It's now mid -June and Rachel is in New York on a work trip so It's just Finn and the kids for the week. He's kind of stressing though because he hasn't been alone with them for that long since September. He likes it though, because he doesn't have to worry about not spending enough time with them because he has all day for a week to spend with them. The twins are the hardest because they are still so little and need a lot, but they're so adorable that it makes the job ten times easier to do.

"Daddy, can you make me lunch?" Stella asks her very busy father.

"Give me another five or ten minutes so I can finish feeding your little brother and sister and then I will." Finn replies.

"Okay Daddy."
"Thanks Princess."
Finn has just finished feeding the twins and making Stella her lunch when Rachel calls him.

"Hi Honey, how are you?" He asks her.

"I'm pretty good ,how are you and the kids?" Rachel asks, the slightest hint of homesickness in ver voce.

"We are fine Rachel, don't you worry. We miss you though."
"I miss you guys too. Are the kids giving you any trouble?"
"No, no trouble at all they're being complete angels like usual I promise."
"That's good I figured they wouldn't be any trouble they really never are."
"Yeah, that's very true. They really do miss you though and so do I."

"You're just saying that because when I'm home you don't have to do all the work."
"No, I swear I legitimately miss you, I promise I do."
"I know you do, I'm just messing with you."
"I know, because your mean like that.".
"Finn I am not mean! I gotta go, I love you. Bye."
"I love you to Honey. Bye."

"Daddy, was that Mommy?" Stella asks Finn after he hangs up the phone.

"Yes it was, Princess. She says she misses you a lot." Finn replies

"When is she coming back? I forget.

"In four more days, so on Friday."
"Ok."

"I have to take Fyero to practice in an hour, so I figured you and the twins could come with me and we could go out for ice cream afterwards, would you like to do that?"
"Yes please, Daddy."
"Okay then it's settled. We are going out for ice cream after Fyero's football practice.

"Dad, have you seen my football cleats? I can't find them anywhere." Fyero asks Finn slightly panicked.

"They're by the door Buddy. We're leaving in twenty minutes okay." Finn replies
"Okay, I'll go get ready."

Finn goes and gets the twins up from their afternoon nap. They're not very fussy except Christopher refuses to let go of his red dinosaur that he calls Dino. Finn tries to take it from him but he's a very stubborn little boy.

"Dada! I bring Dino!" Christopher says stubbornly.

"Alright Buddy, I guess you can bring Dino with you." Finn says giving in and smiling, all it takes is that little matching lop-sided smile for Finn to let that little boy to get his way.

After dropping Fyero off they all go grocery shopping and surprisingly there is barely any fuss from the twins, which is surprising because they really don't like to run errands most of the time. An hour and a half later he buckles the twins into their booster seats and helps Stella with hers, and then they are off to the high school to pick up Fyero from his first summer football practice. The coach is super tough so he makes them practice all summer before the football season even seems logical to start.

Fyero comes out of practice looking exhausted, his hair is a mess and there are still a few tiny beads of sweat dripping down his tan forehead,

"Hey Bud how was your first day of summer practice?" Finn asks him.

"Brutal, Coach is ridiculous." Fyero replies sounding exhausted.

"I can tell, hey do you want ice cream ? I told your sister that we could go get some after we picked you up from practice."
"Yeah sure, that sounds absolutely amazing."
They drive by the ice cream shop, and get their ice cream and feeding the twins theirs turns out to be an extremely messy occasion.

Finn tries to be as neat about it as possible, but the twins sort of make that a little bit impossible. He cleans Christopher up first, seeing that he is much messier and fussier than Alexis is at the moment.

"My goodness Little Man, Mommy isn't kidding when she says you eat like me. Oh well at least you liked your ice cream." Finn says as he finishes cleaning up his tiny sons very messy face.

The next day is very easy because Fyero doesn't have practice so there aren't any errands to run. The day is free for Finn and the kids to do whatever they want to do. Stella is very good at entertaining herself for a five year old, and Fyero is always busy doing something with Elizabeth or Eric or hanging out by himself in his room, so Finn's main task is to keep the twins busy, which is a very challenging task to do at times. They're very artistic toddlers so he starts off by getting them their giant crayons and paper.

"Here, why don't you to draw some pretty pictures for Mommy and then we can give them to her when she gets back. Do you like that idea guys?" He asks them hoping it will work to keep them busy for a while. The twins nod and smile back at him so he takes that as a yes.

"Daddy." Finn hears Stella call from her room, sounding a little bit upset. So naturally he goes to check on her. When Finn gets to Stella's room he can tell that she doesn't feel very well at all. She's a little pale and her eyes aren't bright like they usually are.

"You don't look like you feel very well at all. Are you all right Stell Bell?" He asks her. Stella shakes her head no in reply, and tears begin to fall from her brown eyes.

"Come here Sweetheart, I think you might have a fever." He tells his sick daughter.

Stella walks slowly towards Finn and lets him put his hand on her forehead so he can check and see if she could have a fever. Stella forehead is very warm so she definitely does have a fever.

"Oh my goodness Honey, you are burning up. No wonder you don't feel very well." Finn tells Stella.

"I hate being sick." Stella says crying.

"I know you do but it'll be alright. It's just a fever, that's all it really is, nothing too bad. It's okay to be upset, but I don't want you to cry that'll only make you feel much worse."
"But Daddy, I don't feel good."
"I know you don't Princess, I'm sorry. Here, I'll stay with you. "
"Thank you Daddy."
Finn pulls the covers down, on his daughter's bed and when she gets in, Finn tucks her in and then lies down next to her.

"You need to sleep that'll make you feel better faster. So don't worry too much, just try to get some sleep okay." Finn tells her, kissing her cheek

"Okay Daddy, thank you. I love you."
"Love you too Sweetheart."

Stella closes her eyes and within a few minutes she is asleep. Watching Stella feel sick breaks Finn's heart. He hates seeing her feel this miserable, he hates seeing her cry and all he wants is to make it stop for her but he knows that he can't do that for her so he just holds her while she sleeps. He leaves her for only a few seconds to get a towel to put on her forehead to help cool her down. He tells Fyero that Stella is sick so then Fyero agrees to keep an eye on the twins for him. Stella wakes up a half hour later.

"Daddy, did you stay with me this whole time." Stella asks when she wakes up.

"Of course I did. You know I couldn't leave you I was worried about you." Finn says smiling at Stella.

"But Daddy, it's just a fever."
I know but you are my Princess so I couldn't stop worrying about you."
"I know but I feel a lot better now."
"Well good, I'm glad you do. You're a quick healer, did you know that?"
Stella giggles. "That's because you're a good doctor Daddy."

"Well I don't know about that Stell." Finn says smiling.

Finn always loves seeing his daughter smile. It reminds him so much of Rachel's smile , so bright and cheery, so beautiful. He loves being a dad , it's the greatest thing in the world. The love his kids have for him is worth it, even if it means he has to be Mr. Mom for a little while.

Review please. :) Next chapter is the epilogue. :)/ :(