A/N: alright so this chapter is REALLY short. its not even 500 words. but just consider it a stepping stone into chapter 4, which will be a lot longer, i promise. there is not any "Alan" in this chapter, or in the next 2 after that, sorry. this is the families take on how all this playing out. chapter 4 should be posted tomorrow, i hope, at the latest wednesday. so please just sit back and relax and enjoy the next installment of Grow Up: The Sequel. oh and review!! please review.

Disclaimer: still not mine

Chapter 3

In the Tracy household, dinner was usually a family affair, but on this particular evening, no one was at all surprised at the absence of the youngest Tracy. They all had their own ideas as to where Alan was or what he was doing, but they all ended with the same result: he was off somewhere sulking. They had all seen it before. Letting him just blow off steam and come back on his own was usually the best way to handle situations such as these. So nobody questioned why there was one empty place at the table. They did however, question why there was two.

"Does Parker know that dinner's set?" questioned Gordon.

"Oh I'm sure he knows, but you know how meticulous he is when he comes to that car," said Penny.

"Yeah, he's almost as bad as you Virgil."

"Hey Scott, what's that suppose to mean?"

"Oh come on Virg we all know that you spend hours down in Two's hanger, making sure that there is not a fingerprint or smudge to be found."

"Yeah Scott, because you're soooo different when it comes to your bird," smirked Gordon.

"Boys, we all care about the Birds equally as much. Now Oahana, would you mind setting aside plated for Alan and Parker?"

"Of course not Mr. Tracy," she said, bustling back into the kitchen.

As darkness settled over the island, the family moved into the rec room. Jeff and Penny were on the couch slowly sipping coffee while talking. Brains and Fermat quickly excused themselves to their lab, where no doubt one of Brains' experiments needed tinkering. Tintin had retired to her room straight after dinner. Virgil was settled in the lounger reading, and Scott and Gordon were involved in a pretty intense game of pool. This was the scene as Parker walked in to join them.

"M'Lady, I apologize for my absence."

"Oh not to worry Parker, we knew what you were up to."

"Shall we be returning home this evening M'Lady?"

"No Parker, we shall be retiring here for the evening. If, of course, that's all right with you Jeff dear?"

"Penny, when have you ever needed permission to spend time on the island? You know that you and Parker are more than always welcome to spend as much time as you would like here."

"Very good M'Lady. Mr. Tracy."

Just then Oahana came in with more coffee for Jeff and Penny.

"Pardon me, but might I trouble you for a spot of something to eat? All of this flying really takes it out of me."

"Of course Mr. Parker! Right this way."

As they headed towards the kitchen, everybody returned back to what they were doing, no one really catching the meaning of what Parker had said.

TBC...so leave me some comments and let me know what you think of it so far