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• She was still a little aggravated with Kato's grumpy attitude earlier that evening and of course, his agitation and cabin fever made her wonder if this was what he really wanted yet again. They were doubts that constantly followed her and it hurt pretty damn bad when she really stopped to think about it but there was nothing she could do to chase them away. She was currently laying on her belly on the floor, coloring with little Josiah while five year old Kesi chatted on the phone with her friend. At the sound of the knock, she stood, heading to the door to look out the peep hole before she opened it up with a big grin. "Hey you!" (NT) -- Cassie, 03:48:16 12/08/06 Fri

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• He couldn't help the relieved smile that lit his features when her smiling face answered the door. "Hey princess. We came to visit... Bad time?" He doubted it would be, but manners dictated that he check anyway. He was so different from his brother - sometimes it was hard to believe that they were related by blood, yet other times they could be so similar. He stepped slowly in and kissed her cheek briefly, then gestured down to the sleeping baby. "Don't know how good she'll be for conversation though. I thought she might make the whole drive, but I lost her about thirty seconds in..." He shrugged helplessly, and set down to the bag so he could wave to his nephew. "Hey big guy." (NT) -- Diallo, 03:52:54 12/08/06 Fri

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• She grinned, closing the door to the apartment quickly as she shivered. "Come on in before you freeze the baby to death." She stated with a grin, taking the carrier from him so she could peer down at her little niece and smile brightly. She was so cute, looked so much like Diallo. "She's so cute, Diallo, she's the spittin' image of you..." She ran her hand over the babys soft, fine hair, absently thinking she missed having an infant but there was no way she could have another kid. The two she had were enough to handle. "Kato's...." She didn't want to yet again go through that she was fighting with her boyfriend and he had gone out on the town so she just shrugged. "...not here." (NT) -- Cassie, 04:37:44 12/08/06 Fri

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• He smiled down at his little girl and watched Cassie with her for a moment before dropping to the floor next to Josiah - little boys weren't quite as scary as little girls. They were tougher, less fragile - he always felt like he might break Aiesha, yet he didn't worry so much when he played with Siah. "I know... She's like a little doll. I still can't get over how small she is." He gently pushed Siah to the ground so he could steal the toddler's crayon, then pretended to draw over the giggling boy's face before handing the crayon back. "That's alright. I came to see you anyway." He teased easily with a bright smile - he knew that if his brother wasn't home at this time, it was possible the two had been arguing again, but he didn't want to remind her of it. He just wanted to hang out. (NT) -- Diallo, 04:43:27 12/08/06 Fri

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• "I want to wake her up and play with her..." She murmured, shifting to sit down on the floor and gaze at the infant in the carrier though, when Josiah yelled with happiness at his Uncle playing with him, she figured the little girl wouldn't be sleeping for to long anyways. "He is always talking about how your his favorite." She grinned, the little boy, almost a toddler now, was adoring of his Uncle Di and was always wanting to go play with him. Kesi grinned and waved at her uncle from where she was in the kitchen on the floor, making cass roll her eyes. "At least she's talking to a girl and not a boy...can't handle that yet." (NT) -- Cassie, 05:04:07 12/08/06 Fri

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• "So wake her up. Just pretend it was an accident. I do it all the time - Mal gets pretty mad at me..." He admitted a little sheepishly, but it was the truth. Sometimes he wasn't patient enough to wait for her to wake up all on her own. "Of course I'm his favorite. I'm his only uncle. I have no competition." His tone was teasing as he tugged off his hoodie, tossed it at Cassie, and then shifted to stretch out on his stomach on the floor - taking over coloring with Josiah. He paused for just a moment to wave to Kesi, calling out a greeting, before looking back to Cassie with a cocked brother. "Seriously? She's on the phone? You're right - at least it's a girl... But still. That girl is trouble." (NT) -- Diallo, 05:08:37 12/08/06 Fri

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• She laughed at his words, shaking her head. "You can't do that cuz then she will be grumpy when she wakes up! I think Siah might wake her up any minute though, Shhh Siah, the baby is sleeping." Siah just clapped his chubby hands and grinned his toothy grin at his Uncle. "Baby!" He exclaimed, obviously aware of the fact that he was the baby and didn't want to have that title taken away from him. "I think we should watch a movie in a little bit, don't you think so, Diallo? Otherwise, he is going to be wired as hell later..." She grinned, looking over her shoulder at her daughter. "She's talking to my friend Kaylee's daughter...they are BFF's, you know." Kesi had told her so that day actually. (NT) -- Cassie, 05:30:32 12/08/06 Fri

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• "Yeah, that's true... Then you have to make her happy again. That's not so hard though. She's a happy baby." The little girl wasn't sleeping so soundly though and likely would be awake before too long - especially with the exuberant Josiah making so much noise. He shook his head and playfully mussed up his nephew's soft, fluffy baby-hair. "No way, man. You're no baby. You're a big boy." He teased with a small grin and reached out for a different crayon so he could color in a part in the book - being quite careful to stay within the lines. "BFFs, really? That's very exciting for her. " A smirk lingered over his features as he glanced out to Kesi again - the girl was sure to be a heartbreaker in the years to come. (NT) -- Diallo, 05:48:52 12/08/06 Fri

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• "It is quite exciting." She rolled her eyes a little as she smiled. "She is just learning how to write like her name and she is already writing notes to Kali...just their names, but she folds them and passes them in class, I don't know where she learns this stuff." She grinned lightly before she shifted to stretch out on the floor, gazing at him curiously. "So how are you getting along in your new role as a daddy?" She personally thought Diallo would be a great daddy, a great family guy all around. He was responsible, dedicated and faithful, not to mention sweet, good looking and fun. (NT) -- Cassie, 08:57:37 12/08/06 Fri

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• "She must get it from her mother. I think Kato was too busy playing cops and robbers when he was five to pass notes." He winked playfully, a small, affectionate smile touching his lips. He continued with his coloring because it was keeping Josiah quite entertained, but he glanced over at her stretched out near by every few moments. "You know, it's kinda hard." He shrugged a little sheepishly, and colored for another minute before expanding on that. "I mean, it's fun and exciting, and I love her to death... But it's hard. Mal's, well, you know Mal. She's a great mother and loves Aiesha, but she doesn't like being stuck at home all the time... And school's so crazy just trying to keep my grades up so I don't get kicked out... I hate to complain, but it's no walk in the park - you know that though." (NT) -- Diallo, 09:03:14 12/08/06 Fri

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• Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman. -- Cassie, 09:18:10 12/08/06 Fri

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• He knew that she understood better than anyone what he was saying, and truthfully she was probably the only one he would ever say it to. Kato had never known any different, and neither had Malika really, but he'd been so sheltered for most of his life - hell, he was probably the only one of the hundreds of kids he had started high school with who had actually graduated. He hadn't grown up with money, but he'd grown up with the idea that it was something he could have one day. "Money's tight though... I just don't know. School's expensive - even with scholarships and the assistance I get and everything, it doesn't cover it all... And it takes up so much time I can't really work more than part-time. I just don't know..." He exhaled a soft sigh and mustered a small smile over at her, coloring on Siah's picture for a little bit - he really didn't like to complain because he had so much to be thankful for in this life... But she understood. (NT) -- Diallo, 09:24:38 12/08/06 Fri

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• Maybe one day he'll find out what I know you were the last good thing about this part of town -- Cassie, 09:44:43 12/08/06 Fri

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• He smiled a little as Josiah disappeared, and took a moment to give Kesi a hug and a kiss on the top of her head. "See you in a bit, baby." Once she returned to join him, he scooted so that he was lying next to her - comfortable on the floor, mirroring her position, and just close enough that he could speak softly. Aiesha nearby was sleeping soundly now and he didn't want to wake her. "You know I was infatuated with Malika since I was like ten and she was following my brother all around town and wouldn't even look twice at me?" He fell silent again for another long, quiet moment. "But I don't know... I don't wish things were different just for me - I wish they were different for everyone..." But they all had families and a lot of love to go around - he really did hate to complain. (NT) -- Diallo, 09:49:23 12/08/06 Fri

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• She told me through the pain that things weren't the way she thought before she was broken -- Cassie, 09:54:58 12/08/06 Fri
  • "Yeah, I know, Cass. At least for me, all of this is better than it had ever been when I was kid - not like it could be, I guess, but definitely better... It's way different for you though." He knew she had always been a well-off princess when she was younger - that was maybe one reason Kato had been so drawn to her at first because she was so different. He reached out to tug gently at a strand of her hair. "I just remind myself of everything that I do have that a lot of people don't. Sometimes it makes me feel better, sometimes it doesn't, but it never makes me feel worse." He was young, but she was younger and truthfully she had made a bigger sacrifice than any of them - he couldn't imagine having everything that she had and then giving it all up. (NT) -- Diallo, 10:03:05 12/08/06 Fri

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• She smiled a little weakly, shrugging her shoulders a little. "At least Malika doesn't stick around because of obligation. You know if she didn't want to be with you she would just take off." She was being a bit harsh but the words weren't untrue, Malika did nothing that she didn't completely want too. She shifted to roll over onto her back, raising one knee up as she turned her head to look at him. "Tell me about college, about what it's like when you aren't stressing out and you are just enjoying it." She smiled, shifting a little, knowing it wouldn't be long until Kesiyah would be coming in to have her homework looked at. Her eyes settled on Diallo thoughtfully though, happy to have the adult conversation for awhile until the babies broke back into their quiet time. He was doing what she desperately wanted to be doing and it made her sad that he couldn't even fully appreciate it because of the stress and weight of life that hung over his shoulders. (NT) -- Cassie, 10:17:38 12/08/06 Fri

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• "I guess so..." He left that thought alone though, because he didn't really know what to so about Kato to reassure her that he was with her for more reasons than just obligation. A small smile touched his features as he watched her - content to remain on his stomach. "Honestly, princess, even when it's enjoyable it's still a lot of work. There're some interesting people up there though... And it's just interesting to learn new things." He was the type of guy though that even if things were going great in his life, he would still find something to dwell on - he just worried, and despite Kato's attempts to shield him when he was younger, he still had seen and heard a lot that no one should ever have to. (NT) -- Diallo, 10:24:25 12/08/06 Fri

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• "It being a lot of work is also just part of the experience though. I think it would be fun to live on campus, do all the college-y type things..." She shrugged a little, looking baack up at the ceiling. Most kids her age were out partying, excited they could drink legally and worrying about whether or not they were going to pass chem. She was worrying if she would be able to pay off Kesi's school fee's and still have enough to cover bills and the only thing she really celebrated was when her daughter got a gold star on a paper or when Josiah took a few steps on his own without falling down. (NT) -- Mal, 10:59:44 12/08/06 Fri

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• "Yeah, it is... And it would be fun to do the college-y sort of things..." There were a lot of things that he didn't participate in because of the girl and the baby and the tight money and the lack of time. On a day-to-day basis though, he was content and happy - it was just every once in a while that he got thinking about things. He watched her for a moment longer before looking back to the coloring book he'd been working on with Josiah, absently picking up a crayon to work at it some more. He knew that she deserved more than she had, but he also knew that he brother was trying very hard to give her everything that her and the kids could need or want... (NT) -- Diallo, 11:07:18 12/08/06 Fri

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• She shifted a little and grabbed the green crayon, rolling over next to him so she could help him out with the picture by coloring the grass. "At least Siah isn't eating the crayons anymore..." She murmured with a laugh, her voice soft since they were so close and the baby was sleeping. She could hear music coming from Kesi's room, the five year old thought kidz bop was the coolest thing ever. It was kind of nice, the kids were settled and quietly content, the apartment was calm and quiet and Diallo was good company - she could almost forget about her earlier arguement with Kato. (NT) -- Cassie, 09:01:42 12/09/06 Sat

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• "Siah is a smart baby. I think he will surprise you someday." He assured the young mother but couldn't smother his soft laugh - Josiah was a very happy, very pleasant child, but sometimes he was just plain and simple a little boy. Definitely his father's son too, at times. He put the finishing touches on the part of the picture that he was working on, and then just rested his chin in one hand as he watched her carefully finishing up. "You wanna watch a movie or something? Maybe I'll raid your fridge for something to eat... The kids seem content enough and it's still pretty early..." (NT) -- Diallo, 09:06:31 12/09/06 Sat

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• "Sure movie sounds good, probably should put something on kid appropiate though, cuz Kesi will be wandering out here any minute." She grinned, nodding. "Go on and raid the kitchen, I'll find something to watch." After one last touch on a blade of grass she pushed herself off the floor, heading to the cabinet where the DVD's were. She was dressed in blue fleece lounge pants and a soft jersey cotton tank top designed to match, comfy and pretty warm too, plus it was darn cute, especially with her hair pulled back in a pony tail and her face void of any makeup. (NT) -- Cassie, 09:16:17 12/09/06 Sat

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• "Sure.." He agreed easily and smiled a little before getting to his feet. He took a moment for a quick check in on Aiesha and a light kiss to her forehead, then moved her carrier closer to where they would be watching the movie so she was nearby before disappearing into the kitchen for something to eat. He rummaged through the fridge until he found some appealing leftovers, and grabbed one of his brother's beers, and then returned to the living room to set the items down on the coffee table. "You want me to grab you anything?" He looked to her before sitting - waiting to see if he could get her anything before he got himself settled. (NT) -- Diallo, 06:56:08 12/10/06 Sun

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• "Um, grab me a drink?" She requested, waiting until he had brought it in with him and settled beside her before she flipped off the lights and turned on the movie. She was comfortable and content in the warm apartment with the babies sleeping and Kesi finishing up her homework. "You should stick around awhile...who knows when Kato is going to be home." She stated with a sweet smile tossed in his direction. Diallo was a sweet guy, really sweet and in her opinion he was way to good for Mal, he could do so much better. She, of all people though, knew how it was - you fell for who you fell for and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it. (NT) -- Cassie, 09:26:56 12/11/06 Mon

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• "Sure..." He grabbed her a drink from the kitchen and handed that to her before getting settled down on the couch, Aiesha still - a little bit to his surprise - sleeping away in her carrier just a few inches from his feet. At her request, he nodded easily and glanced over with a small smile. "Sure, sweetie. I can do that." He had no where in particular to be and was done with studying for the day - and figured she could use some adult companionship. With having the kids around all he time and Kato working long hours he didn't know how much time she ever got just to be young and social with someone her own - or even close to - her own age. (NT) -- Diallo, 09:30:53 12/11/06 Mon