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Days passed. Both Sam and Jessica returned to work, as Jules stayed home with the baby. Alexis had a few more days off of school.
It was the night before New Years Eve.
"Sam, I can't just leave the girls with a baby on New Years eve." Jules shook her head slowly as she placed Carly back in her crib. "Sweetie, It'll only be a few hours. Ed's having the annual team party, and I really think we should go." He grabbed her arm, turning her around, "Plus, I don't want to go and you stay here—so, we both have to go." She smiled, "Sammy, I have no one to take care of Carly."
Just then, Jessica walked into their doorway, "I'll take care of her—I don't have anything else I want to do."
"You don't want to be able to go out on New Years?" Jules asked. Jessica shook her head, "Oh yeah, go out and get drunk, big whoop, No—I'll definitely choose to stay here with the baby." Jules pulled her into a tight hug, "I don't know what I would do without you." Jessica smiled as she hugged her back.
New Years Eve
"Alexis, what are you doing tonight?" Jules asked, as she walked into her daughter's room while she sat on her bed with her laptop. Alexis sat up and said, "Midnight movie with my friend Kelly."
Jules looked at her for a moment, "No Clark tonight?" She's lying to me again.
She shook her head, keeping her eyes down at her hands, "Nah—I figured it would be better just to have a girls night out."
Jules nodded slowly as she turned around, "Are you lying to me?" She wanted to pull her into laughing her way out.
Alexis shook her head, "No Mom—Kelly and I are going to see Party Mode, guys wouldn't want to see that—it's a girl movie." Jules nodded, "Okay."
As she walked to the door she turned around, "Your father and I are going to Ed's team party tonight, Jessica is staying with Carly, but do you need a ride?"
"Nah I'm just going to walk, her house isn't far from here—and she can drive." Alexis told her.
Liar.
Jules smiled as she turned to leave. Alexis took a deep breath as she finally got to the door, but then froze. "Anything we need to talk about?" Jules could tell she was lying through her teeth. The way she wouldn't look her in the eye, or the way she was clenching her fists, It was all a total dead give-away. "Mom—Really—It's just a movie with a friend." Jules nodded as she finally left the room to get ready for the party.
Alexis received a text.
U still comin tonite?
She replied.
She knows somethings up…but yeah, I'll be there.
Clark smiled as he read her text.
They'll never know, my dad just got back with about 4 cases of beer. They're gonna be drunk as hell.
Alexis giggled.
Good, I'll see you in a bit. I love you.
Clark replied.
I love you too.
She continued to get ready for a night that she would have to be really alert and sneaky on. She had devised a plan to head down the street once her parents left, then cut through the backyard of the home for sale, then cross the next street, and arrive in the Lane's back yard where she would then climb into Clark's room. In doing all of this, she had to make sure her parents or Jessica never knew.
"You know both our numbers, here's the doctor's number, and of course you can call 911." Jules was beginning to freak out as Jessica was trying to calm her down. "Mom, I've got it." Jules nodded, "Okay—I'll call and check in later." Jessica laughed, "Im sure you will after a few drinks." Jules shot her a stare, "I will be just fine thank you very much." They both laughed, "Well—you two go have fun, Carly and I will be just fine. Where is Sam anyways?"
"Im here—Ready?" Sam asked as he fixed his polo shirt. She smiled and nodded as she kissed Carly on the forehead while Jessica held her in her arms. "Be good!" Jessica yelled as they walked towards the door.
Jules paused. Alexis came towards them as if she was about to leave, "Sweetie?" Alexis stopped in her step. "You call me if you need anything, okay?" Sam wrapped his arm around Jules as they continued out to her car.
"What's up with her?" Sam asked, backing out of the driveway. Jules looked down at her hands, "I'm not even sure I want to know." He nodded as they continued on down the street.
"See you later." Alexis shouted as she ran past Jessica. "Bye Sis." She said, but Alexis was already out the door and walking down the street, leaving her alone with Carly. She liked being alone with someone she didn't have to listen to problems from. Carly slept soundly in her arms as she rocked her gently.
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"Hey guys!" Sam and Jules said as Ed opened his front door. "Whoo! The party has now begun!" He yelled, handing both of them a beer. Spike and Lou were sharing a couch, Greg had his own chair to the side where he sat while sipping his soda, Wordy and Shelley were there too. Sophie came into the living room with a platter of buffalo wings as everyone dug in.
"So Jules, how's Carly?" Sophie asked with a smile. Jules smiled back, "She's great."
"Let's get some music going!" Ed yelled, turning on heavy rock music as he started bouncing around and Spike followed. It was still a few hours until midnight—so they got ready for the real party to begin.
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A pebble hit Clark's window. He ran to open it and try to find a way to get Alexis into his upstairs room. She waved with a smile as he held up one finger to devise a plan. She climbed a tree and slung herself towards the window. With a quick grab Clark had his arms around her as he tried to pull her in.
"Hey." She whispered. He pulled her into a kiss as she kissed back. "Hey." He replied.
She sat down on his bed as he sat next to her. The partying downstairs was already heating up as they could hear the occasional yell from either Spike or Jules. The music was loud and shook through the house.
"You ready for tonight?" He asked smiling. She nodded, "Yeah—I am." He lit up, "Good—I love you." She looked at him for a moment, "I love you too."
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"Yahoo!" Jules yelled as she jumped off the back of the couch with a beer in her hand. "My turn!" Spike yelled as he climbed onto the furniture and jumped. "Whoo!" Everyone shouted as he tried to flip and landed on his butt. Everyone was drunk and having a great time together, ready to call in the new year as a team.
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"Should we go ahead so that we can watch the fireworks together at midnight?" Clark prompted as he and Alexis sat on his bed, watching TV, closely. His parents had told him to stay in his room for the night, so he did as they told him to. They never told him he couldn't have someone sneak in, he thought. Alexis looked over to him with a smile. She nodded.
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"Okay—Beer pong time!" Lou yelled as he brought out the cups. "Uh oh! Jules is a beer pong champion, I wouldn't mess with her!" Wordy warned Sam. He chuckled, "I think I would know if my wife was a beer pong champion, Wordy." Wordy rolled his eyes, "Suit yourself."
After a few games of beer pong, everyone was taking a breather as they just listened to the loud rock music still echoing through the lower floor of the house. Jules' face had collapsed into her hands as she tried to breathe through the headache she was getting. Sam was trying to shake it off as he, Lou, and Spike did some kind of dance to the side. Ed and Wordy relaxed with their wives, as everyone knew the next day would be a rough one. Greg on the other hand sat in his chair, tapping his feet to the music, as he was sober as they get.
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It was 11 pm.
"You okay?" Clark asked, as they both got dressed. She sat on his bed and nodded. That was when the music downstairs, silenced. They didn't even notice it was gone when they sat in his room, both just thinking. "Well—It was—,"
"Clark."
"You said you were ready."
She nodded, "I just—I just need to go home. I'll talk to you later." She got up and kissed him gently. She looked at the tree that she would climb down to get out, but instead did what she knew she had to do, just to clean her conscience. As she turned around and headed out of his room he caught her arm, "Lexi don't, we'll get in serious trouble and you know it." She shook her head, "I've lied to my mom yet again. I have to." She kissed him once more and continued walking as he fell back onto his bed, awaiting the screaming and yelling.
She fumbled down the stairs, tears welling in her eyes. Everyone looked up as they thought it may be Clark coming down to tell them to keep quiet, but instead a whole entire moment of silence came upon the group.
"I'm sorry Mom." Alexis said quietly as she froze for a minute, then continued to out of the house. Everyone stared at Jules and Sam as Ed got up and charged upstairs.
Jules sighed deeply, "I was afraid of this." She was drunk as hell, but still knew what was wrong. Everyone watched as she jumped up and followed Alexis.
"What the hell is going on!?" Ed yelled, banging on Clark's door as he kicked it open. "Dad, please." Clark had his hands pressed to his forehead as he leaned onto his knees.
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"Alexis—Stop." Jules tried to speak calmly as they walked in the dark. She did as she was told. She stopped and face Jules with tears in her eyes. "I'm really, really sorry. I thought I was ready, but now I realize I wasn't." What Jules really wanted to do at the moment was yell, scream, maybe even hit Alexis—but instead she pulled her into a tight hug. "You wanna tell me what happened? I thought we had dealt with this." Jules whispered into her ear as she held her close. Alexis pulled away slowly, "Mom, you already know what happened."
Jules bursted into laughter. "I know—and I still find it funny that you chose to have sex for the first time, with your parents and the rest of the team downstairs. I just find that extremely funny." "Thanks Mom." Alexis rolled her eyes as she spoke in a depressed tone. "I'm sorry sweetie." Jules told her, placing her hands on her daughter's back. "But I am glad you told me—well more like told the team, but that's okay too." Alexis giggled, "I'm really sorry I lied again—that's why I had to tell you and stop sneaking around.
"Well, I know it took a lot for you to not climb right back out the window." Jules smiled as she led Alexis over to her car, parked in Ed's driveway. Alexis smiled as she sank against the side of the vehicle, wiping her tears.
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"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Ed yelled. Sophie walked up behind him, trying to get him to calm down. "You let my teammates' daughter climb through your window, so you could screw her with the whole team including her parents downstairs!?" Ed continued to yell. "Dad—Stop! Just—Can we talk once I know she's okay?" Clark felt awful. He wanted to make her feel closer to him, yet they felt more distant than ever. Sophie pulled Ed away, "Yes—Jules is talking to her. Eddie—go either sit with your guests or go close your drunk self up in our room. You need to calm down." Ed shook his head as she pushed him back downstairs. He fell onto the couch, as everyone felt very awkward at the moment.
"Haha, this is kinda funny." Spike laughed, breaking the silence. Ed shot him a death stare. "What!? It is!" Sam glared over at him. He had to admit it was funny—but this was his daughter—He wasn't supposed to condone this.
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"Are you mad at him?" Jules asked blankly. Alexis straight at her, "No." She said, shaking her head slowly. "It's almost midnight—You already screwed your life up for a while, so I'll let you off the hook tonight. I'm not as mad about the fact of what you two did—It's this lying thing. It's killing me. How am I supposed to trust your word about anything if you are just going to lie to me?" Alexis felt awful, "I'm really sorry Mom—What do I do now?" Jules smiled, "Well, you want to be treated like adults now, so come on down stairs with us. I'll get Ed to agree." Alexis sighed, "But what if he doesn't want to talk to me?" She looked over to Jules with a sad frown thrown across her face. "Trust me—Right now—He wants you to be with him, just take my word—Go in there and talk to him."
Alexis smiled, "You're the best mom in the world." She pulled Jules into a tight hug as she felt a tear roll down her cheek. Jules grabbed her forehead as the headache was setting in. She focused back onto Alexis as she wrapped her arm over her shoulder and led her back towards the house. "So—Did you use my Christmas present?" Jules paused and asked her. Alexis rolled her eyes, "Yes Mom, we did." Jules smiled, "I knew it was a good gift!"
"Alexis, are you okay?" Ed jumped up from the couch as Alexis came in smiling, with Jules' hand placed on her back. She nodded, "Mr. Lane—Can I talk to Clark—Please?" Ed looked past her to see Jules nodding gently. He smiled, "Fine, but doors open—and when you're done, bring him down here." Alexis smiled as she walked up to Clark's room.
"Wow." Was all Jules could say as she collapsed on to one of the couches. Wordy looked in shock, "This better never happen to my girls." Greg spoke up, "Oh don't worry—I'm sure it will." Wordy's face still looked in complete astonishment. "Don't worry Kevin—Everything will be fine." Shelley told him with a smile.
"What on earth is going on?" Sam asked as he pulled Jules close to him. She smiled and rolled her eyes, "I got this Sam." He nodded, "Look's like you do."
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"I'm really sorry, Clark." Alexis said sweetly. "I could have easily just slipped out and no one would have ever known—But Clark, my mom—she wasn't mad. She was mad about my lying of course, but I think she was almost—happy for us." Clark smiled, "I'm happy for us. Do you—Do you want to stay and go watch fireworks with the team?" Alexis smiled sweetly as she pulled him into a hug, "I would love that."
He took her hand and led her down stairs where the team was hanging around with beer already back in their hands. Jules smiled to Ed as Sophie smiled to her. Ed nodded to Sam as Sam nodded back. Clark stood silently as he sat down on the couch and Alexis sat next to him. The whole room was silent. It was quite awkward actually.
"Guys!" Spike yelled, "Its 11:55!" He and Lou jumped up, grabbing all the poppers, party hats, and noise makers as they could and they ran to the backyard. Greg got up and followed them. "Let's go sweetie." Wordy said as he took Shelley's hand, leading her to the backyard. Both Ed and Sam stood up at the same time. The kids were sitting there before them. "Come on Eddie." Sophie jerked his hand as she dragged him to the back porch where everyone else was standing. Jules smiled to Alexis as Sam took her hand and walked past the kids. "You wanna go out there?" Clark asked. Alexis leaned over and kissed his cheek, "Yeah." She replied as they stood up and he led her to the back porch.
"60—59—58—57—."Spike and Lou were counting down.
"Shelley, I love you so much." Wordy took his wife's hands. He pulled her close to him. "I love you too Kevin."
"Eddie—Tonight's been beyond awkward—But lets just celebrate our new year." Sophie smiled as Ed wrapped his body around her.
"Now Jules—You can do all the amazing parenting skills you want tonight, but right now—We are definitely calling in the new year—together." Sam explained, holding her tightly. "Yes we are." She replied, placing her head on his chest.
"30—29—28—27—."
"I'm really sorry about tonight." Clark apologized, "I should have respected the fact that you weren't ready." She sighed, "But I told you I was ready—anyways—don't apologize." She giggled. He laughed silently as he took her hands.
Everyone glanced over to see that Greg had fallen asleep already on one of the porch chairs.
"10—9—8—7—6—5—4—3—2—1—HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Spike and Lou shouted.
"Here's to another great year." Wordy whispered as he kissed Shelley gently.
"Another year of me putting up with your hard-headed ass," Sophie giggled as she kissed Ed gently. He stroked his hand through her hair as they watched the fireworks shoot into the air.
"Happy New Year baby." Sam said, pulling Jules into a kiss as he brushed his fingers through her dark hair. "You too Sammy." She whispered.
"Well, do you think they'll kill us if we kiss?" Clark asked with a smile. "I sure hope not." Alexis giggled as she kissed him gently and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Whhheeeee!" Spike yelled as he and Lou were having a silly string fight. "No fair! Yours is glow in the dark!" Lou yelled. "Nah Nah!" Spike teased as they ran across the yard.
Greg slept through the entire celebration like a big baby.
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"I'll call you tomorrow." Alexis told Clark as they hugged goodbye in front of their parents. Ed grabbed Clark's shoulder as they waved goodbye to everyone. He smiled at her as she walked to her Mom and Dad.
"I'll drive you guys home." Alexis said to Sam and Jules as they were both dizzy and drunk. They nodded as Jules threw her the keys.
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As everyone started to get ready for bed, Jules made her nightly rounds as Sam waited for her to come to sleep.
"Thanks so much for taking care of Carly tonight." Jules hugged Jessica tightly. "It was no problem—so—what happened, why isn't Alexis—."
Jules shook her head. "Long story—I'm too tired to explain it all. Listen, I want you to know how much I love and appreciate you, even though I have been paying a lot of attention on Alexis right now. You're on the right track—she's still at that stage of not knowing what to do really." Jessica smiled and nodded, "Trust me—It's fine Mom." Jules hugged her once more. "You go get some sleep—Goodnight." Jessica giggled, "Night."
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"Did you miss me?" Jules joked as she opened Alexis' door.
"Oh of course I did." Alexis joked back as she sat up in bed.
Jules sat next to her on her bed as she smiled in return. She brushed the stray hair from Alexis' forehead. "So—."
"So—."
There was a blank silence in the room for a moment.
"Thanks Mom." Alexis said as she smiled at Jules. "You're welcome sweetie—I just want you to know I'm always here—so—no more lying or sneaking out. You want to go get drunk? Fine then—Just tell me and I'll drop you off five minutes away and pick you up once you call me."
"Seriously?"
"Well—Maybe—But anyways, my point is—I for one don't really care what you do. I just want to be able to control how safe you are, who you're hanging around with, who you're riding with, blah blah blah. You remind me so much of myself at your age—it's scary."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. From the day I met you girls, nothing has been planned or normal. Adopting you two and marrying Sam were the best things I have ever done in my life. Goodnight sweetie."
"Goodnight Mom." Alexis hugged her tightly before she got up and went off to bed.
Alexis turned off her lamp with a simple flick of a switch. She rolled over in bed, thinking of the new year—so many things were changing, she closed her eyes slowly as she dozed off to sleep.
So—I started this chapter, got on a roll, then I had to leave for dance :/ Anyways, THANK YOU Chachakid for all the awesome tips while I was trying to think of what to write (:
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