It was about three in the morning. Oh, ok, it was 3:17, but who wants to be technical? At any rate, little Wolverine Hanson had woken up and now Isaac was trying to get him back to sleep again.
"C'mon. The new tour starts tomorrow. Can't you let me sleep just a few more hours?"
Wolverine just kept crying. Isaac adjusted his position. Why is it babies always seem to get heavier the longer you hold them?
"Hey, what's that?" Isaac asked himself suddenly, peering at Wolverine.
As it was hard to tell in the lack of light, he touched one of the touch lamps and a dim light came on. It wasn't much, but it was enough for him to see what it was.
"Well, well, so that's why you're crying." He murmured. "You're getting your first tooth. Hmm, now where did we put those teething rings?"
Isaac awkwardly opened up one of the drawers of the chest.
"Eureka." He said, pulling out one. "Here you go Wolvie."
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"See?" Isaac said proudly, some hours later. "He got his first tooth last night."
"Oh wow." Zac commented dryly. "Fourteen out of your fifteen kids have at least one tooth. Big deal."
"Hey, just because I like being a daddy -"
"No, you just like excessive horizontal mmmbopping."
"How many years have we been saying that for?" Taylor asked thoughtfully. "And more importantly, how the heck did it start?"
"It's all my fault." Babsie grinned. "I'm guilty. I watched this episode of The Pretender and Broots called it the horizontal bop, so, of course, I had to make my own version."
"Yeah, well, I still think you guys just do it way too much." Zac declared.
"Meanwhile, scientists reckon doing the horizontal mmmbop is good exercise."
"Yeah, I heard that." Taylor agreed. "Hmm, well, that explains everything then doesn't it?"
"Y'know what?" Zac said suddenly. "I'm not so sure I wanna continue this discussion any more."
Isaac laughed at him.
"Ooh, jealous Zac?"
"No. Just getting too many pictures painted in my head… really gross ones. I just don't wanna think about it any more."
Isaac laughed again. This time Taylor, Rita and Babsie joined in. Zac poked his tongue out at them, before he started laughing too.