Stephanie slowly put Madison in her portable crib, she had finally fallen asleep after hours of holding and singing to her, "you know what sucks? Now that she's asleep, Laurie's kids are coming any minute now."

He nodded, not looking up from his computer, "they never told me what time they were coming. It very well could be any moment now."

"I'm sorry I kind of slapped you earlier," she hung her head, "I've just been a little 'on-edge' lately. You know that."

"Yeah, I know, I didn't take it personal," he got up and walked past her towards his bedroom into his closet.

She walked behind him and sat on his bed, "did you mean what you said about me? Or did you just say that to get under my skin?"

As he dug through the top drawer of his dresser, he was looking at her, smiling, "how about you come over here and slap me again and we'll find out."

She stared at him in shock, her face burned as he continued to grin at her. She couldn't tell whether he was serious or just kidding, "what?" Before she could control herself, she had gotten up and was standing close in front of him.

"Go ahead, slap me," he leaned towards her, inches from her lips, "how about we finish what we started the other day at the beach house?"

"Right now?" She whispered, "but your sister will be here soon. What if she gets here like, in the middle of everything?" She protested while he put his arms around her waist and kissed at her neck, "does she knock when she comes here?"

"Don't worry about Laurie," he backed her into the bed, slipping his hands up under her shirt, "I'll do everything, you just keep an ear out."

She nodded, letting out a slight moan, "I hope she knocks and just doesn't come in," she couldn't keep a train of thought with Paul's hands all over her. She unbuckled his belt and pulled his T-shirt out from under his pants.

He ducked for her to take it off over his head. She broke their kiss and pushed herself up on his bed, motioning for him to climb up after her. He was on his hands and knees above her with his pants pushed down around his thighs when they heard the front door close and footsteps on the tile entryway.

"Paul?" Laurie knocked on the bedroom door, "we're here, and we noticed it's quiet so we thought Madison is probably asleep," she paused when Paul opened the door, shirtless, "hi."

"Hey Laurie," he cleared his throat, "does Kevin need help getting the kids' stuff out of the car?"

"Him and I can do it," she smiled, "you need us to come back or something? Were you busy?" She handed him a key with a small remote control, "here's your new car."

"No," he sighed, "I had a stain on my shirt so I was gonna change it, I was in here on the computer," he put the keys in his pocket, "thanks for the new car. A minivan, I've always wanted a minivan."

"About time you start driving a minivan," Laurie stuck her tongue out at her brother, "what do you plan to do with my kids for the next couple weeks?"

"Oh, you know, only the mildly dangerous stuff, they're driving by now right?" He laughed as Laurie gave him a horrified face, "actually I was going to teach them how to flambé their food."

"Oh my God, stop it, do not let them drive a vehicle or show them how to light their food on fire. I'd better leave before I just take them back with me."

"Paul, stop scaring your sister," Stephanie came down the hallway, smoothing her shirt down, blushing as Paul laid eyes on her, "so what are you and Kevin gonna do without the kids?"

"I don't know yet, Kevin says he has a couple things planned, and he won't tell me anything because its apparently a big surprise."

Stephanie took Laurie's arm and took her down the hallway toward the dining room, with Paul slowly following, "so where are the kids?"

"Helping Kevin with their stuff, but I think Lily and Joey fell asleep on the way over here, I know they didn't sleep very well last night."

"I'll go help," Paul opened the door and saw Kevin attempting to pick someone up out of the van, "if you get Lily, I'll get Joey, I can still pick him up."

"Alright, thanks, I don't think I can," Kevin smiled and carried her halfway to the door, "where should I put her?"

"The bed in the extra bedroom is fine, it doesn't matter, just be careful of Madison because she's asleep in there, "so I heard you and Joey had a little too much soda yesterday, you couldn't sleep all night?"

"Barely," Trevor yawned, "I'm so tired right now Uncle Paul, I could just fall asleep at any moment," he slowly carried his stuff up to the door, "can I go to bed early tonight?"

"You can go to bed whenever you want, but don't be mad if you miss out on anything," Paul grunted and hoisted Joey up over his shoulder, "what about you Sam, did you sleep?"

"Kind of, I stayed up with the boys so they didn't wake anyone else up, I'll probably be one of the first to fall asleep later."

"Well, you guys are boring," Paul laughed, taking Joey to the extra bedroom, "just put your stuff in here or in the living room for now, we'll figure that stuff out later."

Laurie hugged her kids one by one before hugging her brother, "thank you so much Paul for this huge favor. I just want to let you know that both Sam and Trevor have their laptops for their home school classes. They know I can check to see if they've been doing their work, so you shouldn't have to worry about that."

He nodded, "alright, don't worry, they'll be fine, they're gonna do their homework on time I promise. Just go have fun." He moved them to the front door, "we'll call you later to check in," he closed the door behind them and turned around, "looks like its party time."

Both Trevor and Samantha smiled sleepily, only wishing to be able to go to sleep, "I don't think we're gonna be able to party tonight Uncle Paul," Samantha shook her head.