Beautiful When You Don't Try

Chapter 108

"Holy shit. Look at all the midgets!" Ally chimed as she walked into the studio and saw Kim sitting on the ground with Aubrey, Julian, and Gabriel.

"Bad word!" Gabriel called out with both boys pointing at her and Ally froze.

Kim laughed as both of them ran up to the clueless Latina. "You have to give them a quarter now."

"I what?" Ally asked as she shuffled through her purse for some change obediently.

"It something that Lauren and Camila started when Julian picked up on a few inappropriate words. Every time you cuss, you pay them a quarter. They cuss, it all gets taken away. If they manage to save up enough, they get to go toy shopping."

"I'm not sure if I should be impressed by the responsibility they're teaching them about consequences or scared that I might go bankrupt before the other midget gets here." Ally remarked, handing them each a quarter. When they realized they didn't have their little bank to put it in they shared a quick glance and then ran to Lauren for her to hold them until they got home. The brunette was in the middle of a photo shoot but stopped to take the quarters from her sons when they tugged on her pant leg and wave at Ally before returning to work. "So, how did Camila get the day off and you get stuck babysitting?" The newly arrived brunette asked, taking a seat on the floor next to the assistant.

Kim watched carefully as Aubrey stumbled her way over to Ally. Once Kim and Meg were married and especially once Meg was pregnant, Ally's relationship with the pair changed greatly. She still teased Kim, trying to get a reaction out of her but it was never anywhere near as vulgar has it had been. Their relationship very much mirrored Ally's with Lauren and Camila. They had become old friends in a sense.

"She had an interview to do with a magazine. Something about women's health or motherhood."

"Hey cutie." The Latina cooed as she accepted the tiny brunette in her arms. "She looks so much like Meg."

Kim laughed lightly to herself and leaned over to fix her daughter's dark brown hair. "She does, doesn't she?"

"When are you going to have one?"

"Oh, not for a while. Between this one and those two and the one on the way, time and attention are kind of taken up. Maybe in a few more years."

Ally nodded her head, flipping Aubrey around in her lap so she could see what was going on around the studio as she was held. "You know you aren't getting this kid back, right?"

"I have no worries. Meg will beat you down if you try and run off with her. You want to talk about protective... I wasn't allowed to hold her for the first day."

"Are you fucking serious?"

"Bad word!" Gabriel called out from a good distance away and Julian pointed again.

"What the hell, Laur? Do they have supersonic hearing or something?" The brunette just laughed from her place behind the camera. "They might as well just keep tabs and then I'll write them a check before I leave."

"Whatever works best for you, Al."

"I think I'm going to have to go to the bank and get a frickin roll of quarters. Can I say frickin?" She asked looking to the boys who had no clue and just stared at each other blankly. "I'm taking that as a yes then. Come get your damn quarters."

"Bad word again." Gabriel pumped his fist in victory and Ally let out a sigh of defeat.

"Al, I'm going to have to tape your mouth shut."

"Sounds kinky."

"Mom, whad is kinky?" Gabriel asked inquisitively as Lauren approached the group to accept their new quarters.