≈Miami, FL...

(5:00 p.m)

"Mummy, do we really have to do this ? " 

"Acacia, be quiet ! " Cora didn't know if it was still a good idea, but she was continuing with it. She turned to face them, "You two better behave with Kalvin this time ! If I hear something, a boarding school will be very happy to welcome you. Did you hear me ? " She warned looking at both of them with serious eyes.

They nodded their heads, "Cool. I'll come to pick you up once Kalvin doesn't need you anymore." After saying that she got out of the car. Acacia rolled her eyes and Almar sighed annoyed as they got out as well. Cora locked the doors and then they started walking towards Kalvin's building. After a couple of minutes, they were finally in front of his front door. The twins were a bit anxious though. They preferred to have the ass whooping instead of being his 'maids'. 

"Hey." Kalvin said looking at the family before him. 

"Hey. How are you ? " Cora asked politely. 

Kalvin simply shrugged, "It could be worse...And you, Cora ? " She rolled her eyes. He was being petty. 

"We are fine, thanks for caring. Uh...Well...I have to go. Call me when it's time to pick them up." Then she pointed at her children, "Behave." 

Kalvin and the twins looked her walked away and then stared at each other. It lasted five long minutes before Kalvin motioned them to enter in his condo, then he closed the door. He led them to the living room and told them to sit down on the couch and he placed himself across from them. He observed them during two minutes and then grabbed the plastic bag on the coffee table that contained two grey dungarees, two white paintboxes and brushes. He handed them the clothes.

Acacia raised her eyebrow, "What is that ? " She asked holding the dungaree like it was something disgusting. Kalvin just rolled his eyes, "And what if it's not our size ? " She kept acting like a little brat.

"Then you better not put paint on it while you're doing the job." He said smartly, "Well, Kids. Here we are again. Just three of us. And this time I'm the one who has everything under control. So I have some rules for yall. One, I give orders, you don't contest and you just do it." Acacia was about to contradict him, but he motioned for her to shut up with his hand, "Two, when I'm talking you close your damn mouth ! " The twins shared a look, that he couldn't read, but he didn't really care at this moment, "Three, if you break or burn something here, I'll do the same to your house ! Four, don't even try to play with my nerves. You were lucky the last time. Five, until six p.m you call me sir, then until seven you call me Mr.Ryans and finally until eight you call me boss or patron. Got everything in your heads or you need me to repeat ? "

"That's all ? " Almar asked believing it was a joke. 

"Yeah, but I could add more to the list." Kalvin simply answered. 

"Why can we just call you Kalvin ? And what exactly are we going to do ? And are you going to kill us at one point ? " Acacia questioned curiously.

"My friends and family call me Kalvin, you two are none of that. You don't worth going to jail. And I want yall to paint my guest room, then you'll clean the kitchen floor with the toothbrushes I have right here." He paused to show them. The kids gasped shocked, "And then you'll wash the dishes, you'll wash the sheets and make all the beds, you'll vacuum the living room, you'll clean my windows and...Do you cook ? No, wait ! I don't want to die. Better start right now." 

"That's a lot ! " Almar said whining.

"Well, you should've thought about it before to give my car away. At least, you could've sell it." 

Acacia snorted, "It's just a car ! People are starving in the world and you're worrying about your car ! You're so selfish and ugly and stupid and I don't like you ! " She said stomping her feet at the end to emphasize her point.

Kalvin let escape a dry laugh, "Good, at least we're agree on one thing. I don't like you neither ! " 

Almar sighed, "Can you two stop ?! Where can we change ? " Him, that was arguments he didn't like and had never liked. He was more of a peace maker. 

Kalvin pointed the bathroom. Almar went in it first, then his sister. Soon, they were working. They started with the housework to finish with the painting. It took them two hours and forty-five minutes to do all the chores. They were tired and wanted to go home so bad. At least with a whooping, they would already move on. Plus, it seemed like Kalvin did some mess, so it was taking longer than what it was supposed to be.

Meanwhile, Kalvin was enjoying the end of his afternoon. He took a little nap and now he was eating snacks and watching a movie. Sometimes, he checked on the twins to see if they were doing what he said. His condo looked better and smelt good. He was happy Cora had this idea. 

The twins opened the first paintbox and started to paint the walls on the guest room. Each one had two walls to paint, so it wasn't going to take them forever. After thirty minutes, they began to be hungry though. Their stomachs were making some noise indicating them that they needed some food right now. They stopped and went in the living room, "Kal-Uh..I mean...Uh...How do we have to call you now ?And we are hungry." It was 8:17 p.m.

Kalvin paused the movie and turned around, "Just boss." And then he gave them some snacks. 

"Thank you." They answered in unison and sat on the other couch. 

Kalvin looked at them, "Did you finish ? " 

They shook their heads, "No and plus we're not tall enough to paint a wall entirely." Almar answered, then took a bit of his Snickers.

Kalvin nodded his head, "Okay." Then the room filled with a silence. 

Almar cleared his throat, "Uh...So...Uh...You're really going to have...Uh...a...baby with our mummy ? "

Cora explained them the situation two days ago. Of course she didn't get into all the details, but she told them that they will have a little brother or sister in a couple of months and that the father was Kalvin.  She asked them what they thought about it and they said nothing. They didn't know how to react to this new situation. Their mother was about to have a baby, that will be their sibling and the father wasn't the same as theirs. Plus, Kalvin and their mother weren't even in a relationship. They couldn't understand everything, but they knew that they had to accept it. They didn't talk about the subject since this day, not even just between them. Actually, it was a bit hard for them to believe this.

Kalvin adjusted himself on the couch, "Uh...yeah." 

"But you're not even her boyfriend or husband..but you're having a baby together...Uh...It's complicated." Acacia commented after she swallowed, "And...you said we're not your family, but...Uh..." She continued trailing off. 

Kalvin sighed, "Listen, we're going to see and be in the company of each other a lot from now, so...Why not get all along ? " He suggested looking at them.

"Are you going to marry mummy ? " Almar asked after a moment of silence.

Kalvin almost choked on his Kit Kat, "What ?! How did we get to that ? " 

Almar shrugged, "Well...By getting all along, did you not mean becoming a family ? "

Kalvin frowned a bit, "We don't have to get married to be a fam." 

Acacia narrowed her eyes at him, "But you said we're not your family." She insisted with a little voice.

He sighed annoyed with her, "I said it when I was still angry." 

"So what ? Because you're angry, you said things like that ? " She asked folding her arms. 

"What the- Did I hurt you when I said that ? " If it was the case he wanted to apologize. 

She immediately looked away. It seemed like she felt uncomfortable all of sudden, "Nevermind, I...Uh...I have a wall to pain." And with that said, she left the living room.

Kalvin started interrogating Almar with his eyes, but the ten years old boy simply shrugged smiling weakly and left also. 

As he was about to stand up to know what was wrong with them, the doorbell rang. He frowned wondering who it could be, since he was waiting for nobody today. He opened the front door and was instantly greeted by his older sister. Kalia hugged him and then entered like she was living there too, "You're just like mom." He said shaking his head. 

"Do not compare me to her, please. I'm not crazy." She defended herself making him chuckled, "She does also have qualities though. Did you talk with her recently ? "

He nodded his head, "Yes, but we got in another argument. That situation really got out the worst side of her and it won't disappear. I want mom to be nice again." He answered being honest.

Kalia sighed and patted his back, "She'll calm down, eventually. She just...needs time to adjust herself to the new situation. She has to accept that her two little boys are men now and one has a child on its way and the other has a four years old daughter. Did you meet that little sunshine ? She's so cute ! "

"Not, yet."

Suddenly she looked around, "Wow ! What happened in here ? It's really...clean. More than usual. That's what you'd been doing all day ? " She asked a bit amazed. 

He chuckled, "You act like I'm a pig and it's always the mess. I have...little 'maids'." He responded using quotation marks. 

She raised her eyebrow in curiosity, "What ? " He took her hand and led her to the guest room where the twins were still painting, "What's going on ? " She asked after having observed them for a minute, "You're exploiting kids now ? Are you crazy ? " She hit the back of his head.

The twins laughed, "Ouch ! Damn K ! I'm not exploiting them, they're working for me. It's their punishment."

She frowned, "For what ? What are you talking about ? " Her little brother sighed and told her the entire story. At the end, Kalia couldn't breath because of her laughter, "You two are something else. Oh my ! " For some reason she couldn't stop.

Kalvin shoot her a death glare, "Glad it's making you laugh. You can go now." 

She wiped the tears away, "Sorry, lil bro. I had never heard this before. Anyways, I don't even get why you're so mad, it's just a car."

"Thank you Jesus ! " Acacia exclaimed screaming, "That's exactly what I said ! People nowadays are too materialists." 

Kalia nodded her head in agreement, "Exactly ! I liked that little girl ! You mother raised you two good. By the way, when am I going to meet Miss Cora ? " She asked looking at her young brother. 

He shrugged, "Que sera, sera." He simply answered. 

"Okay. Well, angels do you need help ? " She then asked the twins smiling. 

Kalvin snorted, "There is no angel here ! " 

She put her hands on her hips, "So, we should all paint. Take a brush, Kal ! And where is your radio at ? Like how can people live without music ? "

He shook his head and went to get his Beat speakers and then came back. Suddenly, the instrumental of September by Earth Wind and Fire started echoing in the room. Soon, the four were painting singing along with the song. Their voices were not too horrible. Then Bobby Brown's voice filled their ears and they were not working anymore, but dancing. It was battle dance time. It was girls vs boys. Kalia and Acacia changed into divas and showed their most fabulous moves acting like they were Beyoncé, Rihanna and Ciara mixed together. They were representing the Girls power to the fullest. Kalvin and Almar knew the choreography of the video from the beginning to the end, so that's what they did with a bit of Kid N' Play dance at the end. Each one was trying to do better than his sister. 

* “...No matter what your friends try to tell ya
    We were made to fall in love
    And we will be together, any kind of weather
    It's like that, it's like that..." *

After one hour, they decided to stop and Kalia to cook diner. But actually she was lazy, so she suggested to go to Taco Bell and they all agreed. Kalvin sent a message to Cora to let her know, so she could join them there. 

Fortunately for them, they were not a lot of people at this hour, so they had their food faster than they thought. It was crazy to Kalvin though. Him and the twins were actually having a decent conversation. It seemed like the recent events never happened and they had known each other since forever. They were actually nice. 

It was also strange to the twins, but they were enjoying the moment. They were laughing listening to Kalvin and Kalia sharing funny stories about their childhood, "Sounds like we're not the only bad kids here." Almar teased after he drank a little of his Cola.

Kalia grinned, "If only you knew ! The thing you did with the car was nothing compared to wh-" She couldn't finish her sentence because Kalvin suddenly had put his hand on her mouth.

"They don't need to know everything just yet. Damn ! " He said chuckling.

"Hey everybody ! " Cora greeted coming towards them, "So, how was it ? "

Acacia and Almar smiled as soon as they heard her voice, "Mummy ! " They stood up and hugged her. She beamed and kissed their foreheads. Kalvin couldn't help but watched the lovely interaction between Cora and her children. Their baby was going to receive a lot of love.

"They behave and did a good job." He answered, then noticed Kalia's look, "Oh ! Uh...Cora, this is my sister, Kalia, sista, this is Cora." He introduced them.

Cora held her hand out, "Nice to meet you."

Kalia rolled her eyes playfully, stood up and wrapped Cora in her arms, "C'mon, we're fam now. Nice to meet you too. And your children are amazing." Cora believing she was about to meet another Mrs.Donya Ryans was more than relieved. 

But if only she knew a man was stalking her since one month...

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•A/N: Oooooh ! A mystery man, who do you think is it ? Do you like Kalia ? Are yall still mad at Acacia and Almar ? What do you think about them now ? Was Kalvin too rude with the kids ?

Dedication goes to love16rayne ! Thanks for reading, voting and commenting ! I really appreciate it sweetheart muahh 💋❤

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And sorry for the mistakes.