A/N: so TODAY is my birthday so I decided to give myself a present by updating this story. GREAT present. It would make my bday really awesome if all of you left me reviews =)
Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi. But maybe if I get enough bday money I can =)
They say babies cry because they're either hungry, need to be changed, frustrated, sick, or just want to be held. I've come to the conclusion that Matisse is an attention whore baby because he is ALWAYS crying. I mean half the time he's not even wet or hungry and what's he got to be frustrated about? He's a baby, it's not like he's been out in the real world yet. Don't get me wrong, I love him I really do. I just wish he wouldn't cry all the time.
"Waa! Waa!"
"Ugh," Alex groans. "Turn the damn monitor off."
Alex and I are in my room right now trying to relax. Unfortunately our relaxation has just been interrupted by our crying little brother.
"You know I'm not allowed to do that," I tell Alex.
Mom and Brian bought a box set of baby monitors the day they came back home. The rule is that whenever Matisse is taking a nap by himself we all have to have our monitors on. There's a monitor is every single room of the house, even the bathrooms. This new baby monitor rule has ruined a couple of Jordan-Beth sexy time moments.
"How am I supposed to have Sage spend a week with us with a baby crying every five minutes?" Alex asks.
I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know why you invited her in the first place when you knew we would have a newborn here," I tell her.
The crying continues and my head is starting to hurt. I groan and put my hands over my eyes.
"This is worse than the time Beth had to do that stupid Home Ec. assignment," I say.
(Flashback)
Best thing about parents being gone for the night is that you can bring your girlfriend over for a make out session without having to worry about being interrupted or spied on. It's Friday night and as usual, when we have Fridays off, Beth and I double-dated with Paige and Alex. Only difference is that this time I didn't have to drop Palex off at Paige's house where Paige would have to sneak Alex in and then explain to her parents why her bedroom door was locked, and Beth and I didn't have to make out in my car at the park. Nope, while the parents are away Jordan and friends will use the house to play.
Right now Beth and I are on the couch making out while Palex is on the armchair doing their thing with Paige sitting on Alex's lap.
"Waa! Waa!"
Oh you have got to be kidding me. Beth and I break apart and I groan.
"Doesn't that thing have an off switch?" Alex asks. She looks and sounds as frustrated as I feel.
"No Alex, it doesn't have an off switch," Beth says.
Beth gets up from the couch and walks over to the coffee table to pick up the fake baby. She picks it up and starting rocking back and forth and patting it on its back.
"I don't even understand why you brought the stupid thing with you," I say frustrated.
"Because it's part of my assignment, I have to take the baby with me everywhere like a real parent would do."
"A real parent would have hired a baby-sitter," I mutter.
"This is a huge part of my final grade. Do you want me to fail Home Ec.?" Beth raises an eyebrow.
"No," I answer her. I cross my arms. "I also don't want to be interrupted when I'm making out with you."
"I don't understand the point of the stupid assignment," Alex says.
"The point is to show us how hard parenting can be," Beth says. "It's another way of the school telling us not to get pregnant in high school."
"Who gets pregnant in high school?" I ask.
"Liberty Van Zandt," Paige answers bluntly.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about her." I turn to Beth. "Your teacher knows you're a lesbian right? I highly doubt you're going to get pregnant on accident anytime soon."
"Unless you're packing something we don't know aboot," Alex says seriously, looking at me.
I grab the pillow next to me and throw it. Paige quickly veers out of the way and the pillow hits Alex square in the face.
"Hey!" Alex yells.
"Say something stupid and you get a pillow to the face," I tell her.
Alex looks up at Paige with a hurt expression. "You didn't even try to stop it," she says. "You moved out of the way."
"I'm sorry hon," Paige apologizes while stroking Alex's cheek. "Will a kiss make it better?"
"Maybe," Alex says slyly and smiles.
And they're off. Geez, those two look like they're eating each other's faces. They're like fused together. Jeez…
*End of Flashback*
I no longer hear crying over the baby monitor but I can still hear it somewhere. Brian enters the room carrying a crying Matisse.
"Girls!" Brain yells over the wailing which seems to have made Matisse cry even louder. "Can one of you take Matisse please so I can make his bottle?"
"Where's Mom?" I ask.
"At work!"
I roll my eyes and hold my arms out. "Give me the little crying machine!" I tell Brian.
He hands me Matisse and thanks me as he's leaving my room. Great, now I have a crying, wailing baby in my arms. I'm doing the rocking back and forth thing to try to calm him down but it's not working.
"Come on Matisse," I say. "Let's try to calm down buddy."
I look over at Alex and for some reason she has her hand over her chest like she's trying to find her heart beat. I raise my eyebrow.
"What are you doing?" I ask her.
Alex holds up her other hand. "Shush," she says. Alex takes a couple more seconds and now she has her arms out.
"What?" I ask her.
Alex rolls her eyes. "Give me Matisse!" she says slightly annoyed.
I hand Matisse over to her. She places him against the spot she had her hand over and starts patting his back.
"Its ok buddy," she says in a soothing voice.
Matisse is actually calming down. Oh my God, he's stopped crying and now all I can hear is baby gurgles. How the hell did she do that?
"How did you do that?" I ask, amazed.
"I read somewhere that hearing a heartbeat calms a baby down," Alex tells me. "You just needed to hear someone's heart beating, didn't you buddy?" Alex asks Matisse in a quiet voice.
Brian appears at the door and he looks as shocked as I did a few minutes earlier. He's holding a baby bottle hand in one hand with a towel over his shoulder.
"How'd you do that?" Brian asks Alex.
"I think he just wanted some attention and hearing my heart beating calmed him down," Alex tells him.
I look at Matisse. Aw, he fell asleep. I can hear his little baby snores. He's so precious.
"Matisse fell asleep," I whisper.
Alex looks down at the sleeping baby. "I'll go put him in his crib," she whispers.
"Thank you," Brian whispers and he heads back downstairs as Alex puts Matisse in his crib in our parents' room.
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Paige is calling me. Hmm, this could be interesting. I've talked to her a few times after that day at the hospital but her and Alex haven't really spoken to each other. A couple of weeks ago Alex and I went to the mall and we ran into Paige there. It was so awkward and tense I pretended to have really bad cramps just so Alex and I could leave.
I flip open my phone. "Hey Paige."
"Hey hon," Paige says. "What's up?"
"Oh nothing. Alex just got Matisse to stop crying so the house is quiet and peaceful for now."
"Oh. How is Alex by the way?"
"She's good. Did you call for a specific reason?"
"Yes. I know you and Alex are heading back to school in aboot a month and we haven't all really had the chance to hang out yet. I actually have a day off from work tomorrow so I was thinking we could all catch a movie, maybe go miniature golfing. Whadda ya say hon?"
This could be interesting. "Well tomorrow is the day Alex's girlfriend is flying in," I tell her.
"Really?" she sounds interested. "I'd like to meet Alex's new beau."
And this is where I become a bitch because messing with Alex is just so much fun. I know she's probably going to kill me for this later but it will definitely be worth it.
"You should come to the airport with us to pick her up," I tell Paige.
"Really?" Paige asks surprised. "Would Alex be ok with that hon?"
If Paige could see my smile right now she would know I'm up to something. The mischievous, evil smile that's on my face right now probably makes me look like a villain.
"Alex would be delighted if you went with us to pick her up," I tell Paige in a reassuring voice.
"Ok hon, if you're sure," she says cautiously.
"I'm totally sure Paige. The flight is scheduled to arrive at one so we'll pick you up around noon. Where do you live now?"
"You can just pick me up at my parent's."
"Ok, see you tomorrow."
"Alright, see you then hon."
I close my phone and start laughing.
"What are you laughing aboot?"
I turn around and Alex is standing in the doorway looking at me with a raised eyebrow. I look at my phone, and then back at her.
"Beth sent me a funny text," I lie.
"Oh…"
I smile. Alex is going to hate me tomorrow but it'll totally be worth it.
Next Day:
Alex and I are on our way to pick up Beth right now and then we're going to pick up Paige, not that Alex knows. Actually Alex looks really nervous right now. She keeps bouncing her leg up and down.
"What is wrong with you?" I ask her.
"I'm a little nervous," Alex answers.
"Nervous about what?"
"Nervous aboot seeing Sage. It's been two months since we last saw each other. What if she met someone when she went home?"
My eyebrows furrow in confusion. "You and Sage talk to each other on the phone almost every other day. If she met someone I'm pretty sure she would have told you."
"Maybe she wanted to tell me to my face," Alex says, sounding paranoid.
"Do you hear yourself right now? You need to calm down."
We pull up to Beth's house and I send Beth a text telling her we're here.
"Alright, get in the back," I tell Alex, pointing to the back seat with my thumb.
"What?"
I look at Alex and start to chuckle. "You really think I'm going to allow you to ride in the front therefore putting my girlfriend in the back of MY car? You must be out of your mind."
Alex rolls her eyes. She gets out of the car while muttering something. She opens the back door and gets back in still muttering. Beth walks out of her house and gets into the car.
"Hi," she greets me sweetly.
"Hello there," I greet her back. We share a quick kiss.
Beth turns around and looks at Alex. "Hey Alex," she greets her.
Alex has her arms crossed. "Hey," she says flatly.
Beth turns back around and looks at me. She quirks an eyebrow.
"What's wrong with her?" Beth asks me.
"Don't worry about it," I tell her. I look in the rearview mirror at Alex. "She's just being a brat."
I begin to drive. Alex isn't saying anything. If she's that upset about sitting shotgun then I know she's about to be pissed. I'm supposed to keep straight to get to the airport from Beth's house but I turn right to go to Paige's.
"Airport was straight Jordan," Beth says.
"I know," I tell her. "I just need to make a quick stop."
I continue driving to Paige's without anyone catching on. I turn into Paige's neighborhood and I see Alex straighten up a bit. She's eyeing me suspiciously.
"Jordan…" Alex starts.
"Just enjoy the ride," I tell her.
I turn onto Petworth Street, Paige's street.
"Jordan, what are you doing?" Alex asks angrily.
I don't answer but continue driving. My cell phone beeps, telling me I have a new text message. I'll get to it later. I pull in front of Paige's house and quickly beep the horn.
"I'm going to kill you," Alex whispers threateningly into my ear.
I turn to look at her. Man, if looks could kill I'd definitely be dead by now. I turn back around and get my cell phone. I flip my phone open to read the text message.
What are you doing? – Beth
I look at Beth and smile. I text her back.
Having some fun.
Beth reads the message and then looks back at me. She rolls her eyes.
I turn back to look at Paige's house. The front door opens and there she is. She's walking to the car with a smile on her face. Aw, she's happy. Paige gets into the car.
"Hey!" she greets us excitedly.
"Hey Paige!" I greet her with a huge grin on my face.
Beth turns around in her seat. "Hey," she greets Paige.
Alex says nothing. She's just looking straight ahead with her arms still crossed. Jeez, she's such a grouch. Everyone is buckled in so I start driving to the airport.
"Lexi, I'm really happy you're letting me come with you to pick your girlfriend up," Paige tells Alex.
A look of confusion appears on Alex's face. "What?"
"Hon, I know we're had our differences these past few months but I really do appreciate you letting me tag along," Paige continues.
I think Paige might have just tried to place her hand on top of Alex's. I can't tell though because my review mirror doesn't let me see that low and I'm trying to drive at the same time.
"Paige I don't know what Jordan told you but-"
I crank the volume on the radio up so Paige can't hear Alex.
"I really like this song!" I yell.
Beth is giving me a look and shaking her head at me. I just smile.
Airport:
We're at the airport walking to the area we're suppose to meet Sage at. The rest of the car ride consisted of Paige talking about her job. Alex was giving me a death glare in the rearview mirror the whole time. I could tell her jaw was clenched and so were her fists. Alex was not a happy camper during that car ride.
Right now Paige and Alex are walking ahead while Beth and I are about five feet behind them.
"You are so mean," Beth tells me quietly.
"I'm not mean," I argue. "I'm letting Alex's ex-girlfriend meet her current girlfriend. I'm introducing the past to the present. Sounds pretty nice and interesting to me."
"What if I just randomly brought one of my ex's on one of our dates? What if I brought one of my ex-boyfriends? How would you feel about that?"
I stop walking and look at her. "You have ex-boyfriends?" I ask shocked.
Beth is nodding her head. "Yep," she answers. "You've actually met one of them. John Stokes."
My jaw drops. "You dated John Douche Bag Stokes? What the hell!"
"See, not everyone likes surprises." Now she's walking away.
I can't believe she fucking dated John Jackass Stokes. Well there goes my day. I run to catch up with the others. We reach our destination and now we just wait.
I'm sitting in my seat with my arms crossed with an upset look on my face.
"What's wrong with you?" Alex asks.
"Oh nothing," I say nonchalantly and shrug my shoulders. "I just found out my girlfriend dated John Asshole Stokes."
"Oh yeah, I forgot you dated him in grade nine," Alex says.
"You knew?"
"Hon, everyone knew," Paige says as if it's not a big deal. "They won Ice Queen and King that year. That's how cute of a couple they were."
I narrow my eyes and give Paige a death look.
"I'm going to shut up now," she says.
"Hey, didn't you break up with John and then date Heather Sinclair for like two weeks that year?" Alex asks Beth.
Oh my fucking God! You have got to be kidding me! I turn my head quickly and look at Beth.
"You dated Heather Sinclair?"
Beth shrugs her shoulders. "I obviously had low standards in grade nine," she says as if it's not a big deal.
I'm shaking my head. I can't believe Beth dated John Assface Stokes and Heather Bitch Sinclair. Who else did she fucking date?
"Not so fun when the past meets the present after all is it?" Beth asks in a whisper.
I point at her angrily. "I'm not talking to you," I tell her.
I stand up and go stand next to Alex. Alex is laughing a little bit. That's ok, because we're going to see who's laughing in a little bit. I check my watch and walk over to the TV sets that show the flights. Well according to this thing her flight arrived on time which was about ten minutes ago. I walk back over to Alex.
"We should be seeing Sage in a few minutes," I tell Alex.
"Ok," she says nervously.
I place a hand on Alex's shoulder. "Are you ready?"
"I hope so."
"Lexi!"
Alex and I turn in the direction we just heard the voice come from. There's Sage, wearing a skirt, a garnet polo shirt, and a huge grin on her face. She has a roller suitcase in one hand and she's waving with the other. I look at Alex and she's wearing the same smile.
"Go ahead," I tell her.
Alex walks quickly to Sage. Sage practically jumps into Alex's arms. They're so happy.
"So that's Alex's new girlfriend?" Paige is suddenly by my side.
"Yep," I tell her.
Paige had her arms crossed. What's wrong with her?
"I'm the only one that calls Alex "Lexi"," she says
"And Jay," I mutter.
Alex and Sage are walking toward us hand and hand. I'm noticing that Paige is staring at their intertwined hands, like she's trying to burn a hole into them. Alex whispers something to Sage that makes her laugh. They're getting closer to us. I notice Paige uncrossed her arms and put on her nice fake look. Beth is suddenly at my other side, these girls appear out of nowhere. The happy couple finally reaches us.
"So, that's Beth, Jordan's girlfriend," Alex introduces Sage to Beth.
"You already seem better than Tammy," Sage tells Beth.
Beth smiles. "I like you already," she tells her.
Sage turn to looks at me. "Jordan, as always nice to see you," Sage says. We share a quick hug.
"Nice to see another native Floridian in Canada," I tell her.
Alex and Sage turn their attention to Paige. By the looks on Paige's face I'm going to guess she also sees the similarities between her and Sage. Alex looks as nervous as hell. Paige quickly gets over the facial similarities and sticks her hand out.
"I'm Paige," she says in her Queen-Bee voice.
Sage takes Paige's hand and shakes it. "Hi," she says unfazed by Paige's attitude. "I'm Sage."
Paige's face sort of falls and looks like its saying "oh crap". Alex looks like she's about to shit herself. Who's laughing now? Ha ha.
Disclaimer: That's my version of a sort of kind of cliff hanger. Leave reviews please! =)