Part 19

-----July 23, 2019------
(---Present---)

Chris and Spike smiled as they walked up to the car both smiling almost to the point of where it would hurt. They each had both just been kissed by their dates before they 'jumped' in their father's car and disappeared into the night. They both had almost been too occupied to even notice Miranda sitting against the tire on the passenger side of the car, almost being the operative word.

"Miranda...are you okay?" Chris asked as he leaned down as far as his crutches would allow him.

"I'm fine." Miranda said sounding defeated. She looked up at Chris and gave him a small smile. "How did your dates go?" She asked as she stood up.

"They went great." Spike said oblivious to Miranda's down mood, his own happy enough for both of them to last for a few months.

"Are you ready to go home?" Miranda asked as she looked at both her brother and cousin.

"Yeah..." Chris said eyeing his sister making a mental note to ask her about this when Spike wasn't around.

"Yeah...I can't wait to tell Adam I got a first kiss before him!" Spike said proudly.

"Who says I haven't had my first kiss and had my first time yet?" Adam asked as he walked up to the three, his two charges almost on the floor from exhaustion.

"You what..." Chris asked looking at Adam. "...you...you are not serious. Are you holding out on us?"

Spike looked at Adam with a shocked expression. "Are you telling us you did the nasty all ready?" He asked.

Molly looked up in horror at her brother and then gulped and covered her ears, somehow finding the strength and energy to have her legs run her to the other side of the car where she kept repeating 'not hearing this, not hearing this'. Frankie being too tired to run, this being the first time he was ever allowed to actually spend such a long time at the mall and the fact that his arms were about to fall off from all the shopping Molly and Adam did and then made him carry the bags. He made it to the other side of the car he dumped the bags on the floor before collapsing next to Molly her ranting enough to block out any answer Adam was giving.

"Of course I have." Adam said smiling proudly. "With a body, smile and the money in my bank account how could I not have?" Adam asked smiling as he looked at the two younger boys.

Miranda just rolled her eyes, knowing it was true and it seemed Chris figured this out since he saw she wasn't asking who, when, where, and how like he kind of wanted to but then rethought that.

"Why aren't you surprised?" Chris asked looking at his older sister wondering when she was told and why he hadn't been.

Adam laughed. "She's not surprised because she was my first." Adam said laughing.

Miranda's eyes went wide as she looked at Adam and then looked away unable to look at the Chandler he did not just tell her younger brothers and cousin that! Miranda was expecting her eyes to lock onto some other car in the distance but instead her eyes were met with Kate's almost distraught face as she stared, as if, right through her.

Meanwhile Chris and Spike started to freak out on Adam and Miranda as well as Frankie who was disappointed that Molly's mantra hadn't blocked that from his ears because now he was sure he needed to kill Adam.

"You did not sleep with my sister and you know it." Chris said. "You...you didn't."

"Adam, if you don't want Chris to beat the stuffing out of you with his crutches, I suggest you tell the truth." Spike said.

"I did. How did you think I knew for sure I was gay? If I wasn't into doing it with someone like Manda then what kinda of girl would I be into doing it with?" Adam said laughing lightly and then realized his mistake when he saw Chris starting to come at him.

"You...you USED my sister!?" Chris asked loudly. He moved over to Adam and got in his face. "Did you just say you used my sister?" He asked with gritted teeth.

"He didn't say that!" Miranda said turning away from pleading with Kate, with only her eyes and facial expressions to calm her brother down. "He didn't use me." Miranda said looking at Chris.

"So it's true?" Frankie, Spike and Kate asked as they looked at Miranda.

"Has Adam ever lied to you before?" Miranda asked as she looked at Frankie and Spike, refusing to see the look of hurt and the paleness of Kate's skin for another prolonged second.

Chris turned around and looked at his older sister. "Miranda..." He said shocked. He couldn't believe that his sister and Adam slept together.

"It wasn't like he's making it seem like it was, though." Miranda said again. "We all know Adam." She said turning to look at the young man in question. "And he likes to exaggerate."

"Do you think momma's still awake?" Frankie asked as everyone stumbled through the front door.

Their question was answered when they all walked into the living room to the site of Maggie lying down on the couch sleeping soundly with Melissa on her stomach fast asleep as well. They all smiled and put their fingers up to their lips and tiptoed to the back of the kitchen and snuck out the sliding glass doors and walked out onto the back porch.

Kate had desperately wanted to go back to her apartment and just crawl under the covers and cry, she really didn't want to hear about how Miranda and Adam got together, but she was tied to the group until Adam and Molly wanted or needed to go home since she promised her brother she'd bring them home safely. Kate was the last one out of the house and closed the glass sliding doors behind her as fast and quietly as she could so no bugs or mosquitoes would get into the house and feast on Maggie and Melissa.

The group moved to the closed off section of the desk so they could lock the gate and then close the shades around them and just talk and sit in a circle. Spike and Frankie went about lighting the candles around the enclosed portion of the deck while Miranda and Molly closed the shades and Kate went to the refrigerator that sat against the far wall and got out drinks for everyone while Chris pulled out the extra two chairs.

As everyone sat down, Chris and Spike eyed Adam and Miranda. "Okay, it's later." Both Chris and Spike said.

"What really happened?" Chris asked Miranda as he took a sip from his drink.

"Frankie, lets go swimming." Molly said as she grabbed Frankie's arm and dragged him to the pool. She didn't want to hear about Adam's sex life at the moment and knew Frankie shouldn't hear about Miranda's either.

"Be careful." Kate called after Molly and Frankie and then stood up when she realized she wouldn't be able to see them from where she was sitting or where ever she was sitting with all the shades drawn.

So Kate she opened the one by the gate and opened it just in case but didn't leave, she saw the look Miranda had sent her way and knew she wanted her to hear this, hopefully to make it less painful rather then more but realizing their current situation she was pretty sure Miranda just wanted it to hurt her more to hear that it really happened the way Adam had bluntly said it.

"Adam exaggerated." Miranda said as she looked at Kate.

"You already said that." Spike said eyeing his cousin.

Chris smacked Spike upside the head and looked at his sister and Adam. "Did you guys not do what we think you did?" He asked.

"What is it you think we did?" Adam and Miranda asked at the same time.

"What do you think?" Spike said answering the two. "The horizontal mambo."

Adam just laughed at the look Miranda had on her face. "Okay...look it's none of your business." Adam said finally. "But she wasn't exactly my first. Max from the football team was." Adam said looking at the three other people surrounding him besides Miranda.

"So you two did do something?" Chris asked looking at Miranda more than Adam.

"Yes...but...not the horizontal mambo!" Miranda said eyeing Spike as she spoke.

"Well, then what did you do?" Spike asked. He really wanted to know what went on between Miranda and Adam.

"Nothing...that concerns..."

"We compared breasts!" Adam said rolling his eyes and watching as Chris and Spike became confused meanwhile Kate had literally jumped when she heard that and rushed through the gate covering her mouth with her hand, laughing.

TBC...