Lesson 10: You will never be short of laughs.

V is a funny, funny gal. I mean, really, she's a hoot. She never likes to wear clothes, and runs around in only a diaper, gets into the pantry and pours all the flour all over the kitchen floor, and when it's bath time, forget it, you'll exhaust yourself before you catch her. Good thing I'm a runner, right? No, but really, sometimes I feel like my life is a satire on the way parenthood is 'supposed' to be, but then again, I'm 19 years old with a 20 month daughter, I don't think I know how it's 'supposed' to be myself.

Anyway, my sister called me today, trying to sound so concerned.

"Hey Nikki! How's my little sister doing?"

"Um I'm great…" Lilian never called me, we hardly even talked except when she came home for the holidays or whatever. This was more than a little weird.

"Yeah? That's great, how's Jonesy?"

"He's good, at hockey practice right now…" I really wanted to know what she was getting at so I could get off the phone already.

"Are you two okay? Mom told me that the wedding was off and I was just wondering if everything was fine. I mean, I know we aren't super close, but now I have a beautiful niece to think of." Gee Lily, thanks for your concern…

"No, we're fine, I'm just not ready to get married yet is all."

"Well you do realize you have a child with him, right?" I wanted to smack the self-righteous tone right out of her stupid mouth.

"Oh gee is that what I grew in my uterus for ten months?"

"God Nikki why are you always so defensive? I'm just trying to say that…"

Then a big crash came from the bedroom, and I ran in to see V laughing. She knocked the big stereo down from the dresser and was just looking at it. Thank God she was okay, there really is a separate God for children.

"Lily I have to go, Violette is being naughty…" then I hung up the phone and hugged my daughter. "You're a bad girl you know that right?" I asked her.

"NO!" She shouted at me and ran off, wanting me to chase her.

"I'm going to get you, brat, and when I do you're getting spankings!" I shouted after her, laughing. Nope, there's never a dull moment in this house, that's for sure.

Authors Note: Sorry I've been MIA! Summer classes started and things around here are hectic! So I put up every single 6teen fanfic I've ever written or pretended to write, even if they suck :]