so here's chapter 4! i'm home until thursday this week so hopefully i'll be able to get some more typed up, but i have to do a lot of cleaning before we leave for new york/massachusetts on friday or else my mom won't let me go to the wicked bts tour on saturday morning, plus if i finish i get money so i can buy crap! oh and then we're going to the lizzie borden b&b in mass so if i suddenly disappear blame lizzie. lol. so anyways back to what i was going to say about chapter four. personally, i think it rocks just like the rest of my stories do, but i want to know what you guys think when you're done reading it! i'm still debating over whether or not it's too short, but it's definitely longer than chapter three. when i finish my long-ass pointless author's note i'm going to go type up chapter 5, so i'll shut up now. i hope you guys like it, and REVIEW, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! thanks.

x.x Lo

disclaimer: i do not own Mo, Jo, or Mark, but i do own Alexa, Amanda, Shontay, and Jess.

"Come one, Maureen. You gotta get up. We're going to look at houses today, remember?" It was two weeks after Maureen and I had discussed moving, and since I was pregnant we had decided that we should move as soon as we could. "Maureen, I'm serious. We're meeting with the realtor at 2 and it's already 11:30. If you don't get up I'm going to have to tickle you."

"Pookie, I hate you," she said as she buried her head under her pillow.

"Oh come on, you can't be that tired. We went to bed at 11 so you've had at least 10 hours of sleep."

"No, I hate you because you're pregnant."

"Huh? I thought you were excited about me being pregnant? It's too early for you to be confusing me." You could always count on Maureen to confuse me.

"Just go get me some fucking Midol."

"Ohhhhh, I get it now. Haha. You still have to suffer through your period and I don't." Keeping her head buried under her over-sized pillow she mumbled a barely audible "shut-up". "Ok, ok," I said to her. "I'll go get you some Midol." After I was safely off the bed I added, "But it's been so long since I've needed it, so hopefully I'll remember where it is." This time I got my pillow thrown at me, but I just caught it and threw it back.

A few minutes later I returned with the Midol, a bottle of water, and a heat pack. I tossed them onto the bed next to her and told her I'd be back in an hour and that she was going to be getting up, cramps or not. "Thank-you, Pookie," she mumbled from underneath her pillow as I saw her hand reach out from under the blanket and feel around for her comfort items I had brought for her.

I went to the kitchen to get my laptop out and took it to the living room where I sat down and laid back on the couch to relax. I had just finished checking my mail when the phone next to the couch rang. I looked at the caller ID, and recognizing the number, decided to answer.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Joanne? It's Jess. Sorry that this is such short notice, but could you and Mo watch Shontay today? Mark's sick and I have to go into work for a few hours." Shontay was Mark and Jess's 7-year old daughter that they had adopted from Detroit about a year ago. Jess was a manager at Hooter's and didn't have the time or patience to be pregnant, and both had figured out from the time that Grace was born that they couldn't handle a child under the age of five, so adoption was perfect for them. Shontay was the sweetest little girl in the world, and just loved living in New York, especially since Maureen and I took her to go see musicals with the girls all the time. She loved to sing and dance and every time she was over at our house she would perform some new dance number she had learned in her dance classes for us. She spent so much time over at our house that she referred to us as her second parents and our girls referred to Mark and Jess their second parents. It was great how Maureen had been able to stay friends with Mark all these years, and even greater now that we lived so close and our kids were able to get just as close as we had been before them.

"Look, Jess, I'm sorry, but Maureen and I are going out to Syosset today to look at houses and the girls are with Mo's parents this weekend, but you should try calling Alexa and Amanda. Cynthia's over at their apartment right now working on the dresses for the wedding, and they still need Shontay's measurements for her bridesmaid dress, and I'm sure Lex and Mandy wouldn't mind watching her. I'm really sorry, but I have to go now. Maureen's finally ready and if we don't leave now we're gonna be late for an open house we're meeting our realtor at."

"Okay, I guess that will work. I hope you guys find something today. Bye!" She hung up and I put the phone down on the coffee table as Maureen unlocked the door. I shut off my laptop and grabbed my purse off the end of the couch before standing up and following Maureen out the door.