Her stomach hurt so much, she couldn't breathe, her heart was pounding, she was positive he was going to kill her, "Ahahahaha! Stop! Please Stop! Hahahahaha."

"Never!" Lassiter grinned maliciously, not stopping his torturous tickling of her stomach, feet and neck.

"Are we interrupting something?" Shawn asked as he and Juliet entered their apartment, with four children in tow.

"Mommy what are they doing?" Annabeth asked Juliet.

"We're having a tickle fight, Bethy." Sorcha gasped breathlessly.

"Mommy are you losing?" Artemis asked.

"Can we play?" Apollo popped up, smiling his mother's smile.

"Yeah us against Daddy, GET 'EM." Sorcha and the twins quickly jumped on Lassiter, overcome by sheer numbers, he fell to the hardwood floor laughing uncontrollably.

Shawn, Juliet, Annabeth, and her brother Toby, stood to the side watching in wonder. "Momma, are we that weird?"