Barbie Boy Chapter 6: Shuckle Up!

A/N: I had to rewrite this chapter 3 times because the first few were tries were total shit. Also. Shuckle up is what I used to say when I was their age, as opposed to shut up. This predates the creation of the pokemon named Shuckle FYI.

Profanities have increased this chapter, oh my! I don't know why, but it feels awfully dirty writing swearwords into this fic XD

Halle Lidner was not in the living room when Mrs. Jeevas slapped Mrs. Keehl. If she had been there, she'd have tried to break Gina's knee-caps for messing with her little sister. Instead, she had gone to the bathroom and as an afterthought wanted to check in on her niece and nephew. She wasn't so keen on that Jeevas woman and was wary about her sister's children playing with the Jeevas kid. Knocking on Mello's door gave no response so she rap-tapped her knuckles a few times on Misa's. The little blonde was setting herself up in a Hawaiian grass skirt and trying to pin a flower in her hair.

"Misa, why are you all alone?"

"Oh hi Auntie Halle! I just came in here to fix my costume. We're playing dress up in the play room. Come play with us!"

The woman followed the child into the playroom across the hall. Misa stiffened the moment she stepped into the room. She slapped her hands to her mouth.

"Misa, what's…wrong?"

Halle gasped immediately at the sight within the room. That…that redheaded thing was touching Mello, no was molesting him.

She wasted no time in rushing towards the boys and screaming at the Jeevas kid, "What the hell do you think you're doing? Get away from him! And you!" She screamed at Mello next, "Put your clothes on this instant."

Matt shrunk away from the blonde woman who tried to snatch him up in her grasp. She was scaring him and he didn't know why she was yelling like that. Had he done something wrong? Whatever the reason for her anger, she was making Mello crouch in the corner and cry.

"Explain yourselves!" she demanded.

"We weren't doing anything," sniffed Mello as Misa helped him pull his shirt back on.

"Mello, did you let him touch you," the woman gestured wildly towards her own private parts before whispering, "down there?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't lie to me, I saw everything! I'm taking you to your parents right now. And you!" she rounded on Matt, "are a sick, disgusting little fuck."

Matt didn't know what those words meant, not really, but the way she said them made him cry. He couldn't help it and just sat on the floor and let the tears come. The blonde woman was so mean to them. He hadn't done anything wrong! He hadn't! He hadn't! She didn't have to pinch his arm like that! She didn't have to pull him roughly and give him dirty looks!

Mello was both scared and hurt. Auntie Halle would tattle on them and he would get in trouble…maybe his mother wouldn't even let him play with Matt anymore. He didn't want that to happen! The blond boy decided that he wouldn't let her take his friend away. Mello lunged at his aunt, kicking and screaming and repeating the profanities she'd said to the Jeevas boy.

In the main living room of the house, the mothers of those children were fighting in a most shameless fashion. It was an all out brawl over the Keehls' coffee table. Gina and Leanne were screaming and clutching at each other's throats, all senses of decorum lost. It wasn't until two strong sets of hands pried the women apart that any of the other guests dared breathe aloud. The commotion had drawn two spectators from the kitchen, who after setting their beers down, apprehended the women. Who else would touch the sparring women other than their husbands?

It was Mr. Keehl who spoke first, clutching his wife who could barely contain the feral gleam in her eyes. "Whoa, whoa, now just what is going on here, Leanne?"

"Let me go Asisclo!" growled Gina as she struggled in her husband's grasp.

"Get out of my house!" screamed Mrs. Keehl as she collapsed on one of the couches.

Leanne Keehl forgot the pain in her jaw, ignored the blood that trickled from the split in her lip…she merely glared at the Jeevas couple in front of her, the wild red curls of the woman and the ebony skin of her husband seemed so out of place in her house. On top of everything the Jeevas woman didn't even have a scratch on her! What a fucking gorilla, Leanne thought. She glanced around at her guests who were all shifting uncomfortably in their places.

"Well?" Asisclo turned to his wife, "What happened here?"

"She insulted us and I hit her. Then the bitch and I got into it. What the fuck does it look like?"

The cause could have been Leanne's initial racist outburst, or the fight that ensued, or the entrance of a black man in the house… whatever the reason, the tension surmounted to stunned silence.

"I…I think it's pretty clear what happened here," sighed Mr. Jeevas, the pain in his tone apparent. "We're obviously not welcome and it's about time we left, wouldn't you agree, Gina?"

He squeezed his wife's shoulder and she hung her head in annoyance. These people…these people were not and would never be her friends. She didn't really give a fuck…her family didn't need any of them. The only one who'd truly be disappointed would be Matt. He had been so excited about his new friend.

But kids get over these things quickly, right?

"Umn…I think it's time we all left," suggested one of the other guests.

"No need to make even more of a fuss on our behalf," the redheaded woman wanted to keep her dignity intact. "We'll just collect our son be out of your hair now."

The other ladies gave their excuses of how late it was getting or how their own families needed tending to. One by one, they stood, quickly, and hurriedly said their goodbyes. Leanne huffed and made to lock the door after her guests when the sounds of her sister cussing sent her right back into the living room. Halle trudged into the room holding the two struggling boys in front of her.

"Don't touch my child!" shrieked Gina as she rushed forward to pull her boy away from the blonde bitch.

"Touch your child? Touch your child? I don't know what kind of fucked up people you are but whatever you're teaching that son of yours is sick. Your kid was…was molesting Mello!"

There was dead silence as everyone stared at Halle. Eyes shifted from her to the boys. Leanne made a choking noise.

"You're lying!" Mello kicked Halle hard on the shin and she yelled out.

Gritting her teeth, she pushed Misa forward, "Misa tell them what we saw when we walked in."

The girl stared at aunt, completely doe-eyed. One glare from her father sent her mouth gabbing off.

"He," she pointed to Matt, "had h-his mouth on his," she pointed to Mello, "umn… on his…you know."

Misa smoothed out her skirt and patted herself down in her private area. Leanne rushed to her son and her husband paled.

Mello actually burst into tears, "I hurt myself and he was just trying to kiss the pain away. Don't be mad, please don't be mad!"

"Is this true?" Gina asked her son, who nodded as he clutched to her.

"Monster! Call the police! Call the police! I wanna press charges on these people! How could you do this to my baby?"

Mr. Keehl was a few steps ahead of his wife; he'd already dialed the number was patiently explaining the situation to the dispatcher, "…yes that's right, and possibly child or domestic abuse as well. Uh-huh, that's the address, thank you."

He hung up and turned to the Jeevas family who were glaring at him, "You better have one damn good lawyer."

"I don't know what your game is here," countered Mr. Jeevas, "but you're not going to get away with treating my family this way."

The men's fists were balled and clenched, and if the police hadn't walked in through the open front door, a fight would have broken out for the second time in the Keehl's living room. The officers escorted the five adults and three children down to the precinct for questioning and much filing of paperwork. It was humiliating and infuriating for all parties, especially the two boys who wouldn't stop crying. After several hours of hearing stories from all sides, the police declared that there was no crime had been committed where the children were concerned, but they explained to Matt and Mello that they should never repeat their actions. A report was kept on file, but the families were told they could go home.

Gina Jeevas, however, didn't get to leave the station that night. Leanne's cuts and bruises were enough to land the redhead in jail for the night under assault and battery charges.

As she was pushed into her cell for the night, she couldn't help but think about how much she regretted moving her family there. Little did she know, she was going to get very well acquainted with that cell.

Oooh, foreshadowing XD XD

Beginning the next chapter, we have a time skip to where they start school. And, I'm excited because I actually went down to visit a kindergarten to observe them…sooo I hope the playground scenes are realistic. XD

Thanks for reading. Did you like it? Did you want to rip your hair out? Objectively speaking, did Halle overreact to what she walked on on?