Cassie was babysitting in her house. Five year old Ferra was arguing with six year old Paula and Mar'i. Four year old Mary-Jade and three year old Shana were playing with dolls. Wally was playing with toy cars and Shawn was sleeping on the couch.
"We were so adorable when we were little kids." Ferra said.
"Aunt Cassie, Paula and Mar'i are being jerks!" Ferra complained.
"Remember all the stupid arguments?" Paula asked amused.
"You still have stupid arguments. All the time." Shawn pointed out.
"Paula, Mar'i, be nice to your sister." Cassie scolded.
"So, were you babysitting them?" Zala asked Cassie.
"Yeah, I babysat them all the time." Older Cassie said not thinking much of it.
"So, where's Uncle Tim?" Paula asked a few moments later.
Cassie panicked when she remembered what time this was. "Not this!" She said. Some people gave her strange looks.
"Oh, Tim's at work, because apparently it's more important than Shana and I. I mean seriously, does the man ever take a break? And then he's always with that Stephanie girl, sometimes I wonder if I even matter to him anymore. And to make matters worse, he never shuts up about her! Steph this Steph that. Uh! She's his ex he should be over her by now, but he isn't. And that's the problem. He's always gone, it makes me feel like a single mother. The only thing he contributes to the relationship is money. I swear the last time had an actual conversation with him was two months ago! And…" she stopped when she realized she was ranting to a bunch of little kids. It still felt good to release some of her pent up anger though, even if all the kids were staring at her with wide eyes.
Everyone was disturbed by Cassie's rant. Older Cassie was embarrassed. Younger Cassie was a little depressed about her future relationship issues. Both Tims felt a little guilty, but also mildly terrified. Both Stephanies didn't want to be blamed so much for Tim and Cassie's issues, although they were flattered that Tim talked about them that much.
"Are you having relationship problems?" Mar'i asked. "Mommy, Jason, and Roy say that you and Uncle Tim have them. Also daddy and Artemis. And Daddy used to have them with Mommy. And Ferra's mom. Mommy also says Daddy's really good at attracting women but really bad at keeping them, and that's she's surprised Artemis stayed this long."
"Wow, they really don't keep anything from you, do they?" Cassie asked, a bit disturbed.
So, Kori was no good at parenting apparently. Oh well.
"Nope." Mar'i said cheerily.
A/N: Sorry for not updating in a while. I actually had fun writing this chapter. Specifically Cassie's rant and Mar'i talking about relationship problems. I actually started writing this like a week ago, but it was boring so I stopped. I only wrote the first three paragraphs of the bolded and italicized part. I wait until afterwards to write the commentary. Then I forced myself to finish writing this today, and it ended up taking a completely different route then I planned. Please review.
canoyessenia555: Yeah, I'll probably do a traught chapter eventually.
Unlucky Alis: yeah, that would be awkward. I just reread that chapter, because I totally forgot about it. It was a bit darker than most of the stuff I write.
YoKoChi150: Ok I'm glad you're not mad at me anymore. Maybe. I have a really bad translator. So according to my really bad translator, this is what you said:
With you, not you. In other words the writer. But my anger already pass, is that ignorabas my comments.
Was emotional at that time, mount worry.
I liked the chapter, sincerely believed that you had died since non-current.
I don't know what ignorabas means, but I'm guessing something to do with ignore.