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Chapter Sixty



Josh stared at his best friend for a few moments like he was joking. He can't NOT have the key. He CAN'T be stuck to Elenore forever or he will go insane. He turned and looked at her.


"What do we do?"


"I don't know!"


"Well we've gotta figure SOMETHING out! I don't want to be stuck to you forever!"


"Well do you think I want to be stuck to you either?!"


"Maybe you guys dropped it on the ground," Dakota suggested suddenly, as Chris had let her go and the three of them went to their friends' aid.


"Good idea! It was in my pocket. Maybe it fell out when we were wrestling on the ground." Elenore rolled her eyes.


"Only you would lose something as important as a key, Joshy!"


"Shut up! I wouldn'ts have lost it if you would've cooperated with me and didn't struggle!"


"As IF I was going to lets you win!" Elenore replied, shoving him hard. He shoved her back much harder causing her to lose her balance a little and him to stumble over her causing them to bump heads.


"OW!" Both of them exclaimed, rubbing their hands over their heads.


"Now see what you did??" Josh yelled at her.


"You started it!"


"No I did NOTS!"


"Will you two stop fighting for five minutes and helps us find the key?! Or do you want to be stuck to each other like that forever?" Chris suddenly spoke up. Josh and Elenore looked at him, Spencer, and Dakota to see them crawling around on the floor looking for the key. Elenore got down on her knees too, yanking Josh down next to her rather hard.


"OW!!!" He yelled. Elenore just smirked. "Oops, sorry Joshy." She replied sweetly and she began to crawl around looking for the key. After a few moments, when they realized the key was nowhere to be seen Elenore became rather frustrated. Especially since Josh kept trying to go one way when she was trying to go the other and they kept having to yank each other back.


"KEVY!!! Josh the loser face over here handcuffed us together an' lost the key!"


"I am NOT a loser face!" Josh yelled.


"You ARE so!"


"Have you tried retracing your steps?" AJ spoke up.


"Well…no…"


"Go look over in the dress up area. Maybe he dropped it over there." Josh got up pulling Elenore with him and he hurried over there.


"Ow! Josh you're hurting me, slow down!"


"No! We needs to find that key so that I can gets away from you! As far away from you as I possibly can!"


"No, we needs to find the key so that I can gets away from you as far as I possibly can!" Elenore argued stubbornly. When they got over to the dress up center they searched in and under things, and on things, high and low, and Dakota, Spencer, and Chris went to help. AJ, Nick, Riley, and Ashley continued to sit there watching in amusement.


"Its so nice seeing those two work together," Riley joked and AJ laughed.


"How long are you planning on keeping them like that, Nicky?" Ashley asked curiously.


"All day," Nick answered, a mischievous grin on his face. "I think that should do the trick."


"Me too," Kevin replied. "They'll spend all day arguing over EVERYTHING and eventually they will have to learn to if not get a long with each other, then to at least respect each other."


"They're a lot alike and don't even know it. Maybe if they're forced to spend the whole day together, they will be forced to get to know each other a little better," Riley replied.


"Exactly," Kevin agreed. Riley looked down at her watch.


"But anyway, it's time to get out to the lobby. Which one of you is going to tell them that they're spending the whole day handcuffed to each other?" Nick grinned and looked over at the kids.


"Kota baby!" He called after her. Dakota stopped what she was doing and looked over at Nick.


"Yeah daddy?"


"You kids need to come over here now, it's time to get out to the lobby so we can get into our groups and go to Disney World." Josh and Elenore looked at Nick like he is insane.


"Buts what about us?! We're still stuck together!" Josh shouted exasperatedly.


"Well, it looks like you're going to have to stay like that until later," Nick replied calmly as if it is a normal thing, being handcuffed together.


"BUT!" both kids replied in protest.


"We'll either have to go to a magic shop and buy you a new key later, or we'll have to search out the entire playroom for the lost one. But we don't have time for that now. We need to get out there before they leave without us." Kevin replied.


"Come a long kiddies," AJ added, as he and the adults were now standing. Nick took Ashley's hand and helped her up, and he shifted Sarah who still hasn't spoken a word, so that she is rested on his right hip. He looked at Dakota.


"Come here Kota," he told her gently. Dakota got up and walked over to him and he scooped her up and placed her on his other hip and he kissed her forehead before leaving the playroom with Riley and AJ. Chris and Spencer followed and Kevin stayed behind to hold the door open for Josh and Elenore who were the last ones to walk out of the room, both of them suddenly having very sullen attitudes. When they got out to the lobby they found Brooke, Brian, Howie, Doctor Johnson, and many of the other caregivers putting kids into groups.


"Where have you guys been? We were about to send someone in after you," Brian asked when he saw AJ, Riley, Nick, and Kevin come out with the kids.


"Sorry, we lost track of time," AJ replied. Brian looked down at Josh to ask him to give Chance to Raul so that he can take him upstairs to his bedroom when he suddenly saw that he is handcuffed to Elenore. The two of them are standing there, Josh holding Chance in one hand and Elenore holding Lil' Rok in hers and they're both pouting.


"What's going on? Why are they handcuffed together?" Brian asked, looking at the adults confused.


"I was wondering the same thing," Brooke replied, looking rather amused.


"They were playing cops and robbers and lost the key," Kevin explained, winking at his cousin. "We told them we didn't have time to look for it now and that they would have to stay like that until we got back."


"Ooh, I see." Brian replied, him and Brooke catching on right away, Brooke actually laughing about it.


"Its NOT fair Brian! I don't want to spend the whole day handcuffed to her!" Brian kneeled down and placed his hands gently on Josh's shoulders.


"I'm sorry buddy, but you're gonna have to. They're right, we don't have time to look for the key right now. Why don't you give Chance to Raul so he can take him up to your room and make sure he has food and water, and all that good stuff?"


"Kay," Josh replied, and he handed Chance over to the awaiting bodyguard.


"Ellie and Kota give Lil' Rok and Lily to them as well," Kevin instructed gently. Elenore and Dakota gave up their puppies and Raul looked at Ashley. Ashley handed Abbie over to him and he took off to the elevator with four puppies in his arms. As soon as all of the kids were in their groups Brian had Josh, Chris, a little girl named Chelsea, a little girl named Hannah, and another boy named James and he's partnered up with Riley of course. Kevin and Nick have Dakota, Elenore, Sarah, a little girl that Ashley has grown very fond of, whose name is Holly, and Ashley. AJ and Howie have their group of kids, and AJ's mom Denise is there also. She took over Tom's group, which is all of Sarah's friends, plus Spencer which means Kori and Wiley are with her. They were introduced to her earlier, and Kori is already very fond of her.



"So it looks like my group and I are hanging out with yours then," Brian told Kevin and Nick, grinning widely and Josh only scowled, shoving Elenore a little bit only causing Elenore to shove him back.


"Yup, looks that way." Nick replied, grinning too as he is still very proud of his scheme. By now Brooke was ushering all of the groups outside and the tour busses were out there waiting and everything. Brian, Riley, Kevin, Nick, Denise, Kori, Wiley, AJ, and Howie all got onto one bus with all of their kids, that making it 20 kids all together. When they got on there Dakota went over and sat in a comfy seat next to the window, hugging her legs to her chest and her chin on her knee and she looks a little upset. Elenore who had noticed her go over there knows its because she's still in a whole lot of pain right now and probably still a little tired too. Elenore started over there just as Josh had it in his mind to go over to Chris who was hanging out with James from Brian's group. Forgetting that they're attached to each other, they each set off in their separate directions only to come flying back again, both landing on the floor on top of each other with a loud THUD. The adults all looked at them curiously as they had heard the noise.


"Owww…" They both whined and they both looked at each other annoyed.


"What were you thinking?! Couldn't you see that I was trying to goes an' see Kota?!"


"Didn't it ever occur to you that I might wants to go an' see Chris??"


"Me going over to see Kota is a LOTS more important!"


"Nuh uh!"


"Yes huh!"


"No its not!"


"Yes it is Joshy, looks at her!" Elenore hissed, motioning toward Dakota who is still sitting there hugging her legs to her chest and she's staring out the window. "She's hurt an' she's lonely an' she needs me! So can you PLEASE lets me go an' see her, PLEASE?" Josh looked over at Dakota and his heart nearly shattered into thousands of little pieces. He does not like seeing Dakota upset at all.


"Okay…" Josh replied softly. "Fine…" Elenore stood up then, forcing Josh to do the same and she walked over to Dakota and sat on the little loveseat next to her. She wrapped her arm around her and Dakota turned and looked at her. She leaned in against Elenore. Elenore looked at Josh who was standing there staring over at Chris longingly and she smirked suddenly, before wrapping both her arms around Dakota causing Josh to whirl around and do the same.


"Elenore…" he whined, but Elenore paid no attention.


"What's the matter Kota?" She asked gently.


"It hurteds Ellie…" Dakota whimpered. Elenore didn't reply, she only hugged Dakota closer.


"I loves you Ellie…"


"Loves you too," Elenore replied.


"Great, you love each other. Can I get up now?" Josh whined.


"Hush Joshy, you know you're enjoying it." Elenore replied while resting her forehead against Dakota's. Josh growled suddenly and kicked Elenore in the leg. Elenore kicked him back just as hard.


~*~*~*~*~


Meanwhile, over on the other side of the bus, Nick and Ashley found a comfortable couch to sit on. He sat down and pulled her down next to him and he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead softly. AJ and Denise went over to them then.


"Ashley Id like you to meet my mom Denise. Mom, this is Ashley." AJ introduced.


"Hi," Ashley replied shyly, moving in closer to Nick a little bit.


"Hey Ashley, it's nice to finally be able to meet you. AJ just goes on and on about you."


"Really? All good things, I hope." Ashley replied, smiling a little bit.


"But of course!" AJ replied while grinning. "There is nothing bad to say about you honey."


"Sure there is," Ashley replied, shrugging her shoulders.


"Stop it," Nick warned, resting his forehead against hers and staring in her eyes with a serious look. Ashley scowled.


"Well, all my son could find were good things to say about you. He seems to be very fond of you so you must be pretty great cause Alex picks his friends very well." Denise replied, sitting next to Ashley. Suddenly Sarah walked over to them and she crawled up into Nick's lap and wrapped her arms around his neck, resting her head against his shoulder and popping her thumb in her mouth and she rested her head against his shoulder. Nick enveloped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head as he noticed something seemed to be bothering her - other then the obvious.


"Honey what's the matter?" Sarah didn't reply, she only snuggled closer to him as a tear rolled down her cheek.


"Sweetie I can't help you unless you tell me what's wrong…" Sarah still didn't say a word and Nick sighed heavily.


"I think we should probably buy her a little notepad and pen if she keeps this up…" AJ suggested. Ashley reached into her pocket suddenly and pulled out one of hers that she keeps on her all the time out of habit. She even pulled out a pen also. She handed it to Sarah and Nick, AJ, and Denise looked at her curiously.


"What? I used to not talk too remember? I just never got out of the habit of carrying it around…" She explained, then she looked at Sarah.


"You can borrow that for now sweetie okay? Then maybe Nicky will buy you one of your own when we get to Disney World. One with your favorite character on it." Sarah nodded and opened up the notepad to a clean page. She had to turn back pretty far because Ashley used it up quite a bit with all of her own thoughts and emotions. When she got to a clean page she wrote thanks on it and held it up for Ashley to see. Ashley smiled at her.


"No problem honey."


"Okay now what's wrong honey hmm? Tell Nicky," Nick spoke up again. Sarah wrote down her answer on the notepad and when she finished she handed it to him. Ashley and AJ leaned over to read it also. My friends won'ts play withs me because I won'ts talk.


"Is that so?" Nick asked, frowning some. Sarah can't lose her friends over this. She loves them too much. Sarah nodded, as even more tears roll down her cheek.


"I'm sure its just because they don't understand sweetie…" Ashley replied gently. "Do you want me to go over there with you to help you explain it to them?" Sarah nodded while sniffling and Ashley stood up and gently scooped Sarah into her arms cradling her and she brought her over to her friends, Meghan, Alana, Jessica, and Aubrey.