"Peta?"
"Hi Rita," Peta grinned.
"Hi! Oh, come in, come in," then she called up the stairs. "Taylor! Come see who's here!"
Peta grinned as she walked into the lounge room. She whistled as she noticed all the photos.
"How have you been?" Rita asked.
"I'm been great, and you?"
"Oh, fine. What brings you back to Tulsa? I thought you were at a research facility somewhere."
"I was. But you gotta have holidays some time."
"You do, you do."
"Peta!" Taylor exclaimed, entering then. "Hey, long time no see."
"Good to see you too. So uhh," she gestured to the photos. "Who are all these people? I'm guessing the kids are part of the menagerie..."
Taylor laughed and Rita smiled.
"Ok, well, those are Morgan, Mike and Sam -"
"Wow, how old are they now?"
"Thirteen, fourteen next month. And Adam is turning thirteen this month. That's Duane, he's ten. Rose is eight, Kyle is six -"
"Kyle is the one who's deaf?"
"Yeah," Taylor nodded. "And that's little Charlotte. She just turned six last month."
"Isn't she cute? And I guess this is Isaac's family in this photo."
"Yeah, but that's at least a couple of years old now. Xavier's twelve now. Esme and Carmen are..." Taylor trailed off.
"Those are Esme and Carmen, they're eleven," Rita cut in. "Duke, Cosmo and Matt are ten."
"Which one has the amputated leg?"
"Oh, that's Cosmo. Car accident," Taylor answered with a grin. "That much I know about their kids. How Rita knows as much as she does, I do not know."
"Those two are Rogue and Storm, and they're nine," Rita went on after giving Taylor a smile. "Tobe is eight. Cyke and Lockie are seven. Libby and Joy are six. Wolvie and Gambit are five. Myst is four and Nigel is three this month. And there are three more kids who aren't in this photo. Jubilee is one - you can see Babsie is pregnant with her in the time of this photo. And there's the two surviving of the triplets she had last year, Audrey and Zeke, who are ten months, I think."
"Are they ever gonna stop?" Peta asked, shaking her head.
"I think that's a given - especially after twenty kids and with Babsie in a coma," Taylor commented. "Actually, looking at it, this photo of Zac's family needs updating. That was taken at his and Kel's wedding. They've had a little girl named Kitty since then she's what? Eight months?"
"Seven," Rita corrected. "And Hope is eleven. This is Jess' family. Marie is fifteen now. Alex is five and Emily - who isn't in this photo is one."
Peta nodded, then pointed at another photo - one from Mackie's wedding.
"Who's the chick?"
"That's Sandy, Mackie's wife. She's pregnant now, actually."
"The Hanson family curse strikes again," Taylor grinned.