AN: I OWN NOTHING OF THE SCOOBY DOO FRANCHISE!!!!

Chapter Seventeen: Home, Sweet Home

Two weeks had since passed since the gang was in Florence. They were now at home in Mystery Inc. Headquaters, along with Harry who had been granted permission to stay for a year as an exchange student in Coolsville. Fred now had a caste over the arm that was shot and Daphne had quickly recovered from the ordeal. Shaggy and Velma had returned home to discover that Velma was once more pregnant, this time with only one child. Scarlette had also come to Coolsville where she and Scooby had been getting along quite nicely. The wonderful members of Η διαδρομή που περιπλανιέται had since returned to their home in Greece, unfortunately empty-handed. Kronos had managed an escape with the help of a fellow 'Titan', Atlas. All that was left to do was enjoy what little time they had at home.
"Dad!" Susie came running up to her father. "It's Harry and Melinda! Come quick!" She said as she tried to pull Shaggy by the hand towards the back door. Velma set down her coffee cup and turned to face the two of them.
"What is it about Harry and Melinda, Susie?" She asked as the child still struggled to move her father from his spot in the living room.
"They're kissing! It's completely and utterly disgusting mother! Please make my misery end?" Susie explained as she let go of her father's hand, giving in to the fact that she could not remove him from his chosen place. Velma smiled but Shaggy seemed horrified by this sudden news, so horrified in fact, that he simply could not move.
"Sweetheart, go wash for dinner." She looked at Susie's evidently disappointed face. "And, go take that spray bottle from the bathroom and feel free to give a friendly greeting to your older sister." She winked and Susie raced off to the bathroom followed by Anna who had heard everything. Shaggy still sat frozen on the couch. Velma stood and walked over to the couch sitting next to him.
"You know, I haven't seen you frozen like this since the night you kissed me in the old clubhouse." Shaggy gave a small smile, but showed no signs of losing his expression of shock and possibly, sadness? Velma noticed and put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "You know, it was bound to happen one day. We're going to have to let her grow up one day. Enjoy her while you can though, it won't be long before she's eight-teen years old and legally out of our jerusdiction as to who she can date and where she can go." Shaggy knew she was right. Velma was always right, but did she have to be right so soon?

Melinda and Harry had finally had their first real kiss together on the terrace and were shocked to find a sudden burst of water in their faces, tearing them apart. They searched for the culprit of the hanious crime, and found two giggling little girls standing to their right. They immediatly stopped giggling and ran. They had the right idea as Harry and Melinda had each grabbed their own bottles, originally used for watering the terrace plants, and began to chase after them. By the time the four of them were called in, they were each soaking wet. Daphne smiled and handed them each a towel to dry off with.
"Caught kissing on the back porch?" She asked Melinda in a low whisper as she took her wet shoes. Melinda smiled and they walked to her bedroom.
"Yes. We would have kissed more if my little annoyances, I mean siblings, hadn't begun the water war by spraying us down with that water bottle." Daphne smiled and remembered how when she and the other older members of the gang were young children, Velma and Shaggy had sprayed Fred and herself because she had given Fred a kiss on the cheek.
"Yes, I wonder where they learned it."