Craddle Attraction

"What's wrong Chuckie?" Tommy asked.

"Didn't you see? Megan was poking me!"

Tommy frowned at that. "That doesn't sound very nice at all."

"It wasn't," Chuckie said, thinking of the little girl who kept picking on him. "It startled me and it hurt a bit."

"So are we not gonna play hide and seek?" Phil asked.

"Yeah, I had a good spot and everything!" lil complained.

"I'm not gonna play with her any more!"

Tommy though smiled, shaking his head. "Aw Chuckie, its no big deal. Come on, let's play-"

"No Tommy!" Chuckie said firmly. "What happened to you sticking up for me? You told Phil and Lil they shouldn't pick on me."

"Well… I guess…"

Chuckie cut him off. "And what about when Angelica was gonna pour sand on my head! You said we had to stick tagether! Now Megan is trippin' me and pokin' me and callin' me names and you don't care?"

Tommy stared at his friend, his smile falling as he let of Chuckie's hand. "Wow… you're right Chuckie. She is picking on you."

"Hey Tommy, what's going on?" Megan called out.

"Sorry Megan but if you're going to be mean to Chuckie we can't play with you no more."

"Aw, its no big deal!" Megan complained. "Chunky is just taking things too seriously!" With that the girl reached over and suddenly shoved Chuckie, giggling as he fell. "See, he's just clumsy-"

"That's enough!" Tommy shouted, startling the little girl. "I was willing to give you a chance to be nice! I thought you might be a new friend! But you keep hurting my bestest friend in the entire world! Well I don't want to play with you ever ever ever! Even if you were the latest baby on Earth!"

"But… but…" Megan stammered, "I… I wasn't picking on Chuckie."

"You kept shoving him and poking him and calling him names!" Tommy shouted, startling even Chuckie. "Why would you do that if you weren't picking on him!"

"It's… it's…" Megan said, lowering her head, "it's cause I like him."

Tommy blinked.

"…what?!" he exclaimed, throwing his little hands in the air. "You LIKE him and you're mean to him!?"

"Well… yeah. That's how girls and boys show they like each other."

Lil scoffed at that. "I like Tommy and Chuckie and I don't pick on 'em."

"Yeah," Phil said. "If that were true that'd mean Angelica loved us best of all!"

"It's just…" Megan began but Tommy shook his head.

"You don't show people you like'em by being mean to'em. I'm sorry Megan but none of us want to play with you no more!"

With that the babies all toddled away leaving Megan to sniff sadly.

"Thanks Tommy," Chuckie said softly.

"I'm sorry I didn't notice sooner, Chuckie."

"Its okay."

Meanwhile Megan's dad picked her up.

"Come on, daddy needs to meet Jone, Quagmire, and Cleveland at the Clam."

The little girl began to babble. "Bababa-"

Her father cut her off. "Shut up Meg."