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CHAPTER 8
Lucie sat cross-legged on Anya's bed, on friday afternoon watching as she rummaged through her closet "It's so exciting, I mean your first date" she gushed.
Anya stood up straight and blew out a hot breath putting her hands on her hips "Yeah if I can find something to wear" she frowned opening a drawer on her dresser and looking inside.
"Come on Anya, Rio will think your hot if you go in a sack" Lucie smiled
Anya slammed her drawer shut and sighed flopping down on her bed "That's not the point, I want to make an effort, didn't you ever with Taj?" she asked.
Lucie frowned "Taj and I didn't really have dates, we just kinda ended up together"
Just then Lexa ran into the room and jumped on the bed followed by Keira "Find anything angel?" she asked leaning against the door frame.
Anya shook her head "Nothing I want to wear, what did you wear for your first date with daddy?" she asked sitting up.
Keira laughed "The night me and daddy first had a drink together, I was in my work gear covered in oil and crap"
"But after that, surely you had a proper date after that?" Anya asked
Keira thought and smiled "I took him to the jet board course the next morning, he'd never been on a jet board before"
"And what did you wear?" Lucie asked
She shrugged "Just a shirt and shorts" she walked over to the closet and pulled out a short denim skirt "Lets see" she looked through the shirts and vests hanging up and pulled out a purple vest "Try these, I have something that will go perfect with them" she said handing them to Anya and leaving the room. When she returned Anya stood in front of her mirror frowning at herself, she looked at her mother sadly "I'm not sure Mama" she said shaking her head.
"Here" Keira handed her a cropped denim jacket with 3/4 sleeves and picked up Anya's combat boots.
Anya smiled and slipped the boots and jacket on, she smiled and turned around to face her mother, sister and best friend all sat on the bed "Well?" she asked.
"Ana is pretty" Lexa stated beaming up at her.
Keira nodded and stood up smiling "She sure is" she pulled Anya's fringe back and clipped it in place "Now he can see them beautiful eyes, grandfathers eyes" she smiled.
"Wow Anya you look amazing" Lucie said smiling.
Anya turned back to the mirror "What about make-up?" she asked
"Just a bit of masscara should do the trick" Lucie said getting up and putting it on her "Perfect, he won't know what's hit him" she beamed
Keira frowned "He will know if he hurts you, two pissed off Mar boys and a very pissed off Mar woman".
Anya laughed and hugged her mother "Thanks Mama".
Keira, Anya and Lucie wandered into the kitchen. Jak and Taj sat at the table, Taj doing his homework and Jak reading the paper, he looked up and smiled "Well well" he stated as Keira made her way over to him and sat on his lap.
Taj looked up and frowned "Your not going out like that?" he looked at his father "Dad, you're not letting her go out in that skirt, it's far to short?" he snapped.
Keira laughed "She's worn that skirt a million times Taj"
"Yeah, here where its hot, not Haven" he said.
Lucie sat down next to Taj and smiled "I think she looks great".
"So do I" Jak said gently moving Keira off his lap and standing up "You look beautiful angel, your just like your mother" he said holding his arms out to her.
Anya stepped into his embrace "Thanks daddy"
Keira smiled "I'm glad one of my children look like me" she giggled
Jak looked at her and smiled "Damas has your eyes, and they've all got your temper" he hugged his daughter tight and whispered into her ear "Your still my little angel, don't ever forget that"
Anya smiled "I know daddy, and I won't" she smiled squeezing him before letting go "Right Luce, you ready?" she asked.
Lucie got up and walked towards the back door "Yep, I have to get changed yet" she said.
"Wait, are you going?" Taj asked.
Lucie nodded and smiled "Yeah, I'm meeting Mason"
"Why don't you walk the girls to the transport Taj?" Jak said pulling Keira up and sitting back down with her on his knee, Taj nodded and stood up "And you can met Anya later when she comes home, half nine okay?" Jak said looking at her.
Anya nodded and walked over to them, kissing each one on the cheek "Okay daddy, love you both"
"We love you back, have fun, and remember Uncle Daxter will tell us everything" Keira giggled.
Anya giggled and headed for the door "I'm sure he will, with his own little imagination mixed in, see ya" she said closing the door behind her.
Jak sighed and rested his head on Keira's chest, she ran her fingers through his hair and smiled "You okay?" she asked.
Jak nodded and looked up "It's just too soon, my little angel is growing up and I can't do a thing to stop it" he said sadly.
"Anya may be growing up but she still needs her daddy, over the next few years she's going to need him more than ever" she leaned down and kissed Jak gently on the lips "But right now, you still have a baby girl who loves her daddy very much" she smiled.
Jak smiled "Your right, let's go play with our two other babies before they grow up too" he said jumping up and pulling Keira with him.
Anya, Taj and Lucie wandered towards the air train. Anya walked in front as Taj and Lucie trailed behind. Taj looked at Lucie and smiled "So your going out with Mason?" he asked.
Lucie shrugged and smiled slightly "Yeah so your going out with Marissa".
"I know" he sighed, he glanced at her again, her jeans hugging her slim frame, while her black vest showed a little of her toned belly and small breasts, he smiled "Y'know, you look pretty hot tonight I don't think you need to change"
Lucie laughed "I've had this on all day, I'm not gonna go out with the same clothes I wore for school on"
Taj nodded "Still, you look hot"
She sighed and stopped "Look Taj, you made it pretty clear that you wanted to play the field, have a bit of fun, so isn't only fair that I get to do the same, I can't sit around waiting for you and it isn't fair to ask me too"
"I know, I just don't want you to get hurt, I care about you Lucie" Taj smiled reaching out to take her hand
Lucie pulled it away "Funny that Taj, because you're the only on who has hurt me" she snapped "I'll see ya later" she said turning around and marching towards Anya stood waiting for her at the transport site.
Jak sat on the back door steps with his arms wrapped around Keira both watching Damas and Lexa play when Taj slammed through the back gate. Keira frowned and looked at him "Why not just pull it off its hinges?" she snapped.
"What?" he stopped and sighed "Oh sorry"
Jak smiled "Whats up son?" he asked.
"Nothing" Taj shrugged as he sat down in front of his parents "I mean it is something, but I'm not sure what it is"
Keira smiled "Lucie?" she asked.
Taj shrugged and looked at his father "How did you know dad, how did you know mama was the one?" he asked
Jak laughed and pulled Keira closer "I'd never been in love until I met your mother, it was just a feeling I had like I suddenly become lighter"
"Am I supposed to feel that way?" Taj asked
Keira shook her head and smiled "It's not something your supposed to feel, it's just something you feel, if you don't feel it with Lucie then you don't feel it"
"But that's just it, what if I do feel it but I'm just not ready for it, how did you know you were ready?" he asked
Jak grinned "Have you seen how beautiful your mother is, how could I not be ready to fall in love with her?"
Keira smiled "Plus it helped that you and your sister came along pretty quickly"
"So if you hadn't got pregnant with Anya and I you wouldn't have got married?" Taj said sadly
Jak shook his head "We were always going to get married, you two just hurried the process up a bit"
Keira moved out of Jak's arms and sat next to Taj, wrapping an arm around him as he rested his head on her shoulder "Look, why don't you just wait and see how things go with Marissa I mean you haven't even been out on a date with her yet"
Taj sighed and nodded "Yeah that sounds like a good idea, thanks mama" he said kissing her cheek and getting up.
"No worries, but if Anya is right about her and she hurts my baby boy, she'll be in trouble" Keira giggled.
Taj laughed as he hugged his father "I bet, I better finish my home work before I have to go for Anya"
Jak smiled and opened his arms for Keira to sit in again.
Anya sat across from Rio in a booth in the Naughty Ottsel. Rio idly played with Anya's fingers as she smiled and looked around the bar "Looks like someone is keeping a very close eye on us" she giggled nodding over to where Daxter stood on the bar.
"Do you think we could sneak out?" Rio asked
Anya smiled "I don't know, where to?" she asked back.
"I was thinking maybe the forest" he grinned
Anya frowned "Really, you want to go sit in Haven Forest, where my grandfather lives?" she said
Rio laughed "He won't know we're there, we won't go into his part"
"Rio, my grandpa is a sage, he know's everything that goes on in that forest, he will know I'm there the minute I walk into that place" Anya explained
Rio frowned "How will he know that?"
"The eco in me, not everyone has dark and light eco in them, he'll sense it" Anya said intertwining her fingers with his.
He looked down sadly "Oh, so what we gonna do, I want some alone time with you"
Anya lifted her hand and raised Rio's chin "We'll figure something out" she smiled.
Rio smiled at her "Your right, come on" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her up.
Anya giggled as he pulled her out the bar "Rio, what are you doing?" she squealed
"I'm having some alone time with you" he said pulling her down the port to the end of the dock, he sat down on the end and motioned for Anya to sit next to him, when she sat down he wrapped an arm around her tightly "It's not as beautiful as it is in Spargus but if you look hard enough you can see a few stars peeking through"
Anya smiled and rested her head on his shoulder "It's just nice being here with you" she smiled.
Rio looked down at her and smiled "Babe, I just want you to know that I really like you"
"I know Rio, and I like you" she said lifting her head again, she reached up and gently stroked his face "Really like you" she whispered before pressing her lips to his.
An hour later Anya and Rio stood on the dock, Rio's arms wrapped tightly around her waist as her hands rested on his chest, she looked up into his blue eyes "I had a great night with you".
Rio smiled "Me too" he leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips.
Anya sighed into his mouth and moved her arms up to wrap around his neck pulling him in to deepen the kiss, he immediately responded and his hands began to caress her bottom, moving up under her jacket, his fingertips gently stroking her spine.
They were completely lost in each other and didn't realise Taj had stepped off the air train "Ahem" he coughed loudly.
Anya smiled and pulled away looking at Taj "Hi big bro" she said sweetly without removing her arms from around Rio's neck.
"Hi big bro, is that all you've got to say, your stood kissing in the middle of Haven City port and that's all you have to say" Taj snapped.
Anya sighed and stepped away from Rio "Come on Taj, not like you haven't stood here a million times kissing Lucie and other random girls"
"Looks like Lucie's found someone else to kiss" Rio said nodding towards the end of the port where Lucie stood kissing with Mason.
Taj groaned and looked away "Come on Anya, we'll be late" he snapped jumping into the transport.
Anya giggled and quickly stepped back into Rio's arms kissing him quickly "I better go, I'll call you tomorrow"
"You better babe" he grinned stepping back and watching as she jumped into the transport.
Anya walked into Taj's bedroom and sat on his bed cross-legged looking at him "Wanna tell me whats going on with you?" she enquired.
Taj looked at her and frowned "I just don't want to see my sister and best friend stood in the middle of the port kissing that's all"
"And it was nothing to do with Lucie?" she asked.
Taj shrugged "Maybe a little"
"How do you think Lucie feels when she see's you with Marissa, or any of them other girls you've been out with?" Anya snapped
Taj shrugged again "I guess the same"
"You need to make your mind up Taj, it's not fair on her" She sighed getting up
He nodded "I know Anya, but its hard you know"
Anya kissed his cheek and smiled "I'll be here for you big brother"
"I know little sis, love you" he smiled.
Anya nodded "Love you back" she said walking out the room.
Keira sat on the edge of her bed and sighed looking down at a picture of the twins when they were first-born, she wiped a tear away and looked up as Jak entered the room. He frowned and moved over to her sitting next to her and wrapping an arm tightly around her pulling her to his chest, not saying anything he didn't need to. After about ten minutes Keira wiped her eyes and pulled her head away from Jak's chest looking up at him she smiled "Thank you handsome" she said gently stroking his cheek.
Jak shook his head and smiled "I'm the one who be thanking you, if it wasn't for you god only knows where I would have ended up" he took the picture off her and looked at it "It seems like just yesterday doesn't it" he smiled.
"I know I'm always telling you that you have to let them grow up, but it's just as hard for me , I guess I just miss the days when Taj would come running to me with a scraped knee from falling off the jet board" she giggled "Or Anya running around in my boots and tripping over them because they were too big"
Jak stroked Keira's hair "They'll always be our babies, no matter how big they get"
"And we'll have to go through it all again with Damas and Lexa" Keira said looking up at him
Jak smiled and gently cupped Keira's face "We could always have more" he grinned
Keira laughed "Jak we can't just have another baby every time one grows up, we'd end up with a million kids"
"Sounds okay to me, I love putting a baby into you" Jak laughed
Keira laughed again and kissed Jak before taking the picture off him and getting up "As much as I love the process of baby making, I think we have enough" she said putting the picture back on the dresser and closing the door, she wandered back over to Jak and sat on his knee, a leg on either side of him "So how about we just enjoy the process?"
Jak grinned and quickly flipped her over "I would love to baby".
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Reko-Luna - Thank you for your reviews and yes your right I would never say daddy, but Keira calls her father daddy in all the games even Jak X where she's 18 and she is a princess after all. And I didn't want the twins to be asleep with Rio and Lucie, thought that was a bit predictable, but don't worry that will come later. As I said thank you for reading my stories and taking the time to review. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story. X X X X