"Yo, Ike, you ready to go yet?"
"Oh you know me," Isaac grinned. "Running late as usual. But I had to say goodbye to Babsie. I'm not going to see her for three months."
"She'll be fine," Taylor assured him.
"Yeah but... what of she wakes up while we're gone?"
"Then she wakes up."
"But I want to be there!"
"Yeah, so do I," Xavier agreed. "C'mon dad, the sooner we leave, the sooner we can come back."
Isaac laughed.
"Well, I'm ready now. How's that?"
"Good."
They boarded onto their respective buses and headed for the airport. Hanson were touring for the summer, and had a released a Best of Hanson CD just two weeks previous. Although they had talked about putting some new songs on it, nothing had come of it. But they figured they could work on some songs during the tour.
The first couple of weeks would be spent in Australia, then the UK, Canada and the USA and they would be back in Tulsa (or LA) in time for Rita to have her baby. It was more or less a double tour as the Four Amigos would be performing with them. The four boys would continue their own tour after the baby was born. Right now they were going to the airport to fly to Australia.
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Their first stop in Australia was a barbecue held by Jarod and Nick. It was while the kids were running around the yard and swimming in the pool that Jarod and Psylocke told them some great news.
"We're engaged," Psylocke smiled.
"Really? Congratulations!" Zac exclaimed.
"And that goes for all of us," Isaac agreed.
"When the big day?" asked Taylor.
"Umm, somewhere in between when we get this next movie out and before we start on the next," Jarod grinned.
"I hope Babsie wakes up soon - I'd like her to be my Maid of Honour," Psylocke remarked.
"I hope she wakes up soon too," Isaac commented dryly.
"Well, we'll make every effort to make it," Taylor said. "Y'know, assuming we're invited."
Jarod laughed.
"Planning any kids?" Isaac asked.
"Y'know Jarod, I think Ike has a one-track mind," Psylocke said.
"Yeah, and it's not MMMBop," Jarod agreed.
"Hey, I have a legitimate reason for asking."
"What's that?"
"You're Babsie's identical twin."
"Your point?"
"So, haven't you ever spoken to Harry about the twins phenomena in your family?"
"No..."
"Well, see, the Walters have had twins every generation. And, of course, your mom and Rita's mom were identical twins too..."
Psylocke stared.
"And we all know that Babsie and I have had five sets of twins, four identical."
"He's just trying to scare you Psy," Jarod cut in. "He doesn't know about a special technology that's out there today."
"Oh?" asked Isaac. "And what's that?"
"Birth control."