The Fishers
"Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go! The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifted snow!" Bruce sang happily to Carrie, or more specifically their child growing within her womb as the spouses along with Natalie and Ginger trekked across the backyard to the fence that lead to Debbie's house.
Carrie giggled at her husband's musical piece, "Are you going to sing that every time we go to Mom's after the baby is born?"
"I'm legally required to do so Carebear." Bruce replied playfully.
"We're just walking across the backyard, we're not even going through a river and woods." Carrie said in deadpan.
Bruce then pointed to the pool, "River." then directed his finger to the palm and oak trees. "Woods." He clarified, to which Carrie shook her head with a smile, then scratching the snout of accompanying Natalie.
Debbie moving in next door, or more "next fence" as she was positioned diagonally to the east of the O'Brians, was like having a mother-in-law for a roommate in Bruce's eyes. While Debbie went to bed in her own home, on most mornings she would head to casa de O'Brian and join in breakfast with something that Bruce would make. Whenever Carrie stayed home while Bruce was working, Debbie was likely to join her daughter and sometimes when it was Bruce and Carrie home alone she'd join them as well. In addition to breakfast, Debbie was a reliable participant at dinner and Sundays usually saw her along with Todd hang out at the O'Brian household.
Bruce had asked Debbie once why she didn't just move in entirely instead of buying a whole house, but Debbie had stated that she knew there would be days and nights were Bruce and Carrie just wanted to be by themselves, whether peaceful casual or romantic, and she didn't want to mess with the atmosphere or be a bother when they had friends over, not to mention that on some days Debbie just wanted to be on her own or host her own gatherings with her social circle.
To many men, having their mother-in-law live next door and visit on a daily basis would be a nightmare, but not at all to Bruce. He truly did see himself as having two mothers, Sarah O'Brian and Debbie Reynolds. Debbie was a sweet and comforting presence that lit up a room and brought happiness just like Carrie did. Her presence was always a welcome addition to liven up the days of the O'Brians. If nothing else, Bruce was happy with the arrangement for how happy it made Carrie, getting to make up for so many lost years with her mother and keeping the bond strong instead of drifting apart after marriage and moving out.
Still, going to Debbie's house was odd as it was almost always Debbie going to visit them, and even then for the few times it was reverse, she rarely if ever requested to see them.
Carrie opened the gate connecting the two properties, where in the distance both could see Debbie conversing with a middle aged blonde woman who Bruce didn't recognize, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Carrie flinch slightly.
"Carrie, is everything alright?" Bruce asked in concern.
"I....I think so. That woman mom's with, she's Connie Steven's. She was Eddie's third wife."
Bruce narrowed his eyes in heavy suspicion, "You think she's trying to pull some bullshit, weasel her way into the next Star Wars?"
Carrie appeared uncertain for a second but shook her head, "I've never talked with her but Mom reached out after Eddie cheated on and left her, and they've been good friends like her and Elizabeth Taylor."
Bruce shook his head. It still baffled him that Debbie chose to reconcile with the woman who was half responsible for the end of her first marriage, and that it had all been done thanks to Carrie's intervention before they met. Were Bruce in the same situation as Carrie, he'd never forgive Taylor and despise her til his last breath. He couldn't understand how anyone could look fondly upon a serial adulterer, but apparently her and Debbie had been good friends since the reconciliation and Carrie thought highly of her. At least to his knowledge Connie Stevens was never unfaithful to anyone, just another unfortunate victim of Eddie Fisher's scuminess.
"We can just head back home. You don't have to deal with any of Eddie's exes." Bruce offered, not wanting Carrie to be hurt again like with her father.
Carrie gave Bruce a soft peck and smile, "It's okay. If the worst happens I won't be surprised but I'm not gonna run away. If mom invited us to meet her then it's for some good reason."
For better or worse, Bruce and Carrie didn't have a retreat as the girls ventured on ahead, with Natalie sniffing out the backyard and Ginger climbing on top of Debbie's lap, announcing their presence. "Carrie, Bruce!" Debbie waved to her children after noticing them.
Carrie entwined her right hand with Bruce's left, nodding with Bruce releasing a sigh and the two heading over.
The two strolled over and took seats opposite the pair. Connie smiled at Carrie but would stiffen at Bruce's glare, "Kids, this is Connie Stevens, she....was formerly married to Eddie." Debbie awkwardly greeted as she pet Ginger.
Connie slightly nodded to Debbie and shook hands with Carrie, "It's so nice to finally meet you Carrie. Debbie always loves to talk about you and from your first two films you've already grown to be just as talented and beautiful as she is."
"Thank you." Carrie said politely.
Connie then extended her hand to Bruce who merely crossed his arms, "Look, I'm not going to waste time here playing nice so let's just be honest. If you came here to take advantage of Carrie, admit so and leave now and I'll forget this ever happened. If you lie to me and try to weasel your way into our lives, I will blacklist your ass and drive you out of town."
"Bruce!" Debbie chastised, with Carrie giving her husband the silent stink eye while Connie appeared bewildered.
Bruce shrugged his shoulders, "Last time something like this happened, we wasted three hours and Eddie broke your heart. Which was never your fault." Bruce quickly added at seeing Carrie's face darken, wincing at how he didn't think this through, "I don't want Carrie to be hurt like that ever again. I'm not saying I don't trust you Mom, but I have no reason to trust her" Bruce said pointing to Connie, "When you were never once in Carrie's life and now we have this arraigned meeting."
Debbie looked to be ready to give Bruce a lecture before Connie placed a hand on her shoulder, "It's okay. Given what happened with Eddie last year, I can understand you being suspicious of my appearance and I don't blame you." Connie explained.
"You know what happened?" Carrie asked in concern.
"The day after, I called Connie to share what had happened, to warn her so that Eddie would never pull the same thing with her daughters." Debbie explained.
"It was a rational fear, as the Saturday after, Eddie shows up to my house with no warning, trying to appear the loving father wanting to reconnect with his children and take responsibility. If Debbie hadn't told me, I might have let it happen. Turns out, my girls were just the sloppy seconds, he lost his chance with the great Carrie O'Brian, and thus Joely and Tricia will be his backups to ride to fame in a decade's time. Kicked him out of the house, got full custody by Thanksgiving and now my girls are Joely and Tricia Stevens."
Both O'Brians relaxed and gave looks of sympathy at the information, with Bruce also feeling a heavy tinge of guilt, "I'm sorry for thinking you were acting like Eddie." He apologized.
Connie offered a kind smile, scratching Ginger who moved to lay in front of her, "It's okay, after how this town has treated you I can understand the paranoia. To be clear, I don't give a damn about being casted in Star Wars and if I'm never in a Lucasfilms production then that's fine with me. However, I didn't ask to meet you out of simple curiosity. I came because I was hoping that Carrie could meet my daughters."
Carrie froze in anxiety over hearing such a request from her half-sisters, two young girls she had never met and who for a part of her childhood she had hated for stealing her father. Carrie would relax at feeling Bruce's strong and comforting grip of his hand intertwine with hers, with the Goose acting as a security blanket as he could usually be relied upon.
"Why do you want me to meet with them?" Carrie cautiously asked.
"Oh it's not a request from me, Joely and Tricia are dying to see you." Connie informed, "Like everyone in the free world, they watched Star Wars last Christmas and it's become their favorite movie, with Princess Leia being their favorite character and hero."
Such a statement was far from unexpected as that was indeed how millions of little girls looked up to Leia and by extension Carrie after the film. Leia had been heralded by critics as a rather revolutionary female character as someone who was brave, bold and a dynamic damsel in action instead of being distressed, taking charge of her rescue and being an equal to Han and Luke instead of a reward. A frequent example of a public encounter would be some little girl running up to Carrie and gushing over how awesome Leia was and how they wanted to be just like her when they grew up.
"All they've been talking about for months is Star Wars, it's what half their room is covered in, and everytime they want to play pretend they always fight over who gets to be Leia, she's their role model. They knew about Debbie, but they don't know much about you or Todd, and until recently all Carrie O'Brian meant to them was Princess Leia, a cool singer, and Bruce's wife. The other day Tricia overheard a talk I had with one of my friends where she remarked how lucky the girls must be to be Carrie O'Brian's sister. After they bugged me nonstop, I told them about you and Todd, and they've been begging me to see their big sister, Todd as well." Connie explained.
"Oh, that's good." Carrie said blankly. The revelation was a bit overwhelming to her. She knew that Joely and Tricia existed, but up until now they had always been strangers and a reminder of her father's abandonment. Carrie didn't wish them any harm, but she would have preferred if for the rest of her life she just pretended they didn't exist. She already gained one sister in Catherine O'Brian, she didn't need more.
Connie sighed, easily able to sense Carrie's mood, "If you don't want to meet with them I completely understand and respect your decision, it is your right. It's just that...they're getting to the point where they are starting to understand about the world we live in and are thinking about acting in movies like their mom, and I want them to have a good role model, someone who can show them what to do and how not to be their mother. Also so that they can experience some good that came from being their father's daughters." Connie said solemnly.
There was a quiet air of uncertainty that hanged in the air, with Bruce and Carrie tightening the grip of their hands while Connie started to look regretful at having introduced the situation, "Mom what do you think?" Carrie asked.
"The girls are really sweet and they remind me a lot of you at that age. I think it would be a splendid idea for you to get to know each other, but I can understand if you want to keep your space and I apologize for my part if you are feeling uncomfortable right now dear." Debbie said.
Carrie then looked towards Bruce, who normally would have been deadest against situation like this, but he had a gut feeling that Connie was being sincere and he didn't want to be the ones to deny two innocent girls the chance to meet their sister and hero, as he knew whatever he had to say Carrie would follow.
After a couple of seconds of contemplating, Bruce responded, "Well they're your half-sisters so it's your choice. Any course you decide would be the correct one and I'll support you all the way." Bruce promised.
Carrie leaned over and gave Bruce a kiss on the cheek, then spent some time in internal debate. She really didn't want to get hurt again, but Bruce did make the threat very clear and with an expectation of possible tragedy, she didn't think she would collapse like last year, not to mention she knew Bruce would support her as he did then. Perhaps it would be best to see if this was true, like how it was better to learn her father was scum and cut ties sooner than later when he could have clawed his hands into her unborn child. And if everything worked out, then her baby would have two more aunts.
"I guess I won't mind if they stop by one day. I'll try to get Todd over to meet them as well." Carrie said, to which she received a deep show of gratitude from Connie.
The next Saturday would see the sisters be brought over with Todd having accepted Carrie's request to join. Bruce and Todd were currently in the living room catching the end of a Dodgers game while Carrie fixed her hair in the bathroom.
"You know it's gonna be real lonely having you ditch me and the youngest sibling club." Bruce joked.
Todd snorted, "You got your membership to their revoked when you married my sister."
Bruce smiled at the meaning, "How are you feeling about all of this?"
Todd looked mindful staring out into nothing for a short period before responding, "I don't know. One time I met Eddie in the late 60's, he let me and Carrie knew we had sisters but he didn't really seem to care and I didn't really process what that meant, Carrie was all I ever really needed and I didn't want more sisters because we'd never share what Carrie and I had. I just didn't care about them.
I kind of went along with this at first just to support Carrie, but the more I thought about it the more I was kind of hoping things would turn out alright, that I could have what you and Gavin and Sarah have, one big happy family of siblings." Todd shared.
Bruce went slightly at that, as even while he had recently grown closer with Gavin over many phone calls and a visit, he still lived six hours away and Cat was in Ireland, with Bruce maybe able to see her once a year at best. The love between the three O'Brian siblings was always going to be there, but the bond would never be as strong as in childhood.
"It would be nice to finally have some good come out of being Eddie Fisher's son." Todd lamented.
Before Bruce could respond, the doorbell rang, signaling the arrival of the Stevens. "Well it's showtime." Bruce said.
"Today I'm gonna be a big brother, in seven months I'm gonna be an Uncle, '77 is shaping up to be a hell of a year." Todd commented.
Bruce went up to the door with Natalie following his heel and Todd walking just a few steps behind.
Bruce opened the door and was met with Connie Stevens along with two young girls who nervously clutched to her side. After six years of being in Carrie's life, it was easy to tell that the two were Fishers, having the same brown hair that Carrie and Todd had and sharing a lot of similar facial features, if one were ignorant of Connie then it would be fair to assume they shared the same genes as Carrie and Todd.
"Hello Bruce, thank you so much for hosting us." Connie thanked.
"No problem, any family of Carrie is mine." Bruce said.
The older sibling, presumably Joely gasped, "You're Han Solo!" She said in excitement.
Connie lightly chastised her daughter for being rude, but Bruce waved it off, having the same exact encounter hundreds of times by this point, "Yes I am, smuggler extraordinaire and recent hero of the Rebellion." Bruce said, falling back on his suave manner from the film, keeping both girls starstruck, "Now who might these two little pretty ladies be?"
"I'm Joely and this is my sister Tricia." Joely announced happily.
"Hi." Tricia shyly greeted.
"Are you related to us?" Joely eagerly asked.
"Well Carrie is my wonderful and beautiful wife so I guess you could say I'm your brother-in-law." Bruce informed, with both girls giddy at the news. "But if you want a brother in more than law, then I got the coolest and smartest guy I know." Bruce said, then gestured to Todd who reacted by freezing for a moment like a deer in headlights.
"Oh um, hi. My name's Todd. I guess I'm your older brother." Todd said with an awkward wave.
"Do you act in movies like Carrie and Bruce?" Joely asked.
"No I don't, acting's not really my thing, that's always Carrie's." Todd sheepishly admitted.
"Todd does something even cooler than be an actor, he's an inventor. This smart fella has dozens of inventions including cameras. You know a lot of the hallway scenes in Star Wars, they were made with his camera." Bruce hyped.
The girls were in awe of Todd who shot Bruce a look of gratitude as he invited the Stevens into his home. For a while Todd had their full intention, sharing a bit about himself as the resident genius and talking about what college was like, although he faced tough competition when they noticed Natalie along with the entrance of a curious Ginger, being very excited over the pets and doing their best to shower them with love and affection with Joely giving Natalie belly pats and Tricia trying to hug a surprised Ginger who almost became cranky before Bruce intervened and showed Tricia how to hold Ginger correctly who relaxed and purred over affection.
"How come her ears are all bent over?" Tricia asked.
"Well Ginger's what they call a Scottish fold. Her great grandmother was found in Scotland with folded ears, and she had kittens, who had kittens which lead to Ginger. She can hear just as well as other cats, it's just a cute little quirk." Bruce explained, and thankfully Ginger was a miracle in and of itself in that she missed out on the skeletal weakness of her siblings and cousins.
"Is taking care of cats hard?" Tricia asked.
Bruce smiled at the thought of all the many misadventures with Ginger and all the trouble she could be, "It's a lot of work and responsibility like being a parent with a furry baby. After a while, you two have a routine going on and know each other's boundaries, you just gotta make sure to show lots of love and always be a present and fun friend."
"Am I doing something to make her sad? Ginger keeps on looking like she's about to cry." Tricia noticed.
Bruce chuckled, "That's just how Folds are, if she was really sad she'd scamper off and hide in another part of the house. I think she's a little bit unsure, but she's just getting to know you is all. If you really want to make her happy, then scratch her like this." Bruce said, then showing Tricia how to scratch one of Ginger's favorite spots, which had the Fold purring and nuzzling Tricia's hand which gave her a great soft smile.
"Sorry I'm late, Bruce, your mom called suddenly and she was wanting to know about-" Carrie informed, and then froze at the sight of her husband and brother interacting with her two half-sisters, the reality of the situation settling in very rapidly.
"Carrie!" Both Joely and Tricia cried out in joy, forgetting about the pets for a moment and rushing to hug their big sister and idol.
Carrie was caught heavily off guard by the sudden surge of affection, awkwardly patting both girls backs as they bear hugged her, but at the same time enjoying the warmth that reminded her of a young Todd.
"Do you really know Karate? How did you beat up those bad guys, can we learn?"
"How are you so pretty? Since your our sister does that mean we'll also be pretty?"
"Is playing a guitar hard, how do you read music?"
"How did you fall in love with Bruce?"
"Are you writing the next Star Wars movies?"
"Does Natalie have any puppies?"
Connie then intervened and pulled her rather excited daughters back, "Girls, you have a whole day to talk with Carrie as much as you won't, don't overwhelm her, we're guests."
"Sorry, but we're your biggest fans and you're the coolest most awesome person ever! I'm Joely by the way."
"I'm Tricia, and I wanna be just like you when I grow up."
Carrie was definitely caught off guard, but seeing the pure joy and excitement in the girls helped to put her at ease and understand that this was a good thing and she had a chance to be a good big sister to two young girls and help them experience a better life than she did. "Hi Joely and Tricia, I'm Carrie and it's a pleasure to meet you both. Sorry we didn't know each other for so long, but it's nice to finally have some sisters, and you girls are both lucky in that you have the best brother anyone can ask for in Todd." Carrie said, bringing a smile to her younger brother.
"Can we play Star Wars?" Tricia requested.
"With some toys?" Bruce asked.
"No, acting like we're in the movie. You're Han and Leia, we gotta play Star Wars." Joely said as if it were law.
"Sure, it would be nice to warm up on my improv skills." Carrie said.
"And can you please wear the buns?" Both girls requested, causing Carrie to freeze in mortal terror of the dreaded cinnamon rolls that to her complete shock and horror became a fashion icon the world over.
"Are you sure? That'll take a lot of time and Leia likes to wear her hair in more than just the buns." Carrie pleaded.
"But it'll be just like the movies. Please?" Joely pleaded.
"Pretty please?" Tricia requested, who then stretched Natalie's face gently to wear she had actual puppy eyes, followed by Todd joining in on the fun by raising Ginger to Carrie's face with her silently joining in with her sad owl-like eyes.
Thus at the heavy unconquerable pressure of puppy eyes, Carrie broke her eternal oath to never don the Leia buns with a soon arriving Debbie helping her daughter craft her hair to how it was in the movie. In addition to the many toys and figures the girls bought, the experience was enhanced thanks to Bruce being a hoarder collector like Debbie and saving a plethora of props and costumes from Star Wars, including Han and Leia's costumes for the O'Brians to return to their iconic roles.
The whole house would become a galaxy, far, far away in a situation that reminded Bruce heavily of The Playground. A scenario was set up with Joely and Tricia playing the roles of extraordinary Rebel agents and Jedi Knights in training with Joely being a starfighter ace and Tricia a wonder spy. The two would team up with Han, Leia and Chewbacca (Played by Natalie) to destroy a Dark Trooper program which would create an army of super soldiers that would help the Empire cement its rule over the galaxy. Against them was Darth Jerek played and coined by Todd who took on most of the villainous roles along with his partner Moff Scarlet, AKA Ginger.
Debbie and Connie would take on supporting roles with Debbie being Mon Mothma (A character Bruce knew from Dave's notes) and Connie being the girls wise Jedi master along with on occasion a number of small supporting roles for both. Through a combination of imagination, props and fun usage of furniture the group was able to stimulate Star Wars scenes and taking a page from D&D, Bruce and Carrie would spice things up with rolls to add a strict parameter and give a challenge.
One such scenario was the Falcon flying through an asteroid field to escape Jerek and his Star Destroyer while TIE fighters were in hot pursuit.
"This is some situation you got us in flyboy, you know before I met you I had an almost perfect mission success rate, now everytime we fly it's always bounty hunters or Imperial patrols." Leia complained.
Han turned to her with a look of exasperation, "Well excuse me your worship, it's not my fault we get saddled with the Alliance's most dangerous missions, and last I checked the only reason the Empire knows we're here is because "your trusted source" was a double agent."
Neither Bruce nor Carrie had wanted to be at odds like in the movie, but Joely and Tricia had insisted on an authentic experience and it was definitely a fun acting exercise, though neither spouse was at their usual gang as their snappy exchanges were accompanied by loving smiles that betrayed the tone of their voices.
"Chewie, what's the status of the hyperdrive?"
"Woof." Natalie responded, surprisingly she seemed to be rather alert at speaking for the day and could often respond when being spoken to in the game with whines or brief barks.
"A couple more minutes? Are you sure you're doing the math right?" Han complained, with Natalie then circumstantially sneezing on his jacket.
"Alright, alright, just get us out of here as soon as you can."
"Rebel scum, you are within a trap of your own making and none of your friends, not even your pathetic Skywalker shall come to your rescue. Surrender now and I might make your deaths painless." Todd as Jerek cackled while carrying around TIEs to show the Falcon, which was currently the living room, was being harassed.
"We could sure appreciate some help here!" Leia "yelled" to Joely and Tricia who were propped up on couch cushions acting as the Falcon's gunners.
"We're trying, but they keep on using the asteroids as cover." Joely complained.
"Alright, let's roll and see how good of a shots you two are." Carrie then rolled the d20 dice, "Joely just barely misses her marks and Tricia manages to shoot two down."
"I got one, I got one." Tricia shouted in joy.
"Great kid, now don't get cocky." Han called out, with the girls squeeling at the utterance of the iconic line.
"Alright, looks like we're about to make the jump to light-"Bruce then stopped and rushed to pick up a hacking Ginger, "No, no, not on the carpet." Bruce whined, but it was too late as Ginger coughed a furball on the living room rug.
"Ew!" The girls exclaimed.
"Um...oh no, a giant asteroid is about to hit us. Roll 8 or above to avoid." Carrie suggested to keep the game going with the dice just giving them a pass with a nine. "And Chewbacca makes the jump to lightspeed." Carrie added, raising Ginger's paw and moving it in a downward fashion to show her pulling the lever.
"NOOO!!!! Todd cried out in anguish. "Well thankfully, Grand Moff Scarlet was wise enough to place a tracker on the Falcon, and now I can follow them wherever they go."
"What! That's cheating!" Joely protested.
"Yeah, that never happened." Tricia joined.
"Vader did it, why can't I?" Todd questioned, even in a fun game with his sisters taking the moment to rule shark and push the cart to a new track as he usually did in roleplay.
"Because you didn't say you did so it doesn't count."
Sighing, Carrie used her GM powers to favor Todd with movie precedent and then moved to roll for the tracker.
After many hours adventure would end with Han, Leia and "Chewie" blowing up the Jedi hunting factory while Joely and Tricia would tag team and through a display of elementary-grade gymnastics and swordsmanship, would slay "Darth Jerek" with Todd going the extra mile of "plummeting to a lava-filled doom" in the pool to make things fun while "Grand Moff Scarlat" vowed revenge against the Rebels.
After Todd had dried off things calmed down with Bruce leading the way in everyone making dinner with a personal pizza night with him as the resident chef showing Joely and Tricia how to make their own pizzas and then cooking it in a pizza oven they had just bought, which made the Irishman even cooler to his half sister-in-laws than he possibly could have been.
Following a lively dinner where the Fishers shared both halves of their family history and connected over a near decade of lost time and Bruce wowing the girls with many of his wild Hollywood stories came an intense game of Monopoly with Carrie dominating through luck and investments in corner spots and utilities, and with it being very late at night the fun day came to a satisfying conclusion.
"Now what do you say girls?" Connie reminded.
"Thank you for having us over." Joely and Tricia said at the same time.
"You're more than welcome, always happy to host such great guests. You can come back anytime, just call and let us know beforehand." Bruce offered.
Joely and Tricia then moved and hugged the waists of Carrie and Todd respectively, both elder siblings being caught off guard, with them then crouching down and returning the hugs.
"I'm really happy I have an awesome big sister." Joely said.
"And a cool big brother." Tricia added.
Both Carrie and Todd shared a brief look, saying a million words in a single second which no one else but them would understand, "I'm also really happy to have two great little sisters." Carrie said.
"Same." Todd agreed with.
"Can we keep Ginger?" Tricia interrupted, generating a laugh from everyone present and from there the goodbye turned into a very long one though eventually the Stevens would leave to return to their home, with both Joely and Tricia waving out the back window with the O'Brians and Reynolds waving back.
After Todd left and Debbie returned to her house, both lending their hand in cleaning before leaving, the O'Brians would collapse on the couch in happy exhaustion. Both Natalie and Ginger would follow their owners example, with Natalie laying flat on her favorite pillow while Ginger used the Dalmatian as a black and white pillow.
Bruce was content to just take a break, but his relaxation was disturbed by continuous poking from Carrie. Bruce looked to his wife with a bemused face, "Carry me to bed." She requested.
"Oh? I thought you didn't like when I picked you up and carried you around?" Bruce teasted.
Carrie rolled her eyes, shaking her head with a tired smile, "If you don't take me to bed then I'm sleeping on the couch tonight." She replied, with a very serious tone that made it clear she wasn't joking.
While Bruce didn't mind such nights together, he much preferred a mattress so he did as his princess requested and lifted Carrie, carrying her bridal style to the bedroom where he gently deposited her with the same love and care as on their wedding night.
After a quick change, both spouses settled under the covers and snuggled together, "Today was a nice day." Carrie hummed happily.
"Yeah, it was." Bruce agreed. "Not only did our family grow a little bit bigger, but we got some nice practice for when this little one is midway into her childhood." Bruce said, lightly poking Carrie's stomach when then devolved into tickling which made Carrie giggle heavily.
"They're really sweet girls and it's nice to have little sisters, I just wish they were Mom's and didn't have to come from Eddie being a bastard." Carrie mused, with Bruce hugging her in response.
Carrie then sighed, "But it is what it is, and our kid is going to have to great aunts." Carrie said happily.
"Along with a great mom." Bruce complimented.
"And a great Dad." Carrie returned, then nuzzling Bruce.
"I love you." Bruce said adoringly.
"I know."
A/N: So OTL while Joely and Tricia did know of Carrie, they never formally met her until the late 80's, but in the meantime did idolize her as Leia. After they met, Joely and Tricia along with Carrie and Todd all became very close siblings and Todd remains close with his half-sisters after Carrie died. I imagine that Star Wars being huger would cause some butterflies leading them to meet and both Carrie and Todd would like them like later in life.
