Isaiah's 18th Birthday.

"Happy Birthday, Isaiah!"

"Thanks, dad!"

"Eighteen. My baby boy.. Happy Birthday, handsome!"

"Thank you, momma." Isaiah smiles.

"What do you have planned today? Can we take you out for dinner?"

"Of course! Can Emily come?"

"Yeah! Oh it'll be so much fun!" Jessica jumps.

"Great! So Gabby will have Julio, Zaya will have Emily, Noah will have Kenley, and I'll have no one!"

"That's not true! You have me and your mother." Danny smiles.

Anastasia makes a face.

"You're way too young to have a boyfriend, little girl."

"Noah ruined it for me, you're never gonna let me date!"

"Good girl, at least you know." Danny smiles.

**

"Hi Charlie! Look at how big she's getting! How old is she now?" Emily asks holding the baby.

"She'll be five months in two weeks." Kenley smiles.

"Oh wow! You're getting so big!"

"She is! Charlotte, tell Emily that you can roll over and grab toys from mommy and daddy's hands!"

"Oh my goodness, can you?! That's so good, baby!"

"Ya Ya!" Charlotte bounces up and down making everyone laugh.

"She talks a lot too." Noah smiles.

"I mean not words, obviously! But you know.. baby talk." He chuckles.

"It's true, she does! She talks a lot for being so little. I have a feeling she's going to be super super smart!" Jessica says.

"Thank you! We try to get her to say mama or dada but she just thinks it's funny and laughs at us." Kenley says.

"Haha! Well she'll get the hang of it soon. Is she sleeping more throughout the night?"

"She is! She even sleeps in her own room like a big girl!"

"Oh Charlie, that's so good, sweet girl!" Emily says.

"When you talk to her she gets so happy! Look at the way she's bouncing up and down!" Isaiah laughs.

"I know, she loves doing that!" Kenley smiles.

***

A couple weeks later Danny woke up a little before Jessica and washed up.
When he came out she was still sleeping peacefully.

"Jess." Danny shakes her.

"Jessie."

"What?" She says covering her face with the comforter.

"I'm going to the gym, wanna go with me?"

Jessica slides the covers off of her face and looks at Danny.
"Are you calling me fat?"

"No! I was just wondering if you wanted to join me.. I have that movie coming up and I need to lose some weight."

"..Sure. I'll go and watch."

Danny chuckles then walks away to get dressed.

**

Jessica sat there watching him while eating a breakfast taco.
"Remember how muscular you were when we got married?"

"I do. That's my goal."

"Why?"

"It just is! The man you married had thick, dark curly hair and a nice body.. now I have mostly gray hair and an okay body. It's time for a change."

"Are you going through a midlife crises." Jessica asks taking a bite of her taco.

"No. I was just thinking the other day and.. Well, I'm old.. and you're old too, Jess."

"Hey!"

"What are the chances I'll live another forty five years? I need to make. The most of it, baby! I'm gonna say yes to every part I'm offered, I'm gonna go out and my myself a brand new badass car, and maybe a motorcycle!  Hell, I might even dye my hair!"

Jessica gives him a look and pauses for a few seconds.
"Daniel, this is definitely a mid life crises.
First of all, you're not coloring your hair, I like the gray, I think it's sexy. Second, You're not getting a motorcycle! It's way too dangerous! You wanted one when I was pregnant with Gabby, and my answer is still NO!"

"Can I still workout and buy myself a car?"

"Yes you can workout and yes WE can get a new car."

Danny chuckles and nods his head.

"Why is it you're at least wanting to do something productive? I'm the same age as you-"

"One month older, actually."

Jessica narrows her eyes on him and continues.
"We're the same age and you're wanting to workout and do all this stuff while I'm sitting here eating a taco and watching you workout! I had four kids and my body is far from what it was twenty years ago."

"Baby, we're married. I don't care what you look like."

"Excuse me?" Jessica gets an attitude.

"I'm so sorry, I honestly didn't mean for it to come out that way."

"Well what way did you want it to come out, Daniel?!"

"Jessica, I love your body. You're perfect."

"Well tough! I'm working out! Now show me how to use these things!" Jessica sits her food down and runs to a treadmill.

**

"Your ass looks hot, babe." Danny says inspecting Jessica from the back.

"You should be working out, mister!"

Danny walks over and stops the machine.

"DANNY! Why did you do that?!" Jessica whines.

"Let's hit the showers, babe."

"Why, do I stink?"

"No." Danny laughs.

"You're not making sense!" Jessica hops off the machine and walks over to something else.

"This looks fun!" She smiles.

Danny chuckles then teaches her the proper way of using it.

Danny had been tortured enough.
He watched Jessica as sweat dripped down her cleavage, he listened to her heavy breathing then shut his eyes as he felt his fire grow for her.

"Jess, let's go."

"Why? I'm not finished yet!" She whines.

Danny once again stops the machine.

"Why do you keep doing that?!"

Danny wraps his arm around her waist and kisses her neck.

"Danny stop it, I'm sweaty!"

"Let's go take a shower."

"Daniel.." Jessica giggles.

Danny lifts her off the machine then takes her hand.

"Come on, it's pretty dead here, I don't think anyone will be in there."

Jessica got excited seeing Danny so excited.
He ran to the bathroom and she followed behind.

"HELLO? Anyone in here?"
When Danny didn't get a response he turned to Jessica and smirked.

"Oooh!" She giggles.

Danny smiles and grabs her body. They share a deep kiss while ripping clothes off of each other.
Danny picked Jessica up and carried her to the back. Jessica played with his hair as she kissed his neck.
Jessica felt her center start to ache for his touch.

"Danny.." She whimpered.

Danny pushed the back stall open and walked in.

**

"Ohh God.. That was fun.."

"We've still got it, baby." Danny smirks.

"I know.."

"Let's go get a burger."

"What about the working out we just did?  It'll all go to waste!"

"Fuck it.  We'll just grow fat and old together."

"Sounds good, baby." Jessica laughs and reaches over to kiss his cheek.

**

Meanwhile at home.

"Gabby, you said you would take me to the mall but all you've done is suck the life out of Julio's face." Anastasia says in a very dry voice.

"Gabby, I have to let the construction people in!"

"Well when are they getting here?" Anastasia asks as the doorbell rings.

"Right now!" Gabriella smiles and stands up to let the guys in and go over everything her parents asked her to go over.

Julio looked at Anastasia and smiled.
"Quit sucking on my sister's face, Mr. Hot Tamale."

He chuckles.

"Are you coming with us?" She asks.

"Gabby said I was.  Is that okay with you?"

"It's fine." She sighs.

...

"Okay, I'm ready!  They said that the place should be ready in a month!  It's gonna look so great!"

"Nice!  Let's go." Anastasia says walking straight for the door.

Julio drives them to the mall and Anastasia heads for Hot Topic.

"Ana!"

"What?"

"Are you.. are you gothic?" Gabriella asks.

"What?"

"Why are you going in there?"

"Cause I like it!  Is that alright with you, Princess?"

"Hey what's with the attitude?"

"Nothing, just get off my back, alright?"

"Jesus.."

"What's wrong?" Julio walks over and places his hand on Gabriella's back.

"She has an attitude with me and I didn't even do anything!"

"She's thirteen, it's normal."

"And she's going in.. in There!  Babe, I love black but that store.. it's so.. so depressing."

"No it's not." Julio chuckles.

"It's so dark!  I like pink!"

"Just go in there and shop with your little sister."

"But babe-"

"And don't judge her, please."

Gabriella makes a face.
"Fine!"

...

"Hey Ana.. find anything?"

"Yeah, look at these jeans!  Aren't they cool?"

"Yeah!  Nice." Gabriella fakes a smile.

"Ana, why don't we go find some clothes with a little color?"

"No!  I like this!"

"Okay.."

Anastasia picks up a few t-shirts and Gabriella makes a face.

"Band shirts?  Sweetie, do you even like all this music?"

"Yes!  I knew you weren't listening to me!  All you care about it your boyfriend!  You don't care about me anymore!" Anastasia throws the clothes to her and runs out.

Gabriella sighs and looks around at everyone that was staring at her.

"What are you looking at?!" She snaps.

**

Gabriella walks out of the store and Julio stops her.
"What happened in there?  Your sister ran out and didn't answer when I asked what was wrong."

"She's upset.  Which way did she go?"

"That way." He points.

"Okay thanks.  Stay here, okay?"

"Alright."

Gabriella looked around for her and called her cell phone, but Anastasia wasn't answering.
She then began to worry.

Finally she saw her sitting on a bench with her head down.
Gabriella sighed with relief before walking over to join her.

"Ana.."

"Leave me alone, Gabby."

"No."

Anastasia stayed looking down.

"I'm sorry.  I didn't realize I wasn't giving you enough attention.. I guess you're right.  I've been too distracted."

"You're always all over him!  I miss when you just wanted to hang out with me and take me shopping all the time!
.. Lately you've been hanging out with him and.. forgetting about me."

"Honey, I am so so sorry.  I love you and I never wanted to upset you.  I promise."

Anastasia wipes her tears.
"And then today you brought him.  Shopping it Our thing!  Not even the boys come with us!" Anastasia says referring to her brothers.

"I'm sorry.
He's really not a bad guy, Ana.."

"I know he's not!  He's a great guy and I'm happy for you.  I just wish.. I don't know, maybe it's selfish, but I wish it could've just been the two of us today."

"I promise you I'll take you somewhere tomorrow just us two."

Anastasia sniffles and looks into her sister's eyes.

"I love you, Ana."

"I love you too, Gabby."

Gabriella hugs her little sister tightly.

"... Now.. Will you please let me take you to other stores that have color?"

"Why?  So I can look like a fake Barbie doll like you?"

"Bitch!" Gabriella laughs.

Anastasia chuckles.
"Let's go find Julio.. He can be in charge of holding our bags."

"That sounds good to me." Gabriella smiles.