The time came to drive from Erica's penthouse back to the White House for dinner. Marissa had arranged cars to take everyone over. AJ found himself in Kendall's big people carrier with Miranda, Spike, Reggie, Flynn who was a friend of Erica's, Erica herself and Kendall, who was driving.
"Did you have a good day, kids?" Kendall asked as she followed Reese's car out of the parking lot.
"Yeah." replied Miranda.
She then gave AJ a nudge to wake him up from his daydreaming about his sail boat.
"Yeah." he said realising he was wanted in the conversation.
"What were you thinking about?" Reggie asked recognising AJ's distant expression.
"That Bianca couldn't come on my boat." he said. "I wanted to do something to say thank you because she and mom bought her for me…"
"You named it after her." said Kendall. "That was more than enough surly?"
"I guess." he said but he didn't look convinced.
"Maybe you can do something nice for the wedding instead." suggested Reggie.
"Yeah, we need to get them a wedding present!" said Miranda. "I've been thinking about that. But I don't know what they would like."
"Maybe you could give them something different." suggested Erica from the front passenger seat.
"What?" asked the B-twins, keen for ideas.
"Well," said Erica, looking across to give her eldest daughter a grin, "For my weddings I think the nicest part… the part that stays with me is the moment when my children stand up and talk about how we're a family and how much we love each other. Family is the greatest gift of all."
"I'm not very good at speeches." said AJ.
"I was going to give them a dance." said Spike. "I've been working on Singing in the Rain"
"What if it isn't raining?" AJ asked
Flynn laughed,
"Different eras." he said wistfully, "But you know a dance isn't such a bad idea, I've helped a few friends do a wedding dance for their big day. My friends Klaus and Susan did the full Grease megamix routine for their first dance… that was fun!"
Miranda and Spike shared a look.
"You mean… like flash mob on you tube?"
"It really is different eras." sighed Flynn. "Yeah, like flash mobs."
Spike and Miranda's eyes lit up.
"That would be so cool." Miranda exclaimed. "Let's do that!"
She nudged AJ, but he didn't look all that enthusiastic.
"You said you wanted to do something nice for our moms." she said.
AJ frowned.
"But I didn't say anything about dancing." he groaned.
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