Two days later Tracy's whole family is at the Shiba house. Everyone is in the kitchen eating breakfast. The triplets are sitting in their high chairs. Ballade is fixing Aaron's hair.
"I think I want to have another..." Ballade says.
"NO," Fiacre, Chris, and Tracy say.
"You guys didn't let me finish. I wanted to have another family photo taken." Ballade says.
"I guess that's ok," Tracy says.
"So Angel, what are your plans for today?" Fiacre asks.
"I'm going to see a counselor to register for classes and try to find an apartment that is close to campus." Tracy answers.
"Aren't you waiting till the last minute sis?" Chris asks.
"No Bro, waiting until the last minute would be doing what you did. You went two days before the semester started to register for classes and get the books." Tracy answers.
"She got you there son," Fiacre says.
"Have you found any nice apartment angel?" Ballade asks.
"Yeah, I have to floor plans saved on my laptop. Antonio, could you get my laptop please." Tracy answers.
"Sure, my little angelfish it's on the desk right?" Antonio answers.
"Yes, my golden knight," Tracy answers.
Chris looks over at his sister and gives her a strange look.
"What is with that face bro?" Tracy asks.
"You two couldn't think of better nicknames for each other than those." Chris answers.
"What's wrong with them?" Tracy asks.
"Didn't dad call you angel fish?" Chris asks.
"No," Tracy answers.
"Come on just because Antonio was the gold ranger you had to call him golden knight. That's kind of..." Chris says.
"What is wrong with calling him that?" Tracy answers.
"Nothing it just seems redundant." Chris says.
"How do you figure that?" Tracy asks.
"Well a knight protects a castle from harm and doesn't a samurai protect I don't know everyone else from harm." he answers.
"Yeah so," Tracy says. Fiacre can tell that his daughter is close to cracking.
"Ok, Christopher that's enough." Fiacre says.
"Come on dad what do you think that she is going to do? Turn me into an ice pop."Chris jokes.
"Chris, have you forgotten that I can do that." Tracy reminds her brother.
Tracy takes out her samuraizer and it about to turn her brother into an ice sculpture. She starts to draw the blizzard symbol. She is about to activate it.
"All right you two that's enough your adults for Pete's sake. When are you going to stop going at each other's throats like this." Ballade says.
"Honey, I thought you wanted them to act like real siblings, and that's what they are doing." Fiacre says.
"Yes, Fiacre I know but I also want them to be a good role model too." Ballade says.
"Fine let them take it outside then, so the triplets don't see it." Fiacre says.
"Honey, you know that is not what I meant." Ballade says.
"I know," Fiacre says.
Tracy and Chris apologize to their mom.
"So honey, have found any good apartments yet?" Ballade asks.
"A couple of one's Antonio gets back I'll show them to you." Tracy answers.
Antonio comes back in with Tracy's laptop. He sets in on the table, and Tracy turns it on. She goes to the folder with the saved photos of the floor plans for the apartments. One has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a terrace. The second has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a terrace, and a pool. The third had has two bedrooms, two baths, each bedroom has a walk-in closet, a patio/balcony, a laundry room, and also has a respectable sized kitchen, living room, and dining room.
"What do you think mom?" Tracy asks.
"They are all amazing honey." Ballade answers.
"Thanks, mom that helped so much." Tracy says sarcastically.
"Sorry honey," Ballade says.
"Why don't you just live on campus?" Chris asks.
"I much rather live close to campus and drive to it." Tracy answers.
"When are you planning on going to campus today?" Chris asks.
"I was going to leave in a bit," Tracy answers.
"Ok sis," Chris says.
A few minutes later Tracy finishes breakfast and leaves head the PasadenaUniversity. An hour or so drive on the freeway Tracy finally gets to the right exit. She drives ten more miles before she gets to the campus. She finds a good parking spot, parks her car, and takes a quick walk around campus. She admires the beautiful campus and stops in one of the courtyards. She accidently bumps into a girl around 5'' 8' and both of them fall to the ground.
"I am so sorry I wasn't watching where I was going." Tracy apologizes. Tracy gets to her feet and helps the girl up.
"It's ok. Hi, I'm Naomi by the way." Naomi says.
"Hi, Naomi my friends calls me Tray-skills, but you can just call me Tracy." Tracy says.
"I'm guessing you missed the orientation last week?" Naomi asks.
"Yeah, I was in France last week with my fiancé." Tracy answers.
"I don't mean to intrude but how long have you been engaged?" Naomi asks.
"About a month," Tracy answers.
"You know I'm a wedding planner I can get you a good deal when you two decided to tie the knot." Naomi says.
"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, but the wedding won't be for a while. I want to adjust to college life first." Tracy says.
They talk for the next few minutes. Naomi shows her around the rest of the campus. The last stop is the admiration building. The girls say goodbye and Naomi goes to the bookstore. Tracy goes to the admissions office. She goes up to the desk.
"Hello, can I help you?" The women asks.
"Yes, is there a counselor available?" Tracy asks.
"Yes, there is I can schedule you to see Mandi right now." The women says.
"Thank you," Tracy says.
Tracy sits down on the chairs in the waiting area. Ten minutes later Mandi walks out of her office. Tracy gets up and walks over to her.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you, Tracy." Mandi says.
"It's nice to meet you too" Tracy says. They walk to her office.
"So, what can I do for you today?" Mandi asks.
"This will be my first semester and I don't want to overdo it by signing up for too many classes." Tracy answers.
"That is very smart, so how about we start by you giving me your student id number. That way I can see what your area of study is." Mandi says.
Tracy punches in her id number on the keypad on the desk. A few seconds later all her information pops up on the computer screen.
"Another pre vet student you are the third person I have seen today. Well from what I'm seeing from your records. Your ACT scores are great. I suggest that you start off by taking all your pre requests first." Mandi says.
"That sounds like a good plan so what's first on that list." Tracy says.
"We start you out with taking English Comp 1, Analytic Geometry & Calculus, and Introduction to Animal Science." Mandi says.
"How many credits is that?" Tracy asks.
"11 credits," Mandi answers.
"That sounds good." Tracy says.
Mandi prints out her schedule and hands it to her. Tracy thanks her and leaves the room. Tracy goes to the cashier to pay for her classes. After that she does that she goes to buy her books. She walks back out to her car and head back to the Shiba house. When she gets back to the Shiba house and walks through the front door. She hears laughing coming from the dojo. She walks towards the sound and sees Jayden and Antonio playing with the triplets.
"Hey angle how did it go?" Antonio asks. He turns around to face her.
"Pretty good I guess I only signed up for three classes." Tracy answers.
"That's sounds like a good plan. You don't want to put to munch on your plate." Antonio says.
"Yeah I know, so where is Chris?" Tracy asks.
"I don't know angel. I haven't seen him since breakfast." Antonio answers.
That's kind of odd.
Tracy sets the bag with her book on the table in the living room and goes back into the dojo. She walks in and her little brother walks up to her. She bends down and picks him up. Antonio James reaches up towards her face and takes her glasses off.
"Hey little bro, can you give those back your big sister needs those to see." Tracy says.
Antonio James giggles and tosses her glasses. They land in the hallway in front of the dojo. A few seconds later Chris and Lauren walk in. They walk down the hallway to the kitchen. They stop in front of the dojo. Tracy sees the burly of her brother's right foot about to step on her glasses.
"Chris whatever you don't ..." Tracy says. A few seconds later Chris hears the sound of the glasses breaking. "Put your foot down."
Chris picks up his right foot and sees his sister's broken glasses under his foot.
"Sorry sis, I didn't see them." Chris says.
"It's ok bro so were where you two anyway?" Tracy asks.
"Nowhere special sis and I guess mom forgot to tell you that they are learning how to throw huh?" Chris answers. Tracy nods.
"You have to admit sis from where you are standing that is pretty impressive throw for a 12 month old." Chris says.
"True, could you take him while I get my spare pair of glasses," Tracy says.
Chris nods. They walk in the room. When they get close enough, Tracy can see that they are holding hands.
"Hold the phone, are you two going out?" Tracy asks.
"No Tracy, we are not going out. We are just hanging out spending time together." Chris says.
He lets go of Lauren's hand and takes his little brother from Tracy. Tracy walks out of the room. She picks up her broken glasses. Then she goes to her and Antonio's room. She sets her broken glasses down on the desk. She gets her spare glasses out of the top desk drawer and puts them on. Then she leaves the room. She walks back to the dojo.
The five of them spend the next twenty minutes watching the triplets. Tracy notices that they are starting to get tired. Tracy says that it's time to put them down for their nap. Chris picks of Angela. Tracy picks up Antonio James. Lauren picks up Amelia. The three of them walks to the triplet's room. Tracy opens the door. After they put them in their cribs and turn on the mobiles above their cribs. They walk out of the room quietly.
Two hours later the triplets wake up. Chris, Ballade, and Fiacre walk to their room. They walk back to the kitchen. They put them in their high chairs. Tracy walks in a few minutes later.
"Hey sis, where have you been?" Chris asks.
"I just went for a walk." Tracy answers.
Ballade can tell by the tone of her daughter voice that something is wrong. "Tracy, I know something is on your mind. What's wrong sweetie?" Ballade asks.
"Mom, how come I'm so scared about starting college? What is wrong with me?'" Tracy answers.
"Nothing is wrong with you sweetie. What you're feeling is completely natural." Ballade answers.
"Angel, if it helps you are doing better than Chris when he started college," Fiacre says.
"Yeah, dad's right sis I was a mess." Chris says.
"That makes me feel a little batter." Tracy says.
A couple hours later everyone heads to their rooms. Tracy is sitting up in the bed in her bra and underwear. She was happy that she knows that how she is feeling right now is normal. She was still incredibly nervous about starting college in three weeks. Antonio walks in the room a few minutes later in his gold boxers with smiley faces on them.
"Tony, I have one question did my parents see you walking around in those?" Tracy asks.
"No, your parents are in their room." Antonio answers.
Antonio goes over to the bed. He sits down behind her and starts to massage her shoulders and back. A few minutes into the massage he can feel how tense she is by how many knots he finds.
"You are still nervous about starting college aren't you?" Antonio asks.
"Yes," Tracy says.
"You really need to relax my little angelfish. I know you are going to do great." Antonio says.
"I know my golden knight but I'm still nervous." Tracy says.
Antonio doesn't say another word. He starts to kiss the back of her neck while he continues to massage her. A few minutes he feels her start to relax. He stops and Tracy turns around to face him.
"Were you trying to get me to relax my golden knight or get me in the mood?" Tracy asks.
"I was just trying to get you to relax my little angelfish. Do I at least get a thank you kiss?" Antonio asks.
Tracy answers kiss question by giving him a gentle kiss on the lips. After she backs away she sees that he wants her to kiss her again.
"Antonio, one more question did you like any of the apartments that I picked?" Tracy asks.
"I think the third one was perfect." Antonio answers.
"I liked that one too." Tracy says.
Antonio pulls her back in towards him and kisses her again. This kiss is a tad more passionate than the first. Tracy wraps her leg around his hip and things start to heat up. An hour so later they are lying in each other's arms cooling down from what they just did.
"So do you think I should call the apartments tomorrow?" Tracy asks.
"Yeah I think that's a good plan my little angelfish." Antonio says.
"I love you, Antonio, more than your ever know." Tracy says.
"I love you too." Antonio says. After they say that both of them fall asleep with a big smile on their faces.