Virginia, May 1993:

Jon was pulling Adriana in the red wagon on the sidewalk to the park down the street from their grandmother's house. Jon had snuck Adriana out of the house and away from Adriana's girl cousins. They were looking all around the house for her and could not find her.

"Are you okay, Adriana?" Jon asked.

"Yes. Where are we going?" Adriana asked.

"You'll see."

Adriana simply enjoyed the ride to wherever they were going. Jon sped up the pace and pulled the wagon a little faster.

"Ah! We're here!" Jon said.

Jon pulled the wagon off of the sidewalk and onto the grass of the park. He pulled Adriana to a big tree that was near picnic tables.

"This looks like home. But they have a snack machine here...did you bring a dollar?" Adriana said.

"Of course I did."

Jon held out his hand for Adriana to take. She took it and stepped out of the wagon. Jon whipped out a pocket knife and immediately started carving into the tree.

"We already have our own tree," Adriana said.

"We have two now. Hell, all of the trees belong to you," Jon said.

Jon carved a "J" and a "A" into the tree. He decided to shorten it because last time he almost got tree in his eye from carving so much. He then carved a heart around their initials.

"There we go. It's our tree now," Jon said. He put the knife back in his pocket and hugged Adriana.

The two of them looked into each other's eyes for a short second before they locked lips. Jon slowly rubbed his hands down Adriana's back until he rested them on her butt. He squeezed as hard as he could.

Present:

"We are finally here," Jon said.

"Kids, wake up," Adriana said.

She reached in the backseat and nudged Aiden awake.

"I don't want to go to school!" Aiden said.

"Wake up. We're here," Adriana said.

"Yay! Maddy wake up! Weenie face, wake up!" Aiden said.

"Hmm? What's going on?" Maddy said.

"We're here in Virginia," Jon said.

"Yay!"

All of the kids piled out of the car and ran towards to the lit up house. Adriana unbuckled the seatbelt holding the baby's carseat and picked it up. Jasmine woke up and started whining a little.

Jon opened Adriana's door.

"I'll take her," he said. "Hey buttercup."

Adriana grabbed the baby's bag then got out of the car.

Gus had heard a bunch of kids on the front porch.

"That must be Jon and Adriana's kids!" he said.

He had muted the t.v. and heard Jon and Adriana coming up the stairs.

"Hot damn it is!" he said.

He jumped up and quickly opened the door for them.

"I'll be damned! It's been a long time!" Gus said. He gave Adriana and Jon big hugs. "And I see you two created an little army!"

"Yeah, Gus. We have an army," Jon said.

"Who are you?" Maddy asked.

"I'm your mama and papa's cousin. Which makes you my cousin too. What's your name young lady?"

"Madaline. But everyone calls me Maddy. Well Daddy calls me Madaline when I'm in trouble," she said.

"Your father was bad when he was little," Gus said, chuckling. "And who are you two handsome fellows?"

"I'm J.J.," J.J. said.

"I'm Aiden."

"Nice to meet you guys. Now, who's the cute little baby who has her lip stuck out?"

"Her name is Jasmine," Adriana said.

"She looks like Jon when he used to get mad when he was little. He would poke his lip out too. Well, come on in, granny's been waiting to meet you guys!"

Everyone piled into the living room. The kids immediately ran to their great-grandmother and got acquainted really easily. Jon and Adriana hadn't seen their grandmother in so long. It was great to see her beautiful face again.

"Oh! Who are you beautiful children?" she said.

"We're your great grandchildren!" J.J. said. "I'm J.J. the King, that's Aiden the Weenie, and Maddy the Great."

"I baked you guys some homemade chocolate chip cookies. All for you!"

"Yay!"

The kids ran to the kitchen and sat at the table. Granny got up and greeted Adriana and Jon with big hugs.

"My babies! It's been so long! I'm so glad you guys decided to move here," she said.

"I'm glad we did too," Adriana said.

"I'm going to change the baby right now," Jon said.

"I made sure Gus didn't take over the two spare rooms so you can change her in there," Granny said. "What's her name?"

"Jasmine," Adriana said.

"Oh! She looks like Jon with her lip poked out like that!" Granny said.

"I must've had some interesting facial expressions when I was little. I'm going to change the baby now," Jon said. Adriana handed Jon the baby's bag.

Jon took the baby into the spare room and placed her car seat down on the ground. He took Jasmine out of her seat and laid her on the bed. He took off her shoes and took off of her pants and shirt.

Jasmine stared at her father while he changed her diaper. She wasn't pleased at all.

"Look, I do not know why you have an attitude, but you got it easy, buttercup," Jon said.

He slipped on the baby's pajamas pink Minnie Mouse pajamas. Her top had Minnie Mouse's face on it with plain pink pants.

"You're out pinked out. Let's go and eat some of granny's cookies," Jon said.

Jon left the room and went back to join the others. Jasmine laid her head on her father's chest. She would fuss anytime anyone else would try to grab her. She just wanted to be with her dad.

"Your mother went to KFC to get some food," Gus said. He was wolfing down cookies. "Nonna, your cookies are are delicious!"

"I know. Just don't eat them all!" Nonna said.

Everyone heard the door open.

"We got the food!" Mrs. Germanotta said.

"Aunt Gwen, what took you so long?" Gus called out.

Mrs. Germanotta and Bob walked in with the food.

"Shut up," she said. "I'm glad you guys made it!"

"It's good to be here. Did you get enough mashed potatoes?" Adriana asked.

"Plenty," Bob said.

Everyone made themselves a plate. Gus was trying to steal all of the chicken from everyone. Nonna smacked Gus' hand when he reached for another piece.

Jon fed Jasmine mashed potatoes. She tried taking the spoon away from him so she could feed herself.

"She's very independent isn't she?" Nonna said. "Very beautiful baby. All of your children are beautiful."

"Thanks Nonna," Jon said.

"Great grandma, would you like to see my worms?" Aiden said.

"Here we go," Jon murmured to himself.

Jon was the last person still up late. He was in the kitchen snacking on cookies at the table. Nonna heard someone in the kitchen and decided to see who it was.

"I see you are about to finish all of the cookies," Nonna said.

"They're very good. I've missed you guys," Jon said. "So much stuff has happened."

"Gwen told me," Nonna said. "I'm glad you and Adriana are still together."

"Nonna, I'm gonna need your guidance and help," Jon said.

Nonna sat at the table.

"I'm right here for you, Adriana, and the children. That's why I asked Gus to build the house for you guys. I also put money away for you and Adriana to get away for a while after you guys settle in."

"Wow. Thanks Nonna, that was very thoughtful of you."

"When you guys are ready to go, you just let me know. I'll watch the children for you."

"The only other time I've been out of the country was when I went to Iraq. I still regret it."

"Don't start beating yourself up. You should be proud. Tomorrow, you and your family move into your new home. I still can't believe it though. I'm so proud of you and Adriana. I am really am."

Nonna started crying a little. Jon got up and gave her a hug.

"I remember when I used to watch you guys give each other kisses all of the time. I still have one of the pictures you guys took during your first christmas together. Oh, I still remember buying you new shoes after Marty accidently burned them. Now look at you. Big as a house. What's Adriana been feeding you? Whole chickens?"

"Yup. Some really good food. A lot of pork chops and vegetables I can tell you that."

"You're going to have even more good food now that you're back home."

"The children are going to never want to eat out again."

"That's good! Alright, you better get some sleep."

"I will. You need to head to bed to Nonna."

Jon helped his grandmother up and walked her to her bedroom.

"Night Nonna."

"Night Jonathan."

Jon quietly entered into the room him and Adriana were sleeping in. Jasmine was laying beside her mother fast asleep. The lamp on Adriana's side of the bed was on. Jon went over to Adriana's side and gave her a kiss on her forehead then shut off her light.

Jon then went to his side of the bed and pulled back the covers. Sliding into bed, he placed the covers back over him and turned so that he was facing the baby. The blinds were slightly opened. Tonight was a full moon. He could see the baby sleeping peacefully along with her mother. Jon started rubbing the baby's back under the covers.

"Sleep well buttercup. Daddy loves you. And Mommy too."

Author's Note: Awwww.