After Headlines

24: Kids?

" Harper." JoJo stated. Her and Ben sat in the cast lounge that the tour had rented out from the hotel.

" I still like Reese." Ben shook his head.

" But Harper is perfect." JoJo replied.

" But Reese is so cute." Ben shot back.

" What's happening?" Sky questioned as he and some of the others made their way into the lounge.

" We're discussing our future daughter's name." Ben replied.

" Your pregnant?" Cara choked on her water.

" No." JoJo shook her head.

" Wait who's pregnant?" DeMarius called.

" I think they just said JoJo." Iain replied.

" Not pregnant!" JoJo called.

" JoJo's pregnant?" Josh asked as the Burrage family made their way into the room.

" No!" JoJo and Ben shouted in sync.

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" Do you want kids?" Cara asked as she and Sky made their way to the theater.

" Now?" Sky's eyebrows shot up to his hairline.

" No, later." Cara laughed.

" Oh, definitely." He nodded.

" Yeah, boy or girl?" Cara questioned.

" I don't care. But I do know what we're naming our first son." He smiled.

" What's that?" She knit her eyebrows.

" Albert." He grinned. She paused.

" You wanna name our first son Albert?" She stared up at him.

" In honor of his uncle." Sky nodded. Cara smiled, throwing her arms around his neck.

" I love you." She whispered.

" I love you too."

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" Do you think we're going to have a daughter or son next?" Bexley asked casually as they watched Penny learn tumbling from Ben in the warm up room.

" Daughter." Josh replied quickly.

" You sounded confident." She chuckled.

" I am." He nodded.

" Why's that?" She cocked an eyebrow.

" Because the guy choses the gender." He smiled coyly.

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" Why is everyone talking about kids?" Nick barged into Natalie and Cara's room. Over the past few weeks, he and Natalie had become considerably closer, not that either of them were complaining.

" Because that's what couples do." She chuckled, glancing up from her book.

" You're a book nerd too?" He asked, flopping onto the foot of her bed.

" Not like the others." She shook her head.

" Where is Cara?" He finally noticed her absence.

" Probably making out with Sky." Natalie grinned, tossing her book aside.

" Probably." Nick agreed.

" So why you so upset with all the couples?" She asked.

" I don't, I guess it's weird." He shrugged.

" Why's it weird?" She knit her eyebrows.

" Seeing all of them grown up. I've known them for so long now. I mean, I knew JoJo and Ben back when they first met. I knew Josh and Bexley before they got married. I watched Sky fall for Cara, which was funny by the way. I guess it's weird to think that we're not a bunch of kids on tour for a show about dancing kids." He explained.

" You say it like you're old." She laughed lightly.

" You know what I mean." He chuckled.

" Well, it's true, you guys aren't kids anymore. But who said growing up meant you can't have fun anymore?" She smirked.

" Ya know, you're really smart about things." He stated.

" Thanks, I try." She said dryly.

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" I feel old!" Jeff announced, dramatically falling into a chair.

" I'm telling you, Harper is better." JoJo argued.

" No, Reese is so much better." Ben shook his head.

" Are you still having this argument." Bexley laughed.

" Hello? Everyone, I'm having a crisis here!" Jeff called.

" Sorry, Jeff." Bexley smiled.

" Jeff, you're 23. You're not old." Sky shook his head.

" That's old!" Jeff replied.

" Remember tour when we were all 20 and hyper?" Nick laughed.

" No." Chaz, JoJo, Ben, and Anthony said in sync.

" We could go and have fun all the time." Sky sighed.

" Oh don't go on an a mantra." Cara groaned.

" Face it, C, we're old." DeMarius stated.

" I thought I looked good for 24." Michael shrugged.