They talked as they organised the table settings.

"So, I know a woman's age is sacred and all, but how old is Kelly?" Annie asked curiously.

Silver laughed. "She's 32, our Mom had me when Kelly was 16," Silver explained.

Annie nodded. "Did you spend a lot of time with her growing up?"

"Not a whole lot that I remember when I was very young, because Kelly was busy with College. After she got set up here and everything, I spent the night all time from when I was like 9 or 10. Then one day, just after my Mom and Dad split up, Mom and Kelly had a massive fight and Mom wouldn't let me come over anymore. I was barely able to talk to Kelly until I got to high school, and that was only because she worked there. I was only really able to contact Kelly by texting her for a couple of years," Silver said reflectively.

"What did your Mom and Kelly fight about?" Annie asked.

Silver paused. "You know, I have no idea," she realised. "I'll ask her later," she decided as she heard the front door open. She and Annie heard Sammy loud and clear.

"Come and greet me with hugs and kisses if you love me!" he yelled like his Mom does.

Silver put down the glass she was holding and ran through the lounge room to meet Sammy at the door. She scooped him up and spun him around, laughing. Annie followed her and helped Kelly bring in the food.

"Where are the other 6 people it's going to take to eat all this?" Annie exclaimed.

Silver laughed as she put Sammy down. "We are big leftover people, aren't we Kel?"

"Oh yeah," Kelly agreed. "Half the time it tastes better the second or third day," she said. "You girls can take the leftovers to school tomorrow," Kelly offered.

Silver winced as she poked through the containers. "We're going to school tomorrow?" she asked pitifully.

Kelly frowned as she considered Silver's request. "It's not as if Annie can skip… Her Dad's the Principal – he's going to notice. After dinner, I'll call Harry and ask if he minds if Annie misses a day," Kelly compromised. "But I'm not promising anything."

Silver grinned. She knew Kelly could talk Harry into it. "Thanks," she said.

"Mmm, that was good," Annie said contentedly.

"We're not done, yet!" Sammy called from across the table.

"What else do we have to eat besides the tablecloth?" joked Annie.

"Fortune cookies!" squealed Sammy reaching for the container.

"Fortune cookies? Cool!" echoed Silver.

The container got passed around the table and everyone picked a fortune cookie. Silver broke hers open and a small smile crept across her face as she read the fortune it held. It read 'Your life has been a tumultuous rollercoaster thus far, but it is about to become a much more enjoyable ride. Embrace change and new relationships.'

Kelly's voice snapped Silver to attention. "Hey girls, what would you say about giving Sammy a bath for me?" she asked.

"Sammy, would you like us to give you your bath tonight?" Silver asked her nephew.

"Uh-huh!" Sammy said bouncing in his chair.

"Alright, come on then!" Silver held out her hand for the boy to hold. He ran to her and clutched her hand but refused to be led away. He turned to Annie who was on his other side and held his other hand out to her. Annie giggled and grabbed his hand and they headed to the bathroom.

After the girls had taken Sammy to give him a bath, Kelly picked up the phone and carefully dialled Annie's phone number. After three rings, somebody picked up.

"Hello?" asked the voice on the other end.

"Hi, this is Kelly Taylor, I was after Harry if he's there at all," Kelly said.

"Sure, hold on a sec… Dad, Dad! Phone's for you," the voice came through muffled.

Moments later, Harry's voice came on the line. "Hello?" he asked.

"Hey Harry, its Kelly," she replied.

Harry's demeanour immediately softened. "Kel, how are you? How are the girls?" he asked after everyone quickly.

"They're fine, we just had dinner. Listen, I've decided to keep Silver home from school tomorrow, and as soon as I agreed to that I got two pairs of pleading eyes wanting Annie to have the day off too," Kelly explained. "I told them no promises, but that I'd check with you," she added quickly.

Harry furrowed his brow and looked at his wife. "Let me talk to Debbie and give you a call back, Kel," he replied.

"Sure, talk to you later then, Harry," Kelly said.

"Yup, bye," Harry said as he hung up.

Harry walked over to his wife and put the cordless phone back on the charger.

"That was Kelly," he said as he sank back down into the couch.

Debbie instantly sat up straighter. "Is everything okay?"

Harry quickly nodded to set his wife's mind at ease. She was so upset when Harry had filled her in on what happened to poor Silver.

"No, the girls are fine. Kelly's going to keep Silver home tomorrow so she can rest and get settled in there and apparently as soon as she told Silver she could stay home, Silver pointed out that it would be silly to go all the way to West Beverly just to drop off Annie only to come home again, which Annie agreed to, surprise, surprise," Harry chuckled. "Evidently, Annie wants to have tomorrow off as well," he said.

Debbie smirked knowingly. She thought this might happen. "Well, I'm alright with it if you are," she said to her husband. "Missing one day won't do her much harm, and you can pick up both their homework so they don't fall behind. Plus I think it's a good enough reason," she concluded.

Harry nodded grimly. "Annie was pretty shaken up, I know they only just met but you know how Annie is, and I could tell that it broke her heart to see Silver in the state she was in," he said flashing back to the pained look on his daughter's face. "I'll call Kelly and let her know."

Debbie nodded and handed him the phone.

Harry dialled Kelly's phone number, and she answered after two rings.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hey Kelly, its Harry. Annie can stay home with you and Silver tomorrow," he said with a smile.

"They'll be thrilled, thanks Harry. I think the girls will be good for each other," she said thoughtfully.

"So do I," Harry agreed.

"Oh and Harry, please apologise to Debbie for me. I got to thinking about her phone call earlier and I think I was incredibly rude," Kelly said.

"Kelly, Debbie wouldn't have thought that I'm sure, but she's right next to me, you can tell her yourself," he added, handing the phone to his wife who took it with an amused expression.

"Hello, Kelly?" Debbie asked.

"Debbie, hi," Kelly began. "I was thinking about our conversation earlier and I think I came across terribly rude and short, so I wanted to apologise."

'Kelly, don't be ridiculous," Debbie scoffed. "If I'd been on the receiving end of that phone call, I'd have hung up as soon as you'd said the word hospital! Really, its fine," she reassured Kelly.

"Thanks Debbie," Kelly replied sincerely.

"It's my pleasure," Debbie replied. "Oh, Harry will bring home Silver's homework so she doesn't fall behind. I'll leave it with you when I pick up Annie tomorrow," she said.

"That'd be great, please thank him for me," Kelly said.

"Will do, I'll call before I come around tomorrow to make sure Annie's ready," Debbie told Kelly.

"That's not necessary, Debbie. Anytime in the evening will be fine, and if the girls are busy we can have a coffee and chat," Kelly offered.

"Okay sure, that sounds great," confirmed Debbie. "I'll see you tomorrow evening."

"It's a plan. Goodnight, Debbie," Kelly replied.

"Goodnight Kelly," Debbie said before hanging up the phone.