It's been a while, huh? Well, I'm back. Enjoy this next chapter in Jason and Nico's lives as they go through this part of an adult life.

-Angela R.

Jason

"Jason!" Nico called, "Change the channel. I want to see SpongeBob!"

"Coming sweetheart!" Jason replied as he tripped over his own feet, coming out of the kitchen, with a box of grape juice in his hand, which Nico had asked earlier. It had already been half an hour since they'd had snack time and Nico had found enough ways to boss Jason around. Their moms had stayed in the kitchen because they didn't want to disturb their game for some reason. They did laugh at Jason acting like an indentured servant, which was not very nice in his opinion.

"Don't call me that!" The boy lying on the couch told him.

"Would you like me to call you honey then?" The blonde asked, handing Nico the juice and flipping channels with the remote control.

"No."

"My love?"

"That's worst."

"Cuddle Bunny? Cutie Pie? Oh, how about Sugar?" Jason listed, making sure that each nickname was embarrassing.

"Stop making a pregnant woman irritated," The five-year old scowled at him as he rubbed his tummy. Thalia had convinced him to stuff one of the sofa cushions under his shirt so it looked like he was going to have a baby.

"Why are you so bossy?" He groaned as he sat crossed-legged on the floor, leaning on the sofa while still looking for Nickelodeon.

"Thalia said I get to boss you around as much as I want and I'm not going to waste my chance at that," Nico smiled widely. Jason was really not enjoying this whole "having kids" phase as Thalia put it. Nico was totally taking advantage that Jason couldn't say no to him, but at least he got to make the younger boy blush constantly. It was sort of made up for having to act like a slave.

Speaking of his sister, he hadn't seen her in the last half hour. She and the girls said that they were working on something for the next part of the game and it was a secret. Jason was a little scared since he wasn't sure what else could come after this. Guess, he'd find out soon enough.

"So, how about babe?" He asked, earning a smack in the head.

"Why do I need a nickname anyway?" Nico grumbled.

"Because the parents and couples in the movies always have nice nicknames and I want us to call each other stuff, too."

"Fine, but I can call you whatever I want." Nico thought for a moment before speaking again, "Okay, how about love muffin?"

"Okay!" Jason beamed and got hit in the head again.

"You're not supposed to like it!" The other glared. "And I'd never be caught dead saying something so lovey-dovey."

"Then why did you ask me?" Jason asked, rubbing the back of his head.

"Well, I thought you would hate it, but I guess you're really stupid. Maybe your nickname should be airhead."

"Hey! That's not very nice, Neeks." Jason glared.

"Wait, what did you call me?" Nico sat up from the coach.

"Neeks? You like it? I just thought of it." The blond grinned proudly, watching Nico ponder about the name for a moment then nodding.

"I like it. Oh I know!" Nico sat up from the sofa suddenly, "You're nickname is Jay! Now that doesn't sound gross like all the other ones."

Suddenly Thalia came into the room, having changed into a white dress that she hated. "Alright, it's time!" She announced.

"Time for what?" Jason asked.

"For Nico to have the baby, duh! Why do you think Bianca and Hazel made me wear this stupid dress? Me and Hazel are going to be the nurses."

"Uh, okay...So how does it work?" Nico asked. "Does it hurt?"

"Of course not," The older girl reassured, "Haven't you seen the movies? Let's go." She waved them to her and walked into the hallway.

The two boys scrambled to catch up to her, Nico struggling to keep the pillow from falling from his shirt. Thalia stopped in front of her room where Nico's sisters popped their heads out.

"Yay, you're here!" Hazel beamed, "Time to have the baby! Get in here, Nico!" She grabbed his wrist and pulled him in with Thalia following right behind them. Jason tried to go in too, but Bianca stopped him and closed the door behind her.

"Why didn't I get to go inside?" he whined. "It's my baby, too!"

"Don't you watch any movies? You're supposed to be outside smoking and/or pacing the room!" Bianca explained.

"So what happens in there?"

"Don't know. They never show it in Disney movies." She shrugged and leaned on the wall opposite of the door. "Thalia said that we just have to wait here a few minutes. Since we're not sure what happens, they're probably just sitting around while they get the dolls ready."

"Okay." Jason decided that he should play the roll. He didn't want to be a bad dad, after all. He rolled up a piece of paper, put it in his mouth and started walking back and forth with his hands behind him and looking down because, yes, he'd seen this in the movies lots of times.

"Yeah, just like that." Bianca nodded.

Jason stopped suddenly, "Wait. You said that they were getting the dolls ready. Do you mean there's more than one baby?"

"Oops, I gave it away," she muttered.

"How many kids are we having!?" Jason panicked. Having to take care of just one was tiring enough to think about, but two?

"Now calm down."

"I'm going to be a dad twice? That means I could mess up more! What if they BOTH don't like me? What if they want a new dad? Getting rejected once is bad enough!" So maybe he had momentarily forgotten that it was just a game, but he was having an imaginary mid-life crisis and was too caught up in the moment.

"Who said it was two?" Bianca questioned.

"THERE'S MORE!?"

"That was probably a bad thing to say."

Then, the door swung open, making the worried blond jump. "You can come in now, little bro." Thalia smiled. Jason gulped. He imagined the room full of babies that he'd have to take care of for the rest of his life like that movie that he'd watched recently, Shrek the Third, was it? Yeah, that scene where there where all the ogre babies appeared was pretty scary. He walked stiffly inside and saw Nico laying in bed, looking like a grumpy cat, as usual. Hazel was beside him with a toy crib placed in front of her. That was probably where his kids were. They couldn't fit that many dolls in there, right?

"Nico, stop scowling," Hazel scolded lightly at her brother. "And smile for your kids." Nico rolled his eyes.

"Jason, say hello to your three baby girls," Thalia pushed him towards the crib where he saw three dolls lined up next to each other. They were wrapped in what looked like clothing. The colors were what caught his attention, though. Usually girls would be in pink blankets, but these three were tucked in a black jacket, purple sweater and green shirt.

Well, at least it wasn't a mountain of babies. Relieved, Jason finally smiled and picked the one wrapped in what looked like Thalia's jacket. He held it in his arms carefully like it was real because he just had to do it right. He wouldn't want to accidentally drop his baby girl so it was best to start learning now, at least it made sense in his opinion.

"How did we end up having triplets again?" Nico asked.

"Because I said so," Thalia retorted and handed him the two other dolls. "Here, hold your babies. Stop making Jason do all the work."

"What are we going to name them?" Jason chirped as he made his way to Nico's side and sat on the chair that had been placed there for him to sit.

"I don't know. I hadn't thought about this," Nico admitted. "I was too busy enjoying bossing you around."

"Thanks." The older boy mumbled.

"Aw this is so cute!" Hazel cooed. "I'm an aunt!"

"Hey, that means me and Thalia are aunts, too!" Bianca said.

"Nope," the oldest girl replied.

"Huh?" Bianca raised an eyebrow at her friend.

"Jason, Nico. The reason why you had three girls was pretty obvious. Me, Bianca and Hazel are going to be your daughters."

"I call the youngest!" Hazel immediately raised her hand in the air. "The youngest gets everything she wants."

"When is this game over?" Nico grumbled, still holding the dolls in his arms. Jason laughed because this was just so ridiculous to him.

I love worried Jason. Anyway, next is Family life. I can't wait. I've so many ideas in my head. Hoped you liked it. There will maybe be 3 more chapters after this, not sure yet.

-Angela R.