Chapter 29

Again, I don't own these characters except the ones I create.

The weekend away was just what Bailey needed, and she felt a lot better by the time they returned back to Boston. And their trip had been perfectly timed as no more than a few days after they returned, autumn reared its head in New England. The temperatures began to cool as well as the leaves changing colors. And for the three pregnant ladies, their bodies continued to change. Cassie had her 12 week appointment, and everything was fine. Due to her being the least furthest along, she was still just barely showing. But the fact that she was having twins did make it noticeable. Addison was at 14 weeks, but her small frame made her pregnancy easily visible. And Bailey...poor Bailey. Dr. Adams was right. In just the couple of weeks since her week 16 appointment, her belly had grown considerably. All three were now wearing their new maternity clothes.

In addition to taking care of their wives, the three guys had other things to do. For one, they all three went late one afternoon to check on the progress of their houses. And when they got there, they were blown away.

"Whoa..."

Cody nodded. "I know. I figured by now that they may be halfway digging the basements. I didn't expect all three to be already dug and the foundations and basements poured already..."

Zack grinned. "Lets get inside of them and check them out..."

Cody paused and shrugged. "Well, I did tell Bailey I would take good video footage of them..."

Beginning with the Fink house, they took their time and walked every inch of the basements. Along the way, each pointed out where they thought what would be. Zack was showing them where the bar was going to be as well as the home theater.

Woody laughed. "Right. Does Cassie know about these plans?"

Zack rolled his eyes. "Of course..."

Cody turned to Woody. "He probably got control of the basement by giving Cassie control of the rest of the house..."

Woody nodded. "That makes sense..."

Zack sighed. "Well, I have to have my man cave..."

Cody laughed. "And for the longest while, the only thing airing in your 'home theater' will be the Wiggles or some other type of children's entertainment..."

Zack scoffed. "Uh uh...Not in my house..."

Cody smirked. "Says the guy who ran home every day from school so he could watch Barney..."

Woody began laughing. "Oh man...Zack a Barney fan? Wow..."

Zack glared at them. "Can we change the subject please?"

Cody just shook his head. "Zack, all we're trying to say is that for a while, life for all three of us is going to be very different. Between us, there will be five new living beings depending on us for their survival. It will be up to us and our wives to take care of them, nurture them, provide for them, and...yes, entertain them."

"Hey, I've been reading the books. I know what's coming..."

Cody looked surprised. "You have?"

Zack nodded. "Yeah. Its kind of dawned on me that this is one thing I can't screw up. Too many people are counting on me..."

Woody grinned. "Wow...A responsible Zack. Who would have thunk it?"

Cody rolled his eyes at Woody. "Oh please. I know for a fact you have your nose buried in a book every night too, Woodchuck..."

Woody began to stammer. "Well...ummm...I..."

Cody began laughing. "Back in high school, the thought of you two diligently studying for something would have probably given me a stroke..."

Zack sighed. "Yeah, well. You'll be busy with your own kids to constantly come over and bail us out. Besides, I want my kids to be proud of their old man..."

"I know, Zack...and they will..."

"Besides, I want to make sure our kids don't have to go through what all three of us did...you know, come from broken homes..."

Woody nodded. "Yeah. My step dad, Steve and I are cool now, but for a while, I hated him..."

Cody nodded too. "I know, but if there is one thing I do know, its how much all three of us love our wives. We just have to remember in the craziness that is about to befall us to make sure we take time to let them know that..."

The other two nodded.

Cody continued. "Plus, we have each other as a support group. If one is in need of some help, the other two will be there to help."

Zack paused. "We can still use the other two to freak out too or complain about our wives' mood swings, right?"

"Of course..."

Woody sighed in relief. "I swear, Addison gets a craving for French fries every other night. And not just any will do. Only Arby's curly fries are acceptable. The guy at the drive through window is now recognizing my voice..."

Zack laughed. "Like he wouldn't begin to anyways..."

Woody frowned. "Hurtful!"

Cody laughed. "Its okay, Woody. The night manager at the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins in our building and I are on a first name basis now. A few weeks ago, he introduced me to the older lady who comes in early to make the donuts. He just introduced me as the guy upstairs with the wife pregnant with twins. She just gave me a sympathetic smile and nod..."

Zack sighed. "I've learned now that every time we go out to dinner, Cassie will ultimately want what I ordered instead. And when we order out for a pizza, I know to get half of what she says she wants and the other half just cheese or pepperoni..."

"Yeah? Well, at least twice a week, Bailey will tell me what sounds good and then once I've cooked it, she will change her mind and want something else..."

Woody just shook his head. "Thank goodness I'm not the only one dealing with this madness..."

Zack nodded. "I know. The other night when Cody and Bailey had us all over for taco night, I swore I didn't think we were going to get anything to eat..."

Cody laughed. "That's why I had extras in the refrigerator..."

Woody sighed. "At least you two don't work with your wives. This happens to me breakfast, lunch and dinner..."

Zack laughed. "Well, I did notice you were slimming down some..."

"I know better than to get in between a hungry Addison and food. She'd hurt me..."

Cody just smiled. "Well, I think other doctors think I'm crazy for eating the hospital cafeteria food with a big smile on my face..."

Zack nodded. "The other day, I wolfed down a box of Cracker Jacks so fast because I kept waiting for Cassie to ask me for some...and I was at the ballpark when I did this..."

The other two just laughed.

Zack paused to think. "You know...Maybe we should do this once a week? You know, tell the wives we are coming here to 'check on construction' of the houses, but we can all stop and grab whatever sounds good to eat without worrying about our wives taking it away from us..."

Cody and Woody looked at each other and nodded.

"Not a bad idea..."

Woody began drooling. "I can finally make a run for the border without worrying about loosing my chimichangas..."

Zack grinned. "Its settled then. Today is Wednesday. It won't interfere with any doctor's appointments. From now on, they will Wednesdays Away from the Wives..."

The other two nodded.

"As much as I love Bailey, a few hours each week of some normalcy will be nice..." He checked his watch. "Speaking of which, we better get going before they began to call and see where we are...or to tell us what to pick up."

The other two nodded, and each climbed into their own cars to drive home. Once home, Cody walked in and found Bailey laying back on the couch reading another book on twins. She looked up and smiled at him.

"How is it coming along?"

Cody smiled back. "All three basements are dug, and the foundations and basements have been poured. They are coming along great..."

"Good. So, what else did you three do?"

Cody shrugged. "Just walked around inside of them to get ideas about layouts and checked for workmanship..."

Bailey nodded. "I'm glad things are coming along nicely..."

Cody walked over and kissed the top of her head. "From the looks of it, we should be in on time. We decided we should go out there once a week to keep up with the progress..."

"Probably a good idea." Bailey paused and laughed. "You know, for a little while, I was picturing you three getting to together to complain about what the three of us are putting you guys through..."

Cody gave a nervous laugh. "Well, we all love our wives and don't mind doing what we can to help..."

"I know, Codykins...Speaking of which, would you mind making your special fettucine tonight? It popped into my mind and sounded so good!"

"Of course..." Cody turned and headed into the kitchen. To himself, he at least thought he would have a good lunch to take to work tomorrow.

To be Continued...

AN: Due to UK choking again, only one chapter today. I mean, seriously...Up 7-0 and fumble on the goal line and it was down hill from there. Oh well, I hope everyone has checked out A London Carol on Youtube. Its a good episode and our last new one for probably over a month. Anyone else getting tired of turkey leftovers too?