The next morning, Cherry was happy to see Lady had adjusted to Junior and felt appreciated again. She even played as a watch dog for the little tyke with Cherry babysitting and dog sitting her. Cherry was finishing an early lunch of a ham sandwich with a bag of chips as Lady was upstairs, hearing Jim pack his suitcase.
"Jim dear," Elizabeth said as she came downstairs, buttoning her jacket. "I just can't leave him. He's still so small and helpless."
"He'll be alright, darling," Jim assured her, then passed Cherry. "Be good for Aunt Sarah, she'll help you look after Junior and Lady."
"Okay." Cherry had never met Aunt Sarah, but she hoped it would go well.
"Darling, come on," Jim begged his wife. "If he wakes up, we'll never get away."
"Jim, I feel guilty for deserting him like this." Elizabeth frowned.
"Oh, nonsense." Jim replied.
"They're leaving the baby just like that?" Lady sounded heartbroken.
"Lady, try to understand, they're simply-" Before Cherry could continue, Lady rushed to stop her owners from going any further. Cherry sighed, then caught up with them before they got out the door with Lady blocking them.
"What's the matter with Lady?" Jim noticed Lady's sudden craving for attention and misunderstanding.
"She thinks you're abandoning her, me, and Junior." Cherry explained.
"How can you be so sure?" Elizabeth looked down at Lady.
Lady nodded in agreement, continuing to scowl at her owners.
"Aw, don't worry, old girl." Jim consoled his cocker spaniel.
"Aunt Sarah will be here," Elizabeth added to put her worries to an end. "She's here to help Cherry look after you and the baby!"
Lady then smiled, feeling warm and cuddly again. She now understood that she wasn't going to be abandoned.
"You can help too, Lady," Jim smiled. There was then a doorbell which caught his attention. There's the old girl now. Coming Sarah, coming!"
"Now Cherry, be sure to listen and obey Aunt Sarah's rules," Elizabeth warned Cherry. "No misbehaving. As if I need to tell you that."
Cherry giggled, then pushed her glasses back. "Don't worry, Lady and I will be fine."
Jim opened the door to reveal Aunt Sarah. "Sorry I'm late, dears, I hope I haven't kept you two waiting." Aunt Sarah had a picnic basket which Cherry and Lady looked into.
"Here, let me take your things." Jim offered, reaching for her basket.
"No, no, no fussing," Aunt Sarah told them. "I know my way around. Mustn't miss your train. Have a good time and don't worry about a thing. Goodbye, dear, goodbye, goodbye." Aunt Sarah rushed Jim and Elizabeth out.
"Someone's impatient." Cherry remarked. She then decided to check on the baby as Aunt Sarah got settled into Jim and Elizabeth's room. Cherry poked her head into Junior's bedroom and tip toed inside so she wouldn't disturb him if he were sleeping. Junior yawned and woke up, and Cherry got worried that he would cry for his parents, instead, he smiled at her. "You hungry, little fella?" she asked, warm and sweetly like a mother.
Junior cooed quietly at her as if to answer her question.
"Here, let's get you some milk, huh?" Cherry carefully carried Junior and sat in Elizabeth's rocking chair. Cherry then took the bottle filled with milk and gently placed it inside Junior's mouth.
Cherry smiled as she heard Junior gently suckle against the bottle's nipple and took the milk. The 10-year-old girl sniffled, feeling like a responsible child looking after Junior like this. Lady and Aunt Sarah came in to see the baby. Lady hopped over, smiling as Cherry had the baby comfortable. Junior then yawned, letting Cherry put the bottle down, pat his back and burp him. Junior then fell asleep in Cherry's arms as she held him down in a comforting way.
"Oh, that's my big nephew," Aunt Sarah fussed over the baby, then glared at Cherry and Lady. Aunt Sarah swiped Junior out of Cherry's arms. "You're not old enough to hold a baby, young lady!"
"Hey, I'm trying my best!" Cherry defended. "I'm a babysitter!"
"No, matter, and you!" Aunt Sarah pointed angrily at Lady. "What are YOU doing here? Go on now, shoo! Scat! Get out of here!"
Cherry and Lady left. As soon as they were both out the door, Aunt Sarah slammed it behind her. With that slam, it made Junior wake up in alarm and cry.
"There, there," Aunt Sarah comforted the baby, even if he was just fine a minute ago. "Aunt Sarah won't let that dog or horrible big kid frighten you anymore. No, no, no, dear."
"What's her problem?" Cherry scoffed about Aunt Sarah.
"Beats me, she seemed nice to Jim Dear and Darling." Lady replied.
Cherry and Lady both then cringed once they heard Aunt Sarah sing a lullaby. No way that's going to make the baby feel any better.
"I might as well go downstairs now," Lady moaned, going down the steps. "I shouldn't harm the baby."
"Lady, you didn't do anything, I didn't either, Aunt Sarah's just being a crab, maybe she'll warm up to us later?" Cherry shrugged, following her downstairs.
Lady sighed, then went to the basket Aunt Sarah left downstairs. Cherry went to it too in curiosity.
"I wonder what's in this thing anyway?" Cherry scratched her head in curiosity.
Cherry and Lady looked at the basket together. Cherry pulled open a tab to see a pair of eyes, then she fell back on her backside, feeling surprised and worried. The basket then snapped shut. Lady came to it, and the same thing happened to her. Lady then ran to behind Cherry as she felt concerned.
"Cherry, what's going on?" Lady asked.
"I don't know, but I don't like it so far." Cherry said, nervously.
The eyes came back from inside the basket as Ancient Chinese music played in the background. There was then a loud gong noise and there came out a pair of Siamese cats. They looked very sneaky, which worried Cherry.
"You don't chase cats, do you?" Cherry asked Lady.
"I never met a cat before." Lady replied, quietly as the cats came close to them.
The cats then snuck over and rubbed themselves against Cherry, making her feel very uncomfortable. The cats then went by Lady, and continued as they saw a fish bowl, feeling hungry. Lady barked at them as they looked hungry and tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen to her.
Cherry tried to stop them as well, but they tried to a drop a vase on her to stop her. Cherry skid across the floor, tripped and slide across the floor to catch the vase from smashing. Cherry put the vase back in place, then tried to catch up with the cats. One of the cats then let out its tail to trip Cherry and Cherry landed inside the piano, making the other slam the top on top of her, trapping her.
Cherry moaned, then popped the top up and saw the cats getting closer to the fish bowl.
"Do you see that thing swimming round and round?" Si asked.
"Yessss..." Am nearly hissed.
"Maybe we could reach in and make him drown." Si placed his paw into the bowl.
Lady continued to bark at them, trying to seem aggressive as they pulled the rug down to bring down the fish. Cherry rushed to stop them from eating the fish, but once she got to them, the bowl fell on her head. Cherry gurgled as the water was trapping her face and the fish swam around and around her head. Cherry then popped the bowl off to get some air and the fish plopped on the floor, making the cats able to eat it, but it bounced away the best it could away from them. The cats nearly got the fish, but they were distracted by Junior's crying upstairs.
"Do you hear what I hear?" Si asked.
"Oh, a baby cry." Am purred. "Where we finding baby, there are milk nearby!"
Lady put the fish in her mouth as Cherry held the bowl in her hands after putting fresh water in it. Lady was about to settle this once and for all with the cats. Lady then growled and pounced in front of them. The cats suddenly looked scared and ran around. There was a dog and cat chase. Cherry looked horrified as it looked like Lady actually wanted to kill the cats! Cherry covered her eyes and looked away as there was loud crashing and thuds. Cherry was then roughed up from the fight as she was in a lot of pain and under a broken table as Lady was under a curtain.
"What's going on down there?" Aunt Sarah demanded, then came downstairs with the mess. "Merciful heavens!"
Cherry looked up as her glasses were crooked and partly broken from the wreck. Cherry was hoping now Aunt Sarah would change her feelings about her, but the woman instead focused on her cats as they were meowing in pain to get Cherry and Lady in trouble.
"My darlings!" Aunt Sarah cried, holding her cats. "My precious pets! Oh, that wicked animal! You trained her to attack them, didn't you?"
"Lady and I didn't do anything, Aunt Sarah!" Cherry tried to explain, but this was just as hopeless as earlier.
"A likely story from a brat like you!" Aunt Sarah snapped at her, then went upstairs to comfort the mischievous cats. "Oh, attacking my poor, innocent, little angels."
Si and Am smirked at Cherry and Lady as they went upstairs to get treats from the owner. They then shook their tails together as they went further and Cherry tried to clean up the mess, feeling worthless.