I gave Frank a big hug, kissing his cheek.

"Are you sure you're gonna be okay?" Frank asked nervously. "We can go back home and get some ice cream instead."

"No, I think I'm gonna be okay," I said.

"Alright, call me if you need anything," he said. "And call me before you go to sleep so I can tell you I love you and wish you goodnight."

"Yes, Daddy," I said, giving him another kiss.

Frank smiled, giving me a hug before he left. I was having my first ever sleepover at Patrick's house and I was so excited. I ran up to the door, my favorite Hello Kitty bag on my back. I knocked on the door and Patrick squealed, pulling me inside.

I looked around curiously. The place was pretty big, kinda like Frank's house. This one was more traditional whereas Frank's is a little bit more contemporary. There were pictures on the walls of Joe and Ruby and someone who I assumed was Marie.

"Hi, Gee," Joe said, giving me a hug.

"Where's Ruby?" I asked.

"Oh, she's taking a nap right now," Joe said. "I promise you can play with her later, I know you love babies."

I nodded and Patrick held my hand.

"I got arts and crafts," he said.

He pulled me to the table where arts and craft boxes were sitting. I giggled as we sat down and started working.

"Joe, can I get help?" Patrick asked.

Joe nodded and helped him make the bracelet. They were sitting so close and their hands were touching, I could see Patrick was getting nervous so close to Joe like that. Patrick looked at me nervously before he started leaning closer to Joe and I realized he was going to kiss him.

"I'm home!" Someone called.

A pretty girl with brown hair and bangs walked in. She had little pretty neko ears and was wearing a pencil skirt with a pretty blouse.

"Marie, oh my god," Joe said.

He hurried over to give her a hug while Patrick pouted.

"You're back early," Joe said.

"I wanted to surprise you," Marie said. "Where's Ruby?"

"She's taking a nap right now," Joe said. "Come say hi, Patrick."

Patrick went over and gave Marie a hug.

"Oh, I missed you, Patty," Marie said, kissing his cheek.

Patrick nodded sadly before sitting down beside me.

"This is Gee, Frank's boyfriend," Joe said.

"Hi, sweetheart," she said.

I gave her a small wave and  held Patrick's hand.

"Let's go upstairs," he said.

I followed him upstairs to his bedroom. There were pretty stuffed animals all around and he even had a bed frame that looked like a castle.

"What are you gonna do now that Marie is back?" I asked.

Patrick shrugged, sitting on the bed.

"I was gonna kiss him, I really was gonna do it this time," Patrick said. "I like him a lot but now Marie is back and it's just not a nice thing to do. I don't wanna be a naughty kitten."

I kissed Patrick's cheek, squeezing his hand. We played in his room for a little while before Joe came in, picking Patrick up.

"Time for this little stinky kitten to take a bath," Joe said.

Patrick shrieked, shaking his head as he tried to pull away.

"Nuh Uh, I was gonna do it yesterday but you were crying and wouldn't take a bath," Joe said. "You've gotta take a bath now, I'm sure Gee doesn't wanna sleep next to your stinky feet."

Joe carried Patrick away as he started crying. Patrick wasn't like me, he didn't like the water at all.

I played with his big dollhouse happily before I began to grow bored of it. I walked down the hall to the bathroom where I heard the voices coming from.

"Joe?" I asked, knocking on it lightly.

"Come in," he said.

I opened the door and saw Joe struggling to keep Patrick in the bath. Patrick was completely naked but I couldn't see anything from where I was standing.

"Come on, you're almost done," Joe said. "The sooner we finish the sooner you can go play again before dinner."

"Joe, can I go see if Ruby is awake?" I asked.

Joe looked at his watch as Patrick angrily splashed him.

"Yeah, That sounds fine," he said.

I squealed happily and hurried to her bedroom. I opened the door quietly and saw her sitting in the crib. She turned to look at me, letting out a small coo. I picked her up happily, nuzzling against her. She purred quietly when someone walked in.

"Hello, my little cutie," Marie said. "Oh, Mama missed you."

She took Ruby and gave her a kiss. Ruby had a huge smile on her face as she cuddled up close to Marie.

"I bet you're hungry, huh?" Marie asked. "Let's go get some food in your cute little tummy."

Marie took Ruby away and I pouted. I looked around at all the little toys and the big white crib. Oh, I couldn't wait until I had a baby. Frankie told me that we gotta wait for a little while because it was too soon for us to have babies together. He said that after we get married then we can have babies. Of course I asked him to marry me then but he told me we still had to wait a little bit.

I heard the door down the hall open and I saw Patrick. I gave him a big hug and he smiled. His hair was still a little damp and he seemed really happy now, a lot happier than when he had been in the bath with Joe.

"Joe says I smell better now so now we can go play and I won't be all stinky when we sleep together," he said.

I giggled, kissing his cheek.

"What are we gonna play now?" I asked.

"I don't know, we can go watch a movie," Patrick said. "I never had someone at my house before, I don't really know what to do."

"I think movies are fun!" I cheered.

We hurried downstairs where Marie, Joe, and Ruby was.

"Joey, can we pretty please watch movies in the den with the big projector?" Patrick asked.

"Sure, let me go set it up for you two," he said.

We followed him to the den and sat on the big leather couch. Joe put on a movie for us and the two of us cuddled together as we were left alone.

"I can't wait until Frank and I have our babies after we get married," I said.

"I can't believe Marie came back before I even got a chance to kiss Joe," he mumbled.

"Is she leaving again soon?" I asked.

"No, I don't know, I don't think so," he said. "I-I kinda wish she would. When she's on her business trips it's like we're just one happy family. It's just me and Joe and Ruby and Joe doesn't know it but sometimes I like to pretend that I'm the one who's actually married to Joe and Ruby is our baby not theirs."

"Do you think you love him, Patty?" I asked.

"I-I don't know," he said.

"Daddy told me that sometimes finding out what real love is is hard but it's actually really nice once you know it's real," I said. "Once you're with someone that you're in real love with then it's really, really nice and you're both really happy. The first steps are always the scariest because it has a lotta risk with it but after that it's so much better and easier."

"Maybe I'll kiss him when he puts us to bed tonight," Patrick said. "Joe always tucks me into bed no matter what."

"I'll be sure to pretend to be sleeping," I said.

Patrick giggled quietly and blushed. Joe brought us our dinner because he let us eat in there while we watched our movie. When we were gone the two of us got dressed into our jammies and brushed our teeth. I stood out on Patrick's balcony alone while I called Frank.

"Hi, Daddy," I said.

"Hey, Baby Boy, I miss you," he said.

"Oh, I miss you too, Daddy," I said.

"Are you having fun there?" Frank asked.

"Yeah, we made friendship bracelets and then we watched movies," I said. "We're getting ready for bed now because Joe told us it was time to go night night."

"Alright, it's about your bedtime anyways so that's good," he said. "I miss you a lot, baby, Mia told me to tell you she loves you."

"I love you both too," I said. "And it's weird being away from you for so long, I wish you were here to kiss me goodnight."

"I'll be sure to give you an extra big kiss when I see you tomorrow," he said. "You should go to sleep now, Little Kitten, I love you."

"I love you too, Daddy, good night," I said.

I hung up and went back inside. I crawled into the bed with Patrick and cuddled up close with him. Joe walked in and I quickly closed my eyes to pretend to sleep. I peeked my eyes open when he kneeled down beside the bed and thankfully he didn't see me.

"Goodnight, my little pumpkin," Joe whispered.

"Night night," Patrick mumbled.

Joe kissed Patrick's forehead, his lips lingering for a moment before he finally pulled away.

Joe left and I giggled as I wrapped my arms around Patrick. The two of us fell asleep together happily.

I woke up in the middle of the night from a nightmare. I cried quietly as I grabbed my phone and went out to the balcony, wrapping my arms around myself from the cold.

"Baby? Baby, what's wrong?" Frank asked worriedly.

"I-I had a nightmare," I cried.

"Do you want me to pick you up?" He asked.

"Please," I begged.

"Alright, go wake up Joe and tell him I'm coming to pick you up," he said.

I agreed and hung up, going out to Joe's bedroom. He was sleeping with Marie in bed, the two cuddled up close together.

"Joe?" I asked, shaking him lightly.

He mumbled sleepily and peeked his eyes open.

"Hey, what happened? Why are you crying?" He asked quietly.

He turned on the soft lamp behind his bed and thankfully Marie didn't wake up.

"I got a nightmare, Daddy is coming to pick me up," I said.

"Alright, come here," he said.

He helped me pack my things up without waking anyone. We sat on the swinging bench on the front porch together after Joe wrapped a blanket around my shoulders. Frank's car pulled up and I sniffled, wiping my eyes. He got out and came over to give me a kiss.

"I love you," he said.

I hugged him tight and Frank got me into the car. I watched him talk to Joe for a moment before he got in and we drove home. Frank reached over to hold my hand and I fell asleep quickly with him by my side.