Bri is paranoid about the baby…Nik touched the train wreck and Koz gets unwanted news.

Bri POV

"Monica!" I yelled as my niece ran off down the aisle once again. "Get back over here."

"Auntie Bri!" She yelled back. "Come see this doll!"

I rolled my eyes and walked over to her. "Get it." I gestured. "I don't care, just get it and let's go. I'm here for toiletries not for toy shopping, now get her and come on Moni."

"Alright." She smiled as she loaded the doll into the cart. "Thank you."

"Welcome." I smiled. "Don't run off again or I'm buying a leash and attaching you to this damn cart. Got it?"

"Yeah." She nodded up at me.

"Good." I smiled. "Did you have fun with Happy this morning?"

"Yeah, he's so grumpy! He shouldn't be called Happy at all." She giggled as we turned down the bedding aisle. "Look, a Hello Kitty pillow."

"I love that bitch." I smiled. "Get it if you want to."

"Really?" She asked as we paused in front of it.

"Yeah." I grabbed it from the shelf and handed it to her. "I never got to buy this type of stuff. My dad wouldn't let me, said it wasn't classy."

"My dad says the same!" She dropped the pillow into the cart.

"Yeah, well he's his father's son." I shrugged. "Alright, we got travel pillows and slips." I tossed the items into the cart.

"What are you buying all this stuff for?" She read over the list.

"Camping trip." I looked at the list with her. "We have to go to the outdoor section now."

"Why are you going camping?" She skipped around in front of me.

"Because Auntie Nik suggested it and I couldn't talk my way out of it." I chuckled. "Which reminds me, we have to stop off at my job before we go home."

"Are you really a doctor? Mommy said you're a fake doctor!" She held on the cart and stared at me.

"Well I'm a real doctor. Your mom is stupid for saying that. When you see her, tell her Auntie Bri wants to know if she finished high school yet." I scowled as we walked into the outdoors aisle. "We need sleeping bags, and two tents."

"Can I come with you guys?" She punched the sleeping bags. "I can punch all the bears for you!"

"You gotta ask Nik, she's in charge!" I grabbed a tent from the shelf. "You think you can punch more bears than Happy?"

"Yup!" She bounced around on her feet and threw out punches. "I taught him everythin' he knows." She swiped her thumb over the tip of her nose and cleared her throat.

"I believe that." I laughed. "Happy was a softy until he met you."

"Juice is cute!" She gave me a sideways smirk.

"That smile got you huh?" I shook my head. "That smile can get you caught up real fast if you know what I'm saying."

"I don't." She looked at me with a confused puppy dog expression. "He's cute! I love his hair. His ink is stupid, I like Happy's ink better."

"You liked the skulls though." I laughed.

"Those were cool! But his head ones were dumb." She rolled her eyes.

"I agree. Hap's snake is so dope." I smiled. "We're finished here, so let's go, ya?"

"Ya." She grabbed the cart. "I'll push."

#

"Hey." I smiled as I saw Nik sitting at the receptionist desk. "What's up?"

"Bri." She smiled. "Hi Monica."

"Hey! Auntie Nik!" Monica beamed as she rounded the desk to hug her. "Can I go on the camping trip?"

"I'm afraid it's grown ups only." She set her on her lap. "Where's your dad at?"

"He's visiting his friend at the jail." Monica answered. "He never wants to pay attention to me!"

"Well luckily when you're in town you have two cool ass Aunties who pay attention to you." She smiled. "You Dr. H are popular, you have six nose jobs scheduled already."

"Good, actually cut it off there." I sighed. "I'm going to need time off coming up. Family problems."

"No problem. I'll do that." She smiled at me. "You look green."

"I feel green." I covered my mouth and headed towards the bathroom.

"Still got mornimg sickness?" Nik asked from the door.

"Yeah, it's not as bad as it used to be though." I sat back on my heels and flushed the toilet. "You hear about Lo and Juice ending shit?"

"Yeah." She laughed. "That was so stupid, he's so stupid when it comes to love. He knew the whole goddamn time he was all about Natalie and Luna."

"He tell you that he blabbed his mouth about the plan to Hap?" I rinsed my mouth out with water and spit into the sink. "Hap, is like I'm shutting that shit down right now."

"What a dumbass." She said. "Time for plan B."

"Juice is out of the loop. Where's Moni?" I looked at her.

"At the desk, coloring." She sighed. "So I gotta tell you what happened between me and Jax."

"I really rather you didn't. I see him as a brother and I'm not having you ruin that shit." I wiped my face with a wet paper towel as I felt another wave of nausea hit me.

"He called me Bri." She said flatly. "He called me by your name then shit got awkward."

I laughed. "No he did not! Eww, you actually did the coochie pop with him?"

"Mistake. He was good up until that point then I had to book it." She frowned. "Live and learn."

"Told you not to go near that wreck." I tossed the paper towel. "Do you see how big I got?" I lifted up my shirt. "I don't think this is normal. I feel like I'm having twins and neither doctor has detected the second baby yet. Is that possible?"

"Yeah, I believe its possible." She poked at my stomach. "How far a long are you?"

"It's been how long since dad died?" I looked at her.

"A couple weeks now, are the police going to let us have his body back for a burial or what?" She rolled her eyes.

"I'm almost six months then." I sighed. "I hope it turns out to be twins. No, they actually aren't, we're going to be putting an empty casket in the ground."

"What if the boy ate the girl in utero?" She laughed. "So Natalie is due soon?"

"Yup. Next month." I smiled. "Decided not to off her. I don't need any unnecessary blood on my hands."

"Good." She smirked. "The sooner she gives birth the sooner I can stomp on her face. Same with Tara, you may not want to but I want to."

"Oh I want to." I nodded. "I just can't because of baby Boots."

"I'll do it for you." She nodded. "My fists are aching to fight."

"I want to shave the side of my head when this is all over." I laughed. "Think I could pull it off?"

"Yeah I do." She smiled. "I should get back to work."

"Don't want them firing you." I walked out with her. "Step mom and step monsters will be at the will reading tomorrow. Heads up, it's going to be something ugly."

"Because we're going to get there and everything will be left to you." She sat in her chair. "Monica, time to go, Bri is ready."

"I colored my Juice a picture!" Monica handed me the paper. "See it has his hair and ears!"

"Omg." I laughed. "He looks like the shy bashful seven dwarf one. He's going to love it."

"Her juice?" Nik asked.

"Yeah, she has a crush on him." I lifted and dropped my shoulders.

"He's more handsome than Happy." Monica smiled.

"Wait the fuck up!" I said. "Happy's way better looking than Juice."

"No he's not!" Monica yelled as we walked to the door.

"Hap is old! He's going to wrinkle! Juice is young and he has a cute belly button!" She crossed her arms.

"Hap, is more handsome." I said as we walked out. I gave Nik one more glance and she was sitting at her desk, laughing at the sight.

"To each her own." Monica said as she climbed into the truck.

"Yeah, to each her own." I repeated as I got in.

SOASOASOA

Kozik POV

"G, what are you doing?" I asked as I watched Giselle twist herself into weird positions.

"Yoga." She said. "Helps me keep my center."

"Helps me pop a fuckin' boner." I laughed.

"Shut up Koz." She laughed. "I have to focus."

"I'm focused enough for the both of us. You look good bent over like that." I smirked.

"Yeah, yeah." She righted herself to look at me. "You should really take Tacoma back to Bri. She's her dog not yours."

"If I take her back, Tosca will be upset." I frowned. "I can't have my little girl be sad because her sister ditched her."

"She's Bri's!" She put her hands on her hips and rolled them around. "At least ask if you can have her."

"I'm afraid to talk to Bri." I said. "I don't want to be on the receiving end of her emotional rampage."

"I survived it." she bent over and touched her toes.

"Barely!" I laughed. "Hap looked as if he wanted to kill you."

"He would have, but I'm your lady so I was good." She chuckled. "Do we have to go on that camping trip with them?"

"Oh hell yeah. I'm looking forward to that trip. I need to be manly and in the woods." I smiled. "Been out of Tacoma way too long."

"Fine." She sat down on her mat and stared at me.

"You and Bri are cool right?" I looked at her as Tosca walked around her in an appraising circle.

"Yes we are." She smiled. "I'm worried about Nik giving me an ass beating."

"Why?" I set Tacoma on the ground and she loped off to play with Tosca.

"Last time I went toe to toe with her, I got my front tooth knocked loose, a broken nose, three fractured ribs and a cut that took forever to stop bleeding." She petted Tacoma.

"What did you do?" I asked her. "To warrant that type of rage from Nikola?"

"I fucked her boyfriend." She blurted out. "It's not my fault, he wanted me more. Like this is history somewhat repeating itself."

I let out a sigh and stared at her. "She broke up with me. So I was fair game when you came to town."

"I know but still. The worst part was Bri just stood and let it happen. She didn't step in until the end." She wiped her forehead with her shirt.

"Well, I would have done the same." I tapped my boot against the floor. "Sister or best friend? Let them duke it out."

"I could have died!" She whimpered as she fell backwards.

"You shouldn't have fucked her boyfriend!" I yelled. "I didn't even know you two knew each other like that anyways."

"We like to pretend we never met." She covered her eyes with her arms. "Easier like that."

"Women are so confusing." I laid back on the sofa. "You and Bri are like complet fuckin' opposites though."

"She was the geek in school." She laughed. "I was the cheerleader."

"Whoa, whoa. Do you have those cheer leading outfits still?" I winked at her.

"No but I can buy new ones." She winked right back.

"You should do that." I smiled. "Take my money and get them now."

"Right away Kozik." She smiled.

#

I walked into the house with Tacoma at my heels. "Brianna!" I called out.

"In the living room!" She called out.

"Which one?" I asked with a chuckle.

"The comfortable one!" She yelled.

I rolled my eyes and found her sitting on the floor. Her belly exposed as some woman moved her hands over it. "I brought Tacoma back."

"Tacoma baby come here." She patted the floor next to her and the dog ran to her and laid down. Her tongue hanging out and her tail wagging. "H, this is Ingrid, my old nanny."

"Hello." I waved. "She cursing the baby?"

"No, she's reading his vibrations." She sighed. "Where's G?"

"She's at her place. Sleeping." I sat on the floor next to her. "She's afraid of going camping because Nik is going."

"Then she doesn't have to I mean, I don't know what the fuck you want me to do. Nik and her squashed their shit years ago." She rubbed a hand over my hair. "Nik won't touch her unless she's given a reason to. I haven't told her about the dad remark."

"No?" I looked at her.

"Nope." She shook her head no and her hair fell from the bun.

"So she's safe?" I tucked her hair behind her ears.

"Yeah she is." She smiled. "Guess who's coming with us!"

"Esai?" I asked.

"No." She bit her lip as she slowly moved her head around. "Your little brother!"

"So you want to torture me?" I scowled at her. "Its supposed to be a fun weekend!"

"He emailed me! Said he was going to be in town, so I invited him." She smiled. "It'll be fun."

"The baby has good vibes." Ingrid interrupted our awkward moment. "Golden auras."

"Aww, that's what's up! Could you tell if I was having twins? I feel like I'm too big to just have one son in there." She asked Ingrid as she poked at her belly.

"I said auras didn't I?" She looked at Bri. "Only the doctor will know for sure."

"You're not having twins." I scoffed. "You're fat AND pregnant! You eat too much junk Bri."

"Undetected twins are uncommon but it could happen if one is bigger than the other." Ingrid smiled at me. "Is this Herman? The one you told me about?"

"The one and only." Bri nodded

"Why?"

"I see children in the near future for you Herman." She looked at me, the necklace in her hand swinging back and forth rapidly. "A son."

"Ohhhhh!" Bri struggled to stand up. "You got G pregnant already!"

"No." I bolted up. "I use condoms every single time, she even reminds me to do so."

"Then that croweater is obviously pregnant with your kid." Bri gave me a knowing glance.

"Eww Bri stop!" I shook my head and covered my ears. "No one is pregnant by me just yet."

"Fine." She smirked. "Happy is in the basement if you need a dose of masculinity."

"I do need a dose. Maybe a dozen." I palmed her stomach and was surprised when I got a kick in return.

"He doesn't like being palmed Herman." She crossed her arms. "He's not a basketball."

"You look like you swallowed one of G's yoga balls." I laughed. "Big as a mack truck."

"You're going to get hurt." She socked me. "Leave now."

I laughed and made my way to the basement. The door was open and music poured out. I shook my head, Bri had definitely rubbed off on Happy in the worst way.

"Hap." I said as I rounded the corner and found him playing Call of Duty with Juice. I rolled my eyes.

"Hey Koz." Juice waved at me. "You want next game?"

"No I don't." I sat in the open recliner. "Came to get guy bonding time."

"Bri's belly scared you down here?" Happy briefly looked at me.

"Called her a mack truck." I laughed. "They're saying she has some big twin hiding a little twin."

"Ignore that shit. If I hear that one more time I told her I'd toss her iPod into the pond." He shook his head.

"She's huge." Juice said. "Almost as big as Natalie and Tara and they're further along than she is."

"Then I guess, I don't fuckin' know!" Happy shook his head. "Can we focus on this game please. I'm not losing to a gang of ten year olds again!"

"Ten year olds?" I asked. "Their parents let them play this shit?" I watched them shoot at other people.

"Yeah." They said in unison.

"No good." I rubbed my face. "Does Bri play this shit?"

"Bri is a beast at this shit." Happy smiled. "You should hear her ass play it Koz."

"Hear?" I laughed.

"Her commentary on the headset is golden." He laughed. "Here talk shit to the other team." He tossed me the headset.

I covered the mic. "I can hear them. They sound like little ass girls."

"I know." Juice laughed. "Just make them mad."

"What the fuck?" I asked and a kid responded back with 'your mom is on my dick'. "Chill the fuck out kid." I said into the mic before tossing the headset back to Happy. "I'm too sober for this shit."

"Beer in the fridge, liquor over there somewhere." He pointed in a general direction.

"You've become an idiot." I said as I stood up and walked over to the liquor cabinet.

"Stress killer, this shit is better then sitting around the clubhouse all damn day waiting for what's his face to do shit that is pointless." He glared at me. "Last game, then we gotta do some shit."

"Like what?" I asked.

"Go out back and shoot some shit." He said. "Bri bought paintball guns."

"You're going the fuck down son." I rubbed my hands together them downed my whiskey. "I swear Bri knows how to win me back after she let's me down. You know she invited Mel on the camping trip?"

"I told her not to." He held up his hands. "She didn't listen. That woman is hard headed but I love her to death."

"Hap!" We heard her call from the stairs. "You guys decent?"

"Very funny Brianna!" He called back as she appeared in the room. "What's wrong Bri?"

"I'm having twins." She said. "I swear I can prove it watch." She lifted up her shirt and pressed in two different spots on her stomach. "Kicks here, and here."

"Omg! Your baby has four feet!" Juice yelled and hopped backwards. "Not normal."

"Omg! My very own mutant child. All I ever wanted in life." She rolled her eyes at Juice.

"Not twins Bri." Happy rubbed her tummy. "You are paranoid, the kid is kicking and punching."

"Fine." She sighed.

"We'll be out back shooting if you need us." I said. "Gonna show these boys how the pros do it."

We all headed outside and left Bri to her paranoia about giving birth to twins or a four footed demon baby with horns. It was all entertaining but I just couldn't stomach the baby talk anymore. It was all a little too much for me.

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