Chapter 7….

Jesse finished up at the garage after steve had just left when a man walked in;"Hello,son."

"Don't call me that,because I'm not your son!"answered jesse angry as he looked up;"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I raised you for 16 years,jesse,so I have every right to call you that!"said the man;"But I see that you still haven't lost your attitude."

"I don't know why you're here and I don't really care either,but you have no business being here and as for raising me for 16 years that's a joke too because all you did was put me down and make my life a hell!"started he and tried to keep his anger in check;"Go back to chicago!"

"Hey,I was in town on business and I wanted to see how my boy was doing,so don't be like that."laughed peter ;"So,how is life in baycity here?"

"Shut up!"yelled his adoptive son furious as he grabbed peter and pushed him up against the wall;"I know what you did to my parents and how you made them believe that I was dead while you made me believe for all that time that I was given away at birth,peter,so you should be thanking your lucky stars that I don't kill you with my bare hands!"

"I see you still have that bad temper of yours."smiled he and pushed jesse away from him;"Does your new family know about that and about how that's gotten you into trouble a few times?"

"Get out of here before I do something that you will regret!"warned jesse him;"I mean it!"

"Well,I have to go anyway because I have an appointment,but we will continue this conversation another time."answered peter as he turned around and walked away;"Untill next time,son."

That night kristy had just finished getting dressed for the party when jake knocked on her bedroomdoor and came in;"Hey."

"Hey."said she a bit uncomfortable;"Why aren't you dressed for the party yet?"

"I don't feel like going."started jake hesitating;"Have you been trying to avoid me or something?"

"No,ofcourse not."answered his friend quickly;"I've just been pretty busy,jake,that's all."

"We need to talk about what happened,kris,I'm sorry about kissing you and I shouldn't have done that!"said he;"If you want me to leave with devlin I will."

"I don't want you to leave,jake,I already told you that and what happened was no big deal."began kristy softly;"It was just a kiss and it was one time thing,so let's just forget about it."

"You're right."answered her friend with a faint smile;"You look gorgeous,kris."

"Thanks."smiled she and pushed him about of her bedroom;"And you will look pretty good yourself too if you go and get dressed for the party,jake ,hurry!"

"But i don't feel like going."said jake annoyed as he turned back towards her;"Are you going with evan?"

"No,he has to work and I'm going with you and devlin,so get back to your room and get changed into something else!"started his friend and quickly pushed him away again;"Now,jake!"

"Yes,m'am!"answered he with a faint smile as he walked away;"I'll be ready as soon as I can."

At the club ryan's family was already there as the birthday-boy was having a blast,totally surprised by his party being held at the club.

Kathleen had been watching her sister and brother-in-law for a while and even though they both tried to act as normal as possible she knew that there was something wrong,so she walked up to adam since she knew that her sister wouldn't tell her anything;"What's going on with you and my sister?"

"Hello to you too."said adam irritated as he turned around;"Nothing is going on,Kathleen."

"Do you really expect me to believe that?"asked she;"I can feel the cold coming from you two across the room,adam,so what happened?"

"The usual."answered her brother-in-law;"M.j. kept something from me and I found out."

"What did she keep from you?"began Kathleen surprised;"Are you sure that she really kept something from you,adam,what did she say when you confronted her about it?"

"When I came to pick m.j. up at mary's place I saw aaron driving off and when I asked my wife about it she said that she hadn't seen him,but I knew she was lying because he'd just been there."said he;"I thought that we were done with the lies."

"But m.j. wasn't lying,adam,you might have seen aaron there or something,but m.j. didn't see him or anything because she was with me inside the whole time and he never came inside or anything!"started his sister-in-law slowly;"So you have accused your wife of something that she didn't do!"

"But I saw him leaving the parkinglot in a car,Kathleen,I saw that and it was him!"answered adam confused;"Why would he be there and not go inside to see m.j.?"

"I don't know why and that is something that you would have to ask him if you see him again,but I do know that your wife didn't talk to him and that you were wrong in accusing her of lying to you."said she;"So that means that you have some serious making-up to do."

At the hospital evan was sitting in the doctors-lounge when Jennifer walked in;"Hi,jen,shouldn't you be at ryan's party?"

"I could ask you the same thing."said she with a faint smile and sat down;"I have to work untill midnight,so maybe I'll go after that for an hour or so and how about you?"

"No,I couldn't go,because I have to work untill tomorrow-morning."started evan slowly;"I had a big fight with kristy yesterday."

"About what?"asked his friend worried;"About you guys moving in together,evan,did you pressure her about that again?"

"No,I kind of freaked out when I walked out back at her house and found her in the pool,with jake,fooling around."answered he with an ashamed look;"That made me so jealous and I said some mean things to both kristy as well as jake,even about his dead wife."

"You did that?"began Jennifer a bit shocked;"What were you thinking,evan,no matter how angry you might have been there's no excuse for that and I'm sure that both kristy and jake must have been furious with you."

"I know it was stupid,but eversince jake moved in there with devlin it seems like kristy is slipping more and more away from me and that is driving me insane,jenny,I feel like I'm losing my girlfriend and he gets to live with her while she's my girlfriend."

"But you can't blame jake for that and if kristy isn't ready to move in with you yet then there's nothing that you can do about it,evan,besides they have been through a lot after what happened last year and you can't be surprised that they have grown closer because of it."said his friend softly;"All you can do is be there for kristy and let her do this in her own time,without pushing her."

Ryan had been talking to his grandmother when jesse came up to him with lacey;"Hi,ryan,happy birthday."

"Thanks."said he quickly and turned back towards mary;"I'm gonna see what more mom and dad have planned for me."

"Hey,are you okay?"asked lacey worried as ryan walked away and looked at her boyfriend,who looked upset;"Jesse?"

"He still can't forgive me for what happened last year!"answered he frustrated and walked away too;"He's never going to forgive me no matter what I do!"

"I will have a talk with ryan again about that,don't worry."said mary as she noticed the tears in lacey's eyes;"Hey,are you okay,honey,are you crying because of ryan's attitude towards his brother?"

"No,jesse had been upset about something eversince he came home from the garage and I've tried to get him to open up,mary,but he refuses to tell me what it is and says that everything's fine."started her grandson's girlfriend;"And now with ryan still acting like this it's not helping."

"It'll be okay and ryan will come around again in time."answered she;"And I'm sure that whatever jesse was upset about he will tell you soon enough."

Nick was talking to Darren while his sisters and cousins were on stage,performing,when parker came in;"Hi,guys,how is everything going?"

"It's going great,boss,everybody is having a blast."said nick as he turned around;"Thanks again for letting us have this party here."

"No worries,nick,you're welcome."smiled he and pointed at the stage;"We should have them perform here more often,because they're pretty good."

"Justin has already tried that,but most of them have either jobs or still go to school,so they can't always perform so much."answered Darren;"I heard you ran devon down on the beach."

"Yeah,I was being stupid riding that bike of mine on the beach and I'm just glad that devon didn't really get hurt."started his boss slowly;"So,does she have a boyfriend or something,nick?"

"No,not right now,but I'm not sure if she's looking for one right now either."said he surprised about parker's question;"Why?"

"I'm just curious."smiled parker;"A beautyfull girl like that is usually taken for."

To be continued…