Darlene, David, and Dan all sat at the little table in Darlene and David's Chicago apartment, with Jerry sitting in his dads lap. Since Dan busted out his small speech, all conversation had become very casual on top of a layer of tension. Dan cussed himself in side of his head for making it that way.

Dan could no longer stand the awkward silence as he ate his Spaghetti. "So have you two decided on a date for the wedding yet? If you have I will pay…"

David looked up from his plate and shifted his attention between Mr. Conner and Darlene. He saw that Darlene wasn't intending to say anything so he said, "Not yet, Darlene wants to put it off until you…." David quickly tried to stop talking as he realized that he probably shouldn't say what he was about to say. But Dan noticed.

"I what, David?" Dan asked with a small amount of sharpness.

David looked at Dan and stuttered. "You…you know…uh…" Darlene watched her fiancé floundered like a fish out of water so she rescued him.

"I want to wait until you can move back into the house. I want to wait until I think you're okay. And I know that's not what you want to hear, dad, but you need to hear it. Mom's death affected all of us, but it affected you the most because you're the only one of us who chose to be with her. I love you dad, and it hurts me to know that you can't move past it. Mom would want you to move past it. " David and Dan listened to this and David thought about how much this speech reminded him of Mrs. Conner.

Dan stared dumbfounded at his daughter with a fork twirled with spaghetti in his hand. He didn't say anything but refocused his attention on Jerry as he took the spaghetti off the fork and then replaced it with a quart size piece of a meatball which he fed to Jerry. He didn't take a bite for himself again, but fed Jerry.

When they were done, Dan took all of the dishes and went to do the dishes as Jerry played with a toy dinosaur in the living room and Darlene and David sat on the couch watching him uncomfortably.

When he was done, he walked in the living room and looked at both of them as he spoke normally. "Can you watch Jerry for a minute? I forgot something in the truck." Dan lied, and then walked out of the door, down the stairs and to his truck where he got the pack of Marlboro's from his glove box.

He knew that he'd smell like smoke, but he didn't care. He needed something right now to deal with what was going on in his head. He replayed Darlene's speech in his head. She was right he did need to move past Roseanne's death, and just like he had been told before Roseanne would want him to move on with life. Dan's only problem was that he wasn't sure how to do that.

While he was smoking, Darlene and David talked.

"Darlene, I think we should have the wedding soon. I mean I think it would make him happy. I mean he obviously wants us to get married soon."

Darlene crossed her arms. "I know that he wants us to get married soon. I just have this terrible feeling that something bad will happen like he'll have a heart attack or something." (I HAD TO DO IT; I JUST HAD TO GO THERE!)

David stood up from the couch. "That won't happen Darlene. You're just nervous about the idea. Besides I kind of want to get married soon."

Darlene uncrossed her arms and then realized how truthful he was being. "You do?"

David sat back down on the couch next to Darlene. "Yeah. I do. I can't wait for us to get married."

Darlene and David held hands. Darlene looked at David as she spoke, "Well then let's see if my dad has a shot gun. We'll have the perfect Conner wedding!" Darlene said energetically causing Jerry to look up at her from the floor.

David stared at her curiously. "Don't you mean a Healy wedding?"

Darlene smiled. "That too."

Dan came back in, and dropped the folded up playpen that he got from his truck on the floor and immediately Darlene and David smelled smoke.

"Smoking causes emphysema, dad. What are you planning on doing with you iron lung?" Darlene asked, referencing the time when Dan and Roseanne sat her down on the couch in the living room and had her smoke a cigarette while praising her for being a grown up before telling her about emphysema.

Dan smiled because he knew what she was referencing. He talked loudly and seemingly energetically. "Okay, I started smoking. At least it's not drinking. I want you guys to get married soon. I may be being selfish but I think it'd actually make me happy. Darlene, you're right your mother would want me to move past her death and I do try and now I'm going to try harder." Dan switched his attention to David. "David, you are like a son to me and I'd like to be able to take credit for how good of a person you are but I can't really because you came into our house good. I want you to know that if you ever need anything that you don't need to be afraid to come to me. Mrs. Conner loved you and I Iove you. I'd also like to say that one of my biggest regrets is throwing you through that door. Now please, get married or I'm going to buy a shotgun." Darlene and David smiled at each other, and Dan bent down and hugged them both on the couch. It seemed that all was forgiven.

That night, after Jerry fell asleep on Darlene and David's bed, Dan, Darlene, and David all gathered around the TV and watched, Titanic. Dan sat in between them, Bogarting the popcorn which he actually enjoyed eating. Darlene reached over and took a handful from the bowl. "I bet you taught mom how to spit."

Dan looked at Darlene. "No, she taught me…" He joked. Darlene smiled as she saw her real dad again. The one who looked somewhat happy.

Once Rose let go of Jack into that cold and icy Atlantic Ocean, David went into their room and carried Jerry out and put laid him down in the playpen that Dan brought up from his truck, and Dan went to sleep on the couch.

In the morning Darlene woke Dan up while holding the phone in her hand. "Dad, the phones for you."

Dan groggily woke up and took the phone. You could hear the sleepiness in his voice. "Hello?"

"Yes, Mr. Conner. This is Glenna Jones, from your insurance company." Dan listened and then sat up and put his feet on the floor, excitedly.

"Hi, Glenna."

"Hi, Mr. Conner. Well we received word back from the police department of Lanford and we've declared that based on the damage of the robbery we can pay you a sum of twenty thousand dollars. In fact we deposited the money earlier this morning so it should be in your bank accounts. (I've never had a house, or a house that was robbed so I have absolutely no idea how much Dan would really be paid by his insurance company.)

"Oh that soon? Thank you." Dan said cheerfully, as Darlene listened in.

"You're welcome Mr. Conner and I hope we never have this conversation again."

"Me too. Thank you. Bye." Dan hung up.

"Well, I'm a lot richer than I was yesterday." Dan said to Darlene as he stood up and stretched.

Darlene walked to her dad. "Oh yeah how much richer? Swimming pool richer? Or DJ new car richer?" Darlene asked, making a feel for how loaded her dad was.

Dan just stared at her dad and smiled annoyingly. "Darlene you may be expecting child but that does not mean I'm going to discuss my personal finances with you."

Darlene glared at her dad as a wave of de ja vu rushed passed her as she remembered when her mom told her and Becky that you never ask your parents questions about money. "What about your will?"

Dan still smiled smugly. "In my will it will read IOU." This was a joke, and Darlene laughed sarcastically as she did not see the humor.

"Can I at least have the house?" She asked matching her dads tone.

Dan and Darlene stared at each other and ended up in an impromptu staring contest. Darlene couldn't hold out any longer and blinked.

"You lose." Dan said pointing at Darlene who was standing directly in front of him like three feet away.

"Dad I was actually wondering if I could stay with you until I have the baby."

Dan cocked his head, as this caught him off guard. "Don't you want to be with David?"

Darlene looked at her feet, "I do. It's just that I don't like being home alone. I want to be in Lanford where there's Becky and Jackie and you. Every minute I'm alone I get this hard feeling in my chest and think of every bad thing that could possible happen…" Dan nodded in understanding and held up his hand to stop her.

"Okay I understand. I don't mind if you move back for a little bit Darlene, as long as you're sure you won't hurt David's feelings."

Darlene looked at her bedroom door where she knew David was still sleeping. "We talked about this he's fine with it."

Dan looked at the bedroom door too. "Okay, then."

Darlene suddenly remembered something and then grabbed an envelope off the counter. "Hey dad, want to see you're grandchild first picture?" She said as she pulled out a copy of her first ultrasound.

Dan came next to her and took one from her hand and then looked up at it from the kitchen light. "It's a girl." He proclaimed proudly.

Darlene looked up at her dad. "How do you know?"

Dan looked down at Darlene. "Darlene, I have had two of each. Believe me I know the difference between a girl and a boy in an ultrasound."

Back in Lanford, Dan pulled his truck into Jackie's drive way and put it into park. Before he could turn his key Darlene reached over Jerry and put her hand on his hand. "One more thing, dad. Where's you're cigarettes?"

Dan cracked a small smile and pointed to his glove box. Darlene opened the glove box and took out the pack of cigarettes. When she saw what brand they were she looked at her dad. "Marlboro's? You look like the Marlboro man."

They all walked through Jackie's door, (Dan had a key to her house) and found Jackie with Andy in where else? The living room.

"Hey guys." Darlene nodded and waved, but then bolted to the bathroom. Dan put Jerry down and then walked behind Jackie's couch and leaned on it from the back in the way that he had a habit of doing.

"Hey Jackie, got news on my house. They already paid me. Want to be my "Woman's touch"?"

Jackie turned her body backwards and looked at her brother in law. "You're in a good mood."

Dan smiled devilishly. "I know. I killed your mother this morning."

Jackie laughed. "Good I can take down that contract for her head." Then Jackie changed subjects. "Listen thanks for fixing my water pressure."

Dan laid his chin on top of his hands which were stacked on top of each other with his elbows spread out far. "You're welcome ma'am." Dan said, parodying a stereo typical plumber.

Darlene walked back in the room and Jackie looked at her. "What'd you and David do to him? Spike his coffee?"

Darlene took her coat off and looked at her dad who was still smiling. "He's just happy because me and David set a date."

With the mention of a date, Jackie jumped from the couch excitedly. "You did? When?"

Darlene couldn't help but smile. "A week from tomorrow."

Jackie's face contorted a she became confused. "You're getting married in seven days? Don't you think that's a bit sudden?"

Darlene shook her head. "Yep. That's what's so great about it."

Dan couldn't help but laugh as he watched this go down. "At least we can attend her wedding." He said referring to Becky's wedding.

Darlene also laughed at this and then pulled a picture from her wallet. "You want to see my daughter's first picture?" She handed the ultrasound to Jackie who gushed over the picture.

"Ohhh she's so cute…"