Okay, I have taken a while posting the next chapter, I am laying low. I have the first 25 chapters written but I am considering breaking it up. There will be more of the dinner in the next chapter of course but I am breaking it up with a few inserts. As some of you know I had problems at another site and will post at least two more chapters there depending on how things go.

Dawn was almost ready, she had laid out Xander's clothes and when he got back from Helen's office he seemed in a good mood.

"Okay, how do I look?" Xander came out in his button up shirt, he looked really uncomfortable.

"Nice like a presentable young man." Dawn smirked as Xander continued to try to adjust the shirt.

"Good, thankfully the shirt will be off in a couple of hours. Is Var outside with the car?"

"Yes, we should get going, with traffic we should be on time." Dawn grabbed her purse and an envelope of pictures she had found to share with the Reagans.

"Let's go meet the family." Xander let Dawn out of the door first.

Brooklyn Bay Ridge area Reagan residence:

Danny was trying to keep Jack and Sean from the front window, "Stop it you two, he will be here soon."

"Come on, remember what we talked about in the car." Linda Reagan reigned her boys in as she got them to sit by their great-grandfather in the sunroom.

"Okay." Jack huffed as he received a wink from great-grandfather.

Erin was pacing in the kitchen with Jamie enjoying some coffee leaning against the island.

"Could you stop?" Jamie asked as he looked somewhat amused at his older sister, "I should be pacing not you."

"I can't help it, what if he doesn't like us or this goes wrong." Erin was somewhat annoyed at own pessimism but she couldn't help it. From what little they knew, Xander had grown up very differently.

"Don't worry, try to act calm otherwise he will go right out this door running back to his government lair."

Frank sat upstairs in his room, sitting on the bed. He looked at a picture of Mary, his deceased wife.

"Well, he is safe. I hope you are watching." Frank stroked the cheek of Mary in the picture and put it back on the night stand.

Getting up he made his way down the stairs just as the doorbell rang, "I'll get it." He stopped Linda from being the first at the door.

You could hear a pin drop in that house, Frank looked back and saw everyone but his father Henry and his grandsons Jack and Sean in the foyer area, they were still in the sunroom.

Frank took his own deep breath and opened the door. First thing he saw was a man that fit Xander's description batting away a woman's hand as she tried adjust his collar.

"Dawn, its fine." The dark haired man insisted, he still hadn't noticed Frank had opened the door.

"Xander," the woman noticed the door had opened and Frank saw large round blue eyes staring at him. "Hello, Mr. Reagan." Dawn acknowledged him with a grin.

Xander realized that the door was opened and his one eye, eyed the tall man in front of him. "Hi."

"Come on in, Erin will you take their coats." Frank asked his only daughter.

Xander closed the door behind him as he stepped in, Frank saw him with his one eye do a quick look around of the room and then saw his wife do the same.

"I am Dawn and this is my husband Xander who seems to have lost his voice. We brought some wine over." Dawn stated as she held up the wine and looked over at her husband.

Frank smiled, "It's quite alright, why don't you two come on over into the sun room, while dinner is getting finished."

"I'll take that." Nikki took the bag from her hands and walked back into the kitchen.

"Nice place." Xander said the only words that came to his mind. He didn't want them to think he didn't want to be there.

Xander followed Dawn over, he didn't know what to think. Looking at that house, he knew they all had a home life he could only dream of. He had missed out on that because some drunk had a beef with the commissioner. That is all Xander could think of, the Reagans were all American. As he rounded the corner to the sunroom he saw two younger boys sitting down with who Xander assumed to be his grandfather Henry.

"Boys, say hello to your Uncle Xander and your Aunt Dawn." Frank told Xander's nephews.

Jack came over first, his blonde hair and glasses, "Hi, I am Jack, I am the older one. Can I go on a mission with you?"

Xander smiled, "I would have to check with my boss but I think she prefers to keep kids at home but I might be able to get you into training session."

"Really, cool I get to train with a soldier." Jack ran back to his grandfather with a huge smile on his face.

Sean came over next, he seemed shier than his older brother but he came up to Xander, "So how did you lose your eye."

Xander looked at Dawn and back at his nephew, "Someone knocked it out it was a misunderstanding."

Frank, Henry, Danny, and Jamie knew what he said was a lie but they appreciated that Xander had censored himself in front of the boys.

"Okay we're ready." Linda came in with Erin and Nikki behind her.

"Let's go you two, it's time to eat." Henry got up from his chair.

Dawn came and took Xander's arm and walked with him to the other side of the dining room where their seat were. Dawn had Erin beside her and Xander was beside Jamie.

Meanwhile… Willow and Faith

"Do you really think that the new Hellmouth has opened up already?"

"Yes, it was only a matter of time, I feel all wrong Faith, just wrong." Willow implored the dark haired slayer.

"Okay my Number One, I'll take a trip uptown and see what the rich and boring are doing." Faith conceded. She knew Willow had a point, she could feel the badness creeping up.

A moment of awkward of silence passed, "So how do you think the dinner is going?"

"Well, as awkward and boring as Xander is." Faith answered with a little more snark than she intended.

"Goddess I hope that nothing supernatural happens." Willow huffed out as she tried to relax for her meditation.

Faith gave the red-head witch a death glare, "Really, after all this time, you use those words. I'll head over."

Willow's eyes snapped open, "I don't think so, not by yourself you are not wait for me."