When Josh and Maya came home, they expected their kids in bed, and the babysitter on the couch reading a book. What they got instead was their kids still awake and on what appears to be sugar high, and the babysitter asleep on the couch with markings on her face.
"Jacqueline! Justin! What are you guys still doing awake?" Maya questioned the two hyper children. "Ellen (the babysitter) gave us ice cream because we were good!" Justin explained while Jacqueline ran up to her father, screaming "Daddy!" Josh picked her up and swung her around. "Hello princess! Did you drive Ellen insane yet?" Justin and Jacqueline giggled and said in unison "No!" Maya looked around and finally took in the scene.
There was paper everywhere with crayon drawings in them, and picture books scattered everywhere. Fortunately everything was easy to clean up, and there were no messy spills or stains to get rid of. "Okay, here's what we're going to do," Maya told the kids. "If you guys clean this up really nice, we will read you two bedtime stories instead of one, okay?" The twins' eyes lit up at the thought of their parents letting them stay up to hear two bedtime stories, and they zoomed off to clean the paper.
"Done!" Justin cried. They silently decided that Justin would take care of the books while Jacqueline had the wonderful task of cleaning up paper that was shredded. "Not fair!" Jacqueline pouted and worked faster to pick up the paper. Justin just grinned smugly and ran into his fathers arms. "Make me a plane daddy!" Justin squealed. Josh chuckled and spun him around the room, high in the air while Maya looked on slightly horrified. "Josh! He could fall, so either be extremely careful or put him down." "Relax darling, I got this," Josh assured her. He gently put Justin on the couch and cried "Doggy pile!"
Jacqueline came back from putting the ugly drawings in the recycling, and the ones she thought were "pretty" were put in a box. When she walked into the living room, she saw her father drop her brother on to the soft, velvet couch and called out "Doggy pile!" Jacqueline squealed at the thought of getting to be on top of Justin and sprinted towards the couch. She jumped high into the air and belly flopped onto Justin's stomach. Justin mad an "Oof!" sound and Josh climbed on top of them.
"Dad!" The children cried. The two of them were little kids, and their dad, who was 6'0", squashed them both into the couch. Josh laughed as Maya giggled along. "Josh, you're crushing them. Let them up!" Josh rolled off them both and put his arm around her waist. "Come on kids, if you want to get through two stories you better get up now!"
Jacqueline rolled off the couch and sprinted to the bedroom which she shared with Justin. Meanwhile, Justin was left to recover from having his little sister and dad on top of him. After a few seconds, Josh got impatient and picked him up and threw him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Maya gave them a funny look, like "I can't believe you three." Together, they walked up stairs to the shared bedroom with Josh laughing, Justin yelling "Put me down!" and Maya trying to hold in her laughter.
"What are you reading us today?" Jacqueline asked. "How about we tell what happened on Uncle Lucas and Aunt Riley's on their first date?" Maya tempted. "Yeah, that one!" The twins cried. "Now hold on, that's a pretty long story. If we tell you that, then we are only telling you one, okay?" Josh said. The twins looked up at their parents, looked at each other, and then said "One moment please!"
They dove underneath the covers and quiet noises could be heard through them.
"Do you want to hear a funny story, or two stories?" Justin asked his little sister. He could have made the decision on his own, since he was older, but he wanted to make his sister happy. Jacqueline thought long and hard, and finally she replied "Aunt Riley and Uncle Lucas!" Justin laughed at her and said "Okay fine."
When they came out of the covers, they found their mom sitting on their dad's back. "Mommy, why are you on daddy's back?" Jacqueline asked innocently. "He was being mean so I threw him on the floor and sat on him." Maya replied nonchalantly. "Get her off!" Josh groaned into the wood floor. "This wood is hurting my beautiful face!" Josh cried dramatically. Maya gasped and smacked him on the back. "Sure, your beautiful face." She said sarcastically, but got off none the less.
Jacqueline and Justin sat and their beds which were right next to each other with a small gap in between, and waited for their promised story.
"Uncle Lucas liked Aunt Riley a lot," Maya started. "He liked her so much that he asked Grandpa Cory if he could go on one date with her. He refused and slammed the door in his face, pressing himself against the peephole to make sure he left. Grandpa Cory is really weak when it comes to strength, and Uncle Lucas had the strength of a horse that time, so he opened the door with no effort. Grandpa Cory asked for Grandma Topanga to deal with him, and she said 'Lucas, you are the most polite young man I have ever seen. You can date my daughter.' Naturally, Grandpa Cory got upset, and everyone else said Lucas should be able to date Riley. Even your dad said so." "Well, to be fair, it was one date. Also, what's the worse that could happen on that date?" Josh butted in. Maya glared at him and he backed off, scared of his wife. Grinning in victory, Maya continued the story for her sleepy yet alert children.
"After a long time, Cory decided to let Lucas take Riley out on a date, on one condition. I had to go on a date with Uncle Farkle, so we could double date. I at first flat out refused, but once Riley, Lucas, and Topanga gave me a look, I had to go. We went to the bowling alley. I ended up beating Farkle, Lucas, and Riley so I was top scoring," Maya was interrupted once more. "That's a lie. Riley told me that you got last, since you never went bowling. She was no better however, and got third. Lucas got second, and Farkle got first surprisingly. He got first because, and I quote from Riley, 'He spent at least three minutes calculating the trajectory and angles and stuff, and used that to his advantage as opposed to just throwing it.'" Josh cut in. They glared at each other for a little while before looking at their sleeping children. They smiled and kissed each of their foreheads. The gently got off the bed, tucked them in, and turned off the lights.
As Josh and Maya were walking towards their bedroom, Josh picked up his short wife and threw her over his shoulder. Maya gave a small shriek, and instantly said "Put me down this instant, or you're sleeping on the couch!" Josh proceeded to ignore her and ran all the way to their bedroom. He shut the door with his foot, and dumped Maya on the bed unceremoniously.
Josh backed Maya up on the bed, and Maya kept crawling backwards until she hit the head rest. "Josh, what are you-" She was silenced by a kiss. Josh rolled over and dragged Maya on top of him and pulled a blanket on top of the both of them. "Let's go to sleep!" Josh whined. Maya rolled her eyes and retaliated with "Then let's go change into our pyjamas, and go to bed!" Josh refused to move, and Maya was forced to the other side. He grabbed the blanket and pulled it off of Maya and on to himself. "Fine then, leave me cold."
As Maya got up to change, she heard her husband say "Bring me my pyjamas too!" Maya rolled her eyes for the umpteenth time that day and brought over his pyjamas too. Maya walked to the bathroom to change into her clothes, and Josh stayed in their bedroom to change.
Maya walked out of the bathroom to Josh face down on the bed, with his pajama pants on and his shirt half on. "Josh! Put on your clothes properly!" Maya scolded as she rolled him over. He took a look at her, groaned, and got up to put on his clothes. "Gorgeous, my head hurts. I hit it on the head board, can you kiss it for me?" Josh whined. Maya sighed and said "Fine, only because you'll keep complaining until I kiss your booboo for you." She moved her head to his temple and kissed it. As she moved away, she whispered "Good night handsome."