Jace

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"GRAN!!" Jacelyn ran for the frail old woman first and attacked her in a hug with such force that I thought she was going to topple over.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Sean teased. "I gave you a job and let you sleep on our couch, and you hug Gran first?"

With a smile that never left her face, she released RoseMarie and hugged her second oldest brother tightly. "Hey Sean!" She went around her brothers, hugging each one until finally residing into my side. I was a little surprised that she buried herself into me but nonetheless wrapped my arm around her.

"Is that your boyfriend?" Annalise asked from her father's right leg. Seemingly all at once, Aaron, Sean, Hunter, and Parker's faces hardened.

"I have a gun and a taser," Parker stepped toward me, making sure I could see how his hand rested on the gun menacingly. "I am not afraid to use it on you."

RoseMarie slapped him in the chest with her lips pursed. "Oh stop it! Boys your sister can have a boyfriend if she wants too."

"I don't have a boyfriend guys!" She laughed. Jace clapped her hands in a way that reminded me as a drill Sargent while she yelled, "Ok line it up! Everybody line it up so I can introduce you all!"

The kids shrieked and giggled and ran around to get in one horizontal line in between their parents and uncles and aunts. Jace had gotten the attention of everyone in the dressing room, even Louis finished changing and came out to face her as she hovered her hand over the head of one person while she introduced them.

"This is Gran-"

"RoseMarie."

"That's what I said. This is Aaron, the world's greatest lawyer. His wife Alex. Their son Jasper, and daughter Francesca."

"I'm six!!" Francesca yelled out. We laughed softly at her energy.

"How old is your brother?" Louis asked, bending down a little when he spoke to her.

Francesca frowned, and then looked up at her mother.

"He's two," she smiled.

Jace continued down the line of people. "This is Sean, the bestest second oldest brother ever who gave me a job when I was broke and let me crash on his couch more than once!" Sean rolled his eyes. "His girlfriend Sara, and their daughter Byron."

"And how old is Byron?" Madison smiled, trying to be social like Louis had been.

"Seven," she practically whispered amidst her shyness.

"This is Hunter, my amazing second youngest brother who is an amazing mechanic and fixes my car for me all the time. And these are his twins Annalise and Jackson."

"Were five!" Annalise yelled, swaying her body with a toothy smile and matching laugh.

"Noo," Jackson said. "We're five and a half!"

"Na uh!"

"Yeah huh!"

"Guys." With a child on each side of him, Hunter placed a hand on each of their heads. "Shhhh."

No mother? I wondered. No girlfriend or wife or anything? I made a mental note to ask Jace or Hunter later.

"And finally...Parker. The Single Pringle over here."

He turn around to her with a scrunched up face. "Ok that's all I get? They all get 'worlds greatest brother' and I get Single Pringle?"

She shrugged. "Face it. I just don't love you enough."

He restrained her with one arm and began profusely tickling her side with his other.

"Ok! Ok! OK! IM SORRY STOOOOP!"