Look at that! I started a new story! I'm leaving for camping tomorrow so no updates for a week or so! I know! But I wanted to thank everyone for reading my other stories and I hope you like this one! And yes I know I have to work on the horse story but I'm having writer's block on that one.

EDIT: I changed a lot of the first chapter and I ended up deleting the first part so I lost the reviews I got. Sorry guys! But I wasn't thinking about facts when I wrote the first part so…yeah. It's set in California instead of Arcadia now, though there will be special appearances.

Title: No objection to you

Category: GL eventually

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Luke is embroiled in a bitter custody battle with his ex. Grace is his lawyer, appointed in a special case.

AN: I do not own or know the characters. Rosalia is the product of my imagination. I also must thank Sam for all her help in getting this started!

Joan was setting up the guestroom of her condo making sure that she had everything ready for Rosalia's visit. Her niece was going to stay with her over the weekend while Luke was getting set up for the custody battle for her. Joan had decided to make a dinner out of it so she invited Adam over and he said yes. Joan smiled when she thought about her brother. He had graduated at MIT with the highest honors and moved to California for work.

Joan ended up moving to California also and so did Adam. While Helen and Will missed their children, they knew this was a great opportunity for him. About a year after he left, Luke called to let them know they were going to be grandparents.

It was a shock to the whole family. They never expected Luke to become a father so soon. He apparently had met a girl named Lydia and they were dating for a while when she became pregnant. Neither wanted to marry so they decided to raise the baby separately. Nine months later, Rosalia Samantha Girardi was born. Joan and Kevin were showering their niece with gifts before she was even out of the hospital. Helen and Will got to meet the new arrival when she was two months old when Luke brought her and Lydia home for a visit.

Joan and Kevin took to their niece right away. However, they didn't like Lydia at all. Joan called her best friend and ex-boyfriend, Adam, ranting about 'how a beautiful baby girl could come from someone so stuck up on herself?' Adam was unable to control his laughter and Joan hung up on him. She settled on calling Grace, who told Joan to give all her attention to her niece and tolerate Lydia. Joan did just that.

So for Lydia and Luke, raising Rosalia was great up until she was six. Lydia started neglecting the little girl and would leave her with her parents while she went on dates and out to parties. Luke didn't find this out until he went to pick Rosalia up for their weekend together and found no one home. At that same moment, Lydia's mother came to pick something up and found Luke waiting. After they talked, Luke took Rosalia home and called Helen asking her what he should do. Helen, feeling bad for her son, asked him to come home with Rosalia for Christmas. Luke talked to Lydia, who didn't seem to care, and came down to see his family. Joan also came down and invited Adam and his daughter to come with them so they could arrive in Arcadia together.

Rosalia had a great time when she got there. She got to play in the snow and raced around in Kevin's wheelchair with him. Adam's little girl, Elizabeth, got along great with Rosalia and they were already great friends. Unfortunately, Grace couldn't make it home because of work so she didn't get a chance to meet Rosalia.

Grace had decided to become a lawyer and studied family law. She graduated with top honors and was offered a job in New York. Grace couldn't turn this down and she moved to New York. She still kept in touch with her childhood friends, especially Luke, and couldn't believe he was a father. She ordered him to call her if he ever needed help with anything. Luke being ever so optimistic thanked her and declined.

Grace had been able to make it home for visits a few times but she never got to meet Rosalia. She did see the little girl's pictures though and couldn't believe how much she resembled Luke. She hated to admit it but the kid did look cool. Joan gushed about her niece so much that Grace was excited to meet her though she never got the chance.

Sometime in March, after Rosalia's birthday, Helen got a call from her son telling her that he was suing for custody. This was all after he got a call from Lydia's neighbor telling him that she saw Rosalia through the window but no one had been home for hours. Luke went to get his daughter, who was crying cause she was hungry and scared. Luke fed her and told her to pack her stuff so she could go to his apartment while he called Lydia. She told him she was out with her boyfriend and she had forgotten to call Luke. Luke, too angry to speak, just hung up on her and took Rosalia to his place and let her play with her toys while he called a friend of his who told him that it would be a good idea if Luke took custody of Rosalia.

Helen informed her family of the new development and they immediately called Luke backing him up. After Luke began getting things ready, he called to tell them that in time he would need them to come down to California to testify on his behalf at the hearing when he had it set up.

Once Joan was ready, she went into the kitchen to finish making dinner. They were having pasta and garlic bread, Rosalia and Luke's favorite. She had called Adam and told him to come along with Liz. They were still good friends out of high school and they could lean on each other when they missed Grace.

The doorbell rang and Joan answered, smiling when she saw Adam and Elizabeth.

"Hey! Come on in I'm just working on dinner."

"Thanks for inviting us, Jane. Hey Liz, why don't you put your coat away?"

Joan grinned. "And I got the toys all set up for you."

"Okay daddy. Thanks Joan!" Elizabeth ran off.

Joan smiled and hugged Adam. "Tonight's almost perfect. I just wish Grace was here."

"I know. She tries Jane." Adam said.

"I know! That's all she can do right?"

Adam smiled. "Oh I started another sculpture."

"Oh tell me!" Joan said excitedly.

Adam chuckled and told her about his new project for the museum. A half-hour later Luke arrived with Rosalia.

"Hey little brother." Joan gave him a hug.

"Hey sis. Thanks for taking her this weekend."

"No problem. Lydia doesn't have a problem with it?" Joan asked.

Luke just shrugged and Joan smiled. She bent down to Rosalia's height. "Hey there. Hug?"

Rosalia nodded and hugged her. She sniffed the air. "I smell pasta."

Adam, Joan and Luke laughed and Joan grinned.

"Yes you do."

"And garlic bread?" Rosalia raised an eyebrow.

Joan scoffed. "Now what kind of aunt would I be if I didn't supply my favorite niece with the garlic bread?"

Rosalia nodded and looked at Luke. "She's not that evil, daddy."

Adam hooted and Liz giggled. Luke blushed as Joan raised an eyebrow at him.

"So um…is dinner ready?" he asked wanting to change the subject quickly.

"Yes, come on." Joan just rolled her eyes and they went to the dining room.

They sat down to eat and Joan smiled seeing Adam and Luke making sure their respective daughters had enough on their plate. Once that was finished, Joan began the chit chat.

"So Luke have you decided on a lawyer yet?" Joan asked.

Luke shook his head. "No. I was going to make some calls in the morning."

Adam looked at Joan. "I think I know someone…"

Joan glanced up at him and gave him a look. "Adam…"

"What? You know she'd come down for him."

Joan took a bite of her food and swallowed. "Adam she's in the middle of a custody case involving the most influential family in Manhattan."

Luke looked at them. "Are you by any stretch of the imagination referring to Grace?"

Joan looked at him. "No brain boy, I'm referring to Gloria Allred."

Luke rolled his eyes. "I can't call Grace."

"Why not? You know she'd love to come down and help you." Adam said.

"So you want me to call Grace and ask her to leave Manhattan and come all the way to California?"

"It's worth a try." Adam said.

Luke looked at everyone and sighed. "You all know that I would love to see Grace but…"

Joan smiled. "Luke, you want to call her don't you?"

Luke looked at the two of them and then he looked at his daughter. She looked up and smiled, unaware of what they were talking about since no one wanted to get her worried about who she'd be living with permanently.

"It's a good idea, man." Adam said.

Luke sighed. "I'll call her in the afternoon when I'm sure she's awake."

Joan and Adam grinned and dug into their food. Luke ate thinking about Grace and what he'd say to her tomorrow.