[TD NoCo] Not So Hidden Desires

[Side Story 13]

"Well, anyway, then I said what a bitch-" Nicole started.

"Nicole!" Noah quickly interupted. "Watch your language."

Nicole narrowed her eyes at him but then looked at Chase who was staring at her with wide eyes. "Chase, go give Pancake some treats."

Chase got up and ran away.

"Better?" She asked Noah with a slight attitude.

He sighed in disappointment.

Trent laughed at him. "She's 15. Pretty sure that's normal."

"Doesn't mean I gotta like it." Noah said in annoyance.

"Daddy!" A cute little tiny adorable baby girl ran over. "Trissy keeps pulling my hair..." she whined sadly :(

Trent held her and hugged her. "It's okay, Ella. Let's go talk to him."

They went to Tristan who was driving over dolls with his monster truck.

"Tristan! Why are you pulling your sister's hair?" Trent asked him in disappointment.

"Cuz she's a girl and girls have cooties!"

"Do I?" Ella asked her dad sadly 💔

"Of course not, baby..." he assured her. "Tristan, cooties aren't real. You have to be nicer to your sister, okay? She's smaller than you."

"I don't have to be nice to a girl..." he mumbled.

Trent sighed. "Tristan. Be nice to your sister. Or you're going on time-out." He said sternly. "Where does he get these ideas...?" Trent asked himself before putting Ella down. "Play with your dollhouse, sweetie. Let me know if he does anything else."

She smiled and waddled over to the dollhouse 💞💗💕

"Of course I don't know how!" Trent heard Nicole say as he walked back to the living room.

"I bet Damien does! He knows everything!" Chase said excitedly.

Damien laughed nervously. "That's not true."

"Yeah! Remember when you fixed my bike?" Chase reminded him.

"Yeah, but bikes are easy to fix." Damien told him.

"Really?? Will you teach me??" Chase asked him.

"Sure, how about later ?"

"Yes! Your boyfriend's the best, Nicole!" Chase cheered.

Nicole rolled her eyes and Damien laughed a bit.

Cody noticed Noah looking at Nicole with a serious look. "What's wrong, babe?"

"You don't think Julia is a bad influence on her, do you?" Noah worried.

"What? Not way! They've been friends since kindergarten!"

"Yeah, but Julia isn't exactly the nicest of her friends..." Noah mentioned.

"Yeah, but... nobody's perfect. They both really care about each other..." Cody said.

Noah sighed. "I guess you're right."

"Speaking of which, Tristan has been doing some unbelievable things lately!" Trent chimed in.

"Still picking on Ella?" Cody asked.

"Yeah, but he's also saying things that I have no idea where he's learning. Stuff about how guys are better and that he doesn't have to be nice to girls."

"That's crazy." Noah said.

"Is it because she's the only girl in your family?" Cody wondered.

"I don't know... he loves his grandmas and doesn't treat Nicole any differently."

"I have an idea." Justin chimed in.

"What do you think?" Trent asked.

"Maybe it's because he was used to being the baby and getting all the attention. Ever since Ella was born, she's been getting spoiled." Justin pointed out.

"Oh... does he feel left out?" Trent asked sadly.

"Maybe. I'm just guessing. It's true that everyone adores Ella now. Before it was Chase and Tristan. Now it's Ella and the boys." Justin shrugged.

"Well, now I feel awful." Trent said.

"Why don't you guys have a Tristan appreciation day?" Cody suggested.

"That's not bad." Trent agreed. "But what if the other kids start to feel left out?"

"Do it while Chase is at school, and we'll watch over Ella." Noah suggested.

"Okay, that's good. We'll try it." Justin agreed.
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Justin and Trent spent the whole day with Tristan, doing everything he wanted.

"Did you have fun, Tristan?" Trent asked him on their way home.

"Yeah! It was the best day ever!" Tristan cheered.

Trent and Justin smiled at each other.

"We gotta pick up Ella from the Andersons." Trent said.

"Aw.... why can't she just stay there??" Tristan complained.

Trent and Justin frowned.

"Why don't you like Ella?" Trent asked him.

"She's not my sister..." he mumbled.

"Yes she is! How can you say that??" Trent asked him.

"I know she's not because Mom died before she was born! Chase told me!" Tristan yelled.

Trent widened his eyes. "What else did Chase tell you?"
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The door knocked.

"That must be your dads." Noah said to Ella.

"Dada!!" She ran to the door excitedly🥺🥺

"Hey..." Trent greeted before noticing Ella and picking her up to hold her and hug her. "Hi, baby."

She snuggled him🥰💞🥺💕💖😢💫

Justin was crossing his arms behind them and looking down at Tristan who was frowning.

"What happened?" Noah wondered.

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When Chase came home from school, Nicole brought him to her house where everyone was.

"Young man. You've got a lot of explaining to do." Justin told him in disappointment.

Chase looked worried.
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"Kids understand a lot more than I thought they did..." Justin sighed.

"We should be more careful about what we say in front of them." Trent agreed.

"I'm glad you got it all sorted, though... that could have been bad." Cody said, glancing at Tent and Justin's kids who were playing together in the other room.

Trent smiled at them before turning back to his friends. "Thanks for your help, guys."

"Anytime." Noah smiled.

Cody jumped on Trent to hug him and then immediately regretted it. "Ugh, never doing that again..." he put a hand on his back and laughed a bit.

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A/N: Not sure if the time-line makes any sense? Let me know if it's confusing!