It was three weeks later and the calls had come and they had all talked. And in typical girl fashion Jessica had written on the calendar how far along her friends were. So that she could keep track of who was pregnant and who wasn't. She had it marked up to Ashley's due date. Currently for the month of May this is what the calendar looked like.
Ashley Massaro – Four months
Kate Montgomery – six weeks
Vanessa Hardy – Eight weeks
Jessicka Sanders – Nine weeks
Jessica shook her head and smiled. When the guys all walked through the door they were gonna get the shock of their lives. Jessicka yes was a bitch when she was pregnant, but it was turning out that Kate was as big a bitch as Jes. But the smiles that all the girls were wearing was one of happiness. Jessica who was sitting in Kate and Zack's living room looked up when they heard the front door open. Zack was the first one through the door obviously and moments later he had Kate wrapped around him. She kissed him and for the others to get inside Matt had to break up the make out session.
"Can't you go to your own house Sanders?" Kate muttered and walked back into the living room.
"I Would but I got a message saying the love of my life and mother of my children was at your house." Matt said with a smirk. Jessicka jumped up and hugged him. He smiled at her. She cuddled up close to him and they sat down on the couch. Misfit ran into the room and Zack picked her up. She was getting big fast. But then again he had a feeling his baby was gonna grow up fast too. Zack looked up from the kitten as Jessica hugged Jimmy and kissed him. He looked down at her and he smiled. Lilian walked in with her arm around Johnny and his hand in her back pocket and everyone rolled their eyes. Heather was the last one to get up and she walked over to Brian and kissed him. He closed the door behind him and wrapped an arm around her.
"I missed you Heather." She smiled and hid her face.
"I missed you too." She said softly. When the two pregnant women all said aww the two of them moved so they were sitting on the floor. Jessicka saw Jessica bite her lip and wondered if something was wrong with her friend.
"So uh Jimmy I uh have something to tell you."
"What honey?" He asked looking at her. She looked happy, so there was obviously nothing wrong.
"I'm six weeks pregnant…"
"huh?" Jimmy sat there with a look of disbelief on his face. Had she just said…?
"Hey dude you did say you wanted kids…" Zacky said.
"Shut up Zack!" Jimmy said and pulled Jessica to him and kissed her. They pulled apart and Jessica smiled at him. He was grinning like an idiot. Jessica took that as a good sign. She laid her head on his shoulder and they all started talking. They were interrupted when the phone rang. It was Jessica's and it was Randy calling. She answered it.
"What's up bro?"
"Holy shit Jess… Ashley…"
"Calm down what happened?"
"She went to the doctor today…"
"She's pregnant she's supposed to "
"She's having Triplets." Jessica sat there stunned and then started laughing. She almost forgot that she was on the phone…almost.
"Sorry Randy, really I am I probably shouldn't be laughing. But that's funny."
"Okay I'm hanging up and pretending this conversation didn't happen."
"You can't forget this conversation, I won't let you." And Jessica hung up.
"What the hell was that about?" Jessicka asked. Jessica smirked.
"I feel kinda bad for Randy."
"Ha that's not possible…" Jessicka muttered.
"Ash is having triplets…" Jessicka burst out laughing just like she had and soon they were all laughing.
"Okay that is funny! But then again I have never had more than one at a time, so you know I wouldn't have sympathy for anyone that had more than one baby… even if they were my best friend." Jessicka looked pointedly at Jessica. Jessica grabbed a pillow off the couch behind her and threw it at Jessicka. She threw it back and soon the two of them were laughing as they finished their pillow fight and fell back onto one of the couches. Kate rolled her eyes. Finally Matt said something about wanting to go home and sleep for a few hours and he and Jessicka left. Shortly after that Johnny and Lilian left.
"I give it maybe two more months before she's pregnant." Kate said. Zack raised an eyebrow at her but said nothing.
"I have to agree I swear to god the two of them are good together and obviously in love but…"
"Johnny said they were trying." Jimmy said causing the others still in the room to drop their jaws. Brian rolled his eyes.
"We should probably get going to I have a stop I need to make on our way home."
"And I have to pick up Serena from Jess' house."
"Wait Jess is here, who's watching the kids?"
"Jenni" Jessica said with a smirk.
"Poor girl" Jimmy muttered.
"No not really she loves the twins and they love her." Jessica said as the two of them got up and headed out the door as well saying good-bye to Kate and Zack. When they were gone Kate rolled her eyes and moved to Zack where he was sitting on the couch and sat in his lap. He kissed her and she wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him back.
"I love you Zachary James Baker" Kate whispered in his ear.
"I love you too Katelund Noel Montgomery" Zack replied and kissed her. She grinned and he laid her down on the couch. She grinned as she slid his shirt off over his head and she arched her back up so that he could get hers and her bra off of her. She grinned as she leaned up and kissed him. She moved her hands to the waistband of his jeans.
Brian swallowed his pride and got out of his car. Heather got out of the passenger side and took his hand. Together the pair of them walked to the front door and Brian rang the doorbell. Alexis answered moments later and sighed. She let them in and led them to the kitchen. Heather looked around and tried to think of something else. She didn't want to be here. But she knew Brian didn't want to be there either. But since he had no choice, she had come with him.
"Who's she?" Alexis asked glaring at Heather. Heather raised an eyebrow.
"Not that it's really any of your business, but she's my girlfriend." Brian muttered.
"Ashton should be home from school in a minute." Was the only reply that Alexis could offer up. They sat there the three of them quietly for the next five minutes and they all heard the door slam and the crying as the girl stormed up the stairs. She stopped for a moment and yelled down the steps.
"I fucking hate you mom." Brian raised his eyebrow at Alexis and watched as the woman walked out of the room and up the steps. Heather looked at Brian and shrugged.
"What the hell is your problem today Ashton?"
"You, just like it is every fucking day, and no I won't watch my mouth I'm already grounded anyway. I hate you. It's your fault kids are making fun of me at school."
"How in the hell is it my fault?"
"I don't have a dad, you sleep with my teachers… who the fuck are you?" She trailed off looking up at the doorway where Brian stood with Heather behind him. Her hand was on his arm. Then Ashton did a double take when she got a really good look at him. He looked just like her, or well she looked just like him.
"I'm Brian and this is Heather." He said walking into the room.
"Ashton, I'm telling you one last time watch your mouth."
"What are you gonna do ship me off to Grandma's again? Not scared."
"Ashton, this is your father…" Alexis said ignoring her daughter. Ashton looked at her mom and back at Brian. She was speechless for a moment then finally found her voice.
"Are you sure about that mom?" She said with a snide tone in her voice.
"Ha you sound just like him, and I'm sure but he said almost the same thing, that's what DNA tests are for, lets go."
Lilian was sitting on the kitchen counter watching Johnny prepare their dinner. He was grilling tonight. Steak and potatoes, she had already prepped the salad. She grinned as he carried the plate with the steaks on it outside and placed them on the grill. He brought the plate back inside and rinsed it off. Then he walked over and stood in front of her where she sat on the counter.
"Did you check the potatoes?"
"Yes Lil, I checked the potatoes." Johnny said rolling his eyes. She kissed his forehead and grinned.
"Just checking."
"I know how to cook on the grill; I know how to use a kitchen, unlike Zack who just orders take out."
"Gah well last I heard at least he's trying to learn to cook."
"Wait he's learning how to cook?"
"Mhmm"
"Be right back gotta check the steaks." Johnny walked outside and Lilian jumped off the counter and followed him out to the porch. He didn't flip them, but he did make sure they weren't on fire. He still had about a minute or two till he had to flip them. He turned around and went to go back inside and grinned when he ran into Lilian who handed him a beer. She had already thoughtfully opened it for him. (I do this for my friends too, so it's just kinda seemed a natural thing to do.) He took it from her and noticed that she had Strawberry Acai, Smirnoff Ice in her other hand. He rolled his eyes, and took a sip of his beer. She took a sip from her drink and watched as he flipped the steaks a moment later. She sat her drink down and went inside for a moment. When she came back out he heard music fly out the patio door with her. She closed the screen door so Mortita couldn't get out. Johnny rolled his eyes as some Beyonce song flowed out to them. Lilian grinned and it was probably a good thing that he was pulling the steaks off the grill otherwise she would've started dancing along with the beat. Everything that they needed for dinner was already on the table outside.
Jessicka and Matt had picked up the kids from her parents house and were now on their way home. Matt pulled into their driveway and shook his head as Grace grabbed her moms keys and ran to the door. As he got De Jes followed her daughter inside. She walked straight to the fridge and began looking for something to cook for dinner. She looked up briefly as Matt walked in and sat De on the floor. She immediately ran over to where Syn was laying by the back door and pet the kitten until she woke up. De wasn't rough with her like you'd think most little kids were she had learned the meaning of gentle almost as soon as they had gotten the kittens. Grace walked from the room and began looking around the house for Shadows. When she found him she grinned. He was lying on the floor in her room asleep. She picked him up and took him downstairs. Jes shook her head as she got out pans to cook in. Matt grabbed a soda and a beer out of the fridge and popped the tab on the soda can and then opened his beer. He handed Jes her drink then took a sip of beer. He leaned against the wall opposite where Jes was cooking and watched his family. He smiled and felt quite content being right there at that moment.
Jessica and Jimmy walked into the house and looked around. For starters they had to unlock the front door, which okay, sure maybe Jenni had been extra careful and kept it locked, but the house was quiet. They looked around and the only sound they heard was the silent mew of Plague as they woke him up walking past him. Jessica bent down and pet him, then walked into the kitchen. She found the note that was left on the fridge.
'Jess, Jimmy, took the kids to get pizza. Be back later. Tell Heather that we took Serena with us.' – Jen and Dante
Jessica re read the note a few times and looked at who had signed it. Jen and Dante… what in the hell. She handed it to Jimmy and even he was confused. They looked at one another and decided against calling Jessicka. She was after all Dante's best friend since like grade school. Instead the couple got to work on finding something for dinner.
Brian and Alexis were both probably ready to kill each other by the time they walked out of the doctor's office. Ashton had been really quiet the whole time. She couldn't believe her mom had known who her dad was all this time and had just never told her. Well it was cool that she had a dad now and everything but she wasn't going to be able to tell people that. He obviously wasn't gonna want people to know he had a kid. He probably didn't want anything to do with her. They got back to Alexis' house and she turned on Brian.
"It is the weekend; do you want to take her for the weekend? She has to be back by Sunday night obviously." Alexis said. Brian looked at Heather before answering. She was trying to get a hold of Jessica and so far hadn't had any luck. She hushed him as someone finally answered the phone.
"Uhm… sure" Brian said "If she wants to come over."
"Sure, better than staying here; I'll go grab some clothes." Ashton took off up the steps. The only thing going through her mind was 'yes he wants me.'
"Brian, Serena's with Dante and Jen, and Jess's kids, so can we stop somewhere and get something to eat since we don't have to feed Serena now too?"
"Yeah"
"Umm is there anything Ashton doesn't eat? Or that she's allergic too?" Brian asked. Heather smiled. He was gonna do alright.
"She's allergic to dogs, and as far as I know she eats just about anything." Alexis answered just as Ashton ran back downstairs a black duffel bag over her shoulder and an MP3 player that she was hooking the headphones into. Brian rolled his eyes. He took her bag from her and put it in the trunk and after Ashton said bye to her mom, she got in the car. Brian started the engine and reached was backing out of the driveway when he had to grin at Heather.
"Hey Ashton, you want to listen to that through the car stereo system?" Heather asked. Brian stopped at the stop sign and glanced back at his daughter waiting for the answer. 'Whoa daughter…that was gonna take some getting used to.' Brian thought.
"Can we?" She asked back. Heather nodded and pulled something out of the glove box. She popped it into the tape deck, which was really the only reason he made sure the car had a tape deck as well as a CD player, and took the MP3 player from Ashton. She hooked it up and then handed it back to Ashton saying that she only had to use the buttons on the MP3 player to switch songs, stop it, pause it, and push play. Ashton nodded.
"Uh do you care what kind of music it is?" Ashton asked as she looked for her favorite song on the device. She hit play and Brian tried not to grin as New Tattoo by Saving Abel played. Heather on the other hand did grin.
"No, but I would like it if you toned down your language." Brian said. Ashton nodded.
"Okay, sorry about earlier, it's just mom pi… makes me so mad sometimes."
"Yeah tell me about it." Brian muttered. Heather hit him and Ashton couldn't help but laugh.
"So what do you want for dinner?" Heather asked
"Uh what are my options?"
"Whatever you want." Heather said.
"Even Taco Bell?" Ashton's face lit up
"Yeah even Taco Bell." Brian said looking in the review mirror and watching as her face suddenly seemed to glow.
"I don't get to eat it unless I'm with Grandma because mom doesn't like it."
"Is that what you want then?"
"Yeah please?"
"Alright, Heather eat in or to go?"
"In, that way we can call Jen and see if she's ready for me to pick up 'Rena."
"Alright"
It was later that night when Matt found himself pulling on a pair of jeans and looking at the clock. It was almost two in the morning. He sighed and pulled on his shoes. He grabbed a shirt and pulled that on as well. He walked out of the room and was about to go down stairs when Jessicka asked if he could take Delilah with him. So she would calm down and go back to sleep. He turned around walked into De's room which was across the hall from Grace's room and picked her up. He didn't bother with putting shoes or a jacket it on her. It was sweltering hot outside. He placed De in her car seat and then got behind the wheel. He shook his head and headed to the store. Thank god there was a 24 hour grocery store about twenty minutes away. He got there and picked De up out of her car seat and carried her in on his hip. Sleepily he walked into the store. De had at least quit crying. He made his way to the candy isle and began looking for what his wife wanted.
Zack was muttering under his breath as he scanned the isle looking for starburst jellybeans. He was tired and he wanted to get some sleep. But no Kate wanted candy. So here he was at two am at the store tired as hell and barely able to concentrate. He looked up right before he ran into someone. He tried not to laugh, which was easy to do this early in the morning.
"So what did Jes want this early in the morning?" He asked as he finally found the damned Jelly beans. He grabbed two bags.
"Skittles, Reese's Pieces, and ice cream… Kate?"
"Jelly beans… and ice cream" Matt grinned his arm was growing tired holding De. He passed her off to Zack.
"Hey I have to get home!"
"I thought you needed ice cream."
"Oh yeah" they walked together and Zack laughed when Matt collided with someone.
"Damn Sanders watch where you're walking. Woke me up a lil more though."
"Ha what's your want Jimmy?"
"Sour Cream and Onion Chips. Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Ice cream."
"Damn" Zack muttered and passed De to Jimmy who was the smart one and had been leaning on a cart. Jimmy placed De in the cart and she squealed with happiness. The guys were tired… the kid was wide awake… just great. Zack and Matt sat there stuff in Jimmy's cart and walked with him to get the chips and peanut butter. After all it would take less time for three semi awake men to find the stuff than it would one.
"Stupid fucking stupid… so help me god this is our last kid…"
"Hey Jeff what the hell are you muttering to yourself?" Jimmy asked. Jeff glanced their way as he saw the other three guys walk over. Just as he ripped a jar of peanut butter off the shelf. "Hey gimme one of those…" Jimmy finished
"Vanessa and her I want this I want that…"
"Oh shit not you guys too… wait you two I get… but Jimmy?" They glanced over at Randy. The mother fucker was way too awake. "Oh and Matt don't forget the ice cream…" Matt narrowed his eyes at the man.
"Okay why the hell are you so awake?" Matt asked
"Uh I drank about a gallon of coffee…"
"Right… I'll remember that next time… and I haven't gotten to the ice cream yet."
"JD's pregnant." Jimmy muttered under his breath.
"Wow five all at the same time… this is worse than Mexico." The four sleepy men all hit Randy over the head as the five of them walked over to get the ice cream. Although Matt had to laugh when De reached out and hit Randy because everyone else had.
"Damn, just like her mother…" Randy muttered. Jeff grinned.
"Shit what kind of ice cream had Jes wanted…?" Matt muttered to himself as the other guys grabbed what they needed. Randy opened the freezer door and grabbed a carton and handed it to Matt. He looked down at it. It was Death by Chocolate. He glanced up at Randy. "How did…"
"She wanted it when she was pregnant with Grace too." Matt just shook his head and they went to pay. De held her arms up to Matt so he picked her up and after handing his wallet to Jeff to pay for him, because he was too tired to hold De and pull money out at the same time, he picked her up. She nuzzled her head in his shoulder and immediately fell asleep. Matt was somewhat relieved. They headed out to their cars and Jeff put Matt's things in his car while he put De in her car seat. Randy was riding with Jeff so he just tossed their stuff in Jeff's rental.
"Hey, cook out at mine and Kate's tomorrow, you guys are welcome to come over if you're not leaving town." Zack said.
"Yeah we'll let the girls know." Randy said, seeing as he was the only one that was most likely going to remember.
"Uh John and Misty and the others if they're here."
"Alright, see ya'll tomorrow." And with that they all went their separate ways. When Matt walked in he found Jes sitting on the couch watching television. He handed her stuff to her and held a finger to his lips. He carried a sleeping De upstairs and put her back in bed. Then he walked downstairs to his wife.
"What took so long?" Jes asked.
"Ran into four other guys out on I WANT runs." Jes laughed.
"Wait four?"
"Jeff and Randy, Zack and Jimmy"
"The guys are in town?"
"Yeah by the way cook out at Zack and Kate's tomorrow."
"Okay." She said as she ripped open the ice cream and began to eat it. She had not a regular table spoon but a serving spoon in her hand. Matt shook his head.
"So yeah De hit Randy."
"Ha good, what he do to deserve it?"
"Made a stupid comment so me and the others hit him so she felt she had to too."
"Yes, well did I mention she's my daughter?" Jes said.
"I'm going to bed honey." Matt said not even touching that statement.
"Okay see you in the morning."
Jimmy walked in his front door and into hell. Brook was awake and looked ready to cry. The twins were screaming and Jessica was picking up the remains of what looked like a bowl. He sat everything down on the table and made his wife sit. He cleaned up the mess.
"What happened?"
"I told Brook she could have some of the ice cream I told you to get so she got a bowl down and then she ended up tripping over one of the twins' toys that got forgotten about in the kitchen and broke the bowl, sliced her finger a little, and hit her head on the table. The noise woke the kids up and they won't quit screaming."
"Here, get Brook some ice cream, I'll take care of the other two." Jimmy handed Jessica the bag and walked toward the nursery. He hugged Brook as he passed and then walked upstairs. So much for going back to bed.
Jeff and Randy walked into their separate hotel rooms and handed over their women's food. Vanessa thanked her husband and apologized for making him go out and get her something on a whim. He smiled and kissed her on the forehead before falling onto the bed and falling asleep almost immediately. Randy on the other hand sat at the table with Ashley as she ate her snacks. They were discussing possible baby names. They didn't know what they were having yet, but they wanted to have both names for boys and girls ready just in case.
Zack made it home and if he hadn't held out the food as a peace offering probably would have gotten yelled at. Kate took it and walked into the kitchen.
"Can I go back to bed, or would you like me to sit up with you?"
"No you can go to bed, after all you do have to cook for a bunch of people tomorrow, and you were sweet enough to go get me food at two am." Zack grinned and kissed her before heading upstairs. He grabbed Misfit and carried her to the room and set her down in her kitty bed and then fully clothed crawled into bed and fell asleep almost immediately.
Ashton was having trouble sleeping so she crawled out of the bed that she was in and walked over to the window and sat on the window seat staring out the window. She rubbed her ankle from where she had just run into the nightstand as she sat there thinking. Heather was nice, and she liked Serena, but she was still more excited about actually having a dad. It was so weird. She was kinda excited to spend the weekend with him. He had been honest and told her that he hadn't really told more than three other people about her, but that was because he wasn't entirely sure how to tell them. She had said it was okay. And he had disagreed with her, but whatever. She sat there thinking and just staring out the window. She turned and looked at the door as someone knocked and then walked in. It was Brian… well her dad. Her mom never knocked, she just barged in.
"Hey everything okay in here?"
"Yeah, sorry I woke you up."
"It's okay, I heard you knock into something. Just thought I would check on you."
"I'm fine, just first night in a new place, that's all."
"Alright, well if you need anything, me and Heather are right down the hall."
"Okay"
"Night Ashton."
"Night" She said and walked back to her bed. She crawled in and snuggled down beneath the sheets. Wow that was a first, normally she got yelled at for waking someone up at night. She fell back asleep about twenty minutes later.
The next morning Heather was up and getting ready to head over to Kate's to help with cook out detail when she heard someone coming down the stairs. It was seven o'clock in the morning, Brian wasn't even up yet. She glanced up and watched as Ashton walked in.
"Morning Heather."
"Good morning sweet heart, you want some cereal or something?"
"No I don't usually eat breakfast…ooo cute kitten." Heather smiled.
"That's Lucifer, Serena named him."
"He's so cute."
"Well here I haven't fed him yet you want to?"
"Sure" She followed Heather to the closet in the back hallway and was handed the kitten chow. She was told what to do and she did it. She smiled as Lucifer scampered to the food dish. She had never had a cat before. Actually she had never had a pet before in her life. Mom said that they were too much of a hassle, and took up too much time and energy.
"We're taking him to Kate's today, so he can play with all the other kittens that are gonna be there."
"Are there gonna be any other kids there? I mean besides Serena?"
"Yeah, Brook's you're age, you two could hang out together. Most of the other kids are gonna be babies though."
"That's okay. Where are you going?"
"To help Kate get started on the set up. I guess there's gonna be a lot of people there today."
"Okay, well I'm gonna go back up to the room and find something to do." With that both of them went their separate ways.
Jeff woke up with his wife's arm over his chest and her head on his shoulder. He rubbed sleep from his eyes and looked at the clock. Seven AM; what the hell was he doing awake this early. He rolled over so he could hold Vanessa better and thankfully fell back to sleep.
Brian rolled out of bed and shook his head. Heather was probably already over at Kate's. He heard laughter coming from down the hall and walked in that direction. He stopped at the open door to Serena's room and saw that the TV was on and they were watching old Wrestling DVD's. Brian stood there and realized they were watching one of Jessicka's first matches. He listened as Ashton asked all kinds of questions about wrestling. Of course Serena was able to answer them all. Brian smiled, was this seriously the same girl that had yelled at her mother yesterday? He watched them for a few more minutes before he interrupted them. Both girls looked up and were grinning.
"Either one of you hungry?"
"Just a little bit Brian." Serena said.
"I don't normally eat breakfast." Ashton told him. He nodded.
"Well looks like that leaves you kiddo." Brian said to Serena. Ashton looked back at him from looking at the TV. He wasn't going to make her eat? Her mom had always made her eat in the morning.
"I just want a pop tart."
"Okay, then go ahead, you know where they're at." Serena took off toward the kitchen and Brian walked into the room.
"So uh Heather said that there was gonna be other kids at the cook out today."
"Yeah, lots of them."
"How many?"
"uh close to twenty I think."
"That's a lot."
"Big group of friends."
"Uhm I'm kinda nervous…" Ashton said quietly.
"Any particular reason?"
"Well I just don't normally hang out with a lot of people. I have like no friends at school, and don't do well around others socially."
"You seem to be getting along with Serena."
"Yeah I know, but…"
"You have any problem's I'm sure Zack and Kate won't mind if you go take over a guest room for a little bit."
"Okay, can I take my MP3 player and notebook with me too?"
"Sure, not a problem" Brian said hugging her and leaving the room just as Serena walked in. She was carrying a s'mores pop tart in her hands. Ashton looked at it and said she wanted one. Brian grinned. "I'll go get ya one."
Jessicka walked into the kitchen of her house and rolled her eyes. Grace was sitting at the table looking all innocent and De was asleep on the floor in the dining room. Matt was asleep on the couch. Apparently he had gotten up early with the girls as well as going out on a food run for her last night. It was going on Noon and she was surprised Grace wasn't up to something. She walked into the dining room and picked up De. She carried her into the living room and laid her beside Matt toward the back of the couch. He rolled to his side and wrapped an arm around her but didn't wake up. Jessicka kissed both of them on the forehead. She turned to Grace.
"Okay, you never sit still, what'd you do?"
"Nothing…"
"Grace"
"She tried to get to the cookie jar." Matt mumbled sleepily from the living room. Jessicka glanced his way. He was still facing toward the back of the couch and she looked closer and his eyes were closed… okay so maybe he wasn't asleep.
"Ah, Grace have you had any real food today?"
"Yeah, Matt made pancakes… there's left over's in the fridge, but we have to go to Kate and Zack's in like twenty minutes. Matt said I could have a cookie if I was good until then."
"Is that all it takes?" She asked. He finally opened his eyes and grinned.
"For me" Jessicka gave Grace a cookie and twenty minutes later they were headed to Zacks.
Brian and the girls were the first to arrive and when they got there. Ashton sunk back into her shell. When she saw Heather she gave a half hearted smile. Serena ran to her mom and Kate walked over to them. She smiled at Brian.
"Told you everything would work out. You must be Ashton."
"Yeah…" She hid behind Brian. Kate smiled.
"I'm Kate, a friend of your dads. You wanna come in?" She spied Lucifer in Ashton's arms. "I see you brought Lucifer." Ashton nodded. "Here, let's go see if he remembers Misfit." And just like that at the mention of another animal Ashton was off.
"Wow, she's gonna make a good mom." Heather said
"Yeah no shit." Brian said and then grabbed Ashton's back pack that she had insisted on bringing and carried it inside. "Hey Zack."
"Hey Syn cute kid." Brian rolled his eyes at the use of the name.
"Yeah, bet yours won't be as cute."
"With Kate as the mom, of course the kids gonna be cute… wait who are we comparing it too?" Brian turned to see Emmie standing in the doorway.
"His daughter here let me take that Emmie…"
"I can carry it for her." Zack just raised an eyebrow at Kyle Montgomery and sighed. It was going to be a long day.
"At least I'm not drunk this time." Brian said when he was out of earshot. Heather, Zack, and Emmie laughed. Kate and Brian had filled him in on the parts he barely remembered about being there the day that he found out about Ashton.
"Good lord, Kate what did you do get another kitten?" They all looked up when they heard Kyle.
"No, dad it's Brian, Heather, Serena, and Ashton's kitten." Kate said a little tersely. She was still mad at him. She stood up and washed her hands. She took the tray her dad was carrying and put it in the fridge. Her dad didn't even move to hug her. Her heart sank. She heard noise from the other room and walked out of the kitchen to see who had arrived. She smiled when she saw Vanessa.
"V! Oh my god what are you doing here?" Zack just grinned.
"Jeff ran into Zack last night and invited us over. I'm so glad he did. I miss you girl. And look we brought Skittles!"
"I heard something about skittles…" Jessica said walking in behind Jeff who was carrying in kids with Randy's help. Ashley had gotten side tracked when Jessica got there. "Oh, the cat not the candy…" Everyone laughed. Jimmy rolled his eyes and glanced in Brook's direction and she pulled something out of the toy bag she was carrying and handed it to her step dad. He tossed it to his wife and she looked at it for a minute and then hugged her husband. It was a bag of skittles. Jimmy had bought extra candy this morning when he ran out to get diapers, of course he took Brook with him because the babies were crying. Ashton watched as people arrived. And Bit her lip. Would her dad remember about her? Serena hugged her and she half smiled at her.
"Hey, guys before everyone get much further in the house I need to tell you something." Brian announced.
"This ought to be good." Kyle muttered. Emmie hit him.
"What, man I want to go back to sleep." Jimmy muttered.
"Uh, well remember how we ran into Alexis in Colorado and she tried to tell me something and I blew her off?"
"Yeah" Matt said cautiously as he walked in with De in his arms and Grace darting around him to get to her dad.
"Well I have a daughter." Matt stopped dead in his tracks, Jimmy almost dropped Faith. Someone said what the fuck, turned out it was Johnny. And Misty yelled telling people to quit blocking the door. "Her name is Ashton Noel." Ashton got the guts to go out and stand beside her dad. Finally everyone made it inside and no one said a word.
"Looks just like ya man." Johnny said encouragingly.
"Thanks Johnny." Misty rolled her eyes she knew what was coming next. To her surprise though it didn't happen.
"Hi, I'm Brooklyn and this is Plague my kitten, want me to introduce you to everyone?" Jessica grinned. 'Way to go Brook' went through just about everyone's head.
"Uh yeah okay." Brook handed her Plague and the two ran off to start with the kids that had already run out side.
"Wow, JD your girls a lifesaver."
"Yeah she is" Jessica said grinning. Matt shook his head and walked into the kitchen to put the dip Jessicka had made last night in the fridge. Jessicka was already standing there talking animatedly to Heather, De was on her hip. He smiled. De reached for him and he took her. Taking her outback where the other kids were. He noticed that there were approximately seven kittens sitting in the window looking outside. He sat down on the steps of the porch and set her down so she could run with her sister and the other one year olds. He did a double take. Lucas was there. He looked up as someone handed him a beer.
"Heard you had a late night."
"Nice to see you too Adam."
"I got a call from Kate a few days ago. Figured I would be in town anyway, I flew the kids and Alyssa out."
"So uh yeah…sorry I'm still tired."
"I remember when Phoenix had late night cravings when she was pregnant with Lucas. They were hell."
"Yeah I think Jimmy went upstairs and crashed in a guest room for a while." Matt said laughing.
"Why?"
"He didn't get much sleep apparently."
"Because when he got back from my I Want run, the twins were awake, and Brook had accidently sliced her finger because she dropped a bowl." Jessica said joining them. She sat down with a can of Pepsi in one hand and a cookie in the other.
"I want run…" Adam asked looking at her speculatively.
"I'm six weeks pregnant." Jessica said smiling. She could see the 'oh lord' thought flash into his head but didn't have time to respond.
"Who's pregnant?" Misty said walking over and sitting Krys down so she could go play with De and Lucas. Jessica just grinned and jumped up and ran inside.
"This is my baby sister Faith and her twin sister Trinity." Brooklyn told Ashton. Brook picked up seven month old Trinity as she reached for her. Ashton smiled at them and laughed when Faith crawled over to where the adults were sitting on the steps. With Trinity on her hip Brook walked over to where Xavier and Kyra were playing on the swing set that Kate had insisted Zack get for when their baby got older, and for all the kids that would be in and out. Zack had caved easy enough and bought one.
"Hi, I'm Kyra" the nine year old said as they walked over.
"I'm Ashton."
"Xavier, and that's my little sister Krystina." Xavier told her pointing to where John was pushing Krys in a swing while Misty sat on the porch holding Katlyn.
"She's my little sister too!"
"I know" Brook rolled her eyes. The two were forever arguing.
"That's John Cena, my Aunt Misty's husband." As the kids helped Brook introduce everyone Alyssa was talking to Emmie about getting her cheese ball recipe. They all quit talking when Karen Richards (Jessicka and Adam's mom) walked in.
"Mom…" Mike watched his step son hug his wife and smiled.
"Adam, how are you?" Karen said holding onto him for a minute.
"I'm fine…come on come meet your grand kids." Karen smiled and followed her son outside. Mike smiled, he knew that Karen missed her son, as much as she had missed her daughter.
Kate was walking through the living room picking up a few of the bottles of juice that the kids had forgotten about an hour later and she grinned when she saw the kittens. All of them were curled up on the floor in a group behind the couch. Obviously hiding from the kids. She looked up when she heard someone walk in. She sat down the juice that was in her hand and wrapped her arms around Zack's neck. He kissed her and she grinned when they pulled back.
"I thought you were running the grill?"
"Ha, Johnny kicked me off it."
"Hmmm wanna go upstairs and get away from the chaos for a little bit." She had a glint in her eye and he knew what she had in mind.
"As much as I would love to, not with your dad here." Kate laughed and then kissed him. Even though they weren't headed upstairs they probably should've choose a better place to make out. Kate had one hand on the back of his neck and the other was resting on his chest. Zack had a hand on her ass and one was tangled in her hair.
"Christ, you two, get a damn room…" the two broke apart and glanced toward the voice. Kate grinned at Heather and flipped her off. Heather rolled her eyes and picked up the juice that Kate had originally been coming in to get because instead of getting another one Serena was looking for the one she had had earlier.
"Wrong guy Heather, he's outside…" Zacky said grinning at Kate.
"Oh you know what I meant." Heather muttered and left the room. Kate went to walk away and Zack pulled her back to him and the two shared another searing hot kiss. This time they were interrupted by Kate's dad. Not a word was said. Kyle just turned around and walked back out of the room seething.
Jennifer lay on the floor in the living room of her sister's house looking up at the ceiling. She had been invited to the party today, but she had told them that her ankle was hurting her so she wasn't going. Boy had that been a lie. She glanced sideways as Dante walked back into the room. She smiled and sat up. He sat down beside her and turned the TV on. He handed her the popcorn that he had made and she grinned. He wrapped an arm around her and she rested her head on his shoulder.
Later that night Jessica walked into the house and was shocked when she noticed that Jennifer hadn't cleaned up after herself. She sighed and carried a sleeping Faith to the nursery and Jimmy pointed across the hall to the room Jenni was staying in. She walked over and peeked in. Jenni was asleep and she wasn't alone. Shit if Jes found out about this she'd kill someone. Dante was asleep beside her twin sister and he had an arm around Jenni. At least they were asleep on top of the covers, fully clothed. Jessica turned and walked into her room with Jimmy behind her. It had been a long day and she was tired. She changed into pajamas and cuddled next to Jimmy in their bed. She was asleep five minutes after saying 'Night, love you.'
It was almost two months later, the rest of May, all of June, and most of July flew by for everyone. In the WWE titles changed hands, Lilian quit when Vince told her that she needed to change her style of clothing. Misty was still defending the Women's championship and Amy was facing off against Mickie to get her title back. Shane stayed away from the WWE because he had pissed off one too many people. And in California the guys of Sevenfold were flying back to home as often as possible to see their wives and girlfriends. Lilian had met up with them in New York and was touring with them. Johnny had wanted to punch Vince in the face, because there was nothing wrong with Lilian's style. About two days ago Lilian had called Jessica to tell her that she was pregnant and gotten a what the fuck you too? In return for the information. Lilian just figured she meant oh great another one. Boy were they going to be shocked. Everyone was about to find out what Brian had done every time he went home.
Ashley Massaro was backstage and all smiles when Randy won the WWE Championship from John. The guys had laughed it off backstage and but they noticed John didn't apologize for the bruise that was forming on Randy's face. He did however say he put up a hell of a fight. Ashley smiled and took Randy's hand and together they walked out of the arena saying bye to everyone. The next morning they were both up early and Ashley was nervous. Today was the day. Randy pulled into the doctor's office and Ashley bit her lip.
Jessica rolled out of bed and went straight to the bathroom. Gah she hated morning sickness. She looked up as the phone rang and sighed. Jimmy wasn't there and Brooklyn was probably still in bed. But that wasn't right. Someone answered her phone. She forgot about her sister who had come back out when she got suspended for fighting with Shane about Brooklyn of all things. Jenni walked into the bathroom and leaned against the door jamb as she watched her sister rinse her face off.
"Who was that?"
"Randy"
"What he want?"
"He was flipping out again. You thought finding out he was fathering three at once freaked him out, this was worse for him. All girls."
"No shit, all of them?"
"Yeah"
"Wow, I bet Jes is gonna laugh her ass off."
"Yeah lets not talk about her."
"Still scared of her Jenni?"
"Just a little" Jessica shook her head and started downstairs. She glanced at the calendar and rolled her eyes. Seven of them all at once. This is what the calendar looked like now.
Ashley Massaro – Six months
Kate Montgomery – Three and a half months
Vanessa Hardy – Four Months
Jessicka Sanders – Four Months and one week
Jessica Sullivan – Three and a half months
Lilian Seward – Two Months
Heather Torres – Two Months
Jessica laid a hand on her stomach, she was just starting to show and Jimmy was realizing just how real this was. And he was making sure that Jessica took extra good care of herself, and told her to stay out of stressful situations. She had laughed at that one, but promised to try. She stepped to the side as Plague darted through the kitchen and to his food dish. Rolling her eyes Jessica grabbed the scoop out of the cat food bag and fed him. He had gotten big fast. He was actually the second biggest cat in the gang. Shadows was next up and then surprisingly Diva. They weren't fat cats, they were just growing fast. Jessica smiled as Brook ran in with the now walking nine month old twins behind her. She had smiled the day they started actually walking. Jimmy, Jessica, and Brook had been trying to get them started walking at about eight months and they picked it up quick. But then again Jess herself had started walking at nine months too. Jimmy had been there for their first solo steps and had laughed when Jessica cried about them. Jimmy had then proceeded to take them all out to dinner.
Kate was sitting on the floor in the room that Zack had decided to turn into the nursery and smiled. She was drawing with pencil on the walls. She would draw it and Zack and Brian had promised to paint whatever she sketched on the wall. She had grinned and kissed her man as he walked out the door. She glanced over at Heather who was sitting in a corner reading a baby name book out loud to her. She and Zack had decided that they would each choose two names and then pick which one they liked the best when the baby was born. She laid a hand on her stomach and smiled. Her dad still hadn't come around, but her mom was more supportive than ever, as she saw that Zack was not leaving her little girl alone. (Well not on purpose anyway. He was coming home as much as possible.)
Amy Dumas lay on the floor of her living room and watched as kept falling as she tried to walk more than five steps at once. If she got momentum going she could do it. She had laughed the day that Brie had started walking. They had been at Brooklyn's birthday party.
Flashback – July Seventh
Brook woke up and started getting ready for the day with a smile on her face. She was dancing around the room and woke up Ashton and Serena who had spent the night with her. Ashton and Brook had become fast friends and Serena and Ashton were like sisters. Today was supposed to be fun. Everyone had said they would fly into to be there. Ashton and Brook and Serena all dressed quickly because Jimmy and Jess had promised to take them out to breakfast. Sure it was a Tuesday but it wasn't like they had school or anything it was summer. Ashton had been allowed to stay the night, because Brian wanted her to have friends and she liked Brooklyn. Sure it was his birthday too but he would she her later that night. He had told the gang that Brook's was more important than his. Which made them all laugh. But little did he know that Ashton wanted to celebrate his birthday since it was the first time she would be there for it. So with Brook and Serena and their parents help they planned a special surprise for Brian. And of course Ashton's mom was wondering just where a bunch of Ashton's pictures had disappeared to. But it wasn't like Ashton was going to tell her. They walked into IHOP and Brook and the girls were all laughter and giggles. She had already gotten happy birthdays from her mom and Jimmy and her friends. Her grandpa and grandma McMahon had called to tell her happy birthday as well that morning.
After breakfast they headed back to the house. Brook had told her mom that she wanted to decorate for the party the morning of. So putting the twins down in their cribs in their room, they all got to work. Brook turned on the Stereo and like her mother knew where every CD in the thing was. She flipped the dial and found disc 199 and smirked. She hit play and the next thing they knew they were listening to Kill Hannah. Jessica rolled her eyes and watched as the three girls started singing along to Lips Like Morphine and dancing around the room throwing streamers just about everywhere. There was a present sitting on the counter in the dining room with DAD written across the tag. Ashton had smiled when she wrote it. Brook picked it up and set it on the entertainment stand so that they could lay out the dishes and stuff. Around one Jimmy left to go pick up the cake and of course pick up someone from the airport. When he got back Brook who was lying on her stomach in the living room with Ashton and the twins glanced up.
"AUNT STEPH!!!!" Brooklyn squealed and ran to her aunt. She hugged her and Serena came running down the stairs and launched herself at her aunt as well. Laughter echoed through the house as people slowly began to arrive. The last to arrive was Vince and Linda. When they got there Brooklyn grinned. She was glad that no matter what they still loved her. The music had changed throughout the day and they went from Kill Hannah to Kelly Clarkson to Atreyu to Avenged Sevenfold to Theory of a Deadman and many others. They were currently listening to Papa Roach. Everyone was having a good time and they were getting ready to start the grill when Brook and Ashton ran inside. They came back out a minute later and Brook was holding her new digital camera.
"Hey, Brian I want a picture of you and Ashton together. Please?" Brian rolled his eyes and motioned for Ashton to join him. Brook took the picture and then her and Ashton ran back inside. They came back out about ten minutes later with a rewrapped present for Brian. He was standing with his arms around Heather on the beach. All the older kids were playing in the water. Brook handed Ashton the gift and smiled encouragingly to her and then slipped off to join the other kids. Ashton glanced toward her father and smiled. She walked toward him with the present behind his back. She stood there for a minute letting him and Matt finish talking. Matt saw her and let Brian know she was there.
"Brian, I think Ashton wants to talk to you." Matt said. He smiled encouragingly at her after Brian turned around. Jessicka watched and smiled.
"What's up Ash?" He said and she smiled.
"Here" She reached out and handed him the gift and he stared at it dumbfounded. Sitting down in the chair that Johnny had just vacated he opened it. Everyone had stopped what they were doing and were watching him. He turned the frame over in his hands and smiled as he watched pictures of his daughter pass over the screen at regular intervals. He handed it to Heather and pulled Ashton into a hug. And for a man that never cried, well he was crying.
"Happy Birthday…Dad" Brian looked up at her and a smiled passed over his face.
"Thank you Ashton, it's awesome." He said as he hugged her
"Hey look didn't Brook just take this one?" Heather exclaimed and she turned it around and they saw the picture of Ashton and Brian from only moments ago. Ashton nodded and smiled shyly. Jessica looked at her daughter and smiled. Today had been a success on several levels. They all turned around when they heard a parent yelled to another.
"John she's walking!" Brian shook his head as Amy, John, Misty, and Dave all watched as Brie took her first tentative steps across the yard. They all cheered her on and she walked slowly from one parent to the other. He was a little sad that he hadn't gotten to go through all that with Ashton, but there was nothing that he could about it. Later that night after they had all eaten and people were leaving Ashton hugged her Dad and Heather as they left. She and Serena were staying with Brook again.
End Flashback
Amy grinned up at Dave as he walked in and she kissed him as he sat beside her. Misty and John were on their way over to pick up Brie, and then the two of them were gonna spend some time alone together.
Lilian walked through the front door of her house and plopped down on the couch exhausted. She and Johnny had just gotten home and done with the current tour the guys had been on so they were all gonna be home for a while. Johnny walked in dumping their bags on the floor in the hallway and he sat down on the floor in front of the couch. Lilian rolled over and grinned at her husband. She sat up and sighed. Her jeans were fitting a little too tight as of late and her shirts were no problem since they were all a few sizes too big anyway. The guys were doing one last concert to end their tour next Monday and then they were gonna all be worried about pregnant women. Well all but Brian that was. Lilian walked upstairs and changed into a pair of baggy pajama bottoms and a white tank top. Johnny smiled as she came back down the steps. She was barefoot and her hair was a mess but he loved her all the same. He grinned and wrapped her in his arms.
"I'm the luckiest man in the world."
"Why's that Johnny?"
"Because the most wonderful woman in the world is married to me and carrying my baby."
"Really now?"
"Mhmm, you hungry, cause I can make something…"
"Or we can order pizza."
"Pizza works"
Heather was pacing Jessica's living room. Ashton was upstairs crying. Serena was visiting Connecticut with Brooklyn and she didn't know how to tell Brian she was pregnant. She looked up as Jessica walked in. She took the glass of water from her friend and sighed. She took a sip and sat down on the couch. Jessica smiled at her friend and then walked out of the room to take care of Ashton. She was trying to get her to calm down. Brian was going to be so pissed that she had run away from her mom's house, but Jessica was on Ashton's side because Alexis was starting to do what her mother had done. She looked up as Jessicka walked into the room.
"Grace is downstairs with Heather and De. What the hell is the bitches address?" Jessica looked at Ashton who gave it to her.
"Jes don't do anything stupid… oh fuck that shit I'm coming with you. Heather can watch the kids."
"The guys should be here in a little bit anyway, and Jenni's on her way over as well."
"Jenni?"
"Yeah, Vanessa called for her and said she was gonna come out and visit, I answered the phone that a problem?"
"No"
"Okay then let's go." They walked downstairs and passed Heather who knew immediately what they were doing and let them leave. Heather got Grace settled in front of the TV with a movie and De sat with her sister. She went upstairs to take care of Ashton.
Ten minutes later the Jess' were at Alexis' house and they were calmed down only a little. Jessica got out of the car and walked up the front walk. Jessicka behind her. They knocked on the door and when the woman answered it Jessica could smell the alcohol, and the drugs. She shoved her back against the door and walked inside past her. Jessicka slammed the door shut behind them. Alexis looked at them. She recognized them vaguely as Brian's friends.
"What the fuck did you think you were doing?" Jessica yelled at her.
"She's my daughter what I do is none of your concern." The woman was obviously drunk, or high. Probably both.
"I don't care if she's your daughter or not!" Jessicka yelled
"How could you?" It was a faint whispered yell but they heard Jessica all the same.
"Where is she?"
"Like I'm gonna tell you."
"I'll call the police."
"Gonna tell them why Ashton ran away?" Jessica responded ending the argument between Alexis and Jes.
"Why do you care?"
"Because I know what the fuck she's going through you bitch."
"Ha, right"
"What happened between JD and her mom isn't on the floor right now. You on the other hand better give me one good reason why I shouldn't tear you apart."
"Because you'll go to jail."
"Who's to say I don't tell them you hit me first. JD would back me."
"You wouldn't dare." And with that Jessicka's hand fisted and she punched Alexis in the face. And she didn't stop there. She beat her down and the other woman never got a single hit in. The two women looked at one another and turned to leave.
"You'll give Brian full custody of Ashton tomorrow, and if anyone asks what happened to you, one of your boyfriends beat the hell out of you. Probably wouldn't be the first time you told someone that." Jessica spat as she kicked Alexis on her way out the door. Alexis didn't even try to argue. Jessicka looked at her fists.
"Come on we have to go so I can clean my hands up." Jessica nodded and took the keys from her friend. It took less time to get back to the house because Jessica was pissed and drove just a little bit faster than normal. When they got there, Brian, Jimmy, and Matt were standing on the front lawn waiting for them. When Jessica pulled into the driveway she slammed out of the car and ran to Jimmy and just cried. Jessicka didn't look at anyone and walked inside to clean up. Matt followed her and so did Brian. Ashton wasn't coming downstairs. Jimmy held his woman and let her cry as she told him everything that had happened. How she had walked in and immediately gotten the flashbacks and how it had pissed her off that it was happening again just to someone different. He let her cry and walked her inside and sat down in the chair in the living room and pulled her into his lap and she fell asleep crying on his shoulder.
Brian was standing torn between going upstairs to Ashton and going over to Alexis' to kick her ass more than Jessicka had. Matt was helping Jessicka wrap her hands and Brian decided to go upstairs. He looked on and saw that Heather had Ashton calmed down and both of them looked up as he walked in. Ashton ran to him and told him she didn't want to go back. He told her she didn't have to. Heather walked over and told her that she was going home with them anyway. She smiled and hugged her.
"Besides how are you gonna be a big sister all the time if you're not at our house?" Heather asked hoping that Brian would catch on. He did.
"Big sister… you're pregnant?" He was amazed.
"Yeah I am." Heather said looking at him with love in and anxiety in her eyes. Brian hugged her then he hugged Ashton and went downstairs leaving them both shocked. Everyone looked up when Brian walked into the room. Jimmy was still holding Jess, Matt and Jessicka were watching De and Grace play and Jenni had just walked through the front door.
"I'm GONNA BE A DAD!!!" Upstairs Heather rolled her eyes, when she heard him tell the others. Ashton smiled and asked Heather if she wanted help setting up a nursery.
"Dude shit was wondering why you had a stupid look on your face at a time like this." Matt said.
"Damn you Sevenfold guys always do everything together don't you?" Randy said as he walked in with Ashley. Grace got up and ran to him. Jessicka stood up walked over and hit him. Then again Ashley who had walked in behind him hit him as well. Grace grinned and smacked him on the arm as well. Then she darted off to go find Ashton.
"Why in the hell must you people always hit me…Shit is that Dante?"