Ad-mitt-ing Defeat:

A/N: Ask and ye shall receive. My very first Jones-Family fic! The twins are four years old in this. If any of you guys have a specific idea for a multi-chapter fic, let me know. Also, I'm considering making some of these chapters about Ezekiel and the team, or Ashton with the team, or even just about the Twins. There is no promises but I don't see an end in sight for this. As long as I have ideas, I'll keep writing.

Disclaimer: TNT does not pay me to write these. If they did, I would find time to update a lot more often!

As Ashton shut the door to her home, she heard something terrifying. Silence. In her home, with four year old twins and an immature husband, silence was scary. She placed her keys on the hook and took off her boots, revealing her fuzzy green socks, which allowed her to walk without making any noise. It was only noon so her family should be home and making lots of noise, like always. She felt for the blade that she always kept in her pocket, just in case. As she rounded the corner, she found two members of her family in a very strange way. The living room was in a disarray with furniture, papers, and toys strewn about. In the middle of the mess she found Ezekiel and Porter. Ezekiel was balancing on the arm of the sofa while Porter hung off of his back.

"I don't know whether I should ask or not." Ashton chuckled as she watched Ezekiel jump in surprise, which caused him to slightly lose his balance.

"We're playing a game. And you're dead. But that's okay Mommy! I'll resurrect you." Porter giggled. Ezekiel smiled at her from his position before explaining.

"Addie's taking a nap because she wasn't feeling well so he wanted to play the "Floor is Lava" game. I agreed on the condition that he was quiet.

"Ah gotcha. What was wrong with Addie? Was she running a fever? Throwing up?" Ashton rambled on, asking different questions.

"Calm down Mama Bear. She has a fever, not scurvy." Ezekiel laughed.

"What about Port? Is he okay?" She asked, ignoring Ezekiel's sass.

"He had a slight fever, but he said he was feeling alright. If one of them gets sick, they're both going to catch it." Ezekiel put down his son, running hand over his head wrinkling his brow at the warmth.

Porter nodded. "It's a twin thing." Not long after, Adeline entered the room, her long, blonde, curly hair was pulled into two uneven pigtails. Ezekiel and Ashton looked at each other and groaned. Surrounding Adeline's purple pajamas was bright red dots. She had chickenpox.

A few hours later…

"Addie, honey, don't scratch. It's not good. I don't want you to be all covered in little scars. You're much too pretty for that." Ashton stopped for a minute. "Not to say that scars aren't pretty. They're very cool. Chickenpox scars are a lot less cool." Ashton heard Ezekiel snort from the other side of the room. "Not helping, Zeke."

"Porter what did your mom just say about scratching." Ezekiel turned to his son, who was covered in pox as well.

"She said that I would get a scar and scars are cool." Said the boy weakly. The fever was affecting him much more now. Adeline was just achy and itchy. Porter had the full swing fever, aches, nausea, and fatigue.

"Nice Ash." Ezekiel spoke to his wife without looking at her.

"Oh really? I'm the one to blame here?" Ashton argued back.

"Are you trying to say that this is my fault?" Ezekiel asked her angrily.

"If you hadn't taken them to Jake and Cass's while Raina was sick, this wouldn't have happened." She hissed back. Before Ezekiel had a chance to reply Porter coughed right in his face. Ashton laughed loudly, forgetting their entire argument. Ezekiel was frozen in place while Porter giggled. He slowly reached up and wiped off his face with an exaggerated swipe.

"Yuck! That's disgusting."Ezekiel continued to wipe off his face even after he'd gotten it all off.

"Oh come on you big baby! Have you ever had the chickenpox before?" Ashton laughed.

"No! I would have remembered." Ezekiel groaned.

"Your mom probably got you vaccinated when you were young. You get one when you're about a year old and then you get the booster shot during your second grade physical." She rolled her eyes.

"No. My dad 'took care of me' if that's what you want to call it, after Mom died when I was in first grade. He never took me to any doctor's appointment. Maybe when I was one but certainly not after I was six." Ezekiel whispered as he tucked in his now sleeping son, planting a kiss on the crown of his head. Ashton did the same to Adeline, who was also asleep.

"You'll probably be fine. The first shot is sometimes enough." Ashton said as she passed him, making her way to Porter to do the same thing, but with the opposite kid. They did it every night. Ezekiel would say his goodnight to Porter while Ashton would say hers to Adeline, then they'd switch. Then they went to their room and hoped that the first shot would be enough.

As it turned out, it wasn't enough. Ashton and Cassandra stood in Ashton's living room looking at the pitiful sight. There sat Adeline, who was scratching her head, making her bumpy ponytail even bumpier, Porter with his black hair and green eyes, was scratching his legs with his foot, and last but not least, Ezekiel, who was covered in red bumps. He strained to scratch his back, looking miserable. Ashton and Cassandra laughed at how pathetic he looked.

"Laugh all you want. I could get you both sick." He coughed into his hand as he threatened them.

"No. I had the chickenpox when I was six. Like most children. You were just a late bloomer." Ashton rolled her eyes.

"And I got all of my shots and then some with the amount of times I've been in a hospital." Cassandra shrugged before reaching into a plastic bag. "Ready Ash?"

"Ready Cass." Ashton smiled. From the bag they produced oven mitts and duct tape. Laughing they placed the oven mitts on their hands and taped them up.

"Good luck scratching now." Cassandra laughed evilly.

A/N: And thats it! I enjoyed writing this! I never had the chickenpox, but I got all my shots. That makes me sound rabid. Love you guys more than I love this fanfiction. By the way, this is officially the tenth chapter! Super exciting! Thank you guys for your continued support! ~FGaT XOXOXOXOXOXO