Chapter 13

Jerry woke late in the night. Emma wasn't in bed or their bathroom. Throwing a shirt over his head he wandered through the house looking for her. She wasn't with any of the boys, she wasn't watching TV and she wasn't outside. He eventually found her in the kitchen, a mug of stone cold tea sat by her laptop, which she was using for a pillow. Sighing he woke her gently.

"What time is it?"

"Three AM, hun it's Summer vacation, don't keep working late," he said softly, helping her to bed.

"Ok..." She was out for the count.

Jerry left Emma asleep the next morning and forbade any of the boys from waking her. He sent them to the Park with Bastian and Howard who were visiting so he could talk to Mark. "We're running on Auto here. We need some energy" he said.

"Yeah, but what're we gonna do Jerry?"

"How about a family vacation? We haven't had one in... Ever."

"A family vacation doesn't sound like a bad idea to be honest." Mark agreed dragging his hands over his face. "They can all come back for it too, all of them, full family."

"Agreed."

Mark and Jerry planned the vacation in secret, setting it for the last week of Summer, where things were known to cool down on the amount of people visiting. Three days before they were due to leave they told the 'family.'

"OK, everyone, before you guys go, in three days, we're going on a family vacation!" The boys and Justine cheered, Emma looked surprised.

"Three days?" She asked him later on.

"Yes, me and Mark planned it all. There's something for everyone. Even us."

"Even Wes?"

"Even Wes." He confirmed.

They left the School at 4 AM the morning they were due to arrive finally arriving around 11AM. Once they arrived they were shown to their Villas. Two of them. The first held Jerry, Emma, Wes, Isaac, Austin, Justine, Mitch and Nathan. The second held the boys who had graduated before and Mark.

The teenagers unpacked and headed out to explore, Isaac and Austin taking Wes with them to the Club with ran all day and was really focused on children.

"Don't leave him anywhere," all they could do was nod, Emma was scary. In the club the boys bought sodas to drink and got a table near the play area where Wes was playing. Wes was playing tag with a group of boys when one of the older boys knocked over a girl his age.

"Hey, say sorry to her," he told the boy.

"Why it's just a girl?"

"Yeah, you should say sorry."

"But girls have cooties," the boy whined.

"Do mom's have cooties?"

"No, they're mom's."

"But moms are girls," Wes countered.

"Ummm... You can't play anymore" he said frustrated and pushed Wes over. Wes got up and walked away to the little girl who was crying with her grandmother.

"Sorry about that boy." He said, "he was chasing me."

"It's OK," the girl sniffed.

"I'm Wes."

"Olivia." She replied.

"Do you wanna play?" She nodded and he held a hand out to her to take and they ran off together in the play area.

Later on Austin and Isaac were teasing their younger brother. "Wes has a little girlfriend."

"No I don't."

"Yes you do you were holding hands," Austin pointed out.

"So?"

"So, you have a girlfrie-"

"Excuse me?" Jerry. Now they were busted. "What was that Isaac?"

"Wes found himself a little girlfriend."

"I did not Mama I swear," Wes said showing his puppy eyes.

"Stop teasing your brother boys."

"But Jerry they were holding hands!" Austin exclaimed.

"Who was holding hands?" Emma asked.

"Wes and a girl."

"Aww Jerry he's growing up."

"He's too young for girls." Jerry said.

"She's just my friend!" Wes shouted starting to cry and running out of the room. Isaac found him later and sat beside him.

"Wes, we're sorry. It's OK for you to have girlfriends."

"She's no-"

"I mean friends that are girls." Isaac said softly hugging him.

"I'm sorry for yelling Isaac I jus- go-" Wes broke off and cried in his arms.

"It's OK baby don't you worry."

Wes spent the majority of his week with Olivia who lived with her grand-parents. Justine adored her and Wes and she, Austin and Isaac took the pair where ever they could.

On the last night of the holiday Wes and Olivia were feeding the ducks under Justine's watchful gaze from a distance. "I'm really gonna miss you when we go back to school."

"Me too, my class at school hates me," Wes said.

"Why?"

"They think I'm weird because I can read better then them." He shrugged.

"That's stupid," Olivia decided.

"I know." Olivia's grandmother called her name to get in the car to leave.

"Bye Wes."

"Bye Olive." Olivia hugged him and he hugged her back. She turned to leave but at a last-minute kissed his cheek and ran off waving as he blushed and Justine 'awwed.' "Justine, why did she do that?" He asked as she walked him home.

"Well, you know how you always say she isn't your girlfriend?"

"Yeah?"

"Can't say that anymore," she said sitting him in the car to go home.