A/N Ok it's been a long time, I've been writing other stuff besides this story,I have some stuff planned and I have started on a couple of one-shots and planned a couple of longer stories so if you like this (I hope you do) I might have some new stuff for a couple of other books. I might write a one-shot for "Surviving theApple whites." But you know, it all depends. Ok, enough waffling. Back to the story!

General POV

"So is everyone ok? I saw E.D before and she told me about Cordelia and Hal but what about her and everybody else?"

"Well…" Destiny started, elongating the vowel and taking a deep breath. "I'm okay and I really like school but I'm away from the goatsies and they make us do all these things like spelling and numbers. But my teacher Miss Appercromby is really nice and I have a lot of friends. E.D and Cordelia and Hal all go to big kid school and but we catch the same bus. It smells funny, like feet and the bus driver's name is Gus and he smells like bus. Cordelia has a lot of friends that look like her and Hal has friends too. Cordy calls them the freak pack but Hal calls her friends the "Barbie's" Do you know what a freak pack is?

"I tried to ask mum but she's working on her new book and locks me out of her room. She says that I am 'irksome' I don't know what irksome is. Dad said it meant annoying, like a fly. And that it was a true. He's just grumpy because he's directing a lot lately and not sleeping enough."

"Why don't you ask Archie? And what about E.D" Jake questioned trying to sound casual but was genuinely very curious about her.

"Archie really likes fishing, once he took me too. He has a little boat and when I was in it we capsized; now Archie doesn't take me fishing even though I caught a fish this big." Destiny illustrated the caught fish with his hands at a length that would have rivaled a baby whale. "And E.D has friends too," Destiny dismissed.

As they approached the Main house the air was filled with delicious smells of exotic spices and cooking food. As Jake approached the door he felt a knot of apprehension push its way from his stomach into his throat. He patted Winstons head trying to summon some courage, took a deep breath and pushed the door open. Walking into the noise and light.

E.D's POV

For a moment the whole room was silent as the door was pushed open. If you have ever beein in the dining room full of hungry Applewhites you would know that this was quite a feat. I was not surprised to see the startled expression on more then one face. They probably forgot that Jake was supposed to be back today. The moment of silence passed and Cordelia leapt up and flung her arms around Jake's neck. She was closely followed by Lucille, Dad and most of the family.

When everyone had finished eating gotten reasonably quiet besides from the sounds of scraping cutlery and gulping of drinks Dad rose with his glass. Inwardly I groaned.

"Attention, attention" Dad said clinking at his mug as if he was a proud father of the bride with a flute of champagne. When this didn't bring him enough attention, he banged on the table making many of the dishes jump in a precautious manner. "I said attention! Thank you. Well as all of you probably know Jake has come back of a very special member of the Applewhite clan!"

"Get on with it Randolph" someone said. As Jake felt himself sink deeper and deeper into his chair.

"As I was going to say" Randolph continued, slightly fazed "I would like to make a toast to the return of the one and only, musical genius Jake Semple!" Jakes eyes were at table height as each and every eye turned to him. "It's good to have you back Jake" Rudolph said. And although Jake felt as if someone could cook an egg on his face, he realized that it was good to be back.

A/N Ok that was a pretty waffly chapter, I tried hard on Destiny's chatter, can you tell? I am really, really excited about the next chapter, it was really fun to write and is one of my favourite scenes in this story, ok it will be up next. As always:

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