The following week, the Konigsberg family was holding a summer cookout/pool party. The party included Twister's family, three of Leah's friends, Ray and Tito, Twister's friends and of course Molly. As Raoul and Albert were talking over beers, Leah and her friends were playing with Molly and Rebecca and Sandy were gossiping, Adam was helping Ray and Tito with the grill. Raymundo was impressed with Adam's knowledge of cooking and how he would spice up some recipes.
"Gee, Adam, maybe you can assistant us at the Shore Shack and give us some recipe ideas."
"I'd really like that." Adam chuckled as he was marinating ribs. "Oh, Tito, I would like the recipe for the fish tacos. My husband loves them and I'm sure my customers would go crazy for them."
"Our recipes are your recipes, Lil Cuz." Tito told Adam with a smile.
"In fact, I want to borrow your matzo tacos. My customers would love that." Ray said.
"I think that's a fair trade." Adam smiled.
Twister loved watching his husband in action. It was one of the many reasons why he was so lucky to find a man like Adam. Sandy sat next to her son and patted him on the arm and said, "Don't worry about not being able to adopt right now, mi hijo. The time will come."
"I know. But we were looking forward to it happening." Twister told his mom.
"It will happen. You're father and I struggled to have you." Sandy explained.
"What about Lars?" Twister asked as he sipped his iced tea.
"Before your father and I got married, Lars was an unexpected happiness. I dropped out of school while he finished and we got married once he was born. After that, I suffered three miscarriages and my doctor told me after my third one that I may not be able to have children. You were our miracle child."
Twister smiled at his mom's story.
"Trust me, mi hijo. It will happen and when it does, that will be a miracle for you both." Sandy replied.
"Thanks, mama. I needed that." Twister hugged his mom.
Rebecca walked back over to Sandy and said, "Sandy, Rosa made margaritas. Would you like one?"
Sandy got up and followed Rebecca to the drink table. Twister turned and saw his brother, Reggie, Pi and Simone walk to the back yard.
"Are you sure about this?" she whispered.
"I love my brother so I'm way sure." Lars smiled.
"What are you guy's talking about?" Simone turned to them and asked.
"You'll see." Lars replied.
"It better not be about your sex life because if it does..." Pi started to say.
"Don't worry. It isn't." Reggie snapped.
Twister ran over to them.
"Hey, guys!" he called out.
"Twister!" Reggie threw her arms around him and hugged him.
"I'm glad you're here. There are appetizers and drinks out. Feel free to get some." Twister pointed to the food and bar.
"Oh good. I need a drink." Pi stated as he took Simone's hand and walked over to the snack bar.
"I'm going to go follow them." Reggie told Lars and walked him.
Lars was checking his wife out. She was dressed in a black bikini and a purple sarong wrap. He leaned into Twister and said, "Dude...can you believe that's my wife? My hot, sexy, gorgeous, great in bed wife..."
"Lars, I'm glad you're happy but I don't want to hear how great in bed she is." Twister flat out told him.
"Just saying..." Lars chuckled and walked over to Pi.
Twister turned and saw Sam and Sherri.
"Hey, guys!" Sam called out.
"Yo, Squid!" Twister walked over to him.
Leah stopped playing with her friends and Molly for one moment and turned to Sam. She ran over, pushed Twister out of the way and gave him a hug.
"Sammy! You came to the party!" Leah cried out in happiness.
"Well I said I would." Sam chuckled.
Leah let go of Sam and looked up at Sherri. Adam was taking notice of this.
"Who are you?" Leah asked while giving Sherri a dirty look.
Adam gave Raymundo his spatula and walked over to the scene of the crime.
"I'm Sherri, Sam's girlfriend." Sherri grabbed Sam's arm. "You must be Adam's baby sister."
"Just so you know, I saw him first, lady, so back off!" Leah started to get confrontational.
"Well, sweetheart, I saw him before you were born." Sherri chuckled.
"Oh, yeah! I'll see him last!" Leah shouted.
Adam walked over and greeted Sam and Sherri.
"Sam! Sherri! So glad you came!" He looked down at Leah. "Leah, are you bothering these nice people?"
"I'm letting this zonna know what happens when you go near my boyfriend!" Leah told Adam.
"Leah Esther, get over here!" Rebecca yelled.
Hearing her mother yell at her, Leah walked over. She knew she was in trouble from the looks of her parents faces. Albert pulled her by the arm and she was getting reprimanded. Adam watched intently at this. Sherri was confused at Leah's comment and said, "What did she call me?"
"Who knows? Let's go get food." Sam walked over to the snack table.
Twister turned to Adam and asked, "What did Leah say?"
"She said zonna. That's Hebrew for whore." Adam said. "I don't know where she learned that but okay..." Adam shook and walked back to the grill.
Twister shook his head and walked over to Sam and Sherri, who were talking to Reggie and Simone. Everything was going okay until Leah came back to talk to Sherri.
"My parents said I have to apologize so I'm sorry." Leah said without emotion.
"Gee...thanks..." Sherri replied.
"Babe, I'm gonna ask Adam where the bathroom is." Sam told Sherri.
Once Sam turned his back, Leah took her two fingers and pointed them to her eyes and back at Sherri. Sherri gave Reggie a look and scoffed. Before Twister knew it, Otto walked in with Makayla. Lars, who was sharing a beer with his father, turned to see Otto and made a face of disgust. Adam glanced up from his cooking and made a face that said, 'Oh dear...'
"What's up, everyone?" Otto called out.
Twister looked up and smiled at his friend. He ran over to him and greeted him.
"Hey, Otto!" Ray called out. "Come grab some food!"
"Will do, Raymundo! I'm starved. The two hour ride will make you hungry." Otto chuckled.
"Dude, you missed it! Adam's sister tried to fight Sherri!" Twister told him.
"Isn't she like 10? Man, I miss all the good things." Otto chuckled.
"I hope you don't mind but I made a dessert. A mixed berry triffle that my very British mother passed down to me." Makayla said with a chuckle.
"Great! You might have to compete with my husband." Twister chuckled.
"I'll let you two talk. I will put this on the dessert table." Makayla said as she kissed Otto on the cheek.
Otto watched as she said her hellos to everyone and made her way to set her dessert down.
"Everything okay with you two?" Twister asked.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?" Otto asked.
"Eh, just asking." Twister shrugged. "So want to get something to drink?"
"Actually, I snuck us some homemade apple moonshine. I know a guy from Kentucky when I competed there. He hooked me up and I didn't get to drink any." Otto pulled two small bottled out of his pocket.
Twister had a pit in his stomach and said, "I'm not sure, man. I got really fucked up last time."
"Dude, just do this for me, please." Otto almost forced him.
Feeling on the spot, Twister said, "Let's go in my father in law's basement." Twister said.
"Is everything okay?" Lars walked over to the two.
"Yeah. Everything's chill, bro." Twister chuckled.
"Are you sure?" Lars eyed Otto.
"He said yes? Did he stutter?" Otto snapped.
Lars glared at him and walked off. Twister watched his brother walk back. Otto then said to Twister, "Let's go to the basement."
Otto and Twister were talking about everything while drinking in the basement.
"You miss New York?" Otto asked Twister.
"Sometimes. I miss seeing Broadway shows and the ballets at Lincoln Center." Twister told him.
"Wait, you went to the ballet and to a Broadway show?" Otto laughed. "Dude, i know youre gay but that is gay."
"Not as gay as you and Makayla going to a sushi making class." Twister laughed.
"Hey! I was dragged into it." Otto said defensively.
"Judging from Makayla's snapchat posts, seems like you were enjoying yourself." Twister teased.
Otto scoffed and mumbled, "Whatever..."
The two took a sip of their bottles and laid back. Otto took a look at Twister and asked, "How are you and the man of the house taking the fact you were rejected?"
"We're hangin in there. I mean, we might have to wait a while until..."
"Hold that thought! I just remembered I had to tell you something. I was nominated for an ESPY." Otto told Twister pridefully.
"Oh...that's great." Twister replied.
Twister was somewhat annoyed Otto cut him off.
"And get this, I'm going to be on the cover for Sports Illustrated so look out!" Otto added.
"That's cool." Twister said.
"Dude, what's wrong?" Otto took notice of annoyance in Twister's voice.
"Nothing...nothing at all." Twister said while taking a sip of beer.
"Good. There is more I have to add." Otto started to talk about himself more and more.
Otto then got to talking about when he competed in England and the time he met Makayla's parents.
"I'm convinced they don't like me. They are always low key judging me in British if you ask me. Kind of funny if you ask me." Otto snorted and took a sip.
Twister just sat there and listened. Thank God he heard, "Maurice? Otto? You down there?"
It was Albert looking for them. Otto and Twister quickly hid the moonshine and acted natural, listening to music. Albert found them in the basement and said, "What are you two doing down here? The food is ready and everyone is outside."
"We'll be there, Dr. Konigsberg." Twister smiled.
"Yeah. Give us a couple more minutes." Otto added.
Albert smiled at the boys and walked back upstairs. Once he was out of sight, Otto turned to Twister and said, "Bro, you can call him by his first name."
"Yeah but he's my father in law so I call him Dr. Konigsberg out of respect." Twister smiled.
"Dude, I wish Makayla would let me call her parents by their first names. It's always Mr. and Mrs. Worthington and never Simon and Maggie. Anyway, let's get rid of these before we get caught."
Reluctantly, Twister downed the thing of moonshine with Otto. Once that was finished with, Otto said, "Now we can join the party."
The food consisted of hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, potato salad, kabobs, mac and cheese balls, mini streaks and a delicious garden salad. It was like a mini Thanksgiving dinner. Twister was feeling tipsy but Otto kept telling him to eat as much as he could just to soak up the alcohol in his system. Adam took notice of this and said, "Babe, did you just get tipsy off of one beer?"
"Yeah...it was pretty strong..." Twister somewhat slurred his words.
He couldn't let Adam know about the moonshine.
"Well take it easy. My sister and her friends are here." Adam kissed him on the cheek. "Come on. I made your favorite mac and cheese balls."
A few moments later, Twister was throwing up in the bathroom. Adam ran into check on him and laughed, "Geeze you like my cooking so much that you over ate."
"I guess that's the case. If I were you, I'd lay low for a while." Twister laughed.
"I don't know about that." Adam chuckled. "My dad said to take some Pepto if you feel nauseous or maybe have a little bread."
"If I eat anything else, I might explode." Twister said and then threw up again.
Reggie and Sam ran inside to see if he was alright.
"Is everything okay?" She asked.
"Yeah. He's fine." Adam smiled.
"You ate more than I did in my fat days, Twister." Sam laughed.
Twister chuckled and got up to wash his mouth out. Once that was done, he turned to his husband and friends with a smile.
"So what's for dessert?" He joked.
"Seriously? I thought you were done eating." Reggie laughed.
"I'm never done eating this guy's food." Twister replied and headed back outside.
The dessert table consisted of lemon pie, chocolate cake made by Adam and Leah, and of course Makayla's trifle. Leah walked over to Sam and Sherri and handed Sam a piece of cake.
"Here. Adam and I made it. I got you a special piece." Leah blushed while handing it to Sam.
"Oh, thank you, Leah." Sam took the cake from her.
"Where is my piece?" Sherri joked.
"Sorry. None for you." Leah snapped and walked off.
"Leah, be nice." Adam corrected her.
"I hope you don't mind, I made a trifle." Makayla stated. "Sorry, Twister. Your husband might have completion."
"Sounds like a challenge, babe." Twister turned to Adam.
"Bring it on, Manchester." Adam joked making everyone laugh.
Soon after dessert, Lars and Reggie turned to each other and nodded. Twister knew something was up.
"Bro, what's going on?" He asked.
"Reggie and I made a decision." Lars announced.
Adam knew this was serious so he got everyone's attention. Reggie got up next to her husband and announced, "Twister, Adam...Lars and I got in touch with your case worker and we had discussed and decided that I am to carry your baby."
Shock coming over him, Twister became teary eyes and said, "Are you sure this is what you want to do?"
"Positive. We got in touch with your case worker and told her how much you want this so I'm going to do it." Reggie said.
Everyone, with the exception of Otto, clapped and hugged Reggie, Adam and Twister. Sandy and Rebecca both cried out, "I'm going to be a grandma!"
Makayla took notice of Otto's attitude. She turned to him and said, "Why aren't you happy?"
"I am happy. I'm just a little in shock. Excuse me." Otto got up and excused himself.
Not entertaining the thought of Otto's attitude, Makayla hugged Twister and Adam. Otto just watched on as everyone celebrated and how Molly wanted in on the action. Twister was petting her and saying, "Molly, you're going to be a big sister!"
