Surviving the Teenage Dream

Viva Lost Wages

They survived falling in love and having four (count 'em, FOUR) children. Now, Geekward and Nerdella are parents of teenagers. Say a prayer for them for they are in for a bumpy ride. Kyra is being a brat, displaying actions akin to her uncle who is nearing the end of his life on death row. Owen is a geek, like his dad. Then there is Mia and Masen, the twins. They're still cute and adorable. Well, as cute and adorable as twelve year olds can be.

Let's not forget Alice, Jasper, Adam, and Gianna (the Whitlock's), Justin, Alex and Demetri (the Volturis), Esme andMarcus (the Volturis), Tim, Rose, Ava and Lucas (the Napletons) and our antagonist, Jacob Black. Emmett will also make a brief appearance in this story, too. But he's not causing drama. His final goodbye, as it were.

Finally, up next chapter will be New Year's Eve and girly bonding time. Another chapter of pure fluffiness (maybe?) Leave me some lovin!

Chapter Ten: Viva Lost Wages

BPOV

"Mom, can we stop at Victoria's Secret? They have this adorable bag that I want to get," Kyra gushed.

"Victoria's Secret?" I grumbled, eyeing my oldest daughter. "You better not be buying lingerie for your boyfriend."

"Ewwww!" Kyra squealed. "I'm so not ready for that. I like Thomas, but am I ready to have sex with him? God, no."

That would make Edward happy. However, he's about ready to have an aneurysm from the hushed conversations that Kyra and Steve have been having, plus accepting the fact that Kyra's dating. We'd both talked to Steve and Kyra on separate occasions. They both assured us that nothing was going on, but they still had their whispered talks on a nightly basis. Something was up between the two of them and neither of them are budging on divulging their secrets. Sighing, I decided to let Kyra handle this in her own way. She was growing up. She would be eighteen in July and going away to college. We weren't always going tohover over her. My baby girl was growing up. I needed to let her make her own decisions and learn from her own mistakes.

As much as I hate it. Crap.

Besides, I have three remaining children to dote on.

My minions, as it were.

Edward teases us, that we had children to do our bidding; spread good as opposed to evil. For the most part, our kids did do what we asked them to do and were so generous. Probably the most generous being Masen. He would give you the clothes off his back if you asked for them.

Ahhh, my little minions.

"Mom, you're so spacing out," Mia giggled, linking her arm with mine.

"Sorry, pretty girl," I chuckled, kissing Mia's head. "I'm just thinking about how lucky I am with you kids. You're all so amazing!"

"We do kick ass," Kyra snickered, taking my other arm.

"Language, Kyra," I chided lightly. She shrugged, pulling us toward Victoria's Secret. I had a list a mile long to get from Victoria's Secret, but I refused to buy anything on said listwith my children in tow. I do not need them seeing me buy crotchless panties for their father. They'd be scarred for life. Hell, I wear them and I'm scarred for life.

Though, crotchless panties are convenient for a clandestine fuck. Yes, Edward and I are quite sneaky about our sex. When you've got four kids, you've got to be.

We were enjoying the after Christmas sales, spending money like we had too much of it. Well, we honestly did have too much money. That's why we donate so much of our income to the Foundation and to other various charities. However, the kids received a lot of money for Christmas and desperately wanted to spend it. We were roaming around Oak Brook Center with Steve, searching for the best buys. Edward, Owen and Masen were back at the house, dismantling Christmas since they did not want to shop.