It was summertime and Nicky, Lorna, and Sophie were over at Franny's house for a barbeque. Sophie was running around with Franny's kids while Nicky, Lorna, and Franny sat talking. It was a hectic night because everything over at Franny's was always hectic. One of Franny's kids almost ran into the grill and her youngest girl was crying because she got stung by a bee. But it was also definitely a fun night. Sophie always loved playing with her cousins. Nicky even jumped into their game of frisbee for a little while. Lorna and Sophie both stuffed their faces with so much watermelon that they almost got sick.

"This has been so much fun! You know what? We were thinking of going to the beach next week. My friend was going to let me use her beach house since she won't be there. You guys should totally come! The kids would love it!"

Nicky cringed at the idea of spending an entire week with this kind of chaos, but Lorna seemed to love the idea.

"Oh that would be great! We should totally do that!"


"So we're not really going on vacation with Franny and her wild monsters of children are we?" Nicky asked when they got home.

"Why not it could be fun!"

"Baby I always leave that house with a headache. There are way too fucking many screaming kids to think straight."

"Yeah but on vacation it would be different. They would be better behaved in someone else's house."

"Ugh there's just so many kids" Nicky whined

"What's wrong with kids?"

"I don't like kids."

"You like Sophie"

"Sophie's our kid it's different. She's basically just a mini version of you. That doesn't count."

"Well you can put up with the kids for a week so that we can go to the beach. Sophie would have such a great time!"

"When would I have a great time?" Sophie asked running in after overhearing the last bit of the conversation.

"On vacation with Aunt Franny and all of your cousins."

"OH THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!" Sophie immediately screamed. She started jumping around too excited to contain herself.

Nicky looked at how excited Lorna and Sophie both looked and sighed knowing that she was going to lose this argument.

"Alright fine we can go. But I'm not gonna have fun."

"That's the spirit, Nick. At least you're going into it with the right attitude."

When they arrived at the beach house it was already a mess. There were clothes and towels everywhere. Franny was busy trying to tie her bikini top while one of her kids was whining because she got sunscreen in her eye. Matt, the oldest boy, was kicking a soccer ball into the wall repetitively. Nicky took in the sight in front of her and immediately regretted giving in. This is gonna be the longest fucking week ever.