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Chapter 16: Better Than Our Soaps

A few days later Chris walked into the living room, yawning, no shirt on, his hair a mess. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his future son and his future nieces staring at him.

"Just great," he said before turning back to the dining room.

Bianca ran up to him, smiling. "Abby is soooo cute. Please, can we have Krissy before we're supposed to?"

"Bianca, I told you: I'm not ready to be a dad yet. It's bad enough I'm an uncle," Chris said, his eyes pleading. "Can't we just enjoy our married life without children of our own for the time being?"

Bianca sighed. "Oh, alright. I'll just go hang out with our son, then," she said, smiling, walking into the room.

"Dad didn't always want to have kids?" Brian asked, looking confused.

Leona shook his head. "No. My dad told me that your older sister was a mistake, actually. That's how she was born. And, well, after your dad saw her for the first time in the hospital, he loved having a kid of his own. So, when your mom suggested another kid two years later, he was all for it. But, he wasn't too happy that they got the two for one deal that time," she said, smirking.

Bianca sat in front of her on the coffee table. "Am I good looking in your time?"

"Are you joking?!" Amy asked, smiling. "You're hott! You got rid of all your stretch marks, and you still wear tight clothes, which makes Uncle Chris very happy. You're my hottest aunt!"

"Yeah, mine, too," Michelle said, nodding. "You're the one who takes us shopping for our hott things. And your daughters aren't embarrassed to be seen around you. You have a pretty good life."

Bianca smiled. "Well, that's good to know." She looked over at Brian. "You look so much like your father."

"I've heard that a million time," Brian said, rolling his eyes. "Grandpa brings it up daily. You know, Grandpa got his wings clipped cause he was afraid of his sons looking older than him."

"Yup. It's true," Amy said, nodding.

"Grandma told us," Michelle said, nodding.

"How old are all of you exactly?" Chris asked, walking in, his hair now looking good, but he still had no shirt on.

"Well, the oldest, Abby, of course, is twenty-four," Leona started. "I'm twenty, Krissy's eighteen, Michelle and Amy are both seventeen, and Brian and Breanna are sixteen."

"Oh," Chris said, sitting down in a chair. He yawned.

"Honey, get more sleep," Bianca said, slapping him on his leg.

"No. I'm fine," Chris said, sighing.

"Chris, you never sleep anymore!" Bianca said, sighing in frustration.

"Well, there was that whole thing with Rachel and Michael, now there's this whole thing with Wyatt, Amanda and Sammy, causing Amanda's jealous and thinks Wyatt is still in love with Sammy. And then there's Abby. And the fact that you just died a little while ago, too," Chris said, yawning again. "There's no time for sleep."

(An: I just realized that I only make people yawn in my stories when I yawn. Huh. Go figure.)

Bianca smiled. "Chris, you gotta stop putting your brothers' needs before your own needs."

Chris stared at her. "Why? My brothers need me."

"Yeah, they do, but not at the expense of your sleep," Bianca said, crossing her arms. "Go back to bed or no sex for a week."

Brian, Leona, Michelle and Amy all looked disgusted.

"Okay, okay," Chris said, standing up, causing Brian to roll his eyes. "No need to torture me."

"Good. Now go," Bianca said, slapping Chris's ass before he out of the room.

"Wow. This young, Uncle Chris is really a babe," Amy said, staring after him, Leona and Michelle nodding in agreement, both staring after Chris.

Wyatt walked in. "Where's Chris?"

"No!" Bianca said, standing up and facing her. "You need to leave Chris alone so he can get his sleep."

"But, Bianca -"

"No," Bianca said, shaking her head. "Leave him alone. He's exhausted, Wyatt."

Wyatt sighed. "Fine. Whatever. Then, where's Amanda?"

"Avoiding you," Bianca said before walking past him and up the stairs.

Rachel walked up to Wyatt. "Do you know where Michael is?"

"No, why?" Wyatt asked, crossing his arms.

"We have a doctor's appointment today," Rachel said, sighing. "And he promised that he'd make it."

"Well, I don't know. Try his room," Wyatt said, rolling his eyes.

"Wy, Wyatt, brother-in-law to be of mine, I just came from there," Rachel said, crossing her arms. "Now, help my find Michael, or you're comin to the doctors with me."

"Rachel, I have my own problems to deal with," Wyatt said before orbing away.

Rachel took a deep breath. "MICHAEL!!!"

Michael quickly orbed next to her. "What is it, sweetie."

"Doctors. Now. And make it snappy," Rachel said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Rachel, sweetie, I'm busy," Michael said, looking pleading. "Can I miss it?

"No!" Rachel said, hitting him on his arm. "It's the first one and you will come!" She started hitting Michael continuously on his arm.

"Okay, okay!" Michael said, quickly, grabbing her hand. "I'll go." Then he orbed away with her.

Michelle smiled. "This is way better than our soaps."

Amy nodded. "Way better."

Amanda stormed into the room. "Does anybody know where Wyatt is?"

"Nope. Sorry, Mom," Amy said, shrugging.

Wyatt ran up to Amanda. "Honey, we need to talk."

"Yes we do," Amanda said, crossing her arms.

Abby ran up to Wyatt. "Daddy, take me to the park!"

Wyatt picked her up. "Sweetie, Daddy's gotta talk to Mommy about some big people stuff, okay?"

Chris walked up to him. "Don't tell Bianca I'm up. She'll kill me. Anyway, I'll take her while you and Amanda work out your problems," he said, taking Abby. "Wanna go to the park with your Uncle Chris? Huh?

Abby smiled. "Yeah!"

Chris smiled before orbing away with her.

Brian sighed. "I miss Dad."

"What do you mean?" Leona asked, staring at him. "He was right there."

"I miss Dad from our time. He's more of a dad than an uncle. In this time, he's not Dad to anyone. He's only Uncle Chris to Abby. And Uncle Chris to Leona in eight months," Brian said, looking down at the ground. "I just want my best friend back."

"Oh, sweetie," Amanda said, sitting down next to him. "It'll all be okay. I promise. How about this: we go talk to your father, and then he'll hang out with you more. Okay?"

"Well, Auntie Amanda sure hasn't changed," Leona said, smiling.

"Nope. Not at all," Michelle and Amy said in unison, smiling.

Brian smiled. "Sure, Aunt Amanda. That sounds fun."

Wyatt smiled. "I guess we can talk later, then."

Amanda smiled at him. "Nah. I realized that I was overreacting," she said, walking over to him. "I'm sorry, beau. Forgive me?"

"Of course, baby," Wyatt said, kissing her deeply. "Um, howabout I go with Brian to go talk to Chris. Therefor we could have some Uncle-Nephew time before we actually go talk to my brother."

Amanda looked over at Brian, her eyebrows raised.

Brian got up, smiling. "Sure. Sounds like fun."

Wyatt smiled. "Great," he said before dragging Brian out of the room, then out of the house.

Amanda sighed. "Now what to do . . ."

Bianca ran up to her. "Where's Chris?"

"I don't know," Amanda lied. "Why?"

"Cause he's not in bed," Bianca said, looking pissed.

"Gee, Bianca, I really don't know. Um, wanna go shopping?" Amanda asked, raising her eyebrows.

"You know just how to get my mind off my husband," Bianca said, smiling. "I like it." She looked over at her nieces. "Well, get off your butts and lets go, girls." She looked over at the stairs. "Piper!! We're goin to the mall!! Wanna come?!?!"

"What will Leo do all day?!?!" Piper called back.

"He can go hang out with Wyatt and Brian!!" Amanda called up.

"Okay," Piper said after orbing next to them.

"I love shopping with Auntie Bianca and Grandma. This is going to be soooo much fun," Amy said, smiling, the six walking out of the house.

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Chapter 16! Yay! Now I'm gonna go to bed since it's 4: 50 in the morning! Anyway, review please! Ciao!

Hannah