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Pickles

December 30th

*B and the boys are hanging out in the media room when Dad walks in*

(Dad) ok boys….JB news

*All three boys stop what they are doing and listen intently*

(Dad) So, I know you guys were toying around with the idea of doing some gymnastics on stage this tour and while I think it would be very entertaining, I feel like we deal with enough liability issues as is with falling.

*Everyone looks at Joe*

(Joe) What?! Why does everyone always look at me?

(Nick) so we can’t do the tumbling?

(Dad) I think the fans would love it but definitely think injury is a major concern, it has your mother in a full blown panic.

(Kevin) ok…so…tumbling is out?

(Dad) not necessarily, your mother has been voicing these concerns to me since you first mentioned it and I have been on the phone all morning with an Olympic medaled gymnastics coach out of LA, I figured just like everything else the best way to ensure things go as planned is to practice…so I contacted Coach Grant to see if he would be willing to train you guys a bit before tour.

(Nick) woah, seriously? 

(Dad) mmmhmmm

(Kevin) Nice! It would be fun taking gymnastics again

(Dad) Now Coach Grant has a gym to run so he offered up two of his elite gymnasts to do the training, he said if anyone can ready you for a tour its them, so I have you scheduled to start training with them Wednesday morning bright and early.

(Nick) *groan* Wednesday is the second…

(Dad) yup

(Nick) but we have New years eve in NY with Miles

(Dad) yup, then its on the plane to LA right after that

(Joe) let the itinerary craziness begin

(Kevin) Who is training us?

(Dad) he didn’t say, he just said his two best gymnasts, I have asked around and apparently this Coach Grant is the guy to talk to about anything Gymnastic related so I think it should be good.

(Joe) I'm excited this will be fun

(Dad) Glad you think so, practice starts at 6 am every morning Monday through Friday til tour *smile*

*All three boys groan*

(Nick) Why so early?

(Dad) Well, we have a full itinerary to work around and this was the only time that hadn’t been pretty much spoken for…we also needed a time that worked around the schedule of the gym, as they are in training and Coach Grant wasn’t going to allow two of his gymnasts to lose out on two hours a day…welcome to the tour madness boys…its crunch time

*Door slams from living room and Livies voice rings out*

(Olivia) BAILEY

*Baileys eyes widen and she hops up and runs towards the living room*

(Bailey) hey mama whats up

(Olivia) So Im sitting at home today and I realize…the new year is fast approaching and I am starting off the new year not only fat and a teenage statistic but also utterly alone…AND THEN to top off this horrible epiphany of mine we have no pickles

*Bailey busts out laughing*

(Olivia) I see no reason for laughing….

(Bailey) *smile fades* right…so I cant help you with the being alone and being a teen statistic but I have pickles!

(Olivia) yay! *claps excitedly*

*B walks to the kitchen and grabs the pickles out of the fridge*

*Nick walks through the livingroom and says hi to Livie before jogging upstairs, Livie lets out a moan as she bites into the pickle and watches Nick disappear upstairs*

(Bailey) uhhhhh…..that moan was for the pickle right?

(Olivia) HA…its good…not THAT good

(Bailey) ewww

(Olivia) is it possible that Nick got even hotter

(Bailey) I'm pretty sure he looks the same

(Olivia) mmmm….damn

(Bailey) your hormones are out of control woman you are like a horny boy

(Olivia) tell me somethin I don’t know

*Nick runs back downstairs and opens the fridge, Livies eyes following his every move, he grabs a diet coke and shuts the door walking over and poping the top and taking a sip*

*Livies mouth gapes*

(Bailey) OH GEEZ….ok Nick you need to go…..elsewhere…

(Nick) huh? Why?

(Bailey) 'cause I'm fairly certain you are being mentally violated

*Nicks eyes look to Livie and he smirks*

(Bailey) ugh… you both are so wrong