A/N Hey Friends! I just wanted to thank all those who have supported and reviewed my story! I really appreciate them!
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Special Treat Moment
Chad was quietly working out in their home gym. He was leaving tonight to go play the national championship Tourney game with his team, this would be his last game, luckily it was at the big stadium in Auroadon. Even though he was not old he was getting to the age where he was slowing down in Tourney,plus he had several knee injuries. It had been a week since Cordelia had come to live with them. To their surprise the little girl liked to sleep. She wasn't on any kind was sleep schedule so one night she would be asleep by seven and last night they couldn't get her sleep until eleven so she was sleeping late. They were going to work on getting her on a schedule soon. Chad liked getting up and eating breakfast with Lonnie before she went to teach history of China and Sword and Sheild at Auroadon prep. Fairy Godmother had been very nice to let Lonnie a week off so they could help Cordelia adjust. FG had offered longer time off for Lonnie but Lonnie wanted to get back to prep the students for exams. Chad turned off the treadmill when he heard a noise coming from the kitchen. He slowly peeked into the kitchen. What he saw broke his heart. Cordelia was digging in the trash. She had pulled out a half eaten banana and a pack of crushed crackers. She had sat down on the floor ready to enjoy her feast when Chad quickly hurried into the kitchen.
"Good morning Delia! Did you sleep well? " Chad scooped Cordelia off the floor. Her messy curls bounced as she nodded yes.
"You know we have plenty of food. You don't have to eat out of the trash. So what do you want for breakfast? " Chad asked as he helped wash Cordelia's hands then sat her at the table. He picked up the trash on the floor and threw it back in the trash can, then washed his hands. Cordelia was very good at letting them know what she liked and didn't like but she never told them what or when she wanted to eat. Cordelia sat at the table playing with the corner of the place mat. Chad looked at his watch it was almost ten. He sat down in the chair next to Cordelia.
"How about we go get a special treat and not tell Lonnie? " Chad grinned.
Cordelia looked confused but nodded yes. Chad helped her down from the chair and walked her to her room. They already had a room for when Moxie or one of the others would come to play or spend the night. So they already had a bed for her and Lonnie and the others made sure she had plenty of clothes and toys by her second day. Chad smiled when he saw Lonnie had already laid out an outfit for Cordelia on a chair next to the closet.
"Let's get you dressed and hair fixed. Then I will put on one of those shows you like while I jump in the shower then we'll go" Chad held up the shirt to show Cordelia.
Cordelia could easily undress herself but needed help getting dressed. Chad gave a quick tug down of the shirt to fit her head through the hole and she put her arms through. She then stepped into her denim skirt and he pulled it up for her. The dark blue shirt with light blue stripes really made her blue eyes stand out. He took her into the bathroom and filled the pink spray bottle that was sitting on the counter with water. Having curly hair himself he knew never to run a comb through dry hair. He quickly sprayed her hair, getting it thoroughly wet, and then began combing her hair. She stayed pretty still the whole time until she had enough and began shaking her head.
"OK I'm done!" He chuckled. Chad frowned he should have done her hair first because he soaked the back of her shirt.
"Do you want a new shirt? " He gently began to pat her hair with a towel.
"No. Can I watch the puppet show now? " Cordelia wiggled more.
"Sure. " He smiled.
The puppet show was actually a DVD Evie had put on to entertain Max while Evie helped set up Cordelia's room but Cordelia loved all the colors and music that she watched it better than Max did. She knew all the colors and shapes that would pop up on the screen and would happily call out the answers and would sqeal every time the puppets would praise her. Evie thought Cordelia's reaction to the video was adorable and told Lonnie just to keep the DVD. Now it was played at least four times a day if not more. They had other shows like that but she only wanted that one show played over and over. Chad got the show started and went to go jump in the shower.
If someone had told him ten years ago that he was going to be married to Lonnie and they would have a child from the isle of the lost. He would have laughed so hard in that persons face. He would admit that he was a complete jerk face in high school especially when the VKs showed up. He shamefully used Evie and then caused a mess at parents day. His tiny little world had been turned upside down when the VKs showed up and he had been mad as hell about it. Even though he was dating Audrey for all the wrong reasons he really thought he had loved her. Then Audrey had dated Jay. Which only made Chad madder. He had been so awful to Lonnie. Telling her that she couldn't do Swords and Shields and then completely disobeying her when she became team captain. It got so bad that the coach threatened to take him off the team if he didn't start listening to Lonnie. Then his mother let Dizzy come live in their castle. Chad did the most disgusting thing in his life and bullied a ten year old so bad that she locked her self in the closet under the sairs. He really did feel awful after hearing Dizzy threw up all over herself because she cried so hard and it took his dad taking the door off the hinges and so his mom could get to Dizzy. His parents were both furious when Dizzy finally told them what happened. He had never had his parents look so disappointed in him especially his mom. That was when things started changing for Chad. Cinderella made him come home every weekend and he wasn't allowed to anything but spend time with them and Dizzy. At first he absolutely hated it. Then he finally started to see that there wasn't a nasty or hateful bone in that colorful little girl's body and her giggle was infectious. Dizzy and him were like brother and sister now. He had to do a little more growing up but he basically went back to the VKs and grovelled for forgiveness. Which they finally did but it took time. Lonnie seeing that he was changing for the better forgave him too. The had both had graduated college when they started dating. They had only been married for three months when Cordelia came into their lives. Well they did want kids right away and this one was mostly potty trained so Chad's life was pretty perfect right now.
Chad quickly jumped out of the shower and got dressed. He pulled on a white Polo shirt and blue pants. He smiled when he heard Cordelia's giggles come from the playroom.
"You ready? " Chad asked from the door way.
Cordelia ran to him holding a stuffed tiger toy Jasmine had given her, to keep the bad dreams away. It took him a few minutes to figure out the car seat buckles but he got her strapped in and drove to get their special treat. They soon pulled up to a little café and bistro called Sweet Treats. Chad and Lonnie always stopped there for coffee and tea and sometimes they would eat lunch or dinner but their favorite thing was getting something sweet from there. It was a rare treat but it was one of their favorite things to do together. It was easier to unbuckle Cordelia and get her out of the seat. He held her hand as they walked in. The wonderful smells immediately greeted them.
"Good morning! " Happy's wife Becky greeted smiling. Becky had white curly hair and a friendly round face.
"Good morning! "Chad smiled.
"Who is your friend? " Becky smiled as Cordelia had pressed herself and the tiger up against the glass pastry case starring at everything.
"This is Cordelia. She is going to be living with us. I thought we would come get a treat. " Chad explained as he picked Cordelia up.
"How wonderful! " Becky gushed.
"Hey Delia do you want to try a cinnamon roll? " Chad pointed to a large roll covered in a surgery looking glaze. Delia's eyes lit up as she nodded yes.
"And this! " Delia pointed to the sugar cookies that had brightly colored sprinkles in them.
"We'll get some cookies before we go right now it is breakfast. " Chad chuckled at her pout.
"What else? " asked Becky.
"Let me get a child's breakfast plate with milk and can I get the roll warmed and cut in half please oh and a small coffee " Chad reached for his wallet.
"Of course! That will be $10.34! You can have a seat any where you like and we will bring it right out to you. " Becky took the money from Chad.
Chad took Cordelia and sat her on the booth side and then sat in the chair across from her.
"Good morning! I'm Toni and I will be your waitress today. I will be right back with the rest of your order." a pretty black girl walked up to the table and sat down the coffee and milk in front of Chad and Delia. Then put two baskets with half a cinnamon roll and forks in front of them.
Delia not knowing how to use a fork picked up the cinnamon roll with her hand and bit off a big piece. Her eyes lit up.
"Chew good that was a big bite. " Chad tried not to chuckle.
Toni came back with a small bowl of scrambled eggs, two pieces of bacon and a piece of toast and sat it down in front of Delia.
"Tell her thank you, Delia. " Chad said.
"Thank you! " Delia said looking at all the food in front of her.
"Your welcome! " Toni smiled and then walked away.
"Let the eggs cool off before you eat them." Chad warned as he put the eggs by him. Delia didn't really care she was still eating her cinnamon roll.
Chad was taking a bite of his cinnamon roll when there was flash before his eyes. He looked up to see a grinning Cameron Clayton son of William Clayton who tried to kill Tarzan, who was a sports reporter holding a camera.
"Shocking front page news! Not only was Chad Charming eating a sticky bun but also seen with a ravan haired beauty that wasn't his wife." Cameron put on an announcer voice.
"Get it right Cam it's a cinnamon roll. " Chad laughed as he shook his friend's hand.
Cameron was one of the VKs that came over with Dizzy. They weren't friends at first but over the years they became friends. Cameron was big and broad like his dad, he had thinning hair and soft dark eyes. Cameron loved sports just not hunting like his dad. Cameron chose to write his first sports article on Chad for Auroadon Prep in his senior year and now he was going to cover his last game for Auroadon's Sports News. It just seemed fitting.
"Who is this cutie? " Cameron bent down next to Cordelia.
Cordelia bared her teeth and hissed at Cameron she started trying to wrap her arms around her food. Cam immediately backed away he knew that reaction too well, he had done that many times on the isle.
"Delia it's OK baby he's not going to take your food. " Chad soothed. Cameron pulled up a chair next to Chad.
"Who are her parents? " Cam asked softly as Cordelia began to eat again.
"Uma and Harry Hook. " Chad answered just as softly.
"Those nutters had a kid! " Cameron was shocked.
"A beautiful kid! " Chad nodded.
"Can I take her picture for the article? " Cam held up his camera.
"If she will let you. We really haven't tried. " Chad shrugged.
"Hey Cordelia can I take a picture of you it won't hurt." Cam explained.
"No! " Cordelia said as she began to shove food faster in her mouth.
"Delia you're going to choke! " Chad not thinking grabbed the bowl of eggs from her. Cordelia's eyes welled up but she didn't cry her head dropped towards her lap.
"Delia come here I'm not taking your food you can still eat I just didn't want you to choke. " Chad held his arm out for her.
She got out of the Booth and walked to him slowly still holding her tiger. He picked her up and put her in his lap, he sat the tiger next to him. He picked up the fork and began feeding her slowly. He got her to finish the eggs and bacon but she didn't want the toast.
"Good job! " Chad wiped off her hands and face. Cordelia grinned up and him for the praise and Chad smiled back. Suddenly there was another flash of light.
"Come on I'm seeing spots now! " Chad frowned as Delia rubbed her eyes.
"Look how cute that is though. " Cam showed him the picture on the camera.
"Look Delia it's you and me! " Chad showed her the picture.
"How did I get in there? " Delia looked worried.
"It's just a copy of you! I'll explain when your older" Chad chuckled at the confused look on her face.
"Hey is this one of those fancy cameras that you can send this picture to my phone? " Chad smiled knowing it was.
"OK but no posting it on social media I post the picture first. " Cam held out his hand.
"Deal! " Chad shook his hand and gave the camera back to Cam so he could send the picture.
Toni came back to the table with a white paper bag.
"Mrs. Becky said this was for after your lunch! Have a good day" Toni put the bag on the table and left.
Chad looked at his phone to see a text from Ben saying that there was going to be an emergency council meeting in thirty minutes. He sighed not sure what to do with Cordelia but figured she could sit on his lap and play with his phone if there was no one to watch her.
"See you at the game Cam! We got to go! " Chad picked Delia up who quickly grabbed her tiger.
"Bye" Cam waved.
"Bye Mrs. Becky Thank you! " Chad said as the walked out.
Chad arrived fifteen minutes early for the meeting. The parents were still the original council members but Ben suggested that the adult kids join the council so they would know what do do when the parents wanted to retire. He saw King Ben coming towards him, he looked really stressed.
"Hey thanks for coming so quickly!" Ben greeted.
"Sure but what am I suppose to do with Delia? " Chad did not like the feeling he was getting.
"We are working on a place for the kids to play while we meet. " Ben smiled at Delia as she laid her head on Chad's shoulder. Ben walked down the hall.
"Chad what are we doing? " Delia was getting nervous she was still shy in Auroadon.
"I have to go to a meeting but you are going to play and have fun. " He rubbed her back.
"I want to stay with you! " she gripped his shirt.
"We'll see who comes I bet you'll want to play. If not you can stay with me" Chad shoothed.
"Hey you two! " Lonnie greeted as she walked up. Delia reached for Lonnie and cuddled into her. In just the week they had Cordelia she was becoming very cuddly.
"I see you brought your friend! What is her name. " Lonnie petted the toy tiger.
"My baby! " Delia hugged the toy.
"Baby is a good name. " Lonnie smiled.
Cinderella and Charming walked up next. Cinderella almost bounced seeing Lonnie holding Cordelia. They were giving Cordelia time to adjust to before grandparents were introduced but Cinderella wanted to meet her so bad.
"Mom be calm! Cam already freaked her out at Sweet Treats this morning. " Chad warned. Cordelia had already hid her face in Lonnie's neck.
"Traders you went to Sweet Treats with out me! " Lonnie gasped.
Cordelia looked up to see if Lonnie was really angry with her. Lonnie gentle bumped her nose against Delia's nose.
"Did you eat all the yummy food? " Lonnie ask Cordelia softly.
"I liked the sweet bread the best" Delia nodded.
"Sweet bread? " Lonnie looked at Chad.
"We split a cinnamon roll. " Chad explained and smiled as Delia snuck a quick look at his parents.
"You owe me two extra miles on our nightly run tomorrow! " Lonnie grinned.
"We both are going to run extra after we eat the cookies Mrs. Becky sent for after lunch. " Chad grinned.
Yes! It is going to be so worth it I love their cookies. " Lonnie tickled Delia. Delia giggled and squirmed in Lonnie's arms.
"What happened with Cam? " Charming asked.
"She thought he was going to take her food. When she wasn't hissing at him she was trying to cram it down her throat. " Chad sighed.
"Poor baby I remember Dizzy hiding extra food when she first came to live with us. " Cinderella cooed.
"She didn't choke did she? " Lonnie frowned.
"No I put her in my lap and fed her. Cam did get a good picture out of it" Chad pulled out his phone.
"Oh I want a copy of that. " Cinderella said. Delia accidentally dropped her tiger.
"Uh oh here you go! " Cinderella picked up the tiger.
"What do you say? " Lonnie asked as Delia reached for the tiger.
"Give me! " Delia demanded.
"No you say thank you" Lonnie pulled her back from the tiger.
"Thank you! " Delia kepted reaching for the tiger.
Lonnie let Delia grab the tiger from Cinderella.
"Your welcome baby. My name is Ella can you tell me your name? " Cinderella asked calmly.
"Cordelia. " came a soft reply.
"What a pretty name for a pretty girl" Cinderella grinned.
"Will you come to me I promise Lonnie and Chad will stand right here with me? " Cinderella held out her arms. Delia looked at Lonnie then at Chad who were both smiling and nodding it was OK.
Delia leaned forward towards Cinderella and held her arms out. It surprised Cinderella but she took the tiny little girl in her arms.
"She is so light! I don't think she weights anything. Chad was a soild kid so he was always a handful to pick up but I almost threw her over my shoulder." Cinderella smiled at Delia gentle tucking her hair behind her ears. Charming smiled at Delia and patted her on the back.
"Do you have pictures of soild Chad? " giggled Lonnie.
"Not where you can find them! " Chad huffed.
"It was just baby fat he out grew it by the time he started school. " Cinderella touched Chad's face lovingly.
"Thanks mom. We are working on putting the weight on her." Chad rolled his eyes. More council members were starting to show up making Delia nervous. She tucked her head in Cinderella's neck. Mulan and Shang walked up to them Lonnie quickly hugged them.
"Hey Delia can you say hi to my parents? " Lonnie softly asked rubbing her back. Cordelia sat up in Cinderella's arms and looked at Lonnie's parents.
"Hi! " Delia said softly.
"She's shy but very sweet! " Cinderella smiled.
"It's very nice to meet you! " Mulan put her hand on Delia's back. Delia showed Mulan her tiger.
"Is that your protector? " Mulan petted the toy. Delia nodded yes.
"We need to be heading into the the meeting." Shang said looking towards the council room.