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Teddy got up at 6am, grabbed a cup of coffee and was headed out the door when Helen woke up, "Morning, ma. There's coffee in the kitchen."

"You're off early?" Helen got a cup of coffee and sat down.

"I have a lot of work to do and only three days to do it in. What time do you think you'll be home from work?"

"Probably at the regular time."

"Supper will be ready when you get home. Love you, ma." She kissed her mother's cheek.

"You too."

A few hours later Jimmy and Joey walked into the Firecracker. Music was blaring out of a boom box sitting on the bar.

All Joey saw was a woman bent over in cut-off jeans, "Damn, nice ass."

"Thanks Joey, I work hard on it." Teddy stood up and smiled at him.

Jimmy smacked him in the back of the head, "What did I tell you about that?"

"How was I supposed to know it was Teddy?"

Teddy jumped up to sit down on the pool table and looked at Joey confused, "Who else but us Donnellys would have a key to the bar?"

Jimmy just looked at Joey as if to say, if someone else has a key you had better tell me.

Joey shrugged, "Maybe one of Sean's floozies was let in and waiting for him."

Teddy jumped down to the floor, "Yea Jimmy, didn't you know all of Sean's women come in her and clean up after all of you." She laughed.

Jimmy laughed and looked at what Teddy was wearing, "What the hell do you have on?"

She looked down at herself, "My sneakers, your socks, my shorts and my underwear and bra, Sean's tank top and," She pointed to one of the chairs, "Over there is one of Kevin's long sleeve shirts."

Jimmy shook his head and chuckled, "At least your wearing you own underwear."

"I have to wash yours, why would I want to wear them?"

"I don't know, but I wouldn't put anything past you, little sister."

Teddy shrugged, "Whatever. Do you know that you have a cracked window?"

Jimmy nodded and grabbed a beer, "Someone put their head into it."

Teddy ran her hand over the bar, "The bar needs to be sanded and re-stained. It has years of bottle rings on it, I told you that you should get coasters."

Jimmy nodded, "I know, but all that stuff costs money and I don't have it right now."

"I know, but if I can get my hands on the stuff you need can I do it?"

"You can do what you want, but if I find out that you steal anything…"

Teddy cut him off, "Like you've never done it, right Jimmy?"

"You don't worry about the things I've done. You just remember to do as I say, not as I do."

Teddy put her arm around his shoulder and pouted out her bottom lip, "I have been working so hard and I'm so thirsty. Could I maybe have a sip of your beer?"

Jimmy looked at her and smiled, "The lip used to work when you were little, but now you're older."

She laid her head on his shoulder and tried to push her lip out further, "But I'm still your baby sister and I'm still cute as a button, please Jimmy."

Jimmy looked at her face and couldn't help laughing, "Ok, but just a sip."

She picked up his beer and took a sip. She put the beer back on the bar and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

Joey stuck his tongue out, "That is real lady-like."

Teddy was grabbing the boom box off the bar when she turned to Joey, "I never claimed that I was a lady. Plus, if you don't like it you don't have to look so hard all the time."

Joey was dumbfounded. He thought of a couple of comebacks, but with Jimmy sitting right next to him he didn't dare say them.

Teddy grabbed her chest, "Jimmy, mark the calendar, Joey's speechless."

"Only because he knows better." Jimmy gave her a look and Teddy knew it meant you should know better too.

"Whatever, I need to get back to cleaning. It's not like you are going to do it." Teddy headed down to the basement and they heard the music from her radio blaring downstairs.

"I don't know what we're going to do about her."

Joey looked at him, "You always say that she's a Donnelly, so what can you do?"

Jimmy shrugged and grabbed another beer.

Tommy and Kevin came in. Tommy looked at Jimmy, "I can hear Teddy is here."

"Downstairs."

"Is she getting any cleaning done or is she fooling around?"

Jimmy shrugged, but as if on cue, they all heard a crash at the top of the stairs. They looked and saw old bar stools and boxes being thrown up.

Teddy followed them up, lifting a couple of the chairs and carrying them outside to the dumpster. She came back in grumbling, "Can't throw anything out. Wait until I get in trouble. Teddy, clean the bar. If they think I'm cleaning the men's room without proper protection they all need to get their heads examined."

She made two more trips to the dumpster and she was done.

Teddy stopped to catch her breath when she saw Tommy and Kevin. She walked over to them looking at Tommy, "Can I go get something quick for lunch?"

He nodded, "If you put something on."

"I don't see why, Joey seemed to like what he saw." She smiled at Joey, pulling on the shirt she had borrowed from Kevin, and left.

"Thanks Teddy."

As Teddy left Tommy looked at Joey, "What is she talking about?"

Jimmy told him what Joey had said earlier. Tommy gave Joey the look he gave to anyone who pissed him off.

Joey stood up, "I'll catch you guys later."

Tommy looked at Jimmy with concern in his eyes, "So how is she doing?"

Jimmy looked up from his beer, "She doin' fine, it's like nothing was said."

"Good." Tommy nodded.

An hour later Teddy came in with paint cans and a bag of stuff from the hardware store, "You all need to leave so I can get to work."

Jimmy stood up, "Where did you get the paint?"

"I didn't steal it if that's what you think. I have a receipt for it." She put the cans down and pulled a paper out of her back pocket, "Do you want to see it?"

Jimmy waved his hand, "No, I believe you, put it away."

She looked at Tommy, "Do you want to see it?"

Tommy shook his head.

She put the paper away, "How come you're not leaving?"

"I can't close the bar."

Teddy looked around, "Oh yea, there are so many people here how will we get them all out." She smiled at Jimmy.

"Ok we're going, but I want to open tomorrow night."

"Fine, get out. By the way, if you could turn the oven on at 4 supper will be ready when mom gets home."

They all nodded and began leaving, but Tommy turned around, "If it started getting dark lock the door, got it? You will also call one of us to walk you home."

She gave him a mock salute, "Aye! Aye!"

On the way home, Jimmy looked at Tommy, "Where did she get the money to buy all that paint?"

Kevin spoke up, "She tutors kids at school."

"What?" Tommy and Jimmy said in unison.

"Do either of you ever listen to what Teddy says? She started tutoring kids at school about two months ago, she makes like 10 or 20 bucks an hour."

"Wow, big bucks. What does she do with all that money?" Tommy asked.

Kevin shrugged, "I don't know, it's none of my business."

"It's good to know she can think and do things on her own. She's growing up fellas, soon the fun will begin." Tommy replied.

Jimmy and Kevin both nodded in agreement with Tommy.