A Few Days Later...
Levi's P.O.V.
Today dad and Val are going on dad's business trip. Right now we're going grocery shopping and I got in the van. Parker sat next to me in the back and we pulled out of the driveway. We drove to the store and got out.
"Lee, I'm going to give you the list because you're the most responsible and won't lose it." Val told me before we went into the store.
"Okay." I replied taking the list.
"So what do we need?" Val asked.
"Milk, cereal, chips, Macaroni and Cheese, Gatorade, pretzels, Goldfish, frozen pizza, chicken nuggets, and juice." I answered reading off the list.
"How about Parker and Brad, you guys go get the frozen pizza and chicken nuggets. And Rhett, you go get juice. Two juices and three pizzas." Val told them.
They nodded and went to go get what she asked them to.
My dad had to stay at home because he was finishing up packing.
"Now we need to get Macaroni and Cheese, pretzels, chips and goldfish." She said.
I nodded and we went to the snack isle.
We got two bags of chips, one bag of pretzels, and two big packs of goldfish.
Rhett came back with the juice and Val asked us "Can you two go get some Gatorade?"
"Sure." We answered.
We walked to where the Gatorade was and we each grabbed a case of Gatorade. It was kind of heavy and Rhett asked me "Want me to carry it?"
"No thanks. I'm good. But thanks for the offer." I answered.
We went over to Val who had gotten the Macaroni and Cheese. We put the Gatorade in the cart and Val said "Can you go see what's taking Parker and Brad so long, please?"
We nodded and walked to the frozen food isle.
We saw Parker and Bradley talking to some girls and they saw us. I smirked and started making kissy faces at them. Rhett started doing the same thing and then Rhett and we walked past them.
"Aren't those your brothers?" I heard one of the girls say.
Rhett turned around and made his hand into a phone, put it up to his ear, and mouthed "Call Me." The girls laughed and he turned back around.
"Lee come here." I heard Parker say.
I walked over to them and so did Rhett.
"Lee, this is Brigitte and Tessa. Girls, this is our stepbrother Lee." Bradley said introducing me.
I waved and the girls said "Aww, you're adorable." And pinched my cheeks.
They let go and Parker said "We better get going. Bye girls."
"Bye." They giggled.
We walked away from them and I looked back to make sure the girls were gone. Parker, Bradley and Rhett all snickered at what the girls did and I rolled my eyes.
"What the hell? Dude, she thought I was like twelve. I'm fourteen for God's sake. I'm not your chick bait." I said hitting Cooper in the arm.
"But you're just so adorable." Bradley cooed pinching my cheeks.
"Stop. These cheeks are only for Grandma to pinch." I told him hitting his hands away.
He laughed and stopped.
"Get the damn pizzas and chicken nuggets." Rhett told them.
They grabbed them and we walked back to Val.
We paid for the groceries and went back home.
We brought the groceries in and put everything away.
"Family meeting!" Val called.
I walked to the living room and sat down on the couch. Brad came and literally sat on top of me. I tried to push him off and he laughed. He got off of me and sat down beside me. Parker came into the room and sat down next to Brad. He pushed Brad's head and Bradley shoved him. Parker and Brad started shoving each other and Rhett sat down beside me.
"Stop it, you two." Val told Parker and Brad.
They stopped and dad walked over to us.
"So we need to set some ground rules for when we're gone. It's only five days, but there still needs to be rules." Dad started.
"You can have people over, but not too many people. No parties. I'm looking at you two." Val said pointing to Parker and Bradley.
"Why is it always us? How come you never say anything to Rhett or Lee?" Bradley asked.
"Because they're the good children. Now moving on, make sure you eat regular food and not just candy. Don't kill each other. Check in with us every night to make sure everything's fine." Val said.
