After the contentious custody battle, Frank & Mary go on with their lives as usual. But it isn't until an eventful night at Ferg's that Frank starts to wonder if maybe his life might be missing something. Now that his niece has a normal life, maybe...
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Alice started to wonder if Joey had a freakishly heavy head as her leg started to go numb. But she continued to stroke Joey's hair absentmindedly as the glow of their favourite movie filled her aunt's dark living room.
Whenever Joey and Alice had a movie night, it wasn't long before the two of them were cuddled up together into a huge ball. It had been that way ever since they'd been children. But, usually, it was Alice that started out using Joey's lap as a pillow. So Alice knew that something was definitely up when her cousin became the cuddly one.
Alice opted to give Joey her space, knowing she'd talk eventually, and continued to play with her hair. She could practically hear the wheels turning in Joey's head and knew that there was something heavy playing out in her mind. In fact, Joey had been acting strange ever since Alice had shown up that night.
Alice wiggled her toes to try and help her blood circulate and resigned herself to the caretaker role. It was the least she could do since Joey had played that role for her countless times over the years.
They had always been more than just cousins. Ever since Alice's mother had died, they'd been more like sisters. There wasn't much that they wouldn't do for each other and, ever since Joey had moved back home, they seemed to pick up right where they had left off.
Neither one of them was really paying that much attention to the screen and Alice was waiting for Joey to finally open up. She knew it would only be a matter of time before Joey confessed what was bothering her. Alice just hoped that she wouldn't lose all the feeling in her leg, in the meantime.
After the night that Alice had spent at Ferg's listening to Frank go on and on about Joey, Alice had hoped that Joey's romantic situation might have improved since then. Maybe she wasn't even upset about Frank at all. It wasn't like Joey to sweat over men. Maybe Joey didn't like her job? Alice knew Sheryl could be a trip sometimes.
Good thing you're banging her son, Alice smirked to herself.
Much to Alice's surprise, (and pleasure) Barry wasn't half bad in bed. Alice had been impressed and continued to daydream about their night together until her leg went numb and she needed to get the show on the road and get Joey talking.
"Not hungry?" Alice asked as she pointed out the half eaten slice of pizza on Joey's plate.
"Not really." Joey sighed without looking up at her.
