Hey everyone! I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter! Here's the next one! Also, my summer vacation starts this week but I don't know if I will be updating more often. But, most likely, I will! Yay! Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I'll keep this real simple…I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH GX, IT'S 180 EPISODES, IT'S CHARACTERS, OR ITS CARDS!

Claimer: My lawyer says that this title, plot, idea, and all Original Characters are mine…so I guess they are.

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Jaden's POV

"And I thought breakfast was a mess," Mom sighed, rubbing her index and thumb against her forehead. Dad and I laughed at her. Alexis patted her hand, but she was fighting a smile. Alexis and I stayed for dinner, because I just couldn't say no to my mother's homemade dinner. Also my mom makes the best lasagna. No lie! If Garfield tasted my mom's lasagna just once, he'd be in love with her just for her lasagna, and not just because he loves lasagna in general. But, there's one downside to lasagna in my family: There's always one person messy afterward. This time, just like breakfast, was Zoey. But this was probably the messiest I've ever seen someone get over the span of five minutes. She had tomato sauce all over her; cheese was stuck and dangled off her hair. Noodles were also in her hair and also sticking to her face. She just continued to shove lasagna into her mouth as if she was squeaky clean.

"What do you expect when you have little kids?" Dad asked my mom. She shook her head and stood up from her chair. She began clearing the table and placing the dirty dishes in the sink to be washed.

"It took me twenty minutes to get all of the syrup off of her this morning," Mom said, indicating with her eyes that she was talking about Zoey.

"No worries, Mom, I've got this," I said smiling. She looked at me curiously. I stood up from my chair and walked over to Zoey. I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder. She squealed as I began heading for the stairs.

"Put me down big brawder! I can walk!" she insisted. I ignored her however. She began wiggling under my arm and trying to free herself. I heard little footsteps following behind me. I turned to see Mia and Tommy running after us. Mia was holding Tommy's hand. When I began ascending the stairs, Mia helped him up. It was kinda cute. However, I knew there was only one reason why they were following me. Dad only confirmed what I already knew.

"Jaden…," he began to say but I cut him off.

"Yeah, yeah. Bathes for everyone!' I said without enthusiasm. Mia and Tommy giggled. When we reached the second floor Mia and Tommy lunged at my legs and clung to them like two monkeys on a tree. I sighed and headed for the bathroom. This, mind you, wasn't easy. Especially when you have a five-year-old wiggling under your arm on your shoulder, another five-year-old clinging to your leg like a monkey, and a two-year-old who actually THINKS he's a monkey. "Tommy, please stop trying to climb up my leg," I said. He giggled and slid back down my leg. I sighed again. I turned to look down at the kitchen.

Mom was standing in front of the sink doing the dishes. She was on the phone talking to Aunt May. She was talking about some new baby case she was on. Dad and Alexis were sitting at the counter, talking. Alexis looked over at me and smiled. I smiled back. When Mia started trying to climb my leg like Tommy, I decided it was time for the bath. I walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind me.

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Narrative POV

Alexis giggled as Jaden struggled into the bathroom. He closed the door behind him.

"Jake says he has a lead on the resent homicide investigation," Chris said taking a sip of his coffee. Lauren turned to look at him.

"Well, that's good." She scrubbed at the plate she was washing, "I feel so bad for Loraine, she lost her only child." Chris nodded.

"It's not easy, losing a kid like that," he agreed. Lauren nodded. She rinsed the soap off of the plate she was washing and set it in a drying rack by the sink. She turned to look at Alexis.

"Alexis, can you hand me that towel?" She nodded and reached for the towel in front of her; her locket fell out of her shirt where she placed it just before dinner. It fell to the counter, clacking slightly against the cool marble top. She handed Lauren the towel. She smiled and took it. "Thank you." She began drying the counter where some water spilled out of the sink and off of the dishes.

"No problem," Alexis said. She leaned away from the counter; her locket fell right back against her chest. Chris turned to look at her, his eyes zeroed in on the locket. He smiled.

"Well, well, well," he said. Laruen and Alexis both looked at him confused. Lauren followed his gaze and noticed the locket.

"Oh!" she gasped, and then her face relaxed into a smile. Alexis looked between them, very confused.

"Am…I missing something?" she asked. She began to feel self-conscious with them staring at her like they were. They both chuckled. Chris pointed toward her chest.

"You're locket." Alexis picked it up and balanced it in her palm.

"What about it?" she asked, still perplexed. Lauren smiled at her. She turned back to the dishes and scrubbed at the lasagna pan with some steel wool.

"We're just shocked to see you wearing it," she explained. Alexis frowned.

"Am I not supposed to be wearing it?" Lauren looked at her.

"No! Not that dear!" she quickly amended. "What I meant was we're shocked to see that Jaden gave it to you so quickly." She looked at her, still very confused.

"I'm not following." Chris chuckled. She turned to look at him as Lauren went back to work on the pan. He took a sip of his coffee before turning to look at her.

"Allow me to explain," he said. He was having a difficult time suppressing the smile that now lit up his face. Alexis waited. "What exactly did Jaden tell you about that locket?" She thought a moment.

"He said that you gave it to Lauren when you realized that she was the one you wanted to be with for the rest of your life." She felt her face heat up as she said that. Chris and Lauren both chuckled at her face.

"Well, there's actually a story behind the locket," he said. Alexis cocked her head to the side.

"Story?" He nodded.

"Yes. You see, my father gave that locket to my mother when he realized the same thing I realized about Lauren." He smiled at Lauren, who smiled back. Alexis thought it was all very sweet. "My mother gave it to me with the same hopes." Chris was looking at Alexis as he spoke. "But my father didn't buy that locket for my mother."

"He didn't?" Alexis asked. Chris nodded.

"That's right. My grandfather gave that locket to my grandmother for the same reasons as my father gave it to my mother and why I gave it to Lauren." He was smiling hugely by now. "And my great-grandfather gave it to my great-grandmother." He chuckled and looked at Alexis, trying to see what her reaction was.

"So, this locket," She balanced the locket in the palm of her hand. "has been in your family for generations?" Chris nodded.

"Generations upon generations," Lauren elaborated. Alexis let the locket fall from her palm and fall flat against her chest once again. She looked at Chris, who was taking a drink of his coffee.

"How old is this locket?" she asked. He set his coffee down and looked up at the ceiling, thinking I suppose.

"My father told me it was made in Italy at the turn of the twentieth century." He looked at her. "So, around 1900, give or take a few years." Alexis felt her eyes grow wide.

"It's that old?" she asked. Chris and Lauren both chuckled at her reaction, but nodded.

"Yes," Chris said, apparently pleased by her reaction. Laruen looked over at her.

"Did Jaden tell you why I gave the locket to him?" She thought a moment then shook her head.

"No, he didn't."

"Just like him I suppose," Chris said chuckling. She looked at him confused.

"I gave Jaden that locket and told him to give it to who he knew he wanted to be with for the rest of his life," Lauren explained, smiling. It took Alexis a minute to process what she just said. When she did, her face became a deep crimson. Chris and Lauren both laughed.

"Alexis, all of the men in my family have given this locket to their significant other when there was still a chance that it wouldn't work out between them and yet," Chris indicated with his hand toward the locket. "here that exact same locket remains, all these years later." Alexis felt my face heat up even more.

"Don't worry too much about it, Alexis," Lauren said. She whipped her hands dry with a towel next to the sink. Alexis looked at her, the blush on her face refusing to lighten. She smiled at her.

"Yes, dear, don't worry about it," Chris agreed. He took a long drink of his coffee. "You guys can worry about all that stuff when the time actually comes." He smiled at her. Alexis cocked her head to the side. Then a key word to his sentence hit her like a ton of bricks.

"When?" she questioned. Chris smiled. Lauren punched him playfully in the arm.

"Quit frightening the poor girl!" she scolded playfully. He laughed and pulled her down to his face and kissed her soundly on the lips.

"EWWWWWW!" Mia and Zoey squealed. The trio turned to see Jaden carrying all the kids, who were in their pajamas and had wet hair. Jaden was also in pajamas and his hair was also wet, but Alexis assumed it was against his will that it got wet.

"So are we all clean and ready for bed?" Lauren asked as she walked over to the kids. Jaden dropped all three of them on the couch. They giggled when the landed. Lauren pulled them to their feet and pushed them toward the stairs.

"Bedtime you three," Chris called from his spot on the stool. He didn't appear to be moving any time soon. They pouted but listened and ran up the stairs.

"Good night!" Mia and Zoey yelled from the top of the stairs. They bolted to their room. Tommy struggled to the last step but once he reached it he sat on the edge of the top step and stared down at us.

"In a minute, sweetie," Lauren called. He waited. Jaden walked over to Alexis and wrapped his arms around her waist.

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Jaden's POV

"So, do you plan on staying for the annual family get together tomorrow?" Dad asked nonchalantly as he took a sip from his coffee. I looked up at him confused, my chin still resting on Alexis' shoulder.

"That's tomorrow?" I asked in shock. He nodded.

"Yeah, we rescheduled it when I got called away to Poko City to help with some serial rapist case they had."

"You went to Poko City?" Alexis asked, shock coloring her tone. Dad nodded, looking confused. "My dad is chief of police there," she explained. I turned my head slightly.

"So that's where your dad works?" She nodded.

"So you're Travis' little girl?" Dad asked, completely shocked apparently.

"Yup," Alexis said. He chuckled and stood up from his stool with his cup of coffee in his hands. He walked around the counter and set his cup in the sink, still chuckling all the way.

"What's so funny?" I asked. Dad shook his head, but still continued to chuckle. I growled lowly. It was really starting to get annoying. I seriously hate it when he's laughing at something and won't tell me what. Normally it has something to do with me!

"Well, the little ones are in bed," Mom said as she came down the stairs. She was dressed in a matching purple cotton pajama set. Her normal purple robe and slippers were on. Dad stretched his hands over his head and yawned.

"Well, I'll go to bed as soon as Jaden answers my question." He turned to me. I looked down at Alexis.

"Do you wanna?" I asked. She looked up at me confused.

"What exactly do we want to stay for?" she asked. I smiled.

"My parents host this annual get-together for my family because we're so busy all the time and never get to see each other very much," I began to explain. "All of my family will be here." Alexis' eyes seemed to shine at the thought of meeting the rest of my family. I chuckled. A second later, her expression darkened and she scowled. "What is it?" I asked confused.

"What about my brother and the others? And I don't have any clothes here." I pulled out my DAP and flipped it open.

"I'll text Zane and tell him what's going on."

"And Jaden's cousin Sam leaves clothes here all the time," Mom said, "I'm sure you two are almost the same size." Alexis thought a moment.

"So?" I asked. Alexis smiled at me.

"I can't wait to meet the rest of your family." I smiled brightly and leaned in toward her face to brush my lips against hers. Mom and Dad chuckled. Mom quickly ran down into the basement. I pulled away from Alexis and began texting Zane.

To: Zane

From: The Next King of Games

Message:

Yo Zane! Okay, Lex and I are going to spend the night at my house so we can stay here for my family's annual get-together tomorrow. We'll be back around sundown, or early in the evening.

Tell everyone else and I hope you guys had fun at the tournament.

Later!

Jay-man

I clicked "send" and turned back to Alexis. Mom came out of the basement with a pair of pajamas in her arms. She handed them to Alexis.

"Here you go sweetie, I hope they fit," she said. Alexis took them and smiled at her.

"Thank you, Lauren." Mom smiled and quickly hugged Alexis. She told her good night. Mom walked over to me. She kissed me on the forehead then hugged me.

"Night, sweetheart." I hugged her back.

"Sweet dreams, Mom," I replied. Mom pulled away smiling. Dad waited for her at the foot of the stairs. He jerked up toward my room with his thumb.

"You can just stay in Jaden's room, Alexis. Our guest bedroom is currently being used for storage," he explained. Alexis and I nodded.

"Goodnight you two," Mom called from the top of the stairs. Alexis and I waved at her and wished her goodnight. Dad and Mom went to bed. I looked at the clock on the wall. It was almost eleven at night.

"Well, why don't you go get in those?" I pointed to the bundle of clothes in her arms. "And I'll meet you upstairs?" I offered. She smiled and nodded. I walked upstairs and she headed for the bathroom.

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I pulled myself under my covers and moaned sleepily. My bed was the softest bed in the known universe! I loved it so much! I almost fell into the world of sleep when I felt someone else crawling into bed with me. I rolled over and pulled the figure into my arms.

"Are we part ninja or something?" I teased. Alexis giggled and cuddled into my chest.

"How did you know?" she asked. I chuckled. Then, without any warning, I felt lips being pressed against the hollow of my throat. My breath froze in my chest. "I love your family," Alexis whispered, her lips still against my throat, "They keep you on your toes."

"I suppose so," I whispered. I felt her lips turn into a smile against my skin. She sighed contently as she rested her head against my chest. I smiled and closed my eyes, my arms tightening around her. My breathing evened out only a few seconds after Alexis' and I drifted into the land of dreams.

Can you guess who I dreamed about?

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YAY! Another chapter done! Woop!

Hope you guys liked it. I really like this chapter much better than my last one. I cut out something at the end but, hey, I liked ending it this way! And I have the right to cut things out so, :p

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