7
Just as they said they would; Lily, Jake and Reece started to work on their homework when they had gotten the loft to themselves. Of course the work load was different between the three kids. Even though she was a senior in high school and she could take it easy academically speaking, Lily opted to not take it easy. Jake and Reece had a large workload which was more than most of their fellow classmates.
While the kids were working on their homework, their parents were stepping off of the elevator at the precinct. Rick was there in his private investigator capacity as he usually was since Kate succeeded Gates as Captain. Javi was waiting for them.
"So what's it like having a 17 year old and two 15 year olds?" Javi asked.
"It's a piece of cake." Rick answered.
Kate and Javi shared a look before Kate answered. Everyone knew that having three teenagers would be easy for Rick since had already experienced the teenage years with Alexis. Kate was learning as the years went by.
"What do you got?" Kate asked in regards to the case as she attempted to evade Javi's question.
While they headed to the bull pen, Javi filled his friends in on what came to light in the case since the night before.
"Are you going to answer his question from before?" Rick asked.
Once again, Rick's focus was split between the case and what had happened a few minutes ago.
"We all know what my answer is." Kate said temporarily indulging her husband.
"I still want to hear it."
Kate rolled her eyes.
"While it may be a walk in the park for you, it's been a constant learning experience for me. And sometimes I can't wait until the teenage years are over or I long for the days when they were kids and we were chasing them to the dining room table for a meal."
Somewhat satisfied with the answer, Rick turned his attention back to what was going on with the case and everything went back to what it should be.
Kevin came in to clue the others in on what he and tech person found on the surveillance cameras.
Once Kevin had filled the others in, Rick's focus had once again switched.
"How many days left until the big day?" Rick asked.
"Four days, bro." Javi answered.
"How is Tori handling everything?" Kate asked.
"It seems like she's handling it all pretty well, nothing seems to phase her."
Kevin then shared how frazzled Jenny seemed to be before they had gotten married years ago. Kate said that she was fine when it came to hers and Rick's wedding. Of course the boys had to jokingly ask which wedding. After a glare from their Captain, the boys backed off and went to their desks to work the case.
"At some point you have to tell me how you do that and how you get the kids to give you answers."
"Sorry babe, that's classified." Kate said with a smile on her face as they head to Kate's office.
