Grab a tissue...you've been warned! I was laughing so hard writing this chapter! After the scary and uncertain chapters I've put you through, let's have some good old fashion LAUGHS! I hope you love reading this as much as I loved writing this! Leave a Review! Xx
March 13th, 2019
The crew had finally all gotten to bed around 12:45 pm once Sophia had settled and was safely laying between her mothers. Sophia was extremely clingy with Heather and Naya throughout the night and woke up a few times making sure they were still there and each time the girls hugged her even tighter. Luckily she didn't wake up screaming again because that was heartbreaking to witness.
Susan, Yolanda, and Antonio were all up at 4:30 am and made their coffee, and went out to the back patio so they didn't disturb any of the kids. The temperature was supposed to be in the mid-eighties today and it was already nearly sixty-five degrees so they were loving being able to relax on Lea's patio. Andrew, Lea, Heather, and Chris were the other early risers and usually woke up around 5:00 am. Yolanda poured her cup of coffee before going through the patio door to meet the other three and sat on the round table outside the door.
"How are you two doing after yesterday?" Susan asked taking a sip of her coffee while looking at Antonio and Yolanda. The couple looked at each other and sighed deeply because the memory of the evening was horrible. They still can't believe it even happened.
"I can barely process it. I mean the entire time it was him! I still can't wrap my head around this." Yolanda said as Antonio spoke up.
"What I want to know is how in the hell he knew it was her driving when she was. Was he waiting for Naya? It's not like this was a random crash and just happened to be him, this was orchestrated and very well thought out. He makes me sick." Antonio spat and both ladies nodded before the patio door opened and Chris peeked through.
"Mind if I crash the party? I'd hate to wake anyone..." Chris said in his blue button-up pajamas with a robe over the top. Susan and Yolanda wave him over and Antonio pats the spot next to him.
"Nope, get over here kiddo!" Susan says happily. "How are you doing this morning, Chris?" Susan asks and the other two sip their coffee as their wait for him to answer.
"I'm pretty good, I just can't believe this happened. My poor girls..." Chris said shaking his head making the three adults nod in agreement.
"I know it. We will figure it out though and that son of a bitch will hopefully spend the rest of his life in jail. His wrap sheet alone with our family should be enough to put him away never mind the rest of his convictions that have nothing to do with us. It's unbelievable." Antonio says shaking his head
The four of them talk for about ten more minutes before they hear the patio door slide open once again and see a little black-haired, blue-eyed girl peeking out with her quilt and pink bunny tucker under her hand. All four of them sit up and look over but she doesn't see her uncle anywhere.
"Uncle Kurtsy left me..." Sophia says softly and tearfully to her grandparents while fisting her blanket and bringing it up to her face. "I wokted (woke) up and looked around but he wasn't there. All my other uncles and aunties are on the beds but no Kurtsy." Sophia cried and the three adults frowned before Antonio helped her step out onto the patio and close the sliding door to keep from waking anyone up.
"Nieta, you really think your uncle would leave you?" Antonio says while pointing at Chris who is leaning forward in his seat with his arms outstretched for his goddaughter. From the door, Sophia wouldn't have been able to see him. Sophia smiled through her tears and her fists wiped her eyes before she picked up her blanket in a big ball and walked around the table putting her arms up when she reached her uncle.
"You think I would leave you, my darling?" Chris asked and Sophia shyly giggled and yawned as she lay across his chest. Sophia only got about three and a half hours of sleep last night between going to bed around 1:00 am getting up just after 4:30 am and all the little times in between she woke up needing to check that her mothers were close, it was a pretty restless night for her. Chris laid her sideways in his lap and draped her oversized quilt over her to keep her nice and snuggled. He then tucked her bunny close to her chest and combed his fingers through her gorgeous silky black hair. "Go to sleep my darling, Kurtsy is here," Chris assures the little girl before placing a kiss on her head and looking up to see Yolanda and Susan in tears. Antonio just looked at his granddaughter like she was the rarest gem on earth.
"What's wrong, what did I miss?" Chris questioned as he picked up his coffee cup and took a sip before setting it back down. Susan and Yolanda let out giggles at how oblivious he is about how sweet that moment was for them to witness.
"You and her... it's an extraordinary relationship you two share..." Yolanda said with a loving smile nodding to the little girl who was curled up in the fetal position and her face was tucked into the blanket as he was holding her across his lap, She was completely cradled in his arms, her face tucked into the blanket and his chest. Chris looks down at the toddler and smiles while moving a piece of hair from her face.
"I still remember the first time I held her in the hospital. I was sitting on the couch beneath the window and the second she was placed in my arms all I could do is sob. I have never seen anything so perfect in my life." Chris confesses while snuggling Sophia tighter. "She just lights up my world. I don't know what I would do without her." Chris mumbles and of course, this makes Yolanda and Susan tear up more. How could anyone not love this young man? What a standup guy they all thought.
The four adults continued to chat for a while before Andrew popped his head out with his piping hot cup of coffee. It was just after 5:00 am so the super early morning risers should start trickling out shortly.
"There's the sleepyhead!" Susan joked and Andrew rolled his eyes because apparently 5:00 am was sleeping in with this group. Antonio patted his back and laughed before Andrew caught sight of the little girl in Chris' arms; he pointed and smiled at the two.
"I know it. Isn't that adorable. She came out looking for him." Yolanda explained with a massive smile. Sophia was so damn cute.
"Grab a seat and join us," Antonio greets as Andrew quietly pulls up a chair from the stack of spares that Lea kept in the corner because, with their large group of friends that were always over there, four chairs were never enough.
"How did everyone sleep?" Andrew asked as he settled into the chair and placed his coffee on the table while looking around.
"We slept good once we finally got to sleep, I'll be curious when Heather wakes up to see how she slept," Susan says while gesturing to the little girl earning nods from around the table. "She looks exhausted so hopefully, she will catch a little more sleep before breakfast," Susan said just as the patio door opened and two more people came through. Both looked slightly more hurried and worried than the others did when they came outside and they all thought they knew why so they immediately point to Chris. Lea and Heather put a hand over their heart and take a deep breath. They knew she would be out here but those fifteen seconds to get from the bed to the patio door was a rollercoaster of what-ifs and Heather's mind was still on high alert. Heather knew she was going to be that over-protective parent but if it meant her wife and daughter would be safe then it was worth it to her.
Heather glanced and leaned over to see her baby girl fast asleep in her uncle's arms and smiled as she walked around the table and leaned down to place a kiss on her head.
"Do you want her Heather?" Chris asked and Heather smiled and shook her head.
"No, no. Look how comfortable she is with you. I'm glad she's sleeping but she's such a quiet and sneaky little girl when she wants to be so I panicked when I woke up and didn't see her." Heather says grabbing one of the spare chairs from the stack and handing it to Lea before taking one for herself and they pulled up chairs between Susan and Chris.
"How did she sleep, Heather?" Yolanda asked nodding to Sophia.
"She finally got to bed around 1:00 am and woke up twice...no three times between then and now so I think she got about three hours of sleep but it was pretty restless," Heather explained and received sympathetic nods. Heather looks back over at her daughter "God last night was a shit show. The fact that he dared to try and touch her and then lunge at my wife..." Heather sighs as she puts her elbows on the table and runs her palms up and down her face. Lea runs her back soothingly.
"None of us can believe what happened. He's lucky you didn't do more." Lea says and Hesther sighed leaning back into the chair.
"God, believe me, I would have but I didn't want to end up arrested too. That's the last thing I needed was to be away from my wife and daughter because I tried to destroy someone who's not worth it anyway. And if we have any logical judicial system, that man will never see the light of day again." Heather said earning nods from the table.
"Honey, how's Naya?" Yolanda asks and Heather takes a sip of her hot coffee and looks down. I heard her groaning a couple of times so I know as soon as she wakes up that she will need a pill. I left her a note right next to her along with her phone to text me when she wakes up because I know she won't be able to move and she will be stiff as hell and probably in a lot of pain." Heather explained as she lifted her phone slightly before placing it back down. Antonio and Yolanda smile Heather.
The group was talking until about 6:00 pm before Harry, Chord, Kevin, and Mychal walk out and head over to where the firepit is and the outdoor plush furniture.
By 6:30 am everyone on the patio was chatting as the sun was coming up. There was barely a breeze and it was just the perfect day. Sophia has slept this entire time in Chris' arms and was still asleep. She had been in his embrace for two hours now but Chris was adamant he wouldn't put her down unless, of course, Heather wanted her.
Heather was cut off from her conversation with Susan, Yolanda, and Lea when her phone went off.
Incoming Naya: Can you help me up baby *single tear emoji*
Outgoing Heather: Be right there my love. *red heart emoji*
She's up so I'm going to help her. I'll be right back." Heather said to the group before kissing her daughter and heading inside the house. She closed the patio door and grabbed a pain pill and glass of water not wasting any time knowing that she would need one anyway.
She walked out of the kitchen and to the adjoining living room to find Amber, Jenna, Diana, and Vanessa trying to help Naya who was teary-eyed and in a substantial amount of pain. Heather rushed over and the girls immediately had a look of relief on their faces. Naya was still laying flat with her head propped up on two pillows
"Fuck it's so sore!" Naya says as tears stream down her eyes. "I need my wife..." Naya finishes with her eyes squeezed shut trying to work through the pain and Hearher runs to her side.
"I'm here my love, I'm right here," Heather says before grabbing the pain pill and glass of water and giving it to Naya who grabs it and places it on her tongue before Heather helps her lift her head and the glass until it's swallowed.
"Should we try to get her up?" Diana asked and Hearher shook her head.
"No, not yet. I want to give the pill a good ten minutes to kick in before I move her." Heather answers and they all nod. Hearhe leans down and places a kiss on her wife's forehead and lips. "You're okay, beautiful. I'm right here." Heather says from beside her wife as she massages her head.
"Mija?" Naya says looking around.
"She's on the patio with our parents and Chris. She thought her uncle Kurtsy left her this morning so she came out all adorable and has been asleep on the guy for the last two hours." Heather explained and Naya looked over and widened her eyes.
"Aww. Really? She thought he left?" Naya pouted and Heather nodded. Heather took out her phone and showed her wife a photo of Sophia and Chris.
"Oh, my heart!" Naya said making an adoring face at the image on the phone of her baby girl cuddled with her uncle. She then passed the phone to the girls who were awwing and cooing at the photo as well.
About ten minutes later Heather held her arms out for Naya to grab onto and she used all the strength of her stiff muscles to pull herself up when she was finally on her feet she took a deep breath. Her whole body was stiff and painfully sore. Naya is glad she took the opportunity to give him a good slap but man was she paying the price for it.
"Go slow, beautiful," Heather said earning a smile from Naya and the other girls and they kept encouraging and supporting Naya with every step.
"I'm so proud of you for fighting through all this pain. Have I ever told you how much I admire your strength?" Heather said making Naya blush. The other girls are staying close in case Naya needs help and they shouldn't be surprised that Heather is the way she is, but they wouldn't mind having that kind of thing said to them when they first wake up.
"Baby...I'm literally just walking. Something Sophia was doing before a year old. It's not that impressive." Naya says trying to minimize her progress and strength through this entire ordeal.
Heather lifts her wife's chin and looks straight into her eyes, "walking after you were crashed into...I almost los..." Heather had to stop her sentence because she couldn't bear to finish it. Heather pulls herself together before releasing her wife's hands and bringing her into her chest for a hug. "You mean everything to me. You are the bravest, strongest, most beautiful woman I've ever seen, you take my breath away every day, Naya." Heather said as she cupped the back of her wife's head and the other hand lightly tickled and scratches up her back.
"God, I love you, Heather. You're the best wife in the entire world. I don't know what I would do without you, baby." Naya replied as she kissed her wife's shoulder and the four ladies look at the two girls with smiles. They would day their 90% happy only 10% jealous.
"Come on beautiful, it's gorgeous outside! Let's go see our baby girl!" Heather said kissing her wife on the forehead, nose, and lips before they break away from their hug. Heather runs her hands down her arms before grabbing her hands and leading her outside.
The four other girls look at each other. Maybe more like 80% happy and 20% jealous...
The six girls make their way outside and the others see Heather helping Naya out while the other four follow with their cups of coffee. Heather has her arm securely around her wife and they instantly go over to where their daughter is. Naya makes the most loving face and she sees her baby girl still completely passed out in her uncle's arms. Chris moves to get up with the little girl was once he's on his feet he motions for her to take his chair since it's one of the padded ones.
"Nonsense Chris, you have Soph, she can have mine..." Susan says that Yolanda and Antonio are ready to get up but he speaks up.
"Nope, you all sit and relax. I need to stretch my legs anyway." Chris says as she adjusts the blanket and bunny and tucks it around Sophia who he's still cradled across his chest. Antonio goes to where the other guys are and joins their topic of discussion leaving only the girls.
"Chris do you want one of us to take her?" Heather asked and he shakes his head.
"No, I would love to keep her. Unless of course if one of you wants her, then by all means..." Chris said and the girls smile at him.
"She seems pretty darn content and she didn't get the best sleep so if you want her she's all yours. Thank you, Chris." Naya said as she slowly lowered herself into the chair cringing at the stiffness. Heather places a kiss on the top of her head.
"I'm going to walk in the garden work her so it's quieter for my darling," Chris said waiting for the nod of approval from both mothers before kissing her head and bringing her over to Heather and Naya so they can kiss her head too before he walks around the yard looking at all the flowers with the sleeping girl in his arms.
"That man adores that little girl..." Yolanda says and everybody nods with a smile as they watch him walk around.
"My love, can I grab you a cup of coffee?" Heather asks and Naya smirks, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.
"Baby, I asked you if you wanted a cup of coffee, not sex..." Heather says and the table chokes out a laugh.
"Heather Elizabeth Morris!" Susan laughs and Heather shrugs.
"What?! Look at that face! I'm starting to question which she likes more, sex or coffee." Heather pouts.
"Depends on the time of day, baby," Naya smirks and gives an exaggerated wink and Heather puffs a breath and stands up.
"I will not take this abuse!" Heather says before opening the patio door and walking in the house before she turns her head and sticks it through the door. "You sure didn't seem to give the coffee a last thought last Thursday morning but WHATEVER."
Naya's jaw dropped and this time it was Heather's turn to give the exaggerated wink.
"What happened last Thursday?" Vanessa asked smirking.
"Let me grab our coffee and we can have storytime!" Heather said excitedly and as she was closing the door Naya shouted back at her.
"Like hell, we will!" Naya challenges Before Heather disappears through the door. Naya huffs.
"No mother should have to listen to this shit..." Susan sighs rolling her eyes and gets up. "Yolanda, shall we take a walk in the garden?" Susan says and both of the older women stand.
"God, please!" Yolanda says just as Heather was coming back out.
"Don't you dare leave! It's sharing circle..." Heather said.
"Not unless you want to hear about how you were made too..." Susan challenges.
"You said it was a stork..." Heather pouts playfully.
"Okay, Brittany." Lea chuckles along with everyone else but Naya who playfully glares at her friend.
"Did you just call Brittany dumb, man hands?" Naya glared and that's when Susan and Yolanda high-tailed it out of there.
"Alright, Rachel and Santana. It's too early for fairy vail to be flying." Amber laughed and Heather slid over her coffee while pecking her cheek.
It was now 8:30 am and Sophia was still asleep on Chris who was sitting in the grass leaning against the large tree trunk on his phone probably catching up on emails since there wasn't much he could do.
Naya and Heather walked around the yard and they finally found him against the tree and leaned down, Naya wincing at bending.
"Is she seriously still out cold?" Heather laughs and Chris smiles and nods looking down at the little girl.
"Her eyes haven't opened the entire time. My sweet darling. I love her so much..." Chris says putting his phone down with the hand that wasn't wrapped around her and supporting her body and combing through her hair. Naya and Heather look at him with affection.
"We know how much you love her, Chris and we love you so much for it," Naya says with a smile as they kneel and look at the two of them.
"You mean so much to her, Chris," Heather said
"Alright, I'm going to cry if we keep talking about this," Chris says squeezing his eyes closed and opening them again to get rid of the tears. The girls smile before Heather nods to his phone and see he was looking up the latest news around the fashion show that's on tv tonight.
"That's what Sophia has been talking about for weeks..." Heather says and Naya looks over curiously. Heather shows her the phone of the Zara kid's fashion show and Naya rolls her eyes and nods knowingly.
"What time is that on again?" Naya asks
"Istnsvnami (it's on at seven mami)" Sophia mumbles holding up her hands lazily trying to make her fingers say seven but her brain is not awake yet. Naya and Heather giggle and look at their daughter. Chris links down as well and slowly lifts her into a more upright position as she rests her head against his chest and rubs her eyes tiredly with her fists.
"Mija do you know how long you slept on your uncle Kurtsy?" Naya smiled and Sophia shakes her head sleepily. "Four hours baby girl! You were super tired." Naya says and Sophia opens her eyes since she still hadn't done so yet. It's bright so it takes her a few attempts before they adjust to the bright light.
"When I wokted (woke)..." Sophia started and Heather interrupted
"When you woke...baby girl," Heather said and Sophia nodded
"When I woke up I thought Kurtsy was gone. I didn't see him so I went outside because morning people go out there and grandpa showed me Kurtsy and I cried and fell asleep." Sophia explains. The girls smile at their daughter and nod.
"You have a pretty special uncle and you know he wouldn't leave you, especially without telling you," Heather says and Chris nods.
"You got that right. Maybe we should start cooking up some chocolate chip pancakes...what do you say?!" Chris says and Sophia's eyes widen and she bounces a little. All they had to mention was chocolate chip waffles and she woke up.
"Oh, I just had the greatest idea!" Chris says happily and Sophia turns in anticipation as the girls watch them with smiles. "We should make a chocolate chip pancake in the shape of dresses and we can get them during the fashion show!" Chris says and Sophia wiggles out of his lap and jumps happily.
"Kurtsy! That's the bestest idea in the whole wide world! Come on! We have to go because we just got to go!" Sophia says and the three adults laugh. Heather helps Naya up from her kneeling position before holding out a hand to Chris and helping him up too. Sophia is literally skipping to the house.
"You three are the most annoying people to cook with..." Heather says to Chris, Sophia, and Vanessa who are carefully placing each chocolate chip to make their outfit pancakes. Naya giggles from her place in the island seat as she indulges in her second cup of coffee.
The girls all gather around the island with Naya while Yolanda and Susan are in charge of actually making the pancakes because grandparents just know how to do those kinds of things better than anyone.
Chord comes in earning laughs from the guys when he's reading up on how to understand women from the book Amber threw at him last night.
"How's the teasing coming bro?" Harry asked and Chord glared.
"There's a whole fucking chapter that's titled, I'm fine. Well if you're fine then why is there an entire chapter of it. I'm so damn confused!" Chord says laying his head on the book. Heather looks over with a smile and shakes her head.
"Chord, if I say, I'm fine...what does that mean?" Naya asked as she holds her coffee cup with both hands
"Then it means you are fine! Dandy!" it's pretty straightforward!" Chord whined and Naya shook her head while Heather looked over from where she was washing dishes.
"Chordy, I love you, but stop talking." Sophia sighs out making everyone snort out a laugh.
"What? Why?!" Chord says turning to his niece whos sitting on the counter peninsula
"I'm saving you, buddy. Shhh..." Sophia says and the kitchen abrupt in laughter.
"God Sophia, I'm obsessed with you!" Amber says and reaches over for a high five which she happily accepts.
Kevin picks Sophia up off the counter and sets her on the island where everyone is seated around. Sophia instinctively scoots closer to Naya and holds out her hand as she sits cross-legged on the counter. Naya smiles adoringly while placing a kiss on her hand.
"Soph, test this man about women..." Amber says pointing to Chord. She slams the book closed as Yolanda, Susan, Vanessa, and Hesther crowd around the island to listen to this. As always Vanessa's camera starts recording.
"Ask me stuff Chordy..." Sophia says still holding her mami's hand and Heather was standing behind her wife's seat rubbing up and down her arms.
"Fineeeee. So when Amber says I'm fine it means she's not actually fine?!" Chord says confused and Sophia shrugs.
"It means you probably did something wrong..." Sophia says and everyone leans in completely baffled and amused. Most have their hands over their mouths to disguise their growing smiles.
"What did I do?" Chord asks.
"When did Ambam say she was fine?" Sophia asked.
"She said it this morning after she sent a text and I responded with ok and a smiley face! I don't know what I did!" Chord said.
"Yeah, show Soph the text..." Amber said.
Chord grabbed the phone and showed Sophia who squinted.
"You both know I can't read, right?" Sophia says and everyone giggles. "Chordy she wrote a story this is super long. Why didn't you write a nice story back?" Sophia says and everyone's jaw dropped. This girl was so damn intuitive and smart.
"So you were mad because I didn't write something back as long as you wrote me?" Chord asked Amber.
Chordy, I think auntie Ambam was sad because it takes a super duper long time to write a story and you didn't. Sometimes it's nice to get a nice story. Next time auntie writes you a nice note, write a nice one back. It's easy!" Sophia shrugged. Everyone smiles and Amber high-fives the little girl.
"Alright Soph, I got another one for Ya.." chord says and Chris puts a bowl of freshly washed blueberries on the counter and Sophia pops one in her mouth.
"I've got time..." Sophia says casually. Heather and Naya look at each other completely in love with this little girl.
Why do girls go to the bathroom in groups?" Chord asks confused.
"She's probably talking about something you did wrong again..." Sophia says popping another blueberry in her mouth. Everyone looks baffled. This is so damn entertaining.
"Oh Soph, I got one!" Cory says and she twists around.
"Ok. So I said sorry to Lea for doing something wrong, right." Cory starts and Sophia nods. "But then she asked me what I was sorry for exactly..." Cory continues and Sophia nods along "but then I said I'm sorry for whatever I did to make you mad and she just walked away..." Cory groaned looking at Lea who shook her head. "I don't know what I did wrong, I apologized!"
Sophia huffs. "You guys know I'm only this many right?" Sophia says holding up four fingers. Yes, she's only three but she will be four in a few days so let the child be four if she wants since she's basically teaching these grown-ass men about life.
"Mami and momma always make me say sorry and say what I did wrong. That way I know that I'm super sorry for and I don't do it again because it was naughty." Sophia says. Heather and Naya have the biggest proud smiles because this is their child! This precious little girl is all theirs.
"Yeah okay, I guess that makes sense," Cory said.
"Grown-ups are weird." Sophia sighed before looking at the group including her grandparents all looking adoringly at her. "Does anybody care about my super important problems?!" Sophia whined. Everyone looked at her, especially her family, hoping it wasn't anything serious.
"Of course not baby, you've been super helpful for your uncles. What's your problem baby?" Naya urged and Sophia folded her hands and tucked them into her lap.
"I really love being human but some days I really wish I could be a fairy..." Sophia sighed. Everyone was quiet with smiles waiting for the rest but she stopped and that seemed like the end of her thought.
"Is that it?" Chord asked.
"That's a big problem!" Sophia defends making everyone smile. "Kurtsy is the fashion show almost on? These people are hurting my brains!" Sophia whines. Chris shakes his head and he grabs her off the counter and sets her down.
"Come on Soph, we need to meditate," Chris says as he goes to his suitcase in the living room. "Soph, did you pack your sleep mask?" Chris asks and she frowns and shakes her head. They left way too fast night to remember stuff like that.
"No," Sophia says sadly. Chris frowns but pulls a patching lavender one in her size out of his bag and she smiles. "Thanks, uncle Kurtsy!" Sophia says and puts it on her head like a headband making him giggle so he does the same. "Oh, Kurtsy we need our labander (lavender) oil!" Sophia says and he smiles and taps his temple letting her know that was good thinking. He goes into this bag and pulls out the rollerball of lavender oil.
"Alright. Now let's get us some lemonade!" Chris says and she squeals following him back into the kitchen where the guys are still asking the girls questions about how women work. The older adults are finding this completely amusing and entertaining, this young crowd was so fun to be around. They definitely didn't need a tv.
Chris pours them both a cup of lemonade before he hands one to her and they make their way outside. Chris walks over to Heather and Naya and whispers
"We will be over by the shade under the tree where the roses are," Chris says and they both smile and nod so thankful after last night that he is being respectful of their overprotectiveness and letting them know exactly where they'll be. Chris goes out the door and holds it open for Sophia who walks out onto the patio before turning she sticking her head back through...
"Chordy! Cory!" Sophia yells getting the attention of everyone in the kitchen.
"Yeah?" both men say in unison as they turn to see what she wants.
"Flowers. That's all I'm gonna say..." Sophia says before walking away and Chris yells...
"What she said!" Chris says before closing the sliding door and walking hand in hand with his niece. The room bursts out laughing because Sophia just owned that entire conversation.
Sophia picks a spot by the tree while Chris grabs two plush cushions off the lounge furniture around the campfire. He walks back with them and lays them out in the grass next to each other. They both smile and sit on the cushion. Sophia knows the drill and lifts her thick black hair so her uncle can use the rollerball and apply the lavender oil behind her ears, neck, and temples. Sophia sighs as she breathes in the smell and takes a sip of her lemonade and licks her lips.
"That's super yummy!" Sophia says and Chris nods in agreement after taking a sip.
"Delicious. Are you excited for tonight?!" Chris said happily with a little bounce and Sophia gave him a huge smile.
"So excited! I've been telling mami and momma for sooooo many days!" Sophia said and clapped. Chris smiled before getting out his meditation app that played white noise.
"Beach, mountains, or rain this time Soph?" Chris asked and Sophia hummed and tapped her chin.
"Let's go to the beach, Kurtsy," Sophia replied and he nodded before turning it to an acceptable volume and putting his phone on airplane mode to sound off any calls or text alerts for their meditation.
"Give me a hug my darling," Chris said and Sophia smiled and hugged him. "I love you," Chris said while she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I love you too uncle Kurtsy. So super duper much!" Sophia says before they lay down next to each other and put their masks over their eyes as the sound of birds, crashing waves, and rusting of palm trees fill their senses. Chris lifts his mask to find her hand and he holds it mainly so he knows she's still there. Sophia instantly tightens her grip and he smiles before lowering his mask and relaxing.
Chris and Sophia were still basking in the glow of the sun as they inhaled the scent of lavender under the open shade of the large olive tree that overtook the corner of the backyard.
The two hear shuffling and lift their masks to see everyone standing around them smiling and giggling.
Jeez, it's about time you two woke up! Goodness, gracious! You've been in your zen corner for nearly forty minutes!" Lea said and they all smiled.
"Kurtsy...now is it time for the fashion show?" Sophia asks and Chris shakes his head. It's only around noon my darling. We need to kill some time. Ideas anyone?"
"How about a game of football?" Cory said and the boys nodded and the girls groaned.
"Oh come on! It doesn't have to be an actual game obviously. Let's just teach the kid with the lavender sleep mask how to throw a ball." Chord said and Heather wants to smack him for talking like that to her baby girl. She's not one of the guys. They cant forget she's a baby.
Sophia takes off her sleep mask and dusts off the nonexistent dirt off her clothes before walking up to Chord and curling her finger so he will come down to her level.
"Watch and learn Trouty..." Sophia says before walking away. Heather and Naya's eyes widened with their jaws dropped. She wanted to smack Chord but Sophia handed the playful smack talk right back to him.
"Hold up! We are not playing football in my backyard, let's go to the park." Lea said and Sophia clapped and cheered before searching for her aunt
"Kiki!" Sophia yelled and she saw Nickayla talking to Diana and Amber and they all made their way over.
"What's up?" Nickayla asks and Sophia smirks.
"Can we meet James and he can play ball with us? I wanna see if I can beat him too!" Sophia asked. Heather and Naya smirked because Nickayla isn't sure he's the one yet, she's been a little unlucky in the love department so having her boyfriend come to a football game to meet her family and friends for the first time didn't exactly seem like the most comfortable situation. However, if he were to ever be a member of this dysfunctional group in the future, she might as well prepare him. Plus it will get Heather, Naya, Ashley, Mychal, Sophia, and most of all her parents off her back about meeting him. They always tease her that they don't think he exists because it's been six months and they still haven't seen or met the guy.
"Kiki, please?" Sophia points, and Nickayla groans pulling out her phone. "Yay!" Sophia cheers and they all go inside to change since most of them were still lounging in their pajamas.
An hour later the entire crew was at the park. The girls had packed a picnic lunch and the ones who were playing football were warming up.
Naya, Diana, Amber, and Jenna were on the huge outdoor blanket along with Yolanda and Susan watching them all warm-up. Naya was a nervous fucking wreck and warned every single one of them that if they throw that ball or hurt her baby girl she will destroy them.
They see Nickayla leave the area where the group of players were and walk over to greet a brunette boy with extremely shaggy wild hair. He looked like the ultimate surfer boy. Those kinds of guys can be a little iffy but Naya wants to give him the benefit of the doubt. He could be extremely nice and just need a haircut.
Naya stared at James, this guy she's been waiting to meet for nearly six months. Nickayla was always such a pain in the ass at introducing anyone that she was with. She claimed Naya was embarrassing and worse than dad at scaring everyone away. This kid was pretty average height and had some good arm muscles so you could tell he was a swimmer.
The football crew came over towards the girls and Chris on the blanket noticing that it must be James who was near them. Everyone introduces themselves and he does as well. They have to admit, he seems very nice, extremely shy, but respectful nonetheless.
"Are are my auntie Kiki's boyfriend," Sophia asks curiously while looking up at the guy. The poor kid seemed like a nervous wreck. This was a lot of new people at once so you can't blame the guy.
"I am..." James nervously replied to the little girl who was holding onto Andrew and Antonio's hand as they swing her back and forth.
"I'm glad to finally meet you, kid. We've been hearing so much about you for so long but it's nice to put a face to the name." Mychal says making Nickayla throw her head back and groan in embarrassment. Mychal shakes his hand kindly.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. Big groups tend to freak me out so I've been avoiding it for a while but I know her family isn't getting any smaller and she loves all of you guys so I figured I better do this now or never." James replied.
"So for six months, you didn't want to meet my fabulous self?" Naya smirked clearly joking with the kid but Nickayla sends over a glare anyway.
"Oh no, not at all! That's not what I meant, it's just that Nick and I are at that point in our relationship where it's kinda weird if we haven't met each other's families. It's been half a year and I've heard so many things but haven't met you so..." James rambled nervously. Heather felt bad for the kid.
"Do you play football because my uncle Mickey does! He throws the ball and tackles people! It's so funny!" Sophia says looking up from the grass she was kicking and up at the new boy standing next to them.
"I don't play professionally that's for sure. I'm not that good. The last time I played was high school." James replied looking even more nervous. Of course to add to his already anxious demeanor, let's throw in playing casual football with an actual NFL player...
"You might get super good! Maybe Mickey can teach you and you can play on his team!" Sophia told the new boy and everyone smiled at how simple she thought it was. Bless her heart.
"Baby girl, it's a little harder to get into the NFL than that. Mickey had to work super hard." Heather explains making Sophia shrug.
"Alright, let's get this show on the road!" Heather said as she walked back to the hat that was laying in the grass so they could draw teams. The only rules for the teams were that Heather was with Sophia and James was with Nickayla, everyone else was free for all. Heather reminding everyone this isn't the NFL and it is just for fun so keep it chill especially with Sophia playing as well. The teams were drawn and they all divided and stepped onto opposing sides of the hat they were drawing from.
Team Blue: Andrew, Chord, Kevin, Nickayla, Harry, and James.
Team Red: Antonio, Cory, Ashley, Mychal, Heather, and Sophia.
"Come here, my little love!" Heather called sweetly and proudly as Naya kissed her dark hair and patted her butt as she slid off of her mami's lap and ran to her Momma who was standing on the field with all the people playing the game.
"Sophia's playing?! James said nervously scared if he accidentally ran into this child she would get seriously hurt. She weighed next to nothing and they terrified him. Everyone looked at him and Heather appreciated his concern for her daughter.
"That kid can hold her own! Don't underestimate that one. Seriously. She's a little snake Snixx in the making. If you don't get her she will get you."Nickayla threatened quietly but playfully in his ear. James looked at her with so much uncertainty and hesitation.
"But she's so fucking tiny, Nick!" James sighed once again.
Nickayla raised an accusing finger in his face. "What did I just tell you!" Nickayla scolded as Vanessa walked by.
"I guess we know who wears the pants in this relationship..." Vanessa says nonchalantly as she breezes past the couple. Nickayla playfully pushes her away by her shoulder.
Heather was explaining the modified rules to Sophia who was completely thrilled to be able to play with all the big people. She always saw the boys throwing the ball around at holidays or get-togethers, or watching it on tv but never got the chance to play until now. Mostly because of her overprotective mothers. Naya would have a heart attack at the mere thought of her baby getting hurt while Heather actually would break someone in half for doing anything to her child whether on accident or not. For the sake of the little girl though, Heather simplified the rules significantly. Sophia nodded fiercely as she was getting into game mode. Naya and four other women on the blanket giggled as they pointed and watched Sophia copy Vanessa's warm-up stretches.
They did a couple of practice plays just so everyone could get a feel of how Sophia was going to play and how to navigate on the field with this tiny person. They all soon discovered that Sophia was not joking around and running and ducking as fast as she could. Mychal looked proud as hell.
"I'm so super fast! Come on you snails!" Sophia spat and they all looked at each other hearing her trash talk. Naya, Chris, and the girls sat on the blanket snorting a laugh at this four-year-old reaching the makeshift endzone. Mychal rushes over and they do the Naya dance since it's Sophia's favorite.
The grandparents, Chris, and the women were laughing hysterically at this mini version of Naya and her 350lb brother shuffling around and shaking their arm recreating the famous dance move.
They began the game and Sophia was running around with the oversized ball that barely fit in her tiny arms. Mychal would give her pointers on how to hold the ball as needed and everybody would let him. Nobody was taking this too seriously but Mychal was thrilled and proud to teach his niece everything he knows.
Nickayla kept on encouraging James to grab the ball from her and get an easy touchdown but James kept looking at his girlfriend like she was the one that lost her mind. What was he supposed to do? Tackle a four-year-old in front of her grandparents, and mothers? James didn't want to die today and he was fairly certain that would be digging his own grave.
James was way too caught up in his thoughts wine zapped his mind back into the game but not soon enough because Sophia had slipped by him and arrived in the end zone. The audience on the picnic blanket started going crazy and Sophia slammed the ball against the grass and did the Naya dance making everyone bust out laughing. Susan was recording Sophia on the field while Yolanda was recording everyone's reactions. Later they would be able to edit them side by side and create one video. Vanessa would be able to help with that being the wizz she is at that kind of thing.
Nickayla snuck up behind the shaggy-haired boy and hit him upside the back of the head. "Ow! Fuck." James whined as some of the grownups looked on in amusement.
"What did I say?! Do you want to lose this game?!" Nickayla asked throwing her hands up in the air. James looked on with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay, one, I wasn't aware this was a technical game considering only of our teammates cant even spell football yet," James said as Sophia walked by casually.
"Heard that!" Sophia yelled but continued to walk. Even Nickayla almost cracked and ruined her stoic badass attitude.
"Weren't you some star football player all your life?!" Nickayla accuses and he nods with a sigh.
"Babe that was In high school..." James says as he looks over and sees Harry showing Sophia the seemingly hard choreography of the Naya dance as the ladies and Chris watch from the sidelines nearly choking with laughter.
"But she's so fucking tiny!..." James defended himself rubbing the spot on the back of his head where Nickayla had just smacked him.
"Does it look like I care buddy?!" Nickayla let out. She pointed at Sophia in Heather's protective arms, being praised for her enormous efforts and all the points she had scored thus far. "If you don't get your shit together and start playing this game I'm withholding sex for a month," Nickayla threatened with narrowing eyes as his eyes in contrast went extremely wide.
"Hell no!" James yelled catching a few people's attention before he turned back to his girlfriend and pouted pathetically. I swear if you want a man to cry just threaten to take away their sexy times. Jesus. "Not my sexy times..." James finished causing Nickayla to roll her eyes.
"Get us some damn points or no sexy times for you," Nickayla said harshly leaving no room for argument.
During the next play, the little black-haired spitfire was sprinting in James' direction and he had no idea what to fucking do! His sexy times were hanging in the balance...
As Sophia was reaching the danger zone, each passing second felt excruciatingly painful. Sophia looked extremely determined, undeniably confident, and delighted by her faultless performance. Of course, the constant praise and cheers from the sidelines kept her motivation up.
James' eyes peeked at his girlfriend who was discreetly pointing at her boobs and then wagging her finger at him. The message couldn't be more blatantly obvious. James was officially screwed either way but losing sexy time was not an option, he was a guy after all...he had no other option than to catch the little girl.
Instantly regretting this, he started running after Sophia as she made her way toward the end zone. He got close enough and grabbed the ball and cradled it in his grasp before running in the opposite direction into the end zone.
"WooHoo!" Nickayla cheered loudly as her voice sounded through the field when James finally made himself useful and scored a fucking point.
James was distracted in the end zone in his own little world thinking about his possible rewards. This guy clearly hadn't played a real game of football in a long time if he was this proud of being able to chase down a toddler and score a point.
James was completely oblivious to the little girl running back to him with a determined Snixx scowl on her face. Of course, it took her a little longer to get over there since her legs were smaller, but to say Sophia was furious would be the understatement of the year.
This poodle boy had stolen HER ball! I mean, in all fairness, with the number of points she's racked up it might just as well be hers.
Everyone was watching in amusement as this little girl placed her hands on her hips and glared up at James looking exactly like Naya as she ignored her small stature and squared up to this guy. Naya was watching intently, her heart still beating rapidly at the idea of her daughter getting hurt. Her mami heart would never be ready for that. Meanwhile, everyone's eyes and ears were on the pair in the end zone.
The little girl thought back to what her mami and momma had always taught her about standing up for herself. Without a second thought, she threw her closed fist straight forward. Unfortunately, the height at which she hit was the only place she could reach side from his legs and it just happened to be his...
Sophia used all the strength her tiny body encompassed, which was just enough to knock the shit out of James' manhood. James was taken completely by surprise, before groaning in misery. The shaggy-haired boy fell to the green grass and protectively cupped his hand over his broken nuts.
"That was MY ball!" Sophia chastised the damaged man who was on the ground in the fetal position.
On the other side of the field on the picnic blanket, complete hysteria had settled in amongst everyone. Heather was laughing so hard that she couldn't stand up straight anymore and sank to her knees and covered her face.
Naya was laughing so hard that she had to hold her stomach tightly but it was still in pain. The problem was she couldn't stop laughing. Jenna was leaning against Naya's shoulder in tears from watching her niece punch the shit out of James. Chris looked proud as hell but still internally cringed at the pain only a guy can understand.
Amber was wheezing as she couldn't catch her breath. Yolanda and Susan were about to piss themselves while Antonio, Andrew, and Mychal were exchanging proud hugs... their fierce genes had a damn good legacy, without a shadow of a doubt. This girl could show up any of these guys.
Nickayla shook her head trying to keep the smirk off her face but also need to help her man who was dying on the ground of the local park. This day had been amazing, they didn't need anyone passing away.
"Ugh damn..." James wept while squeezing his eyes together and cupping what's left of his manhood.
"Grandpa, why is James talking all high and squeaky? He sounds like a mouse." Sophia looked up at Andrew who tried his damn hardest not to crack under the pressure to laugh out loud.
Heather ran over despite her insane laughter shaking through her body, her legs were barely working and felt like cooked spaghetti noodles "Baby, we don't hit, okay little love," Heather breathed trying to compose herself but heavy laughter and small tears were damaging any authority she was trying to possess.
"But momma he stole MY ball! My hands were holding it and he took it!" Sophia defended herself.
"I'm numb. I see the light!" James grumbled between his gritted teeth, almost rolling around on the grass.
"Mami I think James is on fire! Why is he rolling around in the grass, abuelo?" Sophia said looking up at Antonio confused at the boy's behavior and at that point, everyone needed a prescription for a good inhaler...
"He didn't steal it, baby, trying to catch the ball is part of how you get points and win the game. If James has it, you can steal it too. That's how you play football, baby girl. I told you he'd try to take it!" Heather breathed as she tried to explain how the game worked; she was turning her head to her short-sleeved shirt to wipe her tears.
Everyone gathered on the sidelines except for Nickayla who was kneeling next to James, or at least what's left of him. Meanwhile, everyone was still dying with uncontrollable laughter over by the picnic blanket.
"Snixx 2.0 came out to play, girl!" Amber laughed trying to catch her breath. Naya looked insanely proud with a smirk stretching across her face.
"Don't look that proud Mija!" Yolanda laughed as she wipes her tears and shook her head.
"My still three-year-old completely destroyed a boy that's five feet taller than she is. Hell yes, I'm proud! She takes no shit." Naya says using her index finger to catch a few falling tears.
"God I love that child." Vanessa laughed making Naya look over and smile at her friend before she turns her attention back to her girls in the field.
"But... but...Mickey" Sophia looked at every face on the sidelines, panicked that she may have done something really wrong. She didn't understand the game completely, in her defense she was only three, almost four. "But Mickey... I'm supposed to get the ball all the way to there!" Sophia pouted whole pointing to the end zone across the field. Sophia frowned while turning back to her uncle to continue proving her point. "and he stole my ball before I could get it there!" she pleaded with puppy eyes, nearly crying from being so upset. Heather and everyone could see her misguided logic. Naya wanted to run out the second she saw her daughter's tears but knew Heather and Mychal had this taken care of.
Sophia's honesty was so heartbreaking that Heather's laughter slowed down only enough to be able to kneel to her daughter's height and try to explain it as best as she could. Heather glanced back at Naya who was wiping her tears as were a large majority of the family and friends. Heather smiled and shook her head slightly when she saw that both of their mothers were filming with their phones. Heather was internally dying to watch this back later... Like 500 times because this would be one hell of a great memory.
Heather tucked a piece of hair that framed her daughter's face behind her ear before speaking once again. Her little aqua eyes melted her heart every time. Heather and Mychal were both crouched in front of her and explained how the game worked what was allowed and what wasn't.
"But it's not fair!" Sophia mumbles while shaking her head. Heather kissed her forehead as Mychal patted her back.
"I know honey, imagine how mad I get when somebody steals my ball and there are all those people watching..." Mychal says and Sophia looks at him remembering how many people she sees watching his games on the big tv.
In the meantime, James was gradually and with great caution trying to stand back on his shaky feet with Nickayla's helpful assistance. Heather and Naya did feel horrible for the guy. Heather walked over and rubbed his shoulder. "I'm so sorry James. Sophia, come here, baby." Heather asked. Sophia walked over, a scowl still present but after a talk with Mychal, she was starting to feel better.
"Please apologize to James, little love. You really hurt him." Heather urged and Sophia signed
"I'm sorry I hurt you James but..." Sophia started and Heather halted her immediately.
"Sophia, what word do we never say when we apologize?" Heather asked and Sophia looked down.
"But," Sophia answered and Heather nodded,
"Right. That world erases the apology like you didn't really mean it. Like water erases your chalk, it makes it like it never happened. If you hurt somebody, you need to apologize to them and mean it." Heather said and Sophia nodded in understanding.
"I'm sorry James for hitting you. That was super naughty." Sophia said looking at her momma who nodded.
"Good girl. See apologies don't include any excuses for bad things that we do." Heather said kissing her daughter's cheek.
Nickayla smiles at her niece before she turns to her boyfriend. "You alright?" she asked.
"What if I get testicular cancer? Will you still love me?" James asked still squinting as spasms of pain shoot through his groin while walking to the sidelines like a penguin with a broken foot.
"Momma, what's a tesipular (testicular) cancer?" Sophia asked innocently looking up at her momma. Everyone was staring in amusement. Funniest shit that's ever happened to them.
Heather stopped in her tracks and looked down at the girl who was waiting for an explanation. Heather wanted to kiss that face, all innocent and naughty at the same time. Sophia couldn't have been more like Naya at that moment if she tried.
"Is it like one of those space sign thingys? Because I'm a Reese's pieces!" Sophia blurted with a big smile as they approached the picnic blanket.
"Pisces, sweetie. You're a Pisces," Heather corrected her daughter. Heather and Naya were on the verge of crying.
"But Chordy said I'm a Reese's pieces!" Sophia said angrily with her hands landing on her hips and her best Snixx mami impression on her face.
Chord looked up trying to avoid this conversation since the topic came up. Amber along with the rest of the group looked at him trying not to laugh as did everyone else.
"Chordy!" Sophia scolded and yelled before James looked up from where he was standing near the group with Nickayla's arm around him. James looks at Chord.
"Save yourself, buddy..." James says and Chord looks up with wide eyes before taking off running towards the field and Sophia right behind him
"Get back here!" Sophia shouted and that's when everyone literally fell to the ground laughing. Susan was Yolanda could barely record this shit anymore because their hands and body were shaking with laughter.
"Oh my God Naya!" Diana laughed out loud clutching her heart as she gasped for breath. Naya was in so much damn pain from her ribs but couldn't stop shaking with laughter as Heather sat behind her and they watched Sophia chase after Chord.
This was the best thing they'd ever seen in their life. Hands down.
It had been a couple of hours since the hilarious disaster of a football game, James had recovered after a couple of Advil and an ice pack. Poor guy.
Chord survived but barely. He finally caught Sophia and tickled her upside down before begging for forgiveness. Everyone said she could still be a Reese's pieces so she was happy. Chord carried her on his shoulders and the entire way home she thought she was a giant and Chord was her unicorn with pink glitter hair. Chord just lost his manhood in a different way than James. Meanwhile, Naya was probably in just as much pain as James from laughing so damn hard for twenty minutes straight so Heather carried her bridal style across the street back to Lea's house. Everyone continuously makes whipped noises to both Chord and Heather.
By 6:45 pm they were all settled around the beds and Chris had his laptop out since their fashion show was streaming online. The two started gathering pillows and blankets on the floor in front of the electric fireplace and set up their area away from everyone else so they could watch in peace.
Chris already had the notes section of his phone out to make notes of the pieces they would be purchasing. Everyone on the beds looked at those two and couldn't help but smile because these two were looking forward to this for weeks.
"Kurtsy! Only five minutes!" Sophia squealed. Heather and Naya shook their heads with a smile. Naya had taken a pain pill as soon as they got back from the park and she was now relaxed and laying against her wife. Heather placed a hand over her bandage to provide it with some stabilization which allowed Naya to take some much-needed deep breaths since most of her breaths had to be so shallow or else her ribs would be in excruciating pain. It felt good to get some oxygen in her lungs.
By 6:58 pm they had the computer screen up and waiting for the live stream to begin for the Zara Kids 2019 Fashion Show. Both were laying on their stomachs with their hands propping up their chins they were covered with an oversized blanket and their elbows were resting on fluffy pillows. Both were squealing like little girls. Well, one had an excuse, she was a little girl. Chris on the other hand...
"Can we get you anything else queens...?" Diana asked passing by the two where she had come to refill her water from the kitchen.
"If you want to DeDe," Sophia said and the group laughed. Of course, Diana meant it sarcastically but those two divas were actually looking around to see if there was anything they needed. Diana rolled her eyes and sat down before they thought of something.
"One minute Soph!" Chris squealed and so did Sophia. "Nobody make a sound!" Chris said dramatically.
"Can we breath?" Ashley asked while raising her eyebrow and looking at the two like they were lunatics.
"Quietly..." Sophia replied earning snorts of laughter from the group.
Susan came over with a bowl of mixed berries and Yolanda handed them both lemon water. Heather and Naya shook their heads with disbelieving grins.
"Oh, wow, thank you, ladies!" Chris said adoringly and the moms winked lovingly at the pair before going back to their seats at the dining room table.
"Thanks, abuela! Thanks, grandma!" Sophia said loudly before the screen went black and the introduction to the show started. They both let out loud shrieks making everyone on the bed startle and place a hand over their hearts.
"Christ! Who's killing hyenas?!" Ashley yelled trying to catch her breath and both Chris and Sophia glared at her.
"Shhhhhh!!!" Chris and Sophia both say in unison with fingers over their mouths. Ashley looks over at them.
"You've got to be kidding...you two were just...Never mind you know what. I don't have time to argue." Ashley says throwing her hands up in the hair and grabbing her phone. The best of the bed is covering their mouths trying not to laugh. Naya had her face tucked into her wife's chest giggling. She really couldn't afford to laugh anymore tonight. Her poor chest was killing her.
"Kurtsy! Look at that one!" Sophia said as she watched little kids walking out on the fancy runway modeling all the clothes.
"Stunning! Oh, that vegan fur is to die for!" Chris replied as everyone shook their heads.
"Write that down Kurtsy!" Sophia said but Chris had already done it.
"Already written darling," Chris said pointing at one of the little models. "Shut the front door! Soph those glitter boots. NEED!" Chris said end Sophia smiled while squealing and pointing.
"Kurtsy I have a headband that matches!" Sophia said at the same time that Chris said...
"Soph you have a headband like that!" Chris said and they both looked at each other...
"Write that down..." Sophia said at the exact same time Chris said...
"I'm writing that down!" Chris spoke and they looked at each other again before Sophia leaned her forehead down and Chris knew right away by placing a kiss on it and they instantly went back to watching. For the next half hour, they continuously pointed and awed at every other thing they saw. Everyone just watching in amusement.
Once the show ended they went from watching to shopping before everything sold out on the site.
"Chris stop buying stuff her!" Heather whined hating the thought of her friends spending money on them, especially when they could just as easily pay themselves.
"I don't try to steal your joy..." Chris said looking like a kicked puppy. Heather, Naya, and the rest look on in disbelief at how well he played that just as Sophia leans in and stage whispers something to Chris, funnily enough, is loud enough for everyone I'm hearing.
"Would it help if I pouted too, uncle Kurtsy?" Sophia stage whispers and Naya hides her face in Heather's chest while the others hold a hand over her mouth. Sophia tilts her head quickly and puffs out her bottom lip.
"Seriously!" Heather groaned leaning her head back to look at the ceiling.
"Well, I already checked our five minutes ago so it wouldn't have mattered what you said anyway." Chris shrugged and Sophia squeezed the life out of him. Heather shook her head. She was such a damn pushover... She really needed to work on that.