[Emily's POV]

Paige followed the girls into the house quickly to make sure everything was fine. I helped Taylor grab her bag out of the back along with mine before walking into the house with her. Thankfully the house was quiet so I assumed nothing was going on between the two girls yet.

Paige came trotting down the stairs almost immediately after we walked into the house, "Tay why don't you go put your bag in your room."

Taylor nodded and quickly made her way up the stairs, "Everything okay so far?" I asked a little nervous about what was in store for us tonight.

"So far I think I got it under control." Paige said but her unsure tone didn't make me feel much better about the situation. I followed Paige into the kitchen as she continued speaking, "You think we can just get a pizza delivered or something? I doubt we're going to be able to get everyone at the dinner table anyways tonight so what's the point."

I nodded, "Yeah that's fine." I sat down at the table while Paige grabbed the phone to order the pizza.

Just as I was sitting down Parker walked into the kitchen and headed straight to the freezer to grab an icepack. She was just wearing a sports bra and a pair of loose shorts which allowed you to see the worsening bruise on her side clearly. She took the icepack and left the room quickly without a word.

I stood up and headed in the direction she went to find her laying on the couch with the icepack slapped onto her side, flipping through the channels. "Looks pretty nasty." I said as I gestured to her side.

"Well for how bad it hurts it better." She responded never taking her eyes off the TV.

"I'm guessing the pill finally wore off." Parker simply nodded as Kacey and Taylor both came walking down the stairs. Kacey seeing that Parker had already claimed the living room turned into the kitchen while Taylor walked over to the couch and sat down by Parkers feet.

"What's wrong with Kacey?" Taylor asked to no one in particular.

I looked at Parker waiting for her to answer but after a moment of silence I decided to, "Nothing. What makes you think something's wrong with her?"

Taylor turned her head to look up at me and shrugged before looking back at Parker. The little girl stood up on the couch and brought her head close to my ear, "Are they fighting?" She tried to whisper, but wasn't very successful.

I laughed a little at the young girls attempt at a whisper before nodding my head slightly. The little girl plopped down on the couch with a small grunt, "Aww man."

I looked over at Parker who was trying to fight a smile from the little girl's actions. I turned my attention back to the kitchen and made my way over there when Kacey never reemerged. I walked in to find Kacey sitting on the counter across from Paige as they spoke.

As soon as I walked in Paige's attention turned to me as well as Kacey's and the conversation quickly stopped, "What are we talking about?" I questioned cautiously as I made my way over to them.

"Kacey wants to go out but I don't think it's a good idea." Paige said as Kacey rolled her eyes before jumping down from the counter.

"Not a good idea!? You know what's not a good idea mom? For me to stay in this house with her." Kacey was whisper yelling clearly trying to avoid Parker over hearing the conversation.

"I don't understand why all of this is such a big deal in the first place." Paige stated not giving into Kacey's request to leave.

"This is so dumb, all I'm trying to do is not get killed in the middle of the night by my pissed off sister, but whatever if that's what you want fine." The young girl stormed out of the kitchen before anyone had a chance to respond.

I looked over at Paige who threw her head back in frustration, "Are they always this dramatic?" I asked, not knowing how the sweet, loving sisters who seemed extremely close could turn into moody enemies so quickly.

Paige shook her head, "Not usually but I don't know whatever's going on between them can't just be from Kacey telling me Parker got hit. Hopefully it'll just blow over quickly, they hardly ever really fight."

"Doesn't sound like it's going to." I said as I heard Kacey and Parker arguing already in the other room.

Paige and I both walked into the living room to find the two girls arguing. Parker was now off the couch and was standing a few feet away from Kacey as the younger girl yelled at her. They both had their eyes narrowed at each other and the two didn't seem like they had any interest in calling a truce.

"Seriously guys, we're not going to do this all night." Paige said trying to stay calm, however both girls ignored her as they kept arguing.

"I didn't even do anything!" Kacey yelled getting in Parker's face.

Parker scoffed and lightly shoved her sister away from her, "You know what you did Kacey, don't play dumb!" Parker tried to make her way past Kacey but Kacey stepped in front of her again blocking her path. "Kacey I swear if you don't get out of my face."

"I was just trying to look out for you and you know it! What's the big deal anyways, it's not like they did anything to you right! Oh wait yeah they did!" As Kacey let out the last couple of words she slapped her hand against the bruised skin on Parkers side which caused the older girl to wince away in pain.

"Kacey!" Paige immediately walked over and pulled Kacey away from Parker as the older girl regained her composure and looked up at Kacey with a clenched jaw.

Parker being built like Paige was a little bigger than Kacey was and if they were to fight it didn't look like she stood much of a chance against the older girl. Although Kacey was clearly scrappy, her older sister seemed to be the tougher of the two. I turned nervous when I saw Parker's fists closed tight at her sides as she took a step towards the younger girl.

"What the hell Kacey?!" Parker yelled and I had never been so happy to hear a doorbell ring as it drew everyone's attention away from the current situation occurring in the room.

"That's probably the pizza." Paige said to the full room, but Parker was still focused on Kacey, whose confidence seemed to be disappearing under her older sister's intense glare. Paige slowly moved away from Kacey, "Everyone just relax until I get the pizza alright. Neither of you do anything stupid."

As soon as Paige stepped away from Kacey and left the room I made sure to move my body between them to avoid the fight turning physical. Paige disappeared into the doorway, but thankfully came back quickly with two pizza boxes in her hands.

Paige glance at the two girls before speaking, "Alright here's the deal. Whoever wants something to eat can grab a couple slices and take it somewhere they can eat in peace. If you don't want to eat then fine don't but It's your mothers first night back and all I wanted was to come home have dinner and enjoy the first night I was going to have with her in a while. Since that's clearly not going to happen, I at least don't want anyone to do anything they're going to regret in the morning, so everyone just please go to bed before I have some sort of breakdown."

Paige walked to the kitchen and I waited for the girls to follow before I did to, not wanting to leave them alone together if they didn't want to eat. I walked into the kitchen to find Paige leaning over the counter, her elbows resting on the counter and her head in her hands. Parker and Kacey had already began to argue again but at least now they weren't screaming at each other. Now both of their attention was mainly focused on Paige which explained her current position.

"If you think I'm sleeping in the same room as crazy over here, you're wrong." Kacey said gesturing to her sister who was getting a couple plates out of the cupboards.

"Glad you agree. The couch is all yours kid." Parker responded casually as she set the plates next to the pizza box.

"Why do I have to sleep on the couch?!" Kacey questioned as she looked at Paige rather than Parker.

Parker was quick to respond even though the question wasn't directed at her, "Are you serious?! Well first off you're the one who's scared of me, rightfully so and plus I'm hurt and therefore am not sleeping on the couch. Tell her mom."

"They share a room?" I asked Paige as she peaked at me through her fingers, probably for a little help. She simply nodded and I sighed as everyone's attention suddenly turned to me. "I'm not sure what the sleeping arrangements usually are but tonight one of you can sleep in your room and the other can sleep with Taylor."

"No way!" Taylor shouted as Parker handed her a plate with a slice of pizza on it and she walked over to the table.

"I don't care where you put her but I'm sleeping in my bed so..." Parker said as she joined Taylor at the table.

"Yeah and I'm not sleeping with Taylor. Her bed is small and she kicks around in her sleep." Kacey said as she sat on the top of the counter and began to eat her pizza, not wanting to sit with Parker.

"Okay fine then, one of you can sleep in our room and one of us will sleep in your guy's room." I said trying to stop the fighting for the night but I seemed to upset Paige with my suggestion.

"What?! No way Em, I want to sleep with you. We had plans, remember." Paige said in disbelief.

I wanted nothing more than to spend the night with Paige but honestly right now I didn't feel like either of us were going to get through this night without separating the girls completely and trying to calm them down a little so they could work it out tomorrow.

Parker's voice was the first to break the silence nobody really sure what to do at this point, "Seriously mom, you basically just announced to the class that you and mama are going to have sex tonight so for that sole reason I second mama's suggestion that you two sleep in separate rooms."

"Great then it's settled I'll sleep with mama and you can sleep in my bed." Kacey said to Paige as she quickly finished her slice of pizza and set the plate in the sink.

"I definitely don't agree with this, why don't I have more power in this house?" Paige said while looking around the room.

"That's cause mama's got all the power." Taylor said with a mouth full of pizza causing everyone to giggle as Paige threw her hands up in frustration, "Whatever, yeah I guess that's fine for tonight, but you guys better have this shit figured out by tomorrow night."

"Paige, language." I said not wanting her to cuss in front of at least Taylor. I wasn't sure what our protocol for cussing was around the house but I didn't necessarily like it. Paige sighed and the two older girls laughed a little at her frustration before quickly finishing up their pizza and disappearing upstairs along with Taylor.

I walked over to Paige who was angrily eating a slice of pizza over the counter. I lightly placed my hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry I just didn't really know what else to do." Paige simply nodded before taking another bite of her pizza, "I'm new to this and don't really know what I'm doing at all, but I figured it was just for one night right? I'll make it up to you I promise."

Paige slowly turned around placing her hands on my hips and pulling me into her, "Oh yeah, how?" She said huskily as she leaned closer to me our lips slightly brushing together as she spoke.

"Hmm, not sure." I responded closing the practically nonexistent gap between us and kissing her softly.

I pushed our bodies closer together forcing Paige back lightly until she was backed up against the counter. Our lips moved in sync slowly and it didn't take long before I felt Paige's tongue run smoothly across my bottom lip. I opened my mouth slightly allowing her entrance as the kiss deepened quickly.

I ran my hand up the back of her neck and into her hair gripping it before pulling lightly. I felt Paige hands wonder under my shirt as she lightly moaned into my mouth, her hands beginning to roam over my lower back.

Someone cleared their throat before speaking, "Umm child present," this causing us to pull apart and turn our attention away from each other, "seriously control yourselves, you've been alone for what ten seconds." Parker stated as she walked over to the table shaking her head and grabbed her water bottle off the table, waving it in the air to show that she had forgotten it and that it was the reason for her short return before leaving the room again.

Paige dropped her head down to lean it against my shoulder, "Why did we have kids again?" She groaned out against my chest.

I let out a small laugh as I rested my hand back onto the back of her neck and ran my thumb in circles softly against the exposed skin, "I couldn't answer that one for you if I wanted. Memory loss remember." I said pointing to my head as Paige pulled her head away from my shoulder and looked up at me.

"Right." She said with a small nod, "I'm sorry your first night back is such a disaster."

I immediately shook my head as I brought my hand to rest on her cheek, "This is what real families are like Paige, I don't expect you guys to be perfect all the time for me." I moved into press a light kiss to her other cheek before whispering in her ear, "And it hasn't been a complete disaster."

I nipped at the bottom of her ear before placing light kisses behind it and down her neck, "A-are you sure we have to sleep in separate rooms tonight." Her grip on my hips tightened as I sucked lightly on her neck lightly before pulling away from her and nodding, internally kicking myself for ever suggesting sleeping apart.

"But-" I cut her off quickly with another kiss before pulling myself away from her, making my way out of the room before she could argue anymore.

[Paige's POV]

I opened the door and walked into Kacey's and Parker's room closing the door lightly behind me. Parker was nowhere in sight but the light seeping out from under the bathroom door suggested that she was in there. I walked over to the bathroom door and knocked lightly.

"Hey you okay in there?" I asked.

Parker opened the door a few moments later walking out of the bathroom and straight past me, "Yeah just getting ready for bed."

I nodded as Parker walked over to her bed and pulled the covers down before climbing in. I followed suit and walked over to flip the lights off before going to Kacey's bed and slipping in. We both laid in bed silently for a couple of minutes before I heard Parker's voice break through the silence, "I'm sorry we ruined your night. I didn't mean to."

I turned over in the bed so I could look across the room at Parker. When I turned around I could see that Parker was already looking directly at me from her bed, "It's fine Parker, really. She know it can't always be perfect."

Parker nodded slowly, "so she doesn't think we're crazy?" She asked and I could see her trying to resist the smirk that was forming on her face.

"Oh no she definitely thinks all of you are crazy…always has." I said with a small smile as Parker giggled.

"What about you?" She asked a little more seriously.

"Me? Well you guys definitely drive me crazy but for some reason I can't help but love all of you." I replied. Parker nodded but didn't say much else as she rolled over onto her back and looked up at the ceiling.

"I'll try to work it out with Kacey tomorrow, okay?" Parker said quietly after a few minutes passed. When I didn't respond immediately her head tilted to the side so she could see me.

I looked back at her questionably before nodding, "Good." Parker nodded and looked back up at the ceiling, "Is everything alright with you Parker?"

"Can we not talk about it right now?" Parker mumbled out.

"It's not okay for someone to hit you like that Parker. If something's going on you need to tell us, we can help you." I said trying to get anything I could out of the girl.

She tilted her head back in my direction and looked at me, "I promise I can handle it. It was just this stupid thing from a long time ago okay, nothing to worry about anymore."

"I'm your mom, I'm supposed to worry when someone hurts you Park. Just promise if you're in trouble or if it keeps happening that you'll tell me." I pleaded knowing that Parker was stubborn and liked to handle things on her own. She was never one to ask for help when she was in trouble, she liked to keep her business to herself.

"I promise I will. You have nothing to worry about though mom."

I simply nodded at her before she turned her head once again to the ceiling, "Well I'm going to continue to worry anyways." I said trying to lighten the mood a little. Parker let out a small giggle, "Love you mom."

"Love you too kid." I responded before turning over to my side to go to sleep.

[Emily's POV]

I walked out of the master bathroom to see Kacey propped up against the headboard of the bed, "I see you've made yourself right at home." I said seeing how comfortable she was buried in the sheets and pillows.

"Okay your guy's bed is ridiculously comfortable." Kacey stated over dramatically.

I shrugged and walked over to the bed with a small smile on my face, "I wouldn't know."

I climbed in next to her sitting up against the headboard like her and the younger girl instantly snuggled up close to me resting her head on my shoulder and leaning into my body, "I'm glad your home mama. I'm sorry your first night didn't turn out all that great."

I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head lightly, "I'm glad to be home too. Don't be sorry baby, I understand that things aren't going to go smoothly all the time, I'm sure this isn't the first time this has happened."

"It's the first time anything like this has happened in a while." Kacey said.

"Paige said you guys usually don't fight with each other and from what I've seen you two seem very close so fill me in, what happened?" I asked hoping to get something out of the girl.

Kacey sighed and slightly shook her head, "I'm not supposed to say anything about it, that's why she's mad."

"So I didn't know about any of this stuff that's going on with Parker before the accident either?" I question trying to figure out what the girls could possibly be hiding and whether it was serious or not.

"You knew a little but by the time you figured it out she was done with it." I didn't respond to her statement, I couldn't exactly figure out what she meant. What was Parker done with? I didn't know enough about Parker yet to know what was going on with her or around her. I didn't even know much about Kacey to figure out where she was trying to lead me with this information without exactly saying anything about what Parker was keeping a secret.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when Kacey spoke again, "She's good you know…Parker I mean. It's just been a long week with the meet and her bruise and everything. "

"I know that her little accident in PE wasn't so much an accident. Why did someone do that to her?" I knew I wasn't going to get an answer out of Kacey after Paige told me that we had both already tried and we had never figured it out.

"Parker doesn't want me saying anything about it, you have to ask her if you want to know." Apparently Paige was right, Kacey was very loyal when it came to her older sister.

I didn't like the fact that someone had hurt Parker on purpose and it made me anxious not having any idea why someone would do that. Parker seemed like a good kid and she definitely didn't seem like one to be the victim to a bully. "Kacey if somethings wrong with her or she's doing something she's not supposed to you need to tell us so we can help her."

Kacey looked up at me and I could tell the girl was on the verge of tears, "Don't worry they're not going to do anything bad to Parker and Parker isn't doing anything wrong."

I nodded deciding to just let it go for tonight at least, "Okay."

"Really that's it, you're not going to push for more?" Kacey said as she pulled away from me kind of surprised.

I shrugged, "No why, do I usually do that?"

The younger girl laughed before throwing herself back down, looking up at me, "Uhh yeah to say that you push for answers is an understatement. You more so demand we tell you things when you think we're up to no good."

I giggled at her response still trying to imagine myself as a tough parent but I guess it wasn't so far-fetched for me to be, "Well from what I've heard Paige doesn't discipline you guys much, so I suppose someone's got to do it right."

Kacey shrugged, "Or no one can do it and we can just do whatever we want." She said jokingly.

I laughed at her suggestion, "Keep dreaming. I can only imagine the trouble you two would find."

"What about Taylor, she isn't always good." She stated mocking offence at my statement.

Not once since I had been reintroduced to Taylor has she ever acted anything but perfect. She seemed to be the calmest of Paige and mine's kids. She was the sweetest little girl I had ever met and sometimes she was so quiet that you would forget that she was even in the room with you. I couldn't ever imagine the little girl misbehaving and getting into trouble like Parker and Kacey appeared to.

I scoffed at the girl next to me, "Please, that is the most well behaved girl I have ever met."

Kacey tilted her head in thought, "Yeah I suppose you're right on that one."

"What'd you say we try to get some sleep, you want to be well rested in case any brawls take place tomorrow?" I teased smiling down at her.

"Ha ha hilarious." I laughed at her response as she rolled her eyes and we both laid down getting comfortable, "Night mama, love you."

I couldn't help but smile, "Love you too sweetheart." I hadn't gotten used to being a parent yet. I mean the last thing I remember was me and Paige just barely being married. We didn't have to worry about anything but each other and even though being a parent seemed like a lot right now, since I was just thrown into it, I still couldn't be happier.

[Parker's POV]

I continuously tossed and turned all night long, no matter what I did I couldn't sleep at all. I sat up and looked over at the clock, it was just after 3 a.m. I looked over to see mom fast asleep in Kacey's bed and sighed before standing up and making my way to the door quietly, opening it and closing it gently behind me.

I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen looking for something to snack on. I grabbed the bag of Oreos off the counter and poured myself a glass of milk. I was about to head into the living room when I saw that Kacey was sitting in the backyard with her feet in the pool. I walked towards the sliding glass door and contemplated on whether I should go out or if she would want to be alone.

I finally decided to take my chances and go sit with her, being sure that she couldn't sleep either. I slid the door open and Kacey immediately turned her head to face me. I smiled at her before she turned back around to face the water. I slid the door closed behind me and slowly made my way over to Kacey not really sure if it was okay or not. I sat down next to her and set the cup of milk and Oreos down in between us.

"Couldn't sleep?" Kacey's voice kind of startled me even though she spoke quietly. I turned my head to look at her, "No not really…I'm guessing you couldn't either."

Kacey shook her head to respond but she kept her eyes on her feet as she gently kicked them around in the water. I nodded not really sure what to say, taking an Oreo and dipping it in the milk next to me before popping it into my mouth. I pushed the bag closer to Kacey so it lightly hit her leg, I knew she loved Oreos and wouldn't be able to resist.

"You can have some if you want." I said not bothering to swallow the Oreo that I had just put in my mouth.

Kacey finally looked up at me for the first time with a small smile but I could tell she had been crying, "What like a peace offering?" She asked taking one from the bag and dipping it in the milk. I shrugged, "I guess you can consider it to be one of those."

"Are you even allowed to eat these during swim season?" She said in a teasing voice as she held up her Oreo and it made me smile because I knew that if she was acting normal that she wasn't mad anymore.

"Shut up, I'm not that bad." I said shoving her shoulder gently, which caused her to laugh, "Mhm whatever you say Park."

We sat in silence for a little while as we continued to eat the bag of cookies. I wanted to apologize but I didn't really know what to say. I knew that I should have never been mad with Kacey in the first place and that she really was just trying to look out for me.

I looked over at my little sister, "Hey Kace," I said softly waiting for her to turn her attention to me. "I'm sorry I freaked out on you. I got myself involved in all of this and I know you were just worried about me and then the whole missing most of the big meet thing, I don't know I just kind of took everything out on you and none of it was your fault."

Kacey looked back down at her feet, "It's fine Parker. You told me not to say anything to mom and I did anyways, but I didn't know you had anything on you or I would have kept my mouth shut…where'd you get them anyway?"

"I had them in my locker already, I just never got rid of them after last time." Kacey gave me a look like she wasn't sure if she believed me or not, "I swear Kace I told you already that I was done with all of that, why do you think I got taken out in PE. They want me to keep my mouth shut and well message received." I said pointing to the bruise on my side.

"You mean they want me to keep my mouth shut." She said looking back up at me with worried eyes.

I hated that I had put my sister in this situation. My old friends were bad news and they knew that Kacey could be fragile at times and that she would be an easy target when it came to messing with me. I had told them to stay away from her and they agreed but they weren't the best people in the world and weren't the kind of people that you would want to trust.

I shook my head, "They're not going to mess with you Kacey if that's what you're worried about, it's my problem and I'm handling it."

Kacey shook her head as she started to get upset, "But you shouldn't have to Parker. I don't get why you can't just tell mom, I mean mama didn't get that mad when she found out, she was just worried."

"Look I know they would help me but I just want to handle it on my own okay. Plus I don't want mom to know, you know how she gets with this kind of stuff. But like I said I've been done with them for a while now so you have nothing to worry about Kacey."

"Nothing to worry about? Parker they beat you up, as you would say 'to send a message' I feel like that's something I need to worry about." I laughed a little at her statement and she looked at me with wide eyes, surprised that I was laughing.

"Kacey, I don't get beat up anymore, I never really did, that only happened once. She hit me this morning because she heard people talking and thought I told mom, it was just a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding that happened to hurt like a bitch." I said trying to calm her down.

"I don't know why you did it in the first place." She said with a heavy sigh.

"Kacey I'm not like you okay. I can't get straight A's, be an amazing athlete without trying, and still maintain a social life with good people. I needed help, an edge you know, or at least I felt like I did. I thought I had it all figured out you, but I'm a little bit of a screw up if you haven't noticed." I said not really knowing how to explain why I ever do anything.

"You're not a bad person Parker just because you made some mistakes." She said reassuringly.

"I know." I responded with a small smile. I stood up suddenly and looked down at Kacey, "Alright this is a little too much for me. I hate all this feelings, talking it out crap that you always want to do," I said teasingly, "what'd you say we go for a swim."

Kacey stayed seated next to the pool with her feet in the water, "Seriously Parker you want to swim laps right now, it's like 4 in the morning."

I shrugged and smirked down at her backing up slowly, "Who said anything about laps?" Kacey threw me a confused look before I took off running cannonballing into the pool right in front of her.

I resurfaced with a big smile on my face as I swam the small distance to reach Kacey. "Parker don't." She said as I reached out and grabbed her arm as she tried to hurry to her feet, easily pulling her into the pool.

[Emily's POV]

I slowly opened my eyes rolling over to look at the clock. It was a little after 4 in the morning and I groaned figuring something must have woken me up. I rolled back over into my previous position, finally noticing that Kacey wasn't in bed anymore. I sat up looking over at the bathroom to see if she had gone in there but the light was off.

I groggily got out of bed and made my way out of the bedroom and down the hall to where Kacey and Parker's room was. I opened the door gently and peaked my head into the room and looking around. The sheets were thrown open on Parker's bed and there was no sign of the girl. Kacey's bed however was still occupied by Paige who was fast asleep.

I suddenly panicked remembering that Kacey and Parker had been fighting and were now both missing from their beds. I closed the door quietly and quickly made my way down the stairs looking around for the two girls. I glanced around the living room quickly as I made my way to the kitchen, still no sign of anyone.

I entered the empty kitchen and sighed wondering where they could've gone. I turned my head quickly as I heard a scream coming from the backyard. I was met with the sight of Parker and Kacey splashing around in the pool with big smiles on their faces. I watched them for a moment before walking out back to join them.

Both girls instantly stopped and faced me as I shut the sliding glass door, "What are you guys doing out here?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes.

Kacey and Parker both swam over to the edge of the pool right in front of me, "Neither of us could sleep so we decided to go for an early morning swim." Parker stated.

I looked back and forth between the girls suspiciously, "I thought you two were fighting?"

Kacey shook her head, "Nope, we worked it out. All just a misunderstanding." I moved my gaze to Parker who simply confirmed her sister's statement with a nod.

"Are you kidding me," I asked shocked that the two girls were already back on good terms, "you two were literally seconds away from killing each other like seven hours ago." They both laughed at my reaction as they looked at each other.

"We never fight for very long, you know that, you just don't remember." Kacey said as she shrugged. Parker nodded, "Yeah she's right. I'm pretty sure the longest fight we've ever had lasted like three days and that was only because I wasn't home for two of the three days we were fighting."

"Good to know." I said nodding before I turned my attention to the sliding glass door behind me. Paige stepped out and slid the door closed behind her as she walked out towards us sleepily, "You guys finally work it out?"

Parker and Kacey simply nodded their heads as they both pulled themselves out of the pool. Paige smiled, "Good. Does this mean everyone can return to their previous sleeping arrangements?" She asked hopefully as she wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me into her side.

I giggled as Kacey shook her head rapidly with a smirk, "No way, your bed is amazing and I'm finishing my night in it. You've felt my bed, compared to yours it's like I'm sleeping on the ground."

"When did everyone get so dramatic? It's not that bad, I slept fine in it." Paige said.

"Perfect than you should have no problem finishing up the night in there." Kacey said over her shoulder as she quickly made her way back into the house.

Parker laughed at her little sister before attempting to follow her into the house but Paige grabbed her wrist and lightly tugged her back, "Wait a minute, I want to talk about this."

Parker sighed and looked down at her feet, "Really mom, I thought we already did before we went to bed."

Paige shook her head, "Parker I want to know what's going on with you. Neither of us have any clue what all this is about and it's freaking me out a little to know someone's hitting you with sticks and shit."

Parker shrugged and gestured her head towards me as she looked at Paige, "Well technically she did kind of know what's going on, she just doesn't remember. I mean she didn't know everything but come on mom if she knew and didn't freak out could it really be that bad."

Paige released her grip on me, "Wait I'm sorry, you told her what all this was about?"

"I didn't tell her, she kind of just found out about it. And then I asked her not to tell you because I know how you get about stuff." Parker said looking over at me.

Paige looked like she was beginning to get mad and I really wish that Parker hadn't said anything about me knowing what all this was about at some point. I didn't even know if it was true and I couldn't recall what it was about anyway.

"How I get about stuff?" Paige asked kind of surprised, "I hardly ever get mad about anything when it comes to you guys."

"You got mad earlier today. You basically dropped me from the entire meet and you also yelled, so I would definitely say that you get mad. At least you have been since mama got in her accident." Parker was now starting to get a little frustrated like Paige was and I didn't know what to do.

"Are you not telling me because you're mad I let your body rest a little? Parker you needed to lay off, you were pushing yourself to much." Paige said as she lowered her voice a little, trying to stay calm.

Parker rolled her eyes, "No I didn't, I was fine. You knew how much it meant to me and you still took me out of just about every race. And then on top of everything you gave my anchor spot to Kacey."

Paige looked over at the girl with a sigh as she rubbed her face, "Well who else was I going to give it to Parker? She's the next best swimmer. You need to stop acting like this every time something doesn't go your way Parker, it's really getting old."

"Good talk mom. I have no idea why I'm not rushing to spill all my secrets to you." Parker shook her head and turned around and walked back into the house without another word. I looked over at Paige who still had an agitated look on her face. I place my hand on her mid back and rubbed her back soothingly trying to get her to calm down, but it didn't seem to work.

"So everyone knows what's going on but me huh?" Paige said as she pulled away from me.

I didn't know what to say, she wasn't mad at me was she. "Paige I have no clue what's going on." She scoffed before turning to face me, "Yeah anymore, but you did and you didn't tell me."

I knew she was getting mad and I really didn't want to start a fight with anyone right after we just got Kacey and Parker to stop fighting. "Paige you can't get mad at me for this. I don't know what's going on with her and if I did at some point I probably didn't know for very long. Or maybe it wasn't a big deal. Or maybe she wanted to tell you herself. I don't know."

She shook her head as she started to walk back towards the door to the kitchen, "Maybe but that's not the point Emily. I'm tired of everyone keeping secrets from me. Seriously it's such bullshit, but whatever I just want to go to bed, we can talk about it later."

I sighed as she walked into the house and I was left alone. What the hell was going on, why was anyone mad at me. I know the least about anything in this house at the moment and it wasn't fair to fight with me about something that I legitimately knew nothing about.

I hadn't even been in this house for twenty-four hours and it's basically been nothing but fighting. Maybe this family wasn't as perfect as I thought. Maybe my life wasn't either. I was tired of being so clueless all of the time, I need to figure out what's going on in this house, with these people. I guess if Parker told me once she would tell me again right? Maybe I could convince her to tell both me and Paige about it, I wasn't sure how I was going to do that but I need to try.

I walked back into the house and looked around the kitchen, trying to find some stuff to make coffee. I figured I had gotten enough sleep for the night and I doubted if I went back upstairs that I was going to get anymore. I turned on the coffee maker and sat down at the table, putting my head down into my crossed arms with a sigh. Was all of this my fault? Maybe my accident had been putting a strain on the family and that's why everyone was so crazy lately.

Paige said that we were never like this but suddenly I come home and we're a mess of a family. I didn't know what to do, I was feeling that way a lot lately. I needed to figure out a way to get the family back to normal, I needed to make sure that this family didn't fall apart because of me.