| Chapter Twelve |
| "Awww, look. Is that hers?" "You idiot, it says Chasez on the crib. Who do you think it belongs to, the pope?" "Its a baisonette." "Whatever." "Jenny, Chris! Do you two ever shut up? Or is it just a phase you two are going through?" Justin whispered. "I think all three of you need medication." Britney said, rolling her eyes at the group that had formed behind her, "This is her room, you guys. You wanna just stand there, or you wanna come in?" They all walked quietly into the room, and saw JC sitting at the side of the bed, staring at a sleeping Nikki. He looked up and smiled at them, "Hey you guys, he whispered. Mandy stared at Nikki, who looked the most peaceful than she had been in a long time, "What's her name?" "Her? Nikki." Everyone groaned, and Chris threatened to stick him with a needle until Veronica wrestled it away from him. " I thought it was funny. Anyhoo, its Alexis Amandeline." Mandy's grin spread from ear to ear, "That one was all Nikki, wasn't it?" "Yeah," Nikki said, sitting up in bed. "Hey y'all. Did you see her yet?" Hey Nikki!" Justin squealed, lunging at her and hugging her tightly, "We glanced at her." He grabbed her hand away from JC, "Mine." "Oh Nikki, she's gorgeous!" Jenny exclaimed, pulling Justin away from her and giving her hand back to JC. "I'll be right back. I just need to take this guy to the..." She oomph'd when Justin tried to pull away, " Damn, Justin. To the psych ward." "That's my Lexi." JC smiled, "Just like her mother. And now that I think about it, Jenny's a whole lot like her too." "Justin burst into the room, "Dear GOD, she's trying to kill me!" he looked around the room at all the people staring at him. "What?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "MOM! Are we leaving YET?" Lexi yelled up the stairs from her impatient post. "We're almost ready, dear." Nikki yelled back. She turned to her husband, "JC, go make sure Jake and Tony are ready. I'll go see how Melissa is doing, and then we can relieve ms. teenager down there." "She reminds me so much of...... Britney. I was going to say Britney." he ducked the shoe that flew at his head, "I think I'll go check on the boys." He walked down the hallway, shaking his head in laughter, "All right, men. How we doin'?" "Hey daddy!" Jake said, "We're ready!" JC took in their crooked ties, untied shoes, and miss-buttoned shirts. Not to mention Nikki would probably kill him if he let them out of the house with their hair looking like something from the jungle book. "Um, I'm not so sure about that........" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Mel? You okay, sweetie?" Nikki asked, walking into her youngest child's room. She found the eight year old sitting on the bed, her dress wrinkled, and her hair a mess. "What's wrong Missa?" "Mommy, I don't wanna go. I don't wanna see Josh and Carah." "Uncle Justin's kids? Oh honey, why?" "They don't like me." She pouted and crossed her arms in front of her. "I'm not going." "Sweetheart, yes they do! Carah is only 12, she wants to be with Lexi just as bad as you want to be with her. And Josh is only a baby! He needs your aunt Britney. You can still play with Liz and George. Do you remember them?" She hoped the mention of seven year old George Bass and eight year old Liz Kirkpatrick would keep her daughter occupied long enough for her to at least fix that hair. "Oh..... Oh yeah! I forgot. Let's go mommy. This is 'portent." |
| Character descriptions for all children in the next two chapters will be posted by late Thursday night! |