A/n: Hey Everyone! I'm sorry for not updating, but the computer died, and my teachers are a little heavy on the homework. I'm taking a break from the two essays I have coming due in the next couple of weeks.

So, I forgot to say this before, but there is going to be a Francis/Erin pairing. I think I'm more into Francis than any of the other characters on the show.

I wil try to make the parts longer. The first part was short from the beginning, but it gets longer from here on out.

Thank you for all the reviews and only one flame. In fact, it's the first flame I have ever gotten. Too bad it had to be my first review for the story as well, but I'm glad it didn't stop the nine others that reviewed from reading.

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Chapter 2: What to do Now?

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"You're not a boy." Hal said after a few moments of silence.

"Not since the last time I checked." Erin joked. "I'm sorry to be rude, but could I come in? These bags are killing me."

"Of course." Lois said. "Boys, get the bags. Come on in, Erin." Reese and Malcolm groaned, but retrieved the bags. "Boys, why don't you take Erin into the living room and watch television? Your father and I need to talk."

Hal pointed his finger. "You're not a boy."

Erin shook her head.

"Now, Hal." Lois said more seriously as she pulled him into the bathroom.

Erin sat down on the couch and the three boys stared at her. "You're really hot." Reese said out of nowhere.

"Thank you?" Erin replied hestitintly.

This should be interesting." Malcolm said with a smile.

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"She's not a boy." Hal stated again.

"Yes, we established that," Lois replied. "Now, what are we going to do?"

"She can't stay here." Hal answered. "Not with the boys and thier hormones. I saw it in thier eyes Lois, they have unclean thoughts all ready."

"Of course they do, they're teenagers. We'll just have to set some ground rules."

"I knew from the beginning that this was a bad idea." Hal murmured.

"Well, what do you want to do, Hal? We need the money. It's either this or you get another job."

"Fine. She stays."

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"So why are you living here?" Malcolm asked. "I don't even want to live here, and you're paying to."

"My parents travel a lot, and they don't want me home by myself." Erin explained, leaving out the part about the party she had held that had left the house a disaster and one teenager pregnant. And the part of how her parole officer insisted she not be alone at home anymore. "Why wouldn't you want to live here? It seems really nice."

"You'll see." Malcolm reassured her.

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"Erin, may we speak with you?" Hal asked about twenty mintues later. Erin nodded and followed the parents into the kitchen and sat down at the table.

"As you can tell, we were expecting a boy." Lois began.

"Yeah, I picked up on that." Erin replied.

"But that's our own fault, so we're going to let you stay." Hal replied quietly. "But there are going to be some guidelines. We have young boys here."

"Of course." Erin replied.

"No scanty clothing, no feminem underwears," Hal cringed. "Left out...."

x5 mintues laterx

"And for the love of all that is good, don't leave feminem hygiene products out. That's the last thing the doctor needs to find in Dewey's stomach."

Erin laughed uncomfortably and turned to Lois. "He's joking right?"

Lois shook her head.

"Oh, that's gross." Erin said.

"Why don't we show you to your room?" Lois asked after a few moments of silence and before Hal thought of anything he needed to add to his guidelines.

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1 week later

"It's been a week," Malcolm said. "And I think it's safe to say Erin been accepted into the family."

".....And then I met the President and we went to McDonald's." Dewey said as he followed Erin into the kitchen.

"That's really great, Dewey." Erin replied, half-listening, sitting down at the table sext to Reese. She accidently dropped a fork and bent down to pick it up, unintentionally giving Reese a shot of cleavage.

"Excuse me." Reese said in a squeaky voice adn went walking down the hall to the boy's bedroom.

"And Reese, he's spent more time locked in the room than ever before. I told Dewey he's shy, but even he's starting to not believe me."

Later that night

Francis quietly came in the back door , not wanting to wake anyone up. He had planned to come home and surprise everyone, but his bus had been delayed. It was now three AM , so he decided to wait until morning to tell his parents he was home. Tiredly, he made his way to the bathroom where he quickly stripped down to his boxers and went to climb into his bed. Careful to open the door so it didn't bang the dresser, he climbedinto bed without noticing hte other occupant. Francis curled up with a pillow before he realized there was another person in the bed.

"What the hell..." Francis said loudly. Erin's eyes popped opened and she screamed.

Erin grabbed the pillow and began to hit Francis as hard as she could. "Get out! Get Out!"

"Ow! Hey, stop it! What the hell are you doing in my room?" Francis yelled.

"What is going on in there?" Lois yelled as she barged in the room and was shocked to see her son. "Francis, what are you doing here?"

"I came home. It's Dad's birthday on Sunday." Francis said and winced when Lois took the pillow from Erin and hit him again.

"What was that for?" Francis demanded.

"Put some pants on." Lois answered. "And welcome home."

Please review! I would appreciate if I didn't get anymore flames though. But to the person who said it was corny as hell, would you please review again? But this time, be pleasant and tell me what you would like to see changed. Or at least sign in so I can read your stories and see how good of a judge on corny you are.

I know I said that it was Francis/Erin, but I'm adding some tension first. That always makes things fun.