AN: hehe... xD I guess I don't need to say anything because this chapter is...well, who am I to ruin your surprise? Enjoy ;)
Disclaimer: I love Patrick and Teresa, Wayne and Grace, Cho and Anna... But I still don't own the series.

Friday night… Dinner at my parent's…
Jason had met my parents, but not my brothers, so I was little terrified of how this family dinner would go.
I shivered when I knocked on the door.
Mom opened it with a huge smile on her face.

"Karen, Jason…We were waiting for you"
"Hi mom"
"Hello Teresa"

I saw them in the dinning room. Kevin was making a few tricks dad taught him years ago.

"Hey sis"

He almost ran to hug me.

"Sis!!!!"
"Kev, God I've missed you"
"I've missed you too, baby girl"
"Knock it off, bro. Where's Tommy?"
"Outside with dad"
"Okay. By the way, Kev, this is Jason, my…uh…"

Honestly, I don't like labels, but Jason does, so he spoke, saving me from embarrassing myself in front of my brother.

"I'm her boyfriend. Nice to meet you Kevin"
"Nice meeting you too Jason. You work with Karen?"
"Yes, she's on my team in the bureau"
"Great. She so needs someone to boss her around"

I threw an evil-glare at my brother, blushing all the way, and Jason was smiling devilishly. I knew he enjoyed seeing me blushing.

"I'll go talk to dad and Tommy. You wanna come, Jason?"
"Yeah, sis, because he couldn't stand talking to me a little bit"
"Shut up Kev"

Jason was still laughing when we got to the backyard. I saw dad and Tommy chuckling over something they were talking about.

"Hey guys"

Tommy turned around and beamed.

"Karen"
"Princess, Jason"
"Patrick"

Tommy and I were speechless. It had been like forever since we last saw each other. I ran to him and jumped, knowing he would catch me.

"Hey little girl, no need to cry, uh?"
"Would you just be a great big brother and hold me?"
"I've missed you, sis"
"I've missed you too, Tom"

Eventually, he puts me down and observes Jason.

"Hi. Tom Jane"
"Jason Bosco, nice to meet you"

I hug dad and we proceed to watch the two men sizing up each other.
I feel dad's breath near my ear.

"You think they'll start to fight?"
"I hope not, because they would both lose"
"How'd you know that?"
"Simple… I'd kick their asses"

Dad chuckles bringing Tommy and Jason out of their staring contest.

"Shall we go inside? I bet your mom has already done cooking for tonight"
"You mean, order take out?"
"Yeah, that"

The atmosphere suddenly lights up with our laughter and we head back to the house where I grew up.
Down the hall leading us to the dinning room, I saw the family pictures, but there was one that had always taken my breath away.
My eyes fell on that photograph.
We were at the beach, probably with the Rigsby's. Mom and dad laying on their huge towel, enough to fit in the whole crew, wrapped in each others' arms, laughing. In the background, I saw myself, probably at the age of 5, my face full of sand, and my brothers were building sandcastles.
Whoever took that picture was a hell of a photographer. Our guests used to say that all the time and now I understood why this photograph seemed to lighten up the whole house.

"Reminiscing memories are we?"
"Yeah. This one is amazing"
"It is. Your aunt Grace took it, and maybe it's the best we have in here"
"Really? Compared to all the albums you keep since your marriage, I thought there were more pics like this one"
"Nah… And the albums were your father's idea. This one is definitely the best"
"Mom?"
"Yeah?"
"How did you and dad made it this far?"

Mom smiled and her eyes were shinier.

"I'll tell you after dinner. Shall we?"
"Yep, I'm starving"

I caught my brothers staring at me and Jason a couple of times. Kevin seemed okay with our relationship, but Tommy… Well, Tommy was the oldest and he was a little overprotective towards me, always had been like that.
In High School no one had ever tried to mess with me, because they all knew I was Tom and Kevin Jane's little sister.
Mom looked at me and mouthed "What's the matter with them?", and I just shrugged. I knew Tommy better than anyone including his own wife.
I got out of the table, mumbling a quick Excuse me and dragged Tommy to the kitchen.

"Ok bro, what the hell is happening?"
"What do you mean?"
"Are you really a Jane to ask me that?"
"What do you mean?"
"Please Tommy, just tell me why you are acting so suspicious over Jason"
"I don't know what are his intentions towards you. And are you sure you know this guy?"
"You can't be serious"
"Well… I am"
"No, you aren't. You know how I am. You know that if I knew Jason would hurt me, I'd never bring him here to meet you, guys, and you also know that if I'm talking about him to you, that means that I actually am in love with him and that he means everything to me. Didn't you feel the same way about your wife, too?"

His gaze softened and I knew he understood.

"M' sorry Karen"
"Can you please start talking to him, instead of acting so territorial about your sister?"
"You're my little sister…But, I'll give it a try. Oh, and besides, if he messes with you, I'll kill him"
"He won't mess with me, Tom"

We hugged and shared a smile, leaving to join the rest of the family in the dinning room.

"Everything okay, princess?"
"Yeah, everything's fine, dad. Sorry about that"

We sat and mom brought in the dessert. Strawberry cheesecake...our favourite.
Jason held my hand under the table and I caressed his, knowing he was nervous around my brothers. And in that moment, Kevin was the first to talk.

"So, Jason, how long have you been sleeping with my sister"

You should have seen dad's reaction to this… Spitting the wine all over the table and coughing, struggling to breathe while mom patted his back, holding her laughter. I would have laughed my ass off too, if this question wasn't directed to my boyfriend.

"KEVIN, WHAT THE H…?"

Mom gave a glare and I stopped myself. Her evil glare was so much powerful than mine.
Jason's cheeks turned a pale rose as he fought to answer the question.

"Well…"
"And don't say you're not sleeping with my little sister"
"We've been dating for over 5 months, now"
"Good to know. And do you plan to get married?"

"Okay, Kev, that's enough"
"Come on, mom. I'm just trying to know him better"
"But that doesn't mean you can ask those kinds of things?"
"It's okay Teresa. I don't mind"
"You see, mom. He doesn't mind. So, are you going to answer, Jason?"

I suddenly became terrified. Kevin staring at Jason… Jason staring at me… Tommy, mom and dad staring at me and Jason… It was creepy. Tommy saw my features and his own softened.

"Hey Kev, cut Jason some slack, ok? Jason, don't mind my brother. He's just a little too overprotective"

Mom, dad and I let out a snort and Tommy turned to us. Apparently, the evil glare had been given to the three of us.

"Actually, Tom, I'd like to answer it"

I stared at Jason as newfound confidence was showing in his blue eyes.

"I can assure you all, that when the time comes, and if Karen accepts it, I intend to ask her to be my wife. And because I love her a great deal, I would never do anything in purpose or not, to hurt her"

This time, it was my dad who spoke. His blue eyes also were serious.

"Then, Jason, I can talk in behalf of all of us, when I say, you have our blessing"

I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry…with happiness, so I did the most reasonable thing… I grabbed Jason's jacket, pulling him to me and kissed him.