(That night, Normal POV)

Hunter winced as another spoonful of babyfood ended up spit all over his shirt, and closed his eyes tightly, massaging his temples as he struggled not to lose his temper at the baby.

"Bro?" Blake came wandering into the kitchen and winced at the sight of Hunter, covered in baby food while Taelin grinned at him and bounced in his lap. Making a face, Blake knew Hunter was ready to snap and bit back his laughter as he walked over and picked up the fairly messy baby. "You know, you're supposed to eat the food." he told her with a smile.

Wide violet eyes blinked back at him as she seriously seemed to take in who was holding her. For a moment, Blake prepared to put her back in Hunter's lap, because she looked ready to start crying, but then her eyes widened even more and she let out a squeal, clutching tightly to his shirt and coosing at him.

"Well, 'hi' to you, too." he stated with a grin. Turning back to Hunter, he saw that he had his face buried in his hand, and the spoon resting on the table.

There was no doubt Hunter was utterly exhausted and he was at his wit's end.

"Hunter, go to bed. I'll feed her." Blake stated firmly.

There was complete silence for a moment and Blake wondered if Hunter had fallen asleep or something, but a moment later and he got a weary nod as Hunter slowly blinked glazed blue eyes and stood up.

"'Er!"

Bother brothers looked at Taelin, who was grinning and watched as she raised her hands to Hunter.

The said blonde looked ready to lose it, but walked up to her warily and stared at her.

She made a grabbing motion with her hands and reached up towards his head.

Looking at Blake, Hunter's eyes were noticeably dark. "If she makes a grab for my hair, I swear I'm gonna scream." he warned as he carefully leaned down closer to her.

Looking at him a moment, Taelin gave the sweetest smile a baby could manage, before plopping a wet, messy kiss on his cheek and giggling. Waving her arms, she cooed some more and Hunter couldn't hide the small smile as he stood back up.

"Night, bro." Blake stated with a grin, taking the chair Hunter had vacated, and checking out the bottle of food. "Mashed peas?" Making a face, Blake shuddered a little. "Dude, no wonder she was spitting it back out at you."

"You heard what Tori said." he replied with a yawn. Then he frowned. "Uh, what did she say?"

Blake laughed and picked up the spoon, getting a spoonful of the food and looking at his brother. "Something about 'what tastes good isn't always the best'...? Or something...?" he offered akwardly as he held the spoon to Taelin's mouth.

She snapped her head forward with a giggle and took the food in her mouth, only to make a face. She looked ready to spit it out, but Blake quickly dropped the spoon and pinched her lips together, just hard enough to keep from from doing so. "It's nasty, I know!" he insisted. "But you gotta eat it!"

Staring at him with huge watery eyes, Taelin stopped fighting after a moment and swallowed the food. As soon as he let her lips go, she snapped her head forward and bit his finger, hard, glaring at him.

For a moment, everyone just stared at her before Blake began to laugh. "Sorry, but without teeth, that's not gonna work." he told her through his laughter.

Shaking his head at his brother, Hunter smiled and waved at them. "Night bro."

Pulling his hand away from her, Blake grimaced at the slime over it and seemed to turn pale, before turning in Hunter's direction. "Oh, hey... She's sleeping with you tonight." Blake warned with a grin as he got another spoonful of the baby food. Shuddering a bit, he got ready to feed it to her.

"Don't remind me." Hunter mumbled as he wearily scrubbed his face and stalked off.

(The Next Morning, Tori's POV)

Ok, so I wasn't too sure about leaving Taelin with the boys. I mean, I know they're fully capable of taking care of her, but they're also totally inexperienced and don't have a maternal instinct to help them.

If it wasn't for the thing, I'd have been more than happy to take her in, because I knew my mother would've helped.

But then again, that means I'd have to think up a story as to how I found a baby with odd colored eyes, and why I'd decided to take care of it...

Well, ok, it was probably best for Hunter and Blake to take care of her, but it didn't stop me from worrying. I mean, for one thing, it'd constantly be a slap in the face. A bold reminder that their own parents are gone.

Blake might be able to handle that, for a while, but Hunter... I think it was safe to say the loss of their parents still haunted him, severely.

As it was, Blake had to call and beg me to come over last night, just to bathe her. He explained about the mashed peas and I couldn't help but laugh when he described the scene where she bit his finger with her gums.

It was so adorable and I just wish I'd been there.

"Ok, I'll see you later, mom!" I called, thankful my litle sister was already gone to school.

So here I was, heading out earlier than usual, the next morning to check up on them. I wanted to make sure that both the boys and the baby were still basically in one piece and breathing.

"Tori?" An older woman, my mother, stepped out the front door with a look of confusion on her face as she checked her watch. "It's early." Her blue eyes showed clear confusion as she brushed a stray strand of shoulder length blonde hair out of her eyes. "You don't have to leave for another hour, yet."

"Oh, I know." I bit my lip a little before catching myself and offering her a smile. I always bit my lip when I was nervous and she'd come to pick up on that. "It's just... Remember how I told you that my friends and I found a baby, and Hunter and Blake were taking care of her?" Or, rather, trying to... I thought as I recalled the disaster zone from last night.

So I had to think up some kind of story.

She nodded with an enlightened look. "And you want to make sure they all survived their first night together." she stated knowingly. "You know, you could have brought the baby here. I would have been glad to help out."

And freak out when you see the wings. I thought as I shook my head. "It's ok. I'm sure they're fine, but..." I shrugged a little with a smile and took a step back.

Laughing softly, my mom nodded a little and waved. "Alright then. Have a good day, dear." she stated as she turned and went back to the house. Stopping for a moment, she turned back and winked. "Oh, and say hello to Blake for me." she said in a teasing voice before heading inside.

Biting my lip and blushing, my smile faded. I found myself thinking of Hunter and Blake, and how they didn't have this anymore. When I first found out everything about them, I tried to put myself in their shoes, imagining what life would be like for my sister and me, without mom and dad.

I couldn't handle it. That's what.

The images brought tears to my eyes, and I found myself understanding the slightest bit more, the pain those two went through, daily.

"I don't know how they do it." I muttered as I smiled fondly and turned, hopping into my van and heading out.

How can they live day to day, knowing they'd never see their parents again? No more motherly concern, fatherly scolding. No birthday parties, or scolding from both parents if they tried to throw one in secret. No one to hold them and offer advice or support, when they got dumped or hurt.

No one to offer confidence if one of them got hurt and the other was worried.

Just two brothers. Living every day with the constant pain that they're alone. Probably terrified at the though of losing each other...

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Yay. Thank you to GinaStar and JuseaPeterson for reviewing so far and encouraging me. Here's chapter 2.

Hope you like it.

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