Disclaimer: I do not own House of Anubis (sadly!)

Two women walked down the street, a small child with dark brown hair in two high pigtails bouncing in between them. The woman with light brown hair held tightly onto one of the child's hands, while the woman with the red-brown hair carried a bag and was busy glaring at someone across from them on the sidewalk.

"How much farther is the park? We've been walking for ages." The red-brown haired woman groaned, hitching up the bag on her shoulder and looking over at her companion.

"We're almost there, Aunt 'Trisha! First we have to go past the statue of the ugly man and then we're there." The child between them said before her mother could speak. Her blue eyes were wide as she looked up at Patricia. "Are you still going to play with me? Mummy plays too boring; all she wants to play is tea-parties. I want to play 'Ninjas and Aliens!'"

Patricia laughed loudly, and then nodded at the little girl. "You've been spending far too much time with Uncle Alfie, Eve. But yeah, I'll play Ninjas and Aliens with you." Eve smiled broadly and continued clutching her mother's hand, her pigtails bobbing as she did an odd skipping motion down the sidewalk.

"Show 'Trisha what else Uncle Alfie taught you." Nina said; a hint of distaste in her voice. The child looked back up at Patricia and smiled widely again before closing her eyes and concentrating for a moment, making them stop in the middle of the sidewalk. After a second, Eve opened her eyes and mouth again, a loud burp erupting from her. "Oh, Eve, that was great! You're going to be able to burp louder then Uncle Weasel before long!" Patricia encouraged excitedly while Eve beamed in pride as they began walking again, Nina looking like she was struggling to fight a laugh.

"She has Alfie wrapped around her little finger – he's worse then Fabian when it comes to her." Nina joked, smiling down at the little girl. Patricia waved a dismissive hand, "She has everyone wrapped around her little finger, Nina. And good for her, she gets a lot of toys out of it, don't you, Evie?"

"Yup! Oh – Mummy, there's the ugly man!" The little girl said, not fully understanding what she had just agreed to but pointing over at a statue of an old man. Nina and Patricia both laughed and continued walking, talking quietly until Eve let out a loud squeal.

"There's the park! Hurry, hurry! No one's on my favorite slide!" She yelled happily, bouncing up and down now, though Nina still had a tight grip on her hand. "Here, take the bag, Nina. I'll run over with her – you find a picnic table?" Patricia said as she swapped the bag for Eve's hand. Nina nodded and Patricia glanced down at Eve.

"Race you to the slide." She challenged quietly, and Eve nodded quickly. "ReadysetGO!" Eve screamed before running off, Patricia at her heels. "You little cheater!" She called after the giggling child as they ran across the soft green grass. "You taught me to!" Eve called behind her as she shot towards the slide.

Patricia ran forwards and scooped her up before she could climb up the ladder. "Put me down!" Eve laughed as Patricia tickled her stomach. She gently set her down, but turned and climbed up the ladder of the slide before the little girl could.

"Aunt 'Trisha! You're too big for the slide!" Eve called as she climbed up the ladder behind Patricia. "You're never too big for a slide, Evie." Patricia laughed as she pushed and wiggled her way down the small slide. Eve slid down behind her, hitting Patricia's back when she got to the end.

"Okay! Ninja and Alien time! Go hide, Alien!" Eve said, climbing off the slide and clapping her hands.

"Nooo, I want to be the Ninja!" Patricia whined, crossing her arms.

"I'm going to tell Uncle Weasel that you're being whiney."

"You're five! How do you know what being whiney is?"

Eve shrugged and reached up, pulling on Patricia's hand. "Please be the Alien? Please Aunt 'Trisha?" She begged, batting her long brown eyelashes.

"You're too cute for your own good, you stinker." Patricia sighed as she backed away a few spaces. "Fine. Go count by your mummy over there at the table and I'll hide. The table will be mothership, okay?"

"Okay!" Eve said, sprinting over to where Nina was sitting at a small table, reading a book. She walked over and put her head into Nina's lap to count. Ninjas and Aliens was basically Alfie's idea of hide-and-go-seek, Patricia thought, walking over to the little jungle-gym. The only difference was that the 'Ninja' had to find and capture the 'Alien' before it reached the 'mothership'. It didn't really make too much sense, in Patricia's opinion, but Eve loved it. Patricia crouched behind a long crawling tube and waited.

Patricia decided to let Eve win and find her, so she plopped down and brought her knees to her chest. She remembered playing hide-and-seek with Piper when they were kids, and she always won. Patricia was the champ at hide-and-seek, once she had hid in the laundry shoot for two whole hours until her mom accidentally found her.

Patricia frowned, straining her ears, trying to hear Eve's call – had she missed it? Eve had a soft voice, but she could defiantly be loud when she wanted to. She could also 'speak American', as Eddie put it, or give her voice more of a British accent – Patricia supposed that came from being around her American mother and friends and her British father and friends. Eve was an extremely bright little girl, Patricia had to admit. Nina and Fabian were currently teaching her French – a language Patricia found rather useless and stupid, but whatever. Patricia yawned and stretched her legs, which were beginning to cramp. It had been what – ten minutes now? She wasn't even in that good of a hiding spot.

Carefully standing up, Patricia glanced over to see Nina and Eve both sitting at the table, Eve drinking a juice box and swinging her feet. Patricia strode over and sat down beside Eve with a huff.

"Thought you were going to find me, Miss Ninja." She said; her voice childish and pouty.

"Mummy brought juice. I like juice more then you." Eve replied, shrugging.

"Evelyn Sarah Rutter! You like juice more then me? I thought I was your favorite aunt!"

"Mmm. Aunt Amber buys me pretty dresses. And Aunt Willow is silly. And Aunt KT tells the best stories. But I like all of you." Eve replied calmly. Patricia rolled her eyes, a smile gracing her lips. Willow and KT both had met Nina when everyone from Anubis had decided to meet up one day, and they became fast friends.

The trio began eating lunch, talking and laughing and joking loudly. The peaceful afternoon was interrupted suddenly by a shrill cry of a baby. Nina's head jerked up automatically, even though Eve was sitting right in front of her. Patricia glanced over to see a young mother soothing her crying infant, putting a bottle in its mouth and bouncing it in her arms. Nina smiled softly and turned back to her food.

"Aunt 'Trisha?"

"Yes Eve?"

"When are you going to have a baby?" Eve asked innocently, her eyes not leaving the food she was shoving in her mouth. Nina covered her mouth with a hand, trying her hardest not to laugh, as Patricia had frozen in mid-bite, her mouth wide open.

"Excuse me?" Patricia managed to choke out.

"I said, when are you having a baby? You know, with Uncle Weasel. You should have a girl; I could show her how to wear pretty dresses and how to play Ninjas and Aliens." Eve said brightly.

"I'm not having a baby." Patricia said simply, willing herself not to snap at the little girl.

"I think you should." Eve said matter-of-factly, wiping her fingers off on a napkin.

"Eve, baby, why don't you go play if you're all done? We're leaving in a bit." Nina spoke up, her eyes watering slightly from her contained laughter. "Kay!" Eve said cheerfully, hopping down and running off. Patricia was stabbing at her salad moodily, avoiding eye contact with Nina.

"You really don't want a baby?" Nina asked softly, her gaze flickering between her friend and her daughter.

"I'm thinking about talking Eddie into getting a dog." Patricia said coolly, hoping to steer the subject of babies away. "Maybe a Rottweiler; I'd look pretty cool walking one of those. And they're cute." She added as an afterthought, shoving a piece of lettuce into her mouth.

"You'd make a good mom, you know. You're great with kids, you just won't admit it." Nina said, picking at her own salad. "Rottweilers are nice, yeah. Do they allow them in your flat, though?"

"Good with other people's kids. But I'd be a terrible mum. My kid would end up just like me." Patricia muttered quietly - Nina barely caught her words. "Yeah, I think. Our neighbor has some kind of big dog, so I don't see why we wouldn't be aloud to get one."

"What's wrong with ending up like you? You're a successful lawyer and you've saved the world a few times." Nina pointed out, ignoring the dog conversation; somewhat surprised Patricia was actually discussing this with her.

"Yeah, okay. Hey, mind if I head back? I have paperwork to do." Patricia said uncomfortably, finishing her salad. Nina chuckled silently – that didn't last long. "Yeah, okay. We'll come with you; I have to get her ready for tomorrow, anyway. We're going to see my Gram." Nina explained; standing and beginning to clear off the table.

Patricia walked over to the jungle-gym and watched Eve, who was engaged in an animated discussion with a small boy. Patricia leaned closer, catching the end of the conversation – "And then, the huge hairy monster jumped out and ate the little boy!" Eve said loudly, pulling a face and growling as the little boy yelped and ran off. Patricia smirked – Eve was going to grow up just fine.

"Evie! Come on, we're leaving!" Nina called, and Eve obediently climbed off the jungle-gym, sulking only a little. They set off back down the sidewalk, Eve now holding Patricia's hand.

"So you're not going to have a baby, Aunt 'Trisha?" Eve asked, frowning slightly.

"I'm thinking about getting a puppy." Patricia said calmly.

"A puppy!? I love puppies!" Eve squealed, clapping her hands.

"Me too." Patricia smiled, swinging Eve's hand in hers, thankful that the thought of a puppy could push the thought of a baby out of at least Eve's mind.

Ehh.. I'm not terribly pleased with this piece, but I'm not feeling great and I'm happy to get at least this out. And I realize poor Eve had like, no playtime - oops! D:

I'm thinking about changing the title of this story and just making it a selection of different one-shots involving Peddie (with or without each other) with kids – what do you think? Any new name ideas?

And I'm getting kind of fond of Eve. If you haven't figured it out yet, she was named for Nina's Gram (Evelyn) and Sarah Frobisher-Smythe, because Fabian would totally let Nina name their daughter after such two important women in Nina's life. And the kids are defiantly going to be calling their parent's friends 'Aunt' and 'Uncle'. I've grown up calling some of my parent's closest friends Aunt and Uncle, so I assume it's somewhat normal xD And yeah, Patricia's got Eve calling Eddie 'Uncle Weasel', because that's adorable and I had an 'Uncle Butthead' growing up.

I've read a few other fanfictions that have Patricia being a lawyer – and I can totally see that happening. With arguing skills like hers, she'd make a killing. I'm still kind of unsure about Eddie though…

Okay, done rambling, sorry! Let me know what you think? (:

xGaloshes