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Chapter Nine

*Wake Up San Francisco Meetings*

"Nicky! You have to talk to me!" Alex said, exasperated. Nicky hadn't talked to him in the two days since the fight at school. What was even worse was that Nicky wouldn't talk to their mom either. Nicky suddenly whirled around, looking angry.

"Fine, you want me to talk to you?" Nicky asked, before Alex could answer Nicky continued, "You're my brother. My twin. And yet, you decided it would be funny to tell your friends how stupid I am? Look, I may not be a genius like you, but I do know one thing that I'm sure you haven't given much thought too. Those friends of yours would drop you in a minute if you suddenly became less smart. Oh, and genius, let me tell you one more thing, before you go and tell your friends how stupid your brother is again, remember your brother has some pretty good stories on you that he wouldn't mind sharing, with the whole school."

"So, what, your friends are so much better?" Alex sneered, feeling guilty, "If you couldn't play football or if you played any other instrument in the band they wouldn't hang out with you. Come on, you know the only reason you chose to play the drums was to stay cool."

"Three of my friends didn't laugh at me when Lenny was bullying me," Nicky said quietly, then continued, "Besides, I chose the drums because I was good at them, and I can't even do that without you being better than me with the stupid clarinet."

Nicky then walked off, Alex calling after him, "I think it would've been better if you wouldn't have talked to me at all."

***

"Becky, Danny, come over here," the producer of Wake Up San Francisco, Alex Sayner, called them over. The two walked over and saw Alex talking with another guy in a t-shirt and jeans, who looked very relaxed and at home.

"Becky, Danny, this is my son, Kyle Sayner, he's our substitute camera man while George is away for the next couple of weeks," Alex introduced the three.

"Nice to meet you," Kyle said as he shook hands with both Becky and Danny, "I can't say I watch your show a whole lot, the last time I watched it was, well, I only saw the very first episode. I tend to have a biased opinion to my dad's shows, so I usually try not to watch them."

"Is it a good biased or bad biased?" Becky asked, "Because if you're good biased to your dad's shows, we could use a boost in ratings, go ahead and watch it."

"Its a very good biased," Kyle assured her, "And, hey, now I get to start watching it, while filming it."

"That doesn't really help our ratings," Danny pointed out, "I'm going to get more coffee, you need any Beck?"

"I'll come with you," Alex Sayner said, trying to jump back into the conversation, "We'll get four cups."

As the two left Kyle looked at Becky. He could tell she felt a little uncomfortable being alone with him, even though they were surrounded by people on all sides. And it wasn't as if they were doing anything. Even though she was gorgeous. And sounded perfect, honest and funny.

***

"Stupid Nicky, stupid, stupid Nicky," Alex mumbled as he kicked a rock. He hated the way he felt right now. Even though he knew he felt the exact way he should. Like a jerk. It was the worst thing he could've done to his brother. Now his brother thought that both Alex and his mom thought he was stupid. Alex knew Nicky had always said he was stupid, but usually their dad had been around to help him see past the schoolwork and tell him that it wasn't the most important thing there was. But with their mom it was different, to her it was all about the schoolwork, Alex kicked the rock again, "Stupid, stupid Nicky."

"It's not nice to call people stupid," a voice gently said behind him. He turned around to see Joey standing there, "So, tell Joey your problems."

Alex smiled, Joey could always make him smile, so he sat down by Joey on the porch and said, "Nicky won't talk to me. Or mom."

"And why won't he talk to either of you?" Joey asked, a little surprised. He could understand why Nicky wouldn't want to talk to his mom, she had grounded him, but Alex and Nicky always had each other when they were in trouble.

"I don't know, I guess he's not talking to me because I make better grades than him, and he feels stupid," Alex shrugged, feeling bad about lying to Joey, who was just trying to help. But he didn't think he could admit to anybody how cruel he'd been.

"Well, I'll talk to Nicky, see what he has to say," Joey informed him. Then he got up and went into the house.

***

"So, do you guys go out to a bar around here after filming?" Kyle asked Becky. Becky just smiled softly.

"Well, I kind of can't go to a bar," Becky said, "I'm pregnant."

"Whoa, you sure don't look it," Kyle said, then he clamped a hand over his mouth, "I mean, I well, I ...,"

"It's okay," Becky laughed, "I'm only a couple of months into it."

"Oh, well, you're husband must be very proud," Kyle said, feeling a little disappointed that this pretty lady was pregnant, and probably married.

"My husband died, right before Christmas," Becky said quietly. Just then Danny and Alex came back, each holding two coffee mugs.

"I'm so sorry," Kyle gushed, feeling embarrassed and bad, "I'm really sorry."

"I have to go to the bathroom," Becky mumbled, leaving the studio area and heading towards the bathroom.

"What was that about?" Danny asked, curiously.

"I, well, I didn't know her husband was dead and I said that her husband must be proud about her pregnancy," Kyle hurried, "I'm really sorry. I didn't know."

"I'll go talk to her," Danny assured him, "It's okay, we're all still dealing with it, he was my brother-in-law."

***

"Hey Nicky," Joey greeted as he sat by him on the couch. Nicky was just staring at the TV longingly, he wasn't allowed to watch TV. Joey looked at him, "So, I just got done talking to your brother."

"And?" Nicky said, almost like he was forced to say it.

"He says you want talk to him, or your mom," Joey said, "I can understand your mom, being a kid and all, but how come Alex, its not as if he did anything to you."

"Alex didn't tell you why I wasn't talking to him, did he?" Nicky said, with a snort.

"Well, no," Joey said, taken aback, "He said he didn't know why."

"Well, it might have something to do with the fact that he's the one that told everybody I was stupid and then Lenny, the kid I got in a fight with heard him, and then he teased me, so we got in a fight," Nicky recalled.

"So, you're not talking to him because you think he started the fight between you and Lenny?" Joey ventured.

"No, I'm mad at him because he thinks I'm stupid," Nicky informed him, "And not only that, he can't even tell me that he thinks I'm stupid to my face, he goes and tells his friends."

"And your mom?" Joey asked, thinking maybe his earlier assumption of just the punishment making him mad might be wrong now.

"She also thinks I'm stupid," Nicky said, "Besides, this whole pregnancy thing is just ruining everybody's lives."

"It's not her fault that she got pregnant," Joey said, shocked, "And its not ruining any of our lives."

"Please, I know Annalise broke up with you because you decided to stick around for mom's baby and the rest of the family," Nicky said.

"And how do you know that?" Joey asked, surprised.

"Because you've been moping around the house ever since I saw you practicing to tell her in front of the mirror that night," Nicky said, smirking.

"I've really got to get my own bathroom," Joey muttered, then looked at Nicky, "Nicky, your mom's pregnancy is not ruining my life. Your father was my best friend, he told me to take care of your mom if anything happened to him. I know that someday I will have a family, and it will be with somebody who knows how much this family means to me and is willing to accept it."

"Really?" Nicky asked, "It isn't ruining your life?"

"No, no its not," Joey said, smiling lightly as he ruffled Nicky's hair, "Besides, no matter what anybody else thinks, I know you're not stupid. And you should know you're not stupid."