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"No buggin' mama. We gotta let her sleep. Let's go bother Kaylen. Come on." Lewis picked up Roscoe who had tried to jump on a sleeping Kallie and carried him out of the room. He shut the doors to the large bedroom and set Roscoe down, walking to the game room where Kaylen was. Kaylen had been staying with them in Monaco, mainly because Kez was in London and the LA house was too lonely. He would also add the fact that Lewis and Kallie always bought or made extra food for him.

"Kallie still feeling sick?" Kaylen asked seeing Lewis walk into the room and help Roscoe onto the gaming chair. Kaylen was quick to pet the dog, always welcoming him to the game room. "Yeah, I had to stop Roscoe from jumping on her." Lewis says with a huff, sitting on the couch Kallie had set up in there a few months ago. "That's weird, I thought she'd be better by now." Kaylen spoke, leaning back in his chair.

"Hey Kaylen, why did Kallie leave? I still have no clue why. I tried to ask Kez but she was too busy." Lando asks as he was streaming with Kaylen. "I had no idea why she quit, if I'm being totally honest, she just did. If anyone knows, it's probably my sister's, she tells them everything. Hey, Lewis, do you know why?" Kaylen looks to the left to see him, the driver a bit tense at the topic. He had to lie, obviously, or Kallie would kill him. "Uh, I can't tell you. It's not my place."

"I would say I'm offended, but you're the boyfriend so it makes sense." Kaylen shrugs, turning back to the monitors.

"Hey, do you know any soup recipes that your mum or dad might have made when you were kids? Preferably vegan?" Lewis asked, looking up from his phone. "Uh, well there is this one soup that my mum used to make all the time when we couldn't afford meat. It's a peanut soup, it's one of Kallie's favorites. Kez makes it all the time for her kids. Just call her up and she'll tell you all the steps." Kaylen explains.

"If she answers, I'm gonna feel so offended. She hasn't responded to any of my texts." They two teammates just laugh at Lando's words. "Maybe cause you send twenty five at a time." Kaylen retorts.

Lewis chuckles, standing up from the couch and leaving the room so he could call Keziyah. Surprisingly, she answered after a few rings. "What's up brother? What'd you need?" Kez asked, adjusting the phone on the stand as she was currently in the studio, sitting at her piano. "I have a favor to ask. Kallie isn't feeling well, and I wanted to make something that reminds her of home. Kaylen told me you have a recipe to this peanut soup that Kallie really loves." Lewis spoke, walking into the kitchen and flipping on the light.

"Oh, that's sweet of you. Ja, she really loves that stew. I'll tell you how to make it." Kez agrees with a small smile. "Thank you so much. Also, are you literally in the studio right now?" Lewis questions with a chuckle, setting up the phone to lean up against the toaster. "Yeah, I'm uh, I'm going through something right now and music usually takes me away from my problems, so that's what I'm doing." Kez spoke, her fingers brushing over the keys.

"Really? What's going on? You doing okay?" Lewis asked in concern, he knew Kez was usually a cheerful, blunt, and just chill person but behind all that, he also knew she could be completely different. She could be depressed and nobody would know. It made sense, she had kept his sicknesses away from the media until she had won her first Oscar and in her speech she finally spoke about it.

"Uh, no, I'm not doing too great. Kallie and Kaylen aren't around, right?" Kez leaned forward on the piano, resting her chin on her forearms. "No, Kallie's sleeping and Kaylen's upstairs on the game. It's just me. What's going on, Kez?" Lewis stopped what he was doing to listen to her. No matter how much they joked around about hating each other, they really did trust each other and could talk about real issues without Kallie being present.

"Well, when I was filming 90 days, we were shooting this scene, I was arguing with Will, both of us in character, and I just felt this punch in my gut, and next thing I know I'm running into the bathroom and just throwing up like my life depended on it. And in the scene, I was supposed to throw up, so they just thought I was really good at my job. And I didn't think much into it cause I had a few drinks the night before, until yesterday, I got that same feeling. So, I went to the doctor, I got scanned, and apparently, my cancer is back."

Lewis's eyes widened, not at all expecting her to say that. "Holy shit. Are you serious? How bad is it?"

Kez sighs, running a hand through her hair, "it's uh, it's not too bad. It's not as serious as before, which is good because it gives us time to figure out how to treat it. In all honesty, I knew this was coming, they said it would come back eventually. But, they say it's manageable, thankfully. I just- I uh didn't expect to have to deal with this again. I thought I was done after Kaidyn, guess not. So, I'm in the studio just trying to pour my emotions into my music."

"Oh, well, I don't really know what to say, I'm glad it's not as serious, but it's still super concerning. Who else knows?" Lewis leaned against the counter on his elbows, his eyes studying Kezie's expressions, he could this was really heartbreaking for her, and it killed him to see her like this. She didn't deserve it at all. She was an incredible person, and one of the few good celebrities that he knew. She advocated for so many important things in the world and always had the best intentions in the industry.

"Just you so far. I plan to tell Will when he gets back, and Taylor as well. But, I don't want none of the family to know, cause they're just gonna freak out and Kallie's already going through so much, I don't need her to worry about me when it's something I can manage on my own. So please, don't tell anyone. I trust you with this. You pulled my sister out of a horrible depression she hid when nobody else could, so I trust you to know this." Kez says, reaching for a pencil on the nearby table.

"How sweet. I knew you liked me." Lewis smirks, causing her to let out an amused chuckle. He smiled, glad he was able to uplift her mood. "Ja ja, don't let it get to your head. Anyways, get ready cause I'm about to tell you all the stuff you'll need for the stew." After an entertaining argument with Kezie about his fear of onions with her mostly just making fun of him, Lewis got started on making the stew (removing onions from the recipe) as Kezie played the piano, asking his opinion cause she valued it.

"Yours, mine, ours. I could do this for hours. Sit and talk to you for hours. I wanna give you your flowers. And some champagne showers." Kez sung, her fingers pressing against the keys. "I like that champagne showers part." Lewis comments, stirring the vegetables in the pot as they charred up a bit. "Yeah, I wrote this a few weeks ago but I didn't have any beat to it until last night. Right now, I'm just fuckin' around with the piano version."

"Really? What's the inspiration?" Lewis questions.

"It's about my boyfriend. I like the way he makes me feel, like we're stuck in time, hours repeating but we don't notice cause we're lost in our love, ya know?" Kez smiles, scribbling some words on the song. "That's sounds beautiful. I feel that way with Kallie." Lewis smiles. Kez chuckles and continues to give him the next steps for the stew before continuing the song per his request as he wanted to hear the whole thing.

"Ooh, when you do what you, I'm empowered. You give me a superpower." Kez sung softly, pausing when Lewis asked her to stop. "The way you sung superpower, I think instead of a light tone, you should go deep right there. Try it." Kez nodded at the advice, trying it out and after a few times, she got it to where she wanted and noted it down before continuing the songs. She finished the song, pausing a few times to give him more instructions on the stew.

"So, what do you think? Is it album worthy?" Kez queried.

"Definitely, it's award worthy too. Are you going to start a new album?" Lewis asked, reaching into the fridge to get some spinach. "I'm not sure, I do have stuff written but I don't know if I'm ready to put out something new. I literally start filming a new movie next year, plus the soundtrack for said movie so I don't know if I'll have any time. Not to mention, Neela is on my ass about getting a new partner for Malo Fragrance because my previous one quit."

"I could be your new business partner," Lewis pitched.

Kez raised a brow, squinting her eyes at him, "do you even use our fragrances?"

Lewis scoffs in offense, "of course I do. I have every single product. By the way, that shea butter scent was very good, Kallie loved it." Kezie chuckles in amusement, she knew Kallie would like it, shea butter was one of her favorite types of scents. "Okay, I'm gonna give Neela your number and she's gonna tell you everything about it, and fax over a contract if you can handle it." He chuckles at the joke before she gives the next instructions, the driver following them exact.

"Sing another song, I wanna hear what you wrote." Lewis encouraged.

"Fine, fine. Let's see. Alright, I wrote this one after Brazil." Kez mumbles, grabbing her book and flipping through some songs. Kez hums, pressing her fingers against the keys to find her rhythm. "The smell of your perfume. I thought I was immune. Looking around this room. Can't help but see the traces of you. This moment is surreal. I can't put it into words how I feel. Twin. Where have you been? Nobody knows me like you do. Nobody gon' love me quite like you. Can't even deny it, every time I try it. One look in my eyes, you know I'm lying, lying. Body to body, skin to skin. I'm never gon' love like this again. You were made for me."

Lewis hummed along to it, thinking over the lyrics, he knew who this was about. It certainly wasn't her boyfriend. It was definitely a woman, and it was quite obvious to him who that woman was. "It ain't everyday that I get in my feelings this way. I knew it was rare. 'Cause before you, I never did care. Don't know what I would do if I had to go on without you. Twin. Where have you been?" Kez stopped right there with a sigh. "I have more but it's dramatic. It's a dramatic ass song." She chuckles.

"Yea, but it's a very good song. Is it about Taylor?" Lewis asked bluntly, not even shy to ask about it. It was so painfully obvious.

Kez raised a brow, not surprised he asked this, she did make it obvious with the perfume part and when she said she wrote it after Brazil. "Yes, and you better not say a word or I'll tell Kallie that you kicked Max off the track cause you were mad. Pretty impressive by the way, it genuinely looked like an accident." Kez smirked watching his face drop at her words. He cleared his throat nervously, "how'd you know?"

"Oh I didn't, but you just told me." Kez grinned, causing Lewis to curse under his breath. "Fuck off, seriously. You're evil." Kezie chuckles, "easy, I don't care that much. I don't blame you, he had it coming. You were just protecting her, that's all. I would've done the same. But still, not a word to Taylor, or Kallie cause she gets the biggest mouth when's she high or drunk."

Lewis chuckles, nodding in agreement with that, "not wrong about that."

Finally finishing the stew, Kezie had a look at it and comfirmed it looked exactly how it should. Now Lewis was making fufu to pair with the stew as Kezie mentioned how Kallie loved it with any type of stew. "Fucking hell, I feel like my arm is going to fall off." Lewis complains, making Kezie laugh. "Ja, how you think I get these arms? I make this shit every week for the kids. It's like arm day in the gym for me."

"Uh, what is going on in here?" Kalliope walks into the kitchen with furrowed brows.

"Kez is teaching me how to make your favorite stew," Lewis answered, using one hand to show Kallie the phone where Kezie waved at her younger sister. "Peanut stew? Oh my gosh, I love that stew. It smells so good. I think I'm a bit shocked that you and Kez are not insulting each other right now." Kallie chuckles softly, coughing into her arm as she sat down on the stool. "That's not true, I was just about to compare him to B-dawg in the buddy movies." Kez giggles.

Lewis rolls his eyes again, Kallie chuckling lightly at the joke. Kezie cleared her throat, "nah but seriously, he's good company. I was showing him some songs I wrote. I'm gonna talk to Neela about a new album, see if I have any time for it." Kallie smiled, her eyes brightened, "really? That sounds amazing. I'm sure it's going to be great." She compliments.

"Thank you, usisi. Now, I will be going cause the kids are waking up and banging on the door. Goodbye, this was fun. Have a good day. Feel better, my darling." Kez blew a kiss to her sister before hanging up in a hurry. She wasn't lying cause the did hear the pounding against the door. Kallie set the phone down and watched with a soft smile as Lewis was stretching his arm to get the feeling back. "You're making fufu, aren't you?" She giggles.

Lewis huffs tiredly, "yes, it's a lot of work, but I did 'cause it's your favorite and I wanted it to feel like home. You've been pretty down lately." Kallie stared at him in admiration, nobody she'd ever been with had done something so sweet for her, let alone notice if she was down. "You're gonna make me cry." She sniffles, trying to blink away tears. Lewis smiles, setting down the plates, "as long as they're happy tears, I won't stop you."

"They are." She chuckles, wiping her eyes tiredly and watching him put the food in the bowls. "Can you call Kaylen down here?" Lewis requested. Kallie nods, reaching for his phone on the table, she calls up Kaylen, the rookie driver answering after a few rings. "Yo? What's up?" He spoke. "Come down and eat or I'll give your food to the neighbors." Kallie threatened.

"Whoa, calm down, sis. I'm coming down." Kaylen rushed out, hanging up and they could hear him running downstairs.

Lewis laughs lightly, "why do I get the feeling that you've actually gave his food to the neighbors before?"

Kaylen runs in, huffing lightly, "cause she has." Kallie giggles, passing Kaylen the bowl of food as he sits down on the stool next to hers. Lewis moves to sit on her left, passing her the bowl of food with a cold water. "Oh shit, you made fufu? Your arm go numb?" Kaylen questions. Lewis nods in reply, making Kaylen chuckle. "Thank you for this, mhle. It's amazing." Kallie says, pressing a kiss to Lewis's cheek.

"So, uh, Kez and I were talking and she mentioned how she was looking for a new partner for Malo Fragrance." Lewis spoke, causing the two siblings to look over to him. "Oh yes, I've been trying to find one but Kez doesn't trust many people so it's very hard. Why? Did you guys find someone?" Kallie asked, causing Kaylen to face-palm in exasperation. "Kallie...he's the new partner."

Kallie's eyes widened, "oh. Really? Wait- Kez trusts you?" Kaylen snorts at her words knowing she didn't intentionally mean to eat him up like that but it came out so naturally, making it even more funny when he seen Lewis's face. "Yes, Kallie, me and your sister actually get along. Neela is gonna contact me soon so we can discuss everything. Only if it's okay with you, though, I wouldn't want it to uncomfortable for you. I know you see me all the time so working with me can totally be a lot."

"No, no, that's completely fine, I love working with you. I'm just a bit nervous to see you and Kezie work together." Kallie chuckles nervously, and Lewis shook his head, "no, we can totally work together. We worked on the uh, album together, right?" Kallie shot him a pointed look, "yes, and you argued about everything. I specifically recall her kicking the stool you sat on so you fell on your ass."

"Do you have a video of that?" Kaylen asked, his words muffled as he was stuffing his face with the food.

"Okay, yes, but that was just playful fighting. We can work together without killing each other." Lewis states surely, ignoring the low scoff from Kaylen. "Playful fighting? She threw a microphone at you." Kallie stated bluntly, causing Kaylen to almost choke on his food. "It was a toy microphone, and she missed. Don't worry so much, we can get along, I promise."

"If you say so, mhle." She shrugs, returning to her food.

"Hey, is it okay if Lando stays over? He doesn't have anything to do at his place." Kaylen asks, looking up from his phone where he was texting the British driver. "That's okay with me. Lew?" Kallie looked over to him, she did like to think it was his house too, so she valued his opinions and if he didn't want anyone else over, she respected that. She knew he would respect that when it came to her as well. "Fine with me, but you're setting up the guest room for him."

"Ugh, fine." Kaylen mutters, rolling his eyes like a teenager as he texts Lando the address. He quickly finished his food, thanking Lewis before running upstairs to get the guest room prepared. Lewis looks to Kallie, noticing her looking significantly tired as she finished up her bowl. "You wanna watch a movie, love?" He asked, taking the dishes and rinsing them off before setting them in the dishwasher.

"That sounds nice." Kallie nods tiredly, and Lewis picked her up from the stool not even letting her get up to walk. "You know you don't have to carry me everywhere, right?" She deadpanned, holding onto him with a small smile. "I know, but I want to, and it's a good work out." He jokes, laying down on the large couch, putting her back to him as they cuddled up close on the couch. Kallie chose the movie, ending up with She's The Man.

Kaylen noticed them on the couch and took a freshly cleaned throw blanket from the closet, to offer them. Kallie took it with a thankful smile, letting Lewis pull over them, keeping them warm from the cold air. They had the AC blasting because it was boiling hot outside and Kallie loved the cold since she had grew up in hot weather. Kez preferred summer whilst Kallie preferred winter, and Kaylen enjoyed autumn.

"I'm gonna clean up the kitchen, you guys want any snacks, drinks?" Kaylen asked, he had seen that Lewis didn't exactly get much time to clean up, too focused on making sure Kallie was comfortable. "Just some water," Kallie replied, Lewis adding the same response. Kaylen quickly fetched them two water bottles and went back to tidying up the kitchen, putting the leftover food in a container cause he knew Kallie would most likely get up in the middle of the night to finish it off.

Lando had arrived a few minutes later, Kaylen unlocking the gate and then letting him inside the home. "What's up, mate. Thanks for letting me stay over. This place is mad." Lando looked around the place in awe, the marble floors glistening, complimenting the walls and art. "You gotta thank Kal, and Lewis, it's their place." Kaylen chuckles as Lando removes his shoes, respecting the rules of the home.

"Where are they? They ain't bangin' right?" Lando jokes and Kaylen snorts, "Nah, Kallie's not feelin' well." They walk into the living room, their eyes landing on the couple, plus Roscoe curled up by their legs. "Hey, thanks for letting me stay. You got a really nice place." Lando spoke, his eyes glancing over the art on the walls, most of it painted by Keziyah, who liked to paint when she got bored, it was just a hobby but she was quite brilliant at it.

"Thank you, and it's no problem, our place is always welcome to friends. Make yourself at home. But the studio downstairs is off limits, everything is very expensive and fragile in there. Kaylen will show you around." Kallie spoke, offering the driver a comforting smile. "Sounds good. Thanks again." Lando offered a small wave before following after Kaylen, taking his luggage to the guest room on the second floor. 

"You feel okay?" Lewis asked, pressing a kiss to her head.

"A little bit, yeah. I uh, I wanna go to the pool." Kallie paused the movie, and sat up. "Alright then. Come on." Lewis stood up, taking her up to help her up from the couch. She felt much better to walk, although Lewis immediately picked her up when they got to the stairs. "What do you think of a cat?" Kallie asks, sitting on the bed as Lewis rummaged through the closet for a bikini she would like. "I love you, but no way." Lewis objects. "Okay, fine. What about another dog? We can name it with a K to continue the family tradition."

"It depends on what kind, cause you know I'm allergic to dogs." Lewis says, walking over to her and handing her a two piece bikini that matched his shorts. "Which I still find to be so funny considering you have Roscoe." Kallie giggles in amusement. "Yeah, your sister mocked me about that cause I kept sneezing around Sargeant." Lewis huffs, closing the curtains and locking the doors so they could change. "Yeah, I remember she refused to date this guy because he was allergic to Sargeant."

"Yeah, I can see her doing that."

After they finished cleaning up, the couple headed out to the pool, on their way through the living room they noticed Kaylen and Lando watching a TV show and munching on her caramel popcorn. Lewis had to drag her out before she cussed them out. "Can you believe that? Does nobody have common courtesy?" She complains, setting down her towel on the chair.

"Kallie, you can't even eat popcorn." Lewis deadpanned. Kallie rolls her eyes, "well, I can still smell it, which is just as good." He chuckles at her, picking her up abruptly and she yelps, holding onto him as he jumps into the pool. They came back up for air, Kallie playfully shoving him. "That's so not cool!" Lewis laughs at her words, pulling her into his arms. They swam over to the edge, his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder as they admired the view. The house was on a huge mountain type of area so they got a view of the city.

"You aren't gonna give up on fighting this, right?" He asked softly.

"I won't give up, I promise." She responded, turning to press a small peck to his lips. "Good, cause I can't lose you. I've been waiting all my life to find you." He says softly, pressing a kiss to her cheek, her hands moving to tighten his arms around her. "Me too, Lew." He smiled, moving to fix the band in her hair before it came loose. "You want to put braids in after this?" He questioned, knowing when she had no energy to look after her hair, she preferred to have braids in.

"Yes, definitely. I'll have to call my hair stylist to see if she's nearby." Kallie says, resting her chin on her hands, holding her head up by her elbows. "That's not necessary, I can do them for you." He offered, pressing a kiss to her shoulder. She raised a brow, turning her head to look at him, "you know how to do hair? Like, my kind of hair texture?" Lewis scoffs, taking offense at her words, "yes? Why is that such a surprise?"

"It's not- but it's not often that men know how to do a black woman's hair. I'm just a bit surprised." She chuckles, turning back to look at the view. "Okay, you have a good point, cause I didn't learn until a few months ago." He mumbles, pressing a kiss to her neck. That was one thing about them, they always had to touch each other, it didn't matter how, but they always found comfort in each other's touch, whether it was holding hands, a hand on the thigh, or a simple hand on the back. Kez suggested that their love language was physical touch.

"Wait- Lew, did you learn how to do hair for me?" She asked in shock, turning her body to face him, his hands moving to hold her waist.

"Yes, is that shocking?" He chuckles, pulling her closer. "A little bit, yes. But I'm so very flattered. That's one of the nicest things ever." She awed, pulling him into a kiss, pulling away before it got too heated. "You two aren't fucking, right?" Kaylen asked, shutting the sliding doors as he and Lando walked out in their swimming shorts. "Is that all you think we do?" Kallie scoffs, splashing some water on him in annoyance. Lewis chuckles, leaning back on the edge of the infinity edge pool, one arm around Kallie's waist.

"Uh, yes?" Kaylen scoffs, pointing to his ears, "you try getting a full eight hours living under your roof. Makes me miss when you were single." Lando laughs, only to quickly go silent when Kallie glares at him.

"Keep complaining and I'll kick you out of all my houses so you can pay for your own rent." Kallie retorts, and immediately did Kaylen shut up, not making another comment. "You got it luckly mate, my rent is insane." Lando comments before running and jumping into the pool, forming a cannonball, completely splashing the couple. "Me next!" Kaylen grins, jumping into the pool, splashing the couple who wore blank expressions.

"And there goes the peace and quiet." Kallie mumbles, swimming to the other side and using the stairs to climb out. Lewis swims after her, smacking Lando in the back of the head when he caught him staring at Kallie's ass. "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to look." Lando cleared his throat awkwardly, Kaylen laughing at him. "Don't let it happen again, mate." Lewis says, climbing out and taking the towel Kallie passed him.

"Dude, what's up with you and women no where near your age?" Kaylen asked, swimming backwards, giving Lando a judgemental look.

"It's not about age, mate. Have you seen your sister's?" Lando responds, splashing Kaylen for his judgement. "And you're not one to judge, your boyfriend's like one year younger than Kallie." Kaylen rolls his eyes, "so what? I'm twenty five, I'm grown. You're barely legal, mate. That's why Kez won't go anywhere near you." Kallie and Lewis both chuckle at the young driver's bickering the led to a splash fight.

"Take it back! Take it back!" Lando held a arm around Kaylen's neck, threatening to hold him underwater.

"Don't let him punk you like that, Kay!" Lewis shouts to egg it on, getting a giggle from Kallie as she laid down on the pool bed beside him. "I'm not takin' shit back! Kez don't want you." Kaylen retorts, Lando's arm still clenched around him. "That's not true! She loves me!" Lando denies, pushing Kaylen under the water. He comes back up for air, immediately grabbing Lando, the younger one yelping as he then gets shoved under the water.

"She don't love children!" Kaylen laughs, splashing Lando once he comes back up for air.

"I'm very mature for my age you prick!" Lando splashes him back, both of them laughing as they do so.

"Who needs television when we have two children right here?" Kallie comments, laying her head on Lewis's chest, her fingers trailing up and down his abs. "That reminds me, Kez said the kids birthdays are coming up, so I was thinking we could go shopping at the mall for them tomorrow? Just to get it out of the way, only if you're up for it?" Lewis suggests, pressing a kiss to her head.

"That sounds nice. I have a list of things the kids have been asking for." Kallie agrees.

"Ooh, we're going to the mall?!" Lando asked excitedly, Lewis and Kallie's eyes widened, "yes but-" Lando interrupts the world champion with a loud shout of excitement, chest bumping Kaylen, both of them wincing after, rubbing their now sore chests. "Mate, you gotta work on your pecs, it's like I ran into a skeleton," Kaylen insults. Lando gasps dramatically, "wow, and to think I gave you a bite of my cookie!"

"Ja, for someone who eats a lot of cookies, you sure are skinny." Kaylen retorts. Again, this would only end in another fight, a more entertaining one at that.

It was only a few hours later, they were all watching a movie in the upstairs living room, Lewis was braiding Kallie's hair as Lando and Kaylen would not stop asking questions about the movie, and making immature jokes. Lewis was fed the fuck up, and was so close to telling them to shut the fuck up. It was like living with children, only actual children had never annoyed him as much as these two.

Not to mention, this movie starred Keziyah, so obviously Lando was fawning over her the whole time, which caused childish arguments between him and Kaylen. And Lewis honestly couldn't say anything cause Lando was a guest in their house, but Kaylen for sure knew better. At one point, Lewis was gonna ask Kallie how she handled this but, she had fallen fast asleep, completely unfazed as he braided her hair. And he couldn't just leave, so now he was stuck listening to these two. Even Roscoe got sick of it and disappeared off to Kallie and Lewis's room.

"How is he not kissing her right now?! Like bro, she's your girlfriend man!" Lando exclaims in frustration as one of the love interests in the movie still hadn't kissed Kezie's character, completely avoiding it the whole time. "Mate, I think it's because he's gay," Kaylen points out. "No, no, he's bisexual, he can totally still kiss her. If she was my girlfriend I'd be kissin' her all day mate." Lando says, and Lewis had no clue how Kallie was sleeping through this.

"Good point, but he's obviously not in love with Hailey because he's in love with Jacob. And, Hailey is in love with her best friend Carmen." Kaylen explains. Lando huffs, rolling his eyes, "still doesn't explain why he won't kiss her."

"Would you want to kiss someone you aren't in love with?" Lewis deadpanned, tired of all this back and forth between the two. Lando looks to him with a sassy look, "Uh, if that person looked like Keziyah Kumalo, then yes, I would kiss them." Kaylen side eyes Lando, "uhm, Lando? You might want to fix your wording on that, cause Kez is a splitting image of my mum. That's a bit weird, mate."

Lando pursed his lips, thinking over his words, he shrugs, "I know you don't wanna hear this mate, but your mum is incredibly hot."

Lewis shook his head, moving to stand up from the couch, making them look over at this. "I can't do this no more. I'll see you tomorrow...unfortunately." Lewis picks up the still fast asleep Kallie and walks out of the living room.

Kaylen shrugs, immediately hitting Lando in the arm for the comment on his mum. "Don't say that 'bout my mum, brah." Lando scoffs, "all right fine, but your sister is the finest milf I've ever seen." Kaylen's eyes widened and Lando giggles, pausing when the driver glared at him. "I'm gonna give you five minutes to run before I tackle you. I used to wrestle mate, you know I can take you down." Kaylen threatened.

Lando's eyes widened and he jumped over the couch, running out of the room as Kaylen chased him. "Oh shit!"

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"Kallie, can we get this?" Lando asks in a plead, holding up the popcorn maker with Kaylen. The couple squinted their eyes in confusion, "why on earth do we need a popcorn maker?" She questioned in confusion. Lando and Kaylen shared bored looks, "for movie nights, duh," they deadpanned at her like it was obvious. Lewis eyes widened at the mention of movies, that was the last time he would watch movies with Kaylen and Lando. So obviously he objected, "absolutely not."

They both frowned, setting it back down like children who were denied candy at the grocery store. Kallie chuckles, looking down at her list, "okay, Kaidyn said he wanted legos." Lando and Kaylen grinned, "we know where the Legos are." Lewis rolls his eyes, "of course you do." So naturally, the two young drivers rushed towards the Lego store, the couple a few ways behind them, stopping a few times when some fans came up for a picture.

"Does he like Star Wars? Also, would it be weird if I got something for them?" Lando questions. "Not that much, all of Kezie's friends get gifts for them, they're used it. And no, he's not a fan of Star Wars, surprisingly." Kaylen answered, looking through the lego sets. He had already got the kids their presents, he was honestly just here to help them out, and maybe get some stuff for himself, or convince Kallie to buy stuff for him. He really hated spending his own money. And who didn't love when their older siblings paid for everything? It was great.

"Oh oh, I'm gonna get the McLaren for him." Lando grins, picking the lego car set and adding it to the basket.

Kallie went to the most expensive part, and her eyes landed on the large Marvel set, it was the avengers tower lego set. "You're gonna get that for a three year old?" Kaylen deadpanned. "He's a very smart three year old. Get it." Kallie decides and Kaylen reached up and lifted it off the shelf, his eyes widening slightly at the price but Kallie didn't pay attention to it. "You said he likes Harry Potter, right?" Lewis asks, picking up a large Harry Potter lego set.

"Yes, he loves Harry Potter." Kallie answered. Lewis nods, "all right, I'm getting this for him, and the cherry blossom tree for Mari so she's not left out." Lewis says, and the worker quickly aids him to get the cherry blossom tree off the tall shelf seeing as Lewis's hands were full with the Harry Potter set. They brought the stuff to the checkout, Lando paid for his separately, before Lewis was next. "You can ship these to the house, correct?" Lewis asks, pulling out his wallet to pay.

"Yes, of course. Just fill out the information on the screen." The cashier said kindly, still a bit shocked that she was in the presence of four F1 drivers. Lewis looked over to Kallie, "should I send it to mine or yours?" He asked. "Just send it to mine, if we're not home the neighbors will put it in the house for us." She said. Lewis nods, filling out the information and paying for the sets. Kallie did the same thing next, filling out the information to send the set to her house.

"All right, it's all set. You guys have a great day." She says kindly.

They went off to a shoe store next, Kallie making sure to get the right sizes from Kezie. They bought two pairs each for the kids, and Kaylen had to go run back to the car to load them in so he didn't have to carry them the whole time. "What does Kezie's daughter like? Is she girly or tomboy?" Lando questions, looking around at the stores. "She's very girly, her favorite color is purple, and she likes literally everything that has glitter." Kallie answered.

Lando grins, "I know the perfect thing." They followed the young driver into a toy store, Kaylen also catching up with them, giving Kallie a large lemonade he bought on the way for her and Lewis to share. "Please tell me she doesn't have these." Lando says, pointing to the large princess dollhouses. "Uh surprisingly, Kezie only has Frozen one, so nope, she doesn't have any of these." Kallie answered.

"Yes! I'm gonna get her the sleeping beauty castle, so don't copy me!" Lando rushes to the front to purchase it before they copied her. "You think Mike would kill me if I got her Rapunzel's tower?" Lewis jokes, looking at the tall tower with a grin. Kallie chuckles, "if he kills you for that, he's gonna kill me for this, cause I'm getting her Tiana's palace." Kaylen sighs in relief, "this is perfect cause I bought Mari three boxes of every princess doll, including two more boxes with accessories and doll clothes."

They both chuckle at his words, going up to the front to pay for the dollhouses, filling out the form to get them shipped to the house. "I was talking to Kez and she said the kids love build a bears, so let's go there next." Lando says excitedly, making the couple chuckle at him, they had never seen someone so excited to go shopping for his friend's kids. Walking into the store, Lando picks up the Mario bear, "ha, this looks like Charles," he giggles.

Kaylen picks up the Luigi bear, "and this looks like you."

"That's not funny."

Looking around the store, Lando ended up getting a Kung Fu Panda bear and a Stitch one, whilst Lewis decided he was going to take the kids to make the bears themselves as he knew they would've loved that. "You know, Kezie's birthday is coming up soon as well, should we get her something here?" Lewis asked, he and Kallie sitting down at a table as Lando and Kaylen ordered some food. They had finished shopping for the kids, and now they were just looking around and buying stuff for Lando and Kaylen who pretended to be their broke children. They were actually ordering food with Kallie's card.

"Oh yes, we can. I'll text Mike, he knows what she'll want." Kallie pulled out her phone and shot a quick text to Michael, the actor getting back surprisingly fast. "Okay, he said she's been wanting a new bong...oh." Lewis snorts in amusement, "of course she does. Where do they sell them?" Kallie chuckles, "he said they have some nice ones at Nirvana. She also likes jewelry, anything that is knitted and comfortable, uh, high heels, and new paintbrushes."

"What's her ring size?" Lewis questions and Kallie shows him the response Mike gave, the exact size, plus every single clothing size, neck size for necklaces/chains, wrist size for bracelets, and shoe size. He really did know every detail about the mother of his children. It was very sweet. "We are back, I got you a pizza pretzel and those Korean hot dog stick things with mozzarella. They're amazing, seriously." Lando says, sliding the tray over to Kallie, along with her card.

"And I got you the vegan kimchi soup as requested, no onions." Kaylen adds, passing the other tray over to Lewis. "I would say thank you but we're paying for everything," Lewis smiles sarcastically, taking his card back from an amused Kaylen.

"You want some?" Kaylen offered Lando some of his sushi in a teasing manner, obviously aware that he hated sushi from the time they went to a restaurant in Korea and Kezie ordered a ton of it along with other various foods that contained fish or other seafoods. "Fuck off." Lando glared at him, moving his chair a few way away from the laughing driver. "Are those girls staring at us or is it just me?" Lando questions, taking a bite of the soft pretzel.

"Nope, they're full on staring." Kaylen shrugs, this was nothing to him, he was used to cameras on him, courtesy of paps trying to get anything they could on Keziyah, and occasionally Kalliope. "You're hangin' with Kallie and Lewis Hamilton, mate, get used to it." Kaylen pats his back, Lando just smirking, "oh I'm not complainin'. You think I could get one of their numbers?"

"No way," Kaylen scoffs.

"Why not? You think I'm not good at flirting?" Lando scoffs in offense.

"If you're so good at flirting, try to rizz up Kallie, then I'll believe you can get their number." Kaylen says. Lando looks to Lewis for approval, the driver just shrugging cause he knew Lando was gonna fail miserably. Lando clears his throat, Kallie giving him her full attention. "You look really beautiful today, Kal." Lando says. Kallie smiles warmly, "thank you, Lando." Lewis smirks, knowing what she was gonna do next. "You know, I've been thinking about you a lot lately," she spoke, her tone smoother, almost sounding exactly like Kez.

Lando blinked in shock, falling right into her trap, "you-you have, r-really?"

Kallie nods, fluttering her lashes at him, leaning forward on the table. "Mhm. I see the way you look at me too. It puts so many thoughts into my head, dirty ones. What do you say about acting some of them out? You wanna have some fun with me, Lando?" She spoke in a seductive tone, which sounded nothing like her normal seductive tone cause she was mimicking Kezie's voice, which only entranced Lando more.

Lewis couldn't take it anymore, immediately bursting into laughter, the two siblings doing the same. Lando just frowned, rolling his eyes, "that wasn't funny, you pretended to be Kez! That was freaky, mate. How did you do her voice so well? That's cheating." He argues, only gaining more laughter from them. "Ha, I knew you couldn't do it. Really living up to that name, Lando Norizz." Kaylen patted his back in mock sympathy.

"Alright, go easy on him, he'll get better, he just needs to build up his confidence." Lewis says, rubbing Kallie's back as she coughed into her arm.

"Thank you, Lewis. And come on, with any other girl I can totally flirt, but it's Kallie so it's different, she's-" Lando cuts himself off at Lewis's sharp glare. "I'll stop before you throw me off the second floor," he mumbles. Kaylen chuckles, "alright, let's see you flirt then, mate." Lando looked up in confusion, and Kaylen waved over the girls with a welcoming smile. They rushed over in a heartbeat.

Let's just say, Kaylen left with six phone numbers, and Lando with zero.

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a/n: this chapter was so fun to write haha, just kallis and their two children <3 can't believe this was 7k words mate

kezie having cancer again adds up with my taylor book time-line so it's necessary 💔 but also, kez telling lewis first 🥲 not to gas myself up but THE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THEM HAS BEEN PERFECTION

lewis making kallie her traditional foods she grew up with 😭🤭 and also, him learning how to do hair in case she ever needed help with it BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT TOGETHER BRO 😍

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