1 CHAPTER ONE

"Hey thwat's my toy!"

"No! Thwis is mwine!"

"It's mwine! It's my twain!"

"No! Mwine!"

"Uwaaaaaah!"

"Give it bwack!"

"Nevew!"

"Uwaaaaaaaah!"

"Shut it you brats!"

"Daddy!"

Groaning in annoyance, Owen sat up from the couch, feeling groggy. He was so tired from all the works he has done all around the house and a nap would've been nice but even that was taken away from him.

Rubbing his eyes, he stifled a yawn and checked the time on his newly bought carrot themed wall clock, it read half an hour passed four in the afternoon. A tired sigh escape his lips as he stood up and went to the crib where a cute chubby baby lay awake, wailing from being abruptly awoken by his older brothers.

Owen carefully lifted the baby and gently cradled him in his arms, softly swaying side to side until the baby's cries died down to nothing but soft mewls and whines.

The sound of his other sons still arguing emitted another sigh from Owen as he went to where his other boys are, he found them seconds later by the kitchen.

His two little boys sat by the kitchen doorway, still fighting over the toy train while the babysitter sat by the kitchen island, eyes glued to his Laptop with music blasting on his headphones. He's really not the babysitter but was supposed to be helping Owen with the kids because the man hasn’t found the time to find an actual babysitter.

"Sammy, Sebbie, Stop fighting please" He said in a calm tone and the boys listened to him without complain, both letting go of the toy train with adorable pouts on their faces.

"What did I tell you about sharing?"

The two little boys looks down on their lap in shame, the younger of the two boys trying his best to answer his father.

"To divide somethwing into pwarts and each twake or use a pwart, mweaning thwat if Sammy is pwaying with my toy, I will let him and if I want to pway thwat I will asked him nicely."

Owen carefully crouch down to the boys' level, lovingly ruffling each boys' hair, smiling softly at them. He takes the toy train and hands it to the younger of the two. Sebastian or Sebbie for short.

Sebbie's eyes adorably lit up and gave his father a wide bright smile as he takes the toy train with his chubby hands, he was about to play with it when he noticed his older brother eyeing the toy with a pout.

Sebbie sighed, stared at the toy in his hand then at his older brother and then came up with a great idea. He gave the toy train to his older brother who looked surprised at the gesture but Sebbie just beamed at him and took him by the hand.

"How about we pway togethwer Sammy? You be choo choo twain and I be the powice caw, let’s go?"

Samuel or Sammy for short, brightens with a smile as he eagerly nodded his head. The two little boys excitedly got on their little feet, giving their dad kisses on both cheeks before running off to their bedroom, their adorable laughter filling the quiet house.

Owen sighed, satisfied at how things turned out. He carefully stood back up, the baby in his arms now taking interest on the silver chain of his necklace. He walked into the kitchen and casually pulls one of the earplugs from his friend's son's ear who immediately whined in annoyance but when he realizes it was his uncle, Owen, his whines turned to a small pout before smiling softly towards the drooling baby.

The still drooling baby reached his stubby arms towards him and the teen was more than willing to take the baby and carefully sat him on his lap, softly bouncing his knees making the baby smile and giggle adorably.

Owen gave the baby a soft tap on the nose before leaving to the kitchen to start making dinner while the teen made the baby face his Laptop, changing the movie he was watching to the children cartoons he downloaded mainly for the two little boys but is friendly and entertaining enough for the baby also.

As dinner was being made, a doorbell was heard. Owen stops chopping carrots, messily wipes his hands on the dishcloth and was about to leave the kitchen to answer the door when Ezra stands up, hands him the baby and went instead.

The teen or Ezra, with slight annoyance plastered on his face, practically swung the door open and was greeted by another boy who looks to be at the same age as him. The boy's smile was so bright and wide that his eyes have almost disappeared, his smile and chubby cheeks reminded Ezra of a hamster.

A wild one.

"Hi! My name's Luca and they are my brothers Maverick and Diego, we are your new neighbors!"

Just then, Ezra noticed two little kids standing closely behind the boy named Luca, one with a smile comparable to a puppy because of his cute canine teeth while the other just shyly looks down on his feet.

"Shortie who was it-oh hello there." Owen appeared behind Ezra and smiled upon noticing their guests.

"They are your new neighbors. This wild hamster looking one is called a Luca. The cute dog behind him is Maverick while the shy awkward bean standing next to the dog is Diego." Ezra said.

Owen couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed and annoyed of the teen's ways with words, ever so inappropriate and often rude. It’s still a wonder to him where the teen got that kind of attitude, maybe his mother because Owen is sure as hell it did not came from his father, Owen’s best friend, Joshua. Joshua is an angel-like person while his son acts like the devil......sometimes.

"Well do come in, I've just prepared dinner." Owen offered in a way of making it up for Ezra’s rudeness earlier.

Luca, though appreciative of the invite, shakes his head and politely declined. "We would love to Mister but we promised our dad we won't take long. We just wanted to meet you, that's all. Maybe next time Mister."

Owen nodded in understanding. "Okay then, Just be careful on your way home okay?"

Maverick and Diego takes a hold of their older brother's hands as Luca thanked the older male with a smile. "We will Mister, Thank you."

And the brothers were off, they walk down the stone path. The two little boys giggling as they swing their hands together and practically bounce their way to their house which was the house next to Owen's.

"They're lovely, aren't they?" Owen commented as the short teen closed the door behind him and he didn't see the way Ezra scrunch his nose in distaste.

"I bet they're secretly brats too" the small teen said causing Owen to stop walking and turned around to face him.

"Ezzie that's not nice to say to people you barely know." Owen said with a slight stern on his voice.

The small teen just rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "Whatever" then he walk pass the older male and went down the hallway to the guestroom where he had been staying.

"Don't forget to call the boys! It's almost dinner time!"

But Owen didn't get a response from the short teen, instead small pitter patter of feet were heard and familiar giggles followed after. Soon two little kids came running to Owen.

Owen smiled lovingly towards his two little boys, both looking adorable with chubby cheeks flushed red and toothed smile. "You guys hungry?"

The two little boys eagerly nodded their heads and ran to the kitchen with their loud giggles filling the quiet house.