Courtney POV
First weekend after school starts and the entire male population of my family save Max and Ares is arguing about how smart a dolphin would have to be to carry out a hit. How did it happen? After we sat and watched a dolphin documentary and then the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' that's how
"He can't hold a gun with his flipper" Wyatt declared
"Hey if they can put a damn prosthetic fin on a dolphin they can put a prosthetic fin that has a trigger finger" Uncle Jazz glared, and he's a teacher
"Mommy why?" I begged burying my head into her lap
"I know sweetheart I know" she cooed running her fingers through my hair
"41 years of this and we're not brain dead" Aunt Alice sighed
"How'd you do it?" Jamie asked
"Nothing but sure made up for it after we hit 21" Aunt Rose smiled finishing off her Martini before pouring herself another one
"Goddammit Jazz we're using bottle nose dolphins stop cheating" my dad bellowed, I whimpered burying my face into my mom's side, she smelled so good…so right and shit she said made sense and didn't make you wonder how your fathers can be an OBGYN with the way he thinks. I was way too afraid to ever have a camera in here on a regular day to day basis they'd think we were all in need of straightjackets and shock therapy or think we made this stuff and believe me half the stuff they took place in this house, no sane person could ever come up with much less be willing to go there, we practically owned Crazy Town.
"Bella?" Uncle Em called looking at her with puppy dog eyes
"Yes?" my mom sighed she knew it was about their conversation it was written all over their faces
"In 'Flipper' it was a bottle nose dolphin right?" Em asked
"Yes" she nodded
"YES" dad, Uncle Em, Ethan, Carter, Leo, Levi, Vaughn, Cason, and Bryce cheered
"Ladies can we have your attention" Ethan announced as they all stood
"Okay we have come to the conclusion that if the dolphin was trained and had a custom trigger finger that was attached to a gun that it would be able to successfully swim up to its target while the target is in a boat and kill him or her and then swim away" Uncle Em grinned triumphantly
"Wow" Aunt Alice nodded
"I'm going to be a real asshole right now" mom smirked getting that glint in her eyes
"Mommy no" I begged
"I have to babe its wide open" she smiled
"Ugh Rose pour me another drink" Aunt Alice sighed
"Okay bring it" dad grinned
"Okay say the targets on a boat in the middle of the ocean but," mom paused for dramatic effect, "The target is on the world's largest Cruise ship" and I almost laughed at the way their faces fell, "And the target is on the top floor" mom smirked
"One sec" Uncle Em said before they turned back around to converse with everyone else
"I'm thinking dinner will be done by the time they figure that one out" mom said standing up and picking up the sleeping Max who had fallen asleep during the ending credits of the dolphin documentary, with Ares following happily as we scattered ourselves around the kitchen,
"No the damn dolphin can't jump onto the deck and use the wave pool to propel him up there" Uncle Jazz yelled
"Why not?" Uncle Em challenged
"The damn wave pool isn't strong enough" Uncle Jazz said sadly
"What?" Kylie yelled dropping her head onto the table
"How can you laugh at this?" Jamie asked
"Sweetheart you laugh or you'll go insane" mom chuckled
"And drink lots of wine?" I asked
"Just enough that you're not considered a drunk. Nana Rene, Esme and Lillian have that under control" Aunt Alice smiled handing my mom her 7th bottle of water today part of her being the world's sexiest women for Lord knows how long. The annoying shit but still awesome shit was that this woman somehow looked better than she did when she was in her 20's with and without makeup, dad too…in fact all the old people in this family didn't look old. What kind of shit is that?
"Best thing to do is to not over work yourself and get worked up because in the end they'll be doing the same thing they were doing before you were some crabby old bat in a nursing home getting fed old Jell-O" Aunt Rose shivered, Jell-O freaked her out they have yet to tell us the story.
"And the Grandmothers are functioning drunks remember that…if anything they'd be lushes" mom interjected
"Right yes of course" Aunt Alice nodded
"Aunty Bell?" Nicholas said coming over to mom
"Yes?" mom smiled
"Does it have to be a dolphin?" he asked
"Yes" she nodded; he nodded and ran back to the group
"It has to be a dolphin" he announced and the entire group erupted into groans and curses
"Damn you woman" dad declared, then paused, "Woman I love" he added nodding his head
"Whipped" Aunt Alice grumbled
"It's a beautiful thing isn't it" my mom smiled moving around the kitchen
"Such a beautiful thing" Aunt Rose nodded
"Please stop talking" I begged, I heard too many hints about my parent's record breaking libido and I didn't want to hear anymore
"Baby you have to deal with it we sure had to" mom smiled
"Seriously?" Jamie asked skeptically
"Yes, I mean they're not as bad as your aunt and uncle but they're still pretty bad" Aunt Rose smirked turning down the stove to keep the food hot while we waited for the males to figure out mom's question.
It didn't take long before dad entered the kitchen looking smug, he made his way over to mom and kissed her and not those heated ones where you were ready to run out the room just in case they forgot they weren't alone is one of those ones that kind of made of blush because you were looking at something way too pure for your eyes,
"We've figured it out" dad smiled licking his lips, ugh
"Really?" mom smirked
"Yes, the answer is the dolphin will get onto the ship as one of the performing animals and when the target goes to the fish show the dolphin will pop him and then jump overboard" he grinned triumphantly
"Good job, Dinners ready" she said pulling away
"No prize" Uncle Em demanded entering the kitchen and grabbing a plate
"Yeah please mommy" Vaughn, Bryce, and Cason chorused they had a better chance with Aunt Rose but my dad was working on them whispering something in her ear that I definitely didn't want to know. She grabbed her phone off the counter and quickly dialed some number while everyone watched intently while they served themselves,
"Thank you" mom smiled hanging up
"Was that was our prize?" Ethan begged
"Yes, we're going paintballing tomorrow from 11 in the morning until 5"
"I love you" Leo and Levi yelled launching themselves across the kitchen they'd been begging to go after they had to stay behind because they'd both gotten a really bad Flu
It's Sunday and I'm still contemplating getting out of bed, I still had sore muscles from our paintball trip yesterday. How the hell was I supposed to be some active person when I couldn't handle paintball? Albeit you weren't crouched behind rocks and bushes hiding from very mean and unforgiving parents in basketball but still. I can't tell you how many times I'd feel pressure and look down to find a blue splatter on my gear because of our fricking Ninja parents. I'm serious when we left every child was covered in blue dots and not one of the parents had a dot it's like they just found the perfect hiding spot and sat there and waited for us to run by like idiots. Sammy, Tony, Freddy, and Kenneth complained because we got them killed after they were forced to join our side, bullshit I say.
"Court, are you in here?" Vaughn's worried voice floated through the sheets
"Yeah" I said pulling back the sheet, I could see him physically relax as he entered with Bryce, Cason, Leo, and Levi on his tail sometimes is was good to be the only girl in a group of brothers they really looked out for you
"Why are you still in bed Court?" Leo asked climbing on the bed with Levi, I sat up stiffly so Cason and Bryce could climb on the bed while Vaughn wheeled up next to me in my computer chair
"I'm sore as hell" I huffed
"What Court we've got to get you conditioned or basketball tryouts are going to beat your ass" Bryce said getting up and heading for my bathroom
"Ugh what are you doing?" I called
"He's going to make you feel better we're going to help you out don't worry we told you to stretch before you started to play, Ethan and Carter are taking care of Kylie too right now" Cason said, Jamie being the already athlete did stretch before she started and stretched when it was over too
"Exactly" Vaughn nodded
"Okay we're all good" Bryce said coming out my bathroom
"Scoot" Vaughn instructed as he pulled back my sheet and picked me up out the bed like I was a feather and carried me to the bathroom
"We'll be outside you soak in this until we knock on the door" Vaughn said sitting me on the bench in my bathroom before leaving. I quickly got undressed and slid into the water wincing as I went down, I moaned as I felt the water do its magic and my ass fell asleep.
"Court wake up time to get out" Leo called before leaving again. I love my brothers they may be assholes and do a lot of stupid things but they treat me every women they've ever met with respect even when the girl was an utter bitch my dad and uncles taught them that you never disrespected a woman unless there was no other way, except teachers, teachers were open season because they had no true gender as far as they were concerned.
"Are you decent?" Vaughn called
"Yes" I giggled
"Good" he grinned coming in and picking me up
"You know I can walk right?"
"Let a big brother carry his baby sis"
"Fine" I sighed resting my head on his shoulder as he carried me all the way down the steps and to the kitchen where they had food already set out for me, mainly protein
"Eat up Court" Levi said handing over a bottle of Green Tea; I ate in comfortable silence as they moved around to do some more things,
"Where are mom and dad?" I asked
"Upstairs we asked them to stay out the way for today; we're taking care of things today" Bryce explained on his way through the kitchen
"Done" I announced outing down my empty bottle
"Sit right there" Cason instructed as he took my plate to wash and tossed my bottle, I sat there for about a half an hour before Vaughn came and got me
"Here we go" he grinned sliding me on to one of the massage chairs in the rec room and turned it on
"Relax we'll be back to recline you later" he instructed before disappearing
I stayed in wake the entire time I couldn't sleep right after I ate I just couldn't but I sure as hell enjoyed the massage, Vaughn came back, reclined the chair, told me to get some rest, and then proceeded to turn the heat up and I then proceeded to fall asleep loving my parents even more for having those people.
I woke up on my own to see Leo and Levi playing quietly playing with Max and Ares,
"Hey, look who's up Max" Leo grinned pointing to me
"Core" Max said, yes my name was Core, Vaughn was V, Bryce was Rice, Cason was Case, and Levi was Lebi the only name he got right was Leo's
"Hey big boy" I smiled fixing him on my lap as Leo left to do whatever it was he left to do.
Vaughn, Bruce, and Cason came back with Levi smiling,
"You've got free reign on the movies until 6 then we have dinner" Vaughn said handing over the remote and taking a seat in his own recliner, I happily picked a movie that had action but nothing too bad that Max couldn't watch and relaxed.
At six we were all around the table eating with mom and dad before we all went to watch a movie in the movie room before heading to bed,
"Remember you're up an hour early tomorrow morning Court" Vaughn grinned as he followed Bryce and Cason into their room that they shared, I groaned but I was happy I liked the idea of being on the basketball team but they couldn't know that they were cocky enough as it was.