"Well aren't you two just the prettiest little flower girls?" Tori grins as she kneels down to Lennon's height "I love your dress."
"Thank you, Aunt Tori." Lennon giggles "I love yours too. It looks like Mommy's."
"It does, doesn't it?"
With Cat and Robbie getting married close to Christmas, they had decided, well Cat had decided and Robbie had gone along with, a red and white wedding theme. Jade and Tori, as well as the rest of Cat's bridesmaids, all wear deep red dresses while the groomsmen wear black tuxedos with white shirts and matching red vests and ties. Charlotte and Lennon are wearing matching white flower girl dresses with red ribbons tied around their waists. The women will carry bouquets of red and white roses with the exception of Jade, who will be holding Elijah during the ceremony.
"Alright, Bubs. Do you remember what to do?" Beck asks Lennon as he lifts Charlotte into the tiny wagon that Cat and Robbie had made for the ceremony
The nine month-old is starting to make attempts at walking but she isn't nearly coordinated enough to walk down the aisle on her own yet, even if she were to be holding her older sister's hand. So, Lennon will pull her in a wagon to the front of the church, where Jade's mother will keep an eye on them while Beck and Jade stand with their friends on their special day.
"I pull the wagon, but be gentle so I don't scare sissy." Lennon tells him "And I pull it all the way to Grandma and then she'll help me."
"Exactly right." Beck tells the three year-old as he kisses the top of her head "Aunt Cat will tell you when to go, okay?"
"Okay."
"And be on your best behavior, do you understand?" Beck warns her "This is a very special day for Aunt Cat and Uncle Robbie and we don't want to ruin it."
"I know, Daddy." Lennon nods
"Alright." He kisses her again, and then kisses Charlotte as well just as Robbie walks over to him "Hey, man. How ya feelin?"
"Nervous." Robbie admits with a smile "But ready."
"Good." Beck chuckles "Because it's almost showtime."
Robbie is the first one to proceed down the aisle after the officiant, and it's only after he's left that Cat and Jade enter the holding area with Elijah, who is now close to three months old. The baby is dressed in a red vest and black suit pants just like his father and the groomsmen, and has a red pacifier in his mouth to match.
"Eli!" Lennon exclaims, running over to her mother and aunt
"Stay by the wagon, Lennon Danielle." Jade warns her daughter "Remember the rules? We'll bring him over so you can see."
"Alright..." Lennon sighs, walking back over to the wagon
"He's dressed just like Daddy and Uncle Robbie, see?" Cat smiles as she adjusts the baby in her arms for Lennon to see
"He's so cute." Lennon giggles "Like a baby doll."
"Kind of, yeah." Cat agrees, turning to Jade "Here, you should probably take him. It's almost your turn."
"C'mere little guy." Jade coos as she takes the baby in her arms "You ready to go melt everyone's hearts?"
"I can't get over how handsome he is." Cat sighs as she adjusts one of the baby's socks "You be on your best behavior for Aunt Jade, do you understand me Elijah William? Don't give her any trouble."
"Oh he won't." Jade assures her "Are you sure you want to keep the pacifier in though?"
"For the ceremony? Absolutely." Cat nods "We can try taking it out for pictures, but if he's happy right now I want him to stay that way."
"Fair enough." Jade chuckles "You look beautiful, Cat."
"Thank you." Cat grins "I can't believe I'm finally getting married."
"Enjoy today." Jade tells her "You'll remember it for the rest of your life."
The ceremony is beautiful. Lennon, Charlotte, and Elijah are all perfectly behaved, which makes the whole event much easier for their parents to enjoy as well. What everyone is really looking forward to though, is the reception. Cat and Robbie certainly know how to throw a party, and their wedding celebration is expected to be even more fantastic. Lennon and Charlotte are allowed to stay for dinner and for about twenty minutes after just to dance for a little bit, but then the new nanny that Beck and Jade hired upon moving to LA, Stephanie, takes them home so that they can get to bed on time and so that their parents can enjoy the rest of the evening. Cat and Robbie also send Elijah home with a nanny, and all of the adults are free to enjoy themselves.
"This stuff isn't half bad." Jade chuckles as she finishes off the last of her champagne and sets the flute down on the table "We should have had some of it at our wedding."
Beck laughs at her statement, because both of them know very well that they were still two years away from being able to legally drink when they got married. Jade's father still makes comments on how much money he saved not having to pay for excess amounts of alcohol at the reception because both the bride and groom were still underage.
"That's the difference between getting married at nineteen and getting married at twenty-eight." He reminds her with a smirk "Would you like to dance, Mrs. Oliver?"
"Why yes I would, Mr. Oliver." She smiles, extending a hand to him "Thank you."
He leads her out into the crowded dance floor and they dance around together for a little bit, before a slow song comes on and changes the mood in the room. Some people, mostly those who are single, make their way back to their tables and some space on the dance floor clears up. Jade wraps her arms around Beck's neck and he wraps his around her waist as they sway gently back and forth to 'That's When I Knew' by Alicia Keys.
"It's funny that the random DJ Cat and Robbie hired for their wedding chose to play our first dance song from our wedding." Jade smirks as she rests her head against Beck's shoulder
"I might have slipped him ten bucks to play it." Beck admits "Is that okay?"
"Yeah that's fine." Jade smiles up at him "But if Cat asks, it was random."
"Alright." Beck laughs
The two of them make brief eye contact for a moment, each able to see the overwhelming love in the other's gaze, before sharing a kiss.
"I love you." Jade tells him as she rests her head on his shoulder again
"I love you too."
"Y'know what's ridiculous?" Beck says to Jade one day as they're standing in the kitchen
Jade says nothing to him at first, but an expression crosses her face to show that she's trying to decide if she wants to answer his question sarcastically or not.
"There's so many ways I could answer that." She says seriously
"We've been in LA for how long now?"
"Almost a year." She tells him, opening a cabinet to put away the sippy cups she had just washed "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Exactly." Beck tells her "We've been here for almost a year and we've never taken the girls to Disneyland."
"Ah." Jade chuckles, hopping up on the kitchen island "So that's where this is going. You know that you and I have been kinda busy with this thing called...our jobs? You know, where we go to set and say some lines and someone films us doing it? Then they pay us a lot of money?"
"Right, right. I know." Beck laughs "But I want to take them to Disneyland."
"Lennon might have fun, but Charlotte won't understand any of it." Jade reminds him
"So we have to go on the rides for little kids." Beck shrugs "We can take them again and again as they grow up. And think about how excited they'll be to meet the princesses."
"Are you sure you're pushing so hard for their sake?" Jade raises an eyebrow at him "Sounds to me like you're going to be more excited about it than they are."
"Uh, it's Disneyland." Beck says flatly "Who wouldn't be excited?"
A week later, Beck and Jade stand in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland. Beck holds Lennon and Jade holds Charlotte as they pose for pictures, the entire family clad in Mickey Mouse ears. They've been recognized by quite a few people already, but there's Disney security with them to ensure that things don't get out of hand.
"Why do people keep trying to talk to you and Mommy?" Lennon asks as Beck carries her through the park towards the Fantasyland section "Do you know them?"
"Well..." Beck sighs "No, Mommy and I don't know these people. But they know us."
"What?"
"Lots of people know me and Mommy because we're famous."
"What does famous mean?"
"It means a lot of people know who we are." Beck explains "You know how we go to work and make movies? Sometimes TV shows?"
"Yeah."
"Well when we make movies and TV shows, someone video tapes us with a camera." He tells her "That way other people can see us do it. And then they show the movies in the theaters and the TV shows on TV and a lot of people watch them. So when we're out and about like this, sometimes people recognize us and want to say hi because they've seen us on their screens. Kind of like how you guys are going to be excited to meet Mickey and Minnie, because you watch them on TV."
"I didn't know you were as...did you say famous...?"
"Yes, that's the word."
"As famous as Mickey Mouse!"
"Well, we're not quite that famous." Beck chuckles "But, people still know who we are."
"Am I famous too?" Lennon asks him "People are saying hi to me. And they're saying hi to Charlotte."
"You kind of are, yeah."
"But we're not in movies and TV shows."
"Well no, you're not." Beck agrees "But people have seen pictures of you before. And sometimes when Mommy and I get interviewed, we talk about you."
"What does interviewed mean?"
"It's when people as us questions."
"Am I interviewing you right now?"
"Yeah." Beck chuckles "You kind of are."
There aren't many rides that Lennon and Charlotte are tall enough to go on, but they do enjoy the ones they get to experience. Most of them involve characters that the two young girls can recognize, and Beck and Jade have more fun watching their daughters have fun than they do actually going on the rides themselves. Lennon is infatuated by Princess Ariel and when Jade tells her that Cat used to have red hair just like her, she doesn't believe her.
"There's lots of pictures at home." Jade tells her "Believe me, I'll show you."
"But Aunt Cap isn't a princess!" Lennon says
"Not as far as you know." Jade laughs
By mid-afternoon Charlotte is fast asleep in Jade's arms and Lennon is growing cranky as well, so Beck and Jade decide it's probably best if they head home. Within five minutes of being in the car Lennon is also fast asleep in her carseat, clutching her new Minnie Mouse plush toy tightly to her chest.
"See?" Beck smiles over at Jade "I told you it would be fun."
"I never said it wouldn't be fun." Jade smirks "I just said you might have more fun than they would. I was wrong about that though, they for sure had a lot of fun. Both of them."
"See?"
"Yeah yeah." Jade rolls her eyes "I heard you talking to Lennon earlier, about the whole famous thing."
"And?"
"Well, did she understand it?"
"About as well as a three and a half year-old can." Beck shrugs "She's not scared or anything, if that's what you're asking."
"Good." Jade nods, looking back at her two sleeping children "The last thing I want would be for either one of them to be scared because of lifestyle choices we made and they got no say in."
"They might be annoyed with it when they're older." Beck sighs "But for right now, I honestly think Lennon thinks it's kind of cool. We have Mickey Mouse level status to her right now."
"Well then." Jade laughs "Go us."
Lennon and Charlotte Oliver are four and two years old respectively the first time they attend a red carpet event with their parents.
After seeing the pictures from the family's visit to Disneyland and reading Beck and Jade's tweets about it, the company had approached both of them and asked if they would like to voice characters in an upcoming animated film that was being made. Of course both of them had said yes, knowing that they would be stupid not to and that their daughters would both be thrilled. Beck is voicing a dragon named Harry, and Jade a fairy named Shay. They're both secondary characters who act as companions to the lead, but most importantly to Beck and Jade neither one of them is a villain. The last thing that either of them wanted was to get their daughters all excited about their being in a popular children's movie, only to turn out to be the bad guy.
"Remember, there's going to be people with cameras taking your picture." Jade warns her daughters as their car pulls up to the red carpet "Some of them might even say your names, but you don't need to be scared of them, okay?"
"What if we do get scared?" Lennon asks
"Yeah." Charlottes agrees "What if I scared?"
"We'll hold your hands the entire time." Beck assures them both "And if for some reason you do get scared, we'll be right there to protect you."
"Okay."
The car comes to a stop and Beck hops out first, as Jade unbuckles both girls from their car seats. He extends a hand to his wife and helps her out of the car, and then they both help Lennon and Charlotte. Lennon is willing to walk on her own, but Charlotte is immediately intimidated by the crowd of people. So Beck carries her in while Lennon holds tight to Jade's hand. The photographers aren't screaming like they do at events geared more towards adults, which Beck and Jade are thankful for. They do shout and raise their voices a bit to try and get them to look in certain directions for pictures, but their tones are more ambitious than they are mean.
Lennon enjoys the attention, which doesn't surprise Beck or Jade. She's definitely the more outgoing of their two children, and is willing to pose and smile for as many photographers as she can. She even takes pictures on her own without either of her parents or her sister, which amuses everyone quite a bit.
"That's all you." Beck tells his wife as they watch Lennon "She doesn't get any of that from me."
"Are you kidding?" Jade laughs "I still get nervous coming to these things, that's the you in her coming out right now."
"She's being herself, unapologetically." Beck laughs as he kisses Jade's cheek "Just like her mom."
"Alright, that was sweet. So I won't argue with you...at least not this time."
The photographers and interviewers make comments about how much both girls look like Jade, with the exception of Charlotte's thick, dark hair that she clearly inherited from her father. Eventually, walk-around versions of Beck and Jade's characters, similar to the ones that you might see in one of the theme parks, come to meet Lennon and Charlotte and then take pictures with the family as well. The carpet is such an event that Jade worries both of her daughters might fall asleep during the movie, but both of them are completely immersed and sit and watch it wide-eyed.
"I thought you said that you guys were going to be in the movie." Lennon remarks as they climb into their car to go home afterwards
"We were." Both Beck and Jade say in unison
"We did the voices." Jade explains "Didn't you think Harry the dragon sounded a bit like Daddy?"
"I mean, I guess." Lennon shrugs "Which one were you?"
"The fairy..." Jade says flatly, causing Beck to laugh "I was Shay."
"The fairy did sound like Mama!" Charlotte exclaims
"Thank you, Char." Jade chuckles "Lennon, we'll have to make sure you see it again so you get a chance to listen for us."
"That's fine." Lennon grins "I loved that movie. I'll see it a million times."
"Good." Beck laughs "Because you probably will."
"I wantta stuffed Harry dragon." Charlotte tells them "Please?"
"I'll see what I can do." Beck tells her "Did you like the movie too, Char?"
"Yeah!" Charlotte exclaims "We see again?"
"Yes of course."
"You know this will probably be the only project of ours that they actually like, right?" Jade tells her husband "At least until they're older."
"You're probably right." Beck agrees with a smile "Congrats on your new movie, by the way."
"Thank you. Congrats on yours." Jade smiles as she leans over to kiss him
"EW!" Lennon and Charlotte both exclaim
"Oh, you don't like it when we kiss?" Beck asks them
"No!" Lennon tells him "Kissing is gross."
"Oh, watch this then." Jade tells her, kissing Beck again but more comically and animated this time
"Ew! Mom, stop!"
"Mama, ew!"
"We'll wait until later." Beck tells his wife with a wink "They're too young to see what comes next anyways."