Hi guys!

Hope you`ve had a nice weekend and a scary Halloween! :)

The response on the previous chapter was amazing, you`re all too kind! Thank you guys so much, your feedback makes me wanna write more:)

I wanted to have this chapter out sooner, but I`ve been super-busy since Thursday... :/

I`ve spent nearly every single minute of my free time this weekend in front of my computer with the new chapter, and I really hope you`ll like it:) It`s about Sulley and Randall`s first day together with Rex, who (do you remember chapter 5?) is rather shy around new monsters..!

At the same time, there are the romantic feelings between Sulley and Randall to keep an eye on! Our heroes are being drawn towards each other, and the kiss is not far away.

Chapter 18: Sunday

"Muuum!"

The loud cry woke Sulley up from his sleep, and for a moment he had no idea of where he was; he wasn`t in his bed, he wasn`t in his chair – in fact, he wasn`t even in his own apartment. He was in someone else`s house, on someone else`s couch -

The next surprise hit him straight away, when he realized he wasn`t alone, either; Randall was sleeping peacefully on his shoulder, and their faces were only a few inches apart. Sulley could feel the other monster`s soft breathing against his neck, and noticed that the feeling of it brought him some chills of the very best kind – chills he had felt the day before as well, when he had shared a special moment with Randall in the park -

"MUUUUUM!"

Sulley`s thoughts were interrupted by another loud cry from the second floor, and suddenly everything came back; the dinner, the walk in the park, the moment in the snow, the visit to the hospital, the shopping… and the fact that they were actually babysitting Rex, who was obviously awake and ready to start his day – even though the clock on the wall only said six thirty in the morning.

Sulley woke Randall up with a gentle pat on the shoulder, and chuckled at the purple one`s confused expression; clearly Sulley wasn`t the only one having trouble with recalling his memories from last night. The scaly one sat up straight, rubbed his eyes and took in his surroundings, still with the same look on his face; the expression of someone who had just woken up in an unfamiliar country.

A third cry from upstairs eventually brought Randall back too, and as realization hit him his confusion appeared to be replaced with nausea; Sulley had to drag him up from the couch and over to the staircase. A little earlybird awaited them upstairs, and they continued their journey to his bedroom with stiff necks and achy backs from the night on the couch, while desperately trying to come up with a good way to tell him about his mum.

The two figures who entered Rex`s room could might as well have been Santa and the Easter Bunny; the little monster doubtfully would have looked more shocked if that was the case. He sat in his bed with his mouth open, and stared at the visitors through emerald eyes that were wide open and full of wonder;

"Ulley..!"

"Hi, Rex!"

Sulley waved at him and sat down on the bed, carefully placing his hand on the tiny shoulder;

"Have you slept well?"

Rex didn`t answer - he didn`t understand. This was weird, new and very different; Sulley was never here at this time of day.

"Your mum -" Sulley started;

"Your mum…isn`t feeling very good…So she asked me if I could take care of you for a little while, until she`s feeling better..!"

Rex continued to stare with his mouth open.

"…are you okay with that, Rex?"

"…I ave a hundwed moneys…"

Clearly, Rex was a little too young to understand the situation. Sulley could actually hear Randall`s shoulders dropping a little further down, and the blue one had to admit he was feeling a little relieved himself; perhaps this would work out just fine.

Rex, still a little startled, took another good look at Sulley to see if it was really him. Then he let out his usual you`we ma best fwiend, before he crawled into the furry, warm lap and greeted his friend with a loving hug. He started talking about absolutely everything as usual, but fell completely silent when he noticed there was another adult present in the room. Rex`s eyes filled up with insecurity, and before Sulley knew it, the toddler in his lap disappeared; however, he could feel four small hands taking a good hold of his fur.

"I brought someone I`d like you to meet, Rex -"

Sulley stroke the invisible head and spoke in his calmest, most soothing voice;

"Do you remember the day we were in the snow? And this monster over here played with us?"

He lowered his voice to whisper as he went on;

"I`ll let you in on a secret, okay, Rex..? His name isn`t George; his name is Randall. And guess what? He`s your uncle..!"

Rex remained invisible and didn`t say anything, and Sulley continued in a tone that was a pitch or two higher than the previous one;

"He`s mum`s brother..! And my friend! He`s very nice..!"

There were still no signs of response, and Sulley allowed his voice to go up yet another pitch as he went on;

"Rex? Can you say Uncle Randall? Uncle Randy..?"

When there were still no signs of response, Sulley indicated to Randall that they should give Rex a little more time. The scaly one left the room and headed back downstairs, and Sulley followed a couple of steps behind with the little one in his arms; trying to calm himself down by remembering the fact that Rex had been very shy when he had first met him as well.

Rex lit up a bit more during breakfast; as long as Sulley stayed by his side. He knew the blue one, and talked to him in his usual manners as he covered his face in yoghurt. However, he didn`t seem to care much for Randall, and although Sulley tried his best to hide it, he was getting a little worried; it seemed to take Rex longer to warm up to Randall than it had taken him to get to know him. He didn`t even allow his uncle to pick up the spoon for him when he dropped it on the floor, and he started crying when Randall tried to wipe the yoghurt off his face; the blue monster was the only one who was allowed to touch Rex or his things, and Sulley figured that could lead to big strains when he had to leave the orange one alone with Randall in the afternoon – strains for nephew as well as uncle.

After the early breakfast it was time to move Rex over to Randall`s apartment. Sulley had decided long ago to come with them to see if both were okay, and helped Rex choose some toys to bring along to his temporary home. The little one picked a variety of different things, and the other two allowed him to bring anything he wanted; the most important matter was that Rex felt safe and at home. Then so be the fact that he (as well as toys) also brought along a sofa cushion, a big wooden spoon and the laundry basket – with laundry.

They eventually made it out of the house, and Rex`s face lit up when he realized they were taking a taxi; that was a rear treat, and like most other male monsters of his age the orange one loved cars. He talked constantly all the time while they were driving, and when the laundry basket tipped over in the middle of a sharp turn and covered Randall in its content, the little monster laughed so hard he almost wet himself.

Sulley and Randall sat by the kitchen table and allowed Rex to explore the apartment in his own speed and place his toys and items at suitable places; they only interfered when he wanted to place the sofa cushion in the toilet.

Rex came running into the kitchen every once in a while to exchange random utterances with Sulley, but ran back through the door again straight away every time; there were so many new impressions to take in. Besides, a bowl of chocolate was placed on the living room table; its content seemed to decrease whenever Rex passed it.

Sulley spent the entire Sunday with Randall and Rex in the apartment. He talked to Randall, played with Rex, had lunch, read Rex a story, took them both outside for a short walk, helped Randall prepare spaghetti for dinner, helped Rex eat it - and helped Randall clean up the kitchen when Rex was done eating.

After dinner it was time to give Rex a bath; he was covered in sauce and ketchup and left stains everywhere, so Sulley figured the sooner the better – Randall was beginning to look a little desperate when he followed his nephew around with a mop. Sulley poured the bath, and when the young monster got in he couldn`t help but think a couple of weeks back in time, to the day he had prepared a bath for an extremely difficult and tired Randall. Had it really been only a couple of weeks since that day? It felt like it happened last year.

Whether they liked it or not, Sulley and Randall got a bath too; Rex splashed around in the tub and soaked the entire bathroom, and Randall laughed so hard at the look of a dripping wet Sulley he had to leave the room and take a break. It was the first time Sulley had ever heard him laugh like that, and although it was on his expense, the blue one had to laugh along; and when he got a glimpse of himself in the mirror above the sink, he laughed even harder.

When they all had dried up, Sulley brushed Rex`s teeth; Randall stood by the sink with some wipes to clean up the toothpaste that spilled everywhere. They eventually managed to put Rex to bed, and Sulley read him a bedtime-story; the blue one wanted Randall to do it, but Rex didn`t want that – his uncle was barely allowed to be present in the room while Ulley read.

"I should head home now…"

Sulley closed the door to Rex`s room; the little one had been asleep for a good hour, and showed no signs of waking up again anywhere soon.

The blue monster`s words sent a shiver down Randall`s spine; he dreaded being alone with Rex. He had no idea of how to calm him down if he should wake up and cry; he was hardly allowed to touch him.

Sulley noticed Randall`s expression, but continued to speak about things the other monster really didn`t want to hear;

"Mike`s probably worried, so… I`ll see you tomorrow, okay..?"

Randall lowered his gaze; he wanted Sullivan to stay longer, but understood that he had to go home. Darn Mike. Lucky Mike.

"Okay…"

"Do you want to come over to the factory tomorrow? You can give comedy a chance while Rex is in dayscare..!"

Randall thought about it for a little while; he wasn`t so sure. However, he really wanted to see Sullivan again as soon as possible, no matter what the circumstances were. He nodded his head;

"That`s a good idea".

"Great! I`ll see you there at eight, then!"

"Are you coming over here afterwards?"

"Sure. I told you I`ll help you out here".

Randall sent Sullivan a grateful smile, and the blue one gave him one back.

While they were walking to the front door, Randall wondered whether he should hug Sullivan again or not. However, the blue one beat him to it; he placed his warm arms around the slender, purple form - and the lizard shivered when heard a soft whisper escaping Sullivan`s lips; it`s all gonna be fine.

Randall didn`t want the embrace to end – it felt so safe. So soft. So warm, so… However, despite his desire to hold on longer, he broke away from the other monster and took a step backwards. He glanced up at Sullivan and felt how his entire body started shaking when their eyes met. He had to say something;

"I…"

His throat was so dry, and he couldn`t come up with anything good to talk about right now.

"Here..!"

The sudden word from the blue one came as a surprise on Randall. Sullivan held out his hand and gestured that the scaly monster should take whatever he wanted to give him;

"What`s that?" Randall`s voice trembled, and the lizard was angry with himself. He wished to stay calm.

"You`re spare key..! I completely forgot about it, and I…thought you`d might want it back".

Randall looked at the key for a while; it was the one he had kept in his locker at work, the one Sullivan had used to get into the apartment to check on him when he had been down.

"…you keep it".

"What?"

"You can keep it".

Randall`s current expression was a perfect mixture of nervousness and despair, and he held his arms as close to his body as he possibly could, to keep them from shaking;

"I…I want you to have it".

Sulley could hardly believe what was happening here; Randall had just given him the key to his apartment..?

"Thanks -" he eventually managed to say.

"You`re welcome. See ya tomorrow".

With that said, Sulley stepped out into the hallway and Randall closed the door quickly.

"You`re home rather late..!"

Mike greeted his best friend in their apartment, and assumed the date had gone well; come to mind that Sulley wasn`t back until now.

"Yeah, I know."

The furry monster walked into the kitchen and got himself a glass of water. He knew Mike was going to question him about the night before, and wasn`t too keen on going through it all once again.

"How`d it go..?" Mike followed him into the kitchen and started asking straight away; the little green one was almost jumping with excitement.

"I don`t know, Mike – it`s difficult".

"How hard can it be?"

"How hard can what be..?"

"You and Randall..! Last night..! Ya know…" Mike gave his best friend a curious but very nervous smile;

"…did ya do it..?"

"What? No! Mike, something came up!"

"Yeah, that`s kinda the point..!"

"Mike, we had to go to the hospital! Sophie had an accident, and we had to go and see her! We spent the night on the couch at her house babysitting Rex!"

It took a while before the green monster spoke again; he could hardly believe Sulley`s date had been interrupted, and looked overly disappointed with the way things had turned out. Eventually Sulley was the one who continued talking;

"Sophie`s going to be hospitalized for a while, and Randall is going to look after Rex while she`s away. I promised him I`ll help him out, so I`m going over there again tomorrow after work, and -"

The smile returned to Mike`s face; he was relieved on behalf of Sulley. As long as he was hanging out with Randall, there were still chances they could find out how they felt about one another. The green monster`s voice was back in its normal tone when he continued talking;

"How`d the evening go before you went to the hospital..?"

"It went…really well…" Sulley gave Mike a shy smile;

"We made dinner, ate, and took a walk…and…"

A veil of sadness covered his face as he thought about the sweet moment that had been so brutally interrupted by the phonecall. He didn`t want to spend more time thinking about what could have happened, and decided to change the subject;

"You know Mike, Randall`s coming back to work tomorrow..!"

"Really?"

"Yeah, and he`s going to try out comedy".

"Really…? Are ya sure that`s his cup of tea..?"

"No, but he deserves a chance! Perhaps he has a talent for it, who knows – perhaps he can use his blending skills or his eyesight or something… But he`ll need someone to train with, someone who can spot talent…and teach him a few funny tricks…"

Sulley gave Mike a look no one could misunderstand.

The green monster sighed; he still wasn`t Randall`s biggest fan. Neither was he happy about teaching him how to be funny. But his best friend`s expression (and the knowledge of how much he cared for Randall) caused him to change his mind and agree with a smile;

"Sure..! I`ll help him..!"

A big smile stretched across Sulley`s face, and the very sight of it caused Mike to grin as well.

Okay, that`s it for now. Did you like it? Please tell me:) Review, PM, whatever suits you most!

I`m not gonna tease you that much about the next update, I already know (from your feedback) you are waiting for it; the FIRST KISS! Finally! Yay!

I`ve already written the actual scene, and I have ALSO written the one featuring their SECOND kiss, AND I have written the scene leading up to the first time they make love..! Ahhhhh! I`ve been on a roll lately! I hope I`m not the only one being excited here xD

The upcoming week is going to be pure hell; I have so many things to do… Urghhh… I`ll write whenever I can, and I`ll try my very best to have the next chapter up by Friday. But I can`t make any promises.

See you around:)