Sail along

Chapter 24

"What?" Davy asked, frowning. Mike stepped down the stairs in his pajamas, wiping his hair with a towel. He looked up and smiled when he saw them.

"Hiii!" He said waving.

"Mike...!" Davy gasped, quickly turning around. "Why don't you...uh...go to bed? You know, it's late and all, long day."

Mike shook his head.

"Not tired."

"Well, what if you go up stairs and read?" Davy suggested looking at Peter for help.

Mike giggled.
"You're silly," he said with a grin. The two men looked at each other.

"Hi," the one with the red hair said entering the house.

"Hey," Davy said, "we didn't give you permission to enter."

"Hiiiii" Mike said, waving.

"What's your name?" the guy asked.

"Michael. What's yours?"

"I'm Stephen, and this is my friend Christipher." Stephen said. Mike smiled.

"How-dy!" He said, almost instantly falling into a fit of giggles.

"Micky!!!!" Davy yelled realizing Peter was going to be no help.

"What is it Davy?" Micky said "I'm wiping up the bathroom, Mike decided to do his impression of a dog."

Mike giggled at the comparison.

"I'm a dog!" He said happily. Davy groaned.

"Mike, please," Davy looked at him, practically begging for him to stay quiet. Mike didn't seem to catch the implications and smiled, making dog-like barking noises.

"Micky, get down here right now!!!" Davy called out, anxiously.

"Yeah, what's up?" Micky asked, making his way down the stairs. He froze halfway when he saw Stephen and Christopher standing there.

"Oh...hello..." He said with a slight frown. "Uh...how can I help you?"

"We got a call from a officer about a mentally retarded man who may be a danger to the people in the home."

"Danger?!" Davy and Micky scoffed. Mike laughed.

"DANGER!" He repeated.

"Mike, shh, for a minute. Okay?" Micky asked and Mike nodded.

"SHHHHH" He said giggling. Micky rolled his eyes and his way toward them.

"He's not doing anything wrong, he's not a danger. The only thing he did was take the officer's hat."

"I have a special hat!" Mike said "Wanna see it?'

"Yeah, Mike," Davy nodded. "Why don't you go upstairs and get your hat."

Mike grinned and ran up the stairs excitedly.

"See," Micky said. "He's not a danger to anyone. If anything, he's just an excited toddler."

"HAT!" Mike said coming out of the bedroom with his hat on his head and Micky's reading glasses on his eyes. He ran down the stairs quickly and right up to Stephen and Christopher.

"Like it?" He asked happily.

"You have a very nice hat Michael." Christopher said as he looked at Stephen.

"Hey Mike," Stephen said "can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah!!" Mike said going over to Peter "This is Peter."