"And, Callie?" Jerry was confused, it was not three days earlier when their mother went to SGH to give them a bag full of home made baby clothes, and she returned with the bag in hand, still full. And a very upsetting look to her face. It was later that night when Ronnie returned from work that their mother filled her sons in on the breakup of George and Callie. She told them everything, including what happened with Izzie. Needless to say, when his younger brother came home unexpectedly with his ex-wife, looking rather happy, well it was just one big surprise after the other. "What- why, I thought… but mom said that you two…"

Before anyone could answer all his stumbling questions, Callie stepped inside the warm house, kissed her brother in-law on the cheek and gave him a tight squeeze. "Hey Jerry! I missed you!" Yeah, Jerry did not mind one bit hugging her. Anytime, any place, in front of anyone. You just don't pass up an opportunity when a hot Latina throws herself at you, even if she is your brother's wife. He hugged her back of course, but was still puzzled. Jerry looked over at his brother who apparently was not surprised by her show of affection to him. George mumbled something to himself and walked inside as well.

"I could have sworn I heard another female's voice in my house. Jerry who is-" Mrs. O'Malley turned the corner from the kitchen and gasped once she saw them.

"Hi mom. Is it ok that we came? I prolly should have called before hand, but I knew if I did you would have a lot of questions as to why Callie's here with me."

"You didn't tell them we were coming? George!" Callie smacked his arm, it didn't really hurt though because he had on his jacket. "I'm sorry, we should go. I did not know we were coming here myself, otherwise I would have made sure that you knew we were stopping by. I can tell by that amazing smell that you already have dinner going, so George, lets just come back tomorrow. It was really nice seeing you again Jerry, but we'll-"

"NO! No, don't go. Are you kidding, I have been cooking for four men for 26 years; it's a habit now to make so much food. So please Callie, come, stay." Louise wiped her wet hands on her apron that was around her waist and motioned for them all to go in the kitchen. Callie smiled and followed her mother in-law. Jerry tried to go behind Callie but George pushed him out of the way so he could go next in line. If he knew his brother at all, the only reason he wanted to follow her was so he could check out her ass the whole way there, and that George could not watch.

Jerry finished setting the table as George opened a bottle of merlot and Louise started serving spaghetti and meatballs with her signature special secret sauce. It didn't take long for the much wondering topic to surface. And Jerry being Jerry had no problem at all asking the question. "So mom said that you guys got a divorce like three days ago. What gives?" Louise almost spit out her wine. She gave him her motherly 'how dare you embarrass me like that, why would you say such a rude comment' glare. Jerry just shrugged his shoulders. Callie quickly chewed her food so she could answer him, but George cleared his throat and started first.

"First of all, we never actually got a divorce."

"But sweetheart, that's not what you told me the other day."

"Actually ma, I told you that we were broken up. And that we plan on getting a divorce. So when Callie came to the house to talk to me about starting up some papers the next day, well, it's a long story…" Thinking back to tripping on his sleeping bag and acting like a fool afterwards at the hospital, George started to blush. Callie knew exactly what was going through his head, so she continued on for him.

"It's actually not that long baby. Here's what happened. Jerry, you'll love this!"

"Cal, please. Don't." George was shaking his head and was already embarrassed by his stupid fall.

"Let the woman speak bro!"

"Thank you Jerry. As I was saying, we decided on getting the divorce papers drawn up, so I started to leave. And this one over here," Callie wrapped her left arm around George's shoulders and leaned into his body as she spoke, "decides to trip on his sleeping bag. He totally popped his shoulder out, again."

"OH my! Are you alright honey?"

"I'm fine ma."

"Yeah, he will live. I took him back to the hospital and popped it back in."

"I wish Ronnie was here for this! I hope you were hard on him Callie, I'm sure he deserved it."

"Oh, I was. Totally on purpose too."

"You were?! What the hell!"

"Hey, do not swear at the dinner table." Yeah, George's mom still told him what to do.

Anyway, they took turns throughout the rest of dinner telling Jerry and Louise why they decided to get back together. George explained how much he realized Callie meant to him, as a wife, as a friend, as a coworker. Callie explained how even though she loathes Izzie, she forgave George. It takes two to end a marriage, but two to begin one again. Jerry was more than excited, seeing as he sorta got depressed over the fact that Callie was no longer going to be a part of the family as of days ago. As for Louise, she kept quiet most of the conversation. She did not want to interrupt, nor did she really understand the situation. She saw how hurt Callie was over the whole Izzie debacle first hand. Geesh the girl cried in front of her, saying how she still believes in love and second chances despite everything that happened. You gotta admit for a woman's husband to have an affair and lie about it the way George did, Callie still held strong for love. And for that matter, strong for George too. If she could, Louise would take the whole thing back for the sake of her son's reputation, and for her daughter in-laws hurtful eyes afterwards. Never did Herald cheat on her though out their 32 years of marriage, and never did she expect any of her sons to do the same. She thought she raised them better than that, they were taught to respect women, not to ever lie or hurt on purpose. And all George had to say to her was that he did not expect, or want, any of this to happen to Callie. Or Izzie. It just sorta did. But even so, even if it was not on purpose and he did not plan to fall in love with another woman while he was already married, that is her son. They are Christian. They just, he should not have, it is all wrong.

After dinner Louise sent the boys to the upstairs bathroom to fix the leaking sink, and made Callie help her clean in the kitchen. There was definitely some much needed women talk for them to discuss. Well, more like, much needed marriage talk. Or 'what the hell is going on' talk. After a few minutes of nothing but polite smiles from Louise, Callie quickly got the vibe that she was not happy.

"The baby clothes were really cute by the way. I'm so sorry we can't use them right now, but if you could keep them, you know for later… when we will need them. That would be great."

"I'm glad you liked them. Knitting has always been my favorite thing to relax me, take my mind off of everything. And ever since Herald… well, I've had a lot of free time." Callie looked over at her mother in-law who was now slumped over the sink, rinsing dishes and putting them into the dishwasher. Even if you did not know her, you could tell she was grieving for someone. She had that lost stare to her face and that fake smile along with that hopeful, yet sad tone to her voice when she spoke. It was pretty sad actually, so Callie tried as best as she could to lighten the mood.

"Well, George and I haven't talked about this yet, but if we ever have a son I was hoping we could name him Herald. Would that be ok? I mean we decided before, when we were tying to have a baby, that if it was a girl George would get to pick the name. If it was a boy, I got to choose, and I already knew I wanted Herald, I was just going to surprise George with it once the baby came. Honestly if it wasn't for your husband I'm not quite sure George would have told me he loved me. Herald helped me too a lot, I'm not sure if you knew this already but when he was in the hospital, whenever George wasn't there, he and I would talk. About any lil ol' thing. Not only about George or you either, just about life. In general. We just sort of clicked; I don't know it's hard to explain. I don't have such a close relationship with my parents like George does with you, so in a way you guys were like my parents out here. They live in Florida, don't get me wrong I love them and I know they love me, but my dad owns his own business and my mom was the party hostess for everything. I was just their little trophy daughter who attended boarding school every year since the first grade. Like I said, different relationships. So, if it's alright with you…"

Louise almost broke the plate she dropped it so hard in the sink. But she didn't care, with wet hands and all, the woman hugged Callie as if she was pregnant already. Callie of course hugged her back and in that moment, knew everything would be alright. Her own mother never hugged her this tight for this long, but she wasn't complaining.

Still embracing her daughter in-law, Louise tried to talk through tears. "Callie I was so worried when I found out you two broke up. I know he loves you, more than anything I know that. Even when Herald was sick, George would look at you and watch you and even though he was angry with you he still looked at you the way Herald looked at me for all those years. I don't know exactly all the details about Izzie, but I'm just glad he got passed that. Don't tell anyone but you are by far, my favorite girl any of the boys brought home and I am so blessed and honored to call you my daughter. I'm sorry if I did not seem so happy when you walked through that door tonight, I just didn't know what to expect."

Callie quickly pulled away from her to make sure Louise saw how much her words meant to her. Callie was now full out crying herself. She mustered up a smile, a happy smile and simply said back, "Expect nothing but love and gratitude."