The Eccentric Aunt arrives! Enjoy

Warnings: None

Disclaimer in chapter 1

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Two and A Half Women, oh..and Carlos

Chapter 4

The Aunt

"Aunt Brittany is here! AUNT BRITTANY IS HERE!" Carlos sighed as Julie ran down the hallway and down the stairs, "I hope she bought my gift!"

"Auntie Be-be!" Carlos watched as Heidi came rushing downstairs as well, going over to her sister and hopping up and down as Julie opened the door wide open and launched herself at a short woman walking up the sidewalk.

"Aunt Brittany!" Julie hugged her aunt tightly and then moved out the way as Heidi jumped into her aunt's arms, "Did you bring it, did you bring it?"

"I did, you little Hell Raiser," Aunt Brittany held up a box, "1001 Legal ways to torment your enemies."

"YES! You know Papi and Stephanie wouldn't let me get this book, I knew you would get it!" Julie kissed her aunt's cheek happily, latched on her arm.

"I want a present too!" Heidi looked up at Brittany, pouting.

"Yes, yes, I got a present for you too," Aunt Brittany gave Heidi a box as well, "My Lil' Marie Curie Lab Set, you told me you were going through a chemistry phase, here you go, you two hellions enjoy your gifts."

Carlos smiled at the woman walking up to the front door, "Brittany, always nice to see you."

"Nice to see you too, where's Steph?" Brittany and Carlos hugged each other and then walked into the house, Carlos closing the door behind them.

"Upstairs, she'll be down soon," Brittany nodded her head and then let the girls drag her off into their play area, chatting excitedly.

"Is she here? God, I look like a wreck!" Stephanie came downstairs, looking frazzled, "Do I look fine?"

"Babe, you look good, now, can you tell me why you're flipping out?" Carlos wrapped an arm around Stephanie's waist.

"You never told me that Brittany E. was your sister in law, she's just a world-famous fashion designer, you know," Stephanie tugged at her curls, stressed, "No matter how many times she comes over, I still look like trash."

"She's as human as you and me, Babe, trust me," Carlos chuckled, leading Stephanie into the play room, where Brittany sat primly, surrounded by the two hurricanes known as Heidi and Julie.

"You said the same thing about your father in law and I know for a fact, Newton Evanston is not like you and me," Stephanie hissed as she was led over to Brittany.

"So, Heidi, with your set, oi, is that real Uranium? Oh, with your set and my plans, we can hit the Dwight's house and break Richie's and Sean's legs!"

"I'm gonna study chemical reactions with it, not make up bad plans, I saw the professor do the same thing at University and I want to simulate the same-"

"Ugh, Heidi, Pi," Julie rolled her eyes and watched as Heidi stopped talking and begin to recite the number for Pi.

"3.14 159265358979323846264338327950288419716…" Heidi started off, and Carlos knew that she wouldn't stop until she went to sleep. It was the cutest thing he's ever seen and Julie took full advantage of it too.

"Stephanie! How are you," Brittany stood up and walked over to the woman and hugged her, "You look great! The girls haven't been too bad, have they?"

Stephanie looked over to Carlos and then to said girls. Heidi was still spouting off the figure for Pi and Julie was now pawing through Heidi's Chemistry set, "A year together and they're still showing me secrets," She smiled at Brittany, who smiled back, "What's with the surprise visit?"

"Came to see my girls and my brother and to share some good news," Brittany held up her hand and flashed the two a large rock on a platinum band, "I got engaged!"

"Congratulations!" Stephanie smiled and hugged Heidi back, "Wow, that's a big rock."

Carlos looked at Brittany, shocked. She was eccentric, mad almost, but she was a genius and gifted. She didn't let people into her life and people found it hard to get into hers. He wondered who the (un)lucky man was. He didn't even know she was seeing someone.

"You all know him, it's Lester, he's marrying me!" Brittany smiled brightly, "He proposed to me on our fifth anniversary of dating, I couldn't say no!"

"You and Uncle Lester are getting married?!" Julie ran over to Brittany and hugged her tightly, "Yeah, this is great news, does that mean you'll be moving up here soon?"

"Lester and I have to talk about it but, you'll be seeing a lot of me soon, oh Stephanie, I wanted to ask you a question," Brittany looked over to Stephanie, who blinked and pointed to herself, "Yes, you!"

"What do you need, Brittany?" Stephanie asked, as Julie hung off her aunt with glee.

"Can you help me…make my dress, I mean, I think it's bad luck, or whatever to make your own dress, and I have this idea but would love for you to help me make it!"

"I-I-," Stephanie started, shocked but then nodded her head, "Okay…"

"I wanna be your ring bearer," Julie demanded, earning a laugh from Brittany, "You gonna make me a suit?"

"I'll let you be my ring bearer and yes, I'll make a suit for you, Heidi can be my-"

A thump had everyone looking over to Heidi, who had finally fallen asleep from her Pi marathon. Stephanie shook her head and went over and picked Heidi up, "Well, I guess it's nap time."

"Drat, my brains fell asleep, guess I'll have to break those boys legs the old fashion way, with a big stick!" Julie was stewing her in glee when Stephanie grabbed her hand and led her out of the play room, "Oi, where are we going?"

"We're going to have a little talk about you and big sticks," Stephanie's voice drifted out the room.

"I'm a Hell Raiser, you can't keep me down!"

"Uh-huh, we'll see about that," Stephanie hummed as she led Julie away.

"Lester, my cousin, and you've been dating for five years?" Carlos finally spoke, he was shocked, Brittany never once spoke about a lover or his cousin at all, when she was around, "When were you going to tell me?"

"We had a lot on our plate, Carlos, when my sister was diagnosed with cancer," Brittany sat down and motioned for Carlos to sit as well, "You with the girls, it was even worse for you."

"Yeah but she was your sister, you two were attached at the hip," Carlos sat and looked over to Brittany, "You had a lot on your plate as well, if you hadn't been there to arrange the hospice care, the funeral-"

"I know, and….Lester was there as well, he was so kind and sweet, there were a lot of things going on as well, Carlos that didn't just deal with my sister and I know for a fact she never told you about it."

Brittany laid a hand on Carlos's and said, "When my sister found out that she had cancer, you were there, but you weren't there for the second check up. Daddy was and the doctor told them something that had her call me in the middle of the night."

Carlos did recall his wife calling Brittany late at night, frantic, "What did the doctor say?"

"He said that the type of cancer she had was genetic and that I could have it as well. We were twins, Carlos, so the chances of me having cancer was extremely high, our DNA was nearly the same," Brittany played with her engagement ring, "I got tested and found out that yeah, I had the same cancer as her, but unlike her stage four cancer, it was stage 2. Not good but not bad. There was only two options I could have done, Chemo, which would have put me out of commission to help you, my sister and the girls, or they remove the organ the cancer was in. At this point, the cancer was in a few spots, so, I opted for the surgery."

"….So, you're-" Carlos started, and Brittany nodded her head.

"I had my uterus and ovaries removed, and started on hormones," Brittany nodded her head, "I'm cancer free, and still am, Lester was there with me the whole time, and I made him promise not to tell you, my sister, or anyone about it. He was there before, during and after everything, he is such a good man, I guess good men run in your family."

Carlos chuckled, "He's a good man, when he wants to be."

"Yeah, we started dating after my sister went into hospice care, he was-is my rock, Carlos, I love him very much," Brittany smiled, earning a smile from Carlos, "I'm happy he's going to marry me."

"I'm happy he's marrying you as well," Carlos hugged Brittany and then let go of her, "Did she ever-?"

"I told her about the screening I took, I never told her the results, but I had a feeling she knew," Brittany shrugged, "She was funny like that."

"That she was," Carlos sighed and then stood up, "Come on, let's go grab the girls and take you out for dinner, to celebrate your engagement."

"Sounds like a plan, I'm starving," Brittany smiled and then walked out the play room, "I hope it's a steak dinner, I'll call Lester!"

"Sounds like a plan."

Julie and Heidi's mother has a twin?! Gasp! Anyways, a lot more where that came from, smell ya later!