"Hey buddy, I need your help," Joe shook Jon's shoulder urgently.

Jon sat up. They were in a chauffeured car from the airport, and Jon had been half asleep. Joe had invited him over to his home for the weekend, well, their weekend, a Wednesday and a Thursday since the next show was so close to Joe's house. He blinked wearily, blue eyes slightly red from the lack of sleep the night before.

"What's up man?" Jon asked realizing how agitated Joe appeared.

"I need you to pick up JoJo from school. G's in the hospital," Joe pulled his hair out of the confining tie and ran his fingers through it. It was a nervous reaction and guaranteed to be messy after awhile. He tied his long hair again as he sent out a text to Galina's parents assuring them that he was home to take care of things.

"What? Why? How?" Jon asked in concern. "How the hell long was I asleep?"

"Dude, you've been out as soon as we pulled out of the airport an hour ago, she just called me and said she was in a car accident, some idiot rear ended here...she said its nothing major but she's being checked over right now. I need to head over there and stay with her. JoJo's getting out of school in an hour and I don't want her to have to go straight there and scare her. Do you mind? She knows you and is expecting you anyway. I'd ask Galina's parents but their away this week."

Jon nodded. "Are you sure she's alright? Absolutely man, no worries. I'll take care of the little Jo'ster." Joe and Galina's daughter, JoJo was one of Jon's favorite people in the world and the feeling was mutual from the little girl. She always spoke to him on the phone when he and Joe were on the road and always made sure to send a cute picture every week.

The phone rang and Joe picked it up quickly, "hey baby...yeah absolutely. No he doesn't mind at all. How're you feeling?" Joe closed his eyes as he focused on his fiancée's voice. He ran a shaky hand through his hair. "Did you call the cops? That asshole needs to fucking pay for this! You're hurt, I can tell. I'll be there in 5 minutes."

Jon laid a placating hand on Joe's shoulder. "She alright?"

Joe shook his head and sighed. "I think so, but I can tell she's in pain. I'm just glad she's talking to me, I don't know what I'd do then. This blows, the school year's almost over and I wanted her and Jojo to travel with me for the summer."

"Listen, maybe it's nothing. Be cool till you get there. I'll grab Jojo and take her out for ice cream. What do you want me to tell her?" Jon looked out and saw that they were rapidly approaching the hospital.

"Um, say that G's fine but I had to be with her in the hospital to get looked over. Distract her with pictures or something. Then I'll let you know when you can come with her to the hospital. I don't want her coming over until Galina's settled and I know what the hell's going on. You think you can go to our house and manage the car and all?" Joe handed the keys to the house over along. "G was driving the CRV so that's out. You're gonna have to take my Pilot, which I know is huge compared to your little muscle cars."

Jon snorted, "I got this man. Go be with your girl and I'll bring princess Jojo when you tell me to. But seriously, you only have one kid, what's with the soccer dad car?"

Joe couldn't help but smile. Trust his best friend to lift his spirits even when he was down and out and stressed out as hell. "Cause I am a dad, dick! I'd rather have a big car and keep my baby safe." The car pulled to a stop at the curb of the hospital.

"Ok, the school address is on the fridge. Alarm code you know (it was of course the numbers that corresponded with SHIELD) and the keys are next to the door. Call me if you need anything! And tell JoJo not to worry. Take care of my baby!" Joe called out as he jumped out of the car and ran into the hospital.

Jon waved and shut the door. He shut his eyes as he told the driver to continue on his way to Joe's house. It felt like no time at all had passed before the driver had stopped in front of Joe's modest home.

"Thanks Tony," Jon handed him a few bills for his tip as the driver handed him his bags along with Joe's, "we'll call your company on Friday morning if we need a ride. You were great". The driver nodded and waved as he drove away.

Jon let himself into the quiet house, making sure to type in the code quickly to stop the alarm from going off. It was crazy how different Joe's life was to his. He looked around at the house, which though quite clean, held all the trappings of life with a 6 year old. There were a few toys scattered in the living room and tons of pictures of Joe, Galina, and JoJo through the years. A half-eaten bowl of cereal in a Frozen plastic bowl and a cup of cold coffee still sat on the kitchen table along with a mini-hairbrush and some hair ties. Jon could picture Galina and Jojo sitting there as they got ready for their day. He walked to the fridge and moved some drawings around to grab the list of important addresses.

He smiled when he saw a card from Jojo's Uncle Colby apologizing for hurting her daddy. "Suck up,"Jon muttered to himself. There it was, Oakrest Elementary School, along with the address was a number and a Ms. Anderson's email address. He assumed that was for Jojo's teacher and logged the important stuff on his phone. He quickly sent a text to Joe saying he had everything and he would go to Jojo's school now. Grabbing the large set of keys with a crudely written 'Daddy' on a wooden key chain off of the hook by the front door, he set off to find the school and make sure he wasn't late.