Chapter Fifty Nine
Meanwhile, upstairs, after Nick and Ashley had finished their shower they got out and got dressed. Ashley put on a pair of blue denim jeans and a black bra and she went and lay comfortably across the bed. Nick who had gotten fully dressed looked over at her and smiled a little.
"Baby girl, you should get dressed. We don't have much time this morning. I'll feel bad if I'm up here all morning and not down there doing my job."
"But you are doing your job honey," Ashley replied innocently.
"Oh I am, am I?" Nick asked amused, as he went over to her and stood in front of her.
"Yes, you're." Ashley answered, sitting up suddenly and she placed her finger to his chin and pulled his lips down on hers and she kissed him hard on the mouth just the way he likes it and he moaned softly. She lay back on the bed then and he crawled on top of her, each leg on either side of her. "You're up here, taking care of me like the excellent caregiver that you are." She added between kisses. Nick laughed and leaned further down to place soft kisses on her neck and she tilted her head back a little.
"Id like to see you explain that one to Brooke," he replied, before moving his kisses to the front of her neck.
"I just want to lay here for awhile Nicky please? With your kisses and your gentle touch. My tummy hurts and I hate being a girl," Ashley whined.
"Aww…my poor baby girl…" Nick replied sympathetically and he leaned down and placed delicate kisses on her stomach before lying on top of her carefully and wrapping his arms around her waist and he rested his forehead against hers as he gazed into her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You worked hard this morning helping me with the kids. You know I appreciate it right?"
"Mm hmm…" Ashley answered softly. "I love to help Nicky. Especially right now when you need it the most."
"I love the way you are with the kids…especially Dakota. She just loves you…"
"And I love her too, very much." Nick grinned a little and brushed his lips lightly over hers. They lay there together for 20 minutes, than he got up and helped her up.
"Come on sweetie, go get a shirt on and I will give you some Ibuprofen if it still hurts."
"Kay," Ashley replied softly and she went into the closet and looked at her shirts. After thinking about it for a few moments, she pulled down her Foster Home For Imaginary Friends tank top. It's black and has Cheese hugging Bloo and it reads 'I (heart) bloo cheese' on it. She put it on and then walked out of the closet to see Nick just coming out of the bathroom with brushed hair. Ashley went in there and got out her curling iron, her brush, and her new pink sparkle headband. Nick suddenly went up behind her and wrapped his arms around her from behind and she looked at him through the mirror.
"Why don't you bring your hair stuff downstairs honey? I really need to get down there before they send a search party up for me."
"Kay," Ashley replied and she also got her hair dryer out and her pink glitter heart clips incase Dakota wants her hair done. She picked it all up and followed him out of the bathroom and she found Laney standing there waiting. He and Nick lead Ashley downstairs to the cafeteria and when they got in there they found the adults still setting up tables and the kids sitting a little ways off to the side, Elenore, Spencer, Josh, and Chris playing with the puppies and Dakota lying in Elenore's lap asleep. Sarah is still sitting in the middle of the table but Riley had gotten her crayons and a coloring book so she could color. Nick raised his eyebrow as he noticed Dakota and he looked at Kevin.
"What took you two so long?" He asked.
"There are two of us and the both of us needed showers - one of us is a girl and that adds more time right there." Nick answered, shrugging his shoulders. "Anyway, how long has she been asleep?"
"An hour."
"Do you think it's safe to wake her up now?"
"You might as well because breakfast will be open in 25 minutes." Brooke answered. Nick went over to Elenore and the kids and he put Abbie down, before crouching down in front of Elenore. Elenore looked up at him.
"She was tired Nicky, so I lets her sleeps in my lap."
"That was very nice of you honey, thank-you," Nick praised. "You're a very good friend," he added and he kissed the top of her head, than he gently picked Dakota up from Elenore's lap and he stood up with her so her head is rested against his shoulder. Dakota opened her eyes some as she felt her daddy's touch.
"Daddy?"
"Hi sweetheart…how are you feeling?" he asked gently and he hugged her close and rubbed his hand over her back as he brought her over to the grownups with him.
"It hurteds daddy…cuddle withs me please?" Nick didn't reply, he only hugged her even closer and she looked up at him. He rested his forehead against hers and gave her butterfly kisses. She slid her arms around his neck and closed her eyes comfortably.
"Loves you daddy…"
"I love you too baby girl…you're my sweet little angel and you mean the whole world to me and daddy swears to you that nobody else will ever lay a hand on you - nobody. And if they do daddy will beat them senseless. Okay? So I don't want you to ever feel like you can't tell me things. No matter what anyone says you can tell me. You will always be safe no matter what."
"Kay," Dakota replied softly, a single tear rolling down her cheek and she looked into his serious but loving eyes as his forehead is rested against hers and he slowly swayed to the music playing on the radio that Riley had brought in. After a long while he brought her over to the table that Ashley had sat at with her hair stuff - the one Sarah is lying on and coloring at . Ashley had already dried her hair and is looking into her little mirror as she curls the ends of it and her bangs. He sat Dakota in the chair next to Ashley.
"Ashee? Can you do my hair too? Please?"
"Mm hmm, just let me finish up mine first."
"Kay," Dakota replied. She sat there watching Ashley do her hair while Nick walked off to finally help with breakfast. By the time Ashley had started curling Dakota's hair the kids were being let in for breakfast. Nick made Laney stay with Ashley and Dakota and he went and got the three of their plates with help from Brian who had gotten his own ahead of time sensing he would need to help Nick. While they were doing that Ashley gently lifted Sarah up from the table and sat her in a chair and she helped her clean up her crayons and coloring books. After breakfast was done and over with Nick, Ashley, Kevin, Riley, and AJ took the kids into the playroom to play while everybody else helped clean up the cafeteria and get sack lunches ready for their picnic later on after Disney World. They had started on it last night, and got half of it done, but now they have to finish. When they got in there Dakota and Elenore ran off to the dress up area and Spencer, Josh, and Chris followed.
"Goes away, Josh! Why are you always following us?" Elenore asked, annoyed. "We wants to play house an' that's a girl game so you can'ts play."
"Sure we can! If girls can plays Ninja Turtles boys can play house."
"No they can'ts!"
"Yes they can!"
"Nuh uh!" Elenore insisted, stomping one of her feet.
"Oh yes they can an' if you don'ts lets us I will go an' tell Brian!"
"Tattle tale."
"What's goes around comes around."
"Lets him plays Ellie, you don'ts wanna gets into trouble again cause then they might nots lets you go to Disney World," Dakota spoke up suddenly. Elenore looked at Dakota to protest but suddenly noticed Josh beaming with pride that Dakota had taken his side. She grinned slyly and decided to test out her discovery a little bit.
"Fine. You can plays," Elenore replied, looking at Josh, Chris, and Spencer again and Josh and Chris suddenly looked taken aback at her sudden change of mind.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really. Joshy you can play the part as Kota's husband, Spencer can plays mine, an' Chris you can be Joshy and Kota's son!"
"No way! No one ever said anything about there being husbands an' wife's!" Josh immediately protested, though Elenore noticed his face turn a bright shade of red. He's blushing? He's blushing! Ha! Gots him right where I want him. She thought to herself.
"But that's what house is abouts, Joshy. Surely you knew that," Elenore replied in the most innocent tone she could muster. Josh looked over at Chris for backup but Chris was only amused.
"She's right you know, Josh." He replied. "That's the way girls play it. They create a make believe family and stuff."
"Right. So Josh is Kota's husband, Spencer is mine, an' Chris is Kota an' Josh's son….and Chance an' Lily are Kota and Josh's puppies, an' Lil' Rok mine an' Spencer's." Elenore went on, creating her game.
"I don't wants to play anymore!" Josh insisted stubbornly.
"Fine, don't then." Elenore replied, satisfied. Josh looked over at the dress up clothes and suddenly he noticed a policeman's hat and uniform. He put it on his head and grabbed up the uniform and handcuffs, and he suddenly looked at the girls, Spencer and Chris again.
"We should play cops and robbers instead!"
"Yeah!" Chris replied excitedly.
"Me and Chris will be the cops and you girls can be the robbers!"
"Buts we wanna play house! Right Kota?" Elenore asked, turning to Dakota in hopes that Dakota will back her up this time.
"House is for sissy girls! An' I thought you could do any thing boys could." Chris challenged, deciding he would get Elenore right where he wants her this time. He caught onto her little game earlier, he's not that stupid. Though he has to admit, it was good.
"We can," Elenore replied, in a matter of factly tone. "An' Better," She added, going toe to toe with Chris. She stared him down hard, and he stared right back.
"Then prove it. Be a robber and out smart us cops!"
"Fine," Elenore replied.
"Fine," Chris replied.
"Fine!"
"FINE!" Chris replied, having a strong need to get the last word and be louder then her. This caused all of the adults to look over at them cautiously, as well as a couple of kids around them.
"Oh no…don't tell me they're at it again," Kevin groaned.
"Oh they're," Nick replied as he sat in his chair cradling Sarah. "I've been sitting here listening to them argue the whole time."
"What are they arguing about now?" AJ questioned interestedly.
"Well, I take it Ellie now knows about Josh's secret little crush for one."
"How so?" Kevin asked amused.
"Well he insisted on playing house with the girls and wouldn't back down no matter how much Elenore demanded he couldn't and when he threatened to tattle Kota stepped in and told her she should just let him play or we might not let her go to Disney World. This of course, made Josh grin because Kota had stuck up for him. Elenore must've noticed, because she suddenly had a sly look on her face as she finally gave in. Then she told him he could be Dakota's husband, Spencer, Elenore's, and Chris would be Dakota and Josh's son." Nick explained. AJ chuckled at this.
"Wow, that's a good one."
"Yeah, I don't think she plans on blabbing though, I think she just plans on using the information as blackmail."
"Psh, I would too. That's brilliant," AJ replied.
"So Josh backed down on playing house and he and Chris have now successfully talked the girls into playing cops and robbers instead," Nick replied, bringing his friends and girlfriend up to date as if he is watching a soap opera. He, Kevin, AJ, Riley, and Ashley sat there talking for a half n hour while the kids played their game of cops and robbers, then suddenly Elenore went running over to them, Josh right behind her wearing a cop uniform and she dove underneath Kevin's chair. She attempted to crawl through it and go out the other side but Josh was quick to dive under there after her, grab hold of her foot, and pull her back out. Elenore shrieked as she landed on her back flat on the carpet and he grabbed hold of her hands. He handcuffed one of them and went to grab the other to do the same to it but she struggled with him.
"Oh no you don'ts!" She insisted.
"Yes huh!"
"No!" Elenore insisted, struggling underneath him. After a few moments of wrestling with each other on the ground Elenore turned them over so she was on top. She smirked, grabbed hold of his hand with the cuff and she clasped it around his hand too.
"HA!"
"AHH! But that's nots fair! I had you, I really had you!"
"You have me! An' I haves you too!" Elenore replied grinning proudly. "An' that just proves it right there. I can do ANYTHING you can do, but BETTER." Elenore stood up from the floor then, causing Josh to do the same as well as he had no other choice.
"Oh no you can't!" Josh insisted.
"Yes I can, Joshy! So why don't you just admit it already and stop being a sore loser!"
"If I'm a loser then you are too because you're standing here handcuffed as well! And STOP CALLING ME JOSHY!"
"I'M a sore loser?! You don't see me standing here whining about being handcuffed do you…." She paused for a moment for special effect. "Joshy?" Josh growled.
"You had better stop calling me that RIGHT now, Elenore!"
"What are you going to do about it if I don't?" She challenged. Meanwhile, while the two were bickering back and fourth to one another, the adults, and Ashley were just sitting there watching them in amusement. How can two children, who are so much alike in almost every single way, fight so much? Nick looked on the ground suddenly and noticed the key to the handcuffs lying near his chair. It must have fallen out of Josh's pocket while they were rolling around on the floor. Nick grinned evilly and he leaned down and picked the key up and he looked at AJ, Kevin, Riley, and Ashley as he put the key in his pocket and the four of them grinned too as they understand what he's scheming. They then looked back at the two kids who were by now pushing at each other rather forcefully.
"I HATES YOU!"
"WELL I HATES YOU MORE!" Josh demanded.
"Not as much as I hate YOU."
"MORE!"
"NUH UH!"
"YES HUH!"
"UNHANDCUFF me I don'ts want to be near you no mores!" Elenore shouted.
"FINE!"
"FINE!" Josh reached into his pocket then with his free hand for his key and when he realized it isn't there he raised his eyebrow.
"Uh-oh…."
"What? What do you mean uh-oh?"
"Its not there!"
"WHAT?! How can it NOT be there?!" Elenore asked, annoyed.
"ITS NOT THERE!" Josh shouted at her angrily. Elenore stared at him for a moment not knowing what to say. The key can't NOT be there. She can't be stuck to Josh forever or she'll die! Either that or end up killing him instead.
"Maybe Chris has it!" Elenore quickly suggested.
"Oh yeah, maybe!" Josh turned and looked at his best friend who was over at the blocks area. He and Spencer have built a pretend jailhouse out of blocks and they are keeping Dakota captive.
"Chris! Bring the key over here and quick! Before I end up doing something I regret!"
"Um…don't you have it?"
"What do you mean don't I have it? Don't you?"
"No, I never even saw the key Josh."
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