"I know what you mean." Taylor cut in.
There was quiet for a moment as Rita smiled at Taylor.
"Imagine being the only girl among four boys." Babsie commented. "I tell you, Morgan will either be a really girly-girl or a tomboy. I have my money on tomboy."
"I thought you didn't gamble." Isaac teased.
Babsies' only reply was a grin.
"Thomas Duane Hanson." Zac said aloud. "Tom or Duane?"
"Duane." Rita replied.
"Mom and Dad will probably come -" Taylor began.
"Ooh, I like this song." Isaac interrupted, turning up the volume on the radio.
They listened to the first couple of bars before looking at him strangely.
"What?" he asked.
"Ike, this may come as a complete shock to you, but that's a song called Black Eye." Taylor pointed out.
"Yeah, I know that."
"We wrote it."
"Know that too. Can't I enjoy a song just because we wrote it?"
"Did he say 'enjoy'?" Zac asked. "I'm sure I heard him say 'enjoy'."
"Ike, you hate this song. You have maintained that you hate this song ever since we wrote it." Taylor told him.
"Have I?" Isaac asked in surprise. "Have I really?"
"Yes!" Zac exclaimed incredulously. "It's about you and Babsie getting into a fight a couple of years ago, and she gave you a black eye."
"Who, me?" Babsie joked.
"You said it was embarrassing." Taylor added.
Isaac shrugged.
"Well, I don't know why I said I hate it. I think it's a great song."
They just gaped at him until Duane started crying.
"Aww, poor sweetie." Babsie said. "Here, go to mummy."
Babsie handed him over to Rita, who was smiling at the looks on Taylor and Zacs' faces.
"You, you, you like Black Eye." Zac asked in amazement.
"Yep."
"Ok, someone pinch me or something. I must be dreaming."
"Yeah, I agree." Taylor added.
Babsie and Rita looked at each other and laughed.