The Secret Life of Carli Cyborg

Chapter Fourteen

Callista and I finally worked out a plan, and then she had to go. Something about Chloe getting off of work soon. I couldn't believe we were going to start again, that my Calli was a supernatural, that Tammi was going to finally see her mother. Wait until I told Derek, he'd probably be happier that I wasn't going to be moaning up a storm anymore. And he needed to be happier. He used to be when he had this girl until she died. Then Mila came along, and his mood got even gloomier. I'm surprised they made it three years.

Soon enough, I made it to mine and Derek's house. He was already home, with Mila too, and he hadn't picked up Tammi like he said he would.

"We're going out." Derek told me, walking towards the door, Mila following.

"Before you leave, I got Callista to agree to the terms. And we're back together, she's going to see Tammi tonight. Sure you don't want to stay?" I breathed. Derek shook his head.

"Anyone else going to be here?" Mila asked. I didn't like her.

"Callista wanted to see if Chloe and Carli could come. And if Chloe's coming, then you can bet her kids are coming too." A weird look passed over Derek's face, but he just nodded, walking out the door. I went to go pick up little Tammi Winter Bae. My little girl.

"Daddy!" She cried when she saw me. She bounded over to me, jumping into my arms. There was still a baby and a three year old here.

"Hi baby. Listen, Daddy's got company coming over today. So be on your best behavior, okay?" Tammi nodded, jumping out of my arms and running to the car, strawberry blonde curls bouncing. When we got home, she helped me clean the house, and she organized her toys. I started to make dinner cause it was late, about six.

Soon there was a knock at the door. I opened it to reveal Callista and Chloe with all her kids.

"Hi Simon." Chloe and Callista greeted me at the same time. I let them in, where the kids all went to play except for the oldest and the youngest. So only the ones close to Tammi's age went to play with her.

"I hear you and Auntie Callista worked things out." A girl with blonde hair and green eyes said, smiling. "By the way, I'm Lila, and this is Joey. We're eight." She said, and I knew she would grow up to be a smart person.

"And these are our youngest. Kayden, Jayden, and Brianna. Brianna is obviously the girl, Jayden has blonde hair and blue eyes, and Kayden has black hair and blue eyes. They're two, and all have Mom's face. And we like to call them Kay, Jay, and Bri." Joey explained. He looked like Lila would if she were a boy. Except Joey was about two inches taller than her.

"Momma." The girl said, Brianna. "Momma, I hungry." I laughed, giving her an apple. Brianna took it eagerly, eating it whole.

"As you can see, we haven't had dinner yet." Callista said, looking down. Shy, as always.

"That's fine. Hope you don't mind pizza, cause that's basically all I got." Kayden's face lit up.

"Pizza?" He asked as Derek and Mila came through the door. They didn't look too happy, and I knew they'd gotten into a fight. Mila took one look around the room and left, not even saying goodbye. I really did not like her. She was much too clingy, slept with other men, and refused to let Derek break up with her.

"Hey Derek, you're in time for pizza." I said lightly. Derek just grunted, sitting down. Little Jayden went toddling off to find the older kids, while Kayden climbed on the chair across from Derek, waiting for his pizza.

"We have pizza." Kayden told Derek. Derek nodded absently, thinking. "Do you like pizza?" Kayden persisted. Derek nodded again, focusing on Kayden. "I Kayden, but dey call me Kay. What your name?"

"I'm Derek. How old are you Kayden?" Derek asked in response. Kayden giggled.

"I two. Momma say I smart, and my bruder and sister too. Brianna and Jayden my triplet." It was fun, watching the two boys connect. Soon, the pizza was done, and I got theirs first. Then I got the other kids some, then finally me, Chloe, and Callista. It was quite peaceful, and after a while, Chloe took the kids home. She had weekends off, so she wanted to do stuff with her kids before she had to go back to work.

After a while, Callista had to go too, after we explained to Tammi who Callista was. She agreed to come back tomorrow again for another playdate. Maybe Chloe and her kids would come do fun stuff with us too. It was a start at fixing our broken family at least, I knew Tammi and the other kids would be happier spending more time together, and I could always babysit if Chloe wanted me to. Then she and Callista could have a girl's day or something.

I was glad everything seemed to be working out for everybody. Except Mila and Derek weren't working anything out, but-no offense to my brother-that made me happy. He deserved someone better than Mila Andrews. Sure she was pretty, but she was words I wasn't about to say in front of Tammi.

Peter POV

I was walking through the park, pushing Matthew in his stroller, and holding my wife's hand. Enna Jones, now Enna Ricci. She spoke Japanese sometimes, but usually only when she was mad or upset. Like when she met with her counselors, Blossom and Cherry, and they upset her somehow. Probably something to do with her sister's death, which is why she was in counseling.

"Babe, look. Other kids that Matthew can play with." Enna pointed to where a woman and lots of children sat. I smiled, looking down at Matthew, who was staring at the children. He was a year old, but small for his age. He had dark brown hair like me, and light pink eyes like his momma.

"Fwiend?" Matthew asked, looking up at us.

"Yes baby, some friends for you to play with. Do you want to go say hi?" Enna asked softly. Matthew nodded, and Enna let him out of his stroller. "Be nice, and let momma know if they're being mean, okay Mattie?" Matthew nodded again, toddling off towards the children. Other people were at the park, but Matthew went to the ones who he was staring at earlier.

"Hi. Mind if we sit next to you?" A woman with red hair and blue eyes asked. Enna shook her head, and the woman plopped down. "I'm Reese, and this is my fiance Chase." Reese introduced.

"I'm Peter, and this is my wife Enna." Enna held out her hand, which Reese gladly shook. "Do you guys come here often?"

"Oh no. We're just here to visit some friends. Austin, Penelope, and Lilith. Then we're off to France to visit our other friends, Simon, Olivia, and Chantel. Trying to convince them to move back here again, but they aren't having it. Of course, Simon is sick, on his deathbed at the moment. They probably don't want to risk losing him. Simon is Austin's brother, the Pumpluns." Whoa. Chase was a bit of a chatterbox, wasn't he? Enna still smiled warmly at them.

"That must be terrible for Austin. Or doesn't he know?" She asked, sadness seeping into her tone.

"He knows. But his brother won't let him come over. Doesn't want Austin to get what he has." Reese shook her head. "It's a good thing Robin's a full time babysitter, we don't want to take little Aiden with us. He's three years old. Hair like Chase, but he's got my eyes."

"Watashi wa Saimon punpunpun to kare no otōto to no un ga yokattara saiwaidesu." Enna stated sadly. Reese looked confused, but Chase just smiled sadly.

"Thank you." He said before walking off, Reese following him. Enna looked after them wistfully, but then turned to face me.

"I hope that they'll be alright." She said, dyed purple hair getting in her face. I brushed it away, kissing her on the forehead. Enna smiled warmly at me, resting her head on my shoulder. Before I could really slip into bliss, there was sounds of arguing coming our way.

"Leave me alone! All I want is to spend time with my kids, not be pestered by a big brute such as yourself!" I turned around to see a girl with strawberry blonde hair and wide blue eyes walking away from a man with black hair and forest green eyes. They both seemed to be pretty mad.

"I just want to talk to you. If you'd quit being so stubborn, this would've been over ages ago." The man countered.

"Why do you suddenly want to talk to me? Because my sister is with your brother again? Well too bad. I refuse to talk to you." The girl snapped. The man got angry, and went until he was right in front of her. What was all this about?