Scamp and Angel came to the boy's side, wondering what he was doing at the door and looked up at him.

"Where have you been?" Atticus asked them.

"Searching for you." The teenage girl said.

"I've been living in an orphanage." Atticus said.

Scamp and Angel came to the adults, sensing trust in them. Scamp sniffed the man while Angel sniffed the woman. They both smiled and looked up at Atticus. This was a great sign for Atticus.

"Would you like to come in?" Atticus asked them.

"Sure." The teenage girl said.

And so the mother, father, and older sister came in.

"Who was it, Darling?" James asked his wife.

"Just a family for Atticus, Jim, dear." Elizabeth told him as she handed him a towel to dry his hands from giving Scamp a bath.

Atticus and the family were now in the living room.

"Who's there?" Cherry looked over with Mo to see Atticus with the visitors.

"Listen, Atticus, when you were born it was the happiest moment for all of us and we had loved you with all our hearts, but then someone came into the house and kidnapped you and we've been looking for you ever sense." The father said.

Mo put a hand to her mouth in shock to hear about Atticus's past.

"Who kidnapped him, if I may ask?" Cherry questioned, even though this discussion wasn't for her, she couldn't help but wonder.

"It was my ex-boyfriend." The teenage girl said to Cherry.

"I thought your parents were killed by Judge Doom." Cherry told Atticus, remembering their adventure with Roger Rabbit.

"I thought so too?" Atticus asked.

"He must have been hired to make you think that." The teenage girl said.

"So, you're Atticus's parents?" Mo was surprised.

"Yes, we are dear." The mother said.

"Well, there's no such thing as a normal day, Atticus and I were about to go home tomorrow, but if you live here and would like him to stay..." Cherry stretched a bit in the couch.

"We would love it if you would stay with us, Atticus, but it's your choice." The mother said.

Once again Atticus was at cross roads. Cherry and Mo could kind of understand how Atticus must have been feeling right now.

"I-I need sometime to think."Atticus said.

Cherry looked at him, curious of what he would choose. Atticus left the room to think about what he would choose.

"Atty! Atty!" Junior looked up at Atticus with a smile.

"Oh, hey, Junior." Atticus said as he reached down to the baby and began to ruffle his hair.

Junior cooed and babbled at him, smiling brightly.

"Little buddy, I need sometime alone to think." Atticus said.

"Okay!" Junior said, then giggled and crawled away to be with the puppies.

Atticus was now in the kitchen sitting at the table trying to figure out what to do. The triplets were far from Atticus, respecting his privacy. They were asking their brother thousands of questions of what it was like to be on the outside when he had been a house dog all his life like they had. And where he answered all of their questions.

"Did you get a big 'ol slipper?" Danielle asked, sounding rough and tough.

"What happened after the dog-catcher caught you?" Annette asked.

"Why did you steal Jim Dear and Darling's chicken?" Collette asked.

Scamp told them everything.

"Ooooohhhh..." the triplets listened to every story, feeling excited and proud of their brother.

Atticus was still in the kitchen still confused on which one to choose. Angel was playing with a ball of yarn under the kitchen table, staring at it and feeling quite amused.

"Oh, what am I going to do?" Atticus asked himself.

Angel tossed the yarn into the living room and started chasing after it. Atticus just couldn't figure this one out. It was really getting to him.

"I need help on how I can choose which one I should go with." Atticus said.

Angel picked up the ball of yarn and gave it to Scamp, smiling fondly at him. Atticus had to go to someone who could help him he thought that maybe James and Elizabeth could help. The couple was lounging on the couch together. Atticus then came in.

"Hello, Atticus." James greeted.

Elizabeth greeted him as well with a soft smile.

"I need to ask you both something." Atticus said.

"What is it, dear?" Elizabeth asked, sweetly.

"My family wants me to come and live with them and I would love to live with them but if I do it means I won't be with cherry she was the very first friend I ever made and I don't want to leave her but I also don't want to leave my family after I just back to them so which do you think I should choose?" Atticus asked them.

James and Elizabeth exchanged glances.

"Well, maybe you can get your family to let you stay where Cherry lives and you could all live together, that way you all get what you want." James suggested.

"You should talk to them about that if you can. Elizabeth added.

"Yeah, but there's also Mo she's my very first girlfriend." Atticus said.

Elizabeth awed at that.

"That is tough..." James wasn't sure what to do himself to help mentor the boy.

The girls over heard what Atticus asked James and Elizabeth.

"Man, I think we just faced even more obstacles than getting Scamp and Atticus back." Cherry told the former street urchin girl.

Mo nodded in agreement.

"There's gotta be something we can do to make it easier for him." Mo said.

"What could we do though?" Cherry asked her.

"I don't know maybe you could ask your parents if they could move to England." Mo said.

"One of my sister's jobs had her living here a while." Cherry shrugged, unsure if she could get her parents to move here.

"Well, there's gotta be something we can do." Mo said.

Then the phone rang.

"Who could that be?" Cherry asked herself, then decided to get the phone herself. "Hello?"

"Cherry, it's mom, listen, I got a new job." Cherry's mother's voice said on the other line.

"You did?" Cherry sounded surprised. "What is it?"

Michelle told her what the job was and that they had to move to England.

"We're moving?" Cherry was a little emotional. Not only just that, but in a place like this. Granted it was an interesting place and she had always wanted to live here, but this was huge. "Are you guys coming to James and Elizabeth's or should I come home with you and come back when we're ready?" she then asked.

"We're coming to James and Elizabeth's." Michelle said.

"Okay, about how long until you come here?" Chery asked in return.

"About three weeks." Michelle said.

"Three weeks?" Cherry nearly pouted.

"Actually, make that two weeks." Michelle said.

"Pardon?" Cherry raised an eyebrow as her mother told her that.

"The move is going faster then we thought." Michelle said.

"I'm a little nervous about moving to a whole new country..." Cherry said, a little anxious.

"I know, sweetie, we all are." Michelle said.

And then Cherry remembered the cross road Atticus was at. Cherry knew Atticus would be happy because he would have his parents, Mo, and her around, but it was a little hard. Maybe she could learn to like living in England with the others. She has cousins that don't live too far away from James and Elizabeth as well, the Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael.

"And besides, all your cousins in England will be there." Michelle said.

"I guess..." Cherry said, smiling, but her voice was soft, she wasn't sad or anything, but just in an emotional state due to moving again, this time to a new country and not just a distant state from her old home.

"Trust me, sweetie, this will be the last time we move." Michelle said.

"Okay," Cherry sighed a bit. "I guess I'll be okay..." she then smiled as she saw a familiar face walking by the house. Her best friend from nearly across the globe.

The girl felt her gaze, turned to the window and waved her hand wildly and smiling brightly at Cherry. The girl then began to think that this might work. Cherry was really going to miss her old life at home though, but she had to do this for Atticus, she guessed.

"So, do you think you could stay with James and Elizabeth until your father and I move to England?" Michelle asked.

"Oh, I dunno, Mom... I guess that would be okay..." Cherry said softly on the other line.

"I promise, Cherry, we'll be there in two weeks." Michelle said on the other line.

"Okay, Mom... I'll talk to you later if you want." Cherry said back.

"Talk to you later, sweetie." Michelle said back.

"Bye, Mom..." Cherry said softly before hanging up.

She then made the announcement to James, Elizabeth, and everyone else.

"So, you're staying here then?" Mo asked her new friend.

"Yeah, I guess..." Cherry shrugged with a smile. "It'll take some getting used to though."

"At least you'll be with us and we'll see you more, we thought about you on Christmas and I think the puppies missed you when you sent them a big enough bone for them all to share." James added.

The pups agreed with that.

"I'll need some lessons on living around here, though." Cherry folded her arms, though not angry, just striking a pose.

"We'll teach you." James said.

"It's not that hard, things will be very different, but I'm sure we'll all get along nicely." Elizabeth added.

Since Atticus wasn't in the room, they found him outside in the back yard still trying to figure things out and so they found this the perfect time to tell him. Cherry told him what she heard from her parents, waiting for his response, hoping it would be a good one.

"That's great news, Cherry." Atticus said out of happiness.

"Welcome back home!" Cherry said, surprisingly cheerfully.

"Yeah, but we're both going to need some lessons on living around here though." Atticus said.

"I'm sure it'll be okay, Peach taught me a lot of stuff about what it's like here." Cherry said.

"That's cool." Atticus said.

Angel and Scamp ran out to the backyard beside them and went to have some fun together.

"Looks like their having some fun together." Atticus said as he looked at them having fun.

"Call me cheesy, but I think this is what they call Puppy Love." Cherry watched with him.

"Yep, it's definitely puppy love." Atticus said.

Angel barked sweetly to Scamp, then started to wrestle him for fun.

"So, how's your girlfriend?" Cherry nudged Atticus as Mo was inside with Elizabeth.

"She's amazing." Atticus said.

"Really?" Cherry looked at him. "What do you have in common?"

Atticus couldn't think of anything else he and Mo had in common.

"Well, there must be something..." Cherry shrugged at him. "Angel and Scamp are a lot like Lady and Tramp when they first came together. Scamp was a house dog who ran away from home because of a big ugly issue and met a street smart dog who helped him and gave him dinner. Who knows? Maybe there'll be little Scamps and Angels running around in the house in a few years time."

"Yeah, maybe." Atticus said.

"Has Mo taught you anything new with being a street urchin?" Cherry asked as she saw Elizabeth was giving some clothes for Mo before when Junior was born and no one knew if he was going to be a boy or a girl.

"Well, I do know that living on the streets can be hard." Atticus said.

"Oh, no doubt, I can't imagine how they must've felt..." Cherry said, seeing Angel trying to adjust to her new ribbon.

"Yeah." Atticus said.

"I guess I could live with living here... Just wonder how the others will feel back home that I've come to know..." Cherry sighed, but dealt with staying in a land far away from the home she's come to known.

"I know that they'll miss you." Atticus said.

"I know I'll miss them..." Cherry sighed a little.

Coming down the street were Wendy, John, and Michael. They were dressed in proper clothing in contrast to usually being seen in their pajamas, especially after an adventure they shared with Cherry that they weren't sure was a dream or if it really happened. Wendy wore her bow with a blue button up top that had a white blouse, plaid skirt, sky blue knee socks and black dress shoes. John wore his glasses with a matching top to Wendy, but inside was a black tie, and he wore gray trousers with black dress shoes. Michael was dressed like his brother and had a blue cap on his head.

"The Darling children!" Cherry gasped with a smile and ran to them.

"Hello, Cherry." John said.

"Cherry!" Michael beamed happily.

"Hey, guys." Cherry smiled at them. "What're you doing in those clothes? It's summer!"

"Program in school, we wanted to look our best for our headmaster." Wendy told her.

"Yes, it's best to look your best for your headmaster." John said.

"I see... Wanna meet my friend Atticus?" Cherry asked.

"Atticus? I don't think I've heard you talk about a friend named that before." Wendy remarked.

"I do not recall you mentioning that name either." John said.

"I met him sometime after I met you guys," Cherry explained as the boy was coming to see what was going on without him.

"Does he know Peter Pan?" Michael asked bashfully.

"Yeah, I do know him." Atticus said.

"We got to meet him once!" Michael beamed, even if his brother believed their Never Land journey was just a dream and nothing more.

"I really hope to see him again..." Wendy sighed like she had a lost lover, despite being a little too young to be having a boyfriend. "I look out my window every night to see him, but he hasn't returned yet..."

"Don't worry, he'll come back someday." Atticus said.

"It's been a while... But I really hope to see him again soon..." Wendy cooed.

Then they all began to have fun together and as the weeks passed, Cherry officially moved into her new home and Atticus moved in with his family.

The End

A/N: First published in mid October, RP done in July. Read & Review!