About thirteen years ago...
One thing the triplets' parents could always rely on was that Cian, Frank, and Gabi would always walk home from school together. Even if only one of them had an activity afterschool, the others always seemed to hang around to wait for them. Tonight, both boys were at some practice or other, and rather than walk home with her friends, the fourteen-year-old Gabi had curled up in the sunshine on one of the school fields to make a headstart on her homework. Surrounded by her notes and books, and with the sun already burning her nose, she looked up with one hand shielding her eyes as the teams began to file out of the changing rooms, peering through the glare for her brothers. In those days, the triplets were inseparable, doing nearly everything together and watching out for each other as siblings were wont to do. As it happened, Cian and Frankie were playfully shoving and jabbing at each other as they made their way to the prearranged place where they were to meet their beloved sister. "Hey Gabs!" Frank plopped down onto the ground and dropped his book bag on a spot not taken up by his sister's notes, books and other studying paraphernalia. "Didja get my homework done?" He teased his sister and ruffled her hair. "Cian's going to do yours for you next week. Then I'll do it the week after that. How's that sound?" He crinkled his nose and then leaned back to look up at his twin brother. "Right?" Gabi laughed at her brothers' arrival, already packing her bits and pieces away into her satchel. "I'm not letting you do my homework, Frank, you'll get me failed again!" she giggled, grimacing as he ruffled her hair. "You're such a goof." Frank got a faceful of her blazer as she slung an arm around Cian's legs to jerk him down onto the ground. "There, you're not looming anymore. Honestly, anyone would think you'd grown in the last couple of months or something," she teased the oldest of them fondly. "No, I'm not!" Cian contradicted, somewhat the goody two shoes of the threesome. "I'll help, but I'm not doing it for her. She won't learn it that....Ooof!" And he was tugged downwards, his books spilling out of his arms to the ground. Even so, he grinned at his sister, who he openly adored. "I grew almost two inches in the last six months. I'm going to be taller than Dad soon!" "Plech!" He stuck his tongue out and waved the blazer out of his face when she pulled Cian to the ground. "Oh, Mr. Presidential speeches," he teased his twin and began to help Gabi picking up her things. "And I grew three inches! So there!" Frank laughed out loud, he enjoyed nothing more than hanging out and poking fun at each other. He particularly liked it when they got him with a zinger. Sometimes the memory of it kept him laughing all day long. "So, any idea of what Mom's going to put on the table tonight' Her last experiment went to the dog." "It's Friday, goofball, it's take-out night," Gabi told Frank with a grin - none of them were particularly fond of their mother's cooking experiments, but they ate what was put in front of them out of love for her. Reclaiming her blazer, she left Frank to finish putting her things away, sitting herself squarely on Cian's stomach. "So ....did you get to see Christina's ruffled knickers today, or was she hiding them from you, Kee?" "I don't want to see her knickers, Gabi! Oh, my God!" Obviously embarrassed, his face went scarlet, and he tried to roll away from his sister to gather up his own books that lay scattered on the ground, more to hide his embarrassment than anything else. "Keekee and Christy, sitting in a tree..." Frank intoned with a grin on his face. Gabi's things gathered and sorted, he helped Cian pick up his books. "What do you think, Gabs" Has he seen her knickers and only holding out on us?" He held onto Cian's books as he got up from the ground. "If I could see her knickers, I would!" Standing up as Cian rolled away, Gabi flicked her blonde hair out of her face, hooking her bag over her head to hang from her shoulder as she watched her brothers. "Frankie, you'd see everyone's panties if you could," she snickered. "I bet you dress up in Mom's clothes when you think we're not looking!" Cian glared at his brother when he got teased, even though it was good natured teasing. He always got teased about his crush on Christina, the only girl he'd ever had eyes for since kindergarten. "I haven't seen her knickers! And I haven't kissed her either." Double gasp! Frank's brows rose in severe amusement as he gasped at both of his siblings. First, being accused of being a cross dresser, and then the slip from Cian! At first Frank was going to defend himself, but Cian left an opening. "Oooo Keekee and Christy sitting in a tree...." he danced about, singing. "C'mon, sing with me family!" "K.I.S.S.I.N.G!" Laughing, Gabi took off at a run. She wasn't stupid - Cian didn't quite have the reach to take Frank down for teasing him yet, but she was fair game for both of them, smaller and lighter and altogether too afraid of hurting anyone to fight back. Cian gave his brother a playful shove. "Oh, yeah' What about Juicy Lucy' You had your tongue down her throat yet?" He smirked at his brother, his chin rising into the air at his oneupmanship. "I bet you have! Does she really taste like cherries?" Oh, yes, they were hormonal teenagers. "Oh no!" Frank shook his head and lunged at his brother in a playful tackle. "Take that back! Lucy's a good girl!" His face was flushed with embarrassment and he kept shaking his head to defend Juicy Lucy's honor. Somebody had to! Safe from retaliation, Gabi came to a halt by the school gates, leaning against the wrought iron to watch as her brothers fought one another on the grass with a wide grin. It wasn't often she wasn't in the middle of their rough-housing, so she enjoyed the opportunity to just laugh at them. Cian oofed again when he found himself on his back, but it was his turn to laugh now, turning the tables on his brother. "No, she isn't! She's kissed half the soccer team!" "And the cheerleaders, don't forget them!" Gabi called out to them, her giggles getting louder as Frank's favourite crush of the moment was trashed by the siblings just for fun. Cian caught his sister's shout and smirked up at his brother. "That, too!" "At least she didn't show all of the soccer team her knickers, like Christy!" Frank shouted back and got up off of his brother. "And Doug!" He whirled around and went charging after Gabi. "Dougie the Puggie dropped the soap and know he goes Ugghie!" "I did not kiss Doug!" Gabi squealed laughingly, whirling around to try and outrun her much taller brother as he came sprinting towards her. "Cian! Help!"
One thing the triplets' parents could always rely on was that Cian, Frank, and Gabi would always walk home from school together. Even if only one of them had an activity afterschool, the others always seemed to hang around to wait for them. Tonight, both boys were at some practice or other, and rather than walk home with her friends, the fourteen-year-old Gabi had curled up in the sunshine on one of the school fields to make a headstart on her homework. Surrounded by her notes and books, and with the sun already burning her nose, she looked up with one hand shielding her eyes as the teams began to file out of the changing rooms, peering through the glare for her brothers. In those days, the triplets were inseparable, doing nearly everything together and watching out for each other as siblings were wont to do. As it happened, Cian and Frankie were playfully shoving and jabbing at each other as they made their way to the prearranged place where they were to meet their beloved sister. "Hey Gabs!" Frank plopped down onto the ground and dropped his book bag on a spot not taken up by his sister's notes, books and other studying paraphernalia. "Didja get my homework done?" He teased his sister and ruffled her hair. "Cian's going to do yours for you next week. Then I'll do it the week after that. How's that sound?" He crinkled his nose and then leaned back to look up at his twin brother. "Right?" Gabi laughed at her brothers' arrival, already packing her bits and pieces away into her satchel. "I'm not letting you do my homework, Frank, you'll get me failed again!" she giggled, grimacing as he ruffled her hair. "You're such a goof." Frank got a faceful of her blazer as she slung an arm around Cian's legs to jerk him down onto the ground. "There, you're not looming anymore. Honestly, anyone would think you'd grown in the last couple of months or something," she teased the oldest of them fondly. "No, I'm not!" Cian contradicted, somewhat the goody two shoes of the threesome. "I'll help, but I'm not doing it for her. She won't learn it that....Ooof!" And he was tugged downwards, his books spilling out of his arms to the ground. Even so, he grinned at his sister, who he openly adored. "I grew almost two inches in the last six months. I'm going to be taller than Dad soon!" "Plech!" He stuck his tongue out and waved the blazer out of his face when she pulled Cian to the ground. "Oh, Mr. Presidential speeches," he teased his twin and began to help Gabi picking up her things. "And I grew three inches! So there!" Frank laughed out loud, he enjoyed nothing more than hanging out and poking fun at each other. He particularly liked it when they got him with a zinger. Sometimes the memory of it kept him laughing all day long. "So, any idea of what Mom's going to put on the table tonight' Her last experiment went to the dog." "It's Friday, goofball, it's take-out night," Gabi told Frank with a grin - none of them were particularly fond of their mother's cooking experiments, but they ate what was put in front of them out of love for her. Reclaiming her blazer, she left Frank to finish putting her things away, sitting herself squarely on Cian's stomach. "So ....did you get to see Christina's ruffled knickers today, or was she hiding them from you, Kee?" "I don't want to see her knickers, Gabi! Oh, my God!" Obviously embarrassed, his face went scarlet, and he tried to roll away from his sister to gather up his own books that lay scattered on the ground, more to hide his embarrassment than anything else. "Keekee and Christy, sitting in a tree..." Frank intoned with a grin on his face. Gabi's things gathered and sorted, he helped Cian pick up his books. "What do you think, Gabs" Has he seen her knickers and only holding out on us?" He held onto Cian's books as he got up from the ground. "If I could see her knickers, I would!" Standing up as Cian rolled away, Gabi flicked her blonde hair out of her face, hooking her bag over her head to hang from her shoulder as she watched her brothers. "Frankie, you'd see everyone's panties if you could," she snickered. "I bet you dress up in Mom's clothes when you think we're not looking!" Cian glared at his brother when he got teased, even though it was good natured teasing. He always got teased about his crush on Christina, the only girl he'd ever had eyes for since kindergarten. "I haven't seen her knickers! And I haven't kissed her either." Double gasp! Frank's brows rose in severe amusement as he gasped at both of his siblings. First, being accused of being a cross dresser, and then the slip from Cian! At first Frank was going to defend himself, but Cian left an opening. "Oooo Keekee and Christy sitting in a tree...." he danced about, singing. "C'mon, sing with me family!" "K.I.S.S.I.N.G!" Laughing, Gabi took off at a run. She wasn't stupid - Cian didn't quite have the reach to take Frank down for teasing him yet, but she was fair game for both of them, smaller and lighter and altogether too afraid of hurting anyone to fight back. Cian gave his brother a playful shove. "Oh, yeah' What about Juicy Lucy' You had your tongue down her throat yet?" He smirked at his brother, his chin rising into the air at his oneupmanship. "I bet you have! Does she really taste like cherries?" Oh, yes, they were hormonal teenagers. "Oh no!" Frank shook his head and lunged at his brother in a playful tackle. "Take that back! Lucy's a good girl!" His face was flushed with embarrassment and he kept shaking his head to defend Juicy Lucy's honor. Somebody had to! Safe from retaliation, Gabi came to a halt by the school gates, leaning against the wrought iron to watch as her brothers fought one another on the grass with a wide grin. It wasn't often she wasn't in the middle of their rough-housing, so she enjoyed the opportunity to just laugh at them. Cian oofed again when he found himself on his back, but it was his turn to laugh now, turning the tables on his brother. "No, she isn't! She's kissed half the soccer team!" "And the cheerleaders, don't forget them!" Gabi called out to them, her giggles getting louder as Frank's favourite crush of the moment was trashed by the siblings just for fun. Cian caught his sister's shout and smirked up at his brother. "That, too!" "At least she didn't show all of the soccer team her knickers, like Christy!" Frank shouted back and got up off of his brother. "And Doug!" He whirled around and went charging after Gabi. "Dougie the Puggie dropped the soap and know he goes Ugghie!" "I did not kiss Doug!" Gabi squealed laughingly, whirling around to try and outrun her much taller brother as he came sprinting towards her. "Cian! Help!"