~In Melody's Playroom~

Bruce and his brothers followed Melody all the way to her playroom, which was filled with lots of blocks, a play kitchen set, dolls and stuffed animals, especially puffalo ones.

"Ay, ay!" Melody said.

"What would you like to play?" Floyd asked.

"Ay! Ya! Oh-oh!" Melody said.

John Dory looked confused. "What?"

"Heeeeey yaaaaa!" Clay sang out of the blue.

"Uh-oh!" Bruce sang in his smooth deep voice.

"Don't want to meet your daddy," John Dory sang.

Floyd and Clay sang in the background. "Heeeeey yaaaaaa!!"

"Uh-oh!" Bruce sang.

Melody giggled. "Oh-oh. Squish."

"Huh? What is that?" John Dory asked Melody.

"Ay. Squish, squish. Oh!" Melody replied.

"Huh?" Clay asked.

Melody scrunched her face, looking as if she might cry. "Ay. Oh!!!"

Bruce looked towards to where she pointed at a box. "Oooohhhh, play doh! You want to play with the play doh?"

Melody nodded happily.

"Duh, I should've known," John Dory said.

"Awww, I used to love playing with them," Clay said.

"Pl-pl-pl-play oh!" Melody clapped.

"Play doh! That's right. You said it!!!" Bruce said.

They all clapped for her. "Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, Melody!!!!"

"Let's grab some and put them on the table. There we go. Now what color do you want? Oh, you want the blue one? Okay, here you go." Bruce opened the small container of blue play doh and gave it to her.

"Ank you!" Melody played with the play doh in her hands, giggling while squishing it.

"Awww, you're welcome!" Bruce said. "Okay, let's see if I can make something out of this purple play doh."

"Do you have a green one?" Clay asked.

"Found the red!" Floyd rolled the red one into a ball.

Melody copied him, rolling her play doh into a ball. "Ba!"

"That's right, Melody. Ball," Floyd said.

"I found the green for you, Clay. I'm going to try to create a play doh version of Rhonda with this orange play doh," John Dory said.

Clay laughed. "Ha, there's no way you can do that."

"Bet I can. Watch me," John Dory started to make an oval-like shape with the orange play doh.

"Good luck on your creations, guys," Bruce said.

They all played and created a few things using the play doh. Bruce tried to make a play doh version of a car, but then he changed his mind and ended up creating a purple cat.

Ten minutes passed by once they were done with their creations.

"Look, I made a purple cat. Meow!" Bruce said.

"Me too, except mine is red," Floyd said.

"I made a bookworm...kind of," Clay said, tilting his head to the side, looking at his "bookworm."

"RAAAA...I made a lion," John Dory said, making Melody giggle.

"Roar!" Melody roared.

"Sooooooo....what happened to your play doh version Rhonda?" Clay asked while smirking.

John Dory cringed. "Eeehhh, let's say that it didn't go well."

"Ha, I knew it," Clay said.

"Oh," Bruce said.

"Dada!" Melody held out a flat circle with a black triangle on top of it.

Floyd smiled. "Oh! Is that your daddy?"

Melody nodded. "Dada! Dada!"

"I helped her with making the hair and doing the face," Clay said.

"Awwwww," John Dory said.

"Wow, looks great!" Bruce said.

"Pl-Pl-Pl-Play! Play!!" Melody pulled out her stuffed animals out of her box.

"Awww, she's saying the word 'play' so well now," John Dory said.

"Okay, now we're going to play with them," Bruce said.

"But first, let's clean up the play doh," Floyd said.

After cleaning up the play doh, Bruce, John Dory, Clay, and Floyd each grabbed a stuffed animal and played with Melody.

"Puff-Puff!!" Melody said, holding onto her Puffalo stuffed animal toy.

"Awww, you sure do love puffalos, do you?" Bruce asked.

"Puff-Puff!! Mwah!" Melody gave her toy a kiss.

"AWWWWWWWW!!!" Bruce and his brothers said.

"Oh, look here comes the dog," Clay pointed to where John Dory held out a small, blue puppy stuffed animal with cute eyes.

"Hey, Melody, what sound does the dog make?" John Dory asked, holding out a dog stuffed animal.

"Woof woof!" Melody replied.

"Woof woof!" John Dory woofed like a dog too.

"Bro, you make a great dog," Clay teased.

John Dory laughed. "Come on, seriously?"

Bruce laughed too. "Yeah, can you imagine that, bro?"

John Dory pondered for a moment....

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John Dory shrugged. "Mm."

"Who lets the dogs out?" Clay asked.

"Who, who, who, who who?" Bruce, Floyd, and John Dory replied, which got them to sing out of the blue.

Who lets the dogs out?

Who, who, who, who who?

Melody woofed. "Woof, woof, woof, woof!!!"

Who lets the dogs out?

Who, who, who, who who?

Who lets the dogs out?

Melody clapped. "Woof, woof!"

"Oh, your daddy is going to get us if he finds out that you're singing to this song," Bruce said.

"Woof, woof! Hehehe!" Melody rolled on the floor, laughing.

"Now what sound does a cat make?" Floyd asked.

"Meow!" Melody said.

"That's right! Look, I'm a cat. Meow!" Floyd pretended to be a cat.

"Now we got a dog and a cat," Clay pointed at John Dory and Floyd.

"Wait, do dogs chase cats?" Bruce asked.

John Dory looked at Floyd and grinned. Floyd gulped and meowed in a scared way. Soon, they were running around Clay, Bruce, and Melody.

"I'm going to get you, I'm going to get you. Bark, bark, bark!" John Dory said.

"Aahhh, John!!! Meow!!" Floyd said, laughing.

Melody laughed and laughed.

"WAIT, WAIT JOHN, WAIT—" Floyd then tripped over his own feet and yelped when John Dory jumped on him, tickling him.

"Gotcha! Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha!!" John Dory said.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Floyd squirmed and laughed.

"Oh, you're so ticklish, are you?" John Dory kept tickling him.

"HAHAHA-STOP-HAHAHAHA-STOP IT-HAHAHAHAHA!!"

"Tickle!!!" Melody tickled John Dory.

John Dory stopped tickling Floyd and laughed. "AAAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

"TICKLE TIME!!" Bruce shouted.

Everyone started to tickle each other, laughing real hard. The four uncles tickled Melody, who screamed in laughter, squirmed around, and laughed some more.

Toot!

Melody gasped. "Uh oh."

"Uh oh," Floyd said.

"Oop," Clay said.

"Awww, that's a cute toot," John Dory said.

Melody blushed, looking around, not making eye contact.

"Why, excuse you, princess," Bruce said.

While still blushing, Melody covered her eyes with her hands.

"Awww, are you embarrassed? Awww, it's okay. Everyone does it, including princesses like you." Floyd booped Melody on the nose, making her giggle.

"Yeah, like Princess Fiona," Bruce said.

"Or like Bruce when he eats spicy burritos," John Dory teased.

Bruce gasped, wanting to tell his older brother to "shut up," but quickly remembered that Melody was there, so instead he nudged John Dory in the arm, who laughed real hard. 

"We do NOT speak about that, bro!" Bruce flipped his hair, faced Melody and winked at her, which made Melody laugh too.

"You know what? I think it's also time to change her diaper," Floyd said.

"Now??" Clay asked nervously.

"Nah, later. Of course now, bro," John Dory said sarcastically..

"Yeah, and this also means that it's your turn to change her, Clay," Bruce said.

"Because last week you said that you would do it the next time we come over," Bruce said.

"No, I didn't," Clay said.

"Like we literally had a dispute about this last week," John Dory said

- - -

~Flashback (Last Week)~

In Melody's nursery room, Clay was working on some paperwork while Bruce was cleaning up the building blocks, John Dory was cleaning up the stuffed animals, and Floyd was finishing up with changing Melody's diaper.

"All clean, Melody. Okay, time to wash my hands," Floyd said, leaving.

Branch picked up his daughter from the changing table. "Aww, you feel better now? Oh, yes you do. Now, it's time to eat dinner."

"Din-Din!" Melody said.

"Din-Din, that's right. See you guys in a minute," Branch said, leaving.

Bruce faced Clay. "Now wait a minute, weren't you supposed to change her diaper this time?"

Clay shrugged.

"Yeah, last week you said that you would. How Floyd ended up doing it?" John Dory asked.

Clay hesitated. "Uhhhhhh........"

"Floyd, why on earth didn't you stand up for yourself? What happened to setting boundaries?" Bruce shouted.

Floyd's voice echoed from outside the room. "I did, but then I felt bad because Clay told me that he had some paperwork that needs to be done immediately."

Bruce shook his head. "Oh boy."

"And that's why I didn't do it. Now, let's just focus on the now," Clay said.

"But wait, you told me that the paperwork isn't due until Tuesday," John Dory said.

Bruce shook his head again. "Wow. Just wow."

Clay stopped writing and hesitated. "Yeah. But better get it done earlier than later."

Floyd returned with a frown on his face. "Now Clay, this is the third time you have asked me to change her diaper-I mean, I don't mind doing it at all-but it's just that you keep asking me to do it lately. To me, it feels like as if..."

"As if what?" Clay questioned, raising his eyebrow.

Now it was Floyd's turn to hesitate. He gulped and played with his left bang. "As if...you were...you were...using me? Like using me as an excuse not to do the job."

"What? Seriously?" Clay put his notebook and pen down.

"Look, it's the fact that you've been avoiding the job of changing her diaper lately. That's all," John Dory said.

"And we all agreed that whenever we are around on the weekends or day offs, we would take turns," Bruce said.

"Alright, alright, I understand. Look, I'll change her diaper the next time we come by next weekend, okay? I will," Clay said.

"Alright then," Floyd said.

"If you say so," John Dory said.

"I'll make sure to remind you about what you said in case you forget," Bruce said.

"Hehe. Okaaaay." Clay let out a nervous laugh, but then he frowned.

- - -

~End of Flashback~

Clay hesitated. "But....but...."

"Look, it's not my words. We all know you said that you would," Floyd said.

Clay opened his mouth to speak, but John Dory interrupted him.

"And you got no excuses or any paperwork that needs to be done this time. How do I know? Viva told me this morning," John Dory said.

Bruce put a hand on Clay's shoulder. "We all agree to take turns when it comes to doing this, and you asked me to change her for the past two weekends. Now it's your turn, so you'll have to do it."

Clay then sighed. "You're right."

John Dory patted him on the back. "You got this, bro."

"We're here to support you," Floyd said.

"Let's go. Oh Melody, Clay's going to change your diaper," Bruce said.

Melody crawled and reached out to Clay with a smile on her face. He smiled and picked her up. They all left the playroom to get to her nursery room to be prepared for either a diaper changing success or a total diaper changing disaster.