Authors Notes: Here ya go...a new story :D. Yes...Percy is going to mess things up again too.

Eyes Wide Shut

Chapter 1

Pretty Small Actually

3 Years later

The lights in Eves opinion were very bright and very annoying. She had her final exams and sitting at one of the tables at the studio her father now owned having graduated from college with highest marks. It was very easy for him to hire a few models to wear his designs and strut their stuff on a local free for all modeling star search. He was almost immediately picked up by a local New York modeling agency…into which he bought almost immediately after he walked through the door. It took the CEOs six months to realize that they were working for one of their designers.

The models Percy ended up choosing tended to be far more snooty then they were worth and stuck there noses up at Eve and the clothing she herself chose to wear. Just a pair of black jeans with blue flames and a black tank top and a slim jacket with her name printed in blue letters on the back. Her hair was up in a high pony tail and her make up…well…she preferred not to wear any.

What annoyed the models about Eve was the fact that Percy just let her walk around like she was a 'freak' as they called her. She didn't mind as long as Percy still loved her, and Marguerite too.

There were of course the three woman who managed to win her Uncles hearts and of course had fallen deeply in love with there charge. Even though Eve was now 11 almost 12 they tended to dote on her as if she were theres.

Suzanne walked in and giggled when she ran over to the young lady who seemed to be completely zoned out on a book in front of her. She leaned over Eve to see the Mathematics book and sighed. "I don't see what you and Tony see in math."

"Actually I hate math…but I need to know it to make floor plans."

"Why you want to build crap is far beyond me." One of the models said and Eve shrugged her shoulders.

"Dad designs crap for chicks, I design crap for families. Hopefully that's enough for your small mind to wrap around. I tried to put it as simply as possible." Eve said without even looking up Suzanne giggled and looked up at Hastings who was sitting next to the bird cage or more effectively known as the place where the designer sits and observes his models as they walk the cat walk.

"But hey if you want it put far more simply I could always find a child to tell it far better then myself." Eve said and looked up with a smile on her face.

"Eve are you harassing my models again?" Percy asked as he walked in with a few dresses thrown over his shoulders.

"Yes dad." Eve giggled and looked around at his lead model Maria Anne. Also known as Lady Dewhurst. Tony's wife who was the makeup artist.

"Well stop that we don't need them quitting before the show." Percy said and

"So I can harass them after the show…okay." Eve winked at Maria who was very young, shy, and pretty. Percy tries to get her on the cat walk sometimes, but she would simply shake her head and look away while blushing.

"Alright ladies shall we try it again?" Marguerite called from the light box above. Her photography skills were amazing and completely wowed Percy and 'hired' her into the now family business.

One of the things Marguerite did when they had there first observation of the models, each one displayed before Percy for inspection. She walked over to Percy and kissed him as passionately as they did on there wedding day. Percy saw it as her being playful and just chuckled it off and went back to work. Eve saw it as her mother inserting dominance over the others. Specially after earlier that same day she and her mama had heard them talking about just how handsome Percy was and who wanted to try to date him. The one who wanted to try tends to get it really bad from Eve ever since. That's why she was 'harassing' that model. Miss Vandecade who was actually very pretty in her opinion, but to snooty for her tastes.

Of course Margo and Eve had told Percy about it, and assured them that he wouldn't do anything to ruin his family. He loved his ladies to much to do something that stupid.

It didn't stop Eve from having nightmares, she never told Percy about any of them as far as she was concerned no one would ever know about these fears.

Percy tended to act rather foppish in front of them. The models tended to call him stupid behind his back. Eve of course…heard all of it. She of course told Percy who brushed it off just saying 'that's what I want them to think' Eve didn't like people making fun of her dad.

"Mrs. Marguerite its 5pm!" Percy's seceratary said from the door. Her clip board in one hand, a Blackberry in the other and a pen in her mouth. Her short hair was slicked back and tied into a bright pink bow. Of course her clothing was designed by Percy. She was a walking advertisement.

"Alright thank you Joyce. Percy!"

Percy walked out from around the curtain messuring take around his shoulders, and a bit of fabric over one of his arms.

"Oh right…time flies. I'll throw this into the back room and I'll see you ladies tomorrow. I've got to spend time with the two most important women in my life." Percy said and threw his stuff down.

"Alright then Eve." Eve continued to look down at the book in front of her not realizing she was being looked at.

"Eve?" Percy asked which caused her to jump and look around at Percy who picked her up and Marguerite threw the papers and books into the pack.

"Hey!" She said. Apparently Eve had been working so hard that she didn't realize that today was her 12th birthday. Ever since Marguerite stepped into there lives Percy never forgot anything. Always came home on time for Eves birthdays, and tended to have far more fun on there vacations. This year was the year they completed her bucket list. Mexico. She couldn't wait…although her finals were tomorrow and she had been studying very hard and she would be soooo glad when she graduated in the spring.

"Whats going on? Where are we go…Going?" She looked up to see them go into the café where the rest of the Uncles and Aunts were waiting. Apparently Suzanne showing up was there hint that everything was ready.

Eve sighed and pulled out her cell phone and looked at it. "Time flies…" She said and walked into the café with her parents walking behind her. Everyone within popped confetti cannons, and threw balloons. Safe to say Eve was covered in paper and glitter.

"Great now I'm going to look like one of those stupid sparkly vampires." She said and pushed some out of her hair as everyone glittered. She was picked up by her surprise by her Uncles and thrown into the air. She screamed although with delight rather then fear. She was so comfortable around her Uncles now after all those issues years before. She never questioned them ever again. When she came back down to earth she was being cradled in Hastings arms.

"Mousey isn't much of a Mousey anymore." Hastings said sitting her down on a stool.

"Oh don't stop calling me that Uncle Timmy really. I like it." Eve said and looked up at the cake as it was brought around.

"Wow that's a big cake." Which was true. It was a three layer cake and 12 little candles along it. Of course they broke into the old song which started off at the same time, but ended at different times. Eve just giggled at everyones horrid singing and pretty singing at the same time. She didn't mind, they were always like this. She liked them like this. They were her family and she liked it this way.

Eve leaned forward and blew out the candles in one blow.

"That was a quick wish." Tony said poring coke into cups. "What did you wish for?"

" To have a great time in Mexico. What else?" Eve winked and the boys seemed to pat her on the back. The wish was a lie. She actually wished that Marguerite would soon make her a sister. Its something she had always wanted. A baby brother or sister, but she didn't want to push things, or worse…jinx it to the point where Margo was unable to have children. If she remembered anything about her original parents her mother was unable to have anymore because her own birth tore her up internally.

"Don't you think you're getting a bit too old for those trips Eve?" Eves heart skipped a beat, she looked around at Percy who took a sip of his coke before looking back down at her.

"Maybe…I guess I am." Eve whispered. The look in her eyes didn't go unnoticed by her Uncles. But then Eve smiled. "Probably am, who needs to go off to some foreign place anyways right. I hear they have bad water anyways." After this her Uncles brushed off the look and went back to the party. Perhaps she was getting to old for those trips. Who needed to travel to far off places just to spend time with her parents anyways. Alone and unhindered by the world around them anyways…right?