Halloween.

"Mom please!"

"Anastasia No! You're grounded which means No Halloween party!"

"Ugh!  MOM!"

"Anastasia, Please go to your room."

"I am almost nineteen years old, stop treating me like a child!"

"I have already told you that as long as you are living under my roof, you will live under my rules!"

"Fine, then I'll leave!"

"Okay, where are you gonna go?"

"I'll get my own place!"

"With what money?  You're still in school and you don't have a job."

Anastasia looks at her mother with so much hate.

"What?  Did you think your father and I were just gonna give you money to run away?"

"I'll live with Gabriella!"

"Honey, we're leaving back to New York in a couple days." Gabriella says holding her sleeping son.

"I can stay there when you're gone."

"Ana." Gabriella laughs. "I don't want you there, throwing parties in my house when I'm away!"

"Ugh!  This is so unfair!  I hate you all!"

"Anastasia!" Jessica shouts.

"No!  I hate you, mom!" She shouts before stomping up to her room.

Jessica looks down and sighs.
The twins see how upset their mother is and walks over to comfort her as best they can.

They hug her legs, lay their heads on her, and softly rub their little hands over her legs.

"We no hate, mama."

"Yeah.. we lub ya." Willow says.

Jessica smiles softly and tears start rolling down her cheeks.

"Mama, no cwy!  Ana a meany head!" Emerson says.

"We no meany heads, mama." Willow nods.

"Oh my babies.  I know you're not.  Thank you so much for being so sweet to me."

"You da besss, mama!" Willow giggles as she and her brother hug their mother.

"I love you two so much!  Mama's little surprise babies." She giggles.

"Supwise!" Willow shouts, jumping up and lifting her hands in the air.

"Yeah!" Jessica laughs.

**

A few hours later.

"Look at these cool costumes!" Gabriella tells the twins.

"Who are you guys?" She asks.

"Pebs!" Willow smiles, bouncing up and down.

"You're Pebbles? How cool! Who are you, Emerson?!"

"BAM BAM!" Emerson giggles.

"How cool!  You two are the cutest!"

"What baby be?" Willow asks.  She calls William her baby.

"Baby is going as Peter Pan."

"I watch dat!"

"Yeah! Me n' sissy lub dat mobie!" Emerson says.

"Awesome!  So does William! And so does your big sissy.. Me!" Gabriella smiles.

"Yeah!  And you tinkle belly?" Willow asks.

"I am Tinker Bell!" Gabriella chuckles.

"Mama and dada goin to be Pebs and Bam Bam mama and dada!"

"I know!  I saw mommy getting ready.  She looks so pretty!"

"Me ook so pwetty ike Mama!" Willow smiles and points to herself.

"Me too!" Gabriella laughs.

"Me too!" Emerson chuckles.

"Heh! You little cutie."

"Mama say I SO cute!"

"Aw well mama is SO right!"

"Me know dat!" Emerson lifts his hands and giggles.

Danny then walks in and asks, "What's goin on, shrimps?"

"We talkin to sishy!"

"Awesome!"

"Daddy, have you noticed how short they are?  None of us were ever this short and chubby." Gabriella chuckles.

"I know." Danny laughs. "They're very small compared to you guys!"

"I jus wittle." Willow smiles sweetly.

"I Not, I BIG!" Emerson hits his chest.

"You're SO big, Emerson!"

"Yeah, dat what I say!"

Gabriella giggles.

"William is gonna catch up to them pretty soon." Danny says.

"I know!  How funny!"

**

Danny and Jessica took the twins trick or treating, Gabriella and Noah's little families tagged along as well.

When they returned Jessica felt a little bad about the way things have been between her and Anastasia since Gabriella's birthday.

Jessica decided to go upstairs and talk to her.  Hopefully this time without a screaming match.

Jessica softly knocked on her daughter's door.

"Ana?  Baby, it's mommy.. can I come in?"

Jessica sighed when there was no answer. "Anastasia, I just want to talk.  I love you so much, baby girl.. I don't want things to be this way anymore.  Ana?"

...

Anastasia's POV.

"Damn!  You look hot, Ana!"

"Thanks!" She giggles.

Anastasia had snuck out of the house while her parents were out with the kids.  She went to a party that Ashton invited her to.

"I'm glad you're here.  I really wanted to see you again.

"I really wanted to see you again too." Anastasia smiles.

Ashton then leans forward and kisses her lips.

"Ashton?" She pulls away.

"Yeah?"

"I have to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"I'm not twenty one."

"Okay.. how old are you?"

"Eighteen BUT I'LL BE  NINETEEN IN JANUARY!"

"Oh!  Well.. that's not so bad."

"Yeah." She smiles. "I have one more thing."

"What?  Are you married?" He laughs.

"No!  Um.. my parents are kind of.. famous."

"Oh!  Really?"

"Yeah.. my last name is Huston."

"Oh.. OH!" His eyes widen.

"Wow!  Well that's cool." He smiles.

"It's okay?  That's not weird?"

"What would be weird about that, babe?"

"I don't know." She shrugs.

**

Jessica's POV.

"Anastasia?" Jessica turns the knob and let's herself in.

"Anastasia?" She walks to the bathroom and panics when she doesn't see her.

"Danny!" She shouts.

"DANIEL!"

"What?" Danny runs to her as quickly as possible.

"She's not here!"

"What?"

"Anastasia!  She's not here!"

"Where is she?!"

"I don't know!  Call her!"

...

"It's going straight to voicemail."

"Danny, what if someone took her?!"

"No, she snuck out."

"You don't know that!" Jessica cries. "My baby, where's my baby, Danny?"

"Don't cry, it'll be okay.  We'll find her.  Let me ask Gabby to check if she's been on social media."

"This is my fault.  I grounded her and she snuck out anyway.  What if she gets hurt, Danny?"

"Honey, she'll be okay."

Danny was worried for his little girl.  He didn't want her getting into any trouble, but he tired to stay calm for Jessica.

After speaking to Gabriella, she went on and checked Anastasia's Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram.

"Do you see anything, Gabby?" Jessica asks.

"No, nothing.  Oh wait!  Oh my gosh.."

"What?!"

"She was tagged in this picture."

"Where is she?!"

"She went to that Halloween party.."

"Let me see the picture."

"I don't know if you want to."

"Let me see it!" Jessica snatches Gabriella's phone out of her hand.

She gasps and her eyes go wide. "ANASTASIA!"

"What?" Danny asks looking over her shoulder. "Oh I'll kill her!"

"Her ass is out!  And what is.. What is that?!  Is that a tattoo on her back?!  When the hell did she get a tattoo?!" Jessica yells at Gabriella.

"Don't yell at me! I didn't know she had one!"

"Oh my gosh, Anastasia!  Is this the guy she screwed around with?"

"I think so."

Jessica clicks on the guys profile and reads his bio.

She gasps. "HE'S TWENTY SIX!"

"My baby girl.." Danny whines.

"She said the party was in Lakewood?" Jessica asks Gabriella.  She was fuming.

"Yeah."

"Get in the car, Daniel."

"What?"

"Bitch, did I stutter?  Get in the damn car!"

"Can I go too?!" Gabriella asks.

"No!"

"Awe man!" She pouts.

**

"That has to be it.  Look at all those cars and stupid kids running around drunk and half naked."

"I really wish we would've changed first.  It's a bit chilly and I'm dressed as Fred Flintstone."

"Shut up and get out of the car!"

Danny and Jessica walked straight into the party to look for their daughter.

"Look at all these sluts!" Jessica scoffs.

"Carful, Anastasia is one of them, Jess."

"Shut up!"

Just then Danny and Jessica turn when they hear cheering.

"What's that?"

"Looks like someone's doing a keg stand." Danny says.

Jessica pushes through the crowd only to find her own daughter surrounded by people, mostly men. Cheering her on as she chugs beer.

"ANASTASIA JULIET HUSTON.  You get your ass down RIGHT NOW!"

The guys put her down and she stumbles a bit. "Mom?"

Jessica was beyond pissed, but Danny; he was hurt.  Seeing his baby girl like this broke his heart in two.

Jessica walks over, yanks her by the arm and starts walking to the car.

"No!  No, I don't wanna go!"

"Get your ass in the car, Anastasia!"

"No!  I wanna stay here!  You can't make me, I'm an adult!"

"You are not an adult.  You have never paid one bill in your entire life.  You do nothing for yourself, Anastasia!"

"I don't need you and dad, I have friends and Ashton to take care of me!" She slurs as she yanks away from her mother and walks over to Ashton.

"I'm staying with him!  You can't do anything about it, mom!"

Jessica nods her head. "Okay.. But you can kiss your dreams goodbye, Anastasia.  You stay here and it's the beginning of a dark, lonely path."

"I don't care!  I'm staying!"

Jessica looks at her and pauses for a moment.

"Like hell you are! Get in the damn car!" Jessica grabs her and drags her to the car.

**

"This is so embarrassing!  Why did you do that?!"

"Because Anastasia, you are eighteen!"

"Exactly!  I am an adult!"

"He is Twenty Six!"

"I'M AN ADULT!"

"No.  I am not one of those parents that sit back and say oh she's eighteen I can't stop her from making bad decisions.  I am the mother that is going to help you make the right decisions no matter how old you are!  You are still in school, you're still living at home, you are NOT an adult!"

"MOM-"

"You are grounded.  You are not allowed to stay home by yourself since you cannot be trusted.  No cell phone, no iPad, no computer, no tv.  You go to school and that is it. Do you understand me?"

"MOM!"

"Stop. Talking.  It's over.  I win.  You lose.  Now I don't want to hear you say one more word."

"But I-"

"WHAT Did I Just Say?"

"Mom-"

"Anastasia Juliet, I swear to God I will beat your ass!  Now Don't Speak!"