I walk through the halls to the auditorium. "How did you guys get here so early?" I hear Jane ask Reilly.

"Uh-" Reilly says, thinking about how they got here instead of saying that they rode Pegasi.

"We left home earlier than normal," Ayn says, coming to Reilly's rescue. Reilly looks at Ayn with an expression of reassurance.

"Yeah, we left home earlier this time," Reilly says. I walk into the auditorium and I look at my friends.

"Where's your parents?" I ask Ayn and Reilly.

"Mom and Dad went to your house," Ayn says to me.

"Same for my mom and dad," Reilly says. "They just kinda dropped us off here."

"That sucks," I say while smiling.

"Oh, it sure does," Holt says.

"You can come to classes with us!" Camren says excitedly.

"Actually," I hear someone say, "all of you guys are coming home with us." I turn around to see Mom and Dad standing behind me.

"But I wanna go to school!" Kylie whines. "I haven't ever gone to a real school before!"

"Ah sorry sweetheart," Mom says to her.

"But too bad cause your gonna have some fun!" Dad says and I laugh.

"School isn't that fun anyway," Reilly says.

"No it isn't. You got classes and all of that awfulness," I say to them.

"Parker, school is fun," Camren says to me.

"Come on kids," Mom says to us. Her and Dad walk out of the auditorium, hand-in-hand.
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Once we get home, I get smothered in hugs.

"Aunt Hannah, I can't breathe!" I choke out.

"Oh, sorry!" she says, letting go of me and Aunt Gia took her place.

"Seriously?" I say.

"I missed you too buddy," she says, letting go of me and ruffling my hair. Jeremiah and Declan pat my back. Its good to have them back.

"What do you guys want to do?" Aunt Amelia asks.

"Get out of this house! There are too many people in here!" Uncle Seb exclaims. Everyone laughs at him and we all crowd around the door. I make my way outside first and someone grunts behind me. I turn around to see Camren, Ayn, and Aunt Hannah push through the door together.

"We all can't make it!" Ayn yelled. They pop out of the door and fall to the ground laughing.

"You guys are so weird," I tell them.

"Thanks," Hannah says. "That's a compliment."

"Wait, where's Jane?" Meda asks.

"I guess she had to stay at school," I say, shrugging.

"Aw that sucks," she says. I nod because its true. She makes everything way more fun.

"So what should we do since we are out here?" Sarai asks.

"We could play a mini game of baseball," Ken suggests.

"I'll be a team captain!" Daniel yells.

"Then I'll be the other," Brandon says grinning. I count all the people here and it comes out to be 22 including Brandon and Daniel.

"Both teams will have an odd number," I say. "Eleven and eleven."

"I'll pick first while you guys can bat first," Daniel says. "Mom, I choose you first."

"Grey," Brandon says.

"Dad."

"Camren."

"Aunt Amelia."

"Uncle Declan."

"Aunt Hannah."

"Uncle Seb."

"Holt."

"Uncle Hunter."

"Ayn."

"Aunt Carmen."

"Uncle Raphael."

"Kylie."

"Ken."

"Amber."

"Sarai."

"Reilly."

"Meda."

"And finally Parker."

I walk to my team as Hannah yells, "You're going down, Declan!"

Everyone laughs at her childish behaviour. "Time for this game to begin," Dad says with a grin.

"First," Brandon says, "let's have a huddle."

My team crowds around Brandon. "What are we gonna do to win?" I ask him.

"Play it by luck?" he says. "I just wanted to look professional." I laugh at him. "Well, who wants to bat first?" he asks us.

"I will," I volunteer.

"OK. We got this team!" Brandon says. I walk up to homeplate and I grab the bat. Meda is at the pitchers mound grinning at me.

"Ready to go down loser?" she asks me.

"No I'm not," I tell her while swinging the bat for a test swing. She pitches me the ball and I hit it right smack dab in someone's mitt.

"Crud!" I shout. I calm myself down as I hand Dad the bat. I walk back to my team and Mom wraps her arm around my shoulders.

"Its OK," she tells me.

"I know, Mom," I say to her.

"How much are you willing to bet that your dad is going to totally miss the ball?" Mom whispers to me.

I laugh as I say, "I'm not betting against my own dad!" Her eyes sparkle as she watches Dad hit the ball. He takes off at a run and he makes it to first base.

"Great job Daddy!" Camren yells.

"We might actually have a chance," I whisper to Mom.

"Just wait when I go up. We'll be amazing!" she says to me. Brandon walks up to homeplate and he grabs the bat. Meda pitches it to him and he hits it against the house, nearly shattering a window.

"Dude!" I yell. "That's my house you're attacking!"

"Oops," he says not sorry at all. We continue to play when I hear a scream. I turn around to see Jane laying on the ground, looking as if she has passed out. I look around and I see a monster flying right at me.
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We are so sorry for not updating in a while! School has gotten in the way and we have been busy on the weekends. And we both just got over being sick as well. Well, we both hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!