HAPPY 70TH CHAPTER! YOU GUYS HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE!
"Happy New Year!" Bernie smiled as she let Elliot and Olivia into the house.
"Happy New Year, Mom!" Elliot smiled kissing her cheek. He set down Summer and watched as Dickie and her ran off to the living room. He closed the door behind Olivia.
"Happy New Year, Bernie!" Olivia smiled giving Bernie a hug. She took off Kendle's hat and kissed his cheek. "It's cold out there, isn't it?" Kendle blew bubbles smiling.
Elliot chuckled and took Kendle from her. "You're a bubble man, aren't you? Let's get you out of your coat." He said taking off Kendle's jacket. He looked at his mother. "Something smells good."
"Good, I'm making your favorite." Bernie grinned hanging up their jackets.
"Steak, pork chops, chicken, and mashed potatos with gravy?" Elliot smiled.
Bernie chuckled. "No, you're reasonable favorite. Chicken, mashed potatos with gravy, brown sugar carrots, and apple pie."
"Mmmm, thank you Momma." Elliot grinned hurrying into the kitchen.
"Keep your hands off the food." Bernie chuckled as she watched him disappear.
Olivia smiled as she walked into the living room. She saw Scott and Beth sitting on the couch with Britney on Scott's lap. "Hey guys!" She smiled and said down next to Rebecca. Rebecca laid her legs over Olivia's thighs making Olivia chuckle.
"Hey, Happy New Year!" Joe Jr. smiled. "It's been a while."
"It has." Olivia smiled. "A total of six days. How are you doing?"
"I'm doing good. I have a job down at the Arrow Building Center. I've been selling materials for houses. It's going pretty well. How about you and Elliot's new job? I never asked you guys on Christmas." Joe Jr. asked.
"It's been going good. We're getting used to dealing with everything. It's nice to help people this way." Olivia smiled lightly.
"Joey!" Summer squealed running over to Joe Jr.
"Murmur!" Joe smiled picking her up and kissing her head. "How are you?"
"Good!" Summer grinned cuddling into his side.
Olivia smiled down at her daughter in Joe's lap. "Do you like snuggling with uncle Joe?" Summer nodded smiling. "He's pretty comfy, isn't he?"
Summer nodded again. "Like Daddy."
Olivia laughed with Joe. Elliot walked down and plopped himself down by Olivia. He kissed her head. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Oh nothing, just how comfy you are." Olivia smiled. Elliot furrowed his brow in confusion. "I'll tell you later. Where's Kendle?"
"Sarah and Jordan are entertaining him in the kitchen." Elliot smiled. He looked at Dickie playing with his trains on the coffee table.
Scott handed Britney to Beth and sat on the other side of the table. "Dickie, should we play Go Fish?"
"Yeah." Dickie smiled.
"Hey El?" Scott smiled holding up his hands. Elliot threw him the deck of cards on the table beside them. "Thanks." He started dealing out the cards. "Five or seven?"
"Five!" Dickie grinned picking up his cards. "Mommy?"
"Yes baby?" Olivia asked.
"Make sure Scott doesn't cheat." Dickie said.
Scott's jaw fell open. "I do not cheat!"
"Liar, liar, pants on fire." Rebecca laughed. "You are the worst liar ever."
"Don't worry, baby. I'll make sure he doesn't cheat." Olivia smiled. Dickie gave her a thumbs up.
"I can't believe this." Scott smiled shaking his head. "My four year old nephew doesn't trust me when it comes to playing cards."
"That just means he knows you." Jordan smiled coming in with Kendle. He sat down on the floor by Rebecca and Joe. "Kendle is Mr. Drool."
"You don't have to tell me." Elliot smiled taking a sip of his drink. He gave it to Olivia and she took a drink of it handing it back to him.
"Hey, how's Casey and Fin doing?" Rebecca asked.
"Uh, they are expecting a baby in March, is it?" Elliot asked his wife.
"Late Febuary, early March." Olivia smiled. "Casey is going nuts trying to figure out what the gender of her baby is."
"Why? Can't they figure out the sex with the position of the baby?" Beth asked.
"No." Olivia grinned. "Casey wants to be surprised in the delivery room. I did that. I did not care for it." She smiled leaning towards Summer.
Elliot rolled his eyes. "Olivia went nuts. I found her, one night, on the computer trying to see if there were any hints that would help her figure out what she was having when she was pregnant with Summer."
"Can you really blame me?" Olivia asked sweetly looking up at him from his shoulder.
"No, not really." Elliot smiled kissing her nose.
Sarah walked in and sat down on the floor placing Dickie in her lap. "What are you playing buddy?"
"Go Fish!" Dickie smiled. "Threes?"
Scott rolled his eyes as he handed over his three. "You're a lucky little boy."
"Yeah, I know." Dickie grinned as Sarah ruffled his hair.
"Hey, how's college going?" Elliot asked his little sister.
"It's going pretty good. I still don't know what I want to do so I'm mostly just taking the classes I have to." Sarah shrugged. "It's okay. My counsler says it's pretty normal."
"Yeah, it is." Olivia smiled. "I know a few people that still don't know what they want to be and they're juniors. You're good."
Sarah grinned. "How's the new job going for you two? You guys are literally together all the time now."
Elliot chuckled and squeezed Olivia's hand slightly. "It's going good. I get to be with her everyday and make sure she doesn't get herself into trouble."
Olivia let out a laugh. "Yeah, I'm the one that gets into trouble." She said sarcastically.
"Does Daddy get time outs like Summer and I?" Dickie asked.
Everyone chuckled. "No baby, Daddy does not get time outs. Well,... he just has to do work at a desk for a long time if he gets in trouble." Olivia smiled.
"That sounds like time out to me." Dickie shrugged. He smiled at Scott. "I win!"
"You little stinker!" Scott said. "Rematch?" Dickie nodded.
"It'll have to wait. Dinner is on the table." Bernie smiled from the dining room.
Elliot, Scott, Joe, Jordan, and Dickie ran for the dining room. The girls chuckled. Olivia placed Kendle on her hip as she got up. "Hopefully, they'll save some food for us."
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