At Mary and Carlos's things were just a little calmer. The coming Monday was also the first day of school. "Mommy?" asked Sloan wondering where his mommy was. Sloan was in his bedroom down the hall from Mary and Carlos's. "Yes?" came Mary's voice as she tiptoed down the hall. She walked into to Sloan's room and lifted him up out of his bad and carried him down the stairs, to the kitchen. Just then Carlos came down the steps. "Bye babe." He said to Mary as he grabbed his car keys off the counter. "Bye." replied Mary as she pecked him on the cheek. "Bye daddy." said Sloan after his dad. "Bye bud." Carlos responded and then he went out the door and headed to work. Mary said to Sloan, "Guess what?" "What?" responded Sloan. Just then Reagan came down the steps. "Yeah what?" he yawned. "You're both going to Grandma and Grandpa's today because I have a meeting." Mary told them. "Yay! When do we leave?" asked Sloan. "When you both are ready." She answered. Just then both boys ran upstairs and got ready as fast as they could. A minute or two later the boys ran back downstairs. Reagan had on his soccer uniform and dress shoes and Sloan had on sweats and a sweatshirt and his fishing boots. "Boys! You cant wear those." exclaimed Mary. "Reagan! Wear your jean shorts and a t-shirt. You don't have a game today." "Ohh…" Reagan responded. "Be right back!" He ran up the stairs. "Sloan, baby. It's too hot for those! Come on I'll take you upstairs." Mary said as she walked upstairs with Sloan. Soon they were ready and headed out to Annie and Eric's.

"Mom…Dad?" Mary said as the front door creaked open. "In here!" Mary heard Annie yell. Mary and the boys walked into the kitchen. Annie was getting something out of the oven. "Cooking already?" Mary asked her mom sarcastically. "Yeah. Isn't it pitiful?" responded Annie. "You remember saying you could watch the boys, don't you?" questioned Mary, hoping and praying her mother would say yes. "No, but I will anyway. I think Sam and David are coming home for the weekend. They can watch the boys for me" replied Annie. "Ohh, thanks mom. Got to run. Love you boys." said a relieved Mary as she scrambled out of the kitchen. "Bye Mommy!" the boys yelled after her. Mary drove out of the driveway and then was on her way to her meeting.

As the boys settled onto the couch and started watching cartoons on TV, Sam and David walked in with their girlfriends, Rhea and Carmen. "Uncle Sam…Uncle Davy!" screamed Sloan as he ran

up to his uncles. "Not now kid." replied David as he and his girlfriend walked into the kitchen to say hi to Annie. "Its alright Sloan." Rhea said as she picked him up." You remember me right?" "Yeah your Rhea." Sloan whimpered. Rhea and Sam stayed with the boys and watched cartoons with them.

A half hour later Annie, David, and Carmen came into the living room. " How's Sloan" asked David, in a baby voice, as he reached down to pick him up. But Before he could, Sloan answered "Not know kid," and ran off, crying, to sit on Rhea's lap. " What was that about?" Annie asked David. " I walked past him and said that to him when he tried to give me hug when I came in. "David!" exclaimed Annie. "You know better. They are just little kids. You need to be a better example!"

Reagan and Sloan were soon napping and the adults started to talk. "So Carmen, how's school?" asked Annie. "Its better now that I have David there with me." "Aww, how nice." Annie said sarcastically hoping Carmen didn't notice. "So Rhea do you and Sam have a date set," asked Carmen. "No…we still don't have the money to pay for a wedding." said Rhea sadly. "We were going to wait till after we graduated next spring. That way we could get jobs and save up a little money." "But that's a year away, Rhea. We could lend you some money. You can always borrow money." exclaimed Annie as she shot a look at Sam. Before either got to argue their point, they were interrupted by a knock at the door.

Annie opened the door to Mary. "Hey mom. Were the boys good?" She said as she walked into the living room to see Sam and David, with their girlfriends, playing along with the boys. "Hey Mary." Sam said as he went to hug his sister and then sat down. "MOMMY!" exclaimed Reagan as he ran to hug his mom. Sloan soon followed suit. With both boys crowding her, all she was able to say was "Hey guys…" When the boys calmed down, she quickly said hi to everyone and had a little conversation. She then quickly said bye to everyone, gave her mom a kiss on the cheek and whisked the boys off to the car. They were soon traveling home.