I am sitting at the table texting Alex and drinking my coffee as well. I have the laptop up and am chatting with Austin as well. I hear footsteps and turn to see Chris turn into the kitchen. "Up already?" He yawns and nods, "I have to be at school in twenty minutes." I shake my head, "Chris, this is not my spot and I have no right to say this but I think you need to talk to your coach and your parents. This is not healthy. You need sleep and you need to relax. You are exhausted and this is not good for you." He sighs and leans against the counter, "I know. I just don't know what to do. I love football and I am so close to a scholarship for it. I also don't want to lose my job because I like making money and being able to have that freedom and independence. I just don't have enough time." I close the laptop some and put my phone down. "I understand Chris but I really think you should think about all of this and talk to your coach and your parents. I would offer my suggestions but I don't think it is my place. I will always be here if you want me to be though." I watch as he sighs and looks at me, "I would like your opinion." I smile and look at him, "If it was me I would honestly quit your job. I understand you like the money and everything but that would free up some time. I would also talk to your coach and explain that the double practices and morning and night practices are just too much. He will listen to you and the other players probably feel the same way. Coaches do listen, they don't always do what the players want but they do listen." He nods and looks at me, "Yeah, I will talk to him in a few and explain." He sighs again, "The job though…" I laugh and look at him, "Quit and I think I have an idea. It is ultimately up to you but that's what I would do." He nods and comes over and kisses my cheek. "Thank you Mrs. Moon, I always consider you another mother." I smile and watch him leave before sighing and going back to talking to Alex about his vacation and Austin about the kids.

I hear footsteps as I pour myself another cup of coffee. I turn around and see Aubrey walk in holding Chloe. "Chris already leave?" I nod and she shakes her head before walking over to the counter and starts to make a bottle for Chloe. She puts the bottle in her mouth and smiles down at her before looking at me, "Mom, I don't know what else to do. I tried talking to him but he won't listen to me. He won't quit the job and I think that would help a lot." I smile and walk over and kiss her forehead, "Don't worry baby." I hear the boys get up and start arguing and I shake my head laughing. "I have to finish getting ready but don't worry honey. I talked to Chris and I think he is going to talk to his coach." She nods and I see the worry in her face before I turn and walk upstairs to finish getting dressed. I put my dress on that is lying across my bed. I slip my feet into my heels. I leave my hair down and hear my phone go off. I pick it up and see Alex calling. I hit the answer button and put it up to my ear. "What's up?" He laughs, "What I was trying to tell you was I am on vacation in two weeks and I am going out of town." I laugh and look in the mirror as I finish my makeup, "I understand which is why I was telling you to have a blast and enjoy your time away and off." He sighs, "I always just have to come out and tell you everything don't I? No, Ally, I want you to come with me. I want you to come on vacation with me." I stop and look down at my phone, "Alex, I have the kids, you know that." He sighs, "Aiden, Candace, Aubrey and Chris can watch them. Plus Asher and Adam are pretty much grown as well. The only two that need to be watched are Aaron and Avery. If the kids won't do it, I am sure Austin will and if worse comes to worse I will talk to Hanna. Please Ally, I want a week away but I want a week away with you." I look at the mirror and then at my phone. "I will talk to the kids tonight and then I will talk to Austin and Hanna as well and let you know." I can hear the smile in his voice as he says, "I will book you a flight." I go to argue but he hangs up on me. I shake my head but can't hide the smile at the same time.

I walk down and see Aiden has already left. Candace is holding Chloe while Aubrey is getting Aaron his lunch. I smile and look around, "Where are Asher and Adam?" Aubrey looks up, "Aiden took them with him." I nod and kiss Aaron on the head, "Did Aubrey make you lunch today?" He nods and smiles at me, "Yeah." I smile, "That was nice of her." I smile and thank her as I pat his shoulder, "Go get your bag, we need to get going." He nods and runs off to get his bag. "Hanna said she will be a few minutes late today." Aubrey nods and Candace smiles, "I am here to help until then. I don't have to leave for another twenty minutes." I nod and kiss her head, "You are amazing and I am so happy my son found you." She smiles at me and looks down at Chloe as she starts to talk to her and make funny faces to get her to laugh.

I see Aaron run back in with his bag and I hand him his lunch. "Let's go buddy." He smiles and takes off. I smile and thank Aubrey and Candace again before following Aaron out the door and to the car. Thinking maybe the kids could handle me being gone a week.

Aubrey's Pov…

I walk around trying to be quit since the girls are sleeping but there is a mess in the living room. I start picking up all the toys and putting them away. I hear a knock and cuss silently as I walk to the door and hope the girls didn't hear it. I open the door and see Logan standing there. I move and let him in, "Where is your key?" He shrugs, "I lost it again." I close the door and shake my head, "If you wake up any of the girls you are dealing with them. They would not lay down for their nap and Hanna had to leave after they were put down for a doctor's appointment." He laughs and walks into the living room and sits down on the couch, "Chill Aubrey. They are still asleep and I didn't ring the doorbell because I knew they would be sleeping which is why I knocked." I sigh and sit down shaking my head. He turns and smiles, "You need to relax." I glare at him and he throws his hands up laughing, "Okay, my bad." He stands up and looks around, "Did you clean?" I nod, "Yeah, the house was a mess." He nods and looks around, "Okay, this is what I am going to do. You go get a shower and relax some. I am going to get everything ready for when the girls wake up. Then I will take Avery and you take Chloe and we will get them fed and dressed. We will then all go into the backyard and get some fresh air and let them play. I will watch Avery and you watch Chloe." I think it over before nodding, "That sounds good."

I walk upstairs and walk into the bathroom and get in the shower. The hot water relaxes me instantly and I feel the tension leave. I wash everything and rinse off before turning the water off and grabbing my towel. I wrap it around me and walk into my room. I brush my hair and let it hang around my shoulders. I cut it a couple weeks ago and it is so much easier to handle. I put on a pair of yoga pants and a regular t-shirt. I slip my feet into my flip flops. I grab my sunglasses and walk downstairs to see Logan walking around holding Avery talking to her. "You woke up early but that is okay. I am here and I got you." He smiles down at her and I stand against the wall watching him walk around the living room talk to Avery. "You are going to get to go outside and play today. Chloe is going to join you. That is going to be so much fun." I smile and watch him start to sing to her. Soon I realize that Avery is back asleep. I stifle a little laugh and his head shots to me. "How long?" I laugh, "The whole time." He shakes his head, "I love kids." I nod and smile, "Who knew." He laughs and walks down the hallway to put her back down for her nap.

I walk into the kitchen and make a couple bottles so they are ready when they wake up from their nap. I also lay out Avery some of her food that she likes. Logan comes in and leans against the counter, "Are you going to tell anyone?" I laugh and shake my head, "Your secret is safe with me." I turn off the water and look at him, "But you know, your girl fans would love you even more if they knew you loved kids like that." He looks at me, "I don't want everyone to see me like that and know that. Some things just need to be private." I nod, "Oh trust me I understand the private part but nothing ever is. Somehow everything finds a way out." He sighs, "I signed on for this but you didn't, how do you handle it?" I look at him, "You mean being famous because my parents are?" He nods and I shrug, "I grew up with it all so to me it is normal I guess. I don't mind taking pictures or anything but I hate when they get in my business and talk about me like they know me. Like I feel bad for Chloe, she didn't sign on for this but she is famous because I am famous because my parents are famous. It is weird how it works." He looks at me, "Is it possible for kids to have a normal life if their parents are famous?" I shrug, "I think I had a normal life growing up. I had loving parents and family. I made friends pretty easy and I didn't like school but I loved being able to see my friends. Yeah, sometimes when I would be outside I would get pictures taken of me and if I was with my parents pictures mostly happened but I liked my picture being taken I felt important. Now, it can sometimes be inconvenient but I don't really mind too much. The only thing that I ever wanted to change about my life was being talked about and not being able to have privacy. But I feel like I had a normal life growing up." Logan looks at me and nods, "I just noticed it can get crazy when I go outside and when I get married and have kids I want them to be able to have privacy and not worry about anything. I want to be able to protect them from everything but that won't happen will it?" I shake my head, "Probably not. If you are still big when you get married and have kids then you can't hide them. The most you can do is try to put your kid in private school and that would help." He nods and looks at me, "Why didn't you go to private school?" I laugh and shake my head, "My parents tried but I didn't like it and I wanted to be with everyone else. I wanted to be with Chris and his sister. I wanted to be in school with the kids I grew up around." He nods and goes to say something but I hear Chloe cry.

I smile and push from the counter. "That's my cue." He smiles and nods. I walk out of the kitchen and upstairs. I walk into the room and see Chloe looking around crying. "Hey baby." I walk over and pick her up and rock her slightly, "It's okay. Shh… It's okay baby." After she starts to calm down I walk her over to her changing table and start to change her diaper. I then put on her pants. I take her shirt off and put on a clean one. I smile and pick her up. "You hungry?" She smiles at me and I take her down stairs and walk into the kitchen to get her bottle. I put her bib on and start to feed her as I smile down at her. I hear footsteps and turn to see Logan walk in with Avery who is now dressed and playing with his necklace. "Someone woke up hungry." I laugh and hand him the other bottle. He starts to feed Avery as she plays with his necklace.

ALLY'S POV…

School is finally over. I hope everything went okay at home. Hanna called me around naptime and said she had to leave for a doctor's appointment. Then she called me back later and said she couldn't go back over because they were keeping her over night. I texted Logan asking if I should come home but he said everything was under control.

I wait for Aaron outside the school. I see him come running out with his friends last and I smile at him, "Did you have fun today?" He laughs and hugs me before taking off skipping to the car. I laugh and shake my head as I follow behind him. He stops and turns to me, "Mom, come on." I laugh and start to skip a little after him. He grabs my hand and starts laughing as we make it to the car. I open the doors and he throws his backpack in the car before getting in. I put my purse in the backseat before climbing in the front. I look at him, "So I was thinking before we go home, we stop and get some ice cream." He smiles wide, "Yes." I smile and back out of the parking spot before putting the car in drive and heading to the ice cream shop.

We arrive at the house and I see Aiden's car in the driveway. I smile at Aaron as I park the car and he grabs his bag. I look over and see Chris' car in the driveway next door. I sigh and look down as my phone blinks. On my way. Sorry I'm late.

I grab my phone an turn the car off. I open the backseat and get my purse. I follow Aaron into the house and hear my kids talking, laughing and having a good time. The sound I love to hear. I close the door and walk into the kitchen to see all my kids and even my basically adopted kids sitting around eating grill cheese and macaroni. I set my purse on the island and smile, "What is everyone doing?" I look at Aiden and Candace laughing together and talking about something smiling. I look at Logan feeding Avery. Aaron is talking to Asher and Adam about his day at school. Aubrey is holding Chloe smiling as she leans against the counter watching everyone. Chris is standing next to her smiling at her and smiling at Chloe. They all turn to me and smile, "Aubrey made food." I laugh at Asher, "Well, is it good?" He nods, "Yeah. She is getting better at cooking." Chris throws his arm around Aubrey and pulls her to him, "I would like to take credit for that." I laugh and watch as Adam stands up and bends at his hip, "Thank you Chris for not letting our sister poison us." We all start laughing and then I hear the knock on the door and see Austin walk down the hallway and into the kitchen. "Sorry, I'm late." I shake my head and watch as he grabs a bowl of macaroni and sits at the island. I feel my phone buzz and I look down at my hand to see. Leaving work now. Be there in ten.

I look around the room, "Guys, I have to talk to you all about something." Everyone stops and looks at me. "Alex is going on vacation and he will be gone a week." Everyone starts to talk and ask where he is going. I shake my head, "Guys." They all stop and look at me again, "I wanted to talk to you about it because he wants me to go with him." I watch as everyone looks around at each other. Aubrey is the first to talk, "So you would be gone a week?" I nod and look around, "Yeah but I haven't agreed to nothing yet. I would love to go but I want to know that you will all be okay." Aubrey nods, "Go mom, I can watch over everyone." Chris nods and pulls Aubrey to him, "I can help." Logan nods, "I don't have much else going on. I can take Aaron to school and come back to help with Avery and Chloe." Aiden nods and stands up, "I can take Asher and Adam to school." Candace nods, "I go on a shoot for a few days but I can stay here and help with dinner and cleaning." Austin then stands up and looks around, "It is great that you would all help but I will do it." He turns to me, "Go have fun Ally. Between me and the kids we got this. I can take Aaron to school and I can take Avery with me and watch over her. I can pick up dinner and help make sure the kids do their homework." I look around and smile, "Okay. Thank you guys." Everyone comes over and hugs me. I kiss the tops of their heads and look at Austin and mouth, thank you.

I hear a knock on the door and then footsteps and I turn to see Alex walk in the kitchen in his scrubs. "So I guess you told them." I laugh and nod, "They all said they will help each other out and Austin is going to help with everything as well." Alex nods and hands me a packet, "I knew they would be okay with it. Here is your ticket. We leave in three days." I look down at the packet in my hand, "Where are we going?" He laughs and shakes his head, "We are going to the Bahamas." I look at him shocked and open the packet pulling out the paper, "Seriously?" He laughs and nods, "Yeah. I want a beach but I want away from Florida and I want to be able to relax. Plus I have always wanted to go there." I laugh and shake my head as I look at the kids as they all start to mention things for me to bring them back to them.

We all ordered a pizza and had dinner. As the kids slowly started to go to bed I started to clean up. I look around and see Chris' sitting at the table looking over a textbook. I put the dishes in the dishwasher and walk over and smile. "Can I help with anything?" He looks at me and smiles shaking his head. "No but thank you." I nod and go to walk away but I hear him, "Mrs. Moon." I stop and turn to him, "Yeah?" He looks at me, "I talked to coach and he is going to work on a better schedule for practice. He even agreed he was working us to hard." I smile and pat his shoulder, "See I told you everything would go okay." He nods and looks up at me, "I also quit my job." I sit down and smile at him, "That is good." I look at him and smile, "I told you this morning that if you quit I had an idea." He nods, "Yeah, I remember." I smile, "Well I talked to Mr. Moon and since everything is crazy with Logan right now, he needs help. I suggested you and he was happy to do it. He even said you could work at you own convenience and still get paid what you were getting paid at your old job." I watch him smile wide, "Thank you." He stands up and closes the book, "I can't wait to go tell Aubrey." He hugs me and runs off up the steps. I smile and shake my head as I finish cleaning up the place.

I walk upstairs and past Aubrey's room where I hear Chris and Aubrey talking excitedly about the new opportunity. Austin and I both agreed Chris' would need a job so he felt like he was still making his own money and Austin really does need help organizing everything with Logan right now and he doesn't want many to know what is going on. It was perfect for Chris. I walk into my room happy about everything. I am going on vacation with Alex for a week, my kids are doing great. My kids are going to help out. I smile as I start packing for my vacation in a few days.