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Narrative POV

Jaden and Alexis walked back toward his house hand in hand. Chris, Lauren, Shelbi, Jake, May, Mike, and Tommy were sitting on some benches on the grass by the pool. Set up about seven feet in front of them was a large net; the badminton net. Sam, Kara, Aurora, Mia, and Zoey stood on one side of the net playing with their rackets. The nets were huge! Monstrous sized; Alexis guessed that's where the name got its name. On the other side of the net, Brad, Robby, Kyle, Tyler, and Skyler were playing with a huge birdie. As they approached, everyone looked up. The girls smiled at them and began to wave their arms at them. The boys smiled and looked ready to play. Sam was holding an extra badminton racket; she was waving it at Jaden.

"Playing with the girls?" Alexis questioned. Jaden chuckled.

"Yeah. Brad hits really hard and the triplets use geometry and trajectory to hit the birdie so the girls can't hit it," he explained. She smiled.

"What are you then? The girl's secret weapon?" she asked teasing. He looked down at her smiling.

"We're undefeated," he said. By now they were standing next to May. She was reclining against the bench with her hand on her stomach. Tommy was over on the next bench in Lauren's lap. Chris was sitting next to Lauren and Jake was sitting next to Shelbi who was sitting next to Chris. Mike was sitting next to Lauren. Alexis sat down on the bench, leaving some space between May and her. Jaden released her hand as she sat down. He ran his fingers through her hair on the right side of her face before running off. She sighed and sat back, preparing to watch the game.

"Lexi?" a cute voice said. She looked down to see Tommy standing in front of her. He was looking at her with his head cocked to the side. She smiled at him.

"What is it, Tommy?" she asked. Tommy, wordlessly, held out his arms for her, asking her to pick him up. She reached out to him and grabbed him under his arms. She pulled him up and set him in her lap. He curled into her stomach. She wrapped her arms around him and held him securely against her stomach.

"Well ain't that just the cutest thing?" Brook said as she sat down on Alexis' other side, the one that Tommy was not curled against. She looked over at her. She was smiling at her but her eyes were also furious.

"How are you, Brook?" she asked, trying to be nice. Brook's lips twitched but remained in the upturned smile that they were.

"I'm very good, thank you, Alexis," she said smiling. Alexis narrowed her eyes slightly but turned away from Brook and back to the badminton game. Jaden served the huge birdie; it flew right over the net. Brad slammed it back toward them. Kara dove for the birdie and sent it back. Kyle, who appeared to be calculating something, dove for the returned birdie and sent it back to the other side. However, Alexis noticed that just before he hit the birdie he angled his racket differently. The birdie flew over the net and hit Sam right on the head. The birdie fell to the ground.

"POINT!" the boys yelled. Jaden stifled a chuckle as Sam glared at her brother, who was slapping high fives with his team.

"You know, Alexis, Jaden's not that good of a boyfriend," Brook told her in a whisper. Alexis rolled her eyes and turned her head slightly to look at her.

"Oh? And why is that?" she asked without interest. Brook looked at her.

"When Jaden and I were on a date, it was a romantic dinner. Candlelight, caviar, CAMPAIGNE! Oh, it was magnificent!" She clapped her hands in excitement at the mere memory. Alexis sighed and began to turn her head away from her when she started speaking again. "Anyway, we were having a great time but suddenly his phone rang." Brook looked at Alexis. "It was his dad telling him that his little brother fell down the stairs or something," she explained in a non-caring voice. Alexis gasped and looked down at Tommy. His head was still cushioned against her stomach. His eyes were closed and he was sucking on his thumb. He looked so adorable.

"And after the phone call, Jaden had the nerve to get up and leave our date saying 'I have to go home, there's an emergency,'" Brook said, imitating Jaden, "Can you believe that!? I mean, we're on a DATE and he LEAVES right in the MIDDLE of it!" Alexis wanted to smack her upside the head. How could someone be so self centered? Alexis knew what she was trying to do; she was trying to make her hate Jaden. But what she was doing was actually making her love him even more.

She looked out at him. He and the rest of the Yuki kids were laughing at Sam. She had apparently dove to save a birdie but ended up plowing her head into the ground. She was glaring at all of her family while pulling grass and dirt out of her hair.

"We're here!" a voice called from the driveway. All the adults turned and looked in the direction of the driveway. Tommy opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. The kids had resumed their game. Alexis turned to the sound of the voices. Walking toward them was two people; one man and one woman. They were holding hands. Alexis recognized them immediately. They were Jaden's grandparents; Phil and Sophie. Sophie's silver hair was pulled into a very neat bun; her light blue eyes framed in small glasses. She was wearing khaki kapris. She was also wearing a light blue sleeveless shirt. The shirt matched her eyes. She was wearing tan slip on shoes that covered all of her foot. Phil was wearing white shorts and a Hawaiian print button up shirt. He was in tan shoes. He wasn't wearing glasses. Both of them were smiling brightly as us as they approached. Chris, Mike, and Jake stood up and walked over to them.

"Mom," Chris said. He hugged Sophie and kissed her on the cheek. "Dad." He hugged his dad. Phil laughed and patted Chris' back.

"Hey there son!" he greeted. Mike and Jake greeted their parents the same way. The boys began to lead their parents to an open bench. As they passed us, Phil noticed Alexis.

"Well I'll be who's this pretty little lady?" Phil asked, pointing to her. She blushed lightly. May smiled.

"Oh, that's Alexis, Dad," she said. "Jaden's girlfriend." Phil blinked once and then smiled brightly.

"Really? Well shoot!" Phil exclaimed. He turned and looked at Jaden. "Jaden! You got yourself one pretty little girlfriend!" he yelled. Jaden, who was about to hit a birdie, fell right to the ground. The girls freaked and went to him immediately. Everyone on the sidelines started laughing except for Alexis. He sat up and began rubbing his forehead. His cheeks were painted red; Alexis giggled at the site.

"Big brother fall down and go boom!" Tommy said clapping his hands happily. Everyone smiled at him. Lauren stood up and approached Phil and Sophie.

"Dad, please don't embarrass my son," she said though she was only teasing. Phil hugged her.

"What else are grandparents for?"

"Spoiling their grandkids!" Sam yelled. Everyone started laughing again.

"Oh yeah, like you don't get spoiled enough, Sam," Jaden teased. She scowled at him.

"There is a difference between daddies and grandparents!" He looked at her.

"Oh yeah, and what's that?" She looked at him like he was an idiot.

"Daddy's are supposed to give their daughters, and only their daughters, money. Grandparents just spoil their grandchildren in general." Everyone laughed and rolled their eyes.

"It is true though," Phil agreed. Everyone sighed and shook their heads. May stood up and began to waddle her way into the house. Mike followed after her. Phil and Sophie sat down next to Alexis; Phil directly next to her. He looked at her and smiled.

"So, Alexis huh?" he questioned. She looked at him and smiled.

"Yeah, that's me."

"Tell me a little about yourself, Alexis." Sophie smacked her husband lightly on the arm.

"Don't go scaring her, Phil," she scolded. Alexis smiled.

"No, its fine," she assured her. Both of them looked at her and waited. "My full name is Alexis Rhodes. I'm seventeen years old and I'm going to be a third year Obelisk Blue at Duel Academy." Phil smiled.

"Is that where you met Jaden?" She nodded.

"Yeah."

"What deck do you duel with dear?" Sophie asked.

"Cyber angel." They smiled at each other. Phil turned to look back out at the game.

"This one's a keeper Jaden!" he yelled. Jaden, who was about to serve, hit himself in the head with his racket. Alexis giggled at him. Brook stood up and left without saying anything.

"Lexi?" Tommy asked. She looked down at him. He was looking up at her with his big, amber eyes.

"Yes, Tommy?" I asked. Tommy stood up on her lap and looked her in the eye. She blinked once. He looked very serious. Suddenly, Tommy leaned forward and kissed the tip of her nose. He then started giggling and wrapped his arms around her neck. She sighed and laughed lightly. Phil and Sophie exchanged looks. Alexis looked up and saw Jaden looking at her. He was smiling rather…smugly?

"Game point!" Brad yelled. Jaden turned his attention back toward the game. Brad threw the birdie up in the air and hit it extremely hard. The birdie whizzed through the air and headed toward Mia. She leaned back ready to hit it. Jaden dropped his racket and ran over to her. He took her arm that held her racket and helped her hit the birdie. The birdie flew back over the net.

"I got it!" Kyle yelled. He ran for the birdie. As Kyle ran for it, so did Tyler, Skyler, Robby, and Brad. They all collided; the triplets head first while Robby and Brad tripped over them. They all fell to the ground. The birdie fell on the ground behind them.

"We win!" Sam yelled. The girls all slapped high fives with each other. Jaden picked up Mia and threw her in the air. She giggled and clung to him when he caught her. He held her close. Alexis smiled at the site. The boys groaned as they pulled themselves up. Brad sighed and talked to the triplets and Robby. Alexis noticed Brook standing a couple feet from the sidelines of the badminton field. Her arms were folded across her chest and her face was impossible to read; though she did look rather peeved.

"Hey you guys!" Lauren called from the doorway to the house. Everyone looked in the direction of the house. Lauren was standing in the doorway with her hands braced against the frame. "Lunch is ready!" The kids jumped up and began running toward the house. The triplets were practically falling over each other. Alexis laughed and stood up. Tommy still had his arms wrapped around her neck. She held him up with one hand. Phil and Sophie walked into the house calmly hand in hand. Brad walked over to Brook. They talked a moment. She took his hand and allowed him to lead her inside.

"So, what did you think?" Jaden asked as he walked over to Alexis. He had set Mia down and she and Zoey ran into the house together. She smiled at him.

"Very interesting." He chuckled and took my free hand.

"If you think that's interesting then you don't know what interesting is," he said smiling. She giggled and followed him inside to get our lunch.

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