Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

Brooklyn Brawls

So I'm kinda pregnant and so is Ashley, I don't know how to tell Rikki while Ashley is scared to tell CC but we have time, the way we see it the babies aren't due until January of '88. Oh and my mom is marrying my brother's gym teacher. Oh and we're all on a plane to Brooklyn to visit my mother before she gets hitched. This is going to end badly.

When we land in Brooklyn we're waiting for George to pick us up. Which isn't going to end well by the way, George, CC, and Rikki don't exactly see eye to eye. With Rikki and I kinda getting hitched in Vegas I can't imagine George will leave that one alone.

Rikki's arm drags me into him and he kisses my temple.

"How you feeling, babe?" He asks me.

Other than being pregnant with your child, fantastic.

"I'm okay, I just feel a little sick." I admit.

"I hope it's nothing too serious." Rikki says.

Nah Rik, nothing too serious. I just have a child growing inside me but again, no big deal.

"Yeah I hope it's nothing." I say and he kisses the bridge of my nose. "I love you."

"I love you so much, Bianca." He says.

I know I should tell him and I will but I don't know how to. Like I love him but we've never really talked about having kids. I think he wants kids but I'm not really sure. I don't want him to leave me or divorce me or any of that horse shit. I want to have a family with him but I don't know if he does.

Fuck my life.

We no more than get loaded into the SUV (that looks really weird in the middle of New York by the way) and George starts going off at Rikki and I.

"--And Vegas of all places! Bianca what the hell is the matter with you!" George concludes (I wasn't paying attention to the rest of his rant).

"Hey! Leave them alone!" CC defends.

"Stay out of this Bruce!" My eldest brother snaps.

"Look, I'll tell you the same thing I told CC." Rikki states. "I love your little sister and she's an adult, whether you like it or not you can't control her!"

"Okay, everyone just calm down." Ashley says.

Ash told me before we left that I was to keep this visit as peaceful as possible. Apparently fighting and stress isn't good for the sea monkeys that are growing inside of us. I promised her that I'd try to keep things peaceful but with my family peace doesn't happen a lot.

We get to the house and my mom is out already (Rikki said she's probably doing the dirty with Coach Morgan in his office or something [which disgusted me deeply, thank you husband]), Robyn is at school and Ana went to pick her up, and George doesn't be around us longer than he has to.

We sit around the dining room table and my twin brother returns with four bottles of beer. Ashley and I make eye contact and she looks worried. I take a deep breath and awkwardly pick at the label of my beer bottle. Rikki and CC drink their beers without realizing Ashley and I haven't touched our beers. When Rikki finishes his I hand him mine and he shoots me a look.

"I'm not thirsty." I say.

"Bullshit." CC says. "You drink more than any of us do."

"Don't worry about it." I state and he looks at me.

I need my twin to read my mind right now more than any other time in our little twin lives. I need him to stop putting his foot in his mouth for once in his life. I need him to stop fucking talking! CC please stop! I'm begging you asshole!