Ajay's First Birthday

"Cheese pizza." she told him.

"I hope it stops soon."

"I like cheese pizza," he grinned.

"I'll make sure that it does." Lacy shook her head. "We'll talk about it later." She looked over at Ajay. "Do you like your car?"

"Good, then you can have some." she smiled back.

"Okay." Phil shrugged.

"I like it! Car fun." Ajay grinned.

"I'm glad you like it." She smiled. "It's better than my first car," she joked to Shannon.

"Yeah!" Brandon grinned. "You are mad at me, Ellie?"

"Seriously. I didn't even have a car til I was like...23...I had a bike." Shannon joked.

"She looked at Brandon confused. "Why would I be mad at you?"

"You still have a bike." Lacy chuckled.

"I make Maddie cry." Brandon shrugged.

"I'm talking like...mountain bike."

"Well it wasn't very nice, but I could never be mad at you."

"...you still have a mountain bike." Lacy laughed.

"I mad at daddy." Brandon nodded as he waited for his pizza.

"Whatever." he laughed.

"Oh yeah? Why are you mad at him?" she asked as she checked on the pizza.

"In your face." Lacy smirked and hugged Shannon. "You know I love my secret admirer."

Brandon looked around before whispering as if it were a big secret, "he hit mommy."

"Oh I don't know..." he joked. "You're been spending too much time with that one.' he said as he pointed at Punk who was making silly faces at Ajay.

"...he what?" Ellie asked shocked. "When?"

Lacy chuckled at his making faces at Ajay. "Well Shan, I kinda married him. I'm legally obligated to be around him." She smirked.

"Few days ago. This man was over, gramma say it's my uncle and grampa but I don't think so." He shook his head. "Punk," not daddy, "was mad at the uncle and he hit him... but he hit mommy first and she fell. Hurt her back. I got scared, he was like a monster."

"That's lame." he joked.

Ellie knew about the history of Punk and his brother, so maybe that's what Brandon was talking about? Mike went over and started stuff? She'd ask Lacy. "Well that man must have got daddy very mad if he hit him."

"Don't care that he hit the man, he was mean. But he hit mommy and didn't even 'pologize." Brandon shrugged. "And he's not my daddy," he corrected Ellie. "He's Punk."

"If he didn't apologize, then how come Mommy is still hanging around him?"

He thought about that. " 'Cause Ellie, Mommy doesn't want to be sad no more. When we live here mommy was always sad and she cry when Punk not around, so she hangs out with him so she don't cry no more."

"Uh huh." she nodded. "Well...maybe Punk apologized to her." she said as she took some pizza out for him.

Brandon tried not to drool at the sight of the pizza, lol. "Maybe, but I didn't hear it, so..." It didn't happen.

She shrugged. "It'll get better." she said handing him some pizza. "Eat up."

"Thank you, Ellie." Brandon started to eat.

Lacy came in carrying Allison. "Ajay can't get enough of his gift." Lacy chuckled.

"You're welcome." she said, then looked at Lacy. "Oh lord, he'll want to play with it all day.''

"Well the battery is rechargeable so I don't think you'll have too much trouble letting him do that." She chuckled and sat Ally down.

"True." she chuckled. "Want some pizza?" she offered.

"Nah, you can cut a small slice for Ally, though."

"Want furt (fruit)!" Allison told her.

"Or.. give her some fruit." Lacy chuckled.

"And mommy can talk to Ellie. Riiiiiight Ellie?" Brandon asked. He was right in this, he knew it.

"Huh?" Lacy asked.

"Sure." she said as she got some fruit for Allison. "Oh right, so...what happened with you and Punk?"