After BTR Chapter 3!

*A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! Been sooo busy w/ school and work!*

~The Next Day~

I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off trying to prepare my house for the boy's arrival Makenna had been nice enough to take KJ to practice.

I was a nervous wreck, Lily and Natasha showed up at 12:15.

I answered the door and the girls where all smiles.

"Damn Nat-Nat you look like a wreck!" Lily said.

"Gee thanks if you guys knew why you'd be freaking out too." I said.

"Nat, there's food in the oven and on the stove please watch it and Lily there's a pile of stuff in the office can you please take it to the garage? I HAVE to get in the shower." I said running my hand through my hair.

They nodded in compliance and headed off.

I went upstairs and into my room to get ready I got out of the shower at 12:30 and was finished getting ready at 12:50.

I came down stairs and finished the food MaKenna and KJ came in and he was talking Kenna's ear off.

He noticed Natasha and Lily and ran and hugged them.

"Auntie Kenna took me to practice and we had sooo much fun after practice she bought me a corndog and she was flirting with Coach Anderson!" he said.

"Oh so you liking hockey players hasn't subsided yet hu?" I said she punched my arm.

"Okay, KJ go shower and your surprise will be here soon." I said smiling at my sweaty son.

He nodded and ran upstairs all of his equipment dragging behind him.

"Oh he needs a new stick, he's outgrowing that one." Kenna said turning to my son who was stomping up the stairs.

We sat down with glasses of wine and Natasha went digging through my CD's to find some music.

She pulled up some CD's and showed me, "Really Nat-Nat? Do you still listen to these?" she asked flashing 4 CD's with pictures of the boys on them.

I blushed, "And? So what?" I said trying to defend myself.

"Aww, so cute you still got a little school girl crush on Kendall." She said smiling.

"So what? She looks at his face every day she has a piece of him running around. Damn you have no idea what I'd do to see James again! Well besides in movies and cd's." Lily said.

Good ole Lily she was always running to my defense but then would ruin it with a comment.

Kenna and I exchanged glances and smiled just as the doorbell rang.

Natasha was going through the CDs still and Lily was drinking her wine.

I answered the door and the four boys stood there all dressed nice Kendall was in front then Logan was on the left and James and Carlos on the right James had a stupid grin on his face.

I gave them the "shhh." Look and signaled them in.

"Who is it Nat-Nat?" Lily asked and James' face lit up.

They stepped into the house and I honestly wish I had a camera at that moment their faces where priceless.

Nat dropped the cd's sending the disc's flying and Lily spit her wine all over my table and floor.

Everyone stood frozen for a bit until my son appeared downstairs.

"Who are they?" KJ asked.

All 8 faces turned to him and looks of shock came over Lily and Natasha's faces realizing what was going on.

"Um, KJ I need to talk to you, you remember Kendall from yesterday right?" I said.

He nodded. "Hey buddy." He said giving him a high five.

"Okay well, boy's there's beer in the fridge um, me KJ and Kendall are going to go upstairs and talk and you guys can catch up." I said smiling and walking with Kendall and KJ upstairs and into my son's room.

My heart raced, KJ's room was a mess, action figures and toys and clothes where sprawled around the room.

I was embarrassed and forgot that KJ had Kendall's hockey poster on the wall.

KJ made the immediate connection.

"Whoa! You're THAT Kendall Knight of the Minnesota Wild!" he said.

Kendall took a small bow and smiled.

I sat on my son's bed and Kendall sat on the desk chair.

KJ sat next to me, "What's going on mom?" he asked.

Kendall shook his head.

"Mom… Wow." He mumbled.

I sighed, "Kendall, do you remember yesterday when we talked about your dad? About how it was MY choice to not have him around?" I asked.

KJ nodded, I sighed again, "KJ, I don't want you to blame him, you have to understand that when I got pregnant with you there was a lot going on and I never told him." I said.

"Mom, it's okay. You did an awesome job raising me and I'm happy with you. I mean I'd LOVE to meet my dad but if he never knew I wouldn't want to ruin his life." KJ said I gave a look of shock to Kendall.

Kendall butted in, "KJ, you wouldn't ruin his life. He'd be blessed to have you in his life and would love you and care for you." He said putting a hand on KJ's shoulder.

"Well, KJ, this is your dad." I said gesturing to Kendall.

"Mom, you're lying." He said.

"No, I'm not, this is Kendall. He's your dad. I ran into him yesterday and I told him about you and he wanted to meet you." I said.

KJ very seriously turned to Kendall, "I don't want you to feel like you have to stay around. My mom and I are happy and if you prefer to not be around I don't want you to feel obligated to be in our lives." He said.

"I'm not going anywhere buddy." He said smiling down to our son.

KJ teared up and hugged him.

"I'm going to let you guys talk and I'm going to say hi to your uncles." I said smiling.

I left the room and closed the door and went downstairs.

All 6 pairs of eyes were on me when I entered the living room.

"I told him…" I said and smiled.

Sighs came from all 6 mouths.

I sat next to Logan and picked up my wine.

Carlos noticed the CDs on the ground and went over to them and picked one up.

"Oh my god. You still have these?" he asked looking through them.

"Wow it doesn't seem like it's been ten years." He said and placing a cd in my cd player and pushed play.

Their voices boomed through the speakers and Lily laughed and I shook my head.

Logan started singing along we all laughed. Then Kendall and KJ appeared downstairs. "Hey mom, can I go to Greg's?" he asked.

I smiled, "Sure. But be home at 8." I said.

He smiled and put on his boots and coat and walked out the door.

Kendall joined us, Logan was finishing singing and Carlos pushed the stop button on my CD player and sat back down.

"Anyone hungry?" I asked standing up.

All 7 hands went up.

I smiled and went to the kitchen Lily followed me, "Nat-Nat. You need to relax." She said.

"I have my son's father a movie star, a doctor and a Marine sitting in my living room. I'm not going to relax." I whispered.

"Nat, it's just four boys we grew up with. It's just Logan, James, Carlos and Kendall." She said gesturing to them.

I set the dish down I was carrying and leaned against the counter.

"Lily when I look at him all these feeling come flooding back and all I want to do is pull him into a hug and never let go." I said.

"Then tell him that you still love him and want him in your life." She said.

"HA! I wish it was that easy!" I said.

Lily shook her head.

"I love you Nat-Nat but you need to grow some girl balls and just tell him…" she said.

"Right let me just walk up to him and say what? 'hey sorry for keeping your son from you for ten years oh yeah by the way, I'm still madly in love with you…'" I said my voice dripping with sarcasm and rolling my eyes.

"When will you learn Nat?" Lily asked as she exited the kitchen.

I sighed cleared my head, picked up the dish and entered the living room again.

We sat and talked and caught up for hours.

Finally KJ was home and Logan looked down at his watch.

"Wow, 8 o'clock already." He said.

"Yeah I gotta go back to my hotel…" James said rubbing his knees and standing up and looking at Lily and raising his eyebrow and Lily being Lily she didn't get the hit.

"Lily he's either asking you to walk him out or go back to the hotel with him." Kenna said.

"Oh." Lily said smiling and got up.

"If I'm going to go to the hotel then I need to run home first." She said.

"I can take you." He said smiling.

Lily nodded she said good bye to us and hugged KJ and walked out with James in tow.

We all exchanged phone numbers and then Logan stood up, "I've got an early day tomorrow I have clinical." He said looking at Natasha.

She stood up and walked him out. Carlos stood up and looked at Kenna and they retired to Kenna's room.

Which left just Kendall and I in the living room, silence fell over us.

Then Kendall spoke, "Hey you got any pictures of KJ as a baby?" he asked looking at me.

"Oh yeah, TONS!" I said getting up and going into the office/computer room and returned several photo albums in tow.