Detective Jerry Johnson and his wife, Cheryl, is holding a birthday party for their son, Bobby- who is 4 years old.
*the birthday party is being held indoors at a rented hall or whatever -- it's all decorated with kiddie stuff - streamers, balloons and the theme is Go, Diego, Go* , all jungle-themed and whatnot*
*there's a bounce house in one corner, facepainting, and other kiddie games*
*there's also snacks and punch for the kids, along with beer for the adults*
Det. Alex Eames: *turns up, holding Ellie in one arm, and holding Nathan's hand with the other- Nathan's holding a little gift bag and beaming with excitement*
Det. Cole Hayes: *comes in holding Max under one arm and a wrapped present under the other*
Det. Millie Logan: *from behind them, Millie and Isa come in, Isa chattering away*
Isabel: Mami, we will p'ay an' I will eat da cake. An'---ooooh. *her eyes widen at the decor* Dee-egg-o! *Isa's holding onto Millie's hand and is holding the present with her other hand, gift bag, which she insisted on carrying*
Nathan:*points towards the bouncy castle/house* Look, Auntie Alex, look! Can I go? Can I?
Isabel: *Isa's wearing a Dora the Explorer sweatshirt and matching sweatpants, her hair up in pigtails*
Nathan: *already letting go of Alex's hand and pulling off his shoes*
Max: *squirms under Cole's arm* Let me down I want to play.
Det. Alex Eames: No, you have to give your gift to Bobby first, remember?
Det. Alex Eames: *turns to see Millie and Isa, Max and Cole*
Det. Cole Hayes: *puts him down and hands the box to him* Go give the present to Bobby then go for it.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*
Det. Alex Eames: *having a hard time seperating the kid from her partner*
Isabel: *her eyes get bigger at the sight of the kids she knows* Mami! AnnieAlex and Co-al, an'-an' Macks an' NAY-TAN.
Det. Millie Logan: Easy there, kiddo.
Max:*grins and waves at her*
Isabel: Hi, Macks! *waves back*
Nathan: *hears his name, looks confused- turns around and grins when he sees her; and he starts waving his hand like a crazy person*
Max:Hi!
Isabel: *drops little Bobby's gift, runs over*
Det. Millie Logan: *eyeroll, picks it up*
Det. Alex Eames: *chuckles, and gives Millie a little wave*
Nathan: *bouncing around*
Det. Cole Hayes:*grins and shakes his head*
Det. Millie Logan: Hey.
Isabel: Hee hee. You see Dee-egg-o? *points to Diego decorations*
Nathan: *grins* Yeah! You see the bouncy house? *points to it*
Max:Uh huh I got Diego on my shirt. *points at his shirt*
Nathan: *perhaps over-excited*
Det. Alex Eames: *to Millie and Cole* How're you?
Det. Alex Eames: *adjusting Ellie*
Max: *jabs Max's shirt* Yeah, you got him. *nods* I got Dora. *points to her shirt*
Det. Cole Hayes:Already ready for this to end.
Det. Millie Logan: *seeing the display between the kids, murmuring, not realizing she's saying it out loud* Please don't take off your pants, please don't take off your pants...
Det. Cole Hayes:*snorts*
Det. Alex Eames: Yeah, I know what you mean. *to Cole* *then looks at Millie*
Det. Millie Logan:....diiid I say that out loud?
Det. Alex Eames: *with a raised brow*
Det. Alex Eames: Is there something we should know about?
Det. Cole Hayes: She got the Dora underwear huh?
Det. Millie Logan: She has Dora underwear. She calls them her Doras and she likes to show them off.
Det. Millie Logan: Yeahhh.
Det. Alex Eames: *amused chuckle, shakes her head*
Det. Cole Hayes: Overalls always kept Max from showing off his Batman undies.
Det. Alex Eames: That's... special. She'll grow out of that phase soon enough.
Det. Millie Logan: God, I hope so.
Isabel: *runs around in a circle*
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs at what Cole said*
Nathan: *taps Alex* Playyyyyy. Please?
Det. Alex Eames: *holds out her hand for the gift* Go on. Knock yourself out.
Det. Cole Hayes: Max take that present to Bobby so you can go play.
Ellie: *looking around the room* Oooh.
Nathan: *hands Alex the gift and rushes off*
Max: *runs over nearly throwing the gift at the kid before running off*
Isabel: *follows WITHOUT asking*
Det. Millie Logan: Ay. Isabel, behave!
Det. Alex Eames: *shakes her head*
Isabel: *calls back* I am be good!
Det. Alex Eames: *chuckles*
Det. Alex Eames: Maybe she'll surprise you and be an angel... *smirk*
Det. Cole Hayes:Well that went better than I thought, he managed not to peg the kid in the head.
Det. Millie Logan: *snort*
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs* At least he's excited about being here.
Det. Cole Hayes: Oh he's thrilled.
Det. Alex Eames: Good, he should be.
Det. Millie Logan: Isabel has been going on and on all week...
Det. Alex Eames: *chuckles* That's good, that she was looking forward to being around other kids.
Det. Cole Hayes: Max has been waiting on edge because parties mean cake.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*...that's why I'm here...
Det. Alex Eames: *smirks*
Det. Cole Hayes: I'm here to run him down.
Det. Millie Logan: *nods* I'm just glad Isa's gonna get some other interaction besides her cousins...
Det. Alex Eames: I'm under orders from my sister to make sure he comes home tired. *laughs, nodding*
Det. Alex Eames: Is she still that bad with the new baby?
Det. Millie Logan: She calls him Baby Gabriel Get-out.
Det. Cole Hayes:*chuckles*
Det. Alex Eames: *raised brow* Why doesn't she like him, any ideas?
Det. Millie Logan: 'Cause my mom watches him now, too. And my brother and sister-in-law have someone else to pay attention to besides her.
Det. Alex Eames: *shakes her head* Yet she never had a problem when you held Ellie...
Det. Cole Hayes: I think it's different when the new baby is related.
Det. Millie Logan: She did a little bit...but that's different...maybe because it's family? I don't know...
Det. Alex Eames: Maybe...
Isabel: *Isa is tagging along with Nathan and Max* We go bounce, we go bounce!
Max: We can bounce high!
Nathan: *leads them there and immediately gets ready to pounce on it*
Isabel: Yahhh we will go high! *following, another little kid pushes her on his way, and she lets out a shriek*
Max:*pushes the other kid*
Nathan: *takes Isa's hand and keeps her with him*
Isabel: *scowling at the other little kid and when Max pushes him, Isa tries to, too* You GO RUN. *to the other little kid, and then shows her teeth*
Max: Come on we'll go bounce.
Nathan: Yeah!! *gets onto the bouncy castle with them*
Isabel: We do go bounce! *gets into the bounce house with them*
Max: *climbs in bouncing around*
Nathan: Wheeeeee!
Isabel: *shrieky laughter*
Nathan: *trying to bounce as high as he possibly can*
Det. Alex Eames: *watches them, shakes her head*
Det. Millie Logan: It's hard to see them in that bounce house...but I'm not sure I wanna know what trouble they're causing.
Det. Cole Hayes: As long as it's still standing I don't care.
Det. Alex Eames: I'm sure that they're probably just having a good time... you'll know if something goes wrong when you hear other kids crying... or the whole thing collapses like Cole here suggests...
Det. Millie Logan: Right. *grabs some chips*
Ellie: *looking around and then sees Millie eating chips* Ooooh
Det. Millie Logan: *doubtful look* Do you even have any teeth?
Det. Cole Hayes: *grins*
Det. Alex Eames: No, she has no teeth... she just likes the look of food.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*
Det. Millie Logan: *laughs*
Det. Alex Eames: Sometimes I even have to hide when I eat, she likes the look of it that much...
Det. Cole Hayes:Max really liked the look of french fries.
Det. Millie Logan: Soon she'll have teeth and she'll want what you're having...and she'll get grabby with your food and you'll have to let her...
Ellie: *still looking at the chips*
Det. Alex Eames: I know, but she can't eat it yet, which is why I hide.
Isabel: *bounce, bounce, bounces into Nathan*
Nathan: *shrieks with laughter* *bounces back at her and then bounces at the walls*
Max: *bounces happily not wanting to knock them over*
Nathan: *wall to wall, throwing himself at it, in fact*
Isabel: *sees this, copies, giggly*
Nathan: *laughing, hard*
Max:*belly flops*
Isabel: Oooh. I do that. *does it*
Nathan: Me, tooo! *copies*
Isabel: *giggles, rolls around*
Max: *giggles*
Nathan: You get hurt when the others bounce on you. *little warning tone before he stands up and throws himself at the walls*
Max: *stands before dropping on his butt*
Nathan: *laughs at Max*
Isabel: *wriggling around*
Nathan: *giggly, hyper*
Isabel: *trying to somersault*
Max: *giggles*
Isabel: *sort of half-stuck at trying to turn over*
Nathan: *slows down, getting dizzy*
Det. Cole Hayes: It's good that there are no sounds of screams right?
Det. Alex Eames: *nods* Yeah, I'm taking it as a good sign... *still expecting one though*
Isabel: *falls over* Eeee. *not shrieky*
Nathan: *sits down, all tired now, looks over at Isa*
Isabel: *gets up, bounces*
Nathan: *crawls out, trying not to get bounced on...*
Max:*bounces*
Isabel: *bouncebounce* NAYTAN YOU DON'T GO.
Nathan: Me go get a drink and then I'll be back. *gets out*
Isabel: *yells* YAH YOU BETTA BE BACK. *bossy* *and then she giggles*
Max: *dives toward the exit just because he can*
Isabel: *shriek*
Nathan: *used to bossy kids, runs towards Alex and the others*
Nathan: *at least, trying to find them*
Max: *giggles and stands back up*
Isabel: *sticks her tongue out at MAx*
Nathan: *rushes over to them and nearly smashes into Cole*
Det. Cole Hayes:Easy buddy. *looks at Nathan*
Nathan: *eyes-wide*
Det. Millie Logan: *laughs*
Nathan: Sorry. *then he goes over to Alex, who has taken a seat* Auntie Alex, can I have juice?
Det. Alex Eames: Uhhh. *Alex pauses* Sure... *adjusting Ellie, she looks around for her bag and rummages around for it*
Det. Millie Logan: You want me to hold her? Or get the juice?
Det. Cole Hayes:I am glad to be past the need for that much stuff.
Det. Alex Eames: *smiles and holds Ellie up to her* Just for a second.
Ellie: *looks mortified at being moved*
Nathan: I could hold her...
Det. Alex Eames: *to Cole* Yeah, you're lucky... I might as well have my home in this thing...
Det. Millie Logan: *takes Ellie* Hi, Ellie. You know me. I'm Isa's mom.
Det. Alex Eames: *picks up the bag and searches through it properly*
Det. Cole Hayes:Oh I remember.
Det. Millie Logan: Aren't diaper bags great? Even after they outgrow the diaper, you still getta carry them around. *sarcasm*
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs* Yes, it's such a great accessory... *more sarcasm*
Ellie: *looks at Millie and then tries to grab her nose*
Det. Millie Logan: *lets her*
Ellie: Boo-boo. *pats her nose*
Det. Cole Hayes: *laughs*
Det. Alex Eames: *finally finds the juice box and opens it up for him*
Det. Millie Logan: *laughs*
Nathan: *drinky*
Det. Millie Logan: *bounces Ellie lightly*
Nathan: *after drinking some, he walks over to Millie* I'mma gonna take her to play with us now.
Det. Millie Logan: *raises her brows* Oh, really? *trying not to laugh*
Det. Cole Hayes:*watches*
Nathan: *serious nod* Uh huh. She gonna play in the bouncy house.
Det. Millie Logan: Yeahhh, she's too little, Nathan.
Nathan: *pouts and looks over at Alex, who has this lookon her face that tells him he pretty much doesn't stand a chance*
Det. Alex Eames: I told you, when she's older she can play with you like that. Until then, she stays with me.
Det. Cole Hayes: Not much they can do when they're little.
Isabel: *in the bouncehouse, Isa is bouncing around still, following Max*
Det. Alex Eames: Go play with Isabel and Max.
Nathan: *look of realisation*
Det. Alex Eames: You forgot about them, didn't you?
Nathan: *puts the juice box down and runs off*
Det. Millie Logan: *snort* Kids.
Det. Alex Eames: *amused chuckle* Yeah, they're crazy.
Det. Cole Hayes: And short attention span.
Det. Alex Eames: They really do.
Max: *bounces happily*
Det. Millie Logan: *nods, still bouncing Ellie*
Ellie: Baa-baa
Isabel: Hee hee. We bounce.
Det. Alex Eames: Sorry about that. *moves to take Ellie back*
Nathan: *goes back to the bouncy castle and flies right in*
Max: Bounce, bounce.
Det. Millie Logan: *hands her back*
Isabel: Bounce, bounce---*bounces right into Nathan* EEEEEEE!
Nathan: *makes an oof sound but recovers and bounces back into her*
Max: *bounces off the wall*
Isabel: *falls on her butt* OWW. *makes a face like she's about to cry*
Nathan: *stops bouncing and looks at her all sad faced* Are you okay?
Max: *stops* Isa?
Isabel: *sniffs, tucks in her lower lip* I get up an' bounce now. *2 yr old trying to act tough* *gets to her feet*
Max: *watches her*
Nathan: *pats her head in a loving manner that is meant to say 'feel better'* *then he bounces off on the walls*
Isabel: *slight huh? face, then goes back to bouncing, a little less enthusiastically*
Max: *back to bouncing*
Nathan: *bounce bounce*
Isabel: *after a bit* I wannn' my Mammmi. *barely bouncing, getting tired, and she is still 2 after all*
Max: *stops* I'll go with you.
Nathan: *keeps bouncing, with these other kids*
Isabel: *going toward the bounce exit* I go see my Mami.
Max: *trails after her*
Isabel: *toddles out, nearly crashlands out of the bounce house*
Det. Millie Logan: Uh-oh, here comes trouble.
Det. Alex Eames: *looks round and smirks*
Max: *slides out carefully*
Isabel: *sees the grown ups, runs over* Mami, Mami, Mami.
Det. Millie Logan: Isa, Isa, Isa.
Isabel: *arms up*
Det. Millie Logan: *hoists her onto her hip with a grunt*
Det. Alex Eames: *bouncing Ellie on her knee, helping her to 'stand up' on her lap*
Max:*comes over and leans against Cole*
Nathan: *bouncing around with these other kids, and getting pretty boisterous about it*
Det. Millie Logan: *Millie sits down next to Alex, Isa in her lap*
Isabel: Hi, Baby Ellie. *waves* Hi, AnnieAlex.
Det. Alex Eames: *smiles at Isa* Hi, Isabel. You having fun?
Det. Cole Hayes:*rubs Max's back*
Ellie: *has got a happy grin on her face, Alex keeps holding her up*
Isabel: I bounced.
Det. Alex Eames: Yeah? You all tired now? *chuckles*
Max: She fell.
Isabel: I wan' food.
Det. Millie Logan: She did?
Det. Alex Eames: *gives Isabel a concerned look*
Max: *nods* Uh huh.
Det. Millie Logan: *Millie swiftly looks her over*
Isabel: I not hurt.
Det. Alex Eames: *smiles* Good.
Max: Drink please.
Isabel: I wanna drink. An' food.
Det. Millie Logan: What do you say?
Isabel: *cheeky* Now.
Det. Millie Logan: *light butt-swat* What do we say, Show-off?
Isabel: *quickly* I say pleas'?
Det. Millie Logan: That's right.
Max:*giggles*
Ellie: baaaa
Isabel: Pleas' juice an' food. Now.
Det. Millie Logan: She acts like we starve her or something. *gets a juice box out from her bag*
Det. Alex Eames: She's certainly got the demanding thing down...
Det. Cole Hayes: *pulls a juice box out of his jacket pocket and hands it to Max*
Det. Millie Logan: *sighs* She's testing her boundaries. You should see when she does it to Mike....
Isabel: *takes juice after Millie puts the straw in it for her, slurps it down*
Det. Alex Eames: I'm not sure I want to see...
Max: *stabs at the box with the straw*
Det. Millie Logan: He gets just as babyish as she does.
Det. Alex Eames: Really? That must create a few headaches for you.
Det. Cole Hayes: You're going to take an eye out give it here.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*
Ellie: *laughs with her*
Max:*huffs and hands it over*
Isabel: *innocent face as she drinks her juice*
Det. Alex Eames: *looks around* Is Nathan still bouncing?
Isabel: Naytan bounce high.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs* Sounds about right.
Max: *hands back the juice with the straw in it*
Isabel: *tugs Millie's sleeve* Mami I'm hungry.
Det. Millie Logan: *grabs the paper bowl of chips she'd been eating* Here.
Isabel: Ships!
Det. Millie Logan: Yeah, eat.
Max:*gives Cole a look*
Isabel: *crunch*
Ellie: *sees the chips that Isa is eating and gets fussy* *holding out her hand towards the chips*
Det. Cole Hayes: *sighs and gets him some chips*
Isabel: Ellie hab a ship? *offers one out*
Det. Alex Eames: *pulls Ellie's hand away before she can grab the chip* No, no. She can't eat solid food yet, Isabel, you eat them.
Ellie: *fussy*
Det. Millie Logan: Sorry. *and then to Isa* She's a little baby. Little babies don't get chips.
Isabel: I eat dem all. *crunch*
Det. Alex Eames: Yeah, that would be my attitude...
Det. Alex Eames: *gets a bottle out and tries to get Ellie to have that instead*
Isabel: *makes a mess, all crunchy*
Det. Millie Logan: *covered in excess chip crunchage*
Ellie: *drinks milk, mmmm*
Max: *sticks his tongue out with a chip hanging off*
Isabel: *giggles at that, does it, too*
Det. Millie Logan: *doesn't appear to be fazed*
Det. Cole Hayes: Max food stays in your mouth.
Det. Alex Eames: *chuckles, used to seeing kids do the things you just don't like to see*
Isabel: Inna mouf. *copies*
Det. Millie Logan: You, too, smartypants.
Max: *crunches the chip*
Isabel: I am smart-pans.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*
Nathan: *comes rushing over, all upset with tears in his eyes*
Isabel: Hee.
Det. Alex Eames: *concerned* What happened?
Max: Daddy, he's sad.
Nathan: I banged heads with my new best friend. *sniffs, rubbing his head before crying*
Det. Alex Eames: *holds out her free arm and he goes over to her and cries into her shoulder*
Det. Millie Logan: Aw.
Isabel: Aw.
Det. Millie Logan: ....I have an echo.
Max: Ouch.
Isabel: Echo.
Det. Alex Eames: *smirks at Isabel*
Det. Alex Eames: *to Nathan, looking at his head* I think it's fine. Your brains aren't gonna fall out, you'll live. *gives him a hug*
Det. Millie Logan: *laughs*
Isabel: Yo' brains, Naytan.
Nathan: *sniffs, nodding* Okay. *clings to Alex* *to Isabel, still with a sad voice* yeah, my brains.
Det. Cole Hayes: Cole:*shakes his head* My brains are fine after more than a couple knocks to the head.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs, nodding*
Nathan: *thinking if the older dude is okay, he must be*
Det. Cole Hayes:I have a hard headed family.
Det. Alex Eames: *chuckles* Good to know.
Det. Millie Logan: Same here. On both sides, for her.
Det. Cole Hayes: Mainly on my side for Max.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs, amused by this conversation*
Isabel: *eating chips*
Max: *eating his chips*
Nathan: I have a hard head. *proud grin*
Det. Millie Logan: *laughs*
Det. Alex Eames: Yeah you just proved that. *smirks*
Det. Cole Hayes:*laughs*
Ellie: *pushes her bottle away, all done*
Nathan: *starts going through Alex's bag*
Isabel: *getting wriggly*
Det. Millie Logan: You wanna go play?...or do you have to go potty?
Isabel: *loudly* I pee now.
Max: *looks at Cole*
Ellie: Boo-boo.
Nathan: *looks at Isabel, wondering why she has to announce it*
Det. Millie Logan: Yeah, now the whole world knows.
Isabel: I do. *wriggle*
Det. Cole Hayes::*steals one of Max's chips*
Det. Millie Logan: All right, all right. *gets up with her* We'll be back.
Isabel: *wriggle*
Nathan: Have a good pee.
Isabel: I do pee. Not haffa poop.
Nathan: *curls up his nose* That's good.
Det. Alex Eames: ...I can't believe you two are discussing this... I can't believe I'm surprised...
Det. Millie Logan: *shakes her head*
Max: Gross.
Isabel: *singsong* Poop-poop-poop. *as she toddles off with Millie*
Det. Alex Eames: It is, Max, you're right. *smirks*
Max: See daddy I'm right.
Det. Alex Eames: *laughs*
Det. Cole Hayes: Eat your chips.
Nathan: Can I have some chips? *realising he's been left out*
Det. Alex Eames: *looks over at the bag he's rummaging through* There's food in there that you can have... if you can find it.
*some shrieking can be heard in the direction of the bathroom, which isnt too far from them* *famiiiiliar shrieking*
Det. Cole Hayes: Uh oh.
Nathan: Did she pee on the floor?? *all wide-eyed and spooked at the shrieking*
Max: *staring at Cole*
Det. Millie Logan: *couple of minutes later, Millie comes back holding Isabel, who is PISSED, or as pissed as a 2-yr old can be, arms crossed, scowling...she's also wrapped up in the sweater that Millie was wearing over her long-sleeved t-shirt...Millie's wrapped her in it towel-style....* .....we gotta go.
Det. Alex Eames: *raised brow* What happened?
Det. Millie Logan: *Isa's clothes are balled up and shoved into the diaper bag Millie has around her arm* Someone left the seat up.
Det. Millie Logan: She fell in.
Det. Alex Eames: *covers her mouth*
Det. Cole Hayes: *tries not to chuckle*
Det. Alex Eames: Are you okay, Isabel? *cringes*
Isabel: *mutters* Fuhdat. Dirty poowater.
Nathan: *looks shocked*
Det. Alex Eames: A bath will fix that...
Max: *totally disgusted face*
Det. Millie Logan: *shakes her head* So we're gonna go....*sighs* I'd hoped we'd at least get to the part with the cake.
Isabel: *whine* I want cake.
Det. Millie Logan: We'll have cake later.
Isabel: *sniff*
Det. Alex Eames: We'll bring you some cake, Isa.
Isabel: *big eyes*
Det. Alex Eames: *nods with a smile*
Det. Cole Hayes: *smiles*
Det. Millie Logan: Say bye, Isa.
Isabel: *sad* Bye.
Max: Bye.
Det. Alex Eames: Bye, Isa. *makes it so Ellie waves bye at her*
Nathan: Bye, bye.
Det. Cole Hayes: Bye.
Det. Millie Logan: Bye, guys.
Det. Alex Eames: I'll bring that cake over later.
Det. Alex Eames: *waves bye to Millie as well*
Det. Millie Logan: Thanks. *goes off with Isa*