Disclaimer: Jericho and the beautiful song 'Good Morning Beautiful' which is sung by Steve Holy are not mine.

Authors Note: In this chapter Heather tells Jake what she's thinking and friends show up.

A night of dancing

"Who could that be?" Jack asked a second after someone knocked on the door. Taking Heather's hand in his own Jake headed out of the kitchen for the front door.

"Hey Jake, Heather." Stanley said, after Jake opened the door, seeing his childhood friend and the pretty teacher. Stanley didn't say a word about the fact that Jake and Heather were holding hands; he knew he'd get a chance to see what was going on between them later. "Hey, hi Bonnie, Mimi." Jake responded with a curious smile. 'Wonder what Mimi's doing here.' Jake thought.

"Hi Bonnie. What's Mimi doing with you guys?" Heather signed to seventeen year old deaf girl. "Stanley said we should bring her with us. I think he likes her." Bonnie signed back with a smile making sure that Stanley wasn't watching her. "So what are you guys doing in town?" Jake asked. "Thought we might spend some time with you and your family tonight. It's pretty lonely out on the farm with out a TV. or radio and you can only read the same book so many times." Stanley answered.

"Your dad's got his guitar out doesn't he?" Stanley made it more of a statement than a question. "Yeah, I was just about to teach my girl how to dance. Come on in." Jake answered as he pulled Heather and lead the rest of the group into the living room.

"Your girl huh." Stanley said. "Yeah, we talked it over in the kitchen and we're together now." Jake told his friend as they moved a table over by a wall. "She's nice Jake." Stanley told Jake as they sat the table down and .and each of them grabbed chairs to move. "Don't hurt her." he added quietly. "I won't, I like her Stanley. I like her a lot." Jake said honestly. "Good for you." Stanley grinned at his friend as they set the chairs down against the walls.

After all the furniture had been moved against the walls Johnson started playing

'Good Morning Beautiful' Jake walked over to where Heather was sitting with Bonnie on the couch that the guys had moved signing and talking to each other happily. "Would you let me teach you how to dance now?" He asked holding out his hand to her. "Okay but don't get mad if I step on you foot." She answered with a slightly nerves smile as she took his hand and stood. "I won't, I promise." Jake grinned and led Heather out onto to the area that the guys had cleared for dancing.

While Jake took Heather in his arms and started teaching her a few simple steps Eric walked over to his wife. "Would you do me the honor of dancing with me?" Eric asked with a grin. "But of course." April smiled back.

"You wanna dance?" Stanley asked Mimi. "To this?" She asked in return. 'It's an awfully slow song.' Mimi thought. "Yeah to this, it's the only music that I can hear." Stanley replied and when the IRS lady didn't answer for a few minutes he figured she didn't want to dance. "Why not." Mimi said surprising him when she spoke then stood up.

"You don't dance often do you Heather?" Eric asked as he and April danced near her and Jake. "No, I've never really had the time or a reason to dance. Jake's decided to teach me." She answered. "She's already getting better." Jake said quickly defended Heather's dancing ability and causing her to blush.

"Hey look Stanley got Mimi to dance." Jake whispered in Heather's ear causing her to shiver. Heather followed Jake's eyes to where Stanley was dancing with Mimi. "They look good together." She said quietly linking her arms around his neck. "Just like we do. Jake whispered back pulling Heather even closer to him.

Heather was quickly becoming a good dancer and everyone was surprised when Gail spoke. "I think it's time to call it a night it is eleven-thirty after all." "Are you sure it seems like we just started dancing a few minutes ago." April asked reluctant to let the good feeling she and Eric were feeling end.

"Fraid so honey. I think everyone should stay here tonight." Gail suggested in a firm motherly voice.

"That's a good idea; it is a long drive back to the farm." Stanley said. "It's late Heather I think you should stay here too." Jake said. "Okay, I'll stay here." Heather said and rolled her eyes at how protective Jake was. Johnson witnessed the young couple's interaction and smiled. 'They remind me of me and Gail when we were just starting to date.' He thought.

"You girls can stay in Jake's room. Stanley, Jake, I'll get you two blankets and you can sleep in her like you did when you were younger." Gail told the boys and left to get blankets for them.

"This will be like a slumber party." Bonnie said causing Heather and Mimi to smile. "I don't mind the three of you staying in my room." Jake said and leaned over to Heather.

"Especially if you're the one sleeping in my bed. It'll give me sweet dreams to think that you slept in my bed." Jake added in a whispered voice that only Heather could hear and caused her to blush. "Girls." Gail called before Heather could reply and she followed Bonnie and Mimi up the stairs.

"You should take the bed Heather; you are with Jake after all." Heather said as the girls entered Jakes room. "I don't know about that." Mimi said and thought it over. "Oh, why not. I'm not dating the guy." She added with a grin and through a pillow at Bonnie playfully.

"No, your not, but I think you might be interested in his friend." Heather said trying not to smile as she caught the pillow Bonnie through at her and tossed it at Mimi hitting her in the shoulder with it. "What do you mean?" Mimi asked holding on to the pillow.

"Stanley, I think you two like each other." Heather explained sitting down on the bed. "I may like him, but I don't think he likes me." Mimi said looking away from the other girls and missing Bennie's quick signing to Heather." Yes he does. That's why he asked her to dance and torments her, he likes her." "I think your right." Heather signed back just as Mimi smacked her with a pillow trying to get the playful atmosphere back.

The pillow fight, and the giggles that with it, went on for about ten minutes till a knock on the door brought it to an end. Heather slipped off the bed and opened the door to find Jake and Stanley standing on the other side. "Well it's not everyday that a girl has a date with the family, a slumber party, and then finds two good looking' guys standing right outside the door." Heather said playfully.

"Hey, I better be the only guy you're looking at." Jake said grabbing hold of her belt loop and pulling her to him. "Aren't jealous are you?" Heather asked as she hooked her arms around his neck. "Course not, but I'd really hate to have to kill my childhood buddy because you were looking at him instead of me." Jake grinned showing he really wouldn't do it.

"What do you two want?" Bonnie asked. "I'm here because his mom told me to bring some clothes for you girls to sleep in. He's here because, well because Heather's here." Stanley answered as his sister's question.

Bonnie reached over and grabbed the stack of clothes from Stanley. "Thank you, good night." She said and stepped back into the bedroom. "She's right, thank you." Mimi told Stanley.

"No problem." Stanley responded trying to ignore Jake and Heather, who were kissing goodnight. "Night." Mimi said as she turned to go into Jake's room. Stanley suddenly found that he couldn't ignore the romantic atmosphere that Jake and Heather were providing. He decided that if he got smacked it would be well worth it, so he grabbed Mimi's arm, turned her around and kissed her.

It surprised both of them when Mimi not only didn't smack Stanley, but also didn't pull away from him. That was how Eric and April found them ten minutes later. Eric and April looked at the couples then at each other and smiled. "Night guys." Was all they said, but that was also all that was needed to get the couples to pull apart. "Night." Jake and Heather answered. Stanley and Mimi just looked at each other in surprise as Eric and April went into their room.

"Well that was a surprise." Mimi said five minutes later with both guys back downstairs and the girls all back in Jake's room. "A nice surprise or a bad surprise?" Heather asked the question that was on both her and Bonne's mind as they changed clothes then slipped beneath the covers. "Good, I think." Mimi murmured as all the girls slipped of to sleep.

NEXT CHAPTER: Breakfast at the Green house and an invitation for dinner. (It's a short one.)