Author's Note: THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU to all of my reviewers! Love you all! I couldn't do this without you! You guys rock! I hope you guys enjoy rest of the story. P.S. I know the ages don't make sense. Jason and Lulu are very close friends.

Chapter 3: The Gang's All Here

"Mama, when are they gonna get here?" Lola asked.

Lulu glanced at the clock. "Five minutes sooner than the last time you asked me," she said.

"But how long?" she asked.

"They're coming at six, and it's five thirty. That's thirty minutes, baby," Lulu said, turning her eyes back to Crimson's latest issue. She always got a small thrill from reading her name next to Maxie's in the tiny print on the inside cover.

"Yay!" Lola squealed, clapping her hands together. "Cam and Jake and Aiden, Cam and Jake and Aiden, Cam and Jake and Aiden..." she chanted.

"Oh, Lola I forgot to tell you, Aunt Maxie called and said Robin had to cancel, so Colin is coming, too," Lulu said. Maxie and Lucky hadn't wanted to leave all four of the kids with Lulu, especially with Colin being only eighteen months. They had arranged to leave the baby with Robin, but she had been called into the hospital last minute, as had with Patrick. They had tried to find another babysitter, but Lulu had insisted. She loved spending time with Colin, plus, he was the product of her older brother and best friend, so...

"Mama, can we play this game?" she asked, pointing to her princess board game.

"They're all boys, honey, I don't think they like princesses," she said.

"Oh, yeah, I forgetted. What about this one?" she asked, holding up her pony-themed video game.

"I don't think they'll like that one, either," Lulu said.

"Hm... how 'bout we play dress-up?"

"Lola, do you have any boy's dress-up clothes?" she questioned with a sigh.

"Uh... no," said Lola.

"They won't like that either, then."

"Aw! But I love playing dress-up!" she pouted, placing her little hands on her little hips.

"Well, how about you can dress up before they get here?" Lulu suggested.

"Ah-kay!" Lola said, running into her bedroom. A few minutes later, she came back wearing a bright green tutu, a sparkly blue t-shirt, a fuzzy pink crown, an orange boa, neon striped leggings and purple heels. In her hand she held a light-up fairy wand and around her neck were several layers of colorful beaded necklaces.

"How do I look?" she asked striking a pose.

Lulu laughed. "I think you look absolutely adorable."

"Thanks, mama!" Lola replied. "I hope-" she was interrupted by a knock on the door. "They're here!" she screamed.

Barreling towards the door, she turned the handle and almost tore the door off its hinges before realizing the chain lock was still closed. She jumped up as high as she could, trying to reach the lock. Lulu held her down with her hand and opened the door. Lola shrieked in excitement as she tried to wrap her stubby arms around her older cousins.

"Hey, guys," Lulu said as she pulled the kids inside, making way for her brother and sister-in-law. Colin smiled and reached out for his aunt when he saw her, and Maxie transferred her baby into Lulu's arms. "Hi, Colin!" she cooed.

"Ah-lu!" he babbled, trying to say 'Aunt Lulu'.

"Hi, baby! Aren't you getting big?" said Lulu.

"Hi, Aunt Lulu!" five year-old Aiden said, wrapping his arms around Lulu's legs.

"Hey, Aiden," she said, sitting down on the couch with Colin still in her arms. Cam sat down on the armchair and reached for the remote. He was ten, and being the oldest he was trying to grow up fast to be free of his little brothers. As much as he loved them, it was the cool thing to do.

"Nope," Lucky said, grabbing the remote from Cameron's hand. Cameron scowled and crossed his arms, while Colin reached out for his daddy and Lucky picked him up.

"Okay, here's all Colin's stuff," Maxie said, handing Lulu the over-sized, designer diaper bag. And here are the sleeping bags, and the boy's bags, and their pillows, and Colin's playpen."

"Okay," Lulu said, trying to take all of the stuff into her arms but dropping half of it on the floor.

"I got it," Maxie said, picking up the stuff off of the floor. "Come on," she said, pulling Lulu into her room. After she had closed the door, she dropped everything on the floor and turned to her friend. "Okay, now why don't you tell me what you're hiding?" she asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Lulu said as she turned to set up Colin's playpen, which Maxie pulled away from her.

"I know when you're not telling me, and I know you're doing it now. What is it?" Maxie asked, then gasped. "Is it a guy?"

"Maxie..." she protested, sitting down on her bed.

"Just spit it out, Lulu!" she said.

"Okay, so there's this guy, Dante and he lives across the hall, and he drove me and Lola home from the park when it was raining, and he's a cop, and he was super sweet to Lola, and he's just so..." Lulu trailed off. She fell back against her bed and grabbed a pillow, groaning loudly into it. Pulling it off her face, she said, "and he's coming over tonight for dinner. Lola invited him."

"You better not be having sex while my kids are in the other room!" Maxie said sternly.

"Maxie, come on! It's not like that. At least, not yet... I mean, it might be, eventually, but I don't know if... Ugh. Never mind," Lulu said. "I mean, it's just so weird, I haven't dated since I got pregnant. I don't know if I'm ready for this, and Lola is and always will be my number one priority, you know that!"

"Of course, Lulu. But Lola doesn't have to take up all of the attention in your life. I know you don't like to think about it, but some day Lola's going to want to spend all of her time with her friends. I mean, just look at Cameron! He's only ten and he's already starting to ignore us. And even if Lola is going to be number one, that doesn't mean there can't be a number two. I mean, once the boys are asleep me and Lucky still have time to get it on," Maxie said insightfully.

"Ah, lalala, I don't want to hear about you and Lucky 'getting it on'!" Lulu said.

"Ugh, fine," said Maxie rolling her eyes. She looked at her watch and said, "Well, I'd better get going. I got a hot date with my man!"

"Maxie!"

"All right, sorry! But who am I supposed to talk about my amazing sex with?" she asked.

Lulu held a hand in front of Maxie's face. "Just shush."

Finally Lucky and Maxie had left and Lulu was left with five kids to deal with. She sat down on the couch and tried to get the kids to agree on a T.V. show. Glancing at the clock, she noticed it was already 6:45. Looking around the apartment, she noticed it was a complete mess. The floor was littered with toy cars, dolls, costumes, coloring books, crayons, and other things belonging to Lola.

"Crap!" she muttered, handing the remote to Cameron. She ran around the apartment bent over, picking up various objects and trying to put them in their correct places. When she had done a decent job she went into her room and pulled out some clothes she felt were slightly sexy but still appropriate for a family dinner. She went back into the living room wearing a white v-neck button-down skirt with ruffles on the collar and a gray pencil skirt. She slipped on a pair of red heels and ran a brush through her hair. She assessed the boy's outfits and decided they were nice enough. Cam had a polo shirt and jeans, as did Jake, and Aiden was wearing a striped long-sleeved shirt and tan khakis. Colin was wearing a blue onesie and a pair of tiny blue sweatpants, but it didn't really matter what he was wearing. She ran into the kitchen and started to make dinner, but had just heated up the water when there was a knock on the door.

She over the door, pausing to look in the mirror before taking a deep breath and opening the door.

"You look beautiful."

Franco threw the picture he had down on the desk. It showed Dante Falconeri, the detective who was was working on taking him down walking into his apartment building with Lulu Spencer, a good friend of Jason Morgan, his arch enemy/man crush. He had noticed in Lulu's arms was a little girl. After some research, he had discovered that she was Lulu's daughter, Lola.

She was perfect.