"Where is everybody?" Isaac called out entering his family home. "They're out by the lake." Diana answered from the kitchen, adding, "Oh my. Alexandra you look so cute." "Hi Mom. I feel like a whale." Alexandra replied stroking her growing belly. "Doesn't she." Isaac echoed kissing her sweetly before leaning and kissing her belly, talking to the baby. "Need a hand?" Alexandra asked caressing Isaac's head as he kissed her belly again. "Nope all ready to eat. You hungry?" Diana asked. "Mmmm." Alexandra squealed. "Are you kidding. She's always hungry." Isaac added. "Isaac that's not true." Alexandra pouted pushing him away. "Tell me when you haven't been hungry lately." Isaac asked. "I don't know but I know I'm not always hungry." Alexandra complained. "Where were we at 2am this morning?" Isaac asked. "Shut up." Alexandra pouted, adding, "Mom he's picking on me." "Isaac Hanson are you teasing the mother of my grandchild?" Diana asked. "Man you don't play fair." Isaac whispered before replying, "I'm sorry Mom. I'm the scum of the earth." "Don't you let me hear you picked on the mother of my grandchild again young man." Diana threatened wagging a finger at him. "Oh you are good. Mom can you teach me?" Alexandra asked heading her way shaking a finger. "No dear with more feeling." Diana said as they started to laugh. "That's not fair you're my mother." Isaac complained. "But they are women son. Such a strong bond. Then you add the fact that she's carrying her first grandchild.. Face it son, you may be her first born but she is the mother of her first grandchild. Get real." Walker teased entering the room from the deck, quickly adding, "You look so cute baby girl. Come here." "Hi Daddy." Alexandra said making her way to his open arms. "So how's my grandbaby?" Walker asked gently rubbing her belly, adding, "Well answer for yourself. Dear the baby kicked me." "Really. Let me feel." Diana said making her way across the room. "Well it's nice to see you too Dad." Isaac mumbled. "Hi baby it's your Grandmother." Diana said stroking Alexandra's belly, adding, "There you are. We love you." "Lexy." Jessie squealed entering from the deck then turning back, "Lex is here." Quickly the room filled with the noise of a large family as one by one they appeared, hugged Alexandra then talked to the baby. "Mommy it moved. It was here now it isn't." Mackenzie announced as he touched the baby. "The baby is still there it just rolled over." Alexandra explained, adding, "Sweetie I have to go down the hall. I think it's using my bladder as a trampoline." "You okay babe?" Isaac asked noticing her pale complexion, making his way to her side. "I gotta go potty and I'm, no make that the baby is hungry." Alexandra answered slipping an arm around his waist, laying her head on his shoulder. "Yeah the baby's hungry." Isaac teased rolling his eyes. "You be nice." Alexandra giggled. After a trip down the hall, they all sat down to lunch. "Where were you at 2am sweetie?" Diana asked. "Ummm. First one to laugh dies. Man I had a bad case of the cravings. I think it's all his fault." Alexandra said nodding her head towards Isaac then shaking it yes before continuing, "We went through the fridge, every cupboard but nothing. Isaac ran to the mini-mart bringing back all sorts of things but no. Then he went to Taco-Bell, McDonald's and the Colonel's but nothing. He just about blew his top when I shook my head no at the last bag. He marched off to the bedroom and I'm about to cry when he comes back with clothes for me. 'This time you're coming along.' he said. Well we head to the grocery store and he's walking me up and down the aisles trying so hard to be patient with me. Before long the entire store is into it and racing to us with all sorts of things, peanut butter, pickles, one lady brought a jar of baby food. That did it though. She brought a jar of peaches and I knew I wanted fruit." Alexandra shared. "Pears to be exact. The store manager personally washed them and Lex stood in the aisle eating pears until she was stuffed." Isaac added. "It was delicious. The manager said he was glad we came there and invitied us back." Alexandra finished. "That's so nice." Diana replied. "Smart move son. Wish I had thought to take your mother along." Walker shared with a laugh. "Walker Hanson you know you enjoyed every cravings hunt you went on." Diana warned with a glare. "Glady do it again dear." Walker replied winking at her. Over the next few months, Tulsa embraced the couple and their pregnancy. Isaac and Alexandra and her cravings were covered by local newspapers, television and radio. It got to the point that Tulsa was on the lookout for sightings of the couple and when spotted word would spread throughout the city. "Hello." Zac answered the ringing phone late one night. "Hey Zac. Didn't expect you to answer after the day you guys put in." Alexandra replied. "Hey Little Momma. What you doing up so late?" Zac asked. "Hey Lex." Jessy called out leaning towards the phone. "Tell her hi. Well I know why you're still up. Man now I feel bad. You two go back to what you were doing." Alexandra stated. "Wait Lex." Zac replied, adding, "You still there?" "Yeah. I'm sorry." Alexandra repeated. "Sis I know you wouldn't call for nothing now tell me." Zac insisted. "You have to be beat too. I mean Isaac is totally dead to the world." Alexandra explained. "So he's dead to the world and you crave what?" Zac asked. "I don't know." Alexandra pouted. "So how about we pick you up and take you to find it." Zac offered. "Would you? Nah it's okay. You two go back to what you were doing." Alexandra replied. "If we go back to what we were doing, in about five months I'll be up at 1am anyway trying to satisfy a craving. So why don't you just let us practice with you instead." Zac insisted. "Oh. Ohhh lucky Jessy. I barely got kissed goodnight before he started snoring." Alexandra giggled. "I'll save that for when we're married." Zac teased and they both laughed. In a matter of no time, Jessy and Zac had picked up Alexandra and word was out that Tulsa's Little Momma was out to satisfy a craving. "So Zac how'd you get "Cravings" duty?" a reporter asked. "Do you know it almost 2am? Don't you have a life?" Zac asked. "Hun be nice." Jessy laughed. "So the girlfriend comes along, you do have a life huh?" the reporter teased. "Yeah it's great, you ought to try it." Zac replied then explained the up at dawn flight to LA and return by evening. "Yeah Ike is getting old. Can't handle it anymore. Lex said she barely got a goodnight kiss before he started snoring." Zac explained. "Zac now I'm in trouble. He'll be so made at me when that hits print. I mean it's true but I don't think he want the world to know. Would you?" Alexandra asked. "Yeah Zac. How would you like the world to know that you fell asleep while I was talking to you." Jessy teased. "I didn't." Zac insisted. "Try at 2pm. We were all there. At least Isaac made it to 11pm." Alexandra teased. "Okay I get the point." Zac replied, adding, "Sorry babe." "You know I love you, even when you fall asleep while I'm talking to you." Jessy said leaning his way and kissing him sweetly. "And I love you so much I can fall asleep while you're talking." Zac teased kissing her back tenderly. "Like and old married couple already." Alexandra teased as the store manager approached. "Welcome Little Mother. Where's Daddy?" he asked. "Home asleep. He had a busy day. I'd like you to meet my brother-in-law Zac and his fiance, Jessy. They brought me because.." Alexandra explained. "Because the baby wants something and you don't know what. Right?" he asked. "You know me too well. People will talk." Alexandra teased as they started their search. "I don't believe this. Look at all the people." Jessy whispered. "It's always like this lately." Alexandra replied in a whisper before being greeted by another group of well wishers. "Wait. What's that smell?" Alexandra asked. "What smell?" Jessy asked. "It's gone. Wait guys, come back." Alexandra called out heading to the group she'd just spoken to. "Jessy come here. Smell it?" Alexandra asked. "No Lex sorry. Zac hun come here." Jessy called out and explained what was going on and they all began sniffing the air. "It's you. You smell good." Alexandra said standing near one of the guys in the group. "Me. Old Spice Lex." the guy replied. "No not that." Alexandra insisted spying a spot on his sleeve, asking, "What's that?" "This? Oh I must have... Oh she wants barbecue ribs." the guy announced. "That's it." Alexandra squealed as the store manager led the way to the Deli where everyone joined her while she ate. "She is great for business." the manager shared. "I still don't believe this. I've read the papers and laughed thinking one or two. There must be close to a hundred people here." Jessy shared. "Ike had said they had this following but I thought a small group too." Zac added as the local radio station arrived quickly informing its listeners where Tulsa'a Little Momma was and what she had been craving. "Even more people. Do you have room?" Zac teased as another group arrived. "Do I have enough coffee. That's the question." the store manager replied with a laugh. "Isaac." Alexandra squealed as everyone turned his way. "Hey babe. Baby." Isaac replied taking her in his arms and kissing them both before adding, "Lex you should have woke me. Thanks bro." "No problem. We've had fun huh Jessy? Jessy?" Zac called out looking for her. "Over here Zac." Jessy called out raising her hand above the crowd. "What you looking for?" Zac asked making his way to her. "I don't know. Man Lex is contagious." Jessy teased walking down the Deli case windows searching. "Man they got ice cream." Zac said turning the corner. "Ice cream! Yummm." Jessy squealed making her way to him. "Ohhhh Isaac." Alexandra squealed pulling on his shirt to get his attention. "What babe?" Isaac asked. "Here I don't want this, I want that." Alexandra said pointing out Jessy's ice cream cone as she neared, adding as Zac came into view with a sundae, "No that." "Here Lex take mine, I'll go get another." Zac suggested. "Oh you're so good to us." Alexandra sighed rubbing her belly before reaching for his sundae. "Get me one too. I'll join her." Isaac called after him. "She is great for business." the store manager shared pointing at the line forming behind Zac as an Entertainment Tonight crew arrived to cover the latest Tulsa adventure. "So Isaac how do you feel about Nick Carter's declaration?" the reporter asked. "What declaration?" Isaac asked back. "You haven't seen it? Wait I'll get you a copy." the reporter said quickly returning with a tabeloid paper in which Nick Carter declared he had been dating Alexandra before she married. The article then went out asking who the father of her baby was. "What? How could they?" Alexandra sighed visibly shaken by the article. "Lex you okay baby? You don't look so good." Isaac asked as she grew paler. "I don't feel good." Alexandra whispered leaning her head against his chest. "Bathroom or home?" Isaac whispered kissing the top of her head. "Isaac I never dated him honest." Alexandra whispered covering her face with her hands as she began to cry. "Babe I know that. Don't cry Lexy." Isaac whispered holding her tight. "What's wrong?" Zac asked making his way to them with Jessy in tow. "This." Isaac mouthed waving the paper at him. "That asshole." Jessy squealed quickly covering her mouth in embarassment. "Why do they do this?" Zac asked disappointedly shaking his head. "Hey. This is for Nick Carter. Look at what you did. I hope you're happy with yourself. It was uncalled for." Isaac said turning Lex enough for the camera to catch her crying before hugging her again. "I Didn't realize you needed the publicity so bad that you would stoop to something like this. You know this is all a lie. First you never dated my wife and if you were a man you'd admit you lied. And to the person who hinted at the question of the baby's father, there is no question, my wife was a virgin when I married her and we got pregnant on our honeymoon." Isaac insisted. "So will you take this up in court?" the reporter asked. "And dignify his lie, give him more publicity? No. Let him live with it. I wouldn't want to." Isaac answered kissing the top of Alexandra's head and stroking her hair. "Isaac I want to go home." Alexandra sniffled. "Sure babe. Zac we're out of here. Thanks again for taking care of her. You too Jessy. See you in the morning. Oh I mean later, it is morning." Isaac said before leading Alexandra out of the store to their car and returning home.
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