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"hey baby. do you wanna hang today? i have an off day." cole asked through the phone.

"sorry babe. i have to take care of my younger siblings all day." you frowned.

oh how you wish they could be left alone right now, but your 7 younger siblings needed someone to look after them.

"oh okay baby, i'll see you soon then." he said.

"of course. i love you."

"i love you too."

you thought soon meant like a few days, not him coming over to your house with a bunch of coloring books and little puzzles for them.

"coley, what are you doing here?" you asked with your 1 year old brother in your arms.

"i came to help you take care of your brothers and sisters." he said with his signature smile on his face.

you smiled and gave him a quick kiss, "thank you."

he took hold of some of the younger children by having them all come over and pick a page out of a coloring book.

"hi haley baby. i didn't even really get to say hi to you." cole said and kissed your forehead.

"it's because it's quite chaotic in here." you giggled and hugged him.

after a while of tranquility from the younger kids and the older kids watching a movie in the living room, it all had to end.

"cole! haley! we're hungry!" they all complained.

you groaned and put your head in your hands, "how do mom and dad do this?"

cole put a comforting hand on your back, "i'll help you babe. what are we planning on making?"

"what do you guys want?" you asked.

they all yelled out chicken nuggets and you pulled out the bag from the freezer.

"well this should be easy enough then." you smiled.

sure the cooking of them was easy, but getting everyone to cooperate wasn't. dinner turned into practically a full on food fight.

cole cleaned it all up when they were done and went to put the one year old down for bed time.

you called out that it was bath time and all your siblings groaned, but a few of them went on to take a shower or a bath.

cole had put down the youngest and moved to set out all the younger kids pajamas so it would be easy to slip on.

"baby, do they want a story?" cole asked.

you nodded, "sure. the younger kids will like it." she smiled and gave him a kiss before rushing off to help someone that called.

you called everyone that wanted to into the living room for a story time. cole had picked one of his favorite books from when he was a child.

"the end." he finished after a while and all the kiddos looked pretty sleepy.

"bed time guys." cole said and picked up two of the kids that wanted to be held.

the rest of them began to make their way to their rooms. you tucked a few of the kids in before going into the living room and collapsing on the couch.

you noticed that cole was taking really long to join you in the living room to cuddle.

you went and looked do him and found him asleep next to your 6 year old sister.

you giggled and took a picture.

you heard the front door click open and went to greet your parents.

they were surprised by a quiet and clean house.

"good job haley. thank you so much sweetheart." your mother said and hugged you.

you nodded and they looked in all the rooms. they chuckled when they made it to the room

where cole was.

"he was my saving grace today." you chuckled quietly.

"he seems very comfortable. you picked a good one haley." your dad said before kissing your head and going go bed.

you smiled.

you did pick a good one.