Akito and Estelle at the Plaza

chapter 5

Later that night, a boxing match came on TV and that meant that Nanny had to occupy the TV. She surprised the kids by getting into the fight and encouraged the violence despite being with a six-year-old girl all the time.

"Wow." Akito said.

The telephone then rang.

Eloise put down her umbrella. "Mother!"

"Belt him!" Nanny yelled to the TV.

"My mother calls at least once a day," Eloise informed before answering the phone. "Or else I miss her too, too, too terribly..." she then answered the phone. "Bonsoir, Mama."

"We kind of guessed that." Akito said.

"I think she was talking to me..." Ditto pouted.

Teddiursa gently patted Ditto on the head.

"Oh, that's just too cute!" Estelle squealed at her Pokemon's kind gesture.

"Oh, the same as every day," Eloise replied to her mother's questions, hanging onto her every word since they mattered to her mostly in life due to her mother being gone most of the time and Urchin was never there due to conditions of being on land and wasn't sure about living on land like his wife and daughter did. "Except you'll never guess who stopped by today!"

"Wait, where were we when the Debuntante Ball was going on?" Vincent whispered to his younger siblings.

Akito and Estelle merely shrugged as Eloise continued to talk on the telephone with her traveling mother.

"How do we explain how we're here?" Vincent asked.

"I do not know..." Felicity bit her lip.

"Same here." Estelle said.

Nanny kept yelling at the television while she watched her boxing match.

"Full, full, full..." Eloise continued to speak with her mother. "Philip was here... We had a most awfulest lesson... Mr. Nye called, we have an appointment tomorrow..." she then gasped and had a very big smile on her face instantly. "A surprise? Really?! Oh, j'adore surprises!" she then pouted lowly. "Not as much as I adore you, of course..."

Nanny counted to ten with the TV and cheered as the match was over.

"Who won?" Akito asked, interested.

"Jenson, as usual." Nanny smiled proudly as she finished her drink after the match was over.

"Wow, he must be a strong fighter." Akito smiled.

"The strongest in the league," Nanny beamed, then looked at the time. "Ooh, look at the time... It's time for bed, bed, bed."

"Aww!" The kids pouted.

Eloise sighed as she picked up her turtle and placed him in his water and put Ditto back into his Pokeball for the night before opening the window. "All right, Nanny..."

Nanny saw that and closed the window so she wouldn't get cold.

"Mr. Nye's bringing me a present from Mommy," Eloise said as she climbed into her bed, reaching for the Do Not Disturb sign she wore around her neck usually with her pajamas. "Something trèèsfabu from Paris. What do you think it might be?"

"Oh, I really couldn't guess..." Nanny shrugged before coming to her side. "But, if your mother picked it out, it will be brilliant."

"Aunt Darla does have a taste for brilliance." Akito smiled.

"She always has and always will." Nanny smiled back.

"Yep." Estelle nodded.

"Now, where are you four going to stay?" Nanny asked Eloise's visiting cousins.