A/N: Okay I know I haven't updated in a while and I'm sorry. School and homework has been taking up most of my time as well as sleep. My schedule for next quarter isn't as demanding so hopefully I'll have alot more time to update my two stories. One again I apologize.

Disclaimer: I do not own RENT

Chapter 12

"You see her in there?" Roger called as he walked back into the livingroom and looked around.

"No! You didn't find her?" Mark called back walking out of the kitchen, his eyes wide.

"No. She's not in the bathroom or the bedrooms."

"Well she has to be somewhere. I mean she couldn't have gone far right?" Mark asked, obviously afriad.

"Um yeah right!" Roger agreed as he looked under the table for the third time.

"Maureen and Joanne are going to kill us" Mark said holding his head.

"No they're not! Because we're going to find her!! LOOK!" Roger yelled walking around the couch. Mark sighed and stood up and began looking around the livingroom again.

"Looking for this?" Mimi said sighing as she walked in the loft carrying Alex on her hip.

"HEY!!!! You found her.......er I mean....um" Roger stuttered frowning.

"You two are pitiful. How do you loose a baby?" Collins asked laughing as he walked in the loft behind Mimi with Angel on his heels.

"We didn't loose her. She ran away." Roger said frowning.

"Oh yeah. Stick to that story. I'm sure Maureen and Joannne will believe that" Collins said rolling his eyes and sitting on the couch.

"Boys. Try keeping the door closed when you have an one year old running around" Angel said sliding the loft door shut with and sigh.

"Wait. So where did you find her?" Mark asked from across the room.

"She was sitting in the hallway by the railing. Do you know what could have happened if she would have fell through?" Mimi asked clearly upset.

"But she didn't." Roger said walking over to take Alexis from Mimi. Mimi gave him a mean glare and he backed away.

"I can't wait to see what Maureen and Joanne are going to do to you when they find out you lost their daughter."

"Can we not tell them please?" Mark asked looking at Collins who was grinning ear to ear. Collins frowned.

"But thats no fun."

"Honey...." Angel said shaking her head at Collins before looking at Mark. "...It'll be our little secret sweetie."

"On one condition!" Mimi piped in as everyone turned to look at her. "From now on when you guys have one of the twins, one of us has to be here to help." Mimi said pointing to herself and Angel.

"Hey! What about me? I'm responsible."

"When you're not high or drunk" Roger said snickering.

"Which isn't often" Mimi agreed as she sat Alexis on the floor. Collins frowned as Angel smirked.

"Fine agreed. Now can we not tell Maureen and Joanne about this?" Mark asked with wide eyes.

"Fine." Mimi agreed taking a seat in the chair across from the couch.

"Who are you more afraid of? Mau or Jo?" Collins asked laughing at the expression Mark still had glued to his face.

"I'm not scared of neither one." Roger said smiling.

"Right....." Mimi teased with a smirk.

"Wog!" Alexis yelled as she walked over to Roger sucking her thumb.

"What's up Alex?" Roger asked picking her up and setting her on his lap.

"BahBah!" She said looking up at him grinning. Roger raised his eyebrow and looked around for help.

"She wants her bottle Einstien." Collins said laughing.

"What else could Bah-Bah possibly mean?" Mimi asked shaking her head as Angel got up to get the bottle.

"Well how am I supposed to know this baby language? I don't have kids and everytime the twins are here Maureen and Joanne are here." Roger said frowning.

"Well you have to give them that. This is the first time they've had one of them on their own." Angel agreed as she handed a bottle to Alexis.

"Us? You've had them by yourself before?" Mark asked surprised.

"Sure. Sometimes Joanne asks us to babysit when her and Maureen want to go out." Angel said smiling and sitting on the arm of the chair next to Mimi.

"And you?" Mark asked turning to Collins.

"Yeah but only for like a few minutes. I've watched them before when Maureen had to run to the store or something and Jo was at work." Collins said shrugging.

"How come they never asked us to watch them?" Roger asked frowning as Angel and Mimi shrugged. Collins laughed as Alex crawled out Roger's lap.

"Well here's an example of why they shouldn't anymore" Collins said smiling earning glares from Roger and Mark.

"We only lost her for a few minutes" Roger said crossing his arms. "Right Mark?"

"Um.....where's Alex?" Mark asked looking around as Angel and Mimi groaned. Roger sighed and Collins laughed.

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"Okay Okay" Joanne said taking the thermometer out of of Jessica's ear as Jessica continued to whine. Joanne shook the thermometer for a minute before looking at it with a sigh.

"Still high?" Maureen asked walking into the room and placing a pacifier in Jessica's mouth.

"Yes unfortunately. 99.5" Joanne said setting the thermometer to the side and lifting Jessica out of the crib. Jessica spit out her pacifier and cried as she squirmed in Joanne's arms reaching for Maureen. Maureen sighed and took her into her arms.

"That's from spoiling her" Joanne teased with a smile as Jessica settled down and laid her head on Maureen's shoulder.

"You know what you can do smartass?" Maureen asked walking out the room as Joanne followed with a smile.

"I'm going to go pick up Alexis so see if you can get her to sleep." Joanne said as she followed Maureen into the bedroom and slipped on her shoes. Maureen nodded and yawned as she watched Joanne leave. When she heard the door shut she walked into the bathroom and started a lukewarm bath.

"Maybe a bath will help you feel a little better baby" Maureen said as she kissed Jessica's head. Jessica's eyes fluttered as she yawned. Maureen made sure the water wasn't high before she turned it off. She quickly undressed Jessica and herself before climbing into the bath and setting Jessica in her lap.

"Mommy" Jessica whinned before beginning a coughing fit. Maureen patted her back gently and sighed when Jessica began crying. She washed her up quickly then herself before picking her up and stepping out the tub. She dried Jessica off and got her dressed in a fresh diaper and pajamias before walking into the nursery and laying her down.

"Still warm" Maureen mumbled as she felt Jessica's forehead. Sighing she turned on the mobile above her head and rubbed Jessica's back until she was asleep before walking out the room. Maureen yawned and walked into the bedroom. She quickly threw on a long T-shirt and boyshorts before collapsing on the bed.

"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Maureen groaned and opened her eyes. She winced as she felt something bouncing on her stomach.

"Alexis? What are you doing?" Maureen grumbled holding Alexis still. Alexis giggled and leaned forward towards Maureen's face. Maureen kissed her lips softly before laying back on the bed and turning her head towards Joanne. "Did you put her ontop of me?"

"No. I set her on the bed and she crawled ontop of you" Joanne said laughing as she took off her other earring and stood up.

"How long have you been home?" Maureen asked noticing Alex was already in her pajamias.

"Few minutes. I saw you put Jessica in the nursery so Alex is with us tonight." Joanne said stripping out of her clothes and replacing them with a sports bra and shorts.

"Pookie...." Maureen moaned. Joanne looked over at Maureen and shook her head at her.

"Don't give me that look. I have work to do and you are holding our daughter." Joanne said laughing. Maureen pouted as Joanne leaned down and kissed her lips. "Goodnight honeybear."

"Night." Maureen mumbled and turned on her side as she cuddled Alexis close to her and fell asleep.