"Why are you sleeping? You are supposed to be watching my kids." I heard a female voice yell. I had no idea where in the heck I was. My eyes opened.

"I fell asleep last night." I yawned. I looked up to see Lauren standing over me.

"Where is Daylee, Shawn and Abrielle?" she demanded. God cranky much? "JACE!" she yelled when I didn't answer.

"What Lauren? I told you I was giving them a bath fifteen minutes ago." he was annoyed. Apparently she had been here for awhile. If we got married he is going to fit in.

"Don't give me any attitude." she responded. I rubbed my eyes.

"What time is it?" I asked. Suddenly Landon and Blake were in the room. Apparently everyone was home.

"You shouldn't have known since you weren't watching my kids." Lauren said.

"Lauren give Cammi a break. Jace is giving them a bath. I'm sure Cammi was up until at least eleven." Blake said. Yeah Lauren shut up!

"So why are you here at," I paused to look at the clock. "Nine in the morning?"

"To get my kids. They missed me I know."

"What about you guys?" I turned to my brothers.

"We've been raiding the fridge." Blake and Landon said.

I heard nine footsteps coming down the hall.

"Aunt Cambrey, Uncle Jace put the bow in wrong!" Abrielle said as soon as she saw me. I got up off the couch and bent down to her level.

"Aww come here do you want me to do it?"

"Yeah." I pulled out the bow from her brown natural curls.

I leaned to her ear.

"You know your mommy is here, why don't you let her do it." I stated. She looked up at me.

"I like you better. You're a better mommy." she whispered back.

"You'll hurt mommy's feelings if you don't let her do it."

"Ok but only for you."

"That's my girl." I patted her on the back as she ran to Lauren.

"Mommy will you do this for me? Uncle Jace did it wrong." Lauren bent down to her level.

"Bye Uncle Jace Bye Aunt Cambrey." nine little voices shouted at us as they left. I sat back on the couch with Jace.

"That's so cool." he said like a five year old seeing something like candy.

I laughed. "What is?"

"That they all think I'm their Uncle."

"Well you will be if you ever propose." I told him. He had always said after college but no specific time. So I never know if I'll be in the bathtub or getting dressed or even eating dinner.

"I will I'm just looking for you to be caught off guard."

"I'd be caught off guard now."

"Sure you would."

I'm so changing the subject.

"Jace we have a problem."

"What?"

"We can't live with our parents forever."

"Let me take a wild guess. You want to buy our own house." he said.

"Yeah and then we wouldn't have to come over here to baby-sit."

"Ok lets look at houses tomorrow." Jace is a firefighter. Saves life's. But he puts his life on the line to save other peoples. I don't like to be selfish but I'd rather he stay with me.

"Ok Miss Nicholson we will call you." My old principal, Mr. Ripley, said to me the next day. Yeah I decided I would apply here. I loved this school. I walked out of the office and down the halls. I saw my old lockers.

I got in my car and turned the radio up on fifteen. Today Jace and I are going to look for houses. Good thing my mom is a real-estate agent.

"Did you like that one Cambrey?" My mom asked as we walked back to the car and were driving to another house.

"No."

"What about you Jace?"

"I wasn't in love with it." we went to three more houses and nothing popped out at me.

We had a barbecue that night. All the family was there. Jace's mom is here to. I was outside in the backyard watching my brothers and Jace play basketball on the old court we have.

"Cambrey Noelle Nicholson why is your phone blaring out a song by that blue girl or whatever her name is?" she had my phone in her hand.

"It's ringing and her name is pink." I got my phone out of her hands.

"Whatever. Blue pink. Her name should be cotton candy." my mom mumbled as she walked back to the house.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey girly." I heard Cheyenne say.

"Hey Shy what's up?"

"Well is a text message on your boyfriends phone from a girl named Sierra a good or bad thing?" she asked.

"Well that depends. What does it say?"

"Had a good time see you tomorrow." she read. Logan is a weather man. Just thought I'd let you know.

"Well she could be his boss. They probably had dinner and she was talking to him about a promotion." I told her.

"Yeah but why couldn't they talk at work? And why did they exchange phone numbers?"

"Shy your going to have to ask him that." I heard Logan ask her where his phone is.

"Gotta go I'll ask later love ya."

I laughed. "Love you to bye." I hung up.

"Who do you love?" Jace asked.

"Oh that was Cheyenne she is having boyfriend trouble."

"Good thing you don't."

"I don't know about that. You won't propose to me. We cant decide on a house. Your not an Uncle ye-" He kissed me. He was defeating my rant. Darn him.

"Yet." I finished as he pulled away.

"I will be soon." he stated. How soon? I wanted to know. Tomorrow? Next week? Next month? A year? A girl needs to know these things.

I yawned as I laid my head on a pillow on the couch. Jace went home after a second game of basketball. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep. I didn't know where everyone else was but I didn't care. Goodnight world. I smiled a little.