It was Friday night which was the night of the big science fair at the middle school. Mo was combing Casper's hair after he wore a cute little suit so he would look professional. He wasn't entering, but he was coming for support for Jamie.
"Thanks for the help, Mo." Casper smiled.
"It's no problem, Casper," Mo smiled back. "I guess I could put a little fashion sense to the test since Elizabeth has been helping me out a bit, though I'm not as fashionable as Rarity."
"You're fine the way you are, you don't think the suit's too much, do you?" Casper asked.
"No, I think you're just right, it's a nice event in school," Mo replied. "By the way, what's this Jamie girl's project anyway?"
"Something about Cold Fusion." Casper said.
"That sounds amazing for a thirteen-year-old." Mo commented.
"Yeah, she's pretty smart." Casper admitted.
Soon enough, Casper was ready to go. Atticus took Casper into his car and drove him down to the school. Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad, though Casper was wondering when the quintuplets would come into the story like he was told about. Eventually, they pulled up to the school and Casper unhooked his seat-belt and came out of the door to go see Jamie.
"Have fun." Atticus smiled.
"Thanks, Atticus, I'll tell you all about it later." Casper smiled back.
Atticus then went to drive away for now until he would pick up Casper to bring him back home.
Casper came into the school and went into the auditorium where the science fair was.
"Oh, hi, Casper." Jamie smiled, she wore her hair down with blue scrunchies in her pigtails, and a cute blue outfit with a black vest.
"Hey, Jamie," Casper smiled back before looking to her. "Wow, you look nice."
"Thanks, I'm just surprised my parents aren't here, they couldn't make it." Jamie said.
"Oh, I wonder why?" Casper replied as that seemed unusual since Jamie's parents were kind of 'helicopter parents' as they always hovered over her.
"I dunno," Jamie shrugged. "Judging will be soon though."
"Well, I wish you a lot of luck," Casper supported. "I'm glad I could help you the other night."
"I'm glad you did too," Jamie smiled. "That really meant a lot to me especially since Brad was too busy with his own project."
"What was his project?" Casper asked.
"Something about electromagnetic power." Jamie said.
"Whoa..." Casper said as that sounded quite advanced.
"I know, right?" Jamie replied.
Eventually, the students had to line up and explain their projects to the judges. Jamie was a little nervous, but having Casper there with her made her feel a little bit better. The two smiled to each other with high hopes that the project would win. The suspense was killing them both and Jamie even seemed to grab Casper's hand, gently squeezing it.
'And the winner is...' The PA announcer began before revealing that Jamie had not won. 'Bradley Brown for his Electromagnetic Power Project!'
The audience then applauded for him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Jamie." Casper frowned.
"That's okay," Jamie replied. "Thanks for coming and helping me out."
Casper smiled that Jamie was being mature about the situation. They soon came to congratulate Brad once he earned a blue ribbon.
"Great job, you stupid genius, you." Zoe told Brad.
"Hey, I think Jamie's project's great too," Brad replied. "I could have never gotten that to work."
Eventually, Jamie's parents came over to say hello.
"Mr. and Mrs. Grover, you came!" Casper smiled to the couple.
"Hey, everybody," Mr. Grover smiled and hugged his daughter. "Hey, honey. I'm so very proud of you. Hi, Zoe, Bradley, Casper. Bradley, congratulations again; I'm sure your parents will be very proud."
"Relieved, really." Brad replied as he shook hands with Mr. Grover.
"But it's something," Mrs. Grover smiled before looking to Jamie. "Well, we'll see you at home. Oh, and I found a great Essay Contest for you to enter. I'll tell you all about it."
Jamie internally sighed to her parents. Soon enough, they suddenly left, but it wasn't that bad, at least Casper supposed to himself.
"And the plan continues..." Jamie sighed softly. "You know, sometimes my parents... Your parents love you, I know that, but I wish I could just have a few days where I wasn't the center of their lives."
'Uh-oh, I think this might be it.' Casper thought to himself.
"I can't give them what they want," Jamie continued while even Brad and Zoe looked concerned. "I want to, but I just can't."
"Oh, um, Jamie, you should be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." Casper warned.
"Oh, Casper, magic doesn't exist." Jamie sighed, though she would be proved wrong about that.
"Uh, heh, trust me, it kinda does." Casper said, nervously.
Later on, Atticus came by to pick up Casper.
"Uh, want a ride home?" Casper offered.
"Hmm... Why not?" Jamie shrugged.
The two then got into the car in the back-seat.
"Atticus, is it okay if you take Jamie home?" Casper asked.
"So, this is the famous Jamie Grover." Atticus smiled.
"Uh, hi..." Jamie waved a little. "I've never met a celebrity before."
"Oh, I wouldn't call myself a celebrity." Atticus chuckled.
"Mom writes about your stories all the time," Jamie said to him. "I wish I could go on adventures like you."
"Well, Jamie, maybe someday, you will," Atticus smiled. "Where to?" he then asked.
Jamie told him the address. Atticus nodded and then pulled out of the school driveway and went to drive Jamie home. Little did Jamie know, there would be a rather unforgettable surprise once she would get there.
Eventually, they came up to the house. Casper came to walk Jamie to the door to be a good friend and Atticus waited, but he took out his phone while waiting at the driver's seat and decided to text a little bit to pass the time.
"What are we gonna tell Jamie?" Mrs. Grover sighed.
"What will you tell me about what?" Jamie asked as soon as she came through the door.
Casper was about to say goodbye and go, but his curiosity was piqued. He wanted to see if this was officially what Drell had told him about or not.
"We were, um... What I meant was, um..." Mrs. Grover stammered as she ate a snack from a bowl in her hand. "Your father has something to say."
'This can't be good.' Casper thought to himself.
Mr. Grover smiled nervously to his wife and let out a weak chuckle as the kids came beside him. "Honey... So, Jamie... Your mom..." he then muttered slightly as this was a bit hard to get out. "Is, um... Pregnant..."
Jamie's eyes widened in shock, but she looked excited as she hopped down beside her mother to hug her. "That's great, Mom!"
"Yeah..." Mrs. Grover smiled weakly, hugging her back.
"That wasn't so hard." Mr. Grover smiled nervously.
"Um, congratulations, Mrs. Grover." Casper wished.
"Oh, thank you, Casper, that's so sweet of you," Mrs. Grover smiled to him. "I guess..."
"Uh, you guess?" Casper asked her.
"Well, um, I just don't understand how this could've happened." Mrs. Grover said about her pregnancy as it seemed to come from nowhere.
"Well, Mom, as I remember, you said that when two people fall so madly in love with each other, that-" Jamie was about to say.
"No! That's not what I meant!" Mrs. Grover stopped her.
Casper looked like he had a hidden feeling how this could've happened.
"Jamie... I'm really..." Mrs. Grover began.
"Really, really..." Mr. Grover added. "Really, really, really, really... Pregnant."
Mrs. Grover looked to her husband before fainting on the couch.
"Uh, I better go home..." Casper smiled nervously before going out the door.
Jamie looked to him, but soon looked back to her parents.
Atticus continued to text until he looked up as Casper came into the car. "You okay, Casper?" he chuckled. "You look like you saw a... Oh, um... Uh... Anyway..." He then tried to avoid saying 'ghost'.
"Atticus, what are the natural odds of giving birth to quintuplets?" Casper asked.
"Hmm... Based on my research: 1 in 67, but why do you ask?" Atticus replied.
"Jamie's mother is going to have them." Casper said.
Atticus's eyes widened. "Uh, and, how do you know that?"
"Drell told me..." Casper said.
"Ah..." Atticus then said in understanding. "So, this is your mission. You have to help Jamie be careful with what she wishes for..."
"Yeah! Hey, you seem like you knew already?" Casper replied.
"There's a lot you don't know about me," Atticus said before starting the car again. "Come on, let's get home."
"Okay..." Casper said before looking out the window as they drove away from the Grover house. "I just hope Jamie will be all right."
"I'm sure she'll be okay, but if you want, you can always visit her." Atticus offered.
"Thanks, Atticus." Casper smiled.
"Besides, it's only nine months until the birth, I'm sure things will be all right." Atticus smiled back.
The Grover house had to have a lot of changes put into it during the past nine months which seemed to fly by rather quickly. A lot quicker than most people would expect. The attic of the house had been made into a nursery and there was a lot of room, especially with five new babies coming into the world. Jamie was rather excited because she wouldn't get all of the attention all the time, but she would soon learn that that would be a drag, especially with five little brothers and sisters.
"Okay, sure, it takes months and months for babies to arrive, and during that time, nothing's really changed." Jamie said to Casper as they walked home together as they had been doing for a while now as new friends.
"Really, Jamie?" Casper replied. "Nothing's changed?"
"Well, except for Mom's belly..." Jamie admitted. "But, I know things will be different soon."
"Yeah, I know that too..." Casper replied.
"Good!" Jamie nodded and they soon came into her house together.
Mrs. Grover was heard having great pain as her stomach expanded due to her pregnancy.
"Breathe, Mrs. Grover, breathe." Casper supported the expecting mother.
"Oh, thank you, dear." Mrs. Grover told him as she held her stomach and nearly fell on the floor.
"Hey, Mom, I got my report-" Jamie was about to tell her.
"Shh!" Mrs. Grover shushed in agony. "Contractions!"
Mr. Grover then rushed inside.
"Hey, Dad, I got my new report-" Jamie tried again.
"Here, hold this." Mr. Grover said as he handed her a clipboard as he came to his wife.
"Babies coming!" Mrs. Grover cried out.
"They are?!" Casper's eyes widened.
"Oh, this is so exciting!" Jamie beamed as her parents breathed like they practiced in what was known as a Lamaze Class.
"Okay, honey, you know what?" Mr. Grover tried to comfort his wife. "I got-I got your clothes, and some other clothes just in case, and then I got that video tape, and all the magazines you wanted. Oh, honey, you're so beautiful." he then kissed her to help calm her down.
Mrs. Grover smiled to that.
"Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!" Mr. Grover suddenly gasped. "Gotta get shoes!"
"To the car?" Jamie asked her mother as she carried a suitcase.
"Mm-hmm." Mrs. Grover nodded.
"I guess I'm coming too." Casper said as he seemed dragged into this.
Mr. Grover went over a list as they got into the car to drive straight to the hospital.
"Was he this crazy when I was born?" Jamie asked her mother.
"No, he was calm as a cucumber, though he did forget my shoes." Mrs. Grover replied as she got into the car.
"Shoes! Shoes!" Mr. Grover panicked and ran back inside of the house.
"One of you better go check on him," Mrs. Grover told Casper and Jamie on her way inside of the car. "Aaaugh! Hurry!"
Jamie nodded and went to do that, running back inside of the house to find her dad. Mr. Grover then came out the other side as he ranted about shoes.
"It'll be okay, Mrs. Grover, it'll be okay." Casper comforted the woman.
"Oh, you're such a sweet boy," Mrs. Grover smiled to him, though winced every once in a while. "Guh! Jamie's lucky to have you as a friend."
"Thanks, Mrs. Grover." Casper smiled back.
Mr. Grover soon made Casper sit in the car and he went to the driver's seat after he got the shoes and drove off.
"Mr. Grover, wait, Jamie's not in the car!" Casper cried out as soon as the girl came out the front door of their house.
Mr. Grover soon stopped the car as Jamie ran over and then came into the car to sit with Casper. "Honey, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." he quickly apologized.
"Thanks, Dad." Jamie muttered.
The car then drove off again and brought them to the hospital. There was no time to waste as Mrs. Grover concentrated on her breathing. As soon as they got to the hospital, there was a big rush, but there would soon be a lot of waiting. Zoe and Brad soon also came over so they could witness this since Jamie was their best friend.
"It's a boy!" Mr. Grover smiled as he came out of the emergency room.
"Adam!" Jamie smiled back.
"Adam?" Casper replied.
"That's what Mom and Dad wanted to name him, they came up with new names over the time." Jamie told him.
"Ohh..." Casper said, now understanding.
Mr. Grover laughed in delight as he came back to his wife. Jamie and Zoe squealed and hugged each other while Brad passed out suckers like cigars in old-fashioned cartoons about a man becoming a father for the first time. There was only one other couple there who smiled politely as they waited on their own time.
"It's Becky!" Mr. Grover smiled as he came back, holding up two fingers.
"It's a girl!" Jamie and Zoe beamed.
"This is crazy..." Casper said, not sure how he felt about this.
"It's a girl!" Brad smiled, handing suckers to the couple again.
"Charlie!" Mr. Grover soon came back again.
"This one's name is Charlie." Jamie smiled to the couple.
"This is getting insane." Casper said to himself.
"Totally." Yoyo and Doc Croc agreed, hiding in his pocket yet again.
"Debbie..." Mr. Grover said, a little weakly as he came back in.
"To Debbie!" Zoe cheered, handing more candy to the couple who were just as exhausted and anxious as Casper was.
"To Debbie!" Jamie, Brad, and Zoe all cheered.
"Eddie..." Mr. Grover soon came in for another, but the final time, and looked wore out as he came in the waiting room.
"Eddie!" The kids, except for Casper, cheered.
"Eddie?" Brad replied.
Mr. Grover took a sucker from him and soon ate it while slumping into a seat. The couple soon came up to Mr. Grover as he was tired right now.
"You're gonna need this." The man said, handing Mr. Grover a teddy bear.
"Thanks..." Mr. Grover smiled as he took the teddy bear.
"And you're gonna need these more." The woman advised as she handed him a capsule of aspirin.
"Thanks..." Mr. Grover nodded.
"Oh, this is so amazing!" Zoe beamed.
"No, it's more than amazing," Jamie smiled. "It's, uh... Uh... I dunno, it's..."
"Unbelievable?" Casper replied.
"I'd say 'it's Quints'." Mr. Grover said, wearily.
"Yeah... It's quints!" Jamie agreed as she smiled to her friends and they smiled back.
"I'm never having kids." Casper muttered to himself.
Jamie's new brothers and sisters were the first quintuplets ever born in the state, and of course, they were made into a media sensation. This could only end so well.