Wah

Wah! I am sooo soooo SOO immensely SORRY! It's been like……FIVE MONTHS!! OH MY GOD!! I can't believe I've made you guys wait so long!!

Why didn't you smack me??

Well, anyway, here's a bright n' optimistic chapter! I think I'm over that thing called…uh…writer's block? Well, I found a way around it. I had to draw this chapter out, but no worries! Once that's done, it only takes me a little while!

Let me know what you think, and I'll try so hard to be faster! It's looking like this might be a little more prolonged than I previously thought…but it's all good.

Anyway, I'll say I'm SO SO SO SORRY once more, and now here is the chapter!

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22-Making Plans.

Living in Kong made for a lot of things that Velvet had to put up with—zombies, crazy fangirls and fanboys, and other things like that…though, the most amusing one, to her, was the fact that Murdoc was desperate in trying to make her like the Gorillaz.

"'Ere, love, listen t'this!" he begged, handing her a set of headphones. It was El Manana. "You like it, don'tcha?"

"No." Velvet stated, rolling her gorgeous eyes. "Get away, the smell coming off of you is hideous, and I cannot stand it any longer." She told him angrily.

Continually, he tried to immerse her in their music, but she refused adamantly, and effectively. She was a strong personality, after all, as was Murdoc. Somehow, she managed to be stronger.

She had also made a shocking discovery—something that she could surprise the band with. A big surprise, something that she hoped would lift them. She smiled to herself just thinking about it, but things were hectic, and it would be a while before she could reveal just what it was.

Noodle had a surprise of her own.

Several weeks had passed, and Noodle rushed up to her new best friend, Velvet.

"Vet! Vet! I have a surprise for you!" Noodle cried excitedly.

"Hm? What could it possibly be?" Velvet wondered aloud, appraising the diminutive guitarist curiously.

"You'll love it! Come with me!" Noodle cried, and took Velvet's hand. She led her quickly to a large, pastel painted room. Near a window sat a crib. Noodle smiled broadly at Velvet, who approached the crib apprehensively. She looked into it, and her eyes shot to Noodle incredulously.

"No—no!" she cried in disbelief.

"Yes! Kira Raye! It's your daughter! I got her back for you! I even had her name returned to what you named her, Vet! Aren't you happy?" Noodle asked.

"Of course—but—oh, how can I ever thank you?"

"No! This is my thank you! There's not a need for one from you!"

"Oh…oh Noodle! Thank you so much! Thank you!" Velvet cried, nearly in tears as she hugged Noodle.

"Don't hug me! Kira! Hug her!"

Velvet quickly lifted her small child from the crib and hugged her close. She smiled happily, giggling happily through her tears. "I'm so happy right now…I can't believe this!" she cried softly.

Noodle just smiled and nodded, happy that she had done something good.

"I'm gonna take her to Russ! He'd love to see her! Come with me!" Velvet cried, and Noodle followed her.

"Russel! Russ!" Velvet called.

"What is it, Vet? Hullo, who is this?" Russ looked curiously at the child.

"Kira Raye, my daughter!" Velvet told him happily. "Noodle got her back for me! I am so happy right now! I don't think anything could make me happier!"

"Well…what about this?" Russ asked, as he pulled a ring from his pocket, managing to slip it on Velvet's finger. She gasped, and her eyes widened as she looked at him. "Would you marry me, Vet? I can't think of any other woman I'd rather spend the rest of my life with. Every moment I've been with you has been amazing, and I want that to last for the rest of my life." He told her, smiling at her.

"Oh, Russ! Yes, I will!" she cried happily, hugging him with Kira still in her arms.

"You've made me the happiest man on the planet, today." Russ told her honestly. Noodle could feel herself tearing up at the display, and wiped at her eyes absently. "And, Vet, I'd also like to adopt Kira as my own, if you don't mind."

"Of course I don't mind! I'm overjoyed! Oh, Russ! I love you!" she looked at Noodle, and saw the tears streaming from her eyes, but the smile that shone through the moisture.

"I love you, too, Vet!" Russ returned, also looking to Noodle. "Hey, sista, you've done some good things lately." He told her with a grin.

"I've got a surprise for you, Russ…" Velvet revealed, before Noodle could reply. The two leaned closer to Velvet and Kira. "I'm pregnant! We're having a baby, Russ!" she cried enthusiastically, and the jaws of both Russ and Noodle dropped.

"Oh! That's great!" Russ beamed at Velvet, hugging her again, carefully.

"Russ! You'll make such a good father!" Noodle cried happily.

"We have to tell the others!" Velvet told them, hushing them quickly so that they could go find 2D and Murdoc…

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Murdoc and 2D happened to be playing a game of pool together. It was truly a moment of bonding for the bassist and singer. They found they had much more in common than they had originally thought, and it was a great thing, of course.

"S'yer turn, 'D." Murdoc informed him. Though they both had not talked much through the duration of the game, they greatly enjoyed one another's company.

"Fanks." 2D rose and made his shot, pocketing a solid coloured ball. On his next shot, he scratched, and Murdoc grinned.

"Nice shot, but it's too bad ya sunk the white ball, ain't it?"

"That's the cue ball, Muds…"

"I know. I'm jus' givin' you shit, 'D."

"Oh…" 2D shrugged. "Y'know, it's Ollie n' Danny's first day o' school tomorrow. Ain't that exciting?"

"Huh? You're sending them to a private school…right?"

"No…I'm havin' them home schooled. The tutor's coming in tomorrow." 2D informed Murdoc, and he smiled.

"Well, that's good."

"I'm gonna get 'em laptops later on…cos the tutors ain't gonna wanna live up here for long…so the internet'll be where they'll hafta—"

"'D, that's so far off. Don' worry bout it."

"Oh…"

Just then, Noodle, Russel, and Velvet with Kira in her arms all walked in. 2D and Murdoc looked up from their game at them curiously.

"Velvet and I have two surprises for you…" Russ began, smiling at Velvet. "The first is that I've asked her to marry me…and we're getting married!"

"Aw, how cute!" 2D observed, looking curiously at Kira.

"And the second is that…Russ and I are having a baby!" she cried happily.

"Wha--?" The jaws of the bassist and singer now dropped wide open…

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Thanks for sticking by my side while I've struggled through this story! But now it all of a sudden seems so much easier to write again! Uh…there is a light at the end of my long, dark and scary tunnel! Um, so someone, please, quick…tell me that light doesn't belong to a train!

Okay, before I write a story within a story…I'm gonna speed away…BAI!!