(Disclaimer: None of this belongs to me. Except their children and mates, okay)
Thunder shook the curtains as Claudia Gray shrugged in a colorful sweater. Her husband, Alan groggily phoned his best friend, Haley Joel Osment who was now grown. "Hale….did you make our reservation?" The answer obviously satisfied Alan because he hung up. Alan was a comedian even though his childish jokes had irritated Claudia when she was younger. They kissed their twins, Feronica and Jilliby silently, their oldest child(adopted), Simona who was 15 reassured them. "Ronica and Jill will be fine, Mom. Aunt Janine is arriving in the morning and Grandma is coming next week. You'll only be gone for two weeks. It's okay!" Claudia and Alan hugged and kissed Simona with love and hurried to the garage to get on their way to Stoneybrook(from New Jersey) where Jessie's wedding would take place in a week!

"Alicia, I KNOW you were playing dress-up in Mommy's new Gucci where is it?" tall thin woman with very long blond hair and cerulean eyes yelled. The child with waist-length, very light brown curls and huge blue eyes hugged her mother, then sweetly said, "I don't know Mommy. Remember? I'm Sedona Thomas, five years old. Five year olds lose things a whole bunch!" Stacey reached down and lifted her child up. "C'mon. We gotta get ready." The limo was waiting outside their huge Spanish-styled house. "Tuscon Airport. I need to catch the 5:40 so can you hurry?" Sedona, Sam, and Stacey loaded themselves up and dissapeared down the street.

Dawn Schafer quickly finished up a carob brownie and waited for Mallory outside the tiny cramped apartment with a garden view. Mallory's now straight auburn hair frizzed as the fat raindrops fell on the windshield. "I hope Dawn is still waiting."she