I actually really liked this One Shot. If I get bored I may try to finish it :)
This was supposed to go in Ajay and Aiden's Awesome Adventures.
However...it will not now.
Yay for DRAMA!
"Aiiiiddeeenn!" Ajay hollered as she let herself into her best friends house.
"In here." she heard the faint reply from her upstairs workroom.
"Whatcha doin?" Ajay smiled dropping onto the couch with Joey and Kenzie.
"Making Lexie a new dress." Aiden mumbled, "Little girl dresses are much harder than the adult versions."
"I think its so cute that you have morphed into a little designer diva and started making your own stuff." Ajay smiled looking through some of Aiden's sketchbooks, "I always said you're much more talented than a lot of those weirdoes."
"They're not weird. Its artistic haute couture." she stilled her draping, "I would never be that brave to begin with."
"Well its still cute that you're dodging the limelight now instead of completely ignoring its existence." Ajay grinned.
"A-Ten, you not be shy." Kenzie encouraged, wrapping herself in tulle.
"A-Ten can't help it little baby. Luckily, everyone likes that about me." Aiden replied fondly.
"Oh, I got your mail on the way in. This one looked interesting." Ajay said holding up a very formal looking envelope.
"What does it say?" she asked from where she was still pining fabric onto her daughter.
"From the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." Ajay announced, "That sounds important. Are you in trouble or something?"
Aiden paled, "I might be."
She took the pinned dress off of Lexie and put her down to go play with the other kids.
"What do you mean, you might be?" Ajay questioned, seeing her obvious discomfort.
Aiden ignored her and ripped open the envelope.
"Oh God….." she whimpered, "This can't be happening."
"WHAT? What is wrong?" Ajay freaked out.
"No, no, no, no…." Aiden had begun pacing, dropping the letter on the floor.
Ajay hastily scooped it up and read it quickly, "You're being nominated for an Academy Award. Two of them!"
She squealed in delight and rushed to her for a hug, "This is AH-MAZING Cookie!"
"No, Ashton, its not! It's the exact opposite!" Aiden cried, "It was a small independent film. No one of any importance was supposed to see it really. This must be a mistake. It has to be."
Ajay looked her over skeptically, "So there's someone else being nominated named Aiden C. Martin? And both of you live here at the same address?"
She winced from the force of Aiden's glare.
"Why would I be nominated? Do you have any idea how many people do the exact same job that I do, with decades more experience, might I add, that win this award." Aiden screeched, "This was a quiet little hobby for me to try my hand at since Alex was traveling so much. That's all it was supposed to be."
"Well I think you pretty much answered your own question just then." Ajay laughed, "Cookie, you're good at what you do. You're very talented and right now, its more than obvious."
She waved the envelope and letter in her face.
"This is some kind of Twilight Zone. I have to make some phone calls. This has got to be a prank." she tried to convince herself as she searched for her phone from beneath the piles of fabric.
"I'm going to go check on the kids then." Ajay rolled her eyes.
She would never understand Aiden's aversion to being the center of attention. She had basically just earned a main event match at Wrestlemania, if one converted fashion into wrestling terms. Ajay would have screamed her lungs raw if she had been her friend and gotten that kind of acknowledgement.
Aiden was Aiden though. No one could deny that. They had all pressured her into accepting her friends offer as lead costume and makeup designer for the independent movie he was filming. She had taken herself out of the fashion industry for so long due to her health issues and raising her daughter, and they all convinced her that the perfect opportunity had presented itself for her to get back into it.
She was probably going to murder them all for talking her into taking the part. Ajay laughed to herself. This was going to be hilarious no matter what.
She peeked in on the kids playing in the dining room before going to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of sweet tea. Aiden had gotten her addicted to it recently.
She wiped the smile off of her face when she heard Aiden coming down the stairs.
"So?" Ajay asked, though it was evident on her face.
"Its not a joke. I was actually nominated." she said very monotonously.
"That is fucking awesome! You're going to be so famous now!" Ajay squealed.
"I hate you." Aiden whispered before her eyes rolled back in her head and she dropped to the floor.
Ajay rolled her eyes and went to help her.
"We're home!" Alex yelled coming into his house.
"Girls? Joey?" Chris shouted too, usually the kids would be running to greet them, especially if they smelled the cookies they had brought home.
"Where the hell are they?" Alex frowned.
"Asleep maybe?" Chris offered, taking his shoes off.
Lexie came to the front door, an adorable, innocent smile on her face.
"Hey baby. Where's Mommy at?" Alex greeted, handing the box of cookies off to Chris so he could pick her.
"She's not feeling good." Lexie said in her quiet voice.
"What's wrong with her?" Chris asked as they came through the house.
"She got bad news, but Aunt Ajay said Mommy was very-reacting." she explained, playing with his stubble.
They came into the kitchen to see Ajay, Joey, and Kenzie at the table coloring. Aiden was laying on the floor, breathing into a paper bag, with her feet propped up on the chair.
"What happened?" Alex growled, kneeling immediately beside Aiden.
"She over reacted, as usual." Ajay sighed, helping Kenzie color.
"So you leave her on the floor?" He narrowed his eyes.
"Lexie was taking care of her. She's being a brat. She won't listen to me." Ajay shrugged.
Alex turned back to Aiden who was shaking her head, still breathing into the bag. Lexie had sat beside her mother and began brushing her hair.
"You so pretty Mama. Why don't you want to pick out dresses? We like dresses, member?" She carried on the conversation almost to herself, still combing through Aiden's hair.
"What the FUDGE happened?" Alex repeated with more emphasis.
"Move." Chris ordered, shoving Alex out of the way, "Sit up Aiden. Eat this and drink that."
He took the bag away from her and handed her a glass of milk and a cookie.
"I can't eat cookies now! How will I fit into the dress I'll have to wear?" she whimpered, dropping her head.
Lexie took the cookie and halved it onto the napkin, licking the sugar off her fingers daintily, "Mama, you make dresses now. Its okay if you get fat."
Ajay howled with laughter causing Joey and Kenzie to join in.
"HELLO? ALEX IS GOING TO BE USING NOT NICE WORDS IF SOMEONE DOESN'T TELL HIM WHAT'S GOING ON?" Alex shouted.
Kenzie ran and got the letter and the envelope and handed it to her daddy.
His eyes bugged out, "No way! That is freaking sweet Aiden! Congratulations!"
He passed the letter to Alex, and handed Aiden the paper bag back, "You earned this. No wonder you were freaking out.
He scanned through it quickly, "Oh shit! That thing you did got you an award?"
"He said a bad word." Joey tattled to Ajay.
"He always does." Kenzie muttered with a smile.
This is so friggin cute. Yep...might have to finish this one :)