Living the Dream

Tangled Twins

--3:57AM--

Nick *tosses and turns* "Ugh, you have got to be kidding me."

Jess *eyes closed* "You OK?" *turns over, faces Nick*

Nick *slightly whiney voice* "Gotta go pee, but I'm too lazy to get up."

Jess *sleepy voice* "I would not care if you were in your bed, but since you're right next to me...this is a fort not a leaky flotation device....I don't feel like going swimming...please go pee."

Nick *sighs* "Fine. And you're silly when you're sleepy....well and at any other time." *kisses Jess on forehead quickly, then gets up, turns on small lite, goes to bathroom*

Jess *rests her arm on her head, covering her eyes, has an idea* "I wonder..."

I was curious...and up anyway. So I propped myself up and grabbed mine and Nick's glucose meters to check to see what our 2AM numbers were. Mine was 168 which was pretty good considering all the highs I had just been fighting. I opened Nick's meter case and turned on his PDM and checked the log memory. His 2AM number was 143. Nice! It had definitely come up and was not in the 50-70's anymore where it had been when he was chasing lows. So at 2AM both our numbers were fine. Mom likes us between 120 and 170 throughout the night. But it was 2hrs later now...

Nick *comes back from bathroom*

Jess "Nicky, you were 143 at 2AM check.... I was 168."

Nick *smiles*

Jess "You should recheck, since you're up anyway..you might have rebounded from all those lows!"

Nick "I was thinking the same thing while I was in the bathroom. Like maybe all those darn carbs I stuffed my face with to come up, finally caught up with me."

Jess * hands Nick his finger pricker*

Nick *wipes hands on his jammie pants*

Jess "That better be water from washing your hands."

Nick *wipes his hand across Jess face*

Jess *mouth open, whisper shouts* "Nicholas! You're so...immature!"

Nick *smiles* "Says Ms. Can-we-go-to-ToysRUs-everytime-we're-out-in-town?"

Jess "So, what's your point?" *grins*

I put a test strip into Nick's meter, while he pricked his finger and watched him squeeze out a tiny blood droplet enough to fill the test strip. 5-4-3-2-1 and his meter beeped twice.

Nick *sarcastic* "Wonderful."

Jess *sad smile*

Nick *sighs* "301."

Jess *eyes wide* "Whoa! You haven't been in the 300's in a while! Did you forget to turn off temp. basal to put it back to 100%?"

Nick "I don't know...let's see." *checks his pump's basal insulin settings* "Yeah, mom or dad forgot to reset it so it was at 70% all night."

Jess "Hm ok....that kinda makes me glad in this case I'm not on a pump and have my Lantus as a buffer...."

Nick *changes basal back to 100% and gives correction bolus* "There. I'll be fine." *goes to turn off light*

And that was that. We laid back down and soon fell back asleep.

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--8:23AM--

Mom *peeks into Jess' room, sees Jess and Nick asleep in awkward positions, almost hugging each other, gets closer* "Awww. *touches Jess and Nick's shoulders* "Time to wake up, you two!"

*Jess and Nick groan*

Mom *smiles* "Come on, you two! You have a lot planned for today!" *pats Nick's shoulder* *pat* *pat* *pat* "Come on, get untangled and then up, up, up."

Jess *opens eyes* "Nick."

Nick "Jess."

Jess *smiles* "How did we end up like this?"

Mom *smiles* "How do you two even sleep like that?"

Jess *untangles herself* "Mom, believe me! We had a lot less room in your tummy. We're used to worse!"

Nick *grins, sniff-laughs* "Silly."

Jess "What? It's true!"

Nick "You act like you can still remember what it was like!"

Jess "I do! And just like now you always had your hand in my face!"

Nick *rolls eyes, sits up*

Mom *shakes head, smiles* "So how are you two feeling this morning?"

We quickly told mom about the 4AM happenings.

Mom "Oh no, Nicholas, I'm so sorry....that actually hasn't happened in a while."

Nick "It's fine mom. No worries."

Mom "Hope you've come back down since. *curious* And Jess, how did you even know it was me and not dad that checked last night?"

Nick "Yeah! I was wondering the same thing."

Jess *grins* "Easy. When dad checks us he just rubs his thumb against the remaining blood drop on our finger until it's gone. Mom always uses a tissue to wipe it off. *holds up tissue with 2 dried blood smears on it*

Nick *laughs* "Nice, Sherlock!"

Jess *grins* "Thank you, Watson."

Mom "Oh my. And how do you know that's what dad does?"

Jess "Because I made him prick my finger for me the other day and when he was done testing, I was just gonna lick the remaining blood off but he kept holding on to my finger and then did that." *laughs*

Mom *crinkles nose* "Not sure what grosses me more out. You licking off the blood, or dad rubbing it around til it's gone."

Nick "Ha! Now you got dad in trouble."

Mom *laughs* "Get ready, you two and get going!"

Nick and Jess "Yes, ma'am."

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--9:34--

Music room

Jess *messing around on the piano with chords and scales*

Joe *walks in, knocks on the piano*

Jess *head shoots up, smile* "Oh hey!"

Joe *sits down next to Jess, gives side hug* "Whatcha doin'?"

Jess "Just messing around with some music...felt inspired."

Joe "Ooooh, by what?"

Jess *looks at Joe* "You."

Joe "Oh,..umm...well, I am quite the inspiration."

Jess *bumps her shoulder playfully against Joe's arm* "And so humble, too!"

Joe "Seriously, though?"

Jess *smiles* "Yeah...our fight ...and talk?..."

Joe *smile fades* "I know, I was playing around with some song lyrics last night, too."

Jess "So, I was actually wondering..."

Joe *waits expectantly*

Jess *looks away* "Never mind."

Joe "No, no, no, you can't do that!"

Jess "Fine. *smiles* Maybe....we could write a song together about it? Might turn out good, you never know."

Joe *smiles* "Fantastilistic idea!"

Jess *grins* "Awesomtastic!"

Joe *pulls out phone, tabs on touch screen* "Here's what I wrote last nite *hands phone to Jess*....whatchu got so far?"

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--10:20--

Family room

*Jess and Joe chatting with Kevin*

Nick *walks in* "There you are."

*All look at Nick*

Nick "I meant Jess."

Joe *smiles, slaps forehead* "Of course, you did." He didn't say it in a mean way though.

Jess *laughs, whispers* "Joe. *shakes head*
*out loud* what's up?"

Nick "Not much, just wondering where you went. I haven't seen you all morning."

Jess "Oh, I was hanging out with Joe....and now with Kevin." *gestures towards Kevin*

Nick *smiles* "I see that. So...40 minutes till we go live."

Kevin "Yup. I was setting everything up earlier with dad. Should be good to go."

Nick "Perfect. Oh hey, Jess."

Jess *raises eyebrows, looks at Nick*

Nick "129, baby!"

Jess *holds up fist* "Bump it, bro!"

Nick *laughs, bumps fists with Jess*

Joe "I really think, you should booty bump from now on."

Kevin *giggles* "So hey, Buglet...you nervous?"

Jess "Hmm....not really. Almost excited actually."

Dad *walks in* "OK, kids, everything should be ready for the chat, I've made a list of things that we need to address." *hands a sheet of paper with different bullet points to Kevin*

*the Jonas siblings all gather around Kevin to read the list*

Dad "Any questions?"

Jess "Any advice?"

Dad "Basically, same rules that apply to interviews apply to live chats. Only this one is easier because we can basically decide which questions we want to answer."

Jess "Thank you, Mr Jonas - Band manager. Now can I talk to dad?"

Dad *smiles* "Just be yourself, baby girl."

Jess "Oh OK, that shouldn't be too hard. I'm pretty good at that."

Dad *smiles* "Alright. I want everyone in the media room on the couch at 10:55AM."

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--10:52AM--

Jess *on phone with G*

[phone convo]

G "And I laughed so hard, I almost fell off the chair."

Jess *laughs* "Man, I wish I could have been there! So glad you had fun!"

G "Umm...Jess.."

Jess "What?"

G "I gotta go."

Jess "Oh ok. Where you going?"

G "Oh nothing...my favorite band is just doing a live chat in 5 frikken minutes!!!"

Jess *eyes wide* "Oh crappola! Thanks G....again you're my life saver!"

G "Yeah, I know *laughs* have fun! And OMG I so hope they will answer one of my questions!"

Jess "Silly. Talk to ya later" *hangs up*

*thinking* Oh, crap..I'm al;ready late and I REALLY gotta go pee first!...great!"

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