Boo: That MJ comment will live on! As well as a little nickname for Jase as well. I'm glad your excited for the sequel but do keep in mind there are 40 chapters to TSS and we are only on Chapter 11!
Cowgirl48: I'm glad it keeps getting better that was certainly my intention!
Journeylover411: I'm glad you like it I will certainly try to keep it good!
Babiiechica2008: Glad you like it! There's a lot of love in Journey how could you not feel it! Hehe.
Imjustkidding89: Well Aradia may not "count as a parent" but biologically she is Kyle's mother like it or not! Yea the old guys were fun!
A/N: I'm going for three! Well, I was going to have three and then I got sucked into Fresh Prince Of Bell air and I didn't have time yesterday but here it is so its all good.
Chapter 11:
"Hey Jase is Kyle ready?" Courtney called as she finished scrunching her hair and smooth the imaginary wrinkles out of her simple blue satin halter top. She picked up her lint roller and ran it over her black pin stripped pants, although there wasn't any lint to be rolled.
He laughed as he watched her over obsess about her appearance.
She jerked her head up to glare at him but was speechless, he had on black slacks and a light blue oxford shirt with the top button undone giving a teasing preview of his chest, he was holding Kyle who also looked quite handsome in his little tan khakis and a little button up black collared dress shirt.
"You look beautiful Court." he commented as he walked further into her room and sat on the bed putting Kyle in his lap. "Whatcha think Kyle? Does Courtney look nice?" he asked his son. Kyle squealed. "It's not over until the baby squeals" he laughed.
Courtney smiled. "My don't you two look spiffy!" she smiled putting down her lint brush and walking over to them. "Nice to see you clean up well!" she teased as she took Kyle into her arms.
He shrugged "Well you know I try.."
She laughed. "Did you pack the diaper bag?" she asked as she twirled Kyle around.
"Yes mother" he droned.
"Good boy!" she giggled patting his head like a dog. "But we have an hour drive ahead of us and we better get going"
He groaned. "Do we have to?" he whined.
"Yes, yes we do! Neither Carly nor Sonny have seen Kyle in like a month!" she reminded him.
He sighed. "You know I only do this for you because you're my best friend! For no other purpose would I let someone take me for and hour drive, to have dinner, although the food is good, but the chef doesn't exactly favor me"
"Oh stop no one ever said Sonny didn't even like you, besides he doesn't get to choose my friends!" she stated amused with her friends, well for lack of a better word fear of her brother.
"Courtney come on let's use a recent example, when he found out I had a pregnant girlfriend he told you I was nothing but trouble and that you shouldn't let me take advantage of you!" he shook his head at the thought of him taking anything from Courtney much less advantage of her!
She laughed, that was her overprotective brother for ya! "Ok you know what, your being a whimp right now, so let's go get in the car and go, think about it this way the sooner we get their, eat, make small talk, and get home you can go back to your apartment and have a nice romantic night with your porno's!" his jaw dropped and she giggled.
He grabbed Kyle out of her arms and covered his ears. "Do you mind MJ! He's only 3 months old!"
She laughed. "You can tell a lot about a man by his reaction to being accused of using porno's, buddy you just failed that test!" she couldn't help herself it was just to easy to take shots at him, he wore his emotions and thoughts all on his sleeves. She grabbed her purse and exited the room with him on her heels.
"And no I don't watch or use any type or..." he paused and then whispered. "Porno's"
She laughed at how bent out of shape he was getting! She stopped in Kyle's room and grabbed his diaper bag and carrier. "Ok , I believe you" she said unconvincingly. Holding up the baby carrier in her hand she asked with a small smile "So Hugh Hefner you wanna put your son in the carrier so we can go?" she bite her lip to sustain her laughter.
"Oh yea your really funny!" he sneered as he placed his son in the carrier and they got in the car and drove off.
Half an hour later.
"Courtney I swear to God if you don't find a damn station and leave it there!" he warned she had been flipping through the stations for the past 45 minutes, by the time they got there maybe she'd actually find one she liked!
"Your not supposed to swear to God" she said lamely focused on finding a station.
He swatted her hand away from the radio and she grunted. "Well I did so what are you going to do about it!" he teased as he scrolled through the radio randomly stopping on one.
You've Been Hit By
You've Been Hit By-
A Smooth Criminal
"Oh My God! NO!" she squealed as she quickly went to change it but he continued to swat her hands away.
"Hey Listen Court...your on the radio!" he laughed as she glared at him.
"You think your cute?" she asked raising her eyebrows. "Cause your not!" she said with a 'miss thang' tone. As he looked back at the road she quickly scrolled the station to get as far away as possible.
"Awe I was enjoying the higher pitched parts!" he whined with a sparkle in his eye.
"I despise you!" she glared as she shut off the radio.
"No you don't" he smiled mischievously.
"Really you wanna bet?" she challenged him and he nodded.
"Ok hit me"
"Ok" she said eagerly as she punched him in his arm as hard as she could.
He laughed. "A massage, thank you Court your so considerate, thanks my arm was really starting to cramp up to!"he shook his head.
"Urr" she hated that...her punches were nothing to him, but that brought a good idea! She brought her hand up swiftly and popped him one upside the head.
"Ow" he groaned, now that one hurt! "Jesus Court break a little skin?"
She laughed. "You" she said pointing a finger up at him "You deserved that!"
He rolled his eye's peeking quickly back at his son who had fallen asleep. "You see this son this is why your best friend HAS to be a GUY!"
She scoffed. "Excuse me you are doing just fine with a female best friend!"
He laughed. "You just smacked me upside my head!"
"You called me Michael Jackson!"
"You nicknamed me Hugh Hefner!"
She laughed. "Oh isn't that a pair, Michael Jackson and Hugh Hefner together as best friends!" he joined her they both had to admit it was an unusual pair!
"So you still scared of seeing my brother?" she teased playfully.
"I'm not scared but he doesn't like me" he shrugged.
"Don't give him a reason not to like you and maybe he will liek you" she offered as they pulled in to the longer circular driveway.
"Because that made a whole lot of sense!" he sighed as he pulled up to the front door and a tall Italian man opened his and Courtney's doors for them. "Wow valet parking, bodyguards, there's no reason to be the least bit concerned about your brother is there?" he said sarcastically.
She shook her head and laughed as he got Kyle out of the back. "You are way over reacting about this!"
"Yea just know that I don't want a big ceremony at my funeral!" he said darkly as they climbed the steps and rang the doorbell.
"Okie Dokie I'll remember that and the clothes you want to wear?" she asked with a big smile. "Or would you rather die in what you were born in?"
"Oh yea Court bury me naked!" he said rather loudly as the door opened revealing Sonny and Carly who was covering her mouth to retain her laughter.
"Um, funeral plans?" Sonny asked clearing his throat.
Courtney giggled pulling Sonny into a hug. "Hey big brother!" she said as she pulled back and took the carrier from Jason to show off Kyle.
After quick 'hi's' they all went straight in for dinner. Jason who was walking slightly behind Courtney whispered. "I told you he didn't like me" and she giggled.
All through dinner as they mulled over Kyle, the weather and how life had been going for all, Carly kept a close eye on Courtney and Jason, she could tell they were getting closer, maybe even have already admitted their attraction to themselves if not to each other.
"So Jason, how are you liking fatherhood?" Sonny asked as he handed everyone a beer.
"Well, being a father is defiantly the most, the most wonderful thing I have ever felt in my entire life. Everything else just kinda washes away when I look at him and it's like I'm living in a perfect world. I know we aren't in the best of situations but no of that matters because if it meant not having him then I wouldn't change a thing!" He smiled to himself as he looked at his son who was now asleep in his other arm.
"Awww...you are the perfect man!" Carly declared. "You know Sonny, you better take some notes cause when we have kids you better be just like that!" she warned her husband as Courtney and Jason laughed.
"Who says we're having kids?" Sonny challenged with a raised his eyebrows, he knew that someday they would have their own kids but he liked to get a rise out of his fiancee.
"Excuse me" Carly's jaw locked and it was obvious that Sonny was sooo sleeping on the couch tonight!
"I'm just kidding honey don't get mad" he reassured her as he wrapped his arms around realizing she took it a bit to hard.
"No, no, no, no, no, no," Carly said shaking her head and uncoiling herself from his arms. "Don't honey me! You are in the doghouse mister!"
"Take this as a lesson Jason, never, NEVER! Try to joke around with a woman, it'll only get you in trouble." Sonny advised
Jason laughed. "I don't think I'll have any problem with that anytime soon. I don't plan on starting anything romantic for a very long time, and even then most women probably wouldn't wanna get to involved with a guy with a baby."
"They'd be fools not to see you're an amazing guy!" Carly said taking a swing of her beer. "I mean even I can see that you're a great father and obviously handsome, and the perfect man! And I've only met you once before now!"
"I agree any girl would be stupid not to be with you Jase, first they'd have to be blind, I mean come on Kyle is adorable! It's not like it's an ugly kid their inheriting!" Courtney said.
"Well I think it's good your not just going to get out their and start dating again, that gives you to focus on what's important, your son!" Sonny added.
"Well like I said I don't think I'll even start dating again for a very long time. I have my son and that's all I need" Jason stated confidently.
"And your best friend...you have your best friend, don't forget that I'm important! Who else is going to remind you of your other life Hugh!" Courtney said playfully as she took Kyle from him. "Yea you tell your daddy you wouldn't be able to live without me...yea you'd miss me to much!"
Jason shook his head. "Alright Michael Jackson, that'll be enough of serenading my son!" he laughed. As she smacked him playfully.
"Michael Jackson?" Carly asked.
"Hugh, like Hugh Hefner of the playboy mansion?" Sonny asked.
"Excuse me!" Carly shrieked. "How do you know anything about the playboy mansion?"
They all laughed. Jason had to admit the night wasn't going as awful as he thought it might. After all he still had all of his fingers and toes and every limb he came with and hadn't become ill of the food. So maybe Sonny didn't dislike him as much as he thought. Looking over he couldn't believe just how perfect his son looked in Courtney's arms. No, she was just his friend, Kyle's godmother, there isn't, and there wasn't going to be anything there! But one could dream, right?