"Maddy, baby, I think it's MJ, and it's your turn." Mark said shaking his wife awake softly. "No, it's not, it's your turn, I went last time." she replied half asleep. Zoe came running in the room, "No! It's ok. I'll get him." "Zo, I forgot you were here. Thank you so much. We are so tired." Mark told his little sister-in-law. "No problem, Markey." she said turning out of the room to go and tend to her nephew. "You know if she wasn't here, it would have been your turn." Maddy told her husband rolling back over to go to sleep. "Um no, Mrs. Reynolds, it would have been yours." Mark replied with a slight laugh, wrapping his arm protectively back around his wife.
~~~~~3 MONTHS LATER~~~~
It was just starting to get bright outside when Mark rolled over and kissed his wife's head. "Good morning baby." he said as she slowly woke up. "Morning ba-" Maddy started but was interrupted. "Maddy! Mark! Come here! Hurry!" Zoe yelled through the house. They glanced at each other quickly before getting up and running to the living room. Just as they turned thee corner from the hallway to the living room Mark came to a dead stop immediately, making Maddy run into him and push him forward. They fell to the floor as Zoe turned and put a finger over her mouth. "Mom-ma." MJ said slowly. "Dad-dy." Maicey sounded out. Both pointing to who they were talking about as they said it.
Mark fell quiet and Maddy gasped and covered her mouth. "Did Maice just say-" Maddy started. "Uh huh. Did MJ just ta-" Mark interrupted. "Yes! Now will you two quiet for a second. They have been trying to talk for about two hours. Don't ruin it!" Zoe stated firmly. "Two hours! Z, why didn't you wake us up?" Maddy whisper yelled watching her twins to see if they were going to say something else. "I came in there to wake you up when I understood that they were about to talk, but you were sleeping so good I didn't want to wake you up. I figured I would wait until they got more of the word out." Zoe told them. Mark was already up, and helping Maddy up, as she fiinished. When they both were firmly on the ground they ran to their children picking them up and showering them with kisses.
"MJ say, 'Momma' again." Maddy told her son. He looked up and smiled before quietly doing as she asked. "Maice say 'Daddy' say 'Daddy'." Mark begged. Maicey laughed and let out a muffled "Daddy," before Mark was holding her to his chest again. "Maciey can you say 'Momma'?" Maddy asked excitedly. "M...M...Momm..a." "Good girl! That's my smart little girl!" she said leaning over and kissing her daughter's head. "MJ say 'Daddy'." Mark said as him and Maddy switched babies. "Da...Dadd..Dadda." "That's my boy. Good job son!" Mark boasted. "Mad isn't it like really early for them to already be talking?" Zoe said, snapping them out of their thoughts.
"Hmm...I didn't even think about that. Yeah, Z, it is. They are only a few months old." Maddy said trying to think of an explaination as to why they were already talking. Mark knew what she was thinking, " Maddy, they are your kids. They are going to be geniuses." "Oh Mark. Don't start with that." Maddy said playfully pushing him and laughing. There was a slight knock on the door. "That must be Mom and Dad coming to pick me up." Zoe said picking up some of her stuff and putting it in a bag. Mark walked over and opened the door. "There's my favorite grandson!" Jim said as soon as the door opened. "Oh Jim he's your only grandson." Elisabeth said as Jim grabbed MJ from Mark. "Hey Mom!" Zoe yelled while she was getting the rest of her stuff. "Hey Z. Hello sweetheart, I hope she was good for you guys." Liz said kissing Mark on the cheek. "She was perfect. And so much help." Mark told his mother-in-law, as Zoe came under his arm and he ruflled her hair. "Mark!" Zoe complained, as Mark laughed.
"Zoe I would like to see me other daughter and grandchildren before we leave." Elisabeth told her youngest. "Hey Maddy." 'Hey Mom. You will never guessed what just happened." Maddy said excitedly handing Macciey to her grandmother. "What heappened dear?" "MJ and Maice just said their first words!" Maddy exclaimed. "What!" Jim yelled across the room, "MJ you talked?" MJ smiled and started laughing, making Jim laugh too. "Maice, honey, did you say your first word?" Elisabeth asked her granddaughter. Maicey just stared at her. "Mom is that a bad thing? I mean they are only three and a half months old." Maddy was clearly concerned. "Mad it's fine, calm down. You were only a little bit older than that when you said your first words. You have always been ahead of all the other kids. It looks like your kids are as well." Liz said trying to calm her eldest daughter.
"See Mads. I told you they were just like you." Mark stated proud of himself for being right. "Be quiet Mark. You have to make a big deal for being right." Maddy said. "Why yes, yes I do. With you being my wife it's not like I get a lot of chances to be right." Everyone laughed, including Josh and a very pregnant Skye, wo had just walked in. "Good job Mark! What were you right about?" Josh asked giving him a high five, earning a slap to the back by his fiance. "Josh stop it." Skye said firmly, daring him to challenge her. "I was just curio-...Nevermind." he stopped seeing the look on her face. "Maice and MJ said their first words. And he said it was because they were my kids is why they are so smart and ahead already. And apparently Mom agrees." Maddy said walking over and hugging Skye. "They talked!" Josh and Skye said in unison. "Yep." Mark said quietly from the death glare his small, but terrifying, wife was giving him.
"Of course they are ahead of everyone else! Maddy got all the brains. Hopefully my kid will be able to talk by the time she is a year old." Josh said, and Skye slapped his head. "Wow funny Josh. But you know what Skye is really smar-wait, did you just say she?" Maddy asked. "Yea. She." Skye said smiling. Everyone ran to her and hugged her. "All these girls! I swear I'm going to have to sit the whole colony down and scare them away from my girls." Jim said very seriously, "Maddy's married, Zoe is starting to like boys, Maice is next, then this baby. MJ you are favorite." "No she's not! No boy is touching my baby girl." Mark stated aggresively. "My daughter isn't dating anyone until she is 30." Josh said with just as much authority. Skye, Maddy, and Elisabeth all exchanged a look before hitting their men as hard as they could.
"Maicey will date when I say she can." Maddy told her husband. "Um yeah right! you'll see if she does." Mark said. "Mark Andrew Reynolds, don't tell me what she is and is not going to do. We will discuss this later." Maddy said fixing him with a glare that could scare a nyko. "Jim you will do nothing of the sort. These girls will be with who they want to be with and you will have no say in the matter, besides Zoe." Liz said."Elisabeth she is my daughter and these are my granddaughters. I do have a say!" Jim told his wife. "And you Joshua Lance Shannon, are not going to be scaring any boys away from my daughter." Skye stated. "She is my daughter too Skye. She is NOT going to date..EVER!" Josh said. All three boys looked at each other and nodded, making a silent agreement that they will help each other scare away prospects from their children adn grandchildren. The girls saw this and fixed everyone of them with a glare that shut them up and dispersing away from each other fast.
"Well I think it is time for us to go. Bye Maice, MJ, Mark, Maddy, Josh, and Skye. Love you all." Elisabeth said giving Maciey back to her mother. "Love you guys. Thanks for staying the night and helping Zo." Mark said reciving MJ back from Jim. "Anytime Markey. I love you. See you later." Zoe said motioning for him to lean down and let her give him a hug and a kiss. "It's time for us to go too. I will stop by later and see you Mad." Skye said pulling Josh out the door. "Alright bye." Maddy yelled after them. When everyone was gone Mark said, "So you hungry? I got breakfast this morning." "Babe I thought you would never ask. I am starving!" Maddy replied getting on her tiptoes to give him a kiss. "Breaskfast burritos?" He asked leaning away for a second. "Mmm. My favorite." Maddy said kissing him again. Maicey and MJ decided to reach up and interrupt their parents by putting their hands between them. Mark and Maddy seperated laughing. "Thanks a lot MJ." Mark said when he set him down in the playpen with his sister. "Wow. Our kids." Maddy said shaking her head at a smiliing and. now cooking, Mark.
Sorry it's taken so long for this chapter. I have been insanely busy! I hope you liked it. REVIEW!