Wow guys you've blown me away with your responses to the last 2 chapters. Although not everyone has replied the amount of people favourited and alerted is staggering Thank you all. This is to all of you readers out there. I hope you guys know how lucky you are too, cos I'm posting this on my birthday!

On a side note I received a few messages from readers who were asking if I was planning on doing a story using TJ that had spanking in it. At first I replied that I had no intentions of doing this but after the number of people who asked, I reconsidered. Now I am unsure so it is up to you guys if you want to see that? If so do you want it built into the main story or as a side story with a selection of one-shots etc.

Let me know. See you at the bottom!

Life quickly settled down in the Cullen household. JJ's arm healed within a few hours and was ready to play baseball with his family two days later. With the last few weeks remaining of the school holiday, Esme found herself in the organised chaos that returning to school held. Currently she was buried in the cupboard placed just under the stairs, attempting to find the 'children's' school bags, whilst Carlisle was buried equally as deeply in the coat-cupboard searching for shoes.

"Mommy, Daddy?" Both parents popped their heads out of their respective cupboards to see Tj standing there, with Bert and an innocent smile in place.

"What are you doing here monkey, I thought we told you kids to pack your bags?" Esme chastised with a loving grin plastered on her face.

Tj shrugged as she answered, fiddling with her beloved hippo's ear. "I'm nearly done, I wanted to ask you something first though."

"And try to avoid the designated quiet time" Carlisle mumbled as he dug out another compulsory school style shoe from the cupboard. Esme cringed as she glanced over her husband's shoulder at what was once a tidy, respectable area.

Tj growled good-naturedly at her father and poked her tongue out when his back was turned. Her dad knew her too well she thought, but hey she had nearly finished packing. All that was left was the pencil case, the folder, the equipment to go into said pencil case….ok maybe there was a lot left, but when packed at vampire speed it took no time at all.

Esme who was still waiting for her daughters response raised her eyebrows, performing what Tj and Alice called the 'mother stare'. Tj smiled innocently in response with a slight shrug of the shoulders.

"Earth to ruuunnntttt". Emmett boomed loudly behind his little sister, snapping her out of her mothers eager eye. "Up for a hunt and tag?" Emmett waggled his eyebrows, enticing his sister.

"Hell…er heck yeah" Tj corrected herself upon hearing a slight hiss of air sliding past her mothers lips. With a quick backwards wave Tj darted out after her brother, giggling as the ground became torn up with their haste to be the first to arrive.

All too soon the first day of school rolled around. The morning was its usual chaotic manner. For children and adults that didn't sleep, Esme found herself exhibiting a lot of patience attempting to rise her surrogate children out of their respective bedrooms.

"I mean it!, I want you downstairs within 3 seconds, or Im driving you all to school myself AND walking you into the school office." Desperate times called for desperate measures after all.

Sniggers shot out across the house but were quickly silenced when Esme began her count. Miraculously all seven teenage vampires appeared, fully clothed and prepared for a day at school.

Pushing them out the front door, Esme couldn't but give a smug grin as she watched the departing cars.

In the cars, the only facial expressions present were a grimace. None of the kids were particularly looking forward to going to school. They often described it as the same routine of hell over and over again.. Nothing changed, apart from the location of the building.

As Esme dropped TJ and Josh at the primary school entrance, a hushed 'smile' was issued as they begrudgingly piled out of the car and joined the throngs of excitable children fluttering into the brightly lit classroom.

Josh groaned as he saw the young teacher insisting on welcoming her students with as much gusto as Alice herself.

"Is she always this chirpy" Josh whispered computationally into TJ's ear as they sidled into the queue that was forming to get into the classroom.

"Uh huh" Tj replied dully, as she and josh were welcomed and passed along into their seats.

"We're in for a fucking long year then" Josh whispered in vampire tones, causing Tj to burst out giggling as she placed her coat and lunch bag on their designated 'T for Tiger' hooks and took her place beside Josh.

"What was your name peg animal?" Josh snuck quietly to Tj as she pulled her equipment out.

"Tiger…yours?" Tj asked rolling her eyes. Like she hadn't experienced that one before.

Josh grimaced as he answered "a narwhale".

"What animal do you reckon she is?" Tj motioned to her teachers turned back, whilst doodling on the side of the paper.

Josh thought for all of a minute before responding with a grin. "Easy, kangaroo, cos' she's always jumping all over the place"

Tj burst out giggling loudly again and quickly hushed as the teacher glared at over her half moon spectacles.

"Quiet please Tory-Jane and Joshua, now do your work class"

The rest of the school day passed in its usual boring manner, Tj had long since perfected the do the minimal amount of work as possible routine. It was easier life for her to just not bother. Josh quickly caught on, and before the teacher knew what was on her hands, she had two petulant children, deliberately choosing not to bother with their work.

Splitting them up didn't work, neither did the threat of detention and missing their playtime. Eventually she admitted defeat and gave both children a letter for their parents. Lets hope some sense would be knocked into them,

Tj physically skipped out of school grinning wildly, letter in hand. Heading straight towards the familiar silver Volvo, both children stopped short when their father stepped out of the driver's door, and not looking particularly impressed.

Taking both letters from his errant children, a stern "inside now" was barked before the car was in motion, heading home to the mansion.

Tj chanced a glance at Josh, who was wearing a small smirk on the side of his face. Biting her lip, Tj quickly turned around and looked out the window before her father caught her. But apparently it wasn't quick enough.

"I do not know what you find so funny Tory-Jane, but I would not be laughing if I were you. That is, if you want to see your Nintendo DS in the near distant future. And Joshua, wipe that smirk off of your face please."

Carlisle never once raised his voice or altered his statutory calm posture, but it was enough to snap his two errant children into place. 'Now let them learn' he though to himself, as he pulled along the driveway,

I know its shorter, but I have a busy week with uni this week with 2 essays and 2 exams. Thanks for sticking by me! Now please can I have some birthday reviews?

Ta!

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