Past, Present, Future:

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Family Meeting: Part One:

When Chad walked into his house he found his parents sitting on the couch watching TV.

"Where have you been?" His father, Paul Danforth, asked.

"Um, practice," Chad lied.

"Try again, Chad. Coach Bolton called asking if everything was alright," Paul began, "it seems we've had some sort of 'family emergency'."

"Damn," Chad mumbled under his breath.

"Would you care to tell us about this 'family emergency'?" Darlene Danforth questioned.

Chad thought for a moment about how to put the word together to tell them about Jaden. When he couldn't find anything to say he blurted it out.

"I have a daughter."

Darlene laughed at her soon in disbelief, "That's funny, babe. Now, really, where were you?"

"You remember when you sent me to Camp Martin?" Chad asked and watched his parents nod, "well, I met this girl there and some things happened, and now she's here. With her, I mean, our daughter."

"What?" Paul barked.

"We sent you to that camp for you to learn something, not for you to knock up some hussy," Darlene ranted.

"She's not a hussy!" Chad defended.

"How do you even know she's yours? She could just be making this up," Darlene continued to fume.

"She's not making this up, Mom! I saw the girl! That's where I've been! She looks just like me," Chad explained.

"Well, in that case, I want to meet her," Darlene said crossing her arms, "Now."

Chad nodded slowly and went to call Alex.

"Hello?" Alex answered her phone happily.

"Uh, hey, Alex," Chad spoke quietly.

"Chad?' Alex asked, "What's up?"

"Um, my parents want to meet you and Jay," Chad said carefully.

"Um, okay. When?"

Chad inhaled raggedly, "Now."

"Okay, just tell me where you live and we'll get ready," Alex smiled even though she was terrified.

"We're actually just two roads over. Third house on the left," Chad told her.

"Okie dokie. Give us a few minutes."

Alex hung up and called for Jaden.

"Where we goin', Mommy?" Jaden asked.

"We're goin' to meet Daddy's family," Alex informed her.

The little girl nodded before asking, "Do you think they'll like me?"

"Of course they will, Angel," Alex told her even though she had no idea what to expect.

Chad went up stairs to think before Alex and Jaden arrived.

About 5 minutes later, the doorbell rang, and he bolted down the stairs to answer it.

"Taylor?" Chad asked quite confused when he opened the door.

"Expecting some one else?" Taylor asked quizzically.

"Um, uh, no. I'm just surprised is all," Chad fibbed.

"Oh, I just wanted to see if you were okay. I didn't see you much today," Taylor paused, "are you gunna let me in?"

Chad shook his head to clear his mind, "Yeah, come in."

"Oh, hi, Taylor," Darlene smiled at his son's girlfriend.

"Hi, Mrs. Danforth," Taylor waved slightly.

"Could you excuse us for a moment?" Chad asked practically dragging Taylor upstairs.

"Chad, baby, what's going on?" Taylor question out of breath from running behind Chad up the stairs.

"Nothing, I just wanted to be with you alone for a minute," Chad smiled before kissing her.

"Hm, there's my man," Taylor smiled after she pulled away, "So, what happened to you today? I mean, after all that…stuff? We didn't see you much. I went to watch you practice, but you weren't there. Chad, tell me what's going on."

"I was just trying to get my head around some stuff. And as for practice, I went to meet her," Chad paused to let Taylor digest this, "my daughter, I mean."

Taylor didn't say anything, but Chad could see tears forming in her eyes.

"Baby, don't be upset," Chad pulled her to him.

"How can I not be upset?" Taylor inquired holding back tears, "This will change everything! And this may sound selfish, but I don't care! Pretty soon you'll be so involved with them that you won't have time for me! And…."

"No, no, Taylor. I'm here. I'm not leaving you," Chad said pulling her back to him, "yes, things will change. I want to be a part of Jaden's life, and I want you to be part of both of our lives. Taylor, I need you're help with this."

They were silent for a moment, but Taylor broke it in a quiet voice, "Okay."

Chad smiled and kissed his girlfriend, "Good. Oh, I think you should know, Alex and Jaden are on their way over here. When I told Mom and Dad, they said they wanted to meet here. So that's where we're at."

Meanwhile, Alex had finished dressing Jaden and started getting herself ready.

After washing her face and brushing her teeth, Alex changed into her nice jeans, black button up shirt that she left unbuttoned a bit to reveal a hot pink undershirt and black pointed toe heels. She then put a shiny hot pink head band in her black hair and went to gather Jaden.

"Come on, Angel," Alex said reaching for her daughter's hand.

Jaden was dressed in a sleeveless light pink and white checked dress that went to her feet and pink and white sandals and she had a light pink bow clipped on the top of her head.

Jaden quickly took her mother's hand and skipped down the hallway.

"Where are you going?" Her father, Marc Harrison, questioned.

"Um, where going to meet Chad's parents," Alex said shyly.

"As in Chad Danforth? As in…" Marc motioned at Jaden.

"Yes, that Chad. He came by earlier to meet her and now his parents want to meet us," Alex told him, "Really it's a long story. I'll tell you later."

"Well, don't stay long because Kalvin and his girlfriend are coming over tonight," Marc informed her.

"Okay, I'll try."

About 5 minutes later, the doorbell rang at the Danforth house once again.

"That must be her," Chad said moving Taylor's head from his chest as he sat up.

Chad stood then helped Taylor up, "Be nice, please, Tay."

"I'm not making any promises," Taylor couldn't help but laugh at her boyfriend's pleas.

The couple walked down the stairs and Chad went to the door as Taylor went to join Mr. and Mrs. Danforth.

"Hey, Lexi," Chad greeted her remembering what he had called her at camp.

Alex rolled her eyes playfully before saying, "You remembered, How sweet of you."

Chad laughed before turning his attention to the little girl she was holding, "Hey, Jay-Jay!"

Jaden quickly reached for him, "Daddy!"

Chad took her and began walking towards the living room.

"Oh, my," Darlene gasped when she saw the young girl Chad was carrying.

Paul looked up from his seat in a recliner with his jaw hanging down.

'My, Lord! She looks just like him. And she's older than I expected. Oh, think, Darlene! Camp Martin that was almost 4 years ago!' Darlene thought to herself.

"She's gorgeous," Darlene said directing it more to Alex.

"Oh, thank you," Alex said quietly.

"Huney, you don't have to be scared of us," Darlene paced towards her, "we don't bite I promise."

Alex looked up at her and smiled lightly.

"I'm Darlene Danforth and this is my husband, Paul," Darlene introduced.

"Hi," Paul stood and held out his hand for Alex to shake.

"Alex Harrison," Alex took his hand.

"You're Marc's daughter, right?" Paul asked releasing her hand.

"Yes sir," Alex nodded.

"He mentioned you and your brother coming to live here."

"Okay, enough of that, why don't you introduce me to that cutie my son is holding," Darlene smiled before remembering Taylor sitting on the couch, "Oh, how rude of me! Alex this is Taylor."

"Yeah, we met at school," Alex looked at Taylor and smiled a little.

Taylor didn't say anything, but smiled back.

"Mom, Dad," Chad called bring them back to him and Jaden, "this is Jaden Kennedy Danforth. Your granddaughter."

"That is an absolutely gorgeous name," Darlene complimented.

"Oh, thanks."

After that, Alex told them some different things about herself and Jaden.

"What does she call your parents?" Darlene asked.

"She calls my dad and Sherry 'Nana' and "Papa'," Alex answered.

"Well, because we'd like to be apart of her life, and we wanted to know if it was okay with you," Darlene stated wearily.

"Oh, that's fine. By all means., you are her grandparents."

"I bet you anything she's been sitting over there thinking about what Jay could call her for the last 30 minutes," Chad whispered to Alex and Taylor.

Both girls laughed.

"What's so funny?" Paul asked.

"Oh, nothing," Chad answered nonchalantly, "we're just making bets on how long Mom's been thinking about what she wants Jaden to call her."

"Now, that's not fair," Darlene pouted, "And it hasn't been that long."

The rest of the grouped laughed.

"What would you like to be called?" Alex asked with a grin.

"Um, maybe, Grammy?"

Alex nodded the turned to Jaden, "Whatcha think Jay-Jay? Does she look like a 'Grammy' to you?"

"Grammy!" Jaden exclaimed before running over to her newfound grandmother.

"What about you, Dad?" Chad asked.

"Oh, I don't know, son," Paul answered as if he were thinking about it.

They all heard Jaden giggle and when the looked over they saw Darlene whispering something in her ear.

Before they new it, Jaden was climbing up Paul's leg and calling him, "Pops!"

Paul smiled and said, "I like it."

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