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[Donovan Miller]

Jaime grinned when Skye started to talk about the the two four year olds.  They were probably adorable, especially if the one was following Nick around because he thought that he was a super hero.  How absolutely cute.

"Really?  Well, let me know how that goes, okay?  Maybe I can weasel in time to babysit them too.  There ain't any children around my area so I'd love to watch 'em when you can't."

Pleasepleaseplease!

He wanted a chance, any chance at all, to hang out with kids.  He a very slim chance of having any in the near future, so he felt that perhaps if he could scoop up some time with children that weren't his, it would sedate his need to father some of his own.

Anything to withhold that need.

[Skye LeCroix]

"Oh yeah?" she teased. "Hell, he'd probably follow you around, too. Both of you. I mean, it isn't like he doesn't have a dad at home or anything - and the couple is really nice, but the kids are home-schooled and don't have a lot of friends."

She couldn't blame them. Skye hated public schools. Especially knowing what sort of things you could pick up there.. like being an effing hyena. Or a lion, as the story seemed to go, although that hadn't been a school situation but still one that involved a lot of childhood hubabub. She didn't know if other people would've reacted as well as her parents had.

"Sometimes I wonder if our lives will ever settle down enough for kids. Then you can be Uncle Jaime, and we can pawn little Skye or Nick off on you when we want alone time instead of some unsuspecting neighbors. Don't know how they'd like seeing a lion cub running around the house in place of a toddler," she added with a snort. It had occured to her that the child could be either, but she rightly didn't know how it would work, and just sort of assumed it would be a cat.

[Donovan Miller]

Jaime laughed, first at the thought of being imagined as a super hero and next at the image of babysitting his brother's child.  It was strange to think that it was highly possible.  Wow, it didn't seem like that long ago that they were children themselves.

"No, they probably wouldn't."  He leaned back in his chair, finishing his brownie-chocolate-thing.  "But you know, I'd love to babysit any unsuspecting children that you may or may not birth."  He worded it that way for his own amusement, flicking a piece of chocolate off of his shirt.  "Whether they're a hyena or a lion.  I'm not picky."

He actually hoped that Skye would have children, not just so that Jaime could be an uncle, but also because he knew that Skye wanted them and that Nick really, really was hoping to father some lion cubs.  He couldn't blame them at all, and he really did want the best for them.  They were his family and that made them top priority all of the time.  Their happiness really decided his own happiness.

How could he be thrilled if his brother and his wife weren't?

[Skye LeCroix]

Skye grinned. "You say that until they get to the 'put everything in their mouth' and 'vanish every time you blink' phase," she jabbed lightly. "If I come home and find my kid playing spidermonkey on the curtains, I'm going to submit the video to America's Funniest Home Videos, I promise."

This all reminded her she needed to talk to a doctor very soon about some concerns she'd had. She whipped out her little phone and made a notation to call the Guild doctor first thing when she got home and set up an appointment to get a consultation. She couldn't just walk into any clinic, thanks to her shifter blood. That would have disasterous results.

[Donovan Miller]

Jaime grinned.  He would love to see a kid of Skye and Nick's hanging off of the curtains end up on America's Funniest Home Videos.  He'd tune in for that, that much was for sure.  "Well, one of the kids I used to watch tried to swallow a Coke bottle, but you can imagine how that went, hm?"  He watched Skye pull out her cell phone and quirked an eyebrow, wondering just what she was doing.

So, naturally, he asked.

"What'cha doin'?"  Curiosity was said to be a cats worst enemy.  Oh well, so much for that.  Jaime was the king of nosy.

[Skye LeCroix]

"Eh," she sighed, closing the little electronic device. "Girly stuff. Forgot to set up an appointment with the doctor, need to do that tomorrow. All this kid talk reminded me I had a few questions I wanted to ask him... like what my odds actually were."

Skye didn't like to think about that, but it was a worst-case scenario, and she was used to dealing with all kinds of those stupid things. She didn't want to go into some huge amount of detail, though. "I've just read opposing arguments on the actual genetics of the situation. I need to find out for myself. My chances should be good, but... you know. I've got the unlucky clover."

Not recently, anyways, but she had been known to carry the thing in the past.