Benny Severide pulled up to Casey's house early the next morning. He thought maybe he'd cook breakfast or take them all out. He had been spending time with Kelly lately and when he heard he was watching the twins and thought he'd test out his grand-parenting skills for if he ever became one.

He was about to get out of his car when another pulled into the driveway. He checked his watch and frowned, it wasn't even seven yet. He watched as Jake jumped out with a grin on his face and headed towards the door. Benny climbed out of his own car, noticing the driver of the other car was a girl and watched as Jake tried to quietly unlock the door.

"Watch out for those creaky stairs." Benny said as he came up behind Jake, making him jump.

"B-Benny," Jake stuttered. "I was-"

"Sneaking in?" He asked. "Yeah, I can see that."

"No," Jake said slowly. "I was just out earlier for a run and I don't want to wake anyone up."

"Out for run?" Benny raised his eyebrows. "In jeans and a leather jacket?"

Jake swallowed nervously. "I meant a walk. I needed to clear my head."

"Well I'll make it real clear for you," Benny said. "You get in that house and take a seat at the kitchen table."

Jake nodded and turned to walk into the house. He hung up his jacket and kicked off his shoes and made his way to the table. The house was quiet and he mentally cursed Benny for catching him. He knew Shay was at work and he could hear the showering running so he could have easily got in the house unnoticed.

The shower stopped and he heard Benny make his way upstairs. He listened to the muffled voices and knew from the tone that he was dead. Benny came down the stairs a few minutes later followed by an extremely angry looking Severide.

"You better have one hell of an explanation for why you were out until seven in the morning!" He growled.

"I didn't mean to." Jake tried to explain, noticing how childish he sounded. "Rachel invited me to her house because her parents were gone and we were watching a movie and we fell asleep. Kelly," He said with sincerity in his eyes. "I swear I didn't do this on purpose."

Severide stood there, just fuming and tried to calm down. "Go to your room."

"You don't believe me?" Jake frowned.

"I don't know, Jake." He answered honestly. "All I know is that I trusted you and you broke that trust.

I have a hard job and I'm tired after a shift. You knew that and I think you took advantage of it. I trusted that you'd be home at midnight like you promised. Lena managed to get home an hour before curfew. But you know, the worst part is that if my Dad didn't catch you, you would have never told me what happened. If it was all a big misunderstanding, why were you trying to sneak back in and why didn't you call me the minute you woke up?"

"I don't know," Jake shook his head. "I guess I didn't want you to get mad. I really didn't mean to stay out all night. I was tired too and we just fell asleep."

Severide looked at his Dad and sighed. "I need some time, so just go to your room until I can figure things out."

Jake frowned again before getting up and kicking the chair as he walked out of the room. He was frustrated that no one believed him. He may not have the best track record, but he was telling the truth and it upset him that Severide didn't believe him.

Severide listened to him stomp up the stairs and slam his door. He sighed and shook his head, running a hand over his face before pulling out a chair and sitting down. "Do you think he's telling the truth?"

"I'm not sure." Benny shrugged. "But if you would have pulled this stunt at his age, and then did that, I would have beaten your ass."

"I remember your parenting methods, Dad." Severide shook his head. "He's not my kid."

"No, but you are responsible for him right now and he can't get away with that crap." Benny said. "Matt needs to be more firm with that boy or things are going to get out of control really fast."

"What is wrong with Jake?" Grace said, stumbling into the kitchen half awake.

"Did he wake you up?" Severide asked.

She shrugged. "I don't really sleep well when Matt isn't here."

"Come here," He said and let her sit on his knee. "Any nightmares?"

"No, not really." She leaned into his chest and yawned. "So what's wrong with Jake?"

"I caught him trying to sneak in," Benny said as he poured himself a cup of coffee and handed one to Severide. "He didn't come home last night."

Severide felt Grace tense and he couldn't help but exchange a glance with his father as he frowned. "Did you know anything about that?" Severide asked.

Grace was glad she couldn't see his face in that moment. "Well, I knew he went to Rachel's and that her parents weren't home."

Severide shifted her so that he could look at her. "I asked you last night where he was and you told me he was still at the party."

"I know but I didn't want to tell you he was at Rachel's." She confessed. "I thought he'd be home on time and technically he was at the party so I didn't lie."

Severide raised his eyebrows at her. "I thought we already had a conversation about you not telling the whole story?" He said, referring to when she didn't tell Casey about the party Jake threw.

"We did, but I didn't want to get involved." she sighed. "It's unfair that I always get in trouble for stuff he does."

"You aren't in trouble, Grace." Severide said. "I just don't like that you lied to me, and you did lie to me."

"Okay that's fair," She nodded. "I won't do it again, or I'll try not to. Saying I won't do it again is probably a lie."

Severide smirked. "Alright, I'll take that."

They were interrupted by the sound of Jake coming down the stairs. Severide lifted Grace off his lap and got up to see what he was doing. He had a bag and was putting on his shoes when Severide reached the door. He surveyed the area in a few seconds and shook his head.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm leaving." Jake said as he stood up and grabbed his jacket. "You don't want to believe me, you think I planned the whole thing then I'm just going to stay at Rachel's until Matt gets back."

"Like hell you are." Severide said. "You aren't going anywhere except back to your room."

"Yes I am." Jake said as he opened the door and glared at Severide when he held it. "If I'm going to get blamed for something I didn't do, I might as well go out and do it, since I'm going to get punished for it either way."

"Do you really think you can get passed me?" Severide said. "I'm a fire fighter Jake. I can easily throw you over my shoulder and carry you back upstairs."

"You're going to have to knock me out first if you want to do that." Jake said.

"If you know what is good for you Jake," Benny interrupted, growing irritated. "You will close that door and get back upstairs right now."

Jake glared at him. "You have no right to tell me what to do."

"Boy, if you walk about that door, my belt is going to have a conversation with your ass that you really aren't going to like." Benny stared him down. Grace looked at Severide who seemed less surprised than her, but still pretty surprised his Dad just said that.

"You can't do that." Jake said after a moment.

Benny crossed his arms. "Try me."

Jake faltered for a moment, he didn't know what to do. No one had ever said anything like that to him before, let alone done it. He looked to Severide, who gave him a look that basically said your choice. He waited another moment before shutting the door.

Benny nodded. "Good choice. Now go to your room."

Jake looked to Severide again who nodded towards the stairs. "Go on."

Severide watched him walk up stairs with an expression mixed between confusion and nervous. Once he heard Jake close his door he turned to his Dad with a bewildered look. "What the hell was that?"

"I told you, you have to be more firm."

"You threatened to spank a fifteen year old!"

"And it worked." Benny nodded. "Look, boys are different, they need a strong hand. I raised you this way, you're fine. If you ask me, it is exactly what kids these days need."

"Dad, he's not your kid." Severide exclaimed.

"I won't let a fifteen year old run the show, and neither should you." Benny said, pointing at him to make it more effective. "If you're worried about what Matt is going to think, I'll talk to him. But the point is, he listened and he is in his room right now. So go up there and talk to him so we can all go out for breakfast."

Severide sighed and shook his head and he started to climb the stairs. He had to admit, the threat did seem to work, but it doesn't mean it was the right thing to do. He knocked once before opening the door and stepping into the room. Jake was sitting on his bed with his laptop and barely looked up when Severide walked in. He grabbed the chair from his desk and put it in front of the bed and sat down.

"I want the truth now, Jake." Severide said calmly. "If you tell me it really was a mistake, I'll believe you."

Jake looked up at him with an expression that was hard to read. But Severide pinned it as hurt. "I didn't do it on purpose. We fell asleep after," He paused. "Well you know."

Severide looked down, trying to hide his smile. "Were you safe?"

Jake looked at him briefly before looking away. "Yeah."

"Okay, good." Severide nodded. "So you left the party to, do that, and you ended up falling asleep."

"Well yeah, you know how girls like to cuddle after." Jake looked at him seriously.

This time Severide couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. "Yeah, I know that Jake."

"Okay, well that's what happened." He said. "She put a movie on, and we were cuddling and we fell asleep. I swear, that's the truth. I woke up and I freaked out and she drove me home. You can even call her and ask him." Jake said as he held his phone out.

Severide took his phone and put it on the night stand. "I don't have to. I believe you Jake. I should have believed you from the start."

"I understand why you didn't," Jake said. "I've messed up before."

"Yeah you did," Severide nodded. "But you paid the price for that so I shouldn't have held it against you."

"Are you going to tell Matt?"

Severide nodded. "I think I have to buddy."

Jake sighed. "Yeah okay."

"Come on," Severide said as he stood up. "Let's go out for breakfast."

"So, I'm not in trouble?" Jake asked slowly.

"No, but you aren't going out tonight, neither is Grace though. I want you both home tonight."

"Okay," Jake hesitated. "You're Dad, he's not going to, I mean he wouldn't actually-"

"I honestly don't know." Severide said. "He's a crazy old man, so just behave and nothing will happen."

Jake nodded and followed Severide back downstairs to head out for breakfast. They ate breakfast and then Benny thought it would be a good idea to take them to their grandfather's grave before he had to leave. It was kind of sad for the twins to see the grave, to know that they'd never get the chance to meet him. But it was nice, in a sad way.

Severide spent the day with the twins doing a bunch of activities. They went to the batting cages first, got some hot dogs for lunch and then he took them fishing in the afternoon. He was surprised, he thought living in California, they would know how to fish, but they didn't. They spent the entire afternoon learning how and he was surprised they actually had fun doing it. Most kids and teenagers get bored after a while, but he figured they liked the peacefulness. It was calming and relaxing and that's why he liked it.

They went home to find Dawson and Mills over. Shay and Dawson had just gotten off shift and Shay invited them over for dinner. Severide was glad for that because it meant he didn't have to cook. Mills and Dawson were both cooking and they had a good evening at home. The guys watched a hockey game that was on after dinner and the girls bounced between watching the game and gossiping in the kitchen. For staying in on a Saturday night, it was a pretty good night for the twins.

The next morning Casey arrived home earlier than expected. He had sorted everything out and caught the red-eye last night. He hadn't slept much all night and he was tired, but he was excited to see the twins. He had missed them, and it surprised him how much he had missed them. He opened the door and put his bag down, taking off his jacket and hanging it up. He had just kicked his shoes of when he heard the steps creak.

He looked up to see a smiling Grace. "Uncle Matt!" She said and ran down the remaining steps, jumping into his arms.

He laughed and hugged her tightly. "Hi Gracie."

"You're home early?" She said when he put her down. "Is everything okay?"

He nodded. "Everything is fine. Why are you up so early?"

Grace shrugged and he noticed the dark circles under her eyes. She could feel his scrutiny and she knew he was starting to worry. "I was using the bathroom and I heard the door open."

"Oh, I see." He nodded. "Do you want to watch some TV with me? I know you probably want to sleep in, but I didn't get much sleep on the plane so I want to just relax. I'll probably fall asleep too."

Grace nodded and followed him into the living room. He turned the TV on and found an old black and white movie. For some reason she really liked those but he wasn't sure why. He turned the volume on low, handed her a blanket and sat down on one end of the couch.

He put his feet up on the table and threw a blank over himself as she wrapped the other blanket around herself, stretched out and laid her head in his lap. It didn't take long for her to drift off to sleep and Casey was glad when she did. He knew she had problems sleeping when he was home, so he couldn't imagine what it was like when he wasn't. He figured she didn't sleep much at all this weekend and that worried him. But he only worried for a few minutes before he drifted off to sleep as well.