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A/N: this is an odd question but does Finneas curse? I just feel like I've never heard him say a swear word before.

Also I haven't updated but once this whole entire day because I thought I didn't have any more chapters proofread already but this one was already proofread Nd I thought I'd already posted it 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ but anyway this is kinda short so I'm proofreading the next chapter and posting that one too as soon as I do

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Dahlia's POV

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"Whose idea was that?" I furrowed my eyebrows as I looked at my laptop screen. Cadence had texted me telling me that we needed to have an emergency FaceTime ASAP, so I'd FaceTimed her right away.

"Mine!" She grinned.

"It's a no from me, Cadence."

"Come on, D. It'd be fun! It's a way for Denver to get out of the house and have some fun, spend some time with Finneas and the other dudebros, and a fun way for us girls to just chill together too. I mean, when was the last time the girls just hung out together without any icky dudes around?"

"I don't know, but—"

"Exactly! Look, we both know you'd be all for this if Billie wasn't coming too." She sighed.

"Hey, that's not true!" I lied. She sent me a look and I rolled my eyes. "It's not!"

"Dahlia, it'd mean a lot to me if you came. You're my best friend, obviously, and it won't be any fun without you there. Besides, you haven't been over to my house in ages. Last Summer was the last time you were over here!"

She's right about that. It has been a while. And this is a cute idea that could be pretty fun, but I don't know. This is essentially just a slumber party and everyone knows slumber parties are filled with drama. I don't wanna go because Cadence invited Billie too, which is fine! Cause they're actually friends now, but still. I think it'll be a little awkward.

But I really do wanna go to this thing. I mean, the last time I had a big sleepover like this I was probably fourteen or fifteen.

And this is a pretty genius idea if I do say so myself. The boys will get to bond, us girls will get to chill...It could be fun.

"Why am I the last to hear about this, anyway?" I pouted. Apparently, everyone else had already agreed.

Cadence had called Denver and asked him how he felt about it first, and he actually seemed to like the idea. Finneas thought it sounded like fun when he mentioned it to him, and Caden did too. Then Caden asked Hudson and Gigi and they were in too.

Then she called Billie and Billie was apparently thrilled, and, of course, Kai agreed to come too. Kai also invited one of her soon to be roommates, Jessica, who actually happens to be Julia's little sister. Julia is coming too because Denver thinks we should bond with her since she's about to be apart of the family, and I agree. Then Bea, then Ken, then Cora because Cadence had invited her too, and of course, wherever Cora goes Liza goes. Claudia was even coming because she and Finneas had had plans, but she was okay with him canceling those in order to bond with the boys and Denver asked Cadence if she could join us and she agreed.

I'm kinda happy about this, mostly because I wanna bond with Julia.

I've never been the nicest to Julia. Mostly because she's one of those annoying, dumb, high school girl stereotypes, but then again I've never really given her a fair chance. I also hated her just because I wanted Finneas and Denny to get together and she was in the way of that, but that's not happening either way so I might as well just get over it.

This could be my chance to actually learn some shit about her and, who knows, maybe we'll totally hit it off!

"Because I knew you'd be the hardest to convince," She smirked. "Please, Dahlia? For me?" She gave me the puppy dog eyes and I shook my head at her.

"I'm only coming if we get to wear our pink, cheetah print jammies that we got when we discovered the cheetah girls, I get to bring prince styles, cause I can't leave him here for two days even if I'm only a house away, and I get to bring my Lizzie McGuire sleeping bag."

"You drive an easy bargain. It's a deal!" She grinned.

We talked for a few more minutes before hanging up and I went back to browsing on Amazon just as I had been before she called.

It's Thursday night, which means I need to be packing right now since she wants me to come over after school tomorrow and we're all supposed to stay there until Sunday night. But I don't feel like packing, so maybe I'll just get up early and do it?

Yeah, that's a lie. I'll just have to be a few minutes late to her house tomorrow. I'll come pack after school.

My phone began to ring not long after I started scrolling through all the baby stuff I was looking at again, and I looked over to see it was Billie calling. I picked up the phone and held it between my ear and my shoulder, not even able to get a word out before I heard her frantic voice over a bunch of crying.

"It won't shut the fuck up! What the hell could it possibly want?! Finneas fed it, changed it, played with it, burped it, fucking—"

"Why is Finneas doing that? Billie, you're supposed to—"

"He's better at it than me!" She shouted. "But even he's struggling now! It's fucking evil, bro! I want the boy back, he didn't cry as much as Petrillo does."

"We agreed to switch twins every day. You'll get Capone back tomorrow."

"I want him now!" She whined. "I bet he's not crying!"

I looked over at the baby which I'd placed on the pillow next to mine. Not a peep. It's actually been hours.

"He just stopped crying a few minutes before you called." I lied. "You need to chill. Babies can smell fear and you're clearly freaking out right now, so just calm down, take a few deep breaths, and call me back when that little brat stops screaming!"

I hung up on her and put my phone back down beside me. That thing was giving me a headache, and she's totally right. The girl cries way more than the boy, and I hate her.

Probably not the best thing to say, you know, that I hate my own baby. But I said what I said and I meant it a hundred percent.

I sighed as I decided to check how my Etsy shop was doing after noticing that the baby bassinet I wanted to get for Denver was...Way out of my budget.

I'd made four more sales than earlier, so that's really good. I'd made a total of $130.67 from those four sales.

Plus, tomorrow's payday and Aunt Josephine pays me a lot for editing her videos, so I'm good. I think I'm gonna get a bunch of shit for the baby, though, instead of just buying one big thing right now.

It's kinda hard shopping for a baby you don't know the gender of, but I'm just getting random shit like unisex toys and blankets and stuff like that.

I'm gonna store all the stuff I buy for the baby in our storage unit, which is out in the back yard. Nobody ever goes in there, so Denver won't know I'm getting this stuff. I'm sure if he did know he'd yell at me or something and tell me I don't have to worry about it, but I do.

I'm gonna be an aunt soon and I'm actually really excited. I'm gonna spoil this kid rotten!

Plus, I just don't want Denver and Julia to have to stress about getting everything. I'm gonna help them as much as I can.

I sighed as my phone began to ring again and I noticed it was Billie. I picked it up, and this time I didn't give her the chance to speak before I started. "Do you think $100 bucks is a reasonable price for a baby monitor?"

"Why the hell would we need a baby monitor? This fucking child is screaming in my ear!" She spat.

"No, it's screaming in my ear! Come get your child!" I heard Finneas in the background.

"Not for these babies, for Denver's baby." I rolled my eyes.

"I guess. I don't know? I want to switch kids! Capone hasn't made a peep in ages, has he? Tell the truth!"

"He just finished crying before you called...Again." I lied once more.

"Oh, and he just magically stops crying every time you answer the phone, though, huh?"

"Well, if it's any consolation, Billie, I wanna start crying every time you call."

"You're so hilarious! Switch babies with me."

"Oh my god, Billie, it's eleven o'clock at night. What do you want me to do, drive over there and switch with you?"

"Well, of course not! You suck ass at driving in the daylight, I'd never make you do it at night! I'll be perfectly happy to drive over to you."

"No," I leaned forward and narrowed my eyes at my screen. "Are you kidding me? Who shopping on Amazon has the money to buy a three thousand dollar stroller? Why would they even suggest this to me...I mean...It is really cute, but I'd have to sell my kidney to get that kind of money!" I shook my head before stopping to think again. "Huh...I wonder if I should actually do that?"

"Dahlia!" Billie screamed.

"It's a really nice fucking stroller!"

"Dahlia, I can't do this. I'm gonna throw this baby off a—Oh! Oh my god shut up! Shut up, it stopped!"

"I wasn't talking but go off—"

"Oh my god, she's quiet! Okay bye!"

She hung up on me and I shrugged before texting Cadence to let her know I'd be at least an hour late because I'm gonna need to take my packages to the post office and then pack my shit, and then I decided it'd be best just to turn my phone off.

I feel sorry for Billie cause I know that little shit is gonna cry all throughout the night—she did with me, at least—but I need my beauty sleep.

Maybe the damn thing wouldn't be crying so much if her name wasn't Petrillo.

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A/N:

J U L I A

(Haley Tju)

J E S S I C A

(Jessicauniverse ofc I had to I luv her sm)

So, this is the tea. Idk if I've ever described Julia in this book before and I've gone back to see if I have but it doesn't seem like I have. But anyways I've always pictured her as Haley Tju and I've especially always pictured her as an Asian girl because

No tea no fucking shade, I realize it's not like the whole world is reading my book or anything so I guess it rlly doesn't matter and it isn't that deep but ughhh

Representation matters. And so I'm trying to include ppl from different places with different races/ethnicities and shit.

So

Yeah.