Prologue

Talea Poncherello sat on the couch in her brother's new apartment. Diana and Carlos had gotten married, and moved into an apartment together. Nikki and Ponch were out on a date night tonight, so Talea was spending the night at Carlos and Diana's.

Diana was sitting in the recliner falling asleep. Carlos leaned over and kissed her. Then he turned his attention to his seventeen year old sister.

"Hey, little sis wanna be the first to get on our little secret?" Carlos asked.

"Sure, I guess it wouldn't hurt," Talea replied with a shrug. "That is if it's not something super serious that shouldn't be a secret?"

"Don't worry, it won't be secret long, but right now it is. Mom and Dad will find out tomorrow when they come to pick you up."

Talea's curiosity was growing now. "Alright, you got me. What's going on, and it better not be something stupid like you're getting a new phone plan," Talea said.

That was Carlos's last secret he let her in on. He just liked making her think he had huge news.

"This time it's something you'll like," he replied. He smiled at Diana, who was fast asleep.

"Well…?" Talea asked impatient.

"Me and Diana are having a baby," Carlos finally said.

"WHAT!?" Talea spit out in shock. "Are you serious!? That's amazing!"

Carlos was grinning from ear to ear. "Thanks, sis, I knew you'd be happy."

Talea smiled. "Yep, you're right."

oOoOo

In the Baker home, Erin and Jason had come over to visit before leaving on their vacation.

"Well, are you excited?" Jordan asked Jason.

"Of course I am! I get to go on vacation with my wonderful wife. I'll be gone for a few weeks, I hope Carlos can handle that. I don't want to come home to find out Sarge ended up killing him," Jason joked.

Jon laughed. "I'm sure he'll be fine. Me and Ponch are here to take care of him," he said.

Jason nodded. "Well, anyway me and Erin can't wait! We'll get going tomorrow morning as soon as the sun rises. I'm glad I finally found someone who also likes to get up with the sun," Jason said smiling.

Brandi laughed, it had drove the entire family crazy that Jason always was up so early and already happy and ready to face the day. He was definitely a morning person. "I'm glad you finally found that special someone to get up with you before the sun," she said.

Jason and Erin both smiled at each other as they held hands.

Jon smiled. "Mornings…you gotta love 'em…" he said shaking his head.

Jordan groaned.

oOoOo

Chris Getraer sat in his living room alone watching TV. He was trying to spend a nice quiet evening alone. He heard the phone start to ring, and when he saw it was just his dad calling he decided to let the answering machine get it. He'd been avoiding his dad for a while now because his dad was getting on his case about being single.

Ellen and Timmy had gotten married, Timmy had a daughter already and Ellen was just now pregnant for the first time. Joe Getraer wanted his youngest son Chris to join the crowd, by settling down and getting married. Chris wasn't sure he was ready for that yet. He didn't want to rush things, he just wanted to find the girl of his dreams and settle down when that happened…but right now that hadn't happened yet.

The call went to the answering machine. 'Chris, hey it's dad…I know you're upset but I'd really appreciate it if you'd stop avoiding me and call back…'

That was it.

Chris sighed. "Not tonight dad…sorry."