"MOM OMG OMG GUESS WHAT!" ellianna screams running in the house
"woah what's wrong"
"nothing! there's this SUPER attractive boy in ALL my classes. his last name is Aves SOOOO he sits right in front of me"
"oooo that's cool"
"wait ellie whats his first name?" Hunter asks from the table
while ellie is TERRIFIED to drive and takes the bus every day Hunter loves too so he was home earlier
"umm something with an L why"
"landon?"
"that sounds familiar"
"oh cause that's the guy who's friends with Justin."
"really"
"yeah i'll ask Justin if that's his last name"
"speaking of Justin are you guys in any classes?" i ask
"just gym and math which is good because i get to stare at his- i get to be with him"
"i see well Ellie maybe this boy will end up being a boyfriend for you"
"maybe cause after this year if i dont get one i'm either not trying anymore or i'm going to be gay"
"omg twins!" hunter says and Ellianna rolls her eyes
"you're so cringey"
"well if you are gay and i'm gay then we're twins"
"Hunter... we shared a womb no matter what we're twins"
"anyways if you need tips on being gay i can help"
"again you're so cringey"
"rude. mom can Justin come over?"
"do you have any homework"
"nope it's the first day pleeeeeease"
"okay okay yes"
"yay!"
he walks away upstairs and ellianna follows
Lily's taking a nap and Jacks at some meeting for something that he won't tell me about. it's supposed to be a surprise
as i sit on the couch i decide to call Hayden
"hi mom"
"hi honey how are you"
"great i just met my roommate and he's just like me"
"wow thats great where is he"
"he's with his family right now. later tonight we're going to have a few other people over."
"is hayley going?"
"mhm i told her about it and there's this girl she knows that's going and she wants to come too"
"well i'm hapoy for you. Ellianna has some boy in her classes and she's super excited"
"of course she is. how's Lily doing? does she miss me"
"oh yeah a ton i was putting her down for a nap and she started crying cause you weren't here to read to her"
"aw, no offense but she's the only reason i'm sad to be gone"
"wow!"
maybe i'm no one's favorite parent
that's sad
ever since lunch when we talked to Lily about it ive been thinking back on everything.
Lily is obsessed with Jack and when he's home will never let go of him, Ellianna always talked to Jack about her boy problems (i dont know why she never came to me), and Jack is super supportive of Hunter. i am too of course but Jack shows it more. hayden well i don't know. Jack helps him with his girl problems
as i am thinking about this and being sad Jack walks in
"woah babe are you crying?" he asks worriedly and i feel under my eyes
oh turns out i was
"i guess"
"what's wrong"
he puts down a folder and stuff and brought and walks over to me, sitting down afterwards
"well i was thinking about earlier and i feel like none of the kids think i'm better or love me more or even the same as you"
"babe you know that's not true. i was just joking at lunch. i'm sorry if-"
"it wasn't because of lunch it's just... since you were on tour a lot when you would come home the kids would be all over you. and you would talk to them for hours. when they were with me i was just being boring and parenting them. i don't know i just feel like you're the favorite and they don't love me that much"
"well i know for a fact that they all love you. and i know for a fact i love you. they just hang on to me because they never know when i'm going to come back so they want to be with me."
"i guess. i love you Jack thank you"
"of course now can i tell you about my surprise"
"the one you've been working on for the past month"
"mhm. so our anniversary is soon as you know and i want to go somewhere fun where we can bring them while also being able to have time just to ourselves"
"like where"
"that's what i'm trying to figure out. im thinking a cruise and we can have like three rooms, one with hayden and hunter, one with ellianna and Lily, and us"
"eh can Ellianna handle her"
"good question but i was thinking of maybe in 2 years when it's our 20 year and she's 10"
"hmm good idea. i don't care where we go as long as we get time together alone"
"you just love getting me alone don't you" he laughs
"well we haven't had alone time since Hayden came i miss it"
"i miss it too. do you wanna go on a date tonight"
"ooo yeah"
"good i have a plan so get ready like now"
"where are we going"
"it's a surprise duh"
"but what am i supposed to wear"
"anything you want"
