Chapter 1

Luke


A few months had passed and now Jamie had another brother; baby Lucas James Tuesday. He had Emily's eyes and George's smile. If anyone ever asked Jamie, "Do you ever think of having kids?"

"Yeah, but when I'm like, 24 or something," would always be her answer. Jamie thought it was an odd question to ask a 16 year old, but she never said that. "Hey, Mom. Did you always want a big family? Or was Dad the one with big intentions?"

"Y 'know, it was me and your father. I thought when we had Danny, we'd stop. But then came Vanessa and little Luke. Why?"

"I dunno. But I'm glad you did have all of us." Jamie smiled at her mother. "Me too." Suddenly, Jamie heard the front door open. She went upstairs to see her boyfriend, Zak Saturday. She gave him a hug and a kiss and went downstairs. Zak hadn't known that Luke was born let alone see him. "Zak, come here! You have to be quiet though!" Jamie whispered, leading Zak down the hall. They crept into a room-that wasn't there before-and Jamie put her index finger to her lips. In a small cradle was a baby. "This is my new baby brother, Luke," Jamie whispered. "Now let's get outta here before he wakes up!" They walked out of Luke's room. "He's not gonna stay in there, is he?"

"No. Once he's bigger, he'll move into the room across from the bathroom upstairs."

"Oh, ok," Zak said. Jamie had to agree. That room was way too small to fit him forever. "Hey, I have something else to show you too!" Jamie ran upstairs and into her room. She reached behind her bed and pulled out a guitar. "You have a guitar!"

"Yeah, and I wrote a song too!"

"Well, let's here it!" Zak said. Jamie sat on her bed and started playing. When she was finished she put her guitar away. "That was awesome!"

"Yeah, but I still haven't figured out what words to put to it," Jamie said. Suddenly, there was a crying noise downstairs. "Ugh, Vanessa probably forget to be quiet!" Jamie said, rushing downstairs. She grabbed Luke's bottle and fed him. "Wow, you sure have a way with babies," Zak said. "I dunno. I guess it's practice for 7 years from now."

"7?"

"Yeah. 17 plus 7 equals 24."

"Jamie, I'm 17. You're still 16."

"3 months apart, what's the diff," she said. It was December and Zak turned 17 in October. "You know what they say, 'age is but a number'!" Jamie wiggled her finger. She put Luke down and went into the kitchen to grab a root beer. She took a long sip and belched afterwards. Zak and Jamie started cracking up. "JAMIE LYNN TUESDAY, WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT BURPING WHILE GUESTS ARE HERE!!?" Emily yelled. "Mom, this is Zak! He's not a guest, he's practically family!" Jamie complained. "I don't care it's not polite!" Jamie crossed her eyes mocked her mother. Zak laughed. "Beat that!" Jamie could hear Danny all the way from his room. She went in there to see Danny and his girlfriend, Isabella, playing a video game. "Would you two shut up! You're gonna wake up Luke again, and I'll have to deal with it, again!"

"Blah, blah, Jamie. We just wanna have fun!"

"And I want Erin Hunter to hurry up and finish Fading Echoes! But that won't happen until she decides to release it!" Jamie went over and shut off Danny's PS3. "Hey!" the 14 year olds whined. "You want some cheese with that whine? Now clean up your room, I swear I stepped on one of your dolls!"

"Whatever Mother Hen. And they're action figures!!"

"I don't care!" Jamie walked out of Danny's room. Zak and Jamie sat on the couch. "Zak, do you ever think of moving out?"

"Sometimes. You?"

"Sometimes."

"Well, where are you gonna go?"

"I dunno...maybe in Yellowstone Park."

"Why?"

"So I can run with the wolves...and the bears...and the moose..." Zak smiled. "Just a few more years..." Zak said. "Those years should hurry up, before Ma has another kid!" Jamie said. "Well, we're just gonna have to wait." They had only 1 year to go, but they wanted to move out at 21 or something. 4 years to go...

"Hey, Jamie!" Jenn said. "What!?"

"Guess what!!?!"

"What do you want?"

"Tonight your in charge of Danny, Isabella, Vanessa, Luke, Sammy, Peanut and Shelby." Jenn taunted her.

"What" Jamie shouted.

"Well... wer.. wer.. were are you going??" Jamie stuttered. I'm going out with Nick and Geni is going to her BFFL'S house."

"GRRRRR" Jamie growled as Jenn walked out. "Oh yeah, just remember...No Zak!!"

"WHAT!!!!!??? Why??" Jamie whined. "Mom and George don't trust you here alone with a boy at night especially at night, trust me I know."

"EEWWW! So that's what you were doing! Wait a second, wasn't that rule issued after Geni had kids?" Jamie questioned. Jenn glared at her sister. "Well, I don't know-"

"HA! JENN BROKE THE RULES!!" Jamie sang. "And that's exactly why he can't stay."

"Well, can he stay until they leave?" Jamie pleaded. "Fine! Get in trouble. Why should I care?!"

"Well, when are they leaving?"

"Tonight at five."

"Hmmm...five is close..."

"Okaaay" RING, RING, RING! "It's Nick!" Jenn raced to the phone. "Oh, joy!" Jamie said sarcasticly. "Hello... yeah, I completly understand, Ok, bye. Well, Jamie it looks like you can have Zak over tonight rather than tomorrow."

"YAAAAAAY!!! Oh, wait a minute...BOOOO! JENN'S IN CHARGE, BOOOO!!!!" Jamie said. "Oh, shut up, you!!"