Eddie and Jamie quickly got over the joy of bringing all the girls home. They were stressed all the time. Brooklyn and Addelyn were always either extremely happy or extremely mad. Then Josie was easy but her oxygen and all of her medications were difficult to deal with. It didn't help matters that after three days home Jamie had to go back to work. He was extremely hesitant to leave Eddie alone but they really had no choice. The first day Eddie really thought she was loosing her mind. After the first week she knew she had. She had poured orange juice into her cereal. She was at the end of her rope when Zoe called.

"Hey Girlie."

Eddie sighed. "You have five minutes before a baby starts screaming their head off."

"Well aren't we a little cranky."

"Cranky? I was cranky yesterday."

"Well maybe you need a break? Come by and see me. I want to see the babies and...Wade is here."

Eddie's heart almost stopped. "Wade? When did he get out?"

"A few months ago."

"And you didn't tell me?"

"I know how you feel about him. I thought you'd freak and you having issues with your pregnancy...are you mad?"

"No. But I will come over with the girls."

"Great. I'll put the dogs away before they get here."

Eddie packed up the diaper bag and loaded the girls into the car all by herself. On the way to Zoe's Addie started crying. Eddie sighed and turned on their baby Einstein cd. That calmed her slightly. Eddie pulled into the parking garage for Zoe's building and got a visitors pass. She texted Zoe and she appeared next to the car a few minutes later. She smiled and hugged Eddie when she climbed out of her truck.

"Hey long time no see."

Eddie smiled. "Can you carry a baby?"

"Of course."

Eddie handed Brooklyn to Zoe along with the diaper bag so she could manage Addie and Josie. They rode the elevator up to Zoe's floor. Zoe opened the door to her apartment and led the way inside. Soon they were setting the babies in the living room. Eddie started to unbuckle them when a tall blonde guy walked into the room. He paused and almost choked on his bottle of water.

"Eddie?"

She glanced up. "Wade."

She pulled Josie out of her carseat and handed her to Zoe. Wade sat down on the couch and looked at the girls.

"So do I get to hold one or do you need a breathalyzer first?"

She rolled her eyes and handed Addie to him. She had just pulled Brooklyn out when she heard an odd sound.

"What the heck was that?"

Zoe groaned. "Titan. Just ignore him."

Eddie nodded and sat in the empty arm chair. They had just started chatting when Eddie heard the sound again.

"Did you get a bigger dog. Last time I was here you had Lulu and Suki your yorkies."

"I still have them. They're in my room and Titan is in the guest room."

"When did you get him?"

"A couple weeks ago. I found him in the back alley when I was coming home from the club."

"And you just brought him inside?"

"No I took him to the pound first but they couldn't find a microchip and his collar was just a chain. They gave him a clean bill of health. Then they told me that since he's a pitbull if I left him there he would most likely be put down within 48 hours."

Eddie nodded. "So you kept him."

"Yeah but I may have to take him to the pound anyways."

"Why?"

"He's way too much for me to handle. My apartment is way too small, Lulu hates him, and he has too much energy for me."

Eddie heard Titan bark again. "Do you care if I look at him?"

"Go ahead. Just be careful he likes to bolt."

She nodded, set Brooklyn in her carseat and opened the guest room door. A beautiful blue pitbull looked at her from his spot on the bed. He then stood and walked over to her. She smiled and knelt in front of him. She let him sniff her hand before she petted him.

"Aren't you a pretty boy?"

Titan wagged his tail happily. He then snuck passed her and walked into the living room. He went up to Brooklyn and smelled her. Before Eddie could pull him away he laid down in front of the carseat content. Zoe's jaw dropped.

"He has never acted this calm."

Eddie shrugged. "He seems to like me."

They changed the subject. Zoe went to get something from her room leaving Wade and Eddie in an awkward silence. He hesitated before breaking it.

"So have you gone to visit your Dad recently?"

She threw him a look. "Visit yours?"

Zoe walked back out and handed her a pink gift bag. "I had too."

Eddie rolled her eyes and pulled out three little Christmas outfits for the girls.

"Aww I love them. And just in time."

"I knew you would."

Just before Eddie left she looked at Titan and sighed.

"Zoe don't take him to the shelter."

"What do you mean?"

"I need to talk it through with some people but...I want to take him."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously."

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That afternoon Eddie called her grandmother who was more then happy to allow them to have a dog. Then she called the girls pediatrician to ask his opinion. He thought it was a good idea so that the girls could get use to animals while they're young. She called Zoe and told her yes. That evening Jamie came home and grabbed a screaming Brooklyn from her Mamaroo.

"How was your day?"

She shrugged. "I got out of the house for the first time."

"Wow. That's great."

"I just went to Zoe's but it was fun I guess."

"You guess?"

She sighed and pulled her casserole out of the oven and set it on the counter before sighing.

"My brother is staying with her."

He paused. "I thought you said he was arrested for drug possession?"

"He was. He got out four months ago."

"And he's living with Zoe?"

"They use to date."

He nodded. "Are you okay with all of that?"

"I don't have much of a choice do I?"

He adjusted Brooklyn and rubbed her back soothingly. "Look I don't know everything tat happened between you guys, but he is your family."

She sighed. "I know and he was pretty good with the girls. Maybe I can give him a second chance."

"That's the spirit."

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