It was almost time for Cherry and Patch to go as they were replaced by doubles of their Emotion Personas so no one would know they were missing and Riley was going to turn twelve soon and her Wiccan powers would come during her sleep at midnight of her birthday and she would be told that she was a Wiccan which was a tradition of all magical families, and where after the game, there would be a surprise for Jessica and Christopher.
"Thanks for coming to my niece's game, Cherry." Atticus smiled.
"Anything for the free jersey." Cherry smirked as she wore a jersey which doubled as a hoodie for her.
"And I think there's going to be a surprise for Jessica and Christopher." Patch smirked.
"What kind of surprise, Uncle Patch?" Oddball asked curiously.
"I think I found it." Cherry said as she saw Riley run into a boy about her age by accident.
"And we can already tell how Christopher and Jessica are going to react." Atticus said.
The boy couldn't help but stare at Riley as he thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. "Hey, uh, you're Riley, right?" he then uttered out.
"Oh, you're in Ms. Lewis's homeroom class," Riley smiled as she recognized him while blushing. "Yeah, that's me... Riley Anderson."
"I'm Jordan," The boy smiled shyly to her. "Maybe after the game, we could hang out?"
"I'd like that." Riley nodded.
'Aw, young love.' Atticus thought to himself.
Riley smirked as she felt very motivated about hockey again. Jessica and Christopher cheered as they wore face paint to cheer their daughter on. Of course, it was slightly embarrassing for Riley.
Soon enough, Riley's team won.
"They won!" Jessica and Christopher beamed.
"And Riley will be twelve soon..." Atticus told his brother-in-law and sister. "Um, do you think she'll float at midnight tonight?"
"Hilda and Zelda said she should be since Sabrina did..." Jessica nodded back. "We plan on telling her the morning after she wakes up."
Riley soon walked over to her proud parents. "Mom, Dad, since Uncle Atticus has friends over, can I bring a friend too?"
"Sure, honey." Jessica smiled.
"A new friend?" Christopher also smiled.
"Yeah, Jordan." Riley smiled back with a nod.
"That's an interesting name." Jessica smiled.
"Jordan?" Christopher repeated in slight suspicion. "Is that a girl's name?"
"Does it matter?" Riley shrugged innocently.
'And here comes the typical dad response.' Atticus thought to himself with a smirk.
"I'd like to meet this Jordan." Christopher told Riley.
"You will." Riley giggled to her father.
"Hmm..." Christopher hummed as he had a strong suspicion but tried to keep it to himself.
Later on, they were on the way home as Jessica sighed as she looked at the Day Care photos she took of Riley when she was a volunteer and wondered if she should open her own and it made her think about maybe having another baby.
"You okay, Jessie?" Christopher asked his wife.
"How is Riley almost twelve already?" Jessica sighed.
"Time just seems to get away from us." Christopher told her.
"I know what you mean..." Jessica said before suddenly sniffling as she began to feel emotional.
Oddball placed her paw on Jessica's stomach. "Jessie, are you pregnant?" she asked curiously.
"There's one way to find out." Christopher said.
"Excuse me..." Jessica said before going to the bathroom real quick.
Christopher nodded and soon, the doorbell rang.
"Someone's here!" Oddball barked frantically which made Patch chuckle. "It's either a stranger, a friend, a family member, I dunno, someone open the door and find out, HURRY!"
"Alright, alright." Atticus chuckled.
Christopher opened the door to see that it was Jordan.
"Hi... Is Riley here?" Jordan asked.
And where soon after seeing Jordan, Christopher's emotions soon realized what this hang-out with a friend really meant.
"RED ALERT!" Christopher's Anger yelled out.
Christopher's Fear then pushed a button which alarmed the word boy to the paternal emotions.
'I knew it.' Atticus thought to himself.
"There's a boy in my house!" Christopher whispered to Jessica as Jordan sat at the kitchen table.
"I knew she was going skating, but I thought it was with her friends." Jessica replied.
Oddball began to whistle innocently while trying to sneak back upstairs.
"Oddball?" Christopher and Jessica asked.
"This is a human thing, I'll come back later." Oddball smiled sheepishly.
Jessica soon decided to go and talk with Riley.
Inside Jessica's head...
"I don't like this!" Jessica's Anger complained.
"This can't be a date," Jessica's Fear gasped. "She's almost twelve!"
"We'll probe, but we'll lure her with cool words the kids say so it's not obvious." Jessica's Sadness suggested, and where unfortunately, it didn't really help.
"So, what's the dealio with Jordan?" Jessica leaned against the door-frame to her daughter. "OMG, he is awesome sauce, fo-sheezy!"
Riley began to look like she was about to be sick while Oddball went face-paw.
"Did she just say 'fo-sheezy'?" Joy winced.
"I don't understand what's happening." Sadness commented.
"Ugh, this is just embarrassing!" Disgust grunted before walking away. "I can't... I can't!"
Even Strength, Loyalty, and Creativity were cringing.
Meanwhile, back with Christopher and Jordan...
Atticus sat there too with Patch on the floor, pretending to be asleep. Jordan sniffled and wiped his nose as he just sat and looked like a zombie. Christopher stared him down since he was a boy interested in Riley.
'And so it begins.' Atticus thought to himself.
"All right, I know your game, Jordan," Christopher's Anger sneered. "Don't think I don't know, but I know, you little punk!"
"He's not good enough for Riley!" Christopher's Fear snapped. "No one is!"
"Go back to jail!" Christopher's Sadness jeered.
"What are you looking for, Jordan?" Christopher's Anger glared. "Something to steal?!"
"Like our daughter!" Christopher's Sadness huffed.
"Should we say something?" Christopher's Fear asked.
"No, no, no, he'll be expecting that," Christopher's Anger replied. "Give him the silent treatment. He's about to crack, I can feel it."
Christopher soon went with the silent treatment.
"Oh, please don't tell me he's doing what I think he's doing." Atticus's Joy groaned.
"Looks like it... Not even Mo's dad was that intense!" Atticus's Disgust scoffed.
"Should we intervene?" Atticus's Fear asked.
"I'm sure Jordan has some way of getting to Christopher, but if he dares hurt Riley, I'll be there." Atticus's Anger firmly promised.
Christopher stared Jordan down as his emotions just seemed to be partying like a bunch of drunken college students.
Christopher's emotions soon noticed that the silent treatment wasn't working.
"Sir, no response." Christopher's Fear reported.
"Two can play at your mind games, Jordan," Christopher's Anger scoffed as he hopped over the mind console. "INTIMIDATE!"
Christopher's Fear pushed a button which made Christopher firmly glare at Jordan and puff out his chest.
"Okay, I don't think we should worry about Jordan ever doing anything wrong since it seems he doesn't really seem smart enough to do that." Atticus's Sadness said.
"He seems harmless enough." Atticus's Fear agreed.
"I got my eye on him though." Atticus's Anger warned.
Jordan's Fear didn't seem like he had any fear. "Dude, what's he lookin' at?" he asked as he drank a soda.
"Probably your dumb hat." Jordan's Joy chuckled before slapping the hat off while he tuned a guitar.
Jordan's Fear then tackled Jordan's Joy which made Jordan give a small chuckle. Jordan'd Disgust laughed at them while skateboarding by only to crash into a messy pile of Core Memories.
"Okay, I changed my mind, he's alright since he's an idiot." Atticus's Anger said.
"Sir, intimidation is failing!" Christopher's Fear alerted.
"Increase the pressure!" Christopher's Anger snarled. "Engage!"
"So, Jordan, what do you like to do for fun?" Christopher asked, increasing the pressure.
"I dunno..." Jordan shrugged. "Stuff?"
"Sir, that sounds like back talk." Christopher's Fear said to Christopher's Anger.
"THAT'S IT!" Christopher's Anger blew out with madness. "Get him out of here! GIVE HIM THE BOOT!"
"Yes, sir, launching boot!" Christopher's Fear nodded and typed into the console which made an alarm blare inside of Christopher's head.
All of the other emotions soon got themselves ready as they were about to give Jordan the boot. They buckled up as Christopher's Anger counted down on his mark.
"I play in a band..." Jordan then said. "That's fun..."
"Wait!" Christopher's Anger suddenly remembered before Christopher's Joy showed a memory. "We were in a band..."
"I was in a band," Christopher smiled. "I played bass."
Atticus chuckled quietly.
"And what is so funny?" Christopher asked his brother-in-law.
"Wasn't that when you had that crazy hair?" Atticus teased.
"Cool," Jordan chuckled to Christopher. "I rock the lead guitar."
'They have something in common.' Atticus thought to himself.
Jordan and Christopher began to bond much to their surprise with each other.
"Mom, ew, it's not a date!" Riley flinched at Jessica's talking to her. "We're going skating with a group of friends."
"Oh, fun, that'll be off the hook," Jessica smiled. "LOL..."
"STOP TALKING LIKE THAT!" Anger snapped.
"Wait, where's Dad?!" Loyalty panicked.
"Where's Jordan?!" Fear added.
"Did you leave Jordan with Dad?!" Riley gaped at her mother. "Mom! This is so embarrassing." she then walked off.
"Riley..." Jessica sighed as she stroked her stomach absentmindedly. "Your father would never do anything-" Unfortunately before she would finish that sentence, loud music was heard from downstairs.
Riley came downstairs and looked in shock to see Jordan and Christopher bonding over the loud rock and roll music. Atticus banged his head with Patch as they liked the beat as well.
"AC/DC!" Oddball cheered.
They soon saw Riley had come downstairs and where the look they saw was an understandable one.
Riley and Jordan then went out together.
"Bye, Mom, bye, Dad!" Riley called out.
"Peace out, my homies!" Jessica smiled.
Oddball still felt like that was not right for Jessica to try to make herself sound like a teenager.
"You know? Jordan's a good kid." Christopher smiled.
"You're not so bad yourself." Jessica smirked, putting her hand on her husband's shoulder.
"I think we should leave these two alone." Atticus whispered to Patch.
Patch nodded with Atticus and they left the house with Cherry. Jessica and Christopher soon shared a kiss together before Jessica ran upstairs to the bathroom as she felt sudden disgusting discomfort. When Jessica left the bathroom, there appeared to be a positive pregnancy test left behind.
The End