Elizabeth finally came back to New York from Los Angeles.
Harley got home from hanging out with his friends. He thought it would be a better idea to stay home and help clean up the apartment so Elizabeth can come home to a clean apartment.
Lexi, Harley, and Peter began cleaning the apartment in the morning. Lexi told the brothers each specifically what to do. Peter was responsible to clean the bathrooms and Harley had to do the laundry and clean the kitchen. Lexi cleaned the living room and her and Elizabeth's office.
James came over with coffee and helped the trio clean the apartment. He helped Harley with the kitchen and laundry.
As the two were pulled out the clothes out of the washer to put in the dryer, Harley's phone began ringing.
"It's Mom!" Harley exclaimed, excitedly.
James looked up and a smile appeared on his face.
Harley quickly answered the phone.
"Hello? Mom?" Harley said.
"Hey, Harley," Elizabeth greeted her son.
"Are you at the airport?" Harley asked.
"Yeah, I just checked in and went through security," Elizabeth said.
"Oh, good," Harley smiled. "James is here. You're on speaker phone."
"Hello, Liz," James said, smiling.
"Oh, hi, James," Elizabeth said. "You're the apartment?"
"Yeah," James said.
"He's helping us clean the apartment," Harley informed his mother.
"Oh, really?" Elizabeth said, surprised. "You don't have to."
"No, it's fine," James said. "It's fine."
"Oh, James," Elizabeth said.
"When do you land, Mom?" Harley changed the subject.
James put the wet clothes in the dryer.
"I land tonight at six," Elizabeth said.
"Do you need a ride?" James offered.
"Actually, yeah," Elizabeth said.
"We can pick you up," James said.
"Thank you!" Elizabeth said. "Where are Peter and Lexi?"
"Um, Peter is cleaning your bathroom and Lexi is cleaning the living room," Harley said. "Hold on."
Harley left the laundry room and James followed him.
"Lexi, Mom's on the phone!" Harley said over the sound of the vacuum.
"What?" Lexi said.
She turned off the vacuum.
"Mom," Harley repeated, "she's on the phone."
"She is?" Lexi said.
"Hi, Lexi," Elizabeth greeted.
"Hey," Lexi said.
Harley extended his hand towards Lexi as she abandoned the vacuum and walked over to Harley.
"Where are you?" Lexi asked.
Harley looked behind him to see James gone.
He looked towards the kitchen to see James not there either.
"I'm at the airport," Elizabeth informed Lexi. "My flight will be boarding soon."
They heard on Elizabeth's side of the call her flight being called and it was boarding time.
"Where's Peter?" Elizabeth asked.
"He's here," James said.
Harley and Lexi turned their heads to see James following Peter to the living room.
"Mom?" Peter said, taking Harley's phone from Lexi.
"Hey, Pete," Elizabeth said.
"Are you coming back now?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, I am," Elizabeth said. "I'll be landing tonight."
Peter smiled and sighed in relief.
"Good," he said.
Elizabeth stayed on the phone for as long as she could, but she soon had to leave.
"Alright, I have to board the flight," Elizabeth said.
They all said goodbye to her and hung up the phone.
They returned to cleaning the apartment.
Once they were done, James and Harley went to get lunch for the four of them and came back to eat.
They ate their food and cleaned up the table again.
As they waited until it was time to pick up Elizabeth from the airport, Harley helped Peter with his new Avengers LEGO set.
Harley picked up the mini LEGO Loki up and looked up at James.
"Has anyone told you that you look like Tom Hiddleston?" Harley tilted his head.
"Really?" he laughed.
Peter looked at James and tilted his head. He pushed up his glasses and squinted his eyes.
"Huh, I see it now," Peter said.
James smiled and shook his head.
"I've gotten that a few times," James said.
Peter looked back down at his LEGO and continued to set it up.
It took Harley and Peter a while but they managed to finish it before they had to leave. They carefully took it to Peter's room and headed out of the apartment with James and Lexi to pick up Elizabeth.
The moment Elizabeth walked out, Harley and Peter instantly ran over to her to hug her.
"Mom!" they called.
"Hey," Elizabeth said, hugging them and kissing them both on their cheeks.
"How was your flight?" Peter said.
"Good," Elizabeth said.
"Are you hungry?" Harley asked.
"Actually, I am," Elizabeth said.
Harley and Peter took the suitcases from their mother.
"Boys, no," Elizabeth said.
She tried to get the suitcases from Harley and Peter, but they tightened their grips on the suitcases and refused to let her take the suitcases.
She gave in.
"Alright," Elizabeth said, "let's go."
She greeted James and Lexi and hugged them both.
Like Harley and Peter, James and Lexi took the bags she was holding onto. She refused to give it to them, assuring them that it's fine, but they wouldn't listen.
"You just got out of a six hour flight," Lexi said. "You're obviously tired."
"I'm fine," Elizabeth insisted.
"No, you're not," James shook his head.
Elizabeth sighed and she loosened her grip on her bags and James and Lexi took them from her.
They headed to parking and James and Harley put in the suitcases in the trunk of the car as Elizabeth, Lexi and Peter got into the car. Elizabeth sat in the front passenger seat and Harley, Peter and Lexi sat in the back.
James got into the driver seat and began drove out of the parking.
"Where are we going?" Elizabeth asked, noticing they're not taking the usual route.
"We're getting dinner," James informed her, glancing at her.
"Guys, I can make something at home," Elizabeth said.
They got dinner on the way back to the apartment. They ordered take out and ate their food at home.
Shortly after eating, Harley and Peter cleaned up the table as James and Lexi took Elizabeth's suitcases to her room for her.
"So," Elizabeth said, turning to her sons as they put the plates in the dishwasher, "how's school?"
"Good," Peter smiled, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"Alright," he shrugged.
"How's soccer practice, Pete?" Elizabeth asked.
"Great," Peter smiled.
Harley closed the dishwasher and turned it on to wash the dishes.
"We have a game next week on Saturday," Peter said.
"Really?" Elizabeth smiled. "You heard that, Harls, make sure you don't have anything during Peter's game."
Harley nodded. "Okay."
"Peter has a game coming up?" Lexi asked as she and James walked out of Elizabeth's bedroom.
"Yeah, Saturday," Elizabeth said.
"Ooh," Lexi said, excitedly, "you heard, Harley?"
"Yeah, I heard," Harley said, a smile appearing on his face.
"Why don't you invite a friend?" Elizabeth suggested.
"I can bring a friend?" Harley repeated.
"Yeah," Elizabeth said.
Harley looked at Peter.
Peter shrugged. "I don't care if you bring Cassie."
"How did you know I was going to ask her?"
"I don't know," he shrugged again. "She's your best friend. I just figured you were going to bring her."
Harley nodded.
"I'll ask her tomorrow," Harley said.
"What about that other kid?" Lexi said. "Uhh, what's his name? He has dark brown hair."
"Gabe?" Harley raised an eyebrow.
"Yes!" Lexi exclaimed. "Gabe. What about him?"
"I don't know," Harley shrugged. "I can ask, but who knows if he can come? Plus, I don't want to bring two friends to the game."
"Hey, it's fine," Elizabeth said. "I'm sure Peter, wouldn't mind, right?"
She looked at Peter, who nodded.
"Okay, I guess I'll ask him tomorrow," Harley said.
***
Harley woke up the following morning for school.
He got dressed and Elizabeth dropped him off at school while Lexi took Peter to school.
Harley yawned as he got out of the car with his backpack."
"Bye, Mom," Harley said as he got out of the car.
"Bye, Harley," she said. "I love you."
"Love you too," Harley said.
He closed the door and walked up to the school.
He spotted Cassie and Gabriel talking at Cassie's locker.
"Hey, guys," Harley greeted the two.
"Hey, Harley."
"Hi."
"Hey, um, my brother has a soccer game this Saturday," Harley said, "do you guys want to come?"
"What time is it?" Cassie asked.
"It's at four," Harley said.
"Yeah, sure," Gabe smiled.
"Sure," Cassie said.
Harley nodded with a small smile on his face.
"Did you get the form for the field trip signed?" Gabe asked Harley.
"Not yet," Harley shook his head. "My mom just got back from her work trip last night and I didn't want to bother her with signing a form."
"But you are coming, right?" Gabe said.
"Hopefully," Harley nodded, "if my mom agrees and signs the form."
The bell rang and the trio headed to class.