Once again Yuri and Alex were without their parents for the better half of five days. Yuuri was competing at the Trophee de France and Naturally, Viktor was with him. The only difference this time was that they had gotten the children a babysitter. And not just any babysitter, because Chris was out for the GP series and needed something to do to keep him out of trouble, he had offered to babysit Yuri and Alex.

Now Chris never thought that he would ever be in this situation. Sitting in his best-friends living room staring down his children as they tried to negotiate on what to eat. Well, it was less of what to eat, it was more like what was Chris willing to make. Luckily for Chris, Yuuri had had the forethought to pre-make some meals and place them in the freezer. Chris had just forgotten this little factoid because he thought he could make better food for his self-dubbed nibbling's then whatever Yuuri had prepared. Unfortunately, it was two against one, and poor Chris had never had to deal with a hormonal teenager and a hungry five-year-old before and was extraordinarily unprepared.

Other than the whole debacle around meal times, Chris was a decent babysitter. H made sure that Yuri and Alex got to school on time and was even able to give Yuri some pointers on his program when they had practice at the rink.

School was going well. Yuri spent every lunch with Thomas, Chris, Olivier, and Sam. They would talk about this and that while eating their lunches. He even got a few texts from Chichi and Papa while he was eating his lunch, filling him in on what was going on. Even if Yuri had been trying to watch the live streams he still likes to hear what was going on on their end. It always made for interesting lunches when Yuri would come running in after his class to show the highlights from the previous day. His Chichi's short program was by-far the best he'd ever seen. (baring his own or Beka's) Chris kept Alex entertained in the evening with crayons and various coloured goo's as Yuri walked through his programs and finished English essays and math problems. The night of the free skate, Chris let the kids stay up to watch Yuuri skate. There were no slips or falls. Yuuri wobbled a little when he landed his Quad Flip. Other than that, it was amazing. Yuuri and Viktor shared a kiss at the kiss and cry while waiting for the scores. Yuri and Alex cheered while Viktor and Yuuri hugged when the scores were announced. It was really no surprise that Yuuri had won the event. And with that, the six skaters who would be competing at the GPF where finalized.

1) Viktor Katsuki-Nikiforov

2) Yuuri Katsuki-Nikiforov

3) Yuri Plisetsky

4) Jean-Jacque LeRoy

5) Otabek Altin

6) Phichit Chulanont

The line-up was very similar to the year prior, but that made it, even more, fun for the competitors.

The morning Yuuri and Viktor got back was the same day that Chris left back for Sweden. Unfortunately, that left Yuri and Alex on their own, in an international airport, for TWO HOURS! What could possibly go wrong? Well for starters Alex could start feeling super antsy while waiting, and with the endless energy that all young children seem to have pouring out of their ears, lead to a very annoyed older brother chasing them around the arrivals area of the airport for 20 minutes. It took a threat to tell Chichi and Papa that they were miss behaving and a cup of hot chocolate to get the five-year-old to comply and sit down. Yuri made she that he brought his old Nintendo Ds and a copy of Nintendogs to keep his younger sibling entertained while they waited for their dads.

When the sliding glass doors opened the two siblings looked frantically for their parents. When they finally saw them Yuri and Alex frantically ran towards them. Alex launched them self into Yuuri's arms while Yuri went and gave Viktor a hug.

"So, kids, how was the week with Chris?" asked Yuuri

Yuri immediately began recounting his week, dinner debacles included. Alex just curled into Yuuri's shoulder. They missed their parents while they were away at competition. Viktor ruffled his son's hair as the family of skaters walked out to the car that Chris had parked when they first drove to the airport.

The next two weeks between competitions were rough. The skaters were training over time. Yuri was struggling to balance school and skating and everyone went to bed exhausted at the end of the day. Soon it was time. The family of four packed their bags. The skaters packed up their skates and costumes, gala costumes in separate bags. Alex packed warm clothes and plenty of toys. They were all prepared f to stay a few extra days in Japan visiting with Yuuri's family so that they could get to formally meet Alex. The next few days would be intense, but they would get through them as a family.

Hi guys, sorry it's been a while. I'm in University in a science program. It's insane how much work I have. So anyway, I'm going to be pre-writing the next 10 chapter ahead of time so that I can release the chapters taking place during the Olympics, during the Olympics, I hope you've enjoyed the new chapters. See you next level! -Shadows