We will learn a lot this chapter. (or so it depends on what you would say is a lot)

But the most important is that we really get to interact with the babies more YAY!

Chapter 23

The reunion was not all that exciting, not that excitement was expected. The only high point that Johnny and Justice truly felt was seeing their babies.

They had not been left alone long, before Justice's mother called them back into the living room so that they could all talk together. It was rather interesting, Justice still a bit confused on why Mr. Goldsworthy was in their home. He had no reason to be there. Justice would have to talk to her mother in private, later on, and get some answers.

But for now, she had to unpack her clothes. So, grabbing her suitcases, she carried them upstairs to her old room, which (surprisingly) was still the same as she had left it over 2 months ago. Dropping her luggage onto the bed, she began to unpack.

Her mind began to wander back into the past, from when she was in the 7th grade, fast forwarding to her pregnancy and how that came to be, then to her 12 day life at Degrassi and what drama had seemed to summon in such a short amount of time.

But she didn't dwell too long on the past. Johnny had been placed in one of the other guest rooms, two doors down from Justice, a bathroom separated them. Lucky for him, he had been placed nearly the furthest from Justice's mother's room. Mr. A was placed in the room next to Johnny's near the end. Justice found it weird that her parents weren't going to spend the night in the same room, and also found it odd that Mr. Goldsworthy was comfortably walking in and out of her mother's room. When she had finished packing, Justice went out to talk to her mother who was changing Justina's diaper in the nursery.

"Hey mom." She said, entering the room. Her mother looked up at her and smiled. "Hey Justice. You get everything unpacked?"

"Yes." She said, and then approached her mom, keeping her voice low. "Hey mom? Uhm. Why is Mr. Goldsworthy here?"

"Well, he lives here, Justice."

"Why? Wouldn't that upset dad?"

"Why would it?" She shrugged, securing the baby's diaper.

Justice frowned. "You and dad are married. Why would he…" She stopped. "You and dad aren't together anymore?"

"We signed the official divorce papers the week before you left for Toronto." She said.

Justice continued to stare at her. "So…you and Mr. Goldsworthy got married?"

"Getting married."

Silence. "Why didn't either one of you tell me?"

"Your father didn't tell you?"

Justice shook her head, trying to hold back the tears. Her parents been together since before she was born. Their relationship had been fine, except for the problem of Marley's (Justice's mother) high school sweet heart, Mr. Goldsworthy, who she had had an affair with when Justice was only a year old; in which resulted in her getting pregnant with Eli, who Justice had grown up with all her life (them being the closest of siblings).

"Why did you get a divorce? Was it because I got pregnant?" Justice asked. "Because I was rebellious? Did you blame one another for my actions? Because it's neither one of your fault. I did it on my own." Justice couldn't help the gentle tears that sped down her cheeks. Justice's mother (who is now to be referred to as, Mrs. Goldsworthy) was now placing the baby back in the crib next to her brother who had not woken up yet.

"No, baby." She said. "You're father and I just grew apart."

So this is why my mother had developed the plan of my father and I to live so far away and not come back for a couple years. Because she was hiding the real truth. Justice thought. Her and dad were divorcing and they didn't want me to know. But why wouldn't they just tell me the truth. I'd be hurt, yes, but they should have told me from the start so that I would have known.

Everything she was thinking came blurting out of her mouth at that moment, ending with, "You're lying, mom." She said. "You should have just told me from the start." She said. "Don't lie anymore. Just stop. Thanks for ruining my first day back. You and dad."

Mrs. Goldsworthy turned to her daughter. "I'm not lying to you. And we thought it'd be best to wait." She sighed. "I see now that that was the worst possible idea."

"You think?" Justice said and then just shut up, being a smart-ass wasn't going to make anything better.

"At least you know now, Justice." Mrs. Goldsworthy said.

Justice nodded. There was a silence until a voice came from the door. "So, does this mean I call you Mrs. Goldsworthy now?"

Justice turned to find Johnny standing in the doorframe, hands in pockets, standing there nonchalantly. There was a pause until she spoke; "Yes. Mrs. Goldsworthy." She said and left out of the room. Justice sighed, quickly wiping the stray tears from her face and walked over to her babies' crib, both of them were awake now. Justina's fat fingers lightly touching her brother's pudgy face. Leaning down she slowly lifted Justina (who was the closest) into her arms. She cradled her to where they were staring face-to-face. Justina stared at her for a moment, with her big green eyes, as if trying to figure out who this person was, and her little face crinkled up into a frown. Justice laughed. "Look, she's frowning at me!" She said.

"You sure that's a good thing?" Johnny said, approaching them.

Justice shook her head. "She's so cute!" She looked at Johnny. "Wanna hold her?"

He shrugged nonchalantly, when of course his heart was pounding and he wanted to scream YES! And snatch his baby girl from Justice's arms.

As soon as Justina was in her father's arms, she immediately smiled at him and giggled. Justice gasped, pretending to be offended. "That little traitor!" Johnny smiled, ignoring Justice's exclamation and slowly paced. Turning to the crib, Justice leaned down to Johnathan. "Hey baby boy." She said. "You'll like mommy won't you." Reaching inside, she lifted the smiling baby into her arms and kissed his pudgy cheek. "Awe! At least you like me." She said, rubbing her cheek against the babies. She laid him over her shoulder and turned to Johnny, who she found rocking Justina in the rocking chair, talking soothingly to her. She smiled. "So apparently we have a daddies girl and a momma's boy." She said. "Good thing I had twins, if I had had a girl I would have no one to cuddle."

Johnny looked up at her and smirked then back down to his little girl.

"Oh how sweet!" Came a familiar sarcastic voice from the bedroom door. Justice and Johnny both looked up. Justice smiled and practically ran over to her brother who welcomed her in a careful hug.

"How's my favorite brother been?" She asked Eli.

His grin widened. "I'm your only brother." He said and looked passed her at Johnny. "Ah. So this is the dope who knocked you up?"

Justice hit his arm. "Yeah."

Eli's expression grew dark. "He's not staying here, is he?"

"He is." Justice said.

Eli looked back at her, eye-to-eye (they were the exact same height). "Be careful." He said. "Two is enough." Then his grin returned and he looked passed at Johnny again. "Good meeting you, Jobro." He said and walked away. Justice turned back to Johnny, who was busy bonding with his baby. She wanted to apologize for her brother's words but said nothing at first. Then; "I'll be right back." She said and left the room.

She held Johnathan close to her as she walked down the stairs. No one was in the living room, so Justice was able to walk into the kitchen without any interruption. Thankfully, there were already two full bottles of formula made, reaching in, she grabbed two bottles, and nearly jumped when a voice occurred behind her; "You'll have to breast feed them soon."

Justice turned around to find her mother throwing some papers in the trash. "Yeah, I know, mom." She said. "But not right now. I think formula will work just fine." And she left the kitchen back up the stairs to the nursery where she found Johnny slowly pacing back and forth. "Here," she handed him a bottle, and sat in a chair, cradling Johnathan in her arms so that she could feed him. He took to the bottle instantly, and began to greedily down the milk. Johnny sat in the rocker and did the same.

Dinner was a bit awkward, although manageable. But Justice was fully relieved when it was over and she was able to shower and go to bed. When everyone was settled into their rooms, Justice snuck into the nursery to kiss her babies goodnight for the millionth time. When she came upon the crib she found that Jutina was still awake. "You're a late nighter like your daddy aren't you?" She said and lifted the baby in her arms who wanted to frown, but exhaustion took over and she fell into her mother's arms without protest. Justice paced the room slowly, gently rocking the baby and humming quietly. She had not noticed Johnny standing at the door watching her. He was leant up against the doorframe, arms crossed, watching her sooth Justina to sleep. She whimpered, causing Johnny to jump slightly, but Justice shushed her softly and did a slow spin. Justina's eyes couldn't bare it much longer and they fell into place. When she was sure she was asleep, Justice kissed her cheek and laid the baby back in her crib. Johnny entered then, causing Justice to jump when she finally noticed him. He peered down into the crib. Usually Justice would have something to say, but for once she was completely speechless.

They stood there quietly for a long moment, just staring down at the two sleeping babies beneath the dim moonlight. No words were spoken, and it wasn't awkward. It was relaxing and Justice felt so relaxed standing next to Johnny, staring at the beings in the crib. Completely differently than she had thought she would feel. And for once, she was able to rid her mind of the all the drama that was going on, even only for a moment.

AWWWEEE!

That's all I can say.

So have you researched Eli Goldsworthy? Do you already know who he is from Degrassi? Well, I hope I portrayed him correctly, I think I was fairly close in character. Anyway, uhm...that's all I have really to say on this chapter...uhm...I'm a little confuzzled on what I want to go on from here. I mean I have an idea but idk exactly where I should put it...sigh. I'll figure it out, no worries.