Big Brother Chuckie
"Looks like you have everything planned out real well," Betty said as she looked over the plans that Chas and Kira had brought with them. Off to the side the babies were happily playing in the grass. "Coffee places, if run properly, can be very successful."
"Oh yes," Kira said with a nod. "I want our store to be more than just coffee though. I am thinking we could have a stage for musicians to play, maybe a poetry night or guest readings… make it a real culture spot. Of course we will have to have very good coffee… I have some recipes from when I lived in Paris and we are going all in on the best coffee machine we can get."
"And I am meeting with some local bakeries to see if they'd be willing to supply us with pastries," Chas said only to notice Chuckie, Phil, and Lil all staring up. "What are- KIMI!" The three adults leapt from their seats when they saw that Kimi had managed to climb up into a small tree, the branch slowly breaking under her weight. Thankfully Betty was able to leap over and catch Kimi just before she fell.
"Heheh, guess we should call you a Kitten rather than a pup, huh Kimi!" Betty declared, Kimi giggling.
"That's a no no," Kira said, wagging her finger at Kimi while Chas went to Chuckie.
"That's your little sister, Bucko… she could have hurt herself."
"Now come on Chas!" Betty scolded. "This wasn't Chuckie's fault! We were the ones that were supposed to be watching her!"
"Yes but-" Chas began but Betty shook her head.
"No, its on us." She looked down at Chuckie. "If ya see Kimi in real danger you can let us know, Chuckster, BUT-" and it was clear she was talking to Chas, "we need to remember that we're the parents. It isn't up to babies to watch babies."
Chas sighed. "You're right. I'm sorry Chuckie." He hugged his son and after a moment Chuckie hugged him back.
"Guys, you know what this means?"
"What?" Phil and Lil asked Tommy.
The bald baby grinned. "If we leap from trees your mommy will catch us!"
Dil reached out and grabbed Tommy's arm, shaking his head. "Nooooo."
~MC~MC~MC~
"…okay," Melinda said slowly, "you might take too much glee out of torturing the babies but... you do have a point that Chas and the others are really bad about actually watching out for the kids. And he shouldn't have blamed Chuckie for him be distracted."
The Creator nodded smugly. "Thank you."
"…you're thinking about how Kimi could have died, aren't you?"
"Like a watermelon dropped from the Eifel Tower." He paused. "I wonder if she would have formed into the Nickolodeon Splat?"