Disclaimer: I do not own Against the Wall.

Hey guys! I am so sorry for the wait. I have been extremely busy recently. Between working for my aunt, taking care of my grandmother, both cars being broken, and getting ready for vacation...let's just say it has been a hectic time.

But I am back now and hopefully will be updating quicker than before. I am going on vacation soon, and my house does not have internet, so I will only be posting when we go to the bar. But I will be writing when I am at the house, so I should be getting them up faster than I have been recently.

If you have anything that you want to see happen in this story, let me know! I will try to work it in.

Ok...enjoy!

Steve held his breath as he hurried to the hospital. Knowing they would freak out, Sarah had instructed him not to tell anyone else where she was, but she needed someone to pick her up. She finally reached his destination, and jumped out of his car. The minute he was in the building he asked for her.

"Try the third floor."

He sighed and walked to the elevator. It only took a minute to get upstairs and he started to ask everyone about her.

"Steve, calm down."

He turned and saw her. Other than the fact that she looked naseous, a bit out of it from the pain meds, and the bandage on her hand, she looked relatively okay. "Thank God."

He hugged her and then looked at her as they walked to the car. "Are you okay? What happened? Conrad said that your place is a mess?"

She shrugged. "It's a long story." She told him and when they climbed into the car, he faced her.

"Start talking, otherwise you are going to have to wait until we are with everyone else."

She rolled her eyes. "Crap. Fine." She hesitated. "Right after you left, I got a….surprise at my door." She paused. "Do you remember passing an elderly couple on your way out of my building?"

He nodded. "Yeah. Why?"

She sighed and looked at her hands before looking back up at him. "Their names are Katherine and William…Hicks."

"Okay…what does this have to do with-" He stopped. "Wait, did you just say Hicks?" She nodded. "Your grandparents?"

…

Sarah sighed, staring at her family, who had gathered around the kitchen table of her parents' house. "They just showed up. I have no idea how they found me or how they even knew I was adopted! I could barely think to realize what was happening, let alone slam the door, and they just walked right in."

"What did they want?" Conrad asked slowly.

She bit her lip. "That's the complicated thing."

"Tell us, Sarah." Don told her sternly.

"Well...I didn't exactly give them a chance to tell me. I just started yelling about how they have no right to be here and that they can't just barge in on my life." She chuckled dryly. "Needless to say, that didn't go over well."

"But how did you hurt yourself?" Sheila asked, lightly touching her daughter's hand.

"I shattered the glass I was holding."

Richie, despite the tense atmosphere, smirked and rolled his eyes as the doorbell rang. Gail went to get it and came back with a shocked look.

"Uh…"

"What is it?" Steve asked her, standing from his seat.

She gave him a look and stepped aside, revealing the elderly couple behind her. "We're here for our granddaughter."

Everyone stared at them and Conrad gripped Sarah's uninjured hand tightly. "Get out of here. Half of the people in this room are cops. They can make you leave." She told them immediately.

Katherine looked at her with disgust. "How dare you talk to us like that?"

"Why are you here?" Don asked, taking a protective stance in front of his family.

William looked at him. "We came for Sarah. We need her to come back to North Carolina."

"No way in hell I'm going anywhere with you." She spat.

"When we found out she had been adopted, we were furious." Katherine told them all. "She belongs in North Carolina."

"You have no rights over her anymore." Sheila stepped forward next to her husband. "We're her parents."

"We need you to come home with us." She told Sarah. "We need you to marry our friend's grandson…for a business deal."

"Are you kidding me?" She shouted and stood, despite Conrad and Dustin trying to keep her sitting. Conrad stood and put his hand on her lower back, steadying her.

"You have to…we're family."

She laughed. "Are you kidding me? You are not my family! The people who are here in this room surrounding me are my family. They actually care about me. You are just using me…you always have! I don't have to do anything but kick your asses out of this house." She cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, and I'm already taken." She looked at Conrad. "Have a nice flight."

Everyone stared at them in shock. Aside from the fight with her birth mother, none of them had ever heard her yell like that. She rarely ever went off on anyone. Finally Don looked at the couple.

"I think you should leave now."

William glared at her. "This is not over."

The second they left, Sarah smiled. "Thank God. Now maybe we can finally have some normalcy in our lives again."

Sheila moved to get them tea while Conrad looked at his phone. "I have a message."

A minute later he was pale. Sarah looked at him. "Babe?"

"That was my mom. Madi's in the hospital."