The Gray Family: Let The Games Begin✔️(Wattpad version)

Coming home

Nash

The hospital released Dad. We helped Ma pack up while she contacted a moving company. I called Mags and the kids to let them know. My brothers did the same with their wives and kids. Everyone felt relief, but we had a lot of work to do.

Ma and Dad had an estate sale and took what they wanted. Did anyone ever tell Ma she's a packrat? She kept so much stuff from when Dad and her dated through us, our kids, and grandkids.

"Hey, Nash, look," Nixon said as he held up a tattered blanket.

I chuckled. "Noah dragged this thing around everywhere," I mentioned.

Noah walked by and snatched the blanket out of my hands. "Hands off, Blankie," he said as we laughed.

"Hey, look, it's Nash's dolly," Nathan said while laughing and holding up a doll. I rolled my eyes.

"Didn't you use that to practice for girls?" Nolan asked me.

"No, the doll was Mags. I stole it from her," I answered and shrugged as my brothers laughed.

"Here's Nixon's Pillow buddy," Nolan said, holding up one of those pillows designed like a person.

Nixon snatched it out of his hands and smacked it, Nolan, with it. "Leave Mr. Fluffy alone," Nix told him as we laughed. Then we grabbed pillows and started hitting each other with them as Ma came to see the commotion and chuckled.

We stopped as feathers flew all around us.

"You boys don't change," Ma told us as she entered the bedroom. We laughed as she walked over to us. "I never thought I would end up married and having five boys, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren."

We all looked at her and smiled.

"Yeah, but you have to admit we kept things interesting," Nixon mentioned as Ma smiled.

"Oh, you did, and it's been crazy. Your Dad was stubborn. Lucille's bound and determined to get us together. He just needed a push," Ma told us.

"I wasn't stubborn," Dad said as she turned and looked at him.

"Oh, like you aren't right now?" Ma asked him as he shrugged.

"Don't worry, we got this," I assured our parents as they nodded, and Ma helped Dad to the couch. My brothers and I got to work, packing, and talking.

You get so busy with life that you lose track of the people in your life. Our parents were always important to us, and it would be nice to have them home. We didn't know how much longer we would have with either of them, but we wanted them close to us.

Maggie

Kat, Macey, Marcy, and Brook helped me get the house ready for Pat and Nate. The boys fought over who is taking Pat and Nate, but Nash won. They were staying with us. I'm glad. They gave me a home and a family when I needed one.

Once we finished, I had someone install one of those chairs for the stairs for Nate. I also had the bathroom set up for him. Nash told me they would come home in a few days.

When we finished, the girls and I sat down at the table, drinking coffee.

"How are the boys doing at school?" Kat asked me.

"Matthew is on probation, Parker and Markus are helping Shaun, and Payton finally got his shit together," I said as the girls laughed.

"Did you ever think we would be sisters?" Macey asked me as Marcy gave her a look. "Not you, dink. We shared a womb for nine months."