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Title: Season Four
Author: BeccaBehr
Disclaimer: I own nothing sadly!
Summary: This is basically focused on the kids of the cast.
A/note: A long time ago when I started at this board I wrote a series of fics called the Seasons. I've long since lost five and six but four is on the repost board somewhere. Anyway I was looking through my save box and I found loads of messages off NoraFanofMaxandLiz, which is the only f/b I've kept in the past year I've been here so I'm restarting this for her and all the other people watching the seasons!
Episode Four:One (Patch Work Dreams)
"Uh why do we have to get up this early dad?" Jinga asked her father Michael Guerin
"You have practice" he replied
"Practice, practice... Gym? Cheerleading..." she thought but then remembered it was a Saturday "Dad it's Saturday"
"Yeah power practice"
"How can I practice my energy shots when I have no energy" she groaned and thumped her head down on the table with a loud thump. Zan came in through the back door and was chipper.
"What's wrong with Jing?" he asked as he poured himself some coffee
"Nothing she's just tired" said Maria as she took the coffee off him "What did Max say about drinking this stuff Zan?"
"He said that Maria is a meddling old..." he began but Carly interupted him
"Daddy!" she cried and ran into the room holding her little rag doll "The tree fell over again"
"Oh" sighed Maria "What have we told you about playing with the tree?"
"Sorry I only wanted to see what was under it"
"You are not to use your powers to levitate the tree!" said Maria as she checked her uniform. She headed to the door and stopped when Michael tried to get through it too
"What are you doing?" he asked her
"Going to work what are you doing?"
"Power practice" he shot back
"Whose going to watch Carly?" asked Maria then they both turned and looked at Zan who had managed to get his coffee cup back.
"Oh no come one you promised I didnt have to do it anymore!" he wailed
"Think of it as punishment for being your father's son" grinned Maria as she handed him the shopping list and emergency contact sheet. They left then Michael came back and dragged Jinga out to the car.
Zan looked down at Carly swinging her doll expectantly with a big grin on her face as she stared up at him.
Belle Evans looked round the room trying to see something in the darkness. She heard beeping and walked towards the noise, she saw herself lying on a table and people were working on her trying to save her life. The beeping turned to a dull single beat and she realised what it meant. She jerked up in bed and screamed, the lamp popped and her brother burst the door open and looked round the room.
"Where are they?" he asked hesitantly searching for signs of intrusion
"Zan there's no one here. What are you doing up so early?"
"I'm always up this early and I got roped into babysitting Carly" he grumbled and Belle burst out laughing.
"It's not funny, mom wants you to help" he said and she turned serious
"Don't joke about that" she said
"I dont joke Belly" he replied and she grew pale
"I need to sit down" she said and Zan grinned
"You are sitting down"
"Oh hell" she mumbled.
"Dont worry I'll take care of her. You look like hell, you should get a little more beauty sleep. Not that it would do you any good, you slept in and you're still hideous in the morning" he said and she threw a pillow at him
"Get out of my room" she yelled and he retreated quickly. She smiled and got out of bed. She thought about taking a shower but she heard something outside her window, she looked out and jumped as Nicky stuck his head through the window
"Hey gorgeous you look amazing" he said and she blushed "I've never seen you in your nightgown before. It suits you" he said as he ducked his head and climbed into her room.
"Zan was in here a few minutes ago, said I should go back to bed. Care to join me?" she asked and he nodded pulling off his leather jacket.
Zan stood outside the door and shook his head as he heard Nick Valdez's voice in his little sisters room. He couldnt really do anything about it, she had worked one of her little Mind Phasing power trips on him. When he wanted to tell he was given an image of his parents, his grandparents and his aunts and uncles naked and was rendered speechless for three hours. So he tried not to think about it as much as possible, he shook his head again and wished he could protect Belle. He headed downstairs and saw Carly sitting at the kitchen table eating Coffee Ice Cream.
"Ah hell" he moaned as he realised she would be bouncing off the walls.
"Take me to the park!" she squealled loudly
Alexia and Isabel Evans were out running along their block, they were just starting to get home and the sun had just risen. Jesse was sitting on the porch drinking coffee and yawning to himself
"You know I feel like an old man" he said as they reached the steps
"You are an old man" said Alexia
"How can my wife and my daughter keep pace and run every morning when I get worn out by climbing the stairs?"
"You're lazy and you sit at the computer all day gathering fat" said Isabel with a hint of annoyance "You dont even hang out with the band anymore, you're only thirty five and you look about..."
"Fifty" said Alexia being tough, she had picked that up off her mom
"I do not"
"You're greying dad" said Alexia as she went into the house
"She's right, you need lots and lots of exercise and we're going to help. Come running with us every morning please Jesse? For me?"
"Sure" he said knowing that he would regret it.
Serena Valenti looked down at her bump and smiled, things had been so different on Antar but now she was here and with Kyle and was going to have a baby! She decided what to call her son... she had no help from the others. They all had girls with the exception of Zan but she didnt want to call her son Zan.
"How about Joseph?" asked Kyle as he handed her bowl of pickles and mint chocolate chip ice cream
"I dont know. I like Zachiary"
"Zach? Zach James Valenti"
"I like it"
"No James,"
"What I get the middle name" he protested "You chose the first"
"Yeah and you wont get any play time tonight"
"Okay okay no James!" he relented and held up his hands
"Oh maybe James, I dont want to let tradition down" she said "After all you are part of the Royal Seven"
"You are too Serena"
"You know I'm not, the council said it was just you seven then the Prince and Princesses"
"You're my wife that makes you part of the Royalty"
"I guess"
"No guessing you are!" he said and hugged her then slid beneath the covers and laid his head on the pillow.
"I love you y'know" said Serena with a laxy smile as she ate a pickle
"I know" he said without opening his eyes "I love you too. They're going to be a little surprised after finding out what we did"
"I know. But we had to do it"
"Yeah and now you're my wife. My dad is going to complain about us being young or whatever"
"We're not that young. You're thirty five as it is"
"Yeah rub it in Miss Twenty-Something" he said as he rolled over "You look sexy like that"
"Like what?" she asked looking down at her ratty shirt she wore to bed
"When you're carrying my son. You sexy temptress!" he growled and pounced on her. Everything in their lives were so calm and settled, they had no idea how shaken up things were about to become.
TBC...