Author's Note: We all remember how at the end of the episode, The Family Tree, from Season 5, Didi finds out that she's pregnant. However, Tommy is still oblivious of this fact that he's going to become a big brother, because Stu and Didi were away on a cruise when they found out. Well, this chapter will tell the story, of Tommy receiving the news, had that episode continued, and so, here we go, with the next chapter in our bonus section of Prerugrats, as Peter's story, Brotherly Preparedness, begins!
Chapter 22, Brotherly Preparedness, Part 1, The Big Announcement
Peter unpaused the video, to show a dock overlooking a large body of water. Peter stood on the dock, wearing his gray confederate uniform, along with several other Disney characters, as he was waiting for a ship to arrive.
Peter POV
I stood on the dock, waiting for Didi and Stu to return from their anniversary cruise to Pantelonez, Mexico.
"I hope they had a good time." I thought to myself, as the large white ship, pulled into port.
Several people got off the ship, and a few minutes later, Stu and Didi walked towards me, Stu was still wearing his brown shorts and his red and green tie dyed shirt, while Didi, was wearing a yellow shirt and a pair of dark purple shorts. However, they looked unusually happy.
"Hi Stu, hi Didi, welcome home!" I said excitedly, giving them a hug.
"Thank you Peter." Didi replied, the smile never leaving her face.
As we left the port, and headed towards town, I couldn't help but wonder, how their trip went.
"So, how was your trip?" I asked.
"It was wonderful!" Didi replied.
"And we can't wait to tell everybody our big news!" Added Stu.
"Big news? What? What is it?" I asked.
"We can't tell you, not until we pick up Tommy from Chuckie's, and the whole family is back together." Replied Stu.
"And, isn't pop returning today from his fishing trip?" Didi asked.
"Yep, and Drew and Charlotte should be returning from Tokyo too." Replied Stu, as the car turned into the Finster's driveway.
As they turned into the driveway, Didi, started to feel sick.
"Something wrong Didi?" I asked.
"I'll be ok, I think, I just need to get to a bathroom." Said Didi, trying to not toss her cookies everywhere.
We all got out of the car and went up to the front door at the Finster's house, to see a note.
Gone to the park with the kids, be back soon, Yours Truly, Chaz, Marvin and Shirly.
"Who are Marvin and Shirly?" I asked, as I had been away all weekend working on Confederate stuff, unable to attend Stu and Didi's anniversary party, and only knew of their cruise because Chaz asked me to pick them up upon their return.
"Shirly and Marvin are Chaz's parents. They came up to help him with a family tree project this weekend and spend some time with their grandson Chuckie." Stu replied.
"Oh, ok. Well, here." I said, handing Didi an air sick bag I had lying around in one of the pockets of my gray confederate uniform, and she didn't hesitate. Her cookies went everywhere, and I just hoped she was going to be ok at that point.
We all got back into the toon car of Mickey's, that we were using to transport ourselves, and headed to the park, where we found Chaz and Betty sitting on a bench, and Marvin and Shirly, playing with Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, while Angelica, was off on a set of swings.
"Welcome home Stu and Didi." Said Chaz with a smile, as we approached them.
"Thank you." Didi replied, rather weakly, as she was still somewhat unsettled.
"Is everything ok?" Chaz asked.
"Everything's fine." Stu replied.
"And we have a big surprise for Tommy." Added Didi.
Just then, the toddlers came up to me.
"Hi Peter." Tommy said, giving my legs a hug.
"Hey Tommy, how are you?" I asked.
"I'm great! Angelica taughted us all about our family tree." Replied Tommy.
"Oh really?" I said.
Tommy nodded.
"Wow Tommy, it looks like your mommy and daddy are back." Said Chuckie.
"Yeah! And I hearded my mommy say she's got a big surprise for me." Said Tommy.
"Yep, she does." I replied, as Tommy ran off towards his mommy and daddy, who scooped him up in their arms, and gave him a hug.
Later, we all went back to Tommy's house, where I was hanging out with the Rugrats, who were playing in their playpen, while I sat on the outside, conversating with them.
"I wonder when mommy's gonna give me my big surprise." Said Tommy.
"I don't know Tommy." I replied.
Just then, Angelica skipped up to us.
"Oh, you babies are so dumb! Don't you know that grown ups always bury the surprises from a trip in the bottom of their suitcase?" Explained Angelica.
I nodded in agreement with her, as did the other Rugrats.
"That's it guys, we've got to go find my mommy's suitcase, and find my surprise ourselves, come on!" Said Tommy, as he opened up the playpen with his screwdriver, and Chuckie, Phil and Lil all followed behind him.
"But Tommy, I don't think…" I started to say, but stopped when I noticed the rugrats were no longer in sight.
They were heading up the stairs to Stu and Didi's room, so I followed close behind them. We got there, to find two suitcases on their bed.
"Which one is your mommy's Tommy?" Chuckie asked.
"I don't know Chuckie, so we're gonna have to look through both of them. Phil and Lil, you look through the blue suitcase, while me and Chuckie look through the pink one." Said Tommy, as the babies split up, and undid the zippers on the suitcases, tossing everything out on the floor, as since they had company, it was obvious, that Stu and Didi hadn't unpacked their stuff yet.
Of course, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what was going on here. I knew for sure what Tommy's surprise was, but decided I'd let Tommy, figure it out for himself. They threw clothes, toiletries, and other items out of the two suitcases on to the floor, until there was nothing left. Phil and Lil were the first to finish.
"I don't see anything in this suitcase Tommy." Said Phil.
"Yeah, all of the clothies we founded in here look too big for you Tommy." Added Lil.
Meanwhile, Tommy and Chuckie were still going through their suitcase, till they too, reached the bottom.
"I don't see anything Tommy." Said Chuckie.
"Me neither Chuckie." Tommy said with a frown.
"Awe, don't be sad Tommy, maybe your mommy put your surprise some where else." I said.
At that moment, Angelica, walked into the room.
"What's the matter with baldy?" Angelica asked.
"He's sad because we looked through his parents suitcases, but they found hno surprise." I replied.
"Don't you dummies know anything? There's no surprise for Tommy, the grown ups were just making it up." Snapped Angelica.
"No they weren't Angelica." Tommy snapped.
"Oh yes they were, cuz you dumb babies don't deserve nothing, especially the bald ones." Said Angelica, as she skipped out of the room.
Tommy, collapsed down on the floor, and started to cry. I went over, and comforted him.
"Now don't cry Tommy, you know Angelica can be a real pain." I said, picking up Tommy and giving him a hug.
"Why does she always have to get my hopes up, and then, ruin it?" Tommy asked through his tears.
"You know why, because she's Angelica." I replied.
A few minutes later, We heard Didi, calling us down to dinner.
"I think it's time for dinner guys, let's go eat." I said.
"I'm not hungry." Snapped Tommy.
"Oh, come on Tommy, don't give me that. I think your mommy and daddy missed you very much, and, I know for sure, they would never lie to you, even if Angelica says they would, so let's go." I said, as I carried Tommy downstairs, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, following close behind me.
We got downstairs, and all took seats at the table, Tommy and the other rugrats, were put into high chairs. Lou was back from his fishing trip, and Drew and Charlotte were even back from Tokyo, and everyone's parents, had shown up.
The feast was laid out on the table, and, it smelled delicious!
"What are we having tonight?" I asked.
"We're having Pyayia." Replied Didi.
"We ate it on the cruise, and Didi loved it so much, that she looked up one of the recipes in her cookbooks, and I helped her prepare the meal." Said Stu.
"And I fell asleep in front of the TV, after a long weekend of fishing." Added Lou.
We all dined on our dinner, even Tommy started to eat.
"I think somebody was hungrier than they thought." I said, glancing at Tommy.
Tommy nodded.
After we all finished, Didi, stood up at the table.
"Everyone, I have an announcement. I'm going to have a baby!" Said Didi excitedly.
"It's true. The entire weekend while we were on our cruise, Didi and I thought she was suffering from sea sickness, but after trying every trick in the book to cure her sea sickness, and having no luck, I finally took her down to the nurse, and, it was made clear, Didi, was pregnant." Explained Stu.
"Hear that Tommy? Your mommy is going to have a baby! That means, you're going to be a big brother!" I said.
Tommy's frown instantly turned upside down into a huge smile.
"Wow, so this was my surprise? I'm going to be a big brother?" Asked Tommy.
I nodded.
"Wow! That's the bestest surprise ever! Guess what guys, I'm gonna be a big brother!" Said Tommy, as Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, all cheered with excitement.
"Way to go Tommy!" Said Chuckie, Phil and Lil in unison.
On the other side of the table, there was one person, who wasn't all that happy.
"Great, just great, another dumb baby around here." Angelica muttered to herself, crossing her arms across her chest.
I went over to Angelica, to have a talk with her.
"Something wrong Angelica?" I asked, laying a hand on her shoulder, and taking a seat in the empty chair that was next to her, as the grown ups had moved into the living room to have their coffee and dessert.
"Yes Peter, I don't want another baby around." Snapped Angelica.
"Now Angelica, you don't want another little cousin?" I asked.
Angelica shook her head.
"You know, maybe you'd enjoy your cousins more if you were nice to them." I said.
"Yeah right." Replied Angelica.
"No really, I bet you can't be nice to Tommy and his friends until the new baby is born." I said.
"Really? What's in it for me?" Angelica asked.
"Ok, I'll make a deal with you. If you're nice to everyone, including your cousin Tommy and his friends, between now and when your new baby cousin is born, I have a ten pound bag of Reptar bars in my closet back at the castle of the Confederacy with your name on it." I said.
"Ooooh, Reptar bars. Can I have them now?" Angelica asked.
"You only get the Reptar bars, if you're nice for the next nine months." Said Peter.
"Nine months? Nine months? Nine months!" Shreaked Angelica.
"Come on Angelica, I know you can do this if you try." Said Peter.
Angelica smiled at me.
"Well, since there's Reptar bars involved, I guess I can give it a try." Replied Angelica, once she had calmed down.
We shook on it, and we all headed into the living room, where we joined the other adults for coffee and dessert.
End of Peter POV
"And that's the story, of how you found out Tommy, that you were going to be a big brother!" Peter said, as he paused the video.
"Wow! I had forgotted all about that!" Said Tommy.
"So is it all coming back to you now?" Peter asked.
Tommy shook his head.
"Well my story isn't finished, there's more! Like the time you went to big brother big sister class." Peter said.
"Hey, I'm a big brother, how come I didn't go to big brother school?" Chuckie asked.
"Because your sister Kimi came back with you and your parents from Paris, and your daddy adopted Kimi, while your new mommy, adopted you. And Phil and Lil never attended big brother big sister school, because they were born at the same time, but Tommy here, his mommy would be having the baby, allowing Tommy, to go to big brother big sister class, to prepare to be a big brother. Of course, I'll never forget how everything went down." Explained Peter, as he unpaused the video, to continue his story.
And, we'll learn all about Tommy's experience with big brother big sister class, and the aftermass of it, in the next chapter, as Brotherly Preparedness, our bonus section of Prerugrats, continues.