So…long story short, I need to stop starting new stories before I finish…but, yeah, I have had this idea and then I read a really amazing story that was kind of similar to my idea…but, yeah, I just needed to get this out, and I'll get back to it later if anyone likes it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious
"Hey, Sabrina! Do you remember me? I used to interview your parents all of the time when you were younger." Ella greeted warmly, stepping through the door that the ten year old held open for her. The small girl nodded, her jet black ringlets bouncing into her face as she did so. "Yeah. A lot of our baby videos have you in them."
Ella smiled warmly. "You mean the old news reports?" She clarified. Sabrina shrugged. "I guess so, if that's what you want to call it."
"Ella! You're here, and just in time, too. Everyone just finished lunch." Cat smiled as she practically ran down the spiral staircase of her home. "Mom, she's been here for a few minutes already." Sabrina corrected her in a "duh" tone of voice. Cat smiled and kissed her daughter on the forehead.
"Why don't I go get the others ready and you and Sabrina can start, okay?" Cat asked, looking in between her daughter and the news reporter. "That sounds great." Ella nodded, as she walked over to the "interview room", which was basically a secluded area of the living room, and Sabrina followed, not far behind.
Ella get her things settled while the ten year old plopped herself on the couch. "So, Sabrina, how have you been since last time? Do you like being in the fifth grade?" She asked kindly. Sabrina shrugged. "I guess so. I kind of like it, but I kind of don't." She clarified. Ella nodded understandingly. "So what do you like about the fifth grade?" She asked.
Sabrina thought for a moment, her dark brown eyes concentrating on the light blue colored wall before her. "Um, I get to be in plays and sing different songs and learn cool dances." She smiled fondly. Ella nodded. "You and your brothers and sisters go to a special school, don't you?" She asked. Sabrina nodded. "We go to a…um…arts school or something, like Mom and Dad used to when they were in high school." She explained.
"Do you think that it is cool that you and your siblings can all be in the same classes?" Ella asked. Sabrina shook her head furiously. "No way! There are too many of us! We take up like all of the class!" She exclaimed, and Ella chuckled.
"So, Ariella, you just finished doing your homework for the weekend, right?" Ella asked as the next Oliver child up took her spot on the couch. Ariella nodded. "I like to do all of my homework on Friday or Saturday morning so that I can do whatever I want." She explained seriously. Ella nodded. "That's very wise of you. Your brothers and sisters tell me that you are the "professor" of the group." Ariella shrugged. "I guess I am. I want to be a teacher when I grow up, and I get the best grades." She said, trying to keep the gloat out of her voice but failing. Ella nodded. "But I'm also told that you think up plans for pranks with your brothers." She added, eying Ariella.
The petite girl stopped twirling her dark brown hair and stared at the reporter through her glasses. "Who told you that? Was it Dylan? Or what about Bryan?" She asked, suddenly alert and not looking as shy as she did before. Ella laughed. "Your father told me. You know, he probably knows more than you give him credit for." She added.
Ariella shrugged. "I guess so. The only reason I help is because the boys are buttheads and don't know anything, and if I didn't do anything, nothing they come up with would work!" The girl exclaimed, her mocha colored eyes rolled. Ella laughed. "So, do you think that one day you might want to have as many babies as your Mom and Dad did?" She asked.
Ariella shook her head, wrinkling her nose. "No way! Not all at once, anyway, cause one baby can be really annoying, so imagine having all of us!" She exclaimed. "No, no, not for me."
"Hey, Bryan!" Ella greeted as the next child came into the room. "Hi, Ella," The boy smiled and sat down on the couch. "So, I hear that you started a club at your school?" She asked. Bryan nodded. "It's a club to raise money to save endangered animals like panda bears and polar bears because people keep killing them and we really need to find a way to keep them safe, or else all of the other people to be born in the future will never be able to see panda bears and polar bears!" The boy said in one quick rush.
Ella laughed. "People say that you are a lot like your Mom. " She stated, not a question. Bryan shrugged. "I guess I am, I mean, I like to talk a lot, and my teacher says that I can be really, really silly, but I try not to distract the other kids in class, even though I do it a lot and everyone thinks that I am weird." The boy laughed, his light brown eyes sparkling.
Ella nodded. "You also stick up for what you believe in, like your Dad." Bryan nodded, before speaking again. "Mom and Dad said that I'm kinda like Aunt Tori in that way. Sometimes I have to stop and think before I say something, because Dad says that I say really silly stuff sometimes and that if I stop and think I can sound really smart and I can also take a big breath, so it works out both ways for me." The boy rambled.
Ella nodded. "What do you think about your Mom and Dad having so many kids at the same time?" She asked. Bryan thought for a moment. "I think it was probably really, really hard to take care of all of us at the same time when we were little and we peed and pooped all over the place. I would have kicked us out and sent us to the zoo!" Bryan laughed just as Cat stuck her head out of the kitchen, her red hair tumbling down her shoulders.
"Bryan Evan Oliver! Didn't we just talk about not using inappropriate words while talking to people?" She asked, though her eyes held a bit of humor in them. She knew that before she went through the process of trying to have children, she was exactly the same way. Bryan nodded. "Yeah, Mom. Sorry."'
Before Ella could even greet the next child, she was bombarded in a giant hug. "Hi, Ella!" Dylan, the next child, greeted her. Ella laughed. "Hey, Dylan." She waited as the boy settled himself on the couch. "So, Dylan, your mom tells me that you have a little crush on a girl in your class." She smiled. Dylan bit his lip before holding up four fingers. "Four girls?" Ella asked incredulously.
Dylan nodded and giggled. "Bella, Mae, Lily and my cousin Lizzy." He listed. "Wait, you have a crush on your cousin?" Ella asked, trying to follow where the boy was going with the topic. "Well," Dylan started, flipping his long dark hair out of his eyes much like his father, "She isn't really my cousin. She's "Aunt" Jade's daughter, and "Aunt" Jade is just Mom's really good friend." Dylan explained.
Ella nodded slowly. "Isn't your Aunt Jade good friends with your father, too?" She asked. Dylan only made a face in reply, and Ella laughed. "So why do you like all of these girls?" She asked. Dylan shrugged as a smile played with his lips. "Lizzy is allowed to wear makeup, because she thirteen and the other girls wear sparkly lip gloss and are good singers, like me. And they're pretty." He stated lastly, as if it were obvious. Ella laughed. "That's funny, Dylan!"
"So how do you feel about having so many brothers and sisters?" Ella asked. Dylan shrugged. "I don't really have a lot of brothers and sisters. I mean, there was that lady who had twenty kids, right? That would be a lot." Dylan paused, flipping his hair back again. "But I guess it is fun, because there is always someone to play with. But sometimes I just wanna be alone, you know?" He asked.
Ella nodded. "Well, I hear that for your birthday you all are splitting up into separate rooms." Dylan nodded, looking a bit more excited. "Yeah, we used to all share one really big room and the girls had one bathroom and the boys had another one, but now we are all going to be in different rooms, but we don't get our own. Like, we still have to share, but not with as many people. You know?" He asked. Ella nodded, laughing a little. "What else are you guys doing for your birthday?" She asked.
"Oh, we are going to go to Cancun. That's in Canada; where Dad is from, and we are gonna go with Aunt Tori and Aunt Jade and Uncle Andre and Uncle Robbie and the puppet and all of our cousins and Trina." He finished with slight annoyance. Ella cocked her head. "Why don't you want Trina to go?" She asked with slight amusement. Dylan rolled his eyes. "Cause she's annoying! She's got no life and she always follows us around when we don't invite her places. At least Rex the puppet is pretty cool..." He trailed off.
"So, Jaden, you are the youngest boy, right?" Ella asked. The shy boy nodded with a small smile. His sneakered feet swung back and forth on the couch. "I was the biggest, though." He said in his quiet voice, a smirk on his face. Ella smiled. "So, I hear that you and one of your sisters are really close." She stated. Jaden nodded, his hazel eyes examining Ella's pad of paper that she took notes on. "Yeah, everyone says that we look the most alike and we are best friends." He said; a real smile on his face now. "That's cool. Do you get along with everyone else, though?" She asked curiously. Jaden hesitated before nodding. "Most of the time. I'm going to be sharing a room with Dylan soon, and the other girls are nicer to me than my brothers cause I'm quiet." He said with a smile.
Ella nodded. "Are you excited to share a room with Dylan?" She asked. Jaden shook his head. "No, he takes really long in the bathroom and I have to wake up early if I want to be ready for school in time." He explained, pausing. "Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I don't like to play pranks. Me and Double O Seven play pranks on everyone all of the time, and no one ever suspects me." He said; a sly grin on his face.
Ella laughed. "So you're pretty sneaky, aren't you? Double-O-Seven is your nickname for your sister, right?" She asked. Jaden nodded. "I know I'm not supposed to have favorites and stuff, but she's my best friend. I wish I could share a room with her instead of Dylan, but Dad said it isn't "appropriate". "He explained while Ella smiled.
"Why did you pick that nickname for your sister?" She asked. "Because we both do motocross together. I do other sports and so do the others, but me and Double-O do motocross while Bry and Ari do horseback riding and Dylan and Sabrina are at choir or theater after school." He said, brightening. Ellen smiled at his enthusiasm. "And what is motocross? You just started this past year, right?"
Jaden nodded. "Double- O and I saw it on Disney Channel once, and we both like motorcycles. You use motorbikes, which are kinda like motorcycles, and we race. Mom was scared for us to do it because she thought we would get hurt, but we wear a bunch of pads and cool helmets. It's a lot of fun, and it's cool because I was the only boy brave enough to do it."
"Really?" Ella asked, looking back over to the door that Dylan had exited out of. Jaden nodded. "Dylan and Bryan didn't even learn to ride a bike until a year after me, and they were scared when they got on the motorbike! They even get scared when Double-O and I do easy tricks!" He laughed.
Ella laughed along with him. "So, what do you think about your birthday coming up?" She asked. Jaden shrugged. "I'm excited because we are taking a trip, and I might get my own motorbike. Dad said we can all get one big thing or four little things or something, because we are gonna be double digits and it is special." He explained, his eyes shining in harmony with his dark brown hair.
"I bet it is." Ella said with a smile. Jaden continued to speak. "I mean, Mom and Dad were really brave to have all of us, and really strong, too. Mom almost turned her hair back to brown like it was before, but Ariella got us to make a petition of stuff that says why we like her hair red, and she kept it like that." He paused.
"I'm more excited for when we go to Italy this summer, though. We get to meet Mom's family and stuff." He finished. "Wow, I sounded like Bryan." He laughed; the dimple in his left cheek flashing.
"Alright, we'll do you guys first and then we'll finish the interviews and do the photoshoot." Ella explained, and the two Olivers nodded.
"So, I must say that it has been about ten years, and you both look fantastic!" Ella complimented as Beck and Cat sat down on the couch. The two laughed. "Two words: Sleep, and Coffee." Beck explained simply. Cat nodded. "I can't believe it. My babies are growing up." She sighed and Beck shook his head. "No, no, they are still our little babies." He contradicted. Ella laughed.
"So, what else do you think has gotten you two through all of these years?" She asked curiously. "I think that it is all about having a strong relationship with your spouse, so that we are able to work through all of the problems that come our way." Beck answered, and Cat nodded.
"At least we have gotten through potty training. Because, honestly, potty training more than three times is not fun at all." She groaned. "But we have amazing friends and family to help us get through it all." She added.
"At least we are saving money on the thousands of diapers that we used to have to buy…"Beck added, and Ella laughed. "So would you say that you're satisfied with your family?" She asked. Cat and Beck both nodded at the same time.
"Of course, it's a crazy and stressful life, and hard to juggle everything, but if I could go back and time to the day when we got the first ultrasound and go along with what the doctor suggested and…get rid of some of babies, we wouldn't have the amazing family that we have now." Cat said.
"Yeah, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I would actually do it again, because really, five or six really isn't a lot when you think about it." Beck offered. Cat shot him a look. "Oh, baby, you must be sleep deprived. Either that, or you have been listening to Bryan way too much." The three adults laughed.
"Of course, I wouldn't change anything. It may be a crazy life, but it's our life."
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