"You were great in there" Nate told Jack as they left the class room. Nate cradling 'their son' in her arms and Jack carrying the two babies supply bags.

"How, all I did was give it a bottle and pat it's back afterwards?" Jack asked incredulously.

"One, if you didn't then the air would have stayed stuck in his throat and he would have started crying again, two, don't call him an 'it'. Until this assignment's over we have to call him by Kevin" Nate said, giving Jack a slight glare.

"Why, it's not like anyone's gonna care" Jack acknowledged.

Nate rolled her eyes and shifted Kevin so he was lying with his head in the crook of her elbow and the rest of his body pressed against her before reaching into her back pocket and pulling out a piece of paper, handing it to Jack.

Jack made a confused noise, then read the paper.

'Tessmack put a recorder in the dolls'

"ooohhhh…."

"Yeah, so be careful what you say when Kevin's in the room….and if you curse then I'll beat your butt to Hong Kong and back" Nate informed him, the corners of her lips twitching into a smile.

Jack scoffed slightly and gave her a teasing smile "I doubt that"

"You really wanna try and go there?" Nate pushed, narrowing her eyes and pushing the smile off her face which, combined with her choppy short black hair, gave her an aura of seriousness and fear.

"N-no ma'am" Jack found himself stuttering.

"Good" Nate said happily, the smile returning to her face like it had never left. She glanced around the area at the lockers "Um…how do you know which is yours?"

Jack thought back to his first day at school "Did they give you a slip of paper with a number on it at registration?"

Nate nodded and jolted her shoulder, causing the bag to slide down her arm. She passed Kevin to Jack and used her now free hand to unzip the bag and searched around the books and stationary at the bottom before pulling out a crumbled piece of paper. "Yeah, number 76-b"

Jack nodded. "Cool, that's near mine. I'll show you where"

"Thanks" Nate stuffed the paper carelessly in the near invisible pocket of her jumper and slung her bag back over her shoulder before taking back the baby.

"Right over here" Jack walked down the corridor and into the main locker area before hastily switching directions and heading back over to Nate. "Maybe I should show you tomorrow instead"

"Why?" Nate asked, cautious of Jack's sudden change.

"That's why." Jack pointed over his shoulder at a group of boys in red and black jogging suits leaning against the lockers. "The Black Dragons"

"What about them?" Nate shrugged, straightening slightly to look over Jack's shoulder at them "They look like a bunch'a posers to me"

Jack scoffed "Trust me, I can take them…just not today. Besides, they have a habit of targeting new kids" He informed her, giving her a knowing look.

Nate's anger seethed beneath the surface of her calm face, only noticeable by the agitated twitch in the corner of her nose. "Look Jack, I trained in Ju-jitsu and karate. I can fight if need be and don't even think that just cause I'm a girl that I'm some frail little princess in need of a prince to rescue her"

Jacks eyes widened and he held up his hands in surrender "I honestly wasn't thinking that. I just think we should leave and then I'll show you tomorrow to avoid confrontation, okay?"

The twitch in Nate's nose slowed and she heaved a sigh "Fine, and I'm sorry about that"

"It's cool. You know, you'd get along really well with Kim" Jack acknowledged, turning around and walking back down the corridor with Nate, still balancing the two baby bags on one arm while carrying his schoolbag on the other.

"Really?...you sure you don't need help with those?" Nate asked, eyeing the three bags.

"Nah, I've carried heavier things than this before…like that time when Rudy passed out after eating 53 falafel balls and I had to carry him across the mall to the dojo"

"Oh, who's Rudy?"

"My sensei. He's also one of my best friends…oh, that reminds me, I meant to tell you earlier that there's a 'Bobby Wasabi' dojo here…well not 'here-here' but in the mall" Jack nodded at here, pushing open the door and walking out into the carpark.

"Seriously? Cool, I was worried that I would have to quit martial arts when we moved here" Nate smiled in relief, glancing around at the groups of students, cars and buses.

"Is your mum coming to get you?" Jack asked.

Nate shrugged "I wouldn't count on it, she said she may not make it since she'll be busy unpacking." Nate cast a quick glance around, scanning the cars and faces. "Guess I'm walking home"

Jack shrugged "Well, I could walk with you. I don't have to be at the dojo until five so I have time to kill"

"Yeah, thanks Jack" Nate smiled at him as the two walked out through the main gate.

Kim narrowed her eyes at the silhouette of the two partners leaving the school grounds. "What was that all about?"

"Who's our little princess? Who's our wittle angel?" Ryan cooed, tickling the baby dolls stomach as Madison reached up with her hands to grab a lock of his brown hair. Ryan laughed and glanced over at Kim. "Did you say something?"

Kim blinked "Um…nope, no I didn't say anything….what are you doing?"

"Playing with Maddy" Ryan told her like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Maddy? I thought we agreed on Madison"

"We did, but Maddy's the nickname I made for her, plus it suits her!" Ryan smiled, going back to tickling Madison's stomach.

Kim crossed her arms and laughed at the sight of the teenage boy going googly-eyed over a baby doll. Who'd have thought it?

"Well, I need to head to the editors office and then to the dojo so-" Kim began.

Ryan held a hand up to stop her "It's cool, I can keep her at my house tonight and we can switch at the mall tomorrow…how about noon at falafel Phil's?"

"Sounds good by me, thanks Ryan" Kim shouldered her pack and set off for the bus.

"It's a date then" Ryan called after her, shouldering his own bag and reaching into the baby supplies bag and pulling out a sippy cup filled with orange juice. "Here you go Maddy"

Madison happily drank away as Ryan carried her across the courtyard to the school bus.

Ryan paused outside the bus when he felt Madison's stomach heaving against his chest. "What's wrong princes-"

"Blegh!" Madison threw up the orange juice onto his shirt, mixed with a brown mush from the baby food Kim had fed her in class.

"Oh come on!"

HAHA! Sorry, I just had to end it with Madison puking on Ryan XD

I'd like to thank Maddy (Guest) for the names Madison and Kevin.

As always, enjoy and review!

~Donakiko