The five hour flight seemed to last a lifetime. Nobody wanted to go back home. Going back to the same old bullshit. Their mom favoring one child and shunning the other four. At least when they lived with their aunt and uncle each of them was given some sort of attention.

The wheels from the airplane hit the ground and made their forward direction down the runway. Finally, the plane had stopped.

Once they all found each other at the front of the plane they all walked out together. "Hello, Cali." Zacky groaned, pulling his luggage.

AJ looked around for her mom. "She should be here."

"Late as always." Matt assumed.

They looked around and spotted a short, paleish, woman waving at them. "Found her." Jimmy informed.

"Whoopty fuckin Doo." Syn unenthusiastically cheered.

Amy ran up to them and hugged AJ, "Sweetie, I missed you so much! I was supposed to bring you back before school started but I wasn't ready for you to come back yet."

"You could have at least called." AJ told her mom. "I tried texting and calling numerous times and you ignored my messages. You even hung up on me when we needed you." she began getting loud.

" I know. And I'm sorry."

AJ rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms. "Fine. I forgive you."

"C'mon AJ, let's go home." she smiled, putting her arm around her daughter.

"And we're back to being ignored." Zacky rolled his eyes too, following behind his sister and mom.

Amy turned around to face her sons, "It's nice seeing you boys too." she smiled, but wasn't as excited to see them them like how she was with AJ.
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-Home-

Everybody dropped their bags on the floor the moment they walked back into the house. "Doesn't it feel great to be back home?"

"Sure." they lied.

Amy skipped over to the couch. "Sit down you guys. Tell me how it was living with my sister. Did you have a terrible time like I said you would?"

Matt flopped down on the other sofa, "No, actually. We had the time of our lives. But thanks for asking." he proclaimed sarcastically.

Amy narrowed her eyes at her step son, "Anyways, what about the rest of you."

Jimmy laid down on the red carpet floor, "It was good. Made a few friends."

"Yeah." Zacky sat beside his mom, "I had a girlfriend." he paused, "That I ended up having to leave."

Synyster stood stiffly, leaning on the doorframe, "Same. It really sucked how we had to go." he emphasized on the word 'go'.

"Well my sister wasn't your mom so you had to come back."

"She was a better mom to us then you ever were." Syn mumbled, as he walked into the kitchen.

"You mind saying that louder?" Amy shouted.

"No cuz you heard me."

Amy squinted her eyes, "Hm, with attitudes like that I find it hard to believe that you boys actually had girlfriends."

Matt blocked his step mom out and started texting on his phone. Gosh, he just couldn't stand the sound of her voice anymore, it was driving him crazy.

"What about you, honey? Did you have a boyfriend?"

AJ got sad when she thought about Dean, "Yeah I did."

"That's a shock."

AJ tilted her head, "What do you mean?"

"I just thought your brothers would have ruined it for you like how they did with your old flame, Phil."

Matt rolled his eyes.

"Well... yeah they were still protective of me but we worked things out." AJ defended. She purposely left the details about them beating Dean up for obvious reason. "I also made a few friends. The guys girlfriends were really nice to me too."

"That's good." she smiled. Amy looked at Matt and saw how he didn't want to join the conversation. Even though she didn't bother including the boys in it or cared about what they had to say. "Can you please put your phone away? It's rude to do that when I'm talking to you guys."

Matt put his phone on his lap, "You guys? Or just AJ? Cuz since the airport you've treated the rest of us like we're invisible."

"Well," she stood up, flattening her small black dress, "I didn't know you actually wanted me to acknowledge you considering you hate me."

Matt scoffed, rubbing his hand over his forehead, "And then you play the victim card. Why do you always do that?"

"I'm going to go start dinner."

"Want me to help?" Jimmy offered, wanting to stay on his moms good side.

"No, no. It's fine." She disappeared into the kitchen.

"I'm getting sick of her shit." Matt admitted going back to his phone.

"Just calm down." Zacky counseled. "Arguing with mom isn't going to get you any where. I thought you'd figure that out by now."

He groaned, throwing his head back, "I swear, when I turn 18 I'm getting THE FUCK OUT OF THIS HOUSE!"

"You act like I'm going to stop you." Amy called out from the kitchen.

Matt was about to storm in there and tell her off until AJ stepped in his way. "Go sit down."

"Get out of the way, AJ."

"No." she stood her ground. "Try getting along with her and maybe she'll treat you right."

"Fuck that."

"You are so stubborn. I know you don't like it here." she then whispered, "None of us do. But at least make the best of it."

"That's easy for you to say. Cuz you don't have a kid on the way."

"And that's my fault? Maybe you should have thought twice before knocking someone up if you didn't want to deal with the outcome."

"Deal with the outcome?" he repeated, "I was dealing with it. Then this had to happen."

"You don't see me throwing a hissy fit about leaving Dean. You don't see Jimmy, Zacky, or Syn pissing and moaning about leaving their girlfriends. We'll figure a way to leave here. So put on your big boy pants and stop acting like you're the only one that left someone you cared about!"

For once in his life Matt was at a loss of words. "Okay." he nodded, "My bad."

"Dinners ready!" Amy set the plates on the living room table. She sat down waiting for her kids to join her. AJ of course, took the seat beside Amy because her brothers refused to be next to her.

You were almost able to feel all of the building tension. AJ kicked Matt in the leg from under the table, trying to get him to be nice to their mom.

"Hey, mom." Matt tried getting her attention.

"What?" She answered.

"I got a girl pregnant." He admitted.

AJ smacked her forehead while Jimmy choked on his soda. "Excuse me?!" Amy blurted in shock.

"Yeah. I found out about a week ago." he continued to act like it was a casual conversation. "You're going to be a grandma! How great is that?"

"AJ." she turned to her daughter, "You're the only one I can trust. Is he telling the truth?"

"Oh you bet. You should have seen his girlfriend. She looked like crap when we left. It's sad though cuz I think she actually really loved Matt. Too bad she won't ever be able to see him again." AJ winked at Matt, implying that she had a plan. The rest of the boys knew what she was trying to do so they decided to help.

Matt pretended to cry, "You have no idea how hurt I am. I'm not going to ever be able to see my child. I don't see how I can go on with life. Might as well live here forever."

Zacky put his fork down and put his hand on Matt's shoulder, "It's alright man. I'm sure mom won't have a problem with supporting you for the rest of your life."

Syn jumped in, "It'll be okay. If you stay here forever I will be right by your side."

"I can't leave my brothers." AJ pouted, "I'm staying too. Screw moving out!"

"Hell, If you guys are staying then I'm not going anywhere either." Jimmy added, "It could be fun. Mom would still be paying for what we need so we don't even have to get jobs!"

Amy's eyes grew larger every time the boys said something about living with her forever. She wanted them to move out eventually. A time lapse went through her head as she imagined being an old lady and still having to take care of her full grown, unemployed, lazy, children.

"That sounds like a great plan! Right mom?" AJ smiled widely. "We'd all be together until the end!"

Amy stood up slowly, holding her dizzy head. She briskly walked to the kitchen sink and turned the water on to wash her face. Amy turned around after drying her face and her eyes were locked onto her 5kids. She felt her eyes getting heavy and then collapsed onto the floor.

Everybody hovered over her, "You think that worked?" Matt asked, staring down at his passed out mother.

"Oh yeah." AJ fist bumped him, "It totally worked."