That afternoon when I got home, my dad and the kids were the only ones there. "Dad! I'm home!" I called out. My dad walked out, holding Evalina in his arms.

"Hey baby girl. How was school?"

"Good, until Leighton came, then it got bad, but then it got good again." I shrugged.

"Woah, wait, Leighton who?" my dad asked, setting Eva down and she ran to go play with Ella.

"Leighton Hawk."

My dad looked stunned for a moment and I wondered what the hell could make him so stunned. It looked like he'd seen a ghost. "Um dad?" I asked

"Yeah?"

"You ok? You look like you'd seen a ghost."

"Hawk you said?"

"Yeah, why's that so shocking?"

"Because, back when your uncles and I were BTR, and we were recording, Hawk, another man like Gustavo, except a lot eviler, and wanted to crush us as a band because him and Gustavo were rivals. He took me for a little bit after Griffin canceled our first concert and Hawk tried to make me into something I wasn't."

"Oh. So, he basically decided to ruin your life?"

"He tried, but didn't succeed. This girl must be his granddaughter or something."

I nodded slowly. "Ok…"

"Caitlyn, do not get involved with her. Stay away from her. You hear me?"

"Yes daddy. I don't even like her anyway. But, she told me I only got into honors choir cause mom's the teacher."

"And what did you say?"

"I told her I got in on my own doing, and she said there was no way I was as vocally talented as you and mom."

"I asked her if she wanted a bet and she told me she wanted to hear me sing, so I sang, and she walked off after people started clapping."

My dad chuckled. "My girl." He kissed my cheek and hugged me. I smiled softly and headed up to my room to do my homework. I laid on my bed and set my phone on my nightstand as I started my English homework. I ran my fingers through my hair as I heard my phone go off.

I picked it up and saw it was Colton who had sent me a text.

Hey Diamond, what u up 2?

I sent back:English hw. Ugh. You?

Algebra.

Ew.

I know. I wanted to take a break to see how you were (:

Aw thanks =)

Oh no prob. You sang beautifully today btw

Thanks.

Welcome. Well, I suppose I shall let you get back to homework :P

Haha igght.

Ttyl beautiful (:

I smiled and replied back before turning my phone on silent so I wouldn't be bothered while doing my homework. A few minutes, or what seemed like minutes anyways, my mom called out, "Caitlyn! Supper!"

"Coming!" I shouted, closing my history textbook and headed downstairs so that I could eat. There was countless chitter chatter at the table, asking about school and whatnot. I didn't talk much, so I let my siblings talk about their days rather than mine. After dinner I went out to the back porch and sat on our porch swing. I looked at the play set that I played on so many times as a kid.

I sometimes wished my siblings weren't so much younger than me. I would love if Ella or Eva were a little closer to my age so I could have a girl to talk to other than my mom, not that I didn't love my mom, cause I did, I just wondered what possessed my parents to wait so long to have a kid after me. But then I was kind of glad that Liam wasn't a teenager. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair and I heard the sliding door open and saw my mom. "Hey mom"

"Hey Caitlyn, what are you doing out here?" she sat down next to me.

"Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Life."

My mom giggled a little. "You sound exactly like me."

I half smiled. "Is that a good or bad thing?"

"Haha. I think it's a good thing baby." She smiled and reached over, stroking my hair. I leaned over and laid on her like I used to when I was a kid.

I smiled softly. I felt the comfort I did when I was a little girl. "Hey mom?"

"Yeah baby?"

"Do you ever wish Liam and them were closer to my age?"

My mom giggled a little bit. "Baby, when Liam was born, most people would just be getting married or having their first kid. We already had you, and we were ok with that. I'm ok with you being the oldest, you can set a good example for them."

"Do you ever feel I ruined you and dad's lives? Dad said I didn't."

"Caitlyn Jamie, you didn't at all! You made our lives better. Even though it was tough at times, you were still one of the greatest things ever to happen to me."

"What was the first?"

"Marrying your dad."

I smiled. "Tell me how you and dad met."

"But, you've heard it before."

"Tell me again."

"Alright. Well, I first met your father when I was ten years old and visiting my cousin Kendall, and there was this dorky kid wearing glasses and braces reading a book. I thought he was cute and while the few days I visited, I became friends with him, and I had a kid crush on him, and I told him I liked him, and he didn't say anything, so when my family went back to Missouri, I didn't talk to him and when I was seventeen, I moved to L.A to pursue a dream of becoming a singer and went to live with my aunt and cousins, Kendall and Katie, and little did I know, your father lived there too, and all my old feelings began to resurface, and soon enough, we began dating and I was stuck with him for life, and I wouldn't change anything that happened."

I smiled and sat up. "I love you and dad so much mom." I hugged her.

"I love you too baby." She hugged me back and kissed my cheek. "Now, get up to bed. You've got school tomorrow."

"Yes mom." I smiled and headed back inside and went to bed, glad to have my parents, and glad to be alive.