"Shut it, you're not my boss" Pam's screaming woke me up "we are leaving with Seth, Emb, Jake, and Ness now move out of our way, you are not my daddy." "I might not be your daddy but I am your father" Jamie yelled back "and you three are not leaving with three grown men." "You have no power over any of us" Jake said in a deadly voice. I sighed and Paul said "should I go down there" I nodded "yeah I will be down in a couple tell my dear brother to knock it off if he does not want to join Joe." Paul looked at me shocked and I glared and he said "Ok, will relay, see you down there" he kissed me before he ran out of the room. I took a quick shower and got dressed being downstairs less than ten minutes later.
"Hey babe" Paul met me at the bottom of the steps with a cup of coffee and a kiss "problem solved for the most part" he kissed me one more time. I raised an eye brow and he said "not to happy" he pointed towards the living room. I walked through the door way and Jamie was sitting on the couch pouting "you don't play fair" he whined. I glared at him "who may I ask do you think you are talking too?" He looked at the floor "James I am going to tell you only this once if I ever hear you try to tell my children what they can and cannot do before you pass it through me we are going to have a serious problem. Do you understand me?" He nodded and I had an idea "the only reason you are not running patrol with Joe is because Paul asked me not to." I smiled at Paul and he smiled back and Jamie looked to Paul "thanks" and then to me "I am sorry sis but she should not be with someone that old." I sighed and sat next to him "Jamie listen you have been in the pride long enough to know that mates are whatever you need them to be." He nodded "Then why are you acting like this you know that he will be whatever she needs. They are great with Maury and Maury loves them like brothers." He nodded and hugged me and then walked up the stairs to go to his room.
I let out a low frustrated growl and was pulling at my hair so perplexed with his behavior. I felt warm hands untangling my hands from my hair before I was lifted off the couch and onto his warm lap. "Stop stressing babe. He is just trying to get a grip on having his kids here and having no power over them" he said before kissing my forehead "he feels like Us guys have to much of a roll in their lives. When I came down Seth had scolded Pam for how she talked to Jamie. At first she refused to apologize but he told her it as either that or a time out." I sighed "I know" I snuggled into him "I just hate when he pulls stuff like this." I asked "did he apologize to her?" he shook his head no and I nodded.
There was a banging noise and I groaned when it kept repeating Paul raised an eyebrow and I explained "James likes to slam body parts into doors when he is mad." Paul looked at me startled and I asked "you want to try out your power" I kissed his chest and he raised an eyebrow "go up there and order him to stop." Paul's mouth fell open and when he recovered a few seconds later he said "I don't have power that's Same, Jake, and you." I laughed "Honey, you are now the king or soon to be king of the pride. Your orders might not be as strong as mine and they might not stick to such a wide range of individuals but you have enough to order any of the pride." When Paul came down he was smiling and helped me to my feet before we walked to the kitchen for breakfast.
My mom had breakfast for me and Paul on the table before she had to leave for work "thank you mom but you did not have to make us breakfast" I told her. "Oh yes I did I have my daughter back home and it is my job to take care of her," she smiled "and thanks for not going hard on him" she motioned with her head upstairs. I nodded and she kissed my forehead and patted Paul's shoulder before leaving. Paul looked at me once we were alone "thank you" he made the same motion my mom did and I smiled and leaned in and kissed him before eating my breakfast.
The next couple of days went by without much fuss the kids showed Seth, Emb, Jake, and Ness the places to roam and run. Bella had come to me the day after we arrived "Sis, I have to ask you a favor can you keep Ness here for a while" I nodded "Jake will probably want to stay too." I nodded again "I figured that. I take it you want to go help Pop's and MieMie deal with my ornery brother." She nodded "I am also going to give him a huge chewing out for how he talked to Ness" I nodded and we hugged. Way too soon, in my opinion, I was standing at the airport hugging her, sis, Jazz and Pop's good bye.
"Aunt Dawn" I was brought back to the present hearing Ness call me "Tell Jake you are in charge of me not him" she was standing with her hands on her hips glaring at Jake "and tell him I can have what I want to eat." I laughed "come hear baby girl" I said and opened my arms I lifted her up on my lap "can you tell me why you are so upset?" She jabbed her finger at Jake "He said I cannot have a piece of pumpkin pie" she looked up at me then glared at Jake pointing at him again "tell him I can. Nana already said I can." I kissed her head "well then it's settled if Nana said you can have a piece of pie for breakfast that's the rule." Jake glared at me and Ness smiled at me then turned to Jake "told you" before she jumped off my lap and ran to the fridge. It was on the top self and she could not reach it "you need help, sweetie" Paul said as he got up to help. She nodded and hugged him once he got it down.
Jake and I walked out to the back yard and he just stood there glaring at me and did not say anything. I finally got fed up with it "what is your problem" I almost growled "if you were one of mine you would have already joined Joe for acting like this" I motioned towards him. "I told her no" he said "and you just totally went over my head" he groaned and fell to the ground. I sat next to him "Jake in this house if my mom says something goes it goes" I looked at him "and she don't care who don't like it. If you complain to her about this she is going to tell you to get over it and if you don't and fast you would be joining Joe." He nodded "I just don't want her eating so much junk" he said "have you heard anything from the family." I laughed "I understand Jake but a piece of pumpkin pie is actually healthy and not today talked to Bella yesterday and she said MieMie is ready to strangle Eddie. Pop's asked if it does not change by next week if I would fly back out there and set and order for Eddie to stay in his room while they come here for Christmas." We both lay out in the sun for a while just relaxing and enjoying the silence.
I felt a mental push and I opened it for them to enter 'mommy, tell Jake and Ness that Seth, Emb, and I are waiting to play tag.' I laughed 'ok' I looked at Jake and said "your presence is being commanded by a little princess" he chuckled. He got up and opened the back door "Ness" he called and the response surprised me "she is not talking to you" Paul said. Me and Jake looked at each other he helped me off the ground and we went into the house. With a lot of kissing up and a little bribery he got her to go and play with the others.
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