-After practice and before dinner because I promise you me writing out practice drills and whistle noises would bore you to tears and this next part is hilarious-

Morgan's POV

"Um Jay?" I question tilting my head to the side. She is standing on a chair, which is on top of the desk, getting something out of the ceiling. "Whatcha doing up there?"

"Nothing."

"Mhm." I hum unconvinced. The chair bobbles so I quickly grab it to steady her. "Why the hell are you on a chair Julie? You're going to kill yourself."

"Nah." she says cooly. "Oops."

"Wha-" A hard tile falls on my head. I slowly lift my head up and see Julie's apologetic smile smiling down at me.

"Can you pass that back up?" she nervously ask reaching her hand down. I glare at her but give it to her. "Thanks." She puts it back in place and then jumps down with a small bag in her hand. What the heck? She opens the bag and pours seven Hershey Kisses and three of the individually wrapped Sour Punch Straws out into her palm.

"You had candy in the ceiling?" I question jumping at her to get some. "When did you get it up there?" I ask as she puts two Kisses in my hand.

"When you were with Kling." she replies while opening a Sour Straw. "I didn't want Mama to find my stash."

"What about Dawn?"

She shrugs nonchalantly, "Mama's worse." She's got a point. Dawn can only do so much while Carli, if she's anything like my Daddy, she can do a lot more damage. "I also didn't want you eating it all." I roll my eyes. I wouldn't have eaten ALL of it. Just most it. Knock! Knock! Julie and I lock eyes immediately. She shoves the remaining candy down in the bag and tosses it to me. Knock! Knock! Knock! "Go hide it!" she whispers panic obvious in her voice.

"What?" I ask looking down at it. "Why me? It's yours!" I throw it back nervously. Knock! Knock!

"Guys open up already! It's just Crystal!" JJ and I audibly let out a breath of relief. I squeak the door open and pier into the hallway to see if anyone else is walking by. You would be amazed at this teams sugar sense. "What are you-" I yank Crystal into the room and slam the door. "What are you two up too?" she questions in an accusing tone. Julie widens her eyes at me and I shrug not sure what to do. "I know you're hiding something."

"What would we be hiding?" nervously laughs Julie. 

"You have," Crystal pauses a second and sniffs the air. Her eyes get big and crazy. "You have candy." She looks around for it and her eyes land on the clear Zip Lock bag on the desk behind me. "Give me some." she demands. I glance over at JJ to see what she thinks. She nods giving me permission so I give Crys one Kiss and a Sour Straw. "Really? That's it."

"We only have a little bit left!" I explain showing  her the pile on the desk. 

"Fi-" Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Moe open up!" yells a voice from the hallway. "It's Tobin!" 

Julie's POV

"Shit." mutters Morgan. "What the hell do we do with this?" she demands in a hushed but hard voice. 

"Um just um-" I stutter not sure. I look over at Crystal. She sighs before grabbing it all in her hand and running to the bathroom. She hides behind the shower curtain and Moe goes for the door. 

"Hey Tobs." she smiles letting her in. "What's up?" Tobin looks at her suspiciously before looking at me. She smirks and then looks back at Morgan.

"Moe what are you up to?" asks Tobin crossing her arms and leaning against the door frame. 

"Nothing."

Tobin nods and turns back to me, "JJ what's going on in here?"

"N-nothing." I mumble looking anywhere but her eyes. 

"Are you sure?"

"Y-Yeah Toby." I sheepishly smile. "We're not doing anything."

"Then who's in the bathroom?" she questions cooly.

My eyes widen, "Wha-How did you-"

"I didn't." she smiles big. She moves around me and comes out with Crystal in front of her looking down guiltily. "What's in your hands Dunn?" Crystal stays silent and keeps her eyes trained downward. "Don't make me have to take it from you." 

"I don't have anything Tobin." she says shakily. 

"Mhm." hums T reaching down and gently taking the candy from her hands. "Lying is wrong you guys-" She stops mid lecture as she realises what she's holding. "How?" is her only question. Morgan and Crystal look at me. 

"I-I hid it in the ceiling." I say nervously. I rub the back of my leg with my other foot and stare blankly at the older girl trying to figure out what she's thinking. Her face changes from confusion to pure admiration. 

"May I have a piece?" she asks sweetly. "I haven't had sugar in a while." My nerves wash away and I nod. "Thanks Julie." She takes a Kiss and hands me back the rest. "How'd you get this past Carl?"

"Very very sneakily." I say with a small laugh. Everyone else joins in and after a minute another knock sounds and we all get quiet. I quickly tuck the remaining candy under my pillow before going and answering the door. Moe and I are popular tonight. "Oh hey Mama." I greet and give her a small side hug. "Is it time to take Bubbles back?" 

"Yeah baby it's time." I sigh sadly but nod. I carefully pick up his little cup and look at him. "C'mon honey. See you later guys." She waves to everybody and tucks me under her arm leading me into the hallway. Bubbles was fun while he lasted.

Tobin's POV

"Well the candy was nice but that wasn't why I came in her Morgz." I say looking at the younger girl. She looks up at me confused. "We need to talk about next week."

"Oh okay." she nods jumping onto her bed. "What about it?"

"I'm going to be with Alex." annonces Crystal leaving the room. "Byeeeee!"

"So you know you're going with A-Rod right? Cheney is going to meet you guys there." I reiterate sitting down in the chair.

"I thought you were coming?" she says with a sad look on her face. 

"Portland needs me for some promo stuff." I explain. "Don't make that face babe. I already feel bad enough." She makes an even sadder one and turns away from me. "Laur's going to take you to the zoo when you go to NOLA. You can go see the flamingos and send me lots and lots of pictures." 

"Alright." she pouts rolling back over to face me. "Me and Ry will take over the aliens without you." I stare at her for a second having to process it before bursting out into laughter. She's crazy. 

"C'mere MoMo." I chuckle walking over and wrapping her in a hug. "I love you silly."

"I love you too Toby!"

Christen's POV

"Hey Chris?" calls Mal from her spot in front of her fish bowl.

"Hey Mal?" I mock reading my emails. 

"Do you think I can teach him tricks?" I look up and raise my eyebrow towards the teen even though she can't see me. 

"Your fish?" I question just to clarify.

"Yeah." she replies turning around to me. "Do you think he can swim through hoops and stuff?" 

"Um I don't know. He just a fish though Mal. I don't think he can-" She pulls out her phone and types something into it before lighting up. 

"He can do tricks! WikiHow says so!" she cheers. "Press do you have a black or red pen?" I look around me for one while she looks in her backpack. "Never mind! Got one!" She turns back around and starts to mess with Swimmy so I go back to answering all my trillion emails. I swear my inbox is never not full. I read through ESPN's message about the body issue and groan. That is not my favorite thing to do but it'll be a good message about body image so I guess I'll give it a go. I respond to that and then move on to a Gatorade one. Oh Nike, Nike, Nike, some random newspaper, more Nike, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, ooooh Disney! That's a new one! "Chris look!" 

"Huh?" I wonder getting pulled back into reality. I look around the room before landing on Mallory. "What?"

"Swimmy can do a trick!" she declares moving to the side. "Come watch!" I smile fondly at her and get up to go see what she's talking about. "Alright so when you take this pen," she explains putting the pen up in front of the plastic, "he flares up." I watch intensly as Swimmy slowly circles around in his jar with his mouth wide open. "C'mon c'mon." quietly encourages Mal slightly shaking the pen. Finally his little fins puff out and Mal gets this smug little grin on her face. 

"Good job munchkin!" I praise ruffling her hair making her giggle. "I bet that took a lot of patience. I'm proud of you."

"Thanks Chrissy! I'm going to teach him to eat from my hand next!" 

Hope's POV

Carli and Julie walk through the door so I look up from my book and softly smile at them. Jules looks a little sad but I think she'll be okay. She only had that fish for about a day. "Hey Mom." she forces a smile on her face and gives me a hug. She sits on the edge of Carli's bed and looks down at her feet.

"Hey love. Are you alright?" I ask looking at her over my glasses. I take them off and set them on the nightstand as she shakes her head no. "Baby come lay with Mommy." I direct holding my arms out. She dives into my embrace, straddling me, and lays her head on my shoulder. She stays silent and holds onto me. I hear Carli leave the room to give us a little time alone. 

"Where's Papa?" wonders JJ muffled by my shirt. 

"He's out with some of his friends that live here." I tell her and kiss her temple.

"He has friends?" she asks sitting up and sounding genuinely confused. I give her a little look and roll my eyes.

"Yes honey he has friends." She purses her lips not believing me. "Well technically they were my friends first, but when we got married they became his too." 

"Why didn't you go with him?" she questions now playing with the ends of my hair. I think that's her favorite thing to do. I need to get Carli or someone to take a picture of her doing it because it's precious. 

"Because I wanted to stay with you." I tell her leaning up to kiss her forehead. "I've missed my time with my snuggle bug." I reach forward and tickle her tummy making her laugh. 

"Mommy stop!" she shrieks giggling hard. She falls next to me and cuddles up to my shoulder. I pull the blankets out from under her and replace them on top of her. 

"Babe do you remember the first time we hugged?" I ask in a soft tone. She shakes her head no and closes her eyes. "The first time you jumped in my arms you snuggled your way into my heart." I kiss her forehead and softly hum a tune. I'm so glad she chose me, loves me, and allows me to be her Mom. She's my little angel and I can't imagine life without her now that I've been with her for so long.