A/N: For those still confused about the Interlude chapter: There seems to have been a bit of confusion about the Interlude chapter. As far as the title goes it’s just a bit of a contradiction playing off of the whole “Not every parent loves there child” thing even though they should. So basically the title ‘Through The Eyes Of The One Who Loves You Most’ is a direct contradiction to how Judith really is. Basically it’s a not so humorous sarcastic title. As far as the interlude itself it takes place after Judith and Davie left Nathe’s house and return to the hotel, and gives you a bit of insight into they’re motives and potential plans. Thank you for reading and sorry for the confusion!!

A/N: Yes I know it took me forever, sorry about that but so is life!! Things have really gotten busy on my front, but now I have finally updated!!! Thanks so much to all my reviewers and readers!! ;-) And now without further ado…

Step 11:

Get Embarrassed, Then Get Excited, Then Get Indignant Without Even Trying

Now part of this step can be quite fun believe it or not…

I sit at the kitchen table eating breakfast in between Scott and Travis, both of whom were still trying not to laugh I might add, blushing profusely and trying my level best not to look at anyone while Nathe eyes me and Scott with a gleam in his eye. ‘Like he knows exactly what we did last night.’ Though of course that gleam could be attributed to what happened this morning, but I absolutely refuse to see if anyone else holds the same look. ‘Oh, I’m sorry are you a little lost? Well let me enlighten you to the events of this morning and my subsequent embarrassment.’

I was drawn out of sleep this morning by the smell of breakfast and my hunger overrode all thought process as I rushed to get ready for school quickly so I could eat sooner. It took barreling into Scott and bowling him over, us landing in a heap with me on top of him, for me to remember the events of the night before and heat instantly rushed through my body. Unfortunately for me everyone was already up, dressed and in the kitchen by this time, and all eyes were on me as I half sat half lay on top of Scott wide eyed, frozen and beat red as last night flashed through my mind in vivid detail. ‘And being the hormonal teen that I am my nether regions decided to get in on the reverie as well.’ Poor Scott just stared up at me shocked and more than a little winded. ‘Go ahead, laugh it up. They certainly did after the shock wore off.’

Through his laughter Nathe did manage to ask if I was okay as he helped us up, ‘while I of course was doing my best to hide the festivities in my pants, though I don’t think I did very well’, and I was more than pleased to notice that I wasn’t the only one blushing by the time we were standing on our own. Though Scott wasn’t as red, I still saw that his cheeks were colored. ‘I just chose to ignore the fact that he was also laughing by this time… Anyway that’s not important.’ They finally calm down a bit and we sit down for breakfast. And while I felt like my stomach was going to cave in on itself from hunger I found that I wasn’t too much looking forward to sitting down to eat.

So, hence why I’m sitting next to two big laughing oafs trying to will the floor to eat me before Nathe finds out why Scott and Travis, ‘and I’m positive Travis knows about last night with the way he winked at me and the knowing look he shot me’, find my, my mortification so utterly amusing. ‘Other than the obvious reasons of course.’

Half way through breakfast I’ve had all I can take and am in the process of achieving there demise, but regrettably they’re both saved from me spooning them to death by the doorbell ringing repeatedly then said door who owns the bell opening.

“Guten Morgen! Where is everyone?” we hear yelled as the door bangs open.

“Scheisse! Sorry! Stupid bloody luggage,” we hear next, and if the first part didn’t prove it we definitely know who it is now. ‘I tell you the women had to have lived with truckers from every country with the mouth she has on her! Though most of the time she censors herself.’

Nathe just rolls his eyes chuckling as he gets up from the table. The rest of us all look at each other then jump up to follow after him.

“Hallo family!” B.B. says as we enter the living-room heading to the front door.

“Hey ‘B.B.C. America’! Can we not tear up the house before you’ve had a chance to settle in please,” Nathe says snarky-ly with a grin on his face as he swoops B.B. into a hug and plants a big one on her cheek to placid her. ‘Nathe is the only man alive that would call her ‘B.B.C. America’ and could live to tell the tale! Not even her husband would attempt that!’

When Nathe found out B.B.’s full name was Buster Benjamin Cunningham when they were younger he dubbed her ‘B.B.C. America’ right on the spot, and no amount of beatings he received from her could make him waver from the nickname. So finally she gave in, but only to him everyone else found themselves face down in the dirt. When she finally got married that still didn’t help because her married name is Buster Benjamin O’Connell, ‘yeah, go figure’, and according to Nathe that just proves his nickname is meant to be. Or as he put it “My nickname lives on!” while laughing his ass off, ‘yeah that got him a whack upside the head to say the least’.

“Smarmy little bugger,” B.B. mutters while smacking Nathe in the shoulder before breaking out into a grin and hugging him back.

After he sets her down we move to get our hugs in as, to our surprise, Finnien walks in.

“I thought you weren’t coming till tomorrow,” Nathe says grinning as him and Finn hug.

“I finished early and was able to make it out today,” Finn says with his deep unique brogue. ‘Finnien is Irish, German, Scottish, English and French and he’s some how managed to mix it all together in his speech pattern. I’ve no idea how, but he says it’s cause he was always being moved from family to family in each country when he was young that the different brogues just all blended together after a while.’

Finn then turned to us with a broad smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.

“Charlie, Luke! My you’ve grown! The last time I saw you, you where this high!” Finn says boisterously holding his hand to below his hip as he walks over…to Scott and Travis. ‘He does something like this every time he sees us in different variations and our size always gets smaller and smaller, not bigger and bigger, for when the last time he saw us was.’

Charlie and I look at each other chuckling as Fin crushes Scott and Travis to his chest in a big bear hug and lifting them a bit off the ground. ‘See Finn is huge like 6’6” or something so I guess it’s not that hard a task for him, he picks up B.B. and my mom like they’re feathers or something! Of course it’s great for their egos and as he says, “it’s always a good idea to stay on a women’s good side!” Hehehe!’

“So how’s your ma’ Luke” Finn says to Travis as he sets him and Scott back down and places a hand on each of their shoulder. Travis looks like a winded, deer caught in the head lights of a massive truck and it’s all I can do not to bust out laughing.

“Um… What… I’m,” Travis starts to say but is cut off by Scott.

“She’s fine Uncle Finn. Right Luke,” he says looking at Travis who just looks even more lost and confused. ‘You can’t really blame him though. If some huge 6’6” guy you just met swallowed you up in his arms and started calling you by your best friend’s brother’s best friend’s name and no body seems to be correcting him and in fact said best friend is egging him on you’d be confused too damn it! Hell now I’m confused!’

“Good, good! So how’s college? Ye doing well? Ye two finally dating sharing a dorm room yeah?” he asks rapidly wiggling his thick eyebrows suggestively at the end still grinning.

I look over at Charlie as he sucks in his breath in shock, though I must admit I’m a little slacked jawed myself.

“Yep!” Scott says jovially bouncing on the balls of his feet once.

“Hey!” Charlie yells indignantly coming out of his stupor.

“Come here love and give us a kiss!” Scott says loudly leaning towards a terror stricken Travis with his lips puckered making kissing sounds.

“Hey!!” Nathe and I yell at the same time in indignation.

“No!” B.B. yells after.

“Oh ho, ho!” Finn then says laughing.

“Well Mon Coeur, it looks as if ye owe me twenty bucks,” he says looking at B.B. with a smirk.

All of this happening while Scott holds his sides laughing his ass off at our reactions.

“Wait, wait what! Nobody owes anybody anything we’re not dating!” Charlie shrieks incredulously.

“We know love calm down,” B.B. says rubbing Charlie’s back soothingly.

“Then why do you owe him twenty?” I ask puzzled and slightly riled myself, but B.B. just winks at me.

“Oh Scotty dear, have you finally confessed your undying love to Luke?” B.B. asks sweetly making Scott chock on his laughter. ‘HA, that shut him up!’ I think with glee.

“What!” he gasps coughing.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” she says smirking at Finn.

“Oh that’s an easy one we both new that! Nathe, how ‘bout ye and Travis?” Finn asks over his shoulder still looking at B.B.

“What…how did… You’ve never even met him!” Nathe asks incredulously.

“Aye, but when ye talk about him ye get that tone to your voice that makes it pretty obvious. And I’ll take tha’ as a yes too,” he finishes with a smirk back at B.B.

“Ah come on Nathe! I thought for sure you were going to wait till he graduated! You just lost me ten bucks mister,” she says faux glaring at Nathe.

Finn cleared his throat arching a brow at B.B..

“Oh come on, me guessing about Scotty and Lucky should count for something. Right,” B.B. says trying to pout at Finn through her grin. ‘Ah man, I forgot she calls me that sometimes too. Okay fine only two people in the world are aloud to call me Lucky. Guh!’

‘Needless to say her pout didn’t work.’ Finn just let out a short guffaw and raised his brow higher.

“Fine twenty,” B.B. says relenting.

“You two bet on our love lives?” I ask grumpily. ‘Great, just great I really was that damn transparent! Hmp…’

“Ah come now love it was just a friendly wager,” B.B. says tickling my sides until I smile then laugh.

“So what were you lot up to,” she asks as she holds me and Charlie in each arm ‘respectively’. ‘Hehehe, sorry don’t mind me, that just sounds like something she and Finn would say, ‘respectively’, and I get such a kick out of how they talk! I don’t even know if I used it properly or not! Hehe.’

“What are you grinning at?” B.B. whispers to me with a smile. ‘Oops!’ I blush and shake my head as Nathe answers her question.

“Well we were eating before you came crashing in,” Nathe says with a smirk.

“Och, if you cooked it I just saved these poor kids a trip to the hospital,” she shot back.

And so it begins! One thing I love about when they come to visit is when B.B. and Nathe get into a ‘Snark Fest’ it’s just too fun.

“That only happens when I cook for you my dear,” Nathe shoots back with a sickly sweet grin.

“Ha, this from the man who got his own self sick, most people who try to poison others have sense enough not to eat it themselves!” B.B. says snickering as we all bust out laughing.

“That was one time! And it was your fault!” Nathe says blushing as he laughs.

“But it still counts!” B.B. says laughing.

“Yeah, yeah whatever,” Nathe says bating her comment away still laughing.

As Nathe turns to head back to the kitchen he eyes the godfather clock by the door first.

“You guys have to go or you’re going to be late for school and Travis and I have to go get his cast taken off and pick up his…mother,” Nathe says as he passes us on his way to the kitchen keeping a stoic face as he says the last part.

“Um dad, don’t you want us to stay home with Charlie,” Scott asks with an innocent beseeching look like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

“Nice try but I’m sure his godparents can handle it,” Nathe says with a grunt.

“Oh, come on dad they just got here. You can’t pawn your kids off on company right off the bat,” Scott angles with a wide-eyed look as he follows Nathe.

‘Okay Scott trying to do innocent, cute and cuddly is just hilariously hot,’ I think snorting as B.B., Charlie and I follow them into the kitchen.

“And here I thought that’s why they came, to visit and all,” Nathe says arching his eyebrow with a twinkle in his eyes.

“Alright I’ll cook dinner tonight,” Scott says deadpan with a straight face, owlish look and all, gone.

“Deal,” Nathe says with a shit eating grin laughing.

“Yeah, yeah it was worth a try,” Scott says chuckling as we snicker behind him.

“Luke, call your mom and make sure it’s okay with her first,” Nathe says as he puts the pots in the sink.

“And since you all are staying home today have fun cleaning up the kitchen,” Nathe says smirking patting Scotts shoulder as he kisses his hair then each of us in turn and B.B. on the cheek.

“We’ll be back in a bit and I’m picking up everyone’s homework so you better have it done for school tomorrow,” he throws over his shoulder before he leaves the kitchen and calls for Travis.

I figure this is the perfect time to make my escape so I try to sneak out of the kitchen undetected turning to head to the living-room.

“Hey! Nice try get back here your helping,” Scott says loudly just as I’m about to cross the threshold.

“Huh,” I ask turning to look innocently at him.

“I was just about to call my mom,” I say blinking owlishly at him.

“Yeah just make sure you find your way back here,” he says grumbling.

Charlie snickers and B.B. winks at me as I turn back around and I shrug with a self-deprecating smile as I enter the living-room.

I call my mom to ask her if I can miss school today and I’m answered with a shrill when she finds out B.B.’s in town. She says I can miss today as long as I promise to have all of my homework including today finished and ready to turn in tomorrow. I promise then she shoos me to have B.B. come to the phone so they can talk. I sigh as I take the cordless phone to the kitchen and hand it to her then resign myself to the fate of helping clean the kitchen. ‘But not before I go to the bathroom for twenty minutes! Hee, hee, hee!’

“Where are you going now,” Scott asks arching an eye brow.

“I have to go to the bathroom,” I say blinking innocently.

“Right. Hurry up,” he says eyeing me suspiciously before turning back to the sink filling with water.

I duck out of the kitchen and hurry to the bathroom because while I don’t want to clean, I really do have to pee. Although I do decide not to make it a twenty minute excursion and quickly wash my hands then head back to the kitchen. As I pass through the hall I hear a knock at the door and redirect my course to move toward it. I open the door and low and behold it’s the wicked witch of mothers.

“Charlie! You’re so big now,” Judith gasps in a completely phony way.

‘Bloody hell you’d think after the last time the woman would make sure she was actually talking to her kid,’ I think, right before I’m hauled into a suffocating embrace.

A/N: I know, I know after such a long wait I leave you with a cliffy!?! I’m such a horrible person! What can I say, that’s where they left me too! Lol! Just a bit of light heartedness before the drama picks up again. HTSUYL: 102 has been updated as well! Sorry it took so long, but hopefully it was worth the wait! Till next time!! ;-)

Reviewers & Readers: Thank you so much for sticking with me even after such a long time. I truly appreciate it! And thank you to all the newbie’s and your reviews for getting me to slice out some time and get my but in gear! Lol. So again thank you everyone so much and I hope you enjoyed the update! ;-)

Next Chapter: Step 12: Witness The Pain Of The One You Love Break, Then Scramble To Collect The Pieces Before They All Drift Away