DW: Peeps, you know I love you guys but I starting to think the love isn't returned...I mean only four freakin' reviews last chappie!

I thought we had a mutal understanding *tears up* I mean, you know how this game works. I write and supply the chapter and all you do is read and give feed back.

If this doesn't get better, I want a divorce!

Disclamer: nothing but ideas baby!

Duncan woke up to the smell of warm pancakes and syrup. He got and looked around the room, this wasn't his house. Duncan threw off a thick red and black comfromtor off his body. He rubbed his head, trying to remeber what he did last night...

"Oh yeah...baby-sitting those crazy chicks" he mumbled. He was sure that Gwen was in a heat of rage and anger. Duncan walked up the steps into kitchen were the three ladies were busy making breakfast.

"You don't use that much cheese!" Crsytal cried to her twin sister and snatched the bag away. Little shards of cheese fell to the floor. Courtney was stiring up a batch of pancake mix and flipping them at the same time. "Girls, knock it off" she warned.

"Duncan! You're up!" Diamond exclaimed and ran to bump fists with him. Diamond and Duncan had seemed to really hit it off together last night. He really understood the things she said and what she did.

"Dia!" Duncan bumped their fists together. He ran a hand through his mohawk, suddenly feeling uncomfrontable. Gwen had never cooked for him on account she didn't know how to cook. Courtney glanced over at him, "Why are you just standing there like a dummy?" she asked. "Either, go upstairs and wash your filthy body or you don't eat".

Duncan looked towards the twins for explanantion. Crystal shrugged, "House rules. If you're not clean your stomach doesn't get any food".

"Yeah, but thing is I got to get home to my girlfriend" Duncan protested. "She's probably throwing a bitch fit right now".

Diamond pouted, "Come on stay! We never have anyone exciting over and besides if your girlfriend is already having a fit, let her have another one". Duncan considered this and all the food made him extra hungry, he checked his phone.

"10 text messages. 23 phone calls, and 23 voice mails" Duncan read off, "She's pissed already I guess I can stay for a while".

"Good" Courtney smiled, "Now, go take a shower or something before coming back down here!" she yelled at him. Duncan put both his hands up and backed out the kitchen, "Yes ma'am". He stuck his head back in the doorway and watched Courtney standing there stiring the mixture.

"You wanna accompany me in the tub?" he asked, suggestivly.

Courtney's face turned red and her sister were anticipating her answer. "Ew, no I don't you dirty pig!" she threw a spoon full of pancake batter at him which he easily ducked.

"Missed me darling!" he teased.

"I know I didn't, go take a look in thr mirror to see how pretty you are" Courtney said in a mocking tone. Duncan ran upstairs to the bathroom and almost screamed when he saw his face. There was red lipstick on his lips, blue eyeshadow on his eyes and a assorment of clips and barretts. He grumbled to hisself while he striped off his clothes and started the hot shower.

Hopping in he relaxed as the warm water came down all over his body. There was a knock at the door and Courtney's voice came over,

"I'm leaving some clothes on the guest room bed for you Duncan" she called.

"Thanks, babe. Still lots of room for you darling!" he offered again. Courtney secretly opened the door and flushed the toilet, she quickly ran out but giggled to herself at his high pitched scream.

After Duncan came out the shower he found the guest room with the clothes laid out for him. Even boxers. "Now, why does a girl have guy stuff?" he wondered to himself.

"They're my brothers" a voice said at the door. It made Duncan jump and turn around to the person who spoke. Courtney was standing there with some men toiletries in her hands. She blushed slightly from seeing the dripping wet Duncan in all his glory. He must work out a lot to have such a toned chest and abs. Not to mention amazing biceps that flexed everytime he moved them.

Duncan smirked, "I appreciated your obvious admiration for my well toned body but please, don't stare" he put a hand to his forehead and closed his eyes. "I get camera shy" he said in a playful tone. Courtney threw the case of deorderant at his head before slamming the door closed.

"Why did I get all flustered" she wondered to herself.

"Because I'm so hot!" Duncan called back from the opposite side of the door.

Courtney kicked the door once before going back to the kitchen.

The group had just been walking among the small city all day. The twins getting some freedom and time to admire boys as they went by, while Duncan and Courtney got to know each other a little bit better...

"So..." Courtney tried to start a conversation as she walked next to Duncan. Duncan raised an eyebrow, "So?" He looked on ahead to see that the twins were still in sight distance. They tried to walk down the small sidewalk with a switch in their walk. The whole scene to Duncan was pretty funny.

"How long have you been in business?" Courtney asked, tucking a strand of her brown hair back behind her ear.

Duncan shrugged, "About three years. My Dad used to own the place as a part time thing. How long have you've been a partner?"

"One year" she answered promptly. "I worked my butt through lawschool and became what they call a shark."

Duncan laughed, "I believe that! So, you love the hunt for blood?"

"Yes. I find it to be highly favorable amongst the lawyers at my firm. In fact, they order all their steaks and stuff rare".

They continued walking in silence for a moment, both keeping a close eye on the girls up ahead.

"Duncan seems to be keeping a close watch on the twins" Courtney noted to herself.

"It usually takes me five mintues to figure out a person but this guy is a book I can't read...yet".

Diamond came running back to Courtney and Duncan. "Can we get some ice-cream?" she asked, suddenly out of breath. Crystal came up behind her and wrinkled her nose. "I can't eat ice-cream!"

Diamond flicked her hair at her, "So?"

Crystal crossed her arms, "So, we should compromise and get something that won't actually freeze my teeth anf make my braces cold". Diamond shrugged and said, "No one cares about your stupid braces, metal mouth". Crystal looked hurt and turned away from her twin. Courtney noticed and flicked Diamond's arm, "Not nice." she declared.

Duncan put a hand on Crystal's shoulder and whispered in her ear. "I'll buy you a big churro later, okay?" Duncan had learned last night that Crystal loved churros and all their cinnamon and sugar. Crystal cheered up immediately and shook her head. "That will be fine".

Courtney was surprised, she could never get those two to stop fighting without having to threaten someone. Diamond tapped her foot impatiently, "Can we go get in line? All the good kind is going to be gone!" Courtney dug around in her purse and handed her a five dollar bill. "Get a medium and no larger" she warned. Diamond rolled her eyes but ran back to get in line with Crystal running after her.

Courtney and Duncan sat down on a nearby wooden bench. "How did you do that?" she asked immediately. Duncan looked at her with questioning eyes, "Do what?"

"Make them stop fighting!" she said in a obvious state of tone. Duncan turned away from her gaze and said, "I just know kids, that's all". Sensing that he wouldn't go on the topic any further, Courtney left it alone.

"What did you guys do last night?" she asked instead. Just a little curious as to how they ended up with makeup all over their faces.

Duncan smirked to himself, remembering. "Well, it started out like this..."

Flashback!!!!

Duncan looked up at the two identical girls. "So...what do you wanna do?" he asked. The two looked at each other and took off running, full speed in different directions. Duncan was taken back by this first offense but decided to chase after them. He bounded up the steps, two at a time and saw a streak of brown hair fly by.

The bathroom room door was locked and he beat on with his fists. "Someone's in here!" a sing-song voice came over. Okay, so one girl was in the bathroom and the other must be hiding too. Duncan walked down the hallway until he noticed the door slightly ajar. He tiptoed quietly to the door and swung it open, only to get kicked in the face by somebody.

Duncan's hands immediately flew to his nose and he could feel the blood coming out. "You little..." he started. Diamond giggled and ran past him only to hide in another room. The door to the bathroom opened and Crystal stuck her head out. Once Duncan was assured his nose was in tact he made his way over to the bathroom door.

Crystal stared at him with her large brown eyes. "I need to call Courtney" she stated.

"I don't know the number and I don't think she'd like being disturbed on her date" Duncan said, still holding his nose a bit. Crystal shifted uncomfrontably in her stance. "Well, I need to talk to someone".

"Do you not see me here?"

Crystal shook her head. "I can't tell you."

Duncan rolled his eyes, "Come girly, what is it?"

Crystal shook her head, refusing. Duncan grumbled, "Just tell me!" he pried.

Crystal still refused and she could tell Duncan was getting impatient. "Tell me!" he yelled at her. He hated not knowing stuff.

"I got my period". The words sunk into Duncan's brain and he now knew why she wanted Courtney. He rubbed the back of his head, nervously. "How?" he asked. Crystal rolled her eyes, "I don't know how! Can you just get me someone that can help!"

Duncan's leg was twitching now from past girlfriend's who got their periods on dates with him. "Diamond!" he called.

"What!?" was he exassperated answer.

"Come here and help me!"

Diamond came running up the steps and saw the two standing akwardly in front of each other. "What?" she asked again.

"I got my period" Crystal annouced again, making Duncan tense away from her.

Diamond raised an eyebrow, "How?"

"I don't know how!" Crystal cried. "Can yall stop asking how and just go get me something, please?"

Diamond put her hand on her hips, "I'm sure Courtney has a pad somewhere in that closet. Just get one and put it on!"

Duncan's hands flew to his head and he groaned. "I can't do this whole period talk! Let me make a call to someone" he said, taking out his cellphone. He dialed Gwen's number and she picked up angrily at him.

"Where the hell are you!?"

"I'm babysitting for the chick I'm working for. It was a last mintue thing but right now I have a situation."

Gwen sighed and decided to kill him later. "What is it?"

"One of the girls got her thingy and she doesn't know what to do". Gwen knew what he meant when he said thingy.

"Give the phone to...uh...what's her name?" she asked.

"Crystal".

"Right. Give her the phone and tell her to go in the bathroom and shut the door". Duncan handed the phone to Crystal who took it carefully. She listened for a moment and then went back into the bathroom and closed the door. After it locked behind her the two outsiders looked at each other uneasy.

Diamond sighed, "All the good stuff happens to her" she whined, "Good grades, does everything perfect. , pretty hair, and now she has her period before me!" Diamond folded her arms and sat down on the top step. Duncan understood where she was coming from and sat down next to her.

"Sucks complete ass, right?" He wrapped a comfronting arm around her. "But, look on the bright side. You probably have more fun doing the things you do." Diamond perked up at this, "You're right! Thanks, dude" the bathroom room door opened and Crystal walked akwardly out.

"Hey pad butt!" Diamond taunted, she laughed to herself.

Crystal glared, "You see, that proves I'm the older one" she handed Duncan his phone back, which he stuck in his front pocket. She then proceeded to sit on the steps next to Diamond and place her hand under her chin. "What now?" she asked, dully.

Diamond's ears perked up a bit and she turned evily to her sister. "You what we haven't played in a while?"

Crystal grinned and they both turned to look at Duncan. He stared back, uncaring. "What?"

"You know blue eyeshadow would really bring out your eyes" Crystal began to inspect his face. Diamond looked at his body and asked,

"What dress size do you wear?"

Present

Courtney was doubled over in laughter. Duncan looked down at her without a hint of laughter across his face. "They then dressed me up and we put on a fashion show." Courtney laughed harder, "You should have taken a picture". Duncan grimaced, "We did".

Courtney wiped tears from her eyes, "I haven't laughed that hard since...I can't remember". Duncan didn't find this shocking. Courtney was very professional with her work and was too obsessed with her job to notice the fun things in life. "Maybe you should hang around me more often" he offered.

Courtney shook her head, "I barely know you! Besides, I don't like mixing business with any pleasure" she immediately regretted the words, knowing Duncan would draw them out of proportion. He smirked and wrapped his arm around Courtney and whispered in her ear. "I swear to you princess, our business will not interfere with our pleasure".

Courtney grunted and pulled away, "Not that we would have any."

Duncan snorted, "Yeah, probably not. So how was your date last night. You were home before midnight".

Courtney sneered, "Never again" she declared. "I have never been with a person more dull and overly confident of themselves in my life. I don't even remember what happened. I had such a headache, I took something for it and went to sleep". Duncan observed her when she said. 'took something for it'. "What did you take, like advil or something?" he asked, slightly hoping she would say yes.

"No, just some pain reliever pills".

Duncan's eyes narrowed, "The ones in the white bottle that are blue colored?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?" she asked, forgetting the night.

Duncan shook his head, "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you stop taking those things because they're illegal in Canada". Courtney despite Duncan's disatisfaction, laughed. "What's truly illegal in Canada?" she said. "Don't worry they're are fine and I'm a big girl, okay. I know the right amount to take and not to over dose".

"I'm telling you Courtney, leave that crap alone."

Courtney stood up indignately, "Why do you care so much?" she wanted to know. Duncan stood up to and he was only a few inched taller. "Because, I've seen first hand what those kinds of drugs can do to a person. Soon, you'll start craving them, even when you don't need them and next is taking one or two every hour. Courtney, these things will make you sick!".

Courtney's brow was furrowed and the corners of her mouth turned down. "What do you know? I am fine! and I'm not addicting to those pills!" she growled. She poked his broad chest, "I'm not hooked".

Duncan sniffed, "Yet".

Courtney gasped and smacked Duncan across the face. "You don't know me!" she yelled at him before walking briskly ahead and taking the twins by the arm. "But, I didn't get my ice-cream!" Diamond whined. "You can get some later!" Courtney told her before carrying them back home. Leaving Duncan standing there in the middle of the sidewalk.

"I hope you choke on them!" he yelled to her before turning around and heading back home.

That night the same reoccuring nightmares cloudy Duncan's mind as he slept.

"Wanna hit man?" the hippie asked him, passing the blunt. Duncan took it and sucked in a puff before letting it out. The hippie laughed, "That's the way to get zoned out man."

The small door opened and his sister Zoey came in from the rain. "Hey, guys!" she said and sat down next to her brother. She had a white plastic bag in her hands and poured the contents out on the floor. They were bottles of cough syrup medicine and pescription pills.

"What's all the cough syrup for?" Duncan asked.

Zoey unscrewed a cap and took a long sip of the stuff before sighing. "I heard this was another great way to get high,man" she answered closing her eyes. "Those pills in the white bottle make you so high they can put you out" she picked up the bottle and dumped about six blue pills into her dirty palm.

Duncan watched her as she swallowed the pills and took a long sip of cough syrup to wash them down. Zoey then proceeded to lay back and hum to herself.

"I think it's working, man" she said.

Duncan picked up the bottle and read the back. "Zoey, it's one thing to get high on weed but this stuff is dangerous." Zoey groaned and felt that protective brother feeling coming on. "Relax, Duncan" she said. "It's all chill".

Zoey tried taking the bottle back but Duncan held it in back of him. "No more" he said.

Zoey tried to reach for them again but when Duncan wouldn't let her have them she punched his chest. "Give it back!" she shouted and hit her brother again. Duncan just held them up higher, "Why should I?" he asked.

She lunged for them but fell on her face. "Because I need them!" she whined and tried again. When Duncan wasn't giving into her she punched one last time and screamed, "I hate you! Duncan, I hate you freakin' guts! You bastard! Just give me the damn pills! I need them!" she had that wild look in her eyes, which terrified Duncan.

He stood up and walked toward the door. He turned back and threw the bottle at his sister and it hit her in the head. Zoey scrambled to get them and opened them immediately.

"You're a junkie, Zoey" Duncan told her. "Nothing but a worthless fuckin' junkie!" he slammed the door and went out in the ran.

It was the first of many that his sister told him she hated him.

Duncan woke up all of a sudden, hot and sweaty. He ran a hand through his messy mohawk and looked down at the sleeping Gwen. He sighed and went to the bathroom to pee and then to the kitchen for some water. Before returning to bed, he looked at his sister's picture he kept on his dresser.

"Duncan?" Gwen called sleepily.

"I'm coming, babe" he told her and slid back in bed with her. He wrapped an arm around her waist and brought her closer to his chest.

Fear of losing her eluded his mind.

DW: That's it peeps! And thank you to shadowcatbrat that helped with the idea for the chapter.

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