A/N: Hey, guys, sorry for the long wait, this one took me forever to write for some reason :/ But anyway, here it is, hopefully it's a but longer than the other ones. Question: does this story feel like it's not following a plot, like it's just a bunch ram random chapters, because I think it is :) Also: I realized that now they are all 19 years of age, turning 20, because they all turned 19 at some stage during Jo's pregnancy or afterwards, with the exception of Lucy, who would've turned 20, so yeah. Also, it's Carlos' birthday today! He turns 23! They're growing up :'(
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Chapter 4: Jealous?
"She doesn't do much, does she?" Katie said, staring glumly at baby Lacey, who was lying on her stomach, looking around the room. She was 6 months old now, so she was a bit more alert, but she couldn't do anything big, and Katie, like Carlos, was getting bored with just watching her lie on her pink patchwork blanket. The guys were at rehearsal, and Mrs Knight was out shopping, so Katie was left alone in the apartment with Jo and Lacey.
"Well, she is a baby," Jo replied, looking up from her magazine.
"So?" Katie asked "You'd figure she'd be able to do something besides blow spit bubbles,"
"Oh, come on, Katie," Jo said, putting aside her magazine and sitting on the floor beside Lacey "she can do loads of things," Jo cooed, putting out her finger out towards Lacey, who grasped it in her tiny hands, gripping with all her might.
"See? Look, Katie!" Jo looked over at Katie, who was reading Jo's magazine and taking absolutely no notice of Lacey,
"That's OK," Jo said in a baby voice, turning back to Lacey "you show mommy how strong you are, yeah!" she gasped as Lacey gripped her finger "You're gonna be stronger than your daddy, yeah you are! Maybe stronger than Uncle James!"
Katie scoffed and went back to the magazine; all that baby did was lie there and grab people's fingers, and everyone thought it was the greatest thing in the world! It would blow a bubble with its own saliva and everyone was all over it! Was Katie jealous? No, she couldn't be! She was not jealous of a 6 month old baby, let alone her own niece!
"Why don't you spend some with her?" Jo suggested, getting up heading towards the kitchen to make a pot of tea "You want anything?" Katie shook her head and put aside the magazine, sinking down onto the floor beside Lacey,
"OK, so what else can you do besides grab fingers?" Katie asked as Lacey reached out for Katie's hand and missed. "You are useless!" she told the baby as Lacey lay back onto her stomach.
Suddenly, Lacey put her little hands on the ground, and began to push it, "What are you doing?" Kate asked "You can't move the ground!" but Lacey continued to push, kicking her little legs as well, and suddenly she had rolled onto her back and was looking around her, evidently confused and shocked at what she had done .
"Whoa!" Kate exclaimed, a sudden excitement rushing through her "Look what you did! What a clever girl you are!" she knew that rolling onto your back was pretty basic for people her age, but for a baby that wasn't even a year old, it was quite a feat, and Katie couldn't help but be excited.
"Are you a clever girl?" she asked Lacey, who was still on her back, and was watching Katie upside down, her head cocked to the side. "Yeah, you are!" Katie found herself talking in the same stupid baby voice that Jo had used with Lacey, but she didn't care, she loved the way Lacey's eyes lit up whenever she used the voice, she loved the way Lacey kicked her little legs whenever Katie smiled at her and laughed. Katie decided that from now on, it was going to be her goal to make the baby laugh, but first she had to tell Jo about Lacey's discovery.
"Jo!" Katie called out "Come here quick!"
"What is it? What's wrong?" Jo was in a panic, she put down her mug harder than she meant to, chipping the bottom of it, and dashed from the kitchen. Katie giggled at her state,
"Nothing's wrong, but look what Lacey did!" Jo sat beside Katie and smiled at Lacey who was still lying on her back, looking extremely proud of her little feat.
"Aw! What a clever girl you are!" Jo smiled, picking her up and grabbing her neglected rattle from the mat.
"Uh," Katie butted in awkwardly "can I do it?" Jo gasped as proud tears began to leak from her eyes,
"Of course, Katie!" she breathed, placing Lacey on Katie's lap and handing her the rattle, watching proudly as Katie shook the rattle for Lacey, who was trying to grab it and giggling.
A/N: There you guys go :) did you like this chapter? I could've done a heap more with it but I think I had writers block :( is there anything you guys like to see happen, besises the obvious things like her first steps etc. I'm running put of things to write about without skipping too far a head in time. Reviews and suggestions would really be appreciated :)