As I close the door I think back to his words, "I know she likes you as a friend and maybe more."

Maybe I have some thinking to do. I know I like Spencer but knowing she likes me back puts everything in a completely different perspective.

I sigh and go check on my angels once more before heading to my room where the box Arin chose is staring at me on the bed.

Hmmm maybe I'm not so tired after all

I grab the box and turn on some soft music and head to the bathroom

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*RING*

Someone obviously has a death wish

Ugh

It's seven in the morning and I feel like I literally just closed my eyes

The call was about a difficult consultant and I unfortunately have to go in to work for a few hours

One of the responsibilities in being the boss

Oh joy!

I know Arin and Addison will kill me if I try to wake them up before noon so I set an alarm for a few hours later and close my eyes once again.

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She's going to kill me but I'm her favorite so I'll take my chances

I grab my phone, dialing the now familiar number and the beautiful but sleepy voice on the other line brings a smile to my face.

"Good morning beautiful," I get a grunt of acknowledgement

"I have a huge favor to ask of you and I'm hoping since you're still fairly sleepy you will say yes without fully comprehending what I'm about to ask." I pause to see if she will protest but all I hear is a soft hum on her end. "So here goes, I have to go to work in a little bit for a couple of hours and since you and Glen kept my darling little angels up half the night I thought I'd trap you into watching them for me so I don't have to draaaag them out of bed and get them ready to go to the center and-"

"OMG! ASHLEY DAVIES IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE HELL UP. Its 10am dammit. I don't know whether to laugh or scream at you for waking me up to that. I mean yes I thought it was a pleasant wake-up call until you went into that nonsense of a rant that has now confused the hell out of me. YES YES YES I will watch them just so I can get you off my freaking phone."

I blush even though she can't see me and offer a meek little 'thank you' and we get off the phone with plans for her to be here at 12:30.

A hot shower, flat ironed hair, and a thrown together casual outfit of slacks/blouse combo later and there is a knock on the door with Spencer behind it and me zooming past her not soon after, leaving a list of numbers and allergies for the kids.

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Spencer's POV

I lock up the apartment and wait for Glen to come back from picking up breakfast because there was no way in hell I was about to look for pots and pans in Ashley's massive kitchen.

I check on Arin who looks like she's starting to rise, then Addison who is bouncing in his caged bed watching the program playing on his TV.

He turns at my shuffling feet and gives me an almost toothy grin and reaches for me excitedly

I grab him and pull him to my chest and give him a face full of morning (but really afternoon) kisses, which he loves and giggles his response.

We walk back towards his sister's door and surprise her with some afternoon loving as well.

Right when the laughter begins Glen shows up with our chow and we race to the dining room table

We all devour our meals and wash up and play the rest of the afternoon away

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2 hours later

I swear I'm child on the inside even if my body says otherwise cuz I still can't breathe after crawling through a maze that was made for no one over the age of ten. So imagine attempting it in your twenties, it's a fucking chore. I didn't think I was going to see the light at the end of the tunnel (literally.) Whoever designed this damn thing must have children that they wanted to keep occupied for a WHILE because it took all of us nearly an hour to build and conquer it.

So when Ashley arrives home we are sprawled out everywhere from our adventures of Dora and Diego and the tunnel of Forever-land.

To say she was amused is one way to put it

She just shakes her head and steps over each of us to her room returning in sweats and a tank top.

I admit to letting my eyes follow her and linger on her ass as she walked into the kitchen where I could see her filling sippy cups.

She hands Arin and Addison each a cup and Glen and I get a bottle of water which we all take thankfully and gulp it down.

After a beat Ashley quirks and eyebrow at the state of her living room and hallway, "soooooo I take it you had a good time kiddos?"

A round of yes's and giggles fill the room (including Glen being the loudest)

I can see Ashley in the corner of my eye watching me finish off the rest of my water. Her eyes traveled way too slowly across my body just now and I might be a little turned on at the moment. She catches herself and rolls her eyes at my smirk when she meets my eyes. "Remind me to never let you babysit last minute ever again. That toy was put up that high in the closet for a reason. I vowed to NEVER try that again. I see you got played by these two"

I shoot a playful glare at Arin who is giving me the biggest grin ever.

"Ugh, see Ash, how can I be mad at that face?! Lookit!" I say pointing at her daughter. "She tricked me." I throw a pout into the mix not really knowing what it's going to help but it's worth a try.

"Aww well poor you." She grabs my chin and shakes it back and forth. "Now you get to clean it up cuz I'm not going near that thing. Their dad was the only one who could ever get that contraption put up."

After she realizes what she says it's like time stands still for all of us

Well for her and I anyway

This is the first mention of their dad she's ever said to me