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As Amanda drove to Elaine and Bob's house, she was nervous and was playing the day over in her head. She was thankful that they had worked out all of the apologies and everything already. Now all they needed to do was work on the re-introduction of the Orton side of the family into Brandon's world.

Brandon watched out the window. "What's Nana's and Papa's name?"

"Nana Elaine and Papa Bob." Amanda replied.

"And will Daddy be there?"

Amanda shook her head, "No hon, not today. But soon."

"Soon he come home?" He asked.

"We're almost there!" She said trying to change the subject.

"YAY!"

When they pulled into Elaine and Bob's driveway, her stomach began to do flips. It had been such a long time since she had been there. She felt a mix of excitement, nervousness, and happiness.

Elaine and Bob came outside as she was parking the car. Amanda got out and waved. "Hi guys!"

Elaine hugged Amanda close. "Amanda, it is SO good to see you."

"Thanks, you too."

Bob hugged her also, "Thanks for coming out Amanda. It's great to see you. Thank you for letting Randy back into your guys's lives. It's all he talks about."

Amanda nodded, "Yeah, he's definitely trying to turn things around." Then she turned and opened the back door, "C'mon Brandon. Time to introduce yourself."

Brandon slowly climbed out of the backseat and stood up behind Amanda. She gently eased him out and rubbed his shoulder. "Introduce yourself." She reminded him.

He held his hand out to Elaine, "I'm Bwandon." He said looking at the ground.

Elaine smiled with tears in her eyes. She shook his hand, "Nice to see you again Brandon. I'm Grandma Elaine."

Then Amanda turned him to Bob. He held his hand out to him also, "I'm Bwandon."

Bob shook his hand, "Nice handshake buddy. I'm Grandpa Bob."

"Let's go inside and have some cookies." Elaine said holding her hand out to Brandon.

He shyly took her hand and walked behind her. He still had yet to look in anyone's eyes. Once they were inside the house, he began to bounce up and down in place. Amanda took a deep breath, she turned to Elaine. "He's a bit overwhelmed, do you mind if I turn on his calm time movie?"

"Heavens no! Go ahead! Have Bob show you how to put on a dvd." Elaine replied happily.

As Bob turned on Brandon's movie, Amanda gave him a hug. "You're doing great buddy. Papa Bob is putting on 'tubbies for you. Are you doing ok?"

He kicked at the floor, "Umm…"

"It's ok. I know, it's a lot. But you're doing great." Amanda replied nicely.

After an hour, and watching his Teletubby movies, Brandon was starting to relax and answer questions from Elaine and Bob. He really liked Elaine's cookies. Then they all sat down for lunch.

"So Brandon, do you like preschool?" Bob asked him.

Brandon nodded, "Yeah Papa, pweschoo is fun. I ride a bus too."

"A school bus? That's pretty awesome." Elaine replied happily.

"So what have you been up to Amanda?" Bob asked.

"Well, I work full-time…and I live here in St. Louis. My parents try to come out every couple of months. They usually make it for the holidays. It was really hard to travel because the changing of schedules and routines used to trigger horrible meltdowns, so they did most of the travelling. Now that Brandon's a little older and has overcome a lot, I'd like to try some travelling." Amanda replied.

Brandon chimed in a bit about different things. Then after lunch, as Amanda helped Elaine clean everything up, she heard Brandon's voice, "Gama? Is this Daddy?" He said pointing to a picture.

She smiled, "Why, yes it is. I have lots of pictures of your daddy. Would you like to see them?"

Brandon nodded his head. Then he took Elaine's hand and walked off with her.

Amanda smiled. She had to admit, it was great to see Brandon with his other set of grandparents. And they were so wonderful and patient with him.

He bounced back down the stairs with Elaine. "Mommy Mommy Mommy…look at Daddy!" And he held up a few pictures. "This is my dad!"

Amanda nodded, "Yup, that's him."

"Daddy come home soon?" Brandon asked.

Before Elaine could answer, Amanda quickly interjected. "You'll get to see Daddy in awhile. He's finishing up some things."

Bob walked in where everyone was. He took Brandon out back to the playset. Elaine looked at Amanda, "So, what do you tell him?"

Amanda shook her head, "I used to just tell him that he was gone. Then Randy reached out to us and I felt bad. So now that Randy says he really wants to be in his life so I've changed it to that he'll be back soon and he's finishing things."

"So you're working on letting him have a chance?" Elaine asked.

"I told him that if he ever broke his heart again I would never forgive him." Amanda said honestly. "Out of everything that Brandon remembers, he remembers Randy. He has a picture of the two of them that he won't let go of. I don't know what it is, but he has never given up on Randy."

Randy's mom nodded. "What about you?"

Amanda dropped her shoulders in defeat, "My parents have always hated him, and now more than ever. But, I told Randy that we could work towards a friendship. We talk at least once a day. He tells me about his good days, his bad days, he tells me about what they're working on. I would love to be completely positive, but I won't believe it till I see it. Outside of rehab."

"Have you ever thought about going and seeing him?" Elaine asked.

"Yeah, but I can't take Brandon. He doesn't know about Randy being in rehab and I'd prefer for their first visit to not be while he's in there. Too many questions, and if I say his dad is at the doctor's, he'll be scared to go to the doctor because he won't want to be gone as long as daddy."

"What if we watched him?" Elaine offered. "I mean, it's quite a drive but we can help you get a flight if you need. You could surprise him? He plays it off, but his spirit is pretty broken. I mean, he's positive about the outcome, but it's been hard on him realizing just how much he's lost and has screwed up."

Amanda thought about it. And even though her first reaction was hell no, she thought about how nice it would be to see him. She had to finally admit to herself…she was having feelings for him. And she wasn't ready to go down that path. So maybe if she saw him in person, it would help to get rid of those and focus on what was important…preparing him for re-entry into Brandon's life.

"Alright, you've talked me into it." Amanda replied cautiously.

Elaine took over watching Brandon outside and Bob came in and helped Amanda find a flight and they paid for it. By the time her and Brandon left that day, she was set to bring Brandon over as soon as she was off of work next Friday and would be on a plane to Atlanta so she could be there in exactly one week from today. Plus they were going to visit a few more time throughout the week to get Brandon feeling comfortable around them and Amanda was going to write up a crash course in Brandon's routines.

** How will Amanda's surprise visit go? How will Brandon do with staying with Elaine & Bob? What will Randy think? Please read and review!**