From: BatGirl555@aol.com Disclaimer: Don't own any of it...still.. Archivers: go for it, but please tell me first. Title: Bullfrogs and Butterflys Athor: Kris ( say, has anyone heard this tape? I *loved* it when i was little and can't find it! if anyone has a clue where to find it, email me!) " Attack of the killer turtels!" yelled a young blond child, holding up his pet turtle and racing for his dad. Laughing his father scooped him up in his arms."Well my little turtle, do you know what I've got for you?" he said with a smile."Oh goody! You bring me home a present!" the child said, wringeling in his fathers arms, taking care not to drop his turtle. "Not quite Jonny, but I'll tell you what, you run upstairs and put speed racer away while I pay Kristin and then I'll show you a suprise." the father said setting his boy down gently. "kay." the boy said running off. "So how was he?" He asked the girl who had just come out of the kitchen. "Great as usuall! This time he had us making peanut butter tarts.They're actully good. You have a great little cook on your hands Dr. Quest." Kristin said."His mother taught him." Dr. Quest said remincing. "So, how much do I owe you?" he asked quickly recovering. "Nothing, like I said, Jonny's such a sweetheart to babysit, you don't need to pay me." Kris replied smiling. "One of these days he's going to turn on me and youre going to charge me for all these, i just know it." Dr. Quest said smiling as he held the front door open for Kris. Walking over to her skyblue jeep wrangler she got in and waved once more before she drove off. "So? where is it??" a voice spoke up behinde him. Chuckling, Benton bent down and picked up Jonny. "It's not here little one. We have to go pick up your suprise." Turning, Benton closed the front door to the house and started walking to the garage. " Uh oh, um dad?" Jonny spoke up, twisting in his fathers arms so he could look his father in the eye."What is it munchkin?" "I left the bath on." "What? Why? How long?" "Not that long, kris and I were going to give speed racer a bath." "Jonny! oh well, no use getting mad, come on, lets go turn it off, then we've got to hurry or we'll be late." Benton said turning and rushing into the house. He ran up the stairs with Jonny in tow and turned off the bath water. Thankfully he had a safety device installed just incase something like this were to happen so the tub would not over flow."Okay, anything elses?" "Um, nope, can we go now? Puh-lease???" "Yes, come on, lets see if we can get out of here this time." Walking back to the garage Benton strapped Jonny into the captains seat in the middle of the Quest van. Climbing in front, he started the van and backed out. "Daddy, put in Bullfrogs and Butterflies will you please?" Jonny begged from the back of the van. "Sure." he said, gratefull for anything that would distract his son on the hour long trip to the airport."How much longer?" Jonny asked five minutes later. " A seasame street." Benton repiled, refering to one of Jonny's favorite shows. Rachell had come up with the idea to help Jonny get a better grasp on time. Mister Rogers for half hours and Seaseme street for hours because MR was half hour, SS was an hour long. ** Finally finding a parking space at the airport, he unbuckled Jonny and snapped a kiddie leash on his wrist, He snapped the other end on his own wrist. "Come on dad!" Jonny said hopping from one foot to another. "Okay, I'm coming." Walking into the building, he and Jonny rushed to the RQ air lines gate. Seconds after the twosome arrived, people began filing off the plane. Benton picked up Jonny and began looking for his old friend. Spotting a mane of red hair being carried by a neatly trimmed head of silver hair, hey yelled, " Race! Hey, Race! Over here!" Looking around, Race Bannon spotted his life long friend Benton Quest. "Benton! Hi! How are you? Haven't seen you in a while!" Race exclaimed. Setting down thei kids, Benton handed Race an extra kiddie leash he had brought along. Snapping it on his daughters wrist, the foursome walked to the luggage rack claim thingymajiger. "I'm Jonny." Jonny said walking next to the red haired girl who was clutching a G.I.Joe."I'm Jessie" she replied "Can I see your G.I.Joe?" " I guess..." she said, handing him the doll. "Wow! It's Jag! I've got everyone but him!" "You do?" I've got a lot of them to!" "Yea! I've got mine in my playroom at home! I'll show them to you when we get there." "Great!" this conversation carried on while their fathers got the luggage. "So, how've you been?" Race asked Benton as they walked to the van. "Oh, Okay I suppose. What about you?" "Same." As they loaded the suitcases into the back of the van, they heard Jessie yell."NO! LEAVE THAT ONE OUT! I NEED MY OTHER G.I. JOES!!!" "Jess, sweatheart, you'll get them when we get to Dr. Quests' house." Race said tenderly. "But I want them now!" Jessie said chalenging her father with her eyes. "Jessie, no, your going to have to wait." Race replied. "Please daddy?" she asked, giving him the lost puppy dog look. It was hard to still hold his ground with her looking at him that way."No Jess, you have Jag." "BUT I WANT MY OTHER G.I.JOES!!!!" she yelled. People were begining to look their way. Seeing she was on the verge of throwing herself on the floor of the parking garage and going into a fit, he gave in. "Okay okay, you win." Race grumbeled. Opening the suitcase, he displayed her toys. "Who do you want?" "JONNY! Who do you want to play with?" she asked. Her eyes still glittering from bending her fathers will, again. "Ummm, can I dad?" he asked, looking at his father with hopeful eyes. "You may borrow one if it's okay with Race." Benton replied. Turning, Jonny looked at Race and gave him the puppy dog look. "Yes! yes you can! Now stop giving me that look! What is this? Give-Race-the-puppy-dog-look-so-I-can-get-what-I-want-day or something?!" "Yea." Jessie piped up, giggling. Picking a Joe doll, Jonny and Jessie ran around to the side of the van, climbed in and began pretending to blow everything up they could. Chuckeling Benton helped Race close the suitcase, put it in the back and close the tail gate. Going around to the drivers door, Benton got in and started the van up."Looks like she's got you wrapped around her finger Race." "I can't help it! Could you say no to that face? There should be some sort of law against kids using that little lost puppy dog look. How do you think she got all that G.I.Joe stuff?" " Can we stop for ice cream?" Jessie's little voice came from behinde the two men. Looking back, Race groaned. "Ask Dr.Quest hon, he's driving." Race said looking at Benton with a grin on his face and a gleam in his eye. "Jessie, I don't think we have tim......" suddenly her face pupped up in his rearveiw mirror. She had that look. sighing, Dr.Quest said, " I suppose we can make the time." as he turned into Dairy Queen, he heard two little voices cheering behinde him and Race say, "Toldjya so." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start a new hobby. Meet a new friend. http://www.onelist.com Onelist: The leading provider of free email list services