Ben and Abigail woke up in their warm king sized bed. The sun peaked through the curtains on the wall to greet them. It was still a little chilly in the room, so they snuggled close together.

"We better get up Ben. I have a feeling that Riley is up and we might be food-less for the rest of the day. You know how he eats all the time." She leaned over to kiss her husband gently. They both got out of bed and slipped on their robes.

"Do you think Lizzie is up yet? How do you think she's going to react when we tell her the news," asked Ben.

"I don't know."

When the married couple reached the bottom of the steps, they saw a soft blue glow coming from the television room. As they walked toward the room, soft giggles could be heard as well as Riley's voice. Ben took long, quiet strides to get to the room faster. When he peeked in he saw Riley sprawled out on his sofa and Elizabeth sitting on the floor watching the television.

"Riley," began Ben, "where is your shirt? No one wants or needs to see that first thing in the morning. Also, please sit up. How come Lizzie has to sit on the floor and you get to sprawl out on the couch?" Riley sat up at once.

"EWWW! Riley put a shirt on," Abigail demanded as she walked into the room. Riley blushed and went upstairs promptly to get dressed. Ben and Abigail sat on the couch.

"First of all, sit up here. We're so sorry you had to see that. Riley has the habit of acting sixteen instead of twenty-six," began Abigail.

"Me, Abby, Riley, and Dad talked last night about letting you stay here. At first we thought that it would be best to let you stay with Dad, but we found out there wasn't a school near-by. So we decided you can live here. But, you since you'll live here you'll have responsibilities like chores. You'll also have a curfew. Is this understood?"

"Yes Uncle Ben! Thank you both so much! I promise to obey all.."

"I'm glad to have you, but please don't call me Uncle Ben. It makes me feel old and well, like I should be serving rice." Elizabeth nodded in agreement. Ben left the room; Abigail moved closer to the girl.

"Why are you all allowing me to stay?"

"Ben was close with your mother and by having you around, it's like having her around. He's truly is happy about having you staying, he's just not up yet he needs his coffee. Don't worry to much about the curfew either. He's usually preoccupied with something else, so he'll forget."

Both girls laughed and went into the kitchen for some coffee.