Tommy Pickles: The Terrible Twos (Series; Pt 1)

Waterworks Pt 4

Hey all another chapter for this weekend! Hope you all enjoy! Thanks again to Celrock as the idea for the portion around the end of this chapter is inspired by a convo we had in PMs a little while ago.

Alerted by the kids' cries, Didi and Ebony both rushed to find out what was happening. Upon spotting Tommy in the almost completely filled bathtub, Didi quickly rushed to pick up Tommy from the tub as he clinged to her.

"Oh dear...let's get you all changed before you catch a cold." Didi said, picking up Dil with her free arm.

"It's okay Savannah, mommy's here." Ebony shushed Savannah, trying to get her to calm down

Both moms took the kids out of the bathroom as they got them changed and back down into the playpen. Didi and Ebony then moved into the kitchen to continue chatting.

"I hope Tommy is alright, I know how hard it is to go through a water rejection phase I can't imagine both at the same time." Ebony said

"Tommy did have his over a year ago but there was an incident a couple months back before you moved here. Poor Tommy fell in the river while on a fishing trip with pop, scared him half to death. Not to mention him passing out at the pool and giving himself a concussed amnesia as a result. Fortunately, he did get his memory back and we haven't had any real problems since. Dil, however, I honestly don't know. He's still fighting when he has to get into the bath every single time." Didi explained the incident before explaining Dil's situation

"Yikes, sounds like the little guy has been through it. I'm glad to hear he recovered alright. I had the same problem with Savannah not wanting to take baths for the longest time, tried everything I could imagine. Turns out it was something we'd probably find irrational." Ebony replied

"Oh?" Didi questioned

"Yeah believe it or not, she just doesn't like to have water touching her face at all. Wipe away the water, wipe away any tears coming from her. Haven't ever had a problem since then." Ebony explained

"Interesting, I do recall one of the newest Lipschitz books mentioning that for some kids, it can be very overstimulating. I thought the same for Dil at one point but he seems just as fussy no matter how much I've tried." Didi replied

"Who knows, maybe his little imagination running wild is what's got him so frightened." Ebony chuckled

"Maybe so," Didi sighed, "Anyway about that Thanksgiving dinner party..." Didi started talking again, going back to what they were talking about beforehand.

Meanwhile, over in the living room the babies were having their own conversation

"Are you sure you guys are okays?" Dil asked both Savannah and Tommy

"I already tolds ya I'm fine Dilly." Tommy responded quickly

"I'm fine toos..I just don't likes when water gets on my face sometimes." Savannah replied

"But you were okays when we were playing at the beach and stuffs with Lily." Dil cut in, recalling him and Savannah along with a certain blonde haired two year old.

"Well yeah...that's why I said sometimes. Usually I just don't likes it acause that soapy stuffs my mom washes my hair withs gets in my eyes and it stings." Savannah replied

"Oooh I guess that makes more sense." Dil said in response

"Well even if I couldn't pulls out the plug, you still can't goes down the drain and neither can our toys. Which are still nots alive." Tommy assured

"If you says so..." Dil murmured before changing the subject. "Come on, we can plays with the ball for a little bit."

"Okay!" Savannah grinned at the idea

"Sure!" Tommy agreed

The trio then sat in a circle on the floor as they began rolling the ball around between each other. Dil, however, was lost in thought as he continued to subconsciously roll the ball as it was passed to him.

(Dil's POV)

I wanted to believes Tommy, I really did, but after seeing that sharky almost eated him I just can't. I know what I had to dos now, I had to gets rid of those toys once and for all. That way they couldn't hurt us no mores! That was it! I could hides the toys, that way they can't be in the bathy and then they couldn't come alive. I just had to waits right afore bathy time then I could hides them.

(Normal POV)

With his new idea in mind, Dil continued to happily play with his brother and his best friend. They even went out in the yard to play Racing Reptar before Savannah had left with her mom not too long after. Before Dil knew it, evening had come once again, and after seeing they had played outside, Didi wanted to give them a bath once again after dinner. Dil knew this would be his only chance to hide the toys as Didi usually let them watch a bit of Reptar before bedtime on occasion and this was one of those nights. Waiting until Didi had put on the tv show and returned to the kitchen to clean up from dinner along with Tommy being fully engulfed into the show, Dil took this chance as he climbed down from the couch.

Making his way over to the stairs, he climbed up them and made his way to the bathroom. Luckily, after the whole bathtub incident earlier, Didi had dried and placed the toys back in their storage tub next to the bath. Toddling his way over to the storage tub, Dil picked up each of the toys, now he just had to find somewhere to hide them. That's when it clicked, he could hide them in the cabinet under the sink! Rushing over to the sink, Dil dropped the toys in front of it as he went to open it. Dil then shoved each of the toys inside as he shut the cabinet door.

"There's no way those toys can gets us nows." Dil thought to himself, proud of his work, as he made his way out of the bathroom and back downstairs with Tommy.

With the bath toys hidden away, will Dil now be able to enjoy bath time? Find out next time!