and rose his head up and kissed Arden. Arden immediately got up and glared at him then smiled. She helped him up. Hiram came by them.
"Aww…a little boy-girl scene is always so cute. You know, this is a beautiful moment and……OWWW!" he said rubbing his head.
"I need an ice pack," he said weakly clutching his head. Olivia ran up to him and turned him around with great force.
"Why are you acting like this?" she asked. Hiram bowed his head with his hand still on his head.
"I'll tell you. I met a girl friend," confessed Hiram. Arden and Hunter smiled.
"HIRAM AND GIRL FRIEND SITTIN' IN A TREE; K-I-S-S-I-N-G," they taunted. Hiram and Olivia glared.
"Stop, it's not like that," exclaimed Olivia.
"Yeah……right," replied Arden still giggling. The door suddenly knocked. Hiram answered it and in came a beautiful mouse with very light tan fur with long black silky hair. She wore a lavender colored dress. She also had blue eyes.
"Hello Hiram," she greeted. Hiram went speechless and just stared. He waved.
"Hi, Ileana" he muttered.
"Don't forget about our date tonight," she said in a sweet voice.
"Oh…right," replied Hiram. Arden, Olivia, and Hunter just stood there feeling quite confused. Hiram and Ileana walked in to another room hand-in-hand. When they were finally out of their sight, the three children sat down and started to discuss.
"Okay now that lady was hot," said Hunter.
"I know. That's what makes her so suspicious," replied Olivia.
"Why do you say that?" asked Arden.
"Father has never acted like this before. I think this is awkward," replied Olivia. Arden started thinking clearly.
"You have a good point," returned Arden.
That night, Arden, Olivia, and Hunter were sitting on the couch in the living room and Hiram came out dancing and humming a little tune. He stopped dancing and Arden walked up to him.
"Pretty good," said Arden.
"You think so," asked Hiram. Arden nodded "yes".
"But Hiram's nothing with out his woman," said a voice. Ileana came out in a beautiful fire red colored dress. She came dancing toward him and she and Hiram started dancing.
"So, what do you think?" asked Ileana.
"Ileana, you look hot," replied Hunter.
"I got a "hot". You got a "pretty good"," returned Ileana. Hiram moved towards her.
"That's because they didn't see me do this," replied Hiram twirling her around and holding on to her as Ileana leaned back.
"Now that's hot," he said.
"No that's hurting me," replied Ileana trying to lean back forward. Hiram helped her back up. Basil and Dawson came in to the front door.
"Oh Basil and Dawson, thank you so much for coming to baby sit again," thanked Hiram.
"No problem…" replied Basil. Dr. Dawson tapped on his shoulder.
"I thought you hated babysitting them," whispered Dr. Dawson.
"Dawson, work with me," whispered Basil. Hiram took Ileana's hand and the two left. Right when Hiram closed the door, Arden grabbed Basil's collar that sat on his shirt. Arden looked very crazy.
"Arden, are you alright?" asked Dr. Dawson.
"Heck no," replied Arden.
"What's your problem?" asked Basil feeling nervous.
"All day Father's been acting like a maniac! He rode on roller blades, he almost got hurt when he did bungee jumping, we can't take it any more!" yelled Arden pulling Basil nearer to her. Basil stuttered in fright. Arden pushed him away.
"Well maybe he's like this and now that we've found why Hiram is acting like this, he'll stop," replied Dr. Dawson. Arden's eyes widened.
"Well maybe he's like this and now that we've found why Hiram is acting like this, he'll stop," returned Arden. Dawson looked at her.
"I'm such a genius," exclaimed Arden. Arden skipped away.
"Now that was strange," replied Dr. Dawson.
"Indeed……" returned Basil. Dr. Dawson smiled at his colleague. He thought he understood.
"……today has been nothing but skipping and La-la. What's up with that?" asked Basil. Dr. Dawson slapped his own face at the reply Basil just gave. Hunter and Olivia just stared at them with utter confusion.

When Hiram came home, the house was completely silent. He looked around. There was no one in sight. He smiled.
"I GOT A GIRL FRIEND!" he yelled. Suddenly, Arden and Hunter hopped out of there hiding place.
"HIRAM AND ILEANA SITTIN' IN A TREE; K-I-S-S-I-N-G," they taunted. Hiram folded his arms and walked away with his nose in the air. Arden and Hunter just laughed their heads off.