What to Expect Chapter 10
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Sunday morning rolled around, and Zay and Smackle were tired. It seemed that the twins were up all night, alternating who would wake up every hour. Zay finished burping Finley and then placed her back into her crib.
"Izzy, if they weren't our friends I would cancel our plans today, but I know that Lucas is making breakfast and there's gonna be coffee and pancakes."
"Coffee sounds so good right now." Smackle said, pulling herself up from the chair in the babies' room. She walked to the kitchen and poured two cups of coffee before returning to the room where Zay was now feeding Elijah a bottle. She set the cup down beside him, and he looked at her with a look of gratitude. "Thank you, love." Zay said, as he reached over and took a sip of his coffee. "Only 3 more hours until we can go to the Huckleberry house."
Riley looked down at her daughter who was sleeping peacefully in her arms. "I'm so glad she's asleep, she was having the hardest time falling asleep earlier, almost like she was fighting sleep."
Farkle smiled at his wife. "I think she knows she's going to be meeting her cousins today, and she didn't want to miss out on the excitement by falling asleep." He reached his hand out and gently smoothed back Cordelia's hair. "Now that you're taking a nap, you'll be well rested and ready to meet everyone."
"Maya said we should come over around 10, and it's almost 9 now, so we should probably start getting ready. We need to get her stuff packed up. We need the diaper bag, diapers, wipes, 3 bottles and formula, blankets, 4 clean outfits, her teddy bear, the travel bassinet, the stroller, and..."
"Riley." Farkle interrupted his wife. Riley stopped her long list and looked at him. "We're going to Maya's. You know, Maya, who just had a baby? We can bring the basics like diapers, an outfit, and some bottles, but I really don't think she needs 4 outfits and the stroller."
"You're right, I just don't want to forget something that she might need."
"As long as you're there, she'll be fine." Farkle stood up from his seat on the couch. "Come on, let's go get ready."
Lucas stood at the stove, flipping pancakes in the pan. Maya sat at the breakfast bar, eating some cantaloupe slices while holding Andrew, who was attached to his mother, enjoying his breakfast.
Maya shifted Andrew to the other side before looking back at Lucas. "I swear this kid is exactly like you! He hasn't stopped eating since we've gotten home! I'm glad he's got an appetite and is feeding really well, but I feel like a dairy cow making this much milk!"
Lucas turned around and looked at his wife with a smile on his face. He shut off the stove and walked over to where she was sitting, and bent over to kiss her forehead. "Shortstack, you're far from a dairy cow. Trust me, I would know. You're gorgeous, and sexy, and curvaceous, and I'm so glad that you're all mine."
Maya looked up at Lucas with a smirk on her face. "You're only saying that because my boobs have grown from all the milk production."
Lucas winked at Maya. "Hey, that's just a perk of you feeding our son, and who am I to not enjoy that?"
Maya laughed. "You're such a dork, Huckleberry, but thank you. Now go finish the breakfast, everyone will be here soon." She leaned up and pecked a kiss to his lips. Lucas walked back towards the stove and started cracking eggs into a bowl. Maya stood up. "I'm gonna go get Andrew ready, and then I'm gonna go get dressed, we'll be back out in a few minutes."
Lucas just smiled and continued cracking the eggs.
"Alright so, we have 2 car seats, bottles and formula, a couple extra outfits, and diapers and wipes. What are we forgetting?" Smackle mentally checked off the list in her head as she snapped Finley's car seat into the car.
"I really feel like we're forgetting something!" Zay wondered aloud, putting Elijah's car seat in the other side.
"Did you remember to lock the front door?" Smackle asked, climbing into the front seat of the car.
Zay stood up and grabbed the keys from the ignition of the car and headed back towards the house, opening the door before shutting it and locking it. He returned back to the car and sat in the driver's seat. "Front door, locked. I'm pretty sure we have everything, and the coffee pot is off, I made sure of that when I poured our second cups this morning." Zay started the ignition. "I think we're finally ready to go to the Friars' house."
"Farkle, I know that we agreed that you should drive slowly and safely since we have Cordelia in the car, but this is ridiculous. Maya said meet there at 10, and it's almost 10 right now! You know how much I hate being late to places!" Riley whined from the backseat where she was sitting beside Cordelia.
"I know, Riley. I just don't want her to start crying from crazy driving." Farkle replied, trying to placate his wife.
"Farkle! I'm going to start crying from your crazy slow driving! Just go the speed limit so we can get there kind of on time!" Riley whispered loudly, trying not to wake up their daughter.
Farkle nodded his head in agreement and pressed the gas, accelerating his speed, and headed towards Lucas and Maya's house.
10 minutes later they arrived and pulled into the driveway behind Lucas's SUV.
"We made it. And only 3 minutes late!" Riley said with a smile as she started to get out of the car. Farkle hopped out of the car and went to the other side to grab the car seat with Cordelia in it while Riley grabbed the diaper bag.
The Minkus family walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. Lucas answered the door a few seconds later. "Minkus family! Long time no see! Come on in!" Lucas said, holding the door open for his friends to enter.
Riley walked in and Farkle followed, carrying the car seat, which he sat down in the living room and started to take Cordelia out of the carrier. She started to wake up and become fussy as her father took her out of the car seat. "Shhh, baby, it's okay." Riley cooed as Farkle transferred the baby to Riley's arms.
"Minki!" Maya loudly whispered as she walked down the hallway from her bedroom carrying Andrew in her arms.
"Peaches! You look amazing! And here I am just looking like a blimp!" Riley said, walking over towards her best friend to hug her.
"Riles! You hush! You look amazing for having just had a baby a few days ago! And the fact that you even felt like coming over here for brunch. You're awesome." Maya replied hugging Riley back.
The doorbell rang again. "I got it!" Lucas announced as he walked back towards the door. He opened the door but didn't see anyone there. "Zay?" Lucas looked out the door and noticed that Zay and Smackle were both trying to get the babies out of the car, and could hear crying and screaming from the twins. "Lucas! We have a situation here!" Zay shouted over his shoulder from where he was trying to get Finley out of the car.
Lucas smiled at his oldest friend. "You need some help, Zay?"
Lucas walked out to the car to help his friends. He reached out towards Zay and took the baby that was in his arms. Zay smiled a look of relief at his friend and continued to help Smackle get their son Elijah out of the car and the diaper bag.
"Thanks Lucas. The twins tend to do this thing where if one cries, the other will cry. If we take one out of the situation, the other one will stop." Zay explained.
"No problem, man." Lucas replied, holding the now sleeping baby in his arms.
"Dude, how did you get her to calm down and go to sleep so quickly like that? She usually only does that with me. Not even Izzy or my mama can calm her down like that!" Zay exclaimed as he followed his wife and Lucas into the house.
"No fair, Huckleberry! We agreed that I'd get to hold one of the twins first!" Maya exclaimed as they walked through the door. Lucas smiled a cheeky grin at his wife.
"Lucas has become the official baby whisperer." Zay responded. "Finley wouldn't settle down for anything since we left the house! Elijah on the other hand only cried because his sister was crying."
"Hey, I can't help it if I'm already her favorite uncle." Lucas replied with a chuckle.
"Let me get some pictures!" Zay suggested as he reached into his pocket and grabbed his phone. He began to take pictures of everyone as they held the babies, Smackle holding Elijah, Lucas holding Finley, Riley holding Cordelia, and Maya holding Andrew. Farkle stood beside Zay as he continued to snap pictures of their friends holding the babies. "Ok now switch!" Zay loudly whispered.
Farkle walked over and grabbed Cordelia from Riley, who then accepted Andrew from Maya's arms. Maya reached out towards Lucas to take Finley, but Finley began to cry as Lucas started to shift. He quickly tucked his arms under the baby, who fell back asleep again. "Sorry Maya, Finley doesn't want to be disturbed right now."
Maya quietly laughed. "That's fine. I guess I'll just have to spend time with your brother, little miss." Smackle smiled and passed Elijah over, happily going to Maya without any fuss.
"Here Smackle, meet the future captain of the award winning debate team." Farkle said, handing Cordelia over to Smackle. "Well hello co-captain of the debate team." Smackle cooed to Cordelia, shooting a wink towards Farkle.
"This is nice, guys. I'm really glad we all agreed to get together and meet the kids. I want Eli and Fin to be as close to your kids as we all are with each other." Zay spoke, taking a few more pictures.
"Wait a second, her nickname is gonna be Fin?" Maya asked, a grin forming on her face. "No wonder she's so attached to Lucas! Huckleberry and Fin!"
"Oh my gosh, I didn't even realize that! That's funny." Smackle replied with a laugh.
Lucas rolled his eyes. "So, Eli and Fin. Is Cordelia going to have a nickname?"
"We were thinking something along the lines of Princess Cordelia." Farkle replied with a wink.
"Ooh, Farkle, I like that. Let's call her that." Riley replied.
"Oh, honey. Never change." Maya giggled.
"So how has the last week been for everyone?" Smackle asked, sitting down on the couch, still holding Cordelia.
"I'm actually really enjoying this. Andrew has been pretty good about eating, and he sleeps a lot of the time, so I think it's been pretty good so far. Now that I say that, our next one will probably be awful." Maya laughed.
"You're already thinking about another one?" Riley asked, her eyes wide.
"Maybe not for a couple of years, but Zay mentioned something about a baseball team, and I think that the Friars should make up at least half of it." Lucas replied with a wink.
"Well, I'm glad Cordelia is finally here and that she's beautiful and healthy, but it was so much work and such a struggle, I don't know if Farkle could handle that again, so we'll probably just stick to the one kid." Riley said.
"Whatever you want to do, dear. I support you 110%." Farkle responded, bending down to kiss his wife where she sat beside Smackle on the couch.
"Aww, you Minki are so cute!" Maya teased, a smile on her face. "Well now that everyone is here, I happen to know that there is a Huckleberry prepared breakfast buffet in the kitchen waiting for us!"
Everyone responded with smiles and began to head towards the kitchen, intent on spending time together and meeting one another's kids.