I Think I'm in Trouble {Reimagined}

CXIV.

"Hello, where is everybody?" Shannon looked Lindsey in the eyes as soon as he made his way down the stairs. Meantime, her hands were full since she was cradling her four month old nephew.

"Nobody's home," he replied bluntly---settling the baby's disper bag on the table, going through it to ensure they had what they needed for a stroll out on the town.

Kristen smirked, finding his dry sense of humor in the moment nothing less than fatherly.

Even though it had been several months of parenthood, it was still crazy for Kristen to see Lindsey as a father not only to his own baby, but to Stevie's children. For him, it was crazy to see her as a mother when certainly they had thought at one point they'd have those children together. It took breaking away to really grow up when they had also thought they were mature.

He noted Kristen's response and kind of winked at her as he zipped up his daughter's bag.

"Nobody's home... Is that your go-to?" the gal pumped her brow.

"Only when you're bugging," he chuckled. "Your mom's changing..." he replied eventually.

She nodded---the intrusive thought to impose on her mother was so strong, but she figured she'd simply wait.

"I see the wheels turning, Shannon, leave your mother alone," Robert rasied a brow. "The woman hasn't been left alone since the seventies. And now look at her, doing it one more time..."

"It's not my fault she decided to have a tribe of children," she retorted, bouncing her nephew.

"Where are Nick and Grace?" Lindsey then wondered, looking passed both Robert and Kristen since he knew him to be picking up the teens.

"They're coming---the neighbors stopped them," he chuckled. Looking at Lindsey's attire, he nudged Kristen with his elbow, "I see we're not the only ones going as ourselves," he smirked.

"I used to dress up all the time back in the day, especially if there were parties to go to, but as I told Stevie; the desire to dress up has surely left me."

"I used to get these kids dressed up with Stevie, watch her scramble---she said it was fun, I felt stressed," he smirked. "Your Raggedy Ann is adorable, by the way," he grinned, stepping forward to grab a hold of her little foot.

Lily gave the man a side eye, watching him carefully.

Being eight months old, she was familiar with him and recognized him, but she preferred he keep his distance since he always seemed to have another baby in his arms of at least near him.

"Ah, yes... She ditched the wig," he chuckled. "Stevie tried to keep it on her, but she wasn't having it."

"She's so cute, can I hold her?" Kristen asked.

"Yeah," he leaned in, handing her the baby. "Where's your Halloween spirit, Kristen?" He was only teasing because he knew that she wasn't too into dressing up.

"Well, I was supposed to be a cat, but not only did I forget to draw whiskers and a nose on, but I forgot my ears," she smirked, bouncing Lily just slightly. "That's why he's a little mouse. But then I was so busy packing his things, getting the stroller ready that I just forgot. So leopard pants is as festive as I could get."

He chuckled, "Let me see this little guy?" he leaned for Jeffrey Jr.

"By all means," Shannon responded, revealing her costume.

She was dressed as Jeanie from I Dream of Jeanie; with her figure, her long blonde hair and beautiful cat eyes---it suited her, as well as the shades of pink against her skin, although she was much more into dark colors like her mother.