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Chapter Two
Ben and Aden slowly left their bedroom without making any noise. It was seven o'clock in the morning. They made their way downstairs holding two cups of water, and saw their Uncle lying on the couch.
"Shh…Don't wake him." Ben whispered to his twin brother. They went up to their Uncle Seth and poured water on his pants. "Come on, let's go!" Ben whispered.
Aden and Ben ran back upstairs into their room and jumped on their bunk beds.
"Pay back time." Aden said. Every time their Uncle came over they always tried to pull sometime on him. Usually, Uncle Seth got them before they got him, but not this time.
Conner heard noises from the room next to his and came out of his room. He decided to wake up his parents. He climbed into bed with his parents and lay between his mom and dad. Conner turned towards his mom and picked at her nose. She wasn't waking up, so he turned to his dad and opened his mouth. Ryan immediately opened his eyes and swatted at the little fingers in his mouth.
"Conner, what time is it?" Ryan asked, pulling the sheets back and sitting up in his bed.
"It's morning. Time to go wake." Conner replied, sliding of the bed on his belly and landing on the floor. Ryan picked him up and carried him downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Want to make breakfast with me?" Ryan asked. He could see Conner's eyes light up and there was a big smile on his face. Conner loved to cook breakfast with his dad, even though his dad didn't let him do any of the cooking. Ryan put Conner down on the counter and went to the fridge to grab some eggs, bacon, sausages and hashbrowns.
"Can I go wake up Uncle Seth, Dad?" Conner asked, picking his nose.
"Uncle Seth likes to sleep in. Get that finger out of your nose if you're going to help me cook."
Conner pulled his finger out of his nose and stuck the booger on his pajama bottoms. "Can I go wake up Mommy?" Ryan shook his head at his son. "Can I go wake up Aden and Ben?" Ryan shook his head again. "What can I do?"
Ryan picked Conner up off the counter and let him down. "You can set the table."
"Okay!" Conner yelled out.
"Shh, people are sleeping. Let's play the silent game, okay?" Ryan asked, cracking the eggs in the frying pan.
Conner nodded his head and zipped his mouth with his tiny fingers.
Ryan stood in front of the stove listening to the splatter of the bacon and the clinging of the dishes Conner was making. He was practically falling asleep standing there. He was extremely tired and wanted to go back to bed. He couldn't wait until the boys were in their late teens, 'cause then he would actually get some sleep. Ryan laughed to himself as he realized he was getting old. He remembered like it was yesterday, when he was cooking in the Cohen's kitchen. He was making them breakfast before he left for Chino with Sandy. That was the day he realized his mom was gone for good. When he came home and she had moved out. He remembered how much Kirsten didn't like him at first. It took her time to fully trust him with her son. He was glad they never gave up on him. He was happy he had Marissa, and he was happy they had three wonderful boys who are so much like Marissa and himself, in a way that he couldn't stop loving them. He would never stop loving them, not like his mother had stopped loving him.
Ben and Aden prowled down into the kitchen and sat at the kitchen table starring at their dad, who was in a daze in front of the stove.
"DAD!" Ben yelled. Ryan jumped in front of the stove and turned around.
"Oh, hey guys. Happy birthday."
Both Aden and Ben laughed at their dad.
"Is Uncle Seth up yet?" Ben asked. Ryan shook his head and continued flipping the bacon. Ryan never noticed the boys walk downstairs.
Aden and Ben tiptoed their way to the couch in the basement and hid behind it. Aden pulled out a feather, stood up and tickled his Uncle's nose with it. Seth swatted at his nose and moaned. Aden did it again and then hid behind the couch.
Seth tossed and turned on the couch and woke up. "What the! Those little…Uh!" He could hear laughing behind the couch. "Nice try guys." Seth said. Aden and Ben stood up from behind the couch. "This trick was in the books…Come on guys, seriously, I think you need to stop reading and make up your own tricks. But I guess, for now, because you did kind of make me think I peed my pants, I'm going to have to murder you in your sleep."
"Ha, very funny, Uncle Seth." Ben said, laughing at the sight of his Uncle's wet pajamas. "But at least I'm not the one with the wets pants!"
"Which is why I must beat you!" Seth said, running after his nephews. "And I don't care if it's your birthday either!" He yelled after them climbing up the stairs. He chased the boys into the kitchen and saw Ryan cooking. "Oh, hey…Glad I could be of humor for your kids this weekend! Oh, I see you haven't lost the wife-beater." Seth commented.
Ryan shrugged. "Nice pants." Aden and Ben each grabbed a piece of bacon, from a plate sitting on the counter. "Hey, don't touch." Ryan said, waiving the spatula in the air. "Why don't you go wake up your Mom."
Seth grabbed some paper towels and wiped his pants. "Your kids are dead. And I'm not going to bring them back to life, either!" Seth exclaimed. "But I do have to admit, if I don't say so myself, they are getting pretty darn good. And at such a young age." He held his hand to his chest. "I'm proud of them, it touches right here."
Conner then came running into the kitchen. "Can I have some cereal?"
"Um, whoa there buddy," Seth said, "Your Dad is cooking breakfast, not cereal." Seth said, patting him on the head and walking off to the table to eat some food. "My belly needs nutrition. Where's the wife? I'm hungry!"
"Yeah, where's the wife?" Conner yelled, following his Uncle to the table.
Ryan rolled his eyes at the two of them and followed them to the table carrying the plate of bacon. Marissa and the twins came down from upstairs and sat around the table.
"So, what are the plans for today?" Seth asked, with a mouthful of eggs in his mouth. "Let's make the best of Uncle Seth's time away from home." He turned to Aden and Ben. "How would you two like it if I bring you to a skate park and teach you how to use your boards?"
"YEAH!" Aden shouted. Ben only shrugged.
"Benny boy, what's the matter? You don't skate?" Seth asked.
"No—I can skate!" Ben said, starring at his Uncle.
"Whoa, now that's just freaky. You're starting to get your dad's stare there." Seth laughed.
Ryan starred at Seth.
"Okay, whoa…" Seth said, standing up and taking his plate into the kitchen.
"Can we go, Mom?" Aden asked.
Marissa looked at Ryan, who only shrugged. "Fine."
"Can I go too?" Conner asked, slouching in his chair next to Ryan.
"They don't make baby boards." Ben commented.
Seth walked into the dining room with a cookie, "Actually, they do, Ben."
"Doesn't matter, Seth. I don't want him skateboarding. He's only five years old. He could break something." Ryan said, stacking up the plates and carrying them into the kitchen.
Conner slouched down more into his seat, fell off his seat and folded his arms over his chest. "I want to go!" Conner screamed from underneath the table. "It's not fair, I never get to do anything." He then started to cry.
"Conner, sweetie, get up off the floor. Crying won't solve anything." Marissa said, looking under the table at the crying youngster.
"Go away!" Conner screamed at his mother.
"Fine, then. Come on boys," Marissa said, motioning to Aden and Ben. "Help clear the table." Aden and Ben took their plates and went back into the kitchen. Seth and Marissa grabbed the left over of food off the table and left Conner crying.
"Hmm, I wonder why I don't want kids?" Seth mumbled to Ryan. "All that crying…I would have gray hair by now."
Ryan ran his hand through his hair. "No gray's, yet. But I'm sure they're coming in." Ryan laughed and walked back into the dining room and sat at the table.
"Go away!" Conner screamed.
"Impossible." Ryan said. He poked his head under the table and grabbed a hold of Conner and pulled him out. "We have guest over, Conner. Do you think Uncle Seth wants to see you crying?" Ryan asked.
"But—But—But." Conner stumbled on his words, wiping away his tears. "What am I going to do if Aden and Ben are going skating with Uncle Seth?"
"Well…uh, we could do something together. With your mom, too." Ryan replied. Seth then walked into the dining room.
"No."
"Ryan, why don't you just drop him off at Mom and Dad's? I'll take care of Aden and Ben, don't worry. You and Marissa could go out all day. I'm sure you haven't done that in a long time."
"I don't want to go over to Grandma's and Grandpa's!" Conner bellowed out, tears streaming down his face.
"Hey, buddy." Seth crouched down to Conner. "I promise tonight we'll rent a movie and it'll be just me and you, okay? No brothers, no Mom, no Dad. Just Uncle Seth, of course."
A smile appeared on Conner's face. "Okay!" He then ran off upstairs.
Seth grinned at Ryan. "What can I say? I know how kids think." Seth said, blowing on his nails and running his shoulder.
"So why is it you don't have kids, then?"
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"Hands off the leather!" Seth shouted from the driver's seat to Conner. Ben and Aden then began to lick their hands and rub the leather interior of the car. "Dude's, seriously. This car is very expensive and I don't need your saliva all over it."
"Dude." Conner screamed. He then licked his finger and stuck it in his Uncle's ear. Conner laughed hysterically at his Uncle.
"Okay, that's it! You're so lucky you're in the back seat!" Seth said, pulling up into his old house. "End of the line, Conner." Seth got out from his car and went to the back to get Conner. "Let's go." Conner got out of the car, shut the door and followed his Uncle to his grandparents' house.
Kirsten opened the door to Seth and her grandson.
"Here he is, Mom. Watch out with the wet-willies." Seth said, handing over Conner.
Kirsten laughed and took Conner's hand. "Are we going to have fun today or what?" Kirsten asked with enthusiasm. Conner then let go of Kirsten hand and ran into the house to find his grandpa.
"Does Ryan and Marissa want me to drop him off or are they picking him up?" Kirsten asked.
"Uh, Ryan's picking him up at four o'clock." Seth said.
Kirsten smiled and waved at the twins, who were waiting in the car. "When are you going back to San Diego?" She asked to Seth.
"Uh, I was thinking Sunday afternoon. Ryan said I could crash at his place."
Kirsten laughed. "Did you want to come over here for dinner tonight?" She asked.
"I promised Conner a movie tonight, but how about Sunday lunch?" Seth asked.
"Sure, lunch sounds great. Well, I better let you go, the twins look like they're up to something." Kirsten said, laughing,
Seth spun around and glared at the twins. "See you later, Mom." Seth said and walked away. Seth got into the car and drove off.
"Okay, you two are oddly quiet." Seth commented, as he drove to the Skate Park.
"We didn't do anything." Aden said in a kiddy voice.
"Uh-huh." Seth replied.
"Can we listen to the music?" Ben asked.
Seth shrugged at turned on the radio. The volume blasted throughout the car and his speakers blew out with loud noises. The twins in the back seat laughed at him and Seth turned the volume down.
"Nice, real nice." Seth said.
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"It's so quiet in here." Marissa commented, picking up toys in the living room.
Ryan was also cleaning up the toys in the living room. He couldn't get over how many toys three kids would have. Then again, he did buy them all for them. He made a mental note not to buy anymore toys until they're sixteen. "Yeah…So what's the plan for today?" Ryan asked.
"Why don't we go back to bed?"
"Bed?" Ryan looked at her funny and Marissa smiled. "Oh, not sleeping bed, but bed, bed." Ryan replied with a smile on his face now. "Race you to the bedroom." Ryan shouted and dropped the toys he was picking up. Marissa did the same and ran upstairs to the bedroom.
They crawled into bed and began making out, taking off their clothes slowly.
Marissa nibbled on his ear and whispered, "Are you sure you don't want a baby girl?"
Ryan stopped kissing her and looked up at her. "We already have three kids, Marissa."
"Then what's one more kid?" Marissa asked.
"Four. I don't want four kids. We already have a pigsty of a house." Ryan replied, kissing her neck.
Marissa sighed and continued to kiss him.
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"Sandy, I have to go to the office." Kirsten said, poking her head into the den where he was playing with Seth's old playstation with Conner.
"An emergency?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah. I don't know when I'll be back. Just make sure Conner eats lunch, okay?" She asked, kissing Conner on the head.
"Yup, will do." Sandy replied and Kirsten left him. "You're pretty good for a five year old, Conner."
"Dude, you suck." Conner commented, throwing the controller on the ground. "I'm hungry."
"Well then, lets go make us some lunch." Sandy said, walking into the kitchen with Conner trailing behind him. Sandy opened the fridge and rummaged through it and pulled out some cold cuts. "Sandwich?" Sandy asked. Conner nodded his head and Sandy made him a turkey sandwich.
They each ate their turkey sandwich at the kitchen table.
"Thirsty?" Sandy asked, Conner shook his head. "Want desert?" Conner nodded in agreement.
Sandy pulled out chocolate and gave it to Conner, who's eyes lit up in excitement and ran off to the den with the chocolate. He downed the chocolate bar and picked up the playstation controller.
"Let's play." Conner shouted at his grandpa. Sandy grabbed a cloth from the kitchen sink and went over to Conner to wipe his hands. Chocolate was everywhere.
"Don't you five-year olds nap?" Sandy asked.
"No. Naps are for baby's and old people!"
"Huh, already then, no nap."
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"Summer!" Seth shouted out in the small restaurant he had taken the boys to. He had just finished teaching then how to skateboard when he saw Summer.
"Cohen, hey!" Summer yelled out to him and made her way over to the booth he was sitting at with the twins. "What are you guys up to?"
"Uncle Seth just took us skateboarding." Aden said. He took another bite of his burger. "He sucks, too."
Summer looked at Seth. "And I thought you were good." Summer commented, sliding into the booth next to Ben.
"I was good. Expect now, I'm getting old…And I can't move the way I used to." Seth replied.
"Too bad." Summer said, stealing a fry off his plate. "So what are you guys up to this afternoon? I'm so bored!"
Seth shrugged. "Ben wants to go home, party pooper." Seth joked. "Aden wants to go to the arcade."
"Hey, arcade! I've never been to one!" Summer said.
Seth laughed, "Figures."
Both Ben and Aden laughed at the two of them.
"Well then, let's go to the arcade." Seth said, shoving the remainder of his burger in his mouth.
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"CONNER!" Sandy shouted. "Where are you?" Just then the doorbell rang and Sandy went to go see whom it was. It was Ryan.
"Oh hey, Ryan. Come on in, Conner is just, uh, is around." Sandy said, opening the door and letting Ryan in. "How was the afternoon without kids?" Sandy asked, making his way to the kitchen.
"Relaxing." Ryan replied, looking around for Conner. "Where's Conner?" All of a sudden the heard screaming and laughter.
"We were playing hide and go seek. I think he's upstairs. Want some coffee?" Sandy asked, taking a pot out of the coffee maker.
"Sure." Ryan sat down on a stool at the counter and Sandy poured him a fresh cup of coffee. Ryan took a sip of it and sighed. "Marissa is still asking for another kid."
Sandy sat down next to him at the counter. "And you don't want one?"
"No, way. I only wanted two kids, now we have three. Four would be too hectic." Ryan replied. Sandy nodded in agreement. "Besides, the boys are too old to have another sibling."
Sandy laughed. "Yeah, big age difference."
Conner then came running into the kitchen without a shirt on and punched Sandy in the leg. "Got you!"
"Conner, where's your shirt?" Ryan asked. Conner scratched his head and pointed to the ceiling. "Go put it back on."
Sandy laughed. "Seth was never that crazy when he was a kid."
"Neither was I." Ben laughed thinking about himself when he was younger. He was always settle and quiet, but had a mouth on him. Just like how Ben is right now. All of a sudden Ryan's cell phone rang. He got up and took it out. "Hello? Oh hey…Uh, sure…How about next weekend? Okay, bye." Ryan got off his cell phone and sat back down next to Sandy.
"Who was that?" Sandy questioned.
"It was Trey. He wants me to help him out with his car. His car brakes are acting up on him and I'm the lucky one who knows how to fix it." Ryan replied with a smile.
"So, you two are getting close, huh?"
"Yeah, he's really turned around. He found himself a job last month, so he's doing good."
"Well, that's good. Have you been talking to your Mom?" Sandy asked.
"No. She called a couple of months ago, but you know how it goes…" Ryan shrugged and got up. "We better get going. Thanks for looking after Conner." Ryan thanked him and pulled out his hand.
"No problem." Sandy accepted his hand and pulled him in for a hug.
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Okay, well I hope you guys like how I'm going with the story. Please post comments.