Darla came home from school with Atticus, she had a paper in her hands to give to Patrick and/or Emily.

"What's that, Darla?" Atticus asked.

"Permission slip," Darla explained. "We're going to the Bloomsberry Museum for a field trip, I need Mom and Dad to sign it and then ask them if they can come as chaperons."

"They've been busy lately, but if they can't, then I'll go with you and maybe Cherry could come too." Atticus replied.

Darla smiled, then went to find their parents.

'And I'll come too, there's no way I'm missing out on a trip to this museum.' Patch thought to himself.

Darla found Emily and got her to sign the permission slip and asked her about being her class's chaperone.

"Oh, I'm sorry, dear," Emily replied apologetically. "I have a business meeting then."

"What about you?" Darla then asked Patrick.

"Sorry, Darla, I have lunch with my new boss." Patrick inforemd.

Darla sighed about them not being able to go to her school field trip with her.

"It's okay, Mom and Dad, I'll take her." Atticus said.

"Oh, thank you," Emily smiled to him. "I'd love to go and all, but this meeting cannot be rescheduled."

Darla smiled and hugged her adoptive brother. "My first field trip!"

"Yep, let's just hope we don't get any stowaways." Atticus said, winking, getting the feeling a certain Dalmatian puppy would come along.

"If you wanna bring him, make sure security doesn't see," Darla whispered. "I haven't been to a museum since an opening in Hollywood once, but I'm pretty sure no pets are allowed."

"If I know that pup, he'll know how to sneak in." Atticus said.

"Just be careful." Darla advised them.

Patch nodded, knowing just what to do based on past experiences in sneaking into places with Atticus before.

"Don't worry, we will." Atticus said.

"When's the trip?" Patch asked.

"The end of this week," Darla informed. "I'm really excited... I hope it won't be boring."

"Whenever we're on a trip or vacation, it never is boring." Atticus said.

"I guess..." Darla shrugged, she was really willing to give the field trip a try.

Atticus agreed, he also decided to visit the Brown family later that afternoon.

Mo was lying down on the couch and making her bandanna bob up and down while Si and Am tried to get it.

"Lower it to us right now, human!" Si screeched.

"We want it!" Am added.

"This is way too much fun..." Mo smirked as she continued to tease the evil cats.

"Give it up, Si and Am, she's never going to lower it down to you two." Angel smirked.

Si and Am hissed, still trying to catch the girl's bandanna. Mo laughed as she still teased them for the entertainment of the dogs since they didn't like the cats.

"This is so entertaining." Scamp said, enjoying to see the evil cats trying to catch Mo's bandanna.

"Yeah!" Danielle laughed. "Better than chew toys any old day!"

"Hm..." Colette merely smirked as she watched Mo tease the cats.

"Monique, you have a visitor!" an old woman's voice called.

"Oh, excuse me," Mo tied her bandanna back onto her head and came to see her boyfriend. "Oh, hey, Atticus."

"Hey, Mo, let me guess, you were teasing the two evil cats again, right?" Atticus asked.

"What gave it away?" Mo smirked with a light laugh.

"The annoyed looks on the cats' faces." Atticus pointed out.

"Oh, yeah," Mo laughed. "Anyway, what's up?"

"Me, Patch, and Darla are going to go on a field trip and hopefully, Cherry will come with us." Atticus said.

"Where's the field trip?" Mo asked with a smile.

"The Bloomsberry Museum." Atticus told her.

"Oh, Mom took me and Junior there last week," Mo smiled. "It's not bad, but the tour guide could use a little excitement."

"Let's just hope that there will be some excitement there." Atticus said.

"Yeah, hope you have fun..." Mo smiled, she then picked up her younger brother. "I'd go with you, but my school has important business to worry about."

"I understand," Atticus nodded, then looked to the young boy. "Hi, Junior."

Junior smiled to him and babbled a little. "Hi!"

"So, how many words has been able to speak?" Atticus asked.

"Of course the typical 'mama' and 'dada' and of course my name," Mo smiled as she kept a firm hold on Junior. "He can also say the puppies' names."

"Cool." Atticus said.

Junior looked to Atticus, gently lying his head against Mo's chest.

"He seems like he needs a nap." Atticus guessed.

Mo took a look at the time. "Well, he just ate a late lunch..." she agreed, then went to take Junior upstairs to their bedroom.

Junior yawned a little, lying his head against his adoptive older sister. Angel and Scamp smiled at that.

"She's doing really well." Angel was proud of Mo's devotion and dedication to the baby, even if Junior wasn't her biological brother.

"I agree." Atticus said.

Mo came back down a little while later. "Sorry, I had to give him his teddy... He won't have a good nap without it." she smiled apologetically for being slightly tardy.

"It's alright." Scamp said.

"You wanna stay for dinner?" Mo offered. "Aunt Sara's tuna casserole's not as bad as it sounds."

"I'd be happy to stay for dinner." Atticus said.

Mo smiled to him.

Cherry was playing one of her video games after dinner and she got messages on her phone from Atticus.

Atticus: Hey, you busy?

Cherry quickly messaged back and tapped violently at the video games.

Cherry: No, what's going on?

Atticus: I'm going with darla on her field trip and bringing patch along and we were hoping you would come with us.

"Hmm..." Cherry hummed to herself. "A little school field trip needs my assistance... How quaint... If only I weren't so busy."

Atticus: I know you're not busy, you just don't want to because you're lazy.

"LAZY!?" Cherry snarled, then typed a response as she said was she was thinking. "I am not lazy!"

Atticus: Then why not come with us?

Cherry: Be my slave, what could you do for me?

Cherry messaged, then went back to trying to beat the game she was given as a reward.

Atticus: Anything you want me to do for you.

Cherry: Whatever, i'll come, but i can't promise i'll pay much attention, what day and time?

Atticus messaged her when the field trip was.

Cherry took a brief moment to add that into her calendar to remind her. "There's a teacher's conference at school anyway..." she mumbled.

It was set, Cherry was on board for the field trip.

The next few days was spent with Darla in anticipation. Unlike many children her age who had already gone and been excited for field trips anywhere, she was more excited due to her never being a school student before and had heard they were so exciting. Her class was always talking about them. And where they were excited to know that Atticus and Cherry were going to be joining them on the field trip and also Patch would possibly be joining them.

"Is it Friday yet?" Darla leaned over her desk to look to her best friend.

"Darla, it's Tuesday." Amber reminded her.

"AAAUGH!" Darla pulled on her curls. "This week is taking too long!"

"Darla, are you okay?" their teacher, Ms. Dunlop, walked over to her. "It's not like you to be this agitated."

"This week is taking too long," Darla told her apologetically. "When's it gonna be Friday?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, Darla," Ms. Dunlop soothed. "If you help distract yourself, this week won't seem so long. I know you're anxious, but try to think of other things, okay?" she suggested with a smile. "That might help the week go by faster."

"Yeah, I do that all the time." Amber smiled in agreement.

"Oh, alright, I guess that will help." Darla said.

"Just try it," Ms. Dunlop smiled. "The week will fly by before you know it."

Darla tried to do what her teacher and best friend suggested and she found the time to go by quicker now. It felt forever whenever it wasn't Friday though, this had to be the longest school week of her life. Finally however, it became Friday, after collecting homework from last night, Ms. Dunlop told them to go to the front of the school with their lunchboxes where the buses would come for them.