If I knew that supermarket shopping for others was so hard, I would never have picked up Chris' list and dragged Zeke to the biggest market in Chicago. Not knowing what brands and types of foods I should buy made me aggravated, but to top it off I had Zeke complaining to me every 10 seconds.

"Why did I have to come?" He whines.

"Your car has a big trunk!" I say, trying not to show my annoyance.

"You could have brought my wife then!"

"You're stronger than her, therefore you can carry more groceries," I explain. Mumbling something about the 'unfair world', Zeke continues pushing the cart. "What's next on the list?"

"Pasta."

"Perfect, there are 100 different types of pasta," he says sarcastically, "Tris just call her and ask, I know that you want it to be a surprise, but we can't do this without help." I sigh while taking out my phone from my purse, and on cue it starts ringing. A picture of me and Shauna making funny faces comes on the screen.

"Hey Shauna." It's obvious that I'm defeated.

"Hello, happy person! How's it going?"

"It's horrible! I don't know what to buy. I mean, she didn't even specify! She just wrote 'pasta,'" I complain.

Shauna starts laughing, "Tris, when you were gone I went grocery shopping with her. I may remember some of her preferences. For example, she only buys penne."

"Oh my goodness! Thank you Shauna!"

"No problem. Before I forget, Chris told me that she wants us at her house, so bring Zeke with you there. I'm already on my way there with Ellie."

"I was already going to bring him, who do you think was going to carry the groceries in?" I said, warranting a scowl from Zeke.


"Honestly it's no problem, I just hope that I bought everything right," I say honestly to Christina.

"Really Tris, thank you. Come to the living room, we're going to have some fun!" I give her a pointed look. Fun? She just had a baby! Chris just hugs me and smiles at me innocently.

"Okay. I'm just going to put the groceries in the fridge," I head to the kitchen.

Chris stops me, "Leave that to me, go! I'll be right there." Walking through the hallway, I stop to see my favorite pictures of Christina and I. We were about 15 and we dragged Christina's cousin, who was a photographer, to the beach to take some pictures of us. In the end we filled 2 scrapbook kits and made a photo collage that's on this wall. The one where we are soaked by water because of a huge wave is my favorite; we were laughing and the picture was spontaneous. Christina joins me in looking at the memories and together we observe the picture on the wall.

"Come on slow poke." She teases me and nudges my ribs with her elbow.

Upon entering the living room, we see chaos. Uri and Zeke are arguing about something, Mar and Shauna are laughing about something loudly, while Will is doing something with the TV making a static and loud noise come out of the device. And Four. He's here, of course he is. He's listening to some song that El is singing. And Lily, the person who clearly has the most benefits in this situation, is peacefully sleeping in.

"Whoa." Chris and I stand there shocked before we can proceed to do anything. Suddenly I snap. I whistle loudly, making everybody look at me. My more aware friend now covers her mouth with her hand hiding a smile.

"This place is a madhouse! Will?" He hesitates to answer and tries to make a good response.

"I... I was fixing the TV! That's why there's this racket coming from it. But I already finished," he stutters.

"Okay!" I smile and sit down on the huge rug that covers the living room floor. Everybody looks at me weirdly; they must be thinking 'where is the scolding?' Well that was my point in not reprimanding them, it's fun to be surprising. That way, people don't create expectations about you. No stereotypes. After a few seconds of silence El comes and gives me a big hug, which I gladly return.

"I missed you auntie Tris!"

"I missed you too!" Placing her in my lap, I send a questioning glance at Christina. "So what did you want to talk about with us? I mean, you just had a baby about two weeks ago, normally couples need their space and distance for some time."

"Someone has been reading baby sites." She snickers with everyone else, making me roll my eyes with pure annoyance. When she's finished laughing at her infantile joke, she grabs a red folder that was on top of the coffee table. "Here's the deal. Me, Will and everybody else, made a list of things that you and Four have to do before Lily's baptism."

Four now has all of his attention on Chris while shooting her a killing glare. "Why?" Even though I agree with him, I feel a little hurt by his quick question. Am I that bad?

"Well, I saw this on a really cool blog of this mom that has two-"

"Chris, focus." She smiles at me, but I can't find anything nice in her expression.

"Anyway, she did this and shared her great experiences and I just loved the idea. It'll be perfect for both of you to get to know each other." Perfect. Four opened his mouth, but I beat him. Revenge is bittersweet, darling.

"What happens if we don't want to do it?" I feel bad as the disappointment flashes through Chris' face.

"Nothing, really. But I think it would be a really nice experience, as you guys would get to know each other better and some of the challenges include activities with Lily. It's not that bad." I feel guilty for not wanting to do it, but it's inevitable, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to 'get to know' Four.

"Can we see the paper?" Surprisingly, Four sat next to me extending his hand at Chris to get the list. Handing it over, Chris looks victorious and satisfied.

"Before we start reading it, what does everyone else have to do with this?" My curiosity is definitely flourishing today.

"When you finish we'll explain," Chris says simply. My eyes wander to Will, who stares at us with an amused smirk. Putting the list between us, Four grimaces as we start reading the written torture.

Challenges For Lily's Godparents (Four and Tris)

All actions need to be fulfilled with both godparents present.

- Buy 6 collections of clothes for Lily

- Go to the beach with Lily, taking 20 different and nice pictures of her (after she's 3 months)

- Take Lily to the park, taking 15 cute different and nice pictures of her (after she's 5 months)

- Decorate a onesie (each persoin has to decorate one)

- Write a letter for her when she's 13 (from the godparents, not godmother or godfather)

- Buy 4 educational and stimulating development toys

- Go to the zoo with Lily, taking as many photos as you can (after she's 2 months)

All activities with Lily will be monitored.

Surprisingly, I like it, and before I can hold them back, the words jump from my mouth. "I'll do it." Everyone looks utterly shocked, including Four who quickly regains his composure.

"Yeah," he stopped and looked to the mini crib "Me too."

Chris jumps up from her spot on the couch and smiles, showing all of her teeth. "Great! Okay, so everyone else is here because they helped elaborating the list, and they may have to monitor you guys sometimes. But mostly it'll be me." I smile proudly, she's already a great mom. "But we won't invade your space, don't worry."

I look at my watch and realize that I need to get going. "I need to go; I have a collaboration on the channel and I don't want to be late."

Saying goodbye to everyone, I wonder if I did the right thing accepting the challenge.


Hey! I found a Beta (a great one) and hopefully updating will be more often. Unfortunately I can't promise anything because my classes begin on Monday. Probably my updates will be less often, but I'll pre-write chapters between everything to help a little.

Thanks to all the reviewers, you guys make me smile all the time.

Olivia (livyroro), my wonderful Beta, you make my rough drafts into something marvelous, and I'm eternally grateful for you.

Once again, thank you Thea (TheaWrites), for listening (reading?) to my rants about Betas and other nonsense.