Eli: Here's the next bit. Hope you all enjoy!
"Duck," Nicky stated slowly as he went around the circle. "Duck, duck," He got to Bethany and smacked her head really hard before running. "Goose!"
Bethany jumped up and went after him. He sat down in her seat, but Bethany didn't stop. She was about to choke him when Gabe grabbed the back of her shirt.
"Down, La Femme Nottingham, down!" She turned around and protested.
"But Uncle Gabriel! Nicky hit me!" She complained.
"That still doesn't give you the right to go out for his blood. Nicky, don't hit Beth, or else I'll let her get you next time." He said warningly to both of them. Beth pouted at not getting revenge. Gabriel patted her shoulder. "Don't be upset. You know he only does it cause he knows you can kick his butt, right?"
Teresa, Jamie, Chris, Bethany, and Gracie all laughed. Bethany smirked and looked at Nicky. "Yeah, I know."
Bethany took her turn going around and the game continued. Gabriel prided himself in being the one ALL the kids listened to. Probably cause he was much younger than their parents. And because he knew all the dirt in their parents.
After a while, Jamie strayed from the group and stared at the old fasioned guns on the shelves. Gabriel noticed and shook his head. 'Just like his mom.' "Hey, Jamie. Gonna ask your mom and dad for one of those?" He joked, knowing there was no way in hell they would actually give him one.
"Maybe." He mumbled, gazing at an old cowboy pistol. Bethany looked over and smirked.
"I know why he's looking at the guns! Jamie wants to be a homicide detective, just like Mommy!" She called over to them.
Chris and Nicky laughed. "Mama's boy, Mama's boy!" Bethany hit them both in the back of the head.
"So what? My Mommy is cool!" Bethany announced. Teresa and Gracie laughed at Nicky and Chris, who were rubbing the back of their heads.
"Jamie, you really want to be a cop?" He nodded.
Gracie jumped up and down from where she stood. "I wanna be a fosensics scientist!"
"Forensics, Grace, forensics." Gabriel corrected. Gracie thought for a second and then nodded.
"Yeah, that." Nicky and Chris smirked at her.
"Well, we want to be weapon designers!" They announced cheerfully. Teresa stuck her tongue out at them.
"Good luck! I know what I want to be. I want to be a computer hacker!" She shouted. Gabriel looked at her and shook his head.
"Teresa." Gabriel said warningly. She hung her head. "Or maybe a model."
Nicky laughed out loud. "You? A model?" Teresa looked down, ashamed. Bethany put her arm around her and threw Jolly Ranger at his head. Chris looked at Gabriel who only shook his head at him.
"So, La Femme Nottingham, what do you want to be?" Bethany looked down and din't say anything. "Beth, is something wrong?" Bethany shook her head no. She slowly walked over to Gabriel and pulled on his sleeve so that he would kneel. She whispered something into his ear.
"An ASSASSIN?!?" Gabriel said outloud before he could stop herself. Bethany sighed and nodded. Gabriel winced at her. She looked up at him innocently.
"What?"
"Uh," He hated to be the one to break it to her. "Beth, I don't think your Mommy and Daddy will let you be an assassin."
"Why not?" Bethany asked, her eyes filled with disapponitment. Gabe sighed. He was a sucker for that look. As he was for Teresa's.
"Because........ It's not what they would want for you." He said quickly, trying to move onto another subject.
"Oh, how about a hit woman?" She asked hopefully. He shook his head. "A mercinary?" He shook his head again. She sat down on the floor, very depressed. "Ah man, this sucks!"
"Bethany, you should be able to find something else beside an assassin." He told her.
"I know, but it's not fair! My Daddy is an assassin!" She shut her mouth and bite her lip. Gabriel turned to look at her.
"What did you say?" He asked suspicously. She shifted a little on the floor and shrugged her shoulders nervously.
"I'm just saying how my Daddy USE to be an assassin." She said quietly.
"Are you sure? Because I swear I heard you say......."
"I'm sure." She said, cutting him off. She got up and went to the bathroom before he could interrogate her any further. Jamie stopped staring at them and sighed. 'That was a close one. Stupid Beth. She knows better than to say something like that.'
The rest of the day was spent arguing over what was cooler: A homicide cop or a weapon designer.
Coming Attraction:
The Party
"Duck," Nicky stated slowly as he went around the circle. "Duck, duck," He got to Bethany and smacked her head really hard before running. "Goose!"
Bethany jumped up and went after him. He sat down in her seat, but Bethany didn't stop. She was about to choke him when Gabe grabbed the back of her shirt.
"Down, La Femme Nottingham, down!" She turned around and protested.
"But Uncle Gabriel! Nicky hit me!" She complained.
"That still doesn't give you the right to go out for his blood. Nicky, don't hit Beth, or else I'll let her get you next time." He said warningly to both of them. Beth pouted at not getting revenge. Gabriel patted her shoulder. "Don't be upset. You know he only does it cause he knows you can kick his butt, right?"
Teresa, Jamie, Chris, Bethany, and Gracie all laughed. Bethany smirked and looked at Nicky. "Yeah, I know."
Bethany took her turn going around and the game continued. Gabriel prided himself in being the one ALL the kids listened to. Probably cause he was much younger than their parents. And because he knew all the dirt in their parents.
After a while, Jamie strayed from the group and stared at the old fasioned guns on the shelves. Gabriel noticed and shook his head. 'Just like his mom.' "Hey, Jamie. Gonna ask your mom and dad for one of those?" He joked, knowing there was no way in hell they would actually give him one.
"Maybe." He mumbled, gazing at an old cowboy pistol. Bethany looked over and smirked.
"I know why he's looking at the guns! Jamie wants to be a homicide detective, just like Mommy!" She called over to them.
Chris and Nicky laughed. "Mama's boy, Mama's boy!" Bethany hit them both in the back of the head.
"So what? My Mommy is cool!" Bethany announced. Teresa and Gracie laughed at Nicky and Chris, who were rubbing the back of their heads.
"Jamie, you really want to be a cop?" He nodded.
Gracie jumped up and down from where she stood. "I wanna be a fosensics scientist!"
"Forensics, Grace, forensics." Gabriel corrected. Gracie thought for a second and then nodded.
"Yeah, that." Nicky and Chris smirked at her.
"Well, we want to be weapon designers!" They announced cheerfully. Teresa stuck her tongue out at them.
"Good luck! I know what I want to be. I want to be a computer hacker!" She shouted. Gabriel looked at her and shook his head.
"Teresa." Gabriel said warningly. She hung her head. "Or maybe a model."
Nicky laughed out loud. "You? A model?" Teresa looked down, ashamed. Bethany put her arm around her and threw Jolly Ranger at his head. Chris looked at Gabriel who only shook his head at him.
"So, La Femme Nottingham, what do you want to be?" Bethany looked down and din't say anything. "Beth, is something wrong?" Bethany shook her head no. She slowly walked over to Gabriel and pulled on his sleeve so that he would kneel. She whispered something into his ear.
"An ASSASSIN?!?" Gabriel said outloud before he could stop herself. Bethany sighed and nodded. Gabriel winced at her. She looked up at him innocently.
"What?"
"Uh," He hated to be the one to break it to her. "Beth, I don't think your Mommy and Daddy will let you be an assassin."
"Why not?" Bethany asked, her eyes filled with disapponitment. Gabe sighed. He was a sucker for that look. As he was for Teresa's.
"Because........ It's not what they would want for you." He said quickly, trying to move onto another subject.
"Oh, how about a hit woman?" She asked hopefully. He shook his head. "A mercinary?" He shook his head again. She sat down on the floor, very depressed. "Ah man, this sucks!"
"Bethany, you should be able to find something else beside an assassin." He told her.
"I know, but it's not fair! My Daddy is an assassin!" She shut her mouth and bite her lip. Gabriel turned to look at her.
"What did you say?" He asked suspicously. She shifted a little on the floor and shrugged her shoulders nervously.
"I'm just saying how my Daddy USE to be an assassin." She said quietly.
"Are you sure? Because I swear I heard you say......."
"I'm sure." She said, cutting him off. She got up and went to the bathroom before he could interrogate her any further. Jamie stopped staring at them and sighed. 'That was a close one. Stupid Beth. She knows better than to say something like that.'
The rest of the day was spent arguing over what was cooler: A homicide cop or a weapon designer.
Coming Attraction:
The Party