Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

Baby Fever?

January 1987

The back door opens and Ashley walks in nearly tackling me in a hug. We both stumble into the counter. That causes me to spill water from my water bottle onto the counter that I now have to mop up. Rikki comes in and laughs at us (knowing why we're so excited), CC follows Ashley in confused.

"We're waiting for Jamie and Jilly right?" I ask and she nods happily.

"I called them just before I left home." Ash says. "Jill shouldn't be too far away, either at Bret or Bobby's. It's an old relationship that they have."

"I think they both have shares in her." CC says. "Can you at least tell Rikki and I wants going on?"

"I already know what's going on." Rikki admits and CC frowns.

"Why does drummer get to know and I don't? Bee tell me how this is fair." CC complains and I smile.

"Rikki wasn't supposed to know, not yet at least." I say and kiss his cheek.

"Hey, hey!" James yells as the back door opens again.

Jamie and James had gotten remarried in December and couldn't be happier if they tried. They take a seat at the table as I pull myself up on the counter beside Rikki. Jilly, Bret, and Bobby all come in at the same exact time. They do have a weird relationship that's for damn sure.

I can't contain my excitement and I bop around on the counter. To this Rikki laughs and wraps his arms around me.

"I'm so happy right now." He says in my ear and kisses behind it. "I love you more than breathing."

"I love you so much." I say and I kiss his cheek.

I look over to Ashley and her excitement level is about the same as mine. I smile at how confused CC is. Jamie and Jilly look excited but not to the same extent as Ashley and I. Maybe it's because I drank like three energy drinks this morning. Rikki got really worried and told me to drink water to easy off the caffeine.

"Can I tell them?" Ashley wonders and I nod while unscrewing my water bottle.

"Go a head." I say.

"We're going to the World Cup in Greece in March!" She says.

CC finally understands and he hugs her. I glance over my bottle at Jilly and Jamie, they don't look that excited. They actually look kinda sad.

"I can't go." Jilly speaks first and Ashley looks at her.

"Jillian, this is the World Cup. It's all you've talked about for as long as I've known you."  She says. "Why aren't you going?"

"The thing is Ash, you can't play a contact sport if you are in fact knocked up." Jilly says and I choke on my water.

"Who's the dad?" I wonder and she points at Bobby and Bret.

"One of them. Or that Italian guy." She states and CC laughs.

"I knew it! Sorta." He states and I turn to Jamie.

"You're knocked up to, aren't you?" I ask and she smiles.

"Peanut is due in August." Jam says and puts her hands on her tummy.

"I pity the kid if it's James'." Rikki laughs and James flips him off but is still smiling.

I'm happy for Jilly and Jamie but I always thought if one of us was going to the World Cup all of us will be going. Half of our group is knocked up. Jamie and I have dreamed about the World Cup since the tenth grade, I love Ashley but I always pictured the two of us going together.

There's a chance that Jilly played half the tour of Europe knocked up, she goes to the Doctors later this week to find out how far along she is. Jamie I've always seen her being a mother, she'd be good at it. I mean she kept James, CC, and I in line for years now. She controlled Ashley, Jillian, and I while in Europe. She's going to be a great mother. Jilly is already talking about adoption but I don't think she'll go through with it, especially if: A) it's Bobby or Bret's. B) if her mother catches wind of it. Jilly would be an interesting mother.

They're going to be mom and Ash and I are going to the World Cup. Lucifer's Elite is being stretched to all corners of the globe now. We'll always be the best of friends, no matter what. Through hell or high water.