Mates with Triplets?!?!

Chapter 8: I'm Just That Popular

"Love it!"

---Angleshotgun

Isabelle's P.O.V.:

Just as we were about to turn on a movie while we gave ourselves cleansing facials [Mr. and Mrs. Smith,] the pounding at the door resumed.

Sighing, Lexi yelled that she would get it.  Right in my poor ears!

She soon came back into the living room with Jake in tow, a questioning look on her face.  "Why was Jake at the door..?"

"Honestly?  I'm not sure.  I didn't even ask, I was in a towel, so I slammed the door in his face," I answered honestly.

Just as Jake opened his mouth to answer for me, Lexi's house phone rang.  Lexi went to get the phone and called out from the kitchen that it was for me.

"Hello," I answered curiously.

"Hi sweetie!  It's your Uncle Trent..."  He paused---why was he pausing..?

"Is something wrong Uncle Trent?"

"As a matter of fact, there is, sweetie.  I'm going to be blunt: I have Cancer, Multiple Myeloma [bone cancer,] to be specific."  Shocked, I nearly dropped the phone as I felt tears silently fall down my cheeks.  What do you say to something like that?  I was only sixteen and I had already lost both of my parents---how could the Moon Goddess be so cruel?!  It just wasn't fair!

"I-is there anything I can do for you, Uncle Trent?  You have always been like a father to me.  I don't know what I would do without you..."  I started to quietly sob, as both Lexi and Jake looked on worriedly, not knowing what to do.

"Just be there for me, like you always are.  Do..do you think you come home and spend some time with me?"

"Of course!  Anything for you!  We can have a movie night, just the two of us.  I'll go let Lexi know and hit the road."

"Thank you," he whispered.

"After all that you have done for me, I should be thanking you," I insisted.  "I love you, Papa Tenter," I said, using my childhood name for my Uncle.  "I'll be there in a New York minute, promise."

With that I hung up, explained everything to both Lexi and Jake, got my stuff and headed out the door.  That is, I would have headed out the door if there weren't three irritable looking giant Alphas standing outside Lexi's apartment, with Alex's finger poised just before the doorbell, looking highly disheveled.

Before the three of them could open their mouths, I cried, "Not now!" Then I stormed off, Lexi trailing behind me while Jake just smirked at them smugly.

"Jake, wipe that look off of your face," I called over my shoulder, just as the elevator dinged, announcing its arrival.

"What look," came his innocent reply.

Before I could even answer, Chris answered for me. Not that I really cared, either way. "The expression that you refer to as your face, sadly," he spat spitefully.

With that, the boys all started fighting with one another. Thank G-d the elevator had finally arrived. I didn't bother to ask the boys if they were coming, since at this point I couldn't care less.

"Lexi? Why do I have to be so popular..?"

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