Missy ate happily. Annie giggled happily.
"Would the madame like us to join her?" Goldie changed the subject in her mind and brought on conversation with her new friends.
Missy offered the two some. Annie took one smiling.
Goldie had one as well and she was very impressed with how fluffy the pancakes were and smiled, moaning, her mouth very happy and satisfied. "Wow, I don't know what's better, eating or how they look!" she licked her lips, feeling like she had been tasting Heaven's clouds.
Missy smiled.
Warbucks came in to see the girls. "Oh, you started without me..." he said softly, but not mad, just friendly joking as they ate their fluffy pancakes.
Missy nearly jumped out of her skin as Mr. Warbucks came in.
"Oh, I'm sorry, didn't mean to scare ya, Missy." Warbucks told the oldest girl apologetically.
Missy took some deep breaths and rested her hands on her stomach. "I-It's okay, Mr. Warbucks..." she breathes.
"Daddy Warbucks!" Annie exclaims and hugged him.
"Annie!" Warbucks beamed and hugged the top of Annie's bushy head. "
Goldie blinked. That was the most emotion in Oliver Warbucks's voice she had ever heard, even after he happily adopted them into his mansion.
"Did ya sleep good, Daddy?" Annie asks him.
Missy watched both happy and sad.
"Very good, thank you, did you sleep well?" Oliver asked the two girls.
"Marvelous," Goldie smiled. "I dreamed about having Christmas together as a real family..."
Annie gasped and grinned. "Can we do that, Daddy?" She asks.
Missy put her plate down and looked at the counter.
"Sure, in December." Warbucks told the little girl, understanding her excitement for the greatest holiday ever.
Annie grinned "Yay!" She says happily.
Goldie looked to the brown-haired girl. "Are you alright, Missy?"
Missy merely nodded. She was happy for Annie, but sad.
"Just don't get spoiled now when it comes to presents." Warbucks added, sharply, but not really scolding any of the girls.
Annie nodded. "I know, Daddy." she says.
"I'll just be glad to get one," Goldie said back. "I never got to celebrate a real Christmas growin' up."
Missy looked at Goldie and her motherly instincts kicked in and she drew the girl into a hug.
"Aww... Come 'ere..." Goldie enjoyed their hug. It felt rather motherly than only friendly.
Missy soothed the girl like a real mother.
"That's a good girl." Warbucks smiled fondly, he really grew attached to Annie like she were his own daughter. This really came so when they were all tricked about Annie's 'parents' coming to pick her up and he just started to like her, thankfully he earned her back, especially Goldie.
Annie hugged him. Warbucks patted Annie on the head and smiled as he saw Goldie and Missy.
"You're a great friend," Goldie smiled as they broke out of the hug. "Annie's lucky to have a sister like ya."
Missy smiled softly. "Thanks." she says.
Annie looked over. "Daddy, why does Missy got a bigger stomach now?" She whispers.
"Annie, now we don't pay attention to things like-" Warbucks looked at Missy, then his eyes widened. "Leaping Lizards!" he saw her stomach.
Goldie blinked. It was odd for someone else to say Annie's catchphrase, especially a man like Oliver Warbucks. Missy looked at them with a look like a deer caught in a headlight. She turned and headed out the back way of the kitchen. Annie looked confused.
"Guys..." Goldie sighed about them making a fuss over Missy's belly.
"I-I'm sorry, dears... That must have been so rude of me..." Warbucks said, apologetically and softly, hoping the girl wouldn't think differently of him or take it personally.
Missy had already fled. Annie looked sad.
"Oh, honey..." Goldie frowned as Missy was gone.
"Missy?" Grace caught the girl in the corner of her eye.
Lily smiled sickly sweet. "Hiya, Roost... I came ta ask ya something." she says in her too high-pitched voice.
"Yes, Lily?" Rooster asked, resisting the urge to cover his ears while talking to her.
"Will ya please take me back?! I'll even forgive ya for what ya did to that other woman." she begs, sounding overly desperate and whiny.
Rooster was now visibly twitching and groaning, but tried to hide it. "I don't know, Lils... I might be too much for ya to handle."
"Aww, come on!" Lily whines.
"I will... If ya get me outta this hell hole." Rooster smirked charmingly.
Lily nodded. "Okay, Roost." she says, not knowing of the fact he was probably just using her again.
"That's a good girl," Rooster chuckled a bit. "Bail is $100."
Lily winced at the amount. "I'll have ya out before this time tomorrow." she promises though.
"Done." Rooster gave a nod.
Lily nodded and got up to kiss him before she would leave. Rooster sighed and stood up with her, to allow her to kiss him. For some reason, he just wasn't interested in Lily as much as he used to be. Maybe he fell in love with her money and bribed her with his charm and rugged good looks, plus a mother figure to get Goldie to shut up around him more. Lily kissed him and left.
Rooster waved to her and folded his arms. "Better have 100 bucks or I'm tyin' you up to room service cheap." he muttered to himself.
Lily was gonna get him out, but she wondered if he really wanted her.
"Time!" a guard said, grabbing Rooster and putting him back in the cell.
"Coulda made me stay with my sis, that'd be punishment enough..." the bad man muttered, then sat back on his dull, not very comfortable bed.
The guards were different now and were further away.
"Hey, Rooster..." a fellow inmate calls through the bars.
"Huh?" Rooster lifted his head and looked around. "Who's there?"
"Stevie Gree." the inmate says.
"Whatya want?" Rooster asked, rather sharply.
'Stevie Gree' chuckled darkly. "News travels fast and I hear your gettin' out... You gonna seek revenge or somethin'?" He asks.
"You could say that... I'm tougher than I look..." Rooster said back.
Stevie chuckled a coughing laugh. "If I ever get out I'm gonna torture the person who put me here by taking something they love." he evilly mutters, though it was clear to Rooster.
"Yeah?" Rooster grinned, rather darkly.
"Yeah... Make the person pay by keeping the thing he loves away from him..." Stevie chuckles darkly.
Rooster chuckled too. "Sounds perfect, but I'm not sure how I'd do it..."
"Just think of what the person you're after loves and then grab it and keep it away from them... Never letting them see the thing again..." he says, referring actually to a person or animal, though mostly a human.
"I dunno if ya heard, but that Warbucks bloke stole my daughter." Rooster sounded touchy about personal attachments.
"Huh, I wouldn't stand for that either..." Stevie tells him.
"I never even meant to hurt my little girl..." Rooster sounded soft for a change.
"Then take her back, you'll be a free man again when you get out." Stevie says. However, he went quiet until the next day.
"Nice meetin' ya, Stevie." Rooster nodded, then went back to get some mind-numbing rest.
Missy went back to her room to get some shoes. Goldie saw how upset Annie looked and gently stroked the girl's hair to soothe her.
Annie hugged Goldie. "Did I say something bad?" She asks.
"Oh, honey, it's not your fault..." Goldie cooed, still stroking her hair.
Sandy fell asleep, so he didn't see Missy get out.
Annie sighed. "Why won't anyone explain why her stomach is so big..." she mumbles.
Goldie thought of things she knew about being a young woman and remembered being told about bloating. She assumed it might have been that. Annie shrugged.
"Let me assure ya, it wasn't your fault." Goldie told the girl.
"It's no one's fault... We just weren't thinking..." Warbucks said softly.
Annie nodded. Missy got her shoes on and grabbed a coat. She was going to go out for a walk. Sandy fell asleep, so he didn't see Missy get out. Missy kept an eye out, she didn't want to be caught. Punjab was out and tending to some of the gardens while some of the maids were catering to some lawn work with some butlers.
Missy managed to sneak passed and out. Missy looked at the scenery as she walked. One of the maids backed up and noticed Missy. She waved at the girl before going back to work. Goldie stared out the window, but didn't see Missy. Missy managed to sneak out unnoticed by anyone else other than the guard. Missy had ended up at Miss Hannigan's and actually got to talk with the woman. She called to let everyone know where she was but ended up sleeping over due to getting tired from the walking she did.
Agatha allowed Missy to stay in her bed for now. She checked on Missy and decided to check on the little girls staying with her. "Alright, ya little munchkins, we have a visitor, so for the sake of her rest and my hangover, y'all better play quietly or you'll scrub toilets after dinner." she told her orphans.
"But, Miss Hannigan, we already scrubbed the toilets after breakfast!" Molly cried next to the tough girl, Pepper.
Pepper nodded and crossed her arms.
"Aww... Count your blessings I don't leave ya out on the street," Agatha nearly snorted. "Just be quiet now, okay? I think Missy has had a hard time... I'd offer her a drink, but I think I could go to jail for that... Always cheers me up..." she walked off to take care of some personal time.
Molly sighed, but went to find an old doll to play quietly. "Come on, Giselle... Let's get you ready for the ball!" she had invented a new game in her mind already and went along with it, hoping it wouldn't bother their visitor.
Pepper snorted. "Wish I could kick her in the pants..." she says quietly.
"Annie's so lucky to get adopted and be rich..." Duffy sighed.
"I miss her a lot, but we can visit sometimes, she promised." Molly shrugged, still playing with her doll.
"Miss Hannigan would never let us..." Pepper callously says.
"Maybe Goldie can talk her into doing it." Molly suggested.
"Oh, we might get in worse trouble than before..." Tessie feared the worst. "Oh, my goodness..."
Pepper looked at Tessie "what?" She asks, scowling.
"She might really send us out on the street!" Tessie was anxious about that possibility.
Pepper scoffed. "And she'd get arrested for it..." she says. "Anyhow, did anyone actually see Missy?" She asks.
"I did, she's got brown hair and her dress is a little raggy, she also has a big belly." July answered.
Pepper raised an eyebrow. "Wonder who the daddy is." she says simply.
"Daddy?" Molly looked up to Pepper. "What do ya mean?"
"Missy's having a baby?" Duffy added in surprise.
"Oh, my goodness!" Tessie whimpered.
Pepper shrugged. "Missy never got fat, remember?" she says.
"It might be a baby..." Duffy also shrugged.
"Annie's gonna be an auntie, so exciting!" Molly beamed, being the youngest and not sensing any problem about Missy being alone and having a child.
Pepper gave Molly a strange look.
Molly felt the bully orphan's hateful gaze and looked back at her. "What?"
It wasn't a mean look but it was as though she couldn't understand Molly's thinking. "She ain't married." she says.
"Oh..." Molly now saw the problem.
"Just don't say nuthin' to her if she comes by." July advised to the other girls.
Pepper shrugged.
"Let's just play." Kate said to the others.
"We almost never get to play." Molly agreed.
Pepper scoffed.