Dean had worked tirelessly over the next few months to make a study room for Renee. He had completely forgot that the house did have an extra room so he took it upon himself to make a study room for Renee so that she could have somewhere to study when she got home from school. He even placed a small flag of the country of Canada on her desk to remind her of home. He decorated the walls with photos of her, the children, Blue, him, and of course, Mitch. Him and Destinee painted flowers and sunshine on the wall. Dean also put pictures of the kids, the dog, and him and Renee on her desk, too. He really liked the first picture they took together when they began dating. It was of him and her at the Santa Monica Pier, standing in front of the ferris wheel. To this day, he still cracks up when he remembers how him and Renee ended up tripping over each other while running along the shore of the beach and getting wet when the waves washed over them.

Renee came home from workl later that night and was happy that Dean had made dinner.

"How was work, Mommy?" Destinee asked.

"It was good. Very good," Renee said.

"Did you make any new friends?" Destinee asked.

"No, not today. Maybe next time," Renee said.

"I'm glad you had a good day. I also have a surprise to show you, too," Dean said.

"Oh, really?"

"Yes. I wanna see!"

"After dinner and dessert. Who wants brownies!?"

"I do!" Destinee said.

"Alright...here ya go!" Dean said as he took his hands off of Renee's eyes.

Renee placed her hands over her mouth when she opened her eyes. She had her own desk with her laptop placed on it and her chair that had her name engraved on the back of it.

"Oh my goodness..." She loved the decorations and pictures on the wall as well. "I love it. I really do. So this is why sometimes you weren't in bed when I woke up."

"I wanted to do this all of you," Dean said. "Because you deserve it and you're the best."

"You're the best, Mommy!" Destinee said.

D.J. held out his arms towards Renee and she picked him up and held him in his arms.

"Thank you guys so much," Renee said.

"You're welcome," Dean said. "Let's all put our hand prints on the wall."

The entire family dipped their hands in the paint and pressed them against the wall. Dean made sure to go and wash the paint off of the baby's hand before he stuck his hand into his mouth. That was one thing he didn't and definitely couldn't forget to do, holding onto D.J.'s hand as he walked to the bathroom.


"You're such a cutie...yes you are!" Pam said to Adelina.

Adelina smiled at her mother and laughed at her.

"Aha, she can wear these overalls today," Moe said. "I think she'd look cute in them."

"I think so, too," Pam said.

They both dressed Adelina and packed the baby's bag before heading to Dean and Renee's house for D.J.'s birthday party.

They weren't surprised to find Renee yelling at Dean for almost blowing up the grill.

"Well, hi!" Pam said.

"Hi!" Renee said. "I'm glad you made it!"

"We are, too. My mom is getting D.J. a gift so she'll be right over as soon as she leaves the store," Pam said.

"Perfect!" Renee said.

"Hello, Pam, Moe," Dean said, waving.

"Hello, chef," Moe said.

"Thank you for that wonderful name. That's going to be my name for today," Dean said.

"Whatever!" Renee said.

Pam settled at a table under an umbrella and fed Adelina. Moe went over to the grill to help Dean cook the food and mingled with him.

"How's everything going?" Renee said.

"It's great. Still need your help and my mom's help with certain things."

"It's fine. I enjoy helping you with Adelina. You helped me with Destinee and D.J. I told you you'd make a good mother."

"Aw, thanks Renee. You're so kind."


"How's things going with you and Pam?"

"Going good. Fatherhood has changed me for the better."

"That's good to hear. I'm not going to lie, even though I became excited when I found out Renee was pregnant with Destinee, part of me was still nervous and a bit terrified. When she was pregnant, I had to get used to the mood swings, the midnight cravings, plots to hurt me. Renee plotted a lot. Like she actually wrote down what she was going to do to me one day and she happened to leave it on the table and when I came home that day from work, I saw it. And I was like...okay..."

Moe laughed.

"What did she say she was going to do?"

"Change the locks on the doors and keep me from entering into the house."

"Wow!" Moe cracked up again and shook his head. "Well, Pam threatened to slam my head against the walls in the house multiple times so I understand where you're coming from."

"I know!" Dean put some more hot dogs on the grill and closed the lid to it. "I was beyond scared as hell when Renee had D.J. prematurely. She woke me up early in the morning so that we could go to the hospital and I rushed their as quickly as I could. He was so tiny when he was born. But doctors took good care of him and now as you can see, he's running around like he's a track star."

D.J. was indeed running from his sister and cousin who were chasing after him. Blue was right behind them as well, with his long hanging out of his mouth as he chased the children.


"I know for a fact that Adelina will have a great time running, jumping, and playing just like the kids. I hope!" Pam said.

"Oh, she will!" Renee said. "I swear I still can't believe how fast time flies. D.J. is already two now and soon Destinee will be seven. Geez time flies!"

"Soon, Adelina will be growing teeth and talking like she's conducting business."

"Just like D.J. Man, I still can't believe it. Here we are with children and loving men in our lives. Who would've thought right?"

"Yup. Time sure does change. Anything new with you?"

"Actually, yes. I'm going to be going to beauty school soon."

"That's great!"

"So, the shop will be yours."

"You serious?"

"Yup!"

"Damn, Renee. You're too kind for your own good!"

"I know."

"I'm sure Dean is excited about you going to school?"

"Of course he is. Even offered to pay for everything as usual."

"Should've known! I'm glad that he's happy for you. So am I."

"Thank you. I'll be a busy bee but I know I can do this as long as I set my mind to it."

"Yes indeed. Remember, you can always count on me too."

"I know I can and for that I am grateful."

They begin to laugh as both Dean and Moe started to freak out over the fire on the grill getting too high.


Renee was a bit nervous as she looked at the hair of the person who she was going to be fixing up. She had studied everything she needed to know about school but was nervous about the hands on experience. She was used to doing her own hair, Destinee's, and even cutting Dean's hair but someone else? This was an entire new challenge in itself!

'What if I suck, mess up this girl's hair, and am thrown out of beauty school right on my ass?'

Renee quickly shook those negative thoughts out of her head as she got ready to dye the person's hair. She took extra precaution as she dyed the hair, listening to her instructor teach everyone how to properly dye hair and then how to dry and style. Renee wiped her hands on her pants because her hands were a bit sweaty and kept her eyes glued to her work. The finished product with an dark ombre color with curls. The woman loved her hairstyle and thank Renee multiple times for it even though everything was just a tutorial. That made Renee extremely happy and made her want to repeat the process again.

Renee had drove to the store to buy a cake and went home to celebrate and told everyone the good news.

"How'd it go?" Dean asked.

"Good!" Renee said. She sliced a piece of cake for Destinee, Dean, and D.J. Dean was surprised that she gave the baby a piece of cake and Renee saw his expression on his face. "What? We're celebrating and I'm happy!"

Dean smiled.

"I am, too."

Both Dean and Renee took a shower together then helped each other get dressed for bed. Dean rubbed Renee's shoulders for her as she relaxed and closed her eyes. Dean kissed the back of Renee's neck as he rubbed her shoulders nice and slow.

"I wish I could've been there to see you hard at work. I know you nailed it," he said.

"Man, I truly hope I did. I really hope so. I started to think man what if I messed up while dying the woman's hair and I get thrown out of the beauty school onto the street on my ass."

"Negative!"

"I know, right!? I can't believe I had negative thoughts and not positive ones. But I immediately knocked those bad ones out with no problem!"

"That's what I wanna hear. Tomorrow I'm going to drop you off at work, pick you up, take you to school, then bring you home."

"Awwwwww, you're so thoughtful honey."

"I know I am. I care about you and want you to succeed. I better be your first client in your chair. I'm serious. The girl today was your demo. Demo girl."

Renee snorted.

"Wow! Demo girl!"

"Yup! Demo girl!"

"Well, you'll be my client boy."

"Nice name."

"Has a ring to it."

"Ready for the yoga sesh?"

"Yup. Don't get any ideas either. No bumping and grinding."

"Aw, damn!"