"Hey, y'all." Tim calls to the others. "Why don't we walk up the beach and check out the neighborhood?"

"YAY!!" Adam and Patches yell as they begin to run up the beach with the dogs.

"You two hold up!" Tim shouts, causing them both to stop in their tracks. "Don't get too far ahead of us."

"You feel like walking?" Jenika asks, concerned about his leg.

"Yeah, I'm good right now." Tim answers, putting his arm around her shoulders.

"Mmm mo, Ti!" Patches yells, putting his hands on his hips. (come on, Tim)

"Is he getting smart with me?" Tim chuckles.

"He's just excited." Kirstie laughs as she hands Emily over to Kevin to carry awhile.

"Well, Kevin. Look who we got coming here." Tim says as he sees those same two girls walking along the beach.

"You better keep your eyes in your head, Mr. Foust. If you know what's good for you." Jenika smirks as she slides her arm around his waist.

"It's not me shopping, it's Kevin." Tim smiles.

"This place is like a smorgasbord." Kevin laughs.

After the girls pass by, Adam and Patches run up to the others. Adam was laughing hysterically.

"Tim, dat girl's boobies were almost hanging out." He laughs.

"Really? I didn't notice." Tim comments with a smirk, looking out across the ocean.

"Me neither." Kevin chuckles as he innocently plays with Emily.

"You guys are sickos." Kirstie laughs.

"They're like dogs in heat." Jenika says, rolling her eyes.

"Hold on, now." Tim says. "You ladies are being a little unfair, don't you think?"

"Meaning?" Kirstie asks.

"You mean to tell me, that if you saw Dwayne Johnson walking along this beach wearing a speedo, that you wouldn't look?" Tim asks. "Hell, I would even look and I'm not even gay."

"He's got us there, Kirstie." Jenika laughs.

"You go to an art museum to look at beautiful works of art but that doesn't mean you're gonna take them home with you. You're not even allowed to touch most of them." Kevin laughs. "Same goes for the beach."

"That makes sense, in a weird way." Jenika laughs.

"TIM!! LOOK AT DAT BIG GATA!!" Adam yells, pointing to a souvenir shop with a big alligator head for an entrance.

"WOW! How cool is that!?" Jenika says with a huge grin on her face. "Souvenir City. Let's go check it out."

"Naaaa." Patches says, shaking his head. "Mmm, bite."

"It not weel, Patches." Adam giggles. (real)

"Wow, this place is huge." Kirstie says as they walk inside.

Jenika immediately finds a huge tub of sharks teeth that strikes her interest. Kirstie starts looking through the shop's plentiful supply of tee shirts. 

Tim and Kevin get fascinated by actual gator heads for sale. 

None realizing that the boys had wandered off to the second floor to a huge display of hermit crabs. Each crab had pictures or emblems painted on their shells.

"Can I help you guys find something?" The pretty blond employee asks.

"Mmm, pi?" Patches asks. (spiders)

"Dose ain't piders." Adam giggles. "Dose cwabs." (those ain't spiders, those are crabs)

The lady looks at the two guys with a confused look.

"Excuse me?" She asks.

"Patches tinks all cwabs are piders." Adam giggles.

"Oh." She smiles, realizing that their minds are not the same age as their bodies. "Uh, are y'all here with someone?"

"Uh huh, I'm hea wid Tim." Adam nods as he watches the crabs. (here with)

"Kit. Keb." Patches nods.

"Who is Tim, Kit and Keb?" The blond asks.

"Tim is my gawdener." Adam answers.

"Uh, gardener?" The lady asks with a smile.

"Yeah, he has cussody of me." Adam smiles. (custody)

"Oh." She giggles. "He's your guardian?" 

"We not suppose to be talking to you, cause we don't know you." Adam says, looking at the lady.

"I'm Tori. I work here." Tori smiles.

"Towi?" Adam asks.

"Mmm Toe." Patches nods pointing to the blond.

"Y'all are so cute. How old are you?" Tori asks.

"I four and Patches is two. But he ... he can't talk pain." Adam says shaking his head. (plain)

"So, where is Tim?" Tori asks, knowing that he probably had no idea where the boys were.

"He hea, thumwhea." Adam says, looking around. (here, somewhere)

                                             ~~  meanwhile downstairs  ~~

"Adam, look at this." Tim says picking up one of the small alligator heads.

He begins to look around frantically, looking for Adam.

"Oh, f*ck." He mumbles loudly.

"What?" Kevin asks, looking up at Tim.

"The boys are gone." Tim says with a frightened look on his face.

"Maybe they're with Jenika or Kirstie." Kevin says, trying not to panic like Tim.

Tim quickly pulls his phone from his pocket to call his wife. He had lost view of her too.

"Hey." Jenika smiles as she answers the phone.

"Babe, please tell me that the boys are with you.". Tim says.

"No. I thought they were with you and Kevin." Jenika says.

"Maybe they're with Kirstie." Tim replies.

"No. I can see Kirstie over at the tee shirts. They're not with her." Jenika answers.

"Sh*t." Tim mumbles, running a hand through his hair.

"Honey, don't start panicking. They're here in the store somewhere. We'll find them." Jenika says.

Suddenly a female voice came over the intercom.

"Could Tim Foust and his party please come to the check-out on the second floor?" 

"Oh no." Tim whispers.

"I'll get Kirstie and we'll meet y'all there." Jenika says before hanging up.

Kirstie had heard the announcement and was looking at Jenika with a puzzled look.

"I think they may have been found." Kevin chuckles.

"F*cking stairs." Tim groans as he starts to try to climb the stairs leading to the second floor.

"I'm sure they have an elevator." Jenika says as she takes him by the arm to help.

"Don't have time to look for it." Tim says quietly.

Kevin lays his hand on Tim's back to help him keep his balance as they climb the stairs.

"I'm Tim Foust. We were called up here." Tim says as they walk up to the check-out counter.

"Yes, that was Tori that called you. She's over there at the hermit crabs with those two gentlemen." A lady behind the counter tells him.

"Hermit crabs." Tim chuckles, shaking his head. "I should have known."

"KIT!!" Patches calls out loudly as he sees them making they're way over. "Mmm, cabs." (crabs)

"Sweetie." Kirstie says as she grabs him into a hug. "You guys had us worried."

"Pumpkin." Tim says, placing his hands on each side of Adam's face. "What did I tell you about staying with us?"

"I sowy, Tim." Adam pouts. "I thaw a piture of da cwabs and da awoe pointed up hea." (sorry, saw,  picture, the crabs, the arrow, here)

"Next time tell someone where you are gonna be, alright?" Tim says as he hugs Adam.

"Otay, I sowy." Adam says as he hugs Tim.

"I hope they didn't cause any trouble." Kevin smiles at the beautiful blond.

"No, they were no trouble at all. They're very sweet." Tori smiles at the handsome man holding the baby. "Is that your daughter? She's so pretty."

Kevin looks down at Emily in his arms.

"What? This?" No." He quickly turns almost throwing Emily to her mother. "She's not mine. Uh, you might say, I'm her uncle. I'm not married or do I have any kids. None, Whatsoever."

The others chuckle at Kevin's nervous rambling.

"Mmm, Toe." Patches says.

"Towi." Adam corrects him.

"Actually, my name is Tori." She smiles at Kevin.

"Mmm, Keb." Patches nods.

"Kebin." Adam giggles, rolling his eyes.

"Kevin." Kevin smiles as he shakes Tori's hand.

"Enchanting moment." Tim smirks as Kirstie and Jenika giggle.

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