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Will was laughing Hysterically. Damn his over ticklishness. "Stop it please, I was kidding, I was kidding! I'll do whatever you want just have mercy!"

Will finally calmed down enough to flip them over and tickle her a little. "Have a taste of your own medicine." Will said, then he pinned her to the ground. "HELP! HELP! She's crazy!" Will looked down at her "I think she might have rabies or something, look shes foaming at the mouth!"

Then Will had a great idea. He started forming a large loogie in his mouth, then he slowly lowered it closer and closer to her face. He had practiced doing this for years so he knew it wasn't going to fall on her, but it was fun to watch her squirm.

"One more reason for you to back down and continue living your 'life'," Jason counted just as easily. Every time they almost got into a fight, Alex always broke it up, and while Jason was more then willing to beat down Jack as maybe some pain would give him time to rethink his life, he wasn't willing to hurt Alex like that. Still, even as children, he couldn't remember a time they truly got into a physical fight. It usually was Jack prowling around trying to taunt Jason, Jason firing back, they about to get into a fight and something or someone breaking it up. A part of him wanted to get the fight going and over with.

Law school. He had yet to tell anyone about that yet, and he sure as hell wasn't about to tell Jack a thing, "Someone had to do it. Perhaps if you put on your big boy pants, someone would trust you," Jason said, still leaning against the sink. How in the world Jack thought him being responsible was an insult he never understood. It was like calling someone too smart, it wasn't really an insult in any way.

He had kept quite content to watch Sarah and Will joke and play with each other. It had been a while since he last saw her act so carefree like she had back then. While he didn't dislike Will, he as afraid he would turn out like his brother, but he was more comfortable around Will as he understood Will on some level, he did not understand Alexander at all. The word weed did catch his attention as Will, in his infinite wisdom, had nearly yelled it.

"Weed, Sarah?" Jason asked crossing his arms looking at her to see what she would say.

Although Ella was used to spending summers with The White's, it did get overwhelming sometimes to listen to so many people at once. At home, it was usually just her, Lyla and Sarah, and with Sarah being so quiet and Lyla preferring to hang out with her friends, things were usually pretty low key. Her mother would come home around dinner time and her there were days when Ella would go to bed before her father even got home. Jason had spent the past few years at school so she really only saw him on holiday breaks, leaving Ella to spend most of her time with a nanny or watching TV and occupying herself. Now, the amount of people that she was living with had doubled and while she loved having people to talk to, it also meant that there would be more arguments.

It was only the first day and her brother and Jack were already being mean to each other, and Ella was aware of the friction between Lyla and Alexandra, and even Lyla and Sarah as well. She could be a brat at times herself, but she didn't have any ongoing feuds with any of the others and Ella guessed that it was because she was so young. Even though she was only two years younger than Sarah and Alexander, she sometimes felt like they were a lot older and that she didn't really have a set place. Once Alexander and Sarah started dating, they moved up from being part of the "little kids" with her, and into the "older kids" group. Ella wasn't extremely close with either of them, especially Alexander, so it wasn't a huge deal, but she kind of felt left out with having no one her age to hang out with. She did have Lyla though, and recently, that was enough for Ella to be happy with.

Jason explained to her that Lyla wasn't able to take her shopping because she was grounded, but Ella turned to Lyla, hoping that her sister would give her a different answer. Being grounded hadn't stopped Lyla from doing what she wanted to do in the past and Jack seemed to be right. Her parents were far away and would never know if Lyla broke the rules. It seemed to make sense to Ella, even though she knew that it was wrong to go against her parents' wishes.

Ella hadn't noticed that Alexander and Sarah had left the room until Sarah came running down the stairs and straight to William. She watched as the two joked around, tickling and jumping on top of each other before Will had Sarah pinned to the floor, looking like he was about to spit on her. "You guys are gross," she scoffed.

In all of the commotion, Ella figured that it would be a good time to dump her plate without Jason noticing that she had wasted yet another plateful of food without eating more than a bite, so she quickly emptied it into the trash and dropped the dish into the sink, knowing that someone would take care of washing it later.

Sarah was squirming and screaming, "Will! Stop it now!" she flipped them over so now she was on top of him, and she began tickling Will again, "Loser," she smirked at Will, then she glared at Ella as she called them gross, "We are not gross, you're just jealous because you don't have a boy trying to spit on you," after Sarah said it, she realized it was probably the dumbest thing she'd ever said in her entire life.

Sarah looked up at Jason who had just questioned her about the weed, "It was Jack's. He just accidentally misplaced it in Alexander's bags, I swear, I wasn't smoking it, and niether was Alexnder," she told him. Half of that was true.

But the part about Jack was a lie.

She didn't like lying to Jason, but she also didn't want Jason to be mad at her, nor did she want him to be mad at Alexander.

To busy watching Sarah, he didn't notice Ella sneaking by to clean off her plate. Again. He didn't miss the way she looked at Lyla as if to confirm it, and he didn't like that too much. Lyla was grounded, after her act in the car, she was not driving Ella anywhere anytime soon. Ever, if Jason could help it.

Still, he almost hated to interrupt Sarah and Will in their playing, but he had to get a straight answer, his eyes searched Sarah's face as she told him. He thought it over, he really doubted Alexander wasn't on something, he seemed to be one of those kids who used weed and the like to escape from his life rather then face it, but he did believe her when she said she didn't do it, "Alright," Jason said, giving a small smile, "I trust you."

He would trust Sarah and take her word for it this time. She had earned that much, and she was the only sister he had that he was willing to take the word for as truth. He didn't feel the need to tell her to not do it as she was smart enough to know that already. How he wished he could say that about Lyla.

Turning his attention back to Ella, he tapped his chin, "You know.... with the Nannies coming, I am sure they would love to go shopping with you, I might even leave some money out by accident that could go a long way," he said trying to bribe his youngest sister away from Lyla for awhile.

Ella wasn't sure if she was really supposed to be jealous about not having "a boy trying to spit" on her as Sarah asserted, but she wasn't going to let Sarah be right about that, especially not in front of Will. Ella claimed that if she didn't end up marrying David Beckham's oldest son Brooklyn, that William would be her second choice, so she was always a little bit jealous of Sarah's relationship with him. When Ella wasn't around Jason or her sisters, she found it much easier to flirt with him. In fact, she had even hung out with him at a few of the high school parties she had secretly went too earlier that year. When she was around her family though, it was like she fell back into her innocent and appropriately immature personality. Even Ella recognized the difference at times but she felt like it was a lot of work to be "cool" all of the time. Sometimes she just liked having her siblings make her breakfast and doing things that her friends would find lame, like watching movies with her brother or playing on the trampoline. She was on the edge of growing up and was caught between wanting to be mature in front of her friends and Lyla, but also wanting to continue to do things that she genuinely enjoyed without worrying about her reputation.

She flipped Sarah off, hoping that it was quick enough that Jason didn't manage to catch it before saying, "I bet your boyfriend would spit on me if I wanted him to." Ella had kissed a boy before, but nothing more than that. She knew what sex was and had heard kids in school talking about oral sex, but she didn't really know what a lot of it entailed. However, she wasn't going to let Sarah know that and figured that having a boy spit on her was probably one of those weird things that was supposed to be sexy.

Even with the bribe of money to spend, Ella wasn't satisfied with Jason's offer to have the nannies take her shopping. She wanted Lyla to bring her. Her oldest sister had impeccable style and Ella always felt cool when her sister drove her places. Even her friends thought that Lyla was cool, and that was hard to get out of snobby thirteen-year-old girls.

"I don't want to go with the nannies," she complained, propping her head up on her hands as she gave her brother a dramatically distressed look. "They're probably old and gross," she continued, thinking back to the Nanny that her parents had employed for most of her childhood. The woman was an immigrant from some Latin American country who spoke poor English, and although she was very good at caring for her, there was no way that Ella was going to be seen out with an old lady who was clearly her babysitter. That would just be embarrassing.

"Can I borrow a bathing suit from your closet?" she asked eagerly as she turned back to Lyla. "Please, please, please! I won't ruin it." Even though Ella knew that Lyla's body was much more developed than hers and most of her clothes never fit, she still liked to borrow her things. Whether Lyla would agree to it or not, Ella was known to take her sister's clothes.

Sarah somehow managed to turn the tables back on Will. He couldn't have this, to be beaten by a girl? That would be absurd and downright embarrassing. Will Somehow managed to get back to a standing position. He was tired and breathing a little heavy. He really needed to stop eating so much junk food and get back to the gym. He physically may not show it, but he felt it.

Will turned to Ella. "If you don't want the nannies to take you, i can take you to the mall. It's not that far if i go really fast on my bike." Will snickered. He loved his dirt bike. His parents gave it to him for his 13th birthday and he has been riding it ever since. It was getting a little small but he didn't mind. He broke his first bone on that bike, and his second. He had it specially modified so that it could meet road standards for when he got his motorcycle license on his 16th birthday.

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Taylor knew that Madison wasn't as enthusiastic about their summer plans, or really anything, as she was, so she was satisfied with the not so negative response that her friend gave her. "I'm sure it won't be bad at all," she began, turning as far as she could in her seat to look back at her friend. "The youngest one is already thirteen and by the time that I was that age, my mom would leave me home alone all of the time. I'm sure their parents just want us there to make sure they don't accidentally burn the house down, or something." It was true that Taylor's mother had trusted her to be responsible at a young age. Being an only child to a single mother meant that Taylor had to learn how to take care of herself in a lot of respects and she hoped that Ella Kennedy, although the youngest of four, would show some similar characteristics.

"Did you read the email I sent you? The two older brothers are twenty-two... not too young for some summer romance," she commented with a playful grin. Taylor wasn't seriously thinking about getting serious with any of the boys. For one, she hadn't even met them yet and secondly, she felt like even though they weren't her employers, it would still be a little bit inappropriate. However, she wasn't going to make that stop Madison for going for one of them. Madison was obviously not the caretaker-type but Taylor would rather have her there doing nothing, or being the bad cop when necessary, than to have to do it all alone.

The hour-long drive seemed to go quickly as Taylor and Madison caught up on what they had done over the past few weeks and what they expected the summer to entail. Before Taylor had too much time to worry about what could go wrong, the taxi cab stopped in front of a driveway blocked by a gated entrance. Taylor remembered that Mrs. Kennedy had specified that one of the children would need to buzz them in when they got to the gate. It was strange having such a fancy system just to get to the door, but Taylor figured that the extra security was necessary when you had such a nice home to guard. She had never used one before so it took her a second to figure out what to do, but after a moment she pushed down one of the buttons and spoke into the intercom, saying, "Hi... it's Taylor and Madison!", somewhat awkwardly.

The cab driver glanced around impatiently but Taylor couldn't even see the house from outside the gate, so there was no way that she was going to let him drop them off here and have them lug their bags all the way up the driveway. She decided that they would wait to be buzzed in and have him drive her up to the front of the house and she got back into the car as the gate slowly opened.

"So, here we go..." she said with a nervous smile as she turned back to Madison and the taxi began down the long driveway that led up to the house.

Sarah got off of Will quickly, and she glared at Ella, "Don't say things like that, Ella! And don't flip me off either. You're acting like Lyla more and more each day," she muttered the last part, shaking her head.

She smiled at Will, "After you take Ella to the mall, I was hoping maybe we could hang out. I mean earlier, I couldn't since I was hanging with Alexander, but if you want to hang later, I would love to."

Sarah loved hanging with Will. He was her best friend after all, and he was the only person she could be her care-free self around. She was afraid to expose that side of herself to anyone else. Especially Alexander. She figured he wouldn't want anything to do with her if she were careless around him, and she didn't want that to happen.

She went to the kitchen, getting a soda from the fridge, and she opened it, taking a large sip.

Sarah was still thinking about trying alcohol, just to see what it was like, but she wasn't old enough to buy alcoholic drinks, and she knew for sure that Jason, Alexandra, and the nannies most definitely wouldn't buy any for her.

However, there was one more person in the house that was old enough, and he might just buy some for Sarah. And that one person is Jack.

Sure, Sarah wasn't fond of the boy, but she wouldn't mind asking him to get her an alcoholic beverage, and she didn't want a lousy beer or wine, she wanted something more like whiskey or vodka.

Sarah went upstairs to Jack's room, not bothering to knock as she opened the door, closing it behind her after she entered the room, and blurted out, "Would you be willing to buy me some whiskey?"

Jason raised an eyebrow at the eager William. He was glad that he seemed willing to step up and take Ella somewhere when no one else probably would, besides himself, but there was no way in hell he was letting his thirteen year old sister ride on the back of a dirt bike as they drove into town. Not a chance in hell. There were so many ways it could end badly, and he was certainly not going to risk his sister just because she wanted to go shopping with her older sister.

"Sorry Will, I don't want Ella riding on the back of the dirt bike in town," Jason said, and he did mean sorry. If Will had his license and was driving a car then he would have been more open to the idea, but he wasn't letting her on the back of a dirt bike in the middle of a town filled with much larger and heavier vehicles around them.

A part of him hoped that Lyla would have learned to pick her battles. Ignore him and then try to sneak around, let him win this one and then try to win the next smaller battle, but out right trying to say she would take Ella was not going to end well. Jason didn't think he had to do it this early, but if his sister really wanted to play that game. They would play that game. He would love to see how far she got once he pulled the battery from her car then removed the fuel filter for good measure. If they were going to the store, they were walking. If Jack dared step in, he would see what happens when the alternator was gone. Two quick bolts and a yank. His vehicle would run fine... for a few miles... then his car battery would die leaving him stranded until he could get someone to pick him up or a tow truck to come and get him and there was no way that Jason would tow him with his truck.

He turned on his heel to commence operation, 'Sister Lockdown', when near the door he heard a voice, a woman's voice coming in over the small intercom. He barely made out the name Madison, as the kitchen wasn't very close to the door, so his mind put two and two together. The nannies had arrived, good, that meant Lyla had to either convince them to let her go to spite him, or she had to sneak around which meant, in some way, that he had won.

Moving over to the intercom, he pressed down on the large red button, "Yea, hold on," Moving his hand over, he pressed down on it for a few seconds to make sure the gate got the command. It should have slid open by now.

Ella was pretty sure that if Jason wouldn't even let her drive with Lyla to go shopping, that riding on the back of Will's bike wasn't going to go over well either. She was right, as Jason confirmed that she wasn't allowed to do go with him. It bothered her for a second, as she imagined how cool it would be to be able to act as if he was her boyfriend who was taking her shopping, but then remembered that the helmet would probably give her horrible hat hair. She was not about to deal with that.

Luckily for her though, Lyla insisted on taking her despite Jason already rejecting the idea. Her sister turned and left, going upstairs to get ready, just as Sarah scolded her and commented on how she was acting like Lyla. Ella didn't mind that comment - in fact, she appreciated it. She didn't mind being disrespectful to Sarah, or even Jason (although she wasn't as confident doing it to him yet, knowing that he actually would punish her), if it meant that she was becoming as cool and rebellious and Lyla was.

Ella was too excited about the idea of going shopping with Lyla to think of another comment to use against Sarah, so she left the kitchen and headed towards the front door. She had left a pair of sandals there after getting them covered in sand the day before at the beach. They had dried off now and she shook off the sand, waiting for Lyla to return to leave as she slipped them on.

The gate buzzer rang, signaling that someone was at the front gates but Ella didn't react to it. At home, she had been banned from answering the intercom after she let in several solicitors and Jehovah's Witnesses. Her parents had warned her that she was only allowed to answer it if she was expecting someone but Ella was too impulsive to not push the button when it rang. After being yelled at for doing it multiple times over the past year, she knew better than to do it again. It wasn't a problem though because only a moment later, Jason approached and did it himself. It didn't even click in Ella's mind that it was the nannies until she decided that she'd wait for Lyla by the car and pulled the door open, only to find two girls standing in the doorway, both only appearing to be only a few years older than Jason. They were a lot younger and prettier than she expected them to be and for a moment, Ella forgot about going shopping with Lyla. She looked the girls up and down before turning back towards Jason, unsure of what she was supposed to say to the girls.

"Me and my sister are going shopping," she said. It came out a bit awkwardly, considering that Ella skipped introducing herself and jumped right to the point, but when she glanced at their bags and remembered that the girls would be staying with them all summer, it started bothering her again. She didn't want them bossing her around in place of her parents, even if her mother had assured her that she would have fun with the nannies. Ella doubted that Lyla would like them and as long as she didn't, Ella wasn't going to either.

When Taylor brought up getting into a romantic relationship with one of the older boys that were supposed to be living, Madison only rolled her eyes. "I hope you're joking. You know just as well as I do that they're going to be your typical trust fund assholes. They've probably never worked a day in their life and get to live off of mommy and daddy's money for the rest of their lives. Not my type of guy, Taylor," she said, shaking her head but allowing a small smile to escape. Madison hadn't had a real relationship in almost two years. She had broken up with her last boyfriend on mutual ground but since then, she just didn't see a point in investing herself in other people. Deep down, she did hope that she would find someone who was compatible for her but she wasn't counting on it happening any time soon, and certainly not this summer.

Although Madison was tired enough to want to spend their hour drive sleeping, Taylor kept her up with her normal energy, asking about what she had done with her cousin over the past week, what she thought the family's home would look like and discussing the email that Kathryn had sent her.

When they arrived at the home, Madison was no less than impressed. It was a huge and beautiful home that was set right on the beach. As the car drove through the gates, Madison guessed that it was probably one of the nicest homes she had ever seen. It made sense considering the amount of money that the owners were willing to spend on childcare for two months, plus their own expenses as they vacationed in Europe. With everything considered, the amount of money that they would shell out in these two months would probably account for a yearly salary of someone living on minimum wage.

As Taylor paid the cab driver, Madison pulled their bags from the trunk and they were left standing alone in front of their new home for the summer. Before she could give Taylor a 'what did we get ourselves into?' look, the door swung open to reveal a small, blonde girl. Madison guessed that it was either Sarah or Ella Kennedy, although she leaned towards Ella considering that she appeared to be closer to thirteen than fifteen. The little girl stared at them for a moment before announcing that she was going shopping. Madison knew that only one of the Kennedy girls was old enough to drive and she was banned from driving, but Madison figured that Taylor would take care of it. Besides, it didn't seem like the appropriate thing to talk about as their first conversation.

"I'm guessing that you're Ella?" she asked, grabbing her bags and taking a step inside the house towards the blonde. She hoped that one of the older children would appear and make things less awkward but she figured that Taylor would know what to say and do.

Sarah started talking to Ella then turned back to Will, asking if he wanted to hang out later. "Hang out with you? well I guess it could be worse" Will joked and he winked at her. Then Will turned to Lyla. "Hey baby, excited to be spending the whole summer with me? if you ever feel lonely, my room's right at the end of the hall." Will finished with a wink. He would have stayed and continued with the flirting, but his bike was calling him. He cleaned off his plate and juice and went into the garage that was connected with the house.

There she was, the only love he will ever have, besides Lyla of course. She was a 2011 Honda CRF450R, or Alice, since it had the coolest Alice in Wonderland art on it. He grabbed the clicker and tried to open the garage door, but nothing happened. He kept clicking it and realized that either the door or the clicker was broken. He opened the back of the clicker and saw that it was missing a battery. "These things still run on batteries? Lame."

Will walked back in, yelling "Hey where are the batteries?" To anyone in particular, he kept walking until he reached the front door. He saw Ella talking to two strangers. Two HOT strangers. Will quickly pushed Ella out of the way and greeted the two women, they couldn't be to much older than Jack and Alexandra. "Hello ladies, Whatever you're selling, I'm buying. Unless, of course, you want me instead." He winked at them. "Now what may i owe the pleasure?"

Will glanced down and saw the suitcases and a large smile came over his face, then he yelled back to the kitchen "The hot nannies are here!" He looked back at them. "Please come on in, my brother Jason will show you to your rooms, then later, I can show you to mine." He stepped out and grabbed their suitcases, lifting them easily and ushered them inside while looking at their butts.

Since Taylor had to pay the cab driver, it took her an extra few seconds to reach the front door and by then, it was already wide up. A young girl stood in the entryway, telling Madison how she and her sister "were going shopping". Taylor agreed with Madison's assumption that the girl was probably Ella, the youngest of the eight kids that were living there. She was a pretty little girl and reminded Taylor of her stepsister who was only a year younger than Ella was.

"Hi Ella!" Taylor exclaimed enthusiastically, crouching down a bit to get to the girl's eye level. "I'm Taylor and this is Madison," she said, signaling to her friend. "We're going to be spending the summer with you here. Would you mind waiting a little bit to go shopping until we get settled in?" She smiled sweetly at Ella, hoping that she had managed to balance the level of not being too old and demanding sounding with also not trying to sound like she was talking to a two-year-old.

Inside the home, Taylor heard a male voice echoing throughout the halls about batteries and before long, the voice was matched with a young male, probably in his mid-teen years. As Taylor tried to imagine the email in her brain, she figured that he was either William or Alexander White. She was sure that his Prince Charming act probably swooned girls his age, and although Taylor knew that Madison would probably get sick of him fast, she thought it was cute. He shouted something about "hot nannies" being there, making Taylor giggle as he led them farther into the house. So far, so good, she thought to herself as she tried to examine the space around her and watch the young boy and girl at the same time.

It seemed Ella was going to greet Taylor and Madison herself, so Jason let her as she might be able to get along with them better if he wasn't there introducing himself and ushering their attention elsewhere. Although, he was curious as to what they looked like too as he hoped his parents hadn't hired two older women as he didn't want to see them go through what Lyla would put them through. Whatever money they were promised wasn't enough.

Batteries? Jason paused not sure why he needed batteries. The controls didn't require them, but... what batteries? Jason frowned trying to recall where the utility drawer was as he opened various cabinets and drawers inside the kitchen. Grabbing onto a brass handle, he pulled the last and furthest away drawer tucked into the corner of the kitchen open and there they were. Numerous battery packs and other miscellaneous items. Which kind did William need though? Odds were it was either AA or D batteries. He opened his mouth to yell out to William to ask.

His mouth closed when William yelled again into the house that the 'Hot Nannies' were here so that crossed the 'older women' right off his list. Jason had to fight the small smile that almost spread across his face at how William had yelled that. He didn't lack for confidence, that was for sure. By here, he assumed inside the house which meant Ella had probably already seen them which was good enough for them. He needed to make introductions and get them Lyla's car keys before she did something stupid.

Sliding the drawer closed, Jason walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway where the others were pausing to give both 'hot nannies' a one over. One was darker haired, and while attractive, she didn't give off the vibe that she wanted to be here. The other seemed to be near the opposite, still very attractive 'hot nanny', but she seemed to by enjoying William's show which was nice of her.

He managed to catch the bit about his brother Jason. Honestly, he never thought they were that close, but seeing at how close their families were... he supposed William could call him his 'older brother' very loosely.

"Will, the batteries are in the bottom left kitchen drawer, if you need tools for whatever they should be in the garage or in the toolbox in the back of my truck, let me know if you need to get in as it is locked," Jason said. He wasn't sure why, but he felt he should answer Will's earlier question before saying hi to the nannies that and... he had spent a few thousand dollars on his tools and Will was probably the closest thing to a fellow car enthusiast he had in the house, so there was a little bit of pride there as well. He wanted to offer to help Will carry the luggage, but Will was trying to impress them, so he should probably let him keep going with that.

"Hi, nice to meet you two," Jason said stepping closer to them and extending his right hand, "I am Jason Kennedy, the others are upstairs."

It took a second for her to nod when one of the girls asked her if she was Ella before the other followed suit and greeted her gleefully. The girl, who introduced herself as Taylor, suggested that she wait to go shopping until later and although Ella wanted to take opportunity of Lyla having time to drive her, she was interested in the new people as well. It seemed like she wasn't the only one because as soon as Will spotted them, he stopped what he was doing and shoved Ella aside in order to capture the girls' attention for himself. Ella scowled and considering pushing him back but she realized that would be babyish and didn't want to seem immature in front of Will, even if he was being a player.

Will led the girls forward and Ella glanced back towards the front door, still unsure about what to do before reluctantly closing the door and following them into the house. She didn't want to seem lame in front of Lyla but she also didn't want to upset Jason, especially after Lyla had just told him to "fuck off". It was something that had surprised Ella, knowing that if she had said it, she would've been sent straight to her room, but with Lyla, it was different. Ella envied her confidence and the way that she really just did and said whatever she wanted. She couldn't even flip off Sarah without getting yelled at for it but it seemed like Lyla could do anything. Ella's idolization of Lyla may have been different if she had seen all of the real consequences that her sister had to endure - the brutal hangovers, threats from her parents, and most recently, her overnight trip to jail, but most of that was hidden from Ella. She heard about the groundings and the lectures but those didn't seem like a steep price to pay for all of the fun that Lyla had, especially when she disregarded most of their warnings anyway.

Jason approached, introducing himself to the girls after directing Will to where the batteries were. "Jason's twenty-two," she said matter-of-factly, "and his girlfriend Alexandra is upstairs." Even though Ella knew that Jason and Alex were only friends, she recognized that Taylor and Madison were pretty and since Jason really didn't have a girlfriend, she didn't want anything to happen between them. It was true that Ella had literally only known them for two minutes, but because Jason had always been the one to devote the most time to Ella, she had always been defensive whenever he brought any girls home, despite how nice they were. She didn't like anyone to take his attention away from her and even now, when part of her wanted him to not care so much, she still feared that he would replace her with these strangers.

"Can we go swimming after Will puts your stuff upstairs? The beach is right outside and I want to go in the water," she said, completely switching the topic as she glanced out the window. By now, she had nearly forgotten about going shopping with Lyla and while she didn't want these girls to get too close to Jason, she was also kind of excited to have them there to do things with.

Madison was less than impressed with the teenage boy who flirted with Taylor and her as soon as he approached. He would have been the perfect package... if she was a sixteen-year-old bimbo who wanted someone to sweet talk her before ditching her a week later for a new girl. Since Madison didn't catch him checking out her ass, she figured that his flirting was harmless for now and tried to give him a polite smile as she followed Taylor further into the house. She had to admit that the house was even nicer on the inside than it was outside. There were high ceilings, beautiful furniture and decorations that perfectly accented the home, as well as an elegant staircase that they were approaching. Will had managed to fill his arms with her and Taylor's bags and as Madison glanced up the staircase, an older boy came towards them.

Madison guessed that he was probably only a few years younger than her, which was then confirmed when Ella randomly stated that he was twenty-two. If he hadn't introduced himself as Jason Kennedy, Madison probably could have guessed that he was Ella's brother. They were both blonde and she could see the similarities in their faces, despite the large gap in their ages. It was strange to Madison that Ella would bring up Jason's girlfriend but she was curious to see the others who Jason explained were upstairs. "Nice to meet you," Madison said, returning Jason's handshake. "I'm Madison."

Ella then spoke up again, asking if they would take her swimming. Madison had noticed that the beach was literally in their backyard and although she didn't necessarily enjoy swimming in the ocean, she wouldn't mind laying out and getting some sun for a little while. The kid was thirteen so Madison figured that she would know how to swim on her own. If not, she'd let Taylor take on this little job.

"Sure," Madison replied with another half, forced smile. "We should probably wait to meet your sisters and the other kids first," she offered. Although Madison wasn't privy on awkward introductions, it seemed to make sense that they should get it over with now rather than later.

Will passed the girls and walked right up to Jason. "Dibs on the scary one." He whispered as he took the bags upstairs to the two adjacent spare bedrooms. He took this time to open each suitcase, hoping he wouldn't get caught, and take a peak at their underwear. "mmm very nice, i will have to see these bad boys in use." He quickly put the underwear back and put each suitcase in each room. He hurriedly left the rooms.

He arrived back downstairs to see Ella pestering the babysitters, then he remembered what Jason said about the batteries. He Walked into the kitchen and got the correct batteries, then decided he might as well give his bike a tune up. He walked back out into the hall and while asked for the keys from Jason. He looked at both girls, now wondering what they looked like naked, then he looked straight at Madison and winked, then did a little nod like 'Hey yo girl, you like what you see?' and of course she did, what girl didn't?

Once Will got the keys he ran to Jason's car and grabbed the tools. He started to think how lucky he was to have car fanatic for a...Brother? Cousin? he was certainly more than a friend, but at the same time not at all. Will didn't know what to call Jason. Sure he wasn't of blood but their families were so close that he was practically family. Will knew that he treated Jason like family, but then what would that make Sarah? That made him shiver, ew, but that was different right? Right. Right? They weren't related so he could still like Sarah, but their two families were so close that Jason was a brother. Will's head hurt and he stopped thinking about it. He got to the garage, and still couldn't open it.

That's when Will realized that he had he wrong clicker. He entered through a back door closer to the garage and looked for the clicker but couldn't find it. That's when Will got his second good idea for the day. He used the tools to tighten up everything and he cleaned the oil and everything else that needed to be checked and double checked. Once that was done he sat down on the bike and switched it on with a small whirr. He turned on the gas and did a doughnut before aiming straight for the open door that led into the house. He revved the engine a couple times. This was going to be epic.

Before Alexandra could respond, Jack slipped past her and headed back to his room. He tossed the dime bag onto his bed and pulled off his t-shirt, dropping it onto the floor as he glanced at his reflection in the mirror. Not too bad, he thought as he flexed, admiring the results of his daily workouts. He turned to his closet, considering putting on a wet suit and going surfing before his door opened and Sarah walked in.

It was obvious very unusual, especially considering their exchange earlier that morning, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it was clear on why she came to him. She wanted alcohol but there was no way he'd get her whiskey.

"Surprise, surprise. Sober Sarah wants the only guy in this house whose cool enough to buy her alcohol to do her a favor," he said, turning to face her with a smirk. "There's no way that I'm getting nailed for buying you whiskey. That shit will fuck you up and since you're an alcohol virgin, you're not gonna even like whiskey. What about beer or those bitch drinks like Mike's Hard or Smirnoff Ice?" He asked, glancing down at his phone and scrolling through his Twitter feed for a moment before glancing back up at her. "If you're set on hard liquor, you can ask Ella if she'll share this with you," he said, rummaging through the back of his closet for a moment before appearing with a pink bottle of raspberry Svedka vodka. Supposedly Ella had seen it at one of the parties she had attended a few weeks earlier and thought it was "pretty", so she had to have it for the summer. Jack had agreed to buy it for her after having a particularly bad argument with his father about how he had to "get his life together" and "be more like Jason". He didn't want Ella to get drunk enough to hurt herself, only to a point where she'd be a problem for Jason.

Jack wasn't sure if he shouldn't have mentioned that he had been buying alcohol for Ella to Sarah, but he knew that she didn't get along well with Lyla, so she probably wouldn't mention it to her. Although Lyla also drank underage, Jack knew that she didn't approve of Ella following in her footsteps so he played dumb whenever Lyla talked about Ella getting alcohol for the parties that she and her friends went to. "Don't mention this to Lyla," he said, grabbing a sweatshirt from his closet and wrapping it around the bottle and handing it to Sarah, knowing that it would be a good enough cover up to transport the bottle a few feet away to her own room, in the unlikely chance that she would run into Alexandra or Jason. "Save some of it for Saturday, though. We're hosting... a few people... for 4th of July, but keep that on the down low."

He could hear Will shouting about the nannies being there and grinned when his younger brother described them as being hot. "Well, that's my cue," he said as he headed towards the door. "By the way, tell your make out partner that he can take his pot back," he said, tilting his head towards where it lay on his bed before passing Sarah and going downstairs.

Will was right, the two girls that were standing in front of him surely were hot. It didn't surprise Jack that Jason was already there, ready to show off and act like he was the head of the house. "I'm Jack," he said, flashing them a smile before Ella piped up about wanting to go swimming. Madison offered to take her once she met the rest of the kids, and although Jack wouldn't be the one to object to seeing her in a bikini, he turned to Ella and said, "I think Sarah wanted to ask you about something she wanted to borrow from you. Clothes or something. She's upstairs." He figured that it would be better to let Sarah portion out Ella's part of the vodka now, when Jason was busy assisting the nannies, than to try to do it later once everything calmed down. He just hoped that Ella would go along with it.

Sarah wasn't surprised when Jack mentioned getting alcohol for Ella, nor was she very mad about it. She wasn't going to tell Jason or anyone else about it either, and she was quite surprised that Jack had actually told her he buys it for Ella.

She grabbed the bottle from him, and she grabbed the bag of weed, leaving Jack's room. She hid the bottle under her bed, and she hid the bag of weed under her bed as well. She figured Alexandra might still be in Alexander's room, so she wasn't going to risk her finding out that it actually was Alexander's. She would just give it to him later.

Sarah slipped on a pair of shoes, and she went outside, where she saw Will on his dirt bike. She waved to him, getting his attention.

"Can I ride too?" she asked him quite loudly, making sure he could hear her over the sound of the engine.

Alexandra had a feeling that Jack was lying, but why? It would hardly benefit him. Would it? She shook her head, a headache coming on from the stress of trying to figure out her twin's intentions. Not wanting to waste her entire day on it, she looked back to Alexander.

"I'll be keeping an eye on you." Was all she said before leaving the room and heading to her bedroom. Done with the confusing detour that she had taken, she entered her bedroom and got back on task. She took a five minute shower, as she always did after a morning work out. Alex then dried her hair, deciding to leave it down since it was a lazy day and there wasn't much point in spending time on it.

Outfit-wise, she decided on her white skirt with her black and white skull top with three quater-length sleeves. Feeling refreshed and ready for the day that had already been so hectic, she left her room and returned downstairs. She'd heard that the nannies were here and was sad that she hadn't been able to greet them when they came in but wasn't too bothered since she was sure Jason or Ella introduced them to the others who probably wouldn't care as much.

Downstairs she found Jason, Ella and Jack with two women who she assumed were the nannies. She approached them with a welcoming smile and light wave. Alex gave Jack a warning look, telling him to not dare to try and sleep with the nannies. She knew it was unlikely to have any effect, considering the amount of times she told him to not get involved with her friends but he did anyway. Putting the bad memories of losing her friends aside, she waited to introduce herself as she could see the nannies were going to be quite overwhelmed by it all.

Will revved the engine two more times and right before he was about to take off Sarah came outside. She wanted to ride on his bike. Well of course what girl doesn't want to ride on it. "Sure, come on." Once she was on and wearing a helmet, he revved the engine again and then let go of the break. He suddenly did the classic action movie of doing a slight wheelie for a second, then his front tire hit the Garage floor's concrete and he zipped into the house.

Will was pretty good with handling his bike so he drove the rooms downstairs one by one until he finally reached the front hall. He honked his horn so that His sister, brother, Sarah's sister, brother, and the two nannies, could all move out of the way in time for him to swerve through them into the kitchen. He neared the back door (which he had opened when he thought of this plan) then flew through it.

Once outside, Will drove to the front yard and onto the street. He accelerated and took off heading towards the Motocross track.

Sarah let out a squeal as they rode, and she wrapped her arms tightly around Will's waist, as if her life depended on it. Once they were out of the house, Sarah loosened her grip slightly, making sure she wasn't suffocating the poor guy, and she giggled slightly as they rode on the dirt bike. Needless to say, she was having fun.

She liked the feeling of her arms being around Will, but at the same time it was weird. She was used to having her arms around Alexander, her boyfriend, and it felt wrong to embrace Will, but she was afraid that if she left go of him, she'd fall off.

Sarah felt bad for liking the feeling of being close to Will, but she felt safe with him for some reason. Kind of how she felt secure when she was with Alexander, but this was a bit different. She had always been able to be herself around Will, but not around Alexander, and Sarah figured that's why she felt so safe with Will. It couldn't be because she liked him or anything. He was practically her brother, plus she was dating his brother.

She shook her head, trying to clear her mind of those thoughts, and began enjoying the ride again. Sarah let out a small laugh, completely enjoying the ride.