2. Kids, kids and more kids

"Cambrey can you come down here please?" my mom yelled from downstairs. Everyone was here. All my brothers and sisters, all the girlfriends and all the boyfriends. Including Jace.

"Yeah?" I was coming down the steps as a toddler was thrust into my arms. Elaine.

"Sweetie Mallory and Carter are going out. Lauren and Mason are at a football game. Lydia and Shane are out somewhere. Landon and Karmen are at dinner and then staying the night at a hotel. And the rest went to a club until five in the morning. Brody is at a friends. And David and I are going out so can you watch the kids?" it wasn't a question more of a command. Mom kissed me on the cheek and thanked me. They all walked out the door. Great nine toddlers.

"Jace Luke Benet get your butt in here!" I yelled throughout the house.

"What?" he came in appearance out of the kitchen.

"My mother is making me baby-sit."

"And you want me to do what about it?" oh come on he is twenty-two he should be able to clue in by now.

"Are you going to help me or not?" I sighed.

"Yeah." he kissed me on the cheek.

"Ewe Jace what are you doing?" Tara asked as she walked into the room with apple juice.

"Kissing your Aunt Cambrey."

"What's kissing?"

"Like this." he went over and bent down to her level. He put his lips to her cheek then vibrated his lips like a motor. She shrieked with laughter and stepped back.

"Aunt Cambrey why do you like that?" I laughed.

"Because I like him." she walked away with her apple juice.

I walked into the kitchen with Mia in my arms. Each of my sisters made a list of when each of their kids needed to be fed. There were four. I got a bottle out of the fridge and four apple juices.

I walked back to the living room with all of them. Jace was in the middle of the floor teaching Daylee how to play patty cake.

"Come get juice." I said. Tara, Damien, Shawn and Daylee came running to me. Their little hands grabbed for the boxes. Damien looked at the object in his hands.

"I didn't want juice."

"Well your going to drink it." I responded. Sitting Mia down on the floor.

"No I'm not!" he yelled.

"Damien Ethan Mitchell you do not raise your voice." I said sternly. He threw the juice box on the floor.

"I don't want it!" he yelled again.

"Ok that's it go sit in the corner." I grabbed a chair and sat it facing the wall. "You will sit here for two minutes." my mom used to have this rule when we were little. It was that however old you were that was how long you would stay in time out. Damien got into the chair. He was mad but I didn't care.

"Zane?" I heard Jace yell and then a cry. Jesus these kids were hard to take care of. I don't know how my mom took care of eight. I give her props.

"What's wrong with Zane?" I asked walking into the kitchen.

"He cut his leg on a fork."

"Shawn!" I yelled. Shawn was the last one in the kitchen.

"Yes." he came running.

"Did you drop a fork in here?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you pick it up?"

"I couldn't reach the drawer."

"Why didn't you get Jace or I to help."

"I didn't wanna." he explained.

"You are always supposed to get a grown ups help you know that. Go sit in time out for four minutes." he did as he was told.

I had all of them spread out. Well they all wanted to sleep in different rooms. I had them all fed and in their pajamas. Jace and I were cleaning.

"I don't think I want to have kids." Jace said to me as he cleaned up some spilt milk. I laughed.

"You wanted kids yesterday."

"Yeah but that was before we had to take care of nine of them."

"Yeah lets hold off on kids for a little while." right then I heard a pair of little foot steps.

"Aunt Cambrey?" Daylee asked from the doorway of the kitchen.

"Yes Essie?"

"Can I have a piece of chocolate?" she walked further into the kitchen.

"No but you can have a banana." she agreed and I sat her on the counter. She watched me cut the banana into little bite size pieces. She took them and I put her on the ground she ran to the table to eat. You aren't allowed to eat in the rooms. She went back to bed a few minutes later.

"You would be a good mom."

"Thanks." we sat down on the couch. "But for now I'm going to stick with babysitting." Jace turned away from the television.

"Me to. Deal." he kissed my cheek. We fell asleep on the couch since Abrielle was sleeping in my room. I couldn't wait until all the parents got home.