"Very well, then
Mr. Knox, sir.
Let's have a little talk
about tweetle beetles....
What do you know
about tweetle beetles?
well...
When tweetle beetles fight,
it's called
a tweetle beetle battle.
And when they
battle in a puddle,
it's a tweetle
beetle puddle battle.
AND when tweetle beetles
battle with paddles in a puddle,
they call it a tweetle
beetle puddle paddle battle.
AND...
When beetles battle beetles
in a puddle paddle battle
and the beetle battle puddle
is a puddle in a bottle...
...they call this
a tweetle beetle
bottle paddle---Fuck off!" My brother nearly yells as I walk downstairs.
CC is sitting crisscross applesauce on the floor with Robyn in his lap. Our niece is laughing at my twin brother. They're reading Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss.
"Uncle CC, you know the rules." Robyn giggles. "We've gotta start over again."
"Half pint, I told you Uncle CC can't read." I say.
"Really? How about Auntie Bee reads this story? Huh? Miss I-Finished-University." My twin mocks and I laugh.
"Okay." I say and sit down beside CC on the floor.
CC
I watch my niece crawl into my twins lap and Bee starts to read.
Ana told me that Robyn is so much like Bee that it scares her sometimes. I mean Robyn is almost a spitting image of Bianca when she was small with blonde straight hair and crystal blue eyes. Bee used to get Ana to read her this book all the time and she would make Ana start over every time she screwed up.
I walk over to the couch and plop down beside Ashley. I wrap my arm around her and kiss her cheek.
"I love you." I say quietly and she laughs.
"Did your mother knock some sense into you earlier with that rolling pin?" Ashley asks and I scowl.
"Don't remind me." I mutter and she laughs.
Someone walks down the stairs and I look back to see Rikki walking down the stairs. I stand up and walk over to him. This asshole made my baby sister cry, no one makes Bianca cry. I walk him back into a wall and grab a hold of his shirt.
"What the hell is your problem, Rockett?" I hiss so Bianca doesn't hear.
"CC, stop it!" Ashley hisses and pulls me backwards.
I walk into the kitchen in an angered fit. I yank the fridge open and I pull out a bottle of beer. I pop the top off and start drinking it. I walk back into the living room, ready to kill Rockett but I stop.
Rikki is leaning against the wall watching Bee. He's smiling as she reads to Robyn then it all clicks in my head. Was this all a big misunderstanding? Did he mean those things? The way he's watching Bianca makes me think that Rikki wants children. I mean Bianca has always had the ability to be an amazing mother. I could see Rockett being a father. I can see them being great parents together.
Rikki catches me staring at him and quickly drops his gaze. Rikki clears his throat and looks back up.
"Uh Ashley?" He says and she looks back. "Can I talk to you for a few minutes?"
"Yeah of course." Ashley says and her gaze bounces between myself and my twin who is still reading to Robyn. "Upstairs?"
"Uh yeah." Rikki says. "Sounds good to me."
My girlfriend and my drummer disappear upstairs and I lean against the wall.
I swear to god that if Rockett doesn't make up with my sister or he makes her cry again I will murder him. I'm not even kidding. Yeah Bee and I fight but when it comes down to it Bee is my only little sister and I love her. It's bad enough Rockett sleeps with her but making her cry is worse, much much worse. Especially because Bee is the strongest person I know.
Whatever Ashley and Rikki were talking about didn't last all that long because they walk downstairs just as Bianca reads.
"http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/dr_seuss/fox_in_socks-lyrics-748537.html#ixzz417jA2YHK
Very well, then
Mr. Knox, sir.
Let's have a little talk
about tweetle beetles....
What do you know
about tweetle beetles?
well...
When tweetle beetles fight,
it's called
a tweetle beetle battle.
And when they
battle in a puddle,
it's a tweetle
beetle puddle battle.
AND when tweetle beetles
battle with paddles in a puddle,
they call it a tweetle
beetle puddle paddle battle.
AND...
When beetles battle beetles
in a puddle paddle battle
and the beetle battle puddle
is a puddle in a bottle...
...they call this
a tweetle beetle
bottle puddle
paddle battle muddle.
AND...
When beetles
fight these battles
in a bottle
with their paddles
and the bottle's
on a poodle
and the poodle's
eating noodles...
...they call this
a muddle puddle
tweetle poodle
beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle.
AND...
Now wait
a minute
Mr. Socks Fox!---Suck it, CC!" My little sister laughs.
Rikki smiles and goes into the kitchen. Ashley wraps her arms around me and I kiss her nose.
"What was that about?" I wonder.
"Rikki needed help to make up with Bee." She explains and I nod.
Just then the door opens and Coach Morgan and my mother walk in holding hands.
This dinner is gonna be hell.
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FanfictionBianca is a guitar play in New York, her twin brother is a guitar player in LA. After moving in with her brother to get away from her parents, she meet his band but recognizes them. What happens when the drummer is crushing on his guitarist's sister...
