Grace’s Alternate Reality Redux 1.1
Pretty much the day after Ira is born, the triplets grow to be teenagers.
Luckily, they can help look after the baby. Looking after Ira is a lot easier than looking after the girls.
Dakota is the oldest one by a few minutes. She’s full of confidence and good.
Amity is the middle child. She’s a loner but she wants to be popular. Alright, Amity.
And then there’s Jessie. When she is not painting, which she only does for the extra cash, she is talking about food.
Dakota is by far the most helpful with the baby. Amity is too focused on her studies and Jessie is doing... well, mostly she’s playing games on her phone and hanging out with her dad.
Now that Ira is a child and the girls are teenagers, the family takes what little money they have saved up and gotten a house that has enough rooms for everyone.
While the children entertain themselves, Ordell and Olivia finally have a little time for each other. But not for long. Having a busy household means there’s always something to clean, some homework to help with, some activity to go to.
So the couple cherishes the little time they get to spend together.
Having opposite schedules definitely doesn’t help.
At the end of the day, before having to go to work, Olive spends a little time with the kids. Later, it’s Ordell’s turn.
Jesse doesn’t mind having a big family. She likes hanging out with everyone. Her problem is the hand-me-downs, the endlessly shared clothes, the fact that if she wanted to buy an armoir (and she does) her sisters and brothers would have to get one. Most of the money they have goes on bills since they upgraded the house and her parents still want to paint it, but haven’t been able to.
Jesse decides to talk to her sisters.
“Guys, what if we all get jobs?”
Amity isn’t on board. She barely has enough time to study as it is.
Dakota is more amenable to the idea, but she tells Jesse she has to ask their mother.
Jesse takes it to her mother, who talks it through with her and ends up forbidding her from getting a job, telling her that her education is most important.
Jesse argues that the triplets are some of the best students at school and her mother says that that’s probably ‘cause they don’t have a job.
The conversation gets awkward, but the parents have made a decision and Jesse knows she isn’t allowed to go against it.
“For a second, I was worried mom would say yes!”
Ordell was not consulted and is blissfully unaware.
The girls get to spend the weekend relaxing with her friends.
Ira, on the other hand, spends it bonding with dad.
The triplets birthday is approaching soon and the house is going to change, so the Harrisons are trying hard to hold on to their youngest and most adorable child.
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