The twins bday bbq! [Invite only]

[Brettley Bondurant]

Brett couldn't believe how great his life was going, it was just a couple years ago when he had hit rock bottom and he had no idea if he was even going to make it to the surface again. He was strung out on drugs and was hurting anyone who cared about him. Now he had two beautiful children, a steady job so he could support them, his family was all back together, and a girl who he cared about very much. He was even grateful for the fact that him and Vi could get along when they saw each other and that she never kept the kids from him.

But today was Johnny and Shilo's first birthday and he was a little nervous because he was inviting Kodi, this would be the first time she would meet Violet and he wasn't sure how the two women would act towards each other. The kids did love Kodi though, so he thought it would be really wrong of him if he told her not to come for his own issues. He had to think positive, after all this was his babies big day, he wanted everything to be perfect. He felt a little bad that there were only going to be adults at this birthday party but they really didn't know anyone else who had kids, but he figured all of the twins extended family all acted like kids anyways.

Brett and Kodi showed up to the park before anyone got there and started setting up everything before anyone got there. The kids were with Violet of course, he really hoped no one would show up till everything was ready, but he was running a little late because it there was such a long line when he went to go get the cake.

Brettley Started to tape down the table cloths and unload all of the food out of the car and on to the table. Luckily it didn't take them long to get everything set up, it was now nearly 2:30pm and more people were bound to show up soon since him and Violet told everyone to be there around that time, he sat down on the bench next to Kodi and flopped his head on her shoulder, he was exhausted from being up so early getting everything ready and did a lot of running around all morning and he wanted to take a little break before everyone showed up and he would have to start cooking and what not. "Mm... thank you Beautiful for helping me so much today." He said to Kodi with a smile as he started to see cars pull up to the park.

[kodi liverpool]

OUTFIT

This whole event had Kodi biting her proverbial nails. The thought of Brett’s family and those nearest and dearest to him all in one location wasn’t what had her worried though. His family had been sweet, if a little hesitant of getting close to her in case she was the next ex in the line, but they had warmed to her fairly well now. What had her champing at the bit was Viola – Mother of his two beautiful kids and ex girlfriend. This was one meeting she had been avoiding at all costs. What was a girl to say to the mother of the two most important things in a man’s life? ‘Oh hey, I’m the new bitch that’s dating your man and acting like a stand in mother for your children. Could you pass the salad bowl please?’ No. This was bound to be awkward and oddly painful and this time Talon wasn’t here to support her.

After crawling reluctantly out of bed at some stupid time in the morning Kodi had proceeded to try on the entirety of her wardrobe before deciding on a simple black skater dress, where the only detail was four thin hanging chains on the back and her favourite pair of lace up chunky boots; Even her accessories were unnecessarily reserved - Moons and stars; A relevant enough choice for kid’s birthday party. In all honesty there weren’t a lot of clothes in her possession that were suitable for wearing around babies as young as Brett’s, but there again she hadn’t expected to need mumsy clothes at this stage in her life. There was so much to think about when it came to being around Shilo and Johnny. Were they going to choke on her necklace? Could they strangle her if they got their tiny paws on the chains? Could they hurt themselves on pointed edges? If they spit up, would it ruin her dress? They were all just minor issues but today, well today deserved to be a day to make a mountain out of a molehill.

The black haired teen took a deep calming breath although apparently this wasn’t calming enough to remember that they were going to be outside all afternoon. Completely forgetting to dress appropriately for the weather and forgetting to grab a jacket on the way out of the door Kodi was really starting to feel the cold gusts whip her frail body. It wouldn’t have mattered to someone that had even the slightest covering of fat and caused her to curse her lack of ability to put on weight. It was too late now. Brettley had already turned up outside the dorm to pick her up. Why did she agree to help? Simple - She didn’t need Brett flapping like a wild headless chicken on the special day. She could tell he was anxious so why burden him more by not lending a hand?

Choosing a section of the park with the best views meant that there was bound to be some random gatecrashers but perhaps they’d think otherwise when they saw the Happy First Birthday banner hanging from a tree. With the tables all laid out with the food still covered the pair finally caught a moment to collapse and breathe. Kodi flumped down onto a nearby bench slumping back against the wooden frame with her hand fumbling lazily for Brett’s resting against his leg. Feeling the weight of his head on her cold bare shoulder was just the reassurance she needed to bring a smile back to her lips. It wasn’t the first smile of the day of course; Between Brett lifting her up on his shoulders to hang the banner threatening to look up her dress and the minute he’d thrown her out of the way by the waist instead of asking her to move while setting the table she was starting to feel more and more at ease.

“You owe me.” She purred playfully giving him a gentle tap on the nose with her finger. “In fact. I think I’ll take the first payment now before people start showing up.” Kodi grinned and leant in to steal a kiss.

[violet akuji nyoka]

Violet couldn't believe how long it had been. How had it only been a year since she and Brett were dating? When they were in love. How were her children, her beautiful Shilo and Johnny, a year old already? Where had the time gone? She didn't understand, but time had never been a concept she understood in the first place. How one could measure the passing of time in simple numbers seemed odd and confusing to her. The black haired woman looked down at her arms, momentarily startled by the scarring on her forearms. Her lips curled up in disgust at herself, recalling the mental breakdown she'd had a week before. In order to sate her growing instability, she had carved a word in Kanji on either forearm four times, the word on the left different from the word on the right, yet related.

Violet was scared. Scared for herself but most of all, scared for her children. Still, there was nothing she could do about it.

She replaced the sleeves on her dress, adjusting them so that they, hopefully, would refrain from rolling up again. Her troubled expression transformed into a smile as she lifted up the twins into her arms, giggling as she adjusted Shilo's tutu. The outfits were absolutely adorable, they made her squeal like a little girl every time she put Shilo and Johnny into them. What made the outfits were the matching Oshaburi, the matching pacifiers. Shilo's was a black cross and Johnny's said “Little Devil”, and she was absolutely in love with them. Violet's attention momentarily went to the TV, where her DVD of Soul Eater was playing. It took her a full minute to remember that she had to shut it off before she did so. With a final glance around her apartment, she nodded to herself and walked down towards the park.

She had to admit, as she walked towards the park with swishing skirts, Violet had absolutely no idea what she was in for. Sure, she'd heard about barbeques, but hearing about something and experiencing something were two different things. Plus, if there was one thing she knew about Southerners, it was that they tended to overdo it quite a bit when it came to food.

It didn't take her long to get to the park. Violet took a glance around with a mildly confused expression, was she in the right place? It seemed to be true, but she wasn't entirely sure.....

OUTFIT

[Brettley Bondurant]

Brett leaned in to return the kiss to Kodi while putting a hand to her face and gently caressing her pale face. He then pressed his nose to her cheek, "I love you." He whispered with a smile. It was true he falling deeply in love with her and he could stop falling. They did have there rough patches with jealousy and other things but they managed to work things out for the most part. And he knew that she was the one because they couldn't be mad at each other longer than a few minutes. Even their worst of arguments were only fifteen minuets long, tops. Because one of them would apologize and would want to stop fighting. He really hadn't been this happy in a long time. Kodi was even excellent with his pride and joys, Shilo and Johnny. It genuinely seemed like she cared for them. Which he was worried about from the beginning because not every girl would want to be with a single father who has two kids. So he was definitely going to try to keep her around for as long as he possibly could. And at this point he didn't know what he'd do with out her.

After he was done cooing over Kodi he glanced around for a bit and then noticed Violet standing in the middle of the park with the kids and a very confused look on her face. Could she not see the banner along with all the food on the table? Well, he could tell that things were already going to be very weird at this party. He could never tell what kind of mood the mother of his children would be in. It was always something different. Sometimes she would actually be very civil, sometimes she would be a total crazy person, and sometimes she was just odd, and now he was adding Kodi to this equation. So he had no idea what was going to happen.

"Violet and my babies are here." He said softly to Kodi. Then waved to Violet to see if she saw them. "Vi over here!" He shouted from the table they were sitting at. Love was really excited to see his children and wanted them over there as soon as possible. But it would be painfully awkward if it was just them three and the kids for awhile so he hoped any of his friends or family would show up soon. But just as he thought that he saw his brother start walking up to the park, oh thank god for Travis.

Outfit: www.polyvore.com/brett-twins_bday/set?id=101233015

[peter]

It was this day a year ago that Peter had discovered that his best friend became a father, and Pete became an uncle of sorts. At first, he'd been a bit scared of the little potato looking chub sacks that he'd met when Brett had handed him his daughter. She smelt like violet, which had at first turned him off both of the babies, merely because they had a resembelence to the woman who he'd spent three years hating because she was a psychotic bitch whenever he stepped one foot out of line with her close friend Rave. Pete hadn't seen the girl for a while, he'd been making some distance between them so he didn't have to talk about his feelings with her - or lack there of actually. Peter had grown up a lot since he'd been with Rave, and he wasn't sure if their relationship was the best thing for either of them. Sometimes, delving back into the past wasn't always a good thing. Pete secretly hoped the crazy bitch hadn't brought along Rave, he didn't feel like playing happy families.

The only reason he felt oblidged to come along today was for Brett's sake. He knew that being around Violet was unnerving, especially when you were the father of her children. Pete would need to pull apart Vi and Kodi if anything broke out today as well, plus it was a barbecue - which hopefully would involve beer unless Violet had ripped that freedom along with Brett's nuts from him for the day. it was funny really, Pete could have been stuck in the exact same situation had he not of faked his own death all those years ago. Pete could have been the guy holding a baby on his arms and living under the thumb of another woman. He liked kids, there was no doubt in that, but handing them back to their parents when they started crying was his favourite part about having a little baby in his arms. Playing dress ups was his second favourite, since after every bath time at Brett's he'd make a point to give both of the little kids soapy mohawks, much to the dismay of Brett, who was scared they'd get soap in their eyes. Brett was a good dad, and he knew he was certainly better off without the crazy lady in his life.

Before he headed to the park where the party was supposed to be, Pete had stopped in at the local toy store and spent his weeks worth of Kush money on the little rascals, which was the most commitment that Pete had given in a long time. Sacrificing that kind of money was huge for Pete, but it would be all worthwhile when he saw the eyes of Shiloh and Johnny light up like fireworks at their new presents, chubby hands reaching out for the matching paint sets he'd gotten them. Pete was convinced Shiloh would be the next worlds best tattooist if she started off early. He hadnt told Vi about it because knowing her, she'd look for any stupid excuse to take custody away from the best person to ever have entered the twins lives.

Arriving on the scene, Pete was grinning from ear to ear with happiness. He'd been excited about this day for a long time, and seeing the twins faces as they saw their uncle would remind him why he loved those kids so much. The park wasn't too far from his apartment, so the little detour to the childrens party to pick up their presents wasn't too much out of his way. He arrived around 15 minutes earlier than his invitational text had suggested from Brett, but he had some special uncle rites to be able to arrive early, right? He assumed so, and if Vi opened her big mouth about being too early he might show people why violence against women was bad - was she even a girl? Brett had more of an emotional range than that crazy nut case.

He first caught sight of the two little youngsters, which was great and all to see considering it had been a few weeks since he'd gotten to hang out with the little ones, but the real show here today was what Vi was wearing. "Stepped back into the 18th century there, Vi?" Pete said through bursts of laughter. "I'll be surprised if your kids don't have psychological issues because of what your get up is." It was probably really inappropriate to be saying that to her in front of two other people who weren't too fond of her, but we all knew how 'appropriate' pete could be at his best.

Doing a little bow to further accentuate the ridiculousness of her outfit, he put on his best posh accent. "are we attending a ball afterwards? was I not notified?" He winked over at Brett, knowing this was probably exactly what he had thought when she'd shown up in her ball gown. Giving Kodi a quick kiss on the cheek and then sitting next to Brett, Pete grinned. "This has honestly made my day, Brett. Your ex girlfriend is stuck in the past." Pete turned his attention back to the kids, offering them their presents. "I BROUGHT SHINY THINGS TO PLAY WITH!" He yelled enthusiastically. He really was happy to see the two of them in all of their adorableness.