Relative Values
Characters: Fulton Reed, Nadine Crowell, Dean Portman, etc.
Pairings: Nadine Crowell/the Bash Brothers from the Mighty Ducks movies (family, not romantic)
Rating: PG for now, might change later due to language
Disclaimer: I don't own Nadine or any of the other the characters or the MetroCourt. ABC and General Hospital owns most of them while Fulton Reed and Dean Portman belong to the writer of the Mighty Ducks trilogy. I don't know the Chicago Blackhawks or the National Hockey League either. The only characters I own are the girlfriends and Nadine's unborn baby.
Chapter Two
MetroCourt Bar & Grille
Port Charles, New York
February 2008
"Oh my gosh! That little bump of yours sure grew Naddy."
"Thanks Cam. You girls look good too." Nadine said as she looked at the women with her brother and cousin. "How was the trip Cami, Erica? I hope these two goofs didn't scare ya'll on the plane."
"Nah sugar plum," Cami started telling her boyfriend's cousin. "Dean here keeps forgetting that I grew up on planes."
"And Fulton got too distracted by the pilot not taking directions well enough to try and scare me. Plus he knows better."
"Sounds like my big brother finally found a girl to wrap him around her little finger." Nadine laughed as she talked to Erica.
"Nadine Grace, is that any way to treat your kin?"
"Aw, are the two Bash Brothers scared I'm gonna embarrass them? You know I'm just messing around Dean Aaron." She said throwing him a wicked grin. "Ain't that right Fulton Alexander?"
"See what you started Portman?" Fulton said with a big grimace on his face. "I hate when she does that."
"Sorry Slapshot," she kissed her older brother on the cheek. "Deanie Bear."
"The three of them make such a cute family. Don't you think so Erica?"
"Yeah, I sure do Cami." She replied taking out her camera. "I think we need a family picture or two."
"I love pictures!" Cami sat up enthusiastically at the table clapping her hands with a goofy smile on her face. "Especially with the baby bump. Come on Nadine!"
"Maybe in a little bit babe. I'm hungry and I'm sure the bump is starving."
"Okay honey. But only for the baby bump." Cami said looking at the menu.
(Later that night…)
"Is there anything else I can get you? Coffee, dessert?"
"Can you give us a few minutes?"
"Sure. Just call when you're ready to order."
"So Nadine, when do you find out?"
"Find out what Cami?"
"She means when you find out if we're all having a little baby Bash Brother or a little Nadine." Erica said for her friend. "Cami just wants to know so she can plan a baby shower."
"And I really want to know what colors to use."
"Aunt Ray said to tell you she thinks it's a girl." Fulton said.
"Even though Uncle Vance and Cousin Bo want a boy." Dean piped up.
"But what do you two want? The both of you will be the main uncles."
"As long as it's healthy, happy."
"And we can teach it our bad ass enforce skills!"
"Well this baby has your appetites so maybe it'll have your hockey abilities."
"Hi Nadine," a blonde woman with two little boys stopped by the table. "I'm sorry to bother your table but he wanted to say hi." She said pointing to the smaller of the boys.
"It's okay Carly. I'm sure these two goof balls won't mind." Nadine told her. "Everyone this is Carly Jax and her sons Michael and Morgan."
"Are you really the Bash Brother?" Little Morgan asked in wonder. "You're my favorite players! When I grow up I wanna play hockey just like you."
"That's so adorable babe. You got a little Bash Brother in the making."
"Cam baby, break out the camera." Dean told her. "I think a pic with the future generation of Bashes is I order."
"Really?" Morgan asked bright eyed. "Can I Mom, please?"
"If it's really all right with the guys." His mother replied. "Are you sure it's okay?"
"Yeah, of course it is." Fulton told her. "Come here little man."
He called Morgan over to where he and Dean were seated while Cami snapped a couple of photos of the three of them.
"They're so sweet for doing this." Carly told Nadine. "How do you know them? Not to be nosey or anything."
"It's okay Carly." Nadine told her with a giggle. "Fulton's my older brother although he's actually my half brother. Same dad, different mom. Dean on the other hand is our cousin. His mother was our dad's sister. Funny thing is that those two met when they were little, both competing in the Junior Goodwill Games, hockey division. They didn't even know they were family till their late teens, early twenties."
"How did that happen?"
"You see, they both went to boarding school but the last time Dean and I saw each other was right before the Junior Goodwill Games. I hadn't really known I had a brother till after my dad died on the operating table when I was ten. Anyway, we had a family reunion type thing a couple of months before my cousin Bo got hitched – they're divorced now by the way – which was also the engagement party. Turns out my aunt – Dean's mom – didn't know she had another nephew or at least she didn't' know who he was or where he came from. Imagine her surprise when she learned it was her little boy's best friend."
"Come here my blue eyed beauty." Fulton called for her while Morgan stayed close to the Bash Brothers.
"We need a new family picture with the newest member of the Crowell family."
"Slpashot, this little one won't be here for several months." She told her other brother. "How do you expect to take a picture with my little bundle while it's still hiding in my belly?" She asked with a raised brow and hands on her hips.
"We'll figure something out." He said as he sat his baby sister on his lap with their cousin behind them.
That's the second chapter. I hope evveryone liked it. Sorry if it wasn't as good as the first one. Hopefully writer's block won't keep me away for so long and chapter three will be better. Utill then, let me know what ya'll thought.
