Ashley was in shock as she sat at her kitchen table trying to figure out just what in the hell she was going to do about Thanksgiving, everyone was supposed to be coming out to St. Louis and for some god awful reason she had been left to set it up. And not only was it the entire gang, Lilian's parents, Matt's parents, Brian's parents, Jessicka's parents, Kate and Zack's parents, It was everyone's. This was making things even worse and more stressful for her, which was not a good thing to say the least. She looked at the list of names in front of her and when Bob came in yelling at someone on the phone.

"Shut the hell up before you wake up the babies or I kill you. Take your fucking pick." Bob stopped dead in his tracks and looked at his future Daughter in law with shock in his eyes. She smiled sweetly and went back to what she was doing. She shook her head and picked up the phone to call Jessica for help. She was ready to rip her hair out. Between planning this and the triplets, things were just going to drive her fucking insane.

Heather and Jessicka were sitting at a table in the food court at the mall waiting for Matt and Brian to come back with their food. Neither was particularly thrilled to be there but didn't trust the guys to do the Christmas shopping by themselves so Ashton had gone to Jimmy and Jessica's to work on her English project with Brooklyn while Jessicka's mom watched the three younger ones. Glaring at the Formica covered table that the two of them were sitting at Heather ran a hand through her hair and said,

"I swear to god I'm shoving the next person who asks if I'm having twins down the escalator." Jessicka snorted in response while muttering,

"I may not be able to relate to that statement this pregnancy but, so help me god, if one more old broad walks up to me and touches my stomach, she won't have hands when she pulls away." Tearing her gaze from the table Heather grinned at her friend, knowing just how serious she was about that. Jessicka was an affectionate person and didn't care much for personal space, so long as she knew the person, but with strangers it was entirely different, she wanted them at least an arms length away unless she specified otherwise. It was a sentiment that was only amplified by her pregnancy too. Shaking her head at this thought, she asked,

"Isn't Matt keeping them away from you?"

"Yeah, or at least he's trying to. If we separate for even two seconds they descend like vultures though. It's a little creepy actually." Jessicka said, making a face and this time Heather couldn't help but laugh. The two continued with their conversation for a few more minutes before Brian walked over, muttering a quick greeting and sitting a plastic cup in front of each one of them before heading back over to the line Matt was standing in. Both women shrugged off the slightly odd behavior taking a sip from the cup that had been placed in front of them only to grimace slightly and trade.

It'd hardly been a minute since Brian left the two of them to join back up with Matt when Jessicka noticed a leggy brunette along with a tall blonde walking towards them and take a seat a few tables away from them. Neither she nor Heather had really meant to overhear their conversation but both talked at such obnoxious levels that it was difficult not to, and then the brunette said something that had both their attention immediately.

"I can't believe we just ran into Matt. I mean… I haven't seen him since we broke up a few years ago." The brunette all but gushed to her blonde friend, and both Jessicka and Heather had to fight not to roll their eyes and take bets as to which one had eaten lead paint as an infant.

"I know!" The blonde practically screeched causing quite a few people in the vicinity to wince at the sheer volume and pitch of her voice. "Wasn't it, like, right before him and his band left to go on tour?"

Any doubt as to who the two had been talking about was gone with that one sentence, and the two began to really start listening to the conversation the two were having. They way they saw it; it wasn't eavesdropping anyway, since it pertained to one of them anyway. Even if it was indirectly. Heather only watched, stifling a groan, as her friend's hand clenched when the blonde suggested her friend go and ask her husband for his number.

"Do you really think I should Becca?" Her tone of voice told everyone who could hear her that it was her sad attempt at being coy. An attempt which her ditzy friend was eating right up.

"Oh. My. Gawd. Are you kidding, Amber? Of course you should!" Nodding, the brunette was hardly out of her chair before Jessicka, fists still clenched, advised.

"I really wouldn't if I were you." Almost immediately the brunette was sending her a scathing look, one which Jessicka returned with equal force and then some. Heather could already see the direction this was headed and silently prayed that Jessicka didn't end up in jail, again.

"I don't really see how our conversation concerns you." Amber said, stalking over to their table with her friend. Cringing as Jessicka stood up and crossed her arms over her chest, Heather couldn't help but wonder what in the hell was taking the guys so long to get back.

"Wow, big words for a girl with your IQ. Your brain isn't overheating is it? And, just so we're clear, your conversation concerned me the minute my husband was brought into it."

"Oh please… what would Matt see in a cow like you?" Heather stared at the girl, not believing she could actually be that stupid.

"I'm pregnant, moron. Hence the reason it looks like I'm smuggling a beach ball under this shirt. Just stay the fuck away from my husband."

"Puh-leeze. Are you supposed to be scary?" This time Heather really couldn't help but run a hand over her face and sigh. This was about to get even uglier than it already was. It was obvious that this Amber woman didn't know who it was she was dealing with.

"Are you joking? Mess with me and I'll be your worst nightmare. I've got friends in very high places."

"Uh huh. Right. I'm not afraid of you. I didn't grow up a sheltered rich kid in Orange County, like I'm sure you did." As she said this, she placed her hands on her hips and Jessicka rolled her eyes in an exaggerated manner.

"Trust me honey, your bad spray tan and obviously fake designer bag told me all of this." It was then that Heather saw Brian look their way and groan. He obviously knew what was going on, and she watched as he said something to Matt who in turn looked their way before running a hand over his face, in what she was almost sure was frustration before the two of them grabbed the food they'd ordered and hurried over.

"Jes?" Matt said, as soon as they reached the table, seeing the stormy look in his wife's eyes. "Honey, is everything alright?"

"It'd be great if this bimbo would back the fuck off." She said, looking up at her husband, a sarcastic smile on her face. Brian and Heather both just stood back quietly, not willing to get in the middle of that argument. Amber, however, did a quick (albeit obvious) ring check and decided it was her cue to back down.

"I've got to be going. It was great seeing you Matt." Matt, wasn't stupid enough to respond with anything other than a grunt, waiting until the two were far enough away from their group before saying,

"Seriously, Jes?"

"What?" The redhead asked, looking at him as though she had no idea what he was talking about.

"I love you. I married you."

"I know, but the bitch didn't know when to shut up." Jessicka sighed, sitting down while the rest of them followed suit. After a few moments of silence, however, she turned to face her husband and with a raised eyebrow asked,

"How could you date someone that dumb?" Unable to stop themselves, Brian and Heather both burst into a fit of laughter while Jessicka stared at her husband, waiting for an answer. When Matt just sat there she shook her head and began to eat. He smiled at her and leaned over to kiss her forehead. She tried not to laugh and move a little closer to her husband.

The entire group was arriving at the same time. Ashley was staring at her friends and shaking her head. All the kids were screaming and playing in the basement. All the babies were upstairs in various play pens in the nursery and spare rooms. Brian and Heather walked in the front door and she immediately walked away from him and toward where her friends were. Matt looked over from talking to Johnny and looked at Brian. Heather joined Jessicka across the room from them and Brian joined the guys.

"What the hell?"

"Don't ask." Brian said. He saw Randy come down stairs holding a baby and shook his head. Shit he was gonna be a dad and he wasn't even ready for it. He already was a dad. He thought real quick and immediately knew how he could make up to Heather. But it was gonna have to wait because she was headed back over towards him with the look on her face that told him he was still mad at her.

"Brian…"

"I didn't fucking do it Heather. Ask Ashton for gods sake woman listen to me just this once."

"Wow, I was going to apologize but if you want to continue to fucking go off on me then I'm not going to. What the hell is wrong with you Brian?"

"Me? You've been nothing but a bitch since the damn plane landed…" Matt pulled Brian away from Heather and JD pulled Heather back over toward the women. There was no way in hell that they were dealing with all of that right now. It was starting to get on everyone's nerves.

Jimmy was so tired of all the bitching and complaining that he had bought a couple bottles of Whisky at the liquor store before he headed over to his brother in laws house. He then avoided everyone and headed to an unused room. He planned on being totally shit faced by dinner time.

About an hour later Jessicka was headed upstairs to the spare room where Delilah was taking a nap and happened to pass beside a room that had it door closed. A door that hadn't been closed two hours ago when she brought Delilah upstairs. And she had already scolded Jimmy for getting drunk once. She decided to check on her daughter before she checked on her cousin. She prayed to god that he was just passed out and JD had shut the door earlier when she had come up to check on the twins. She saw that Delilah was still asleep and walked back down the hall. She laid a hand on her stomach as the boys decided to play 'lets kick mommy' and stopped for a moment. She leaned back against the wall and turned to go to the bathroom instead since she now felt the need to pee. When she was done and walking back down the hall she stopped as she saw the door open. Her jaw hit the floor as she saw Amy slip from the room. Her fist balled and she walked to the room after the woman had slipped off back downstairs. She made a mental note to let Dave know what his girlfriend had been up too. She slammed into the room and Jimmy spun around to face her. She could tell by his eyes that he had drank too much and he knew what he had done.

"Jes…"

"What the hell JAMES SULLIVAN DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?"

"Jes… don't…"

"Don't what? Tell JD, no that's what your about to go downstairs and do. Or you can at least wait until the days over. You have 24 hours from right now to tell or I will. Dammit James Jessica's a good person, and she's been hurt. How the hell could you?"

"Jes…" she didn't give her a chance to defend himself to her before she finally let go and punched him in the jaw. She walked from the room and downstairs and was taking deep breaths to calm herself down. She also reminded herself that she needed to have a talk with everyone to let them know that from now on all holidays were taking place at their own houses no more group things, unless you lived in the same city. She was looking for Dave when Gilbert and Bob passed her bickering about being sent to wake up all the kids for dinner so she headed into the dining room where everyone was already setting out sippy cups at the kids table. She smiled as she saw Matt grabbing Delilah's cup as Jessica handed it to him. She sighed suddenly content as she watched the other parents. Jimmy and Amy were suddenly at the back of her mind as a string of kids rushed into the room followed by grandparents and aunts and uncles.

Jessicka looked at the place cards that Ashley had ordered and sighed. She was stuck sitting in between Brian and Heather, who were still bickering and it was only because for some reason Matt got to sit next to his parents. And she was stuck sitting where she was because her daughter was sitting almost directly behind her. She glanced back at her and watched as Grace helped her with her food. Jessicka smiled at that. She glanced across the table and Matt smiled at her.

"What's wrong?" He mouthed silently across the table.

"Later." Jessicka mouthed back forcing a slight smile in place as everyone finished sitting down. Almost immediately Jessicka got a headache. She let her fork fall loudly to her plate as she reached up with both hands and smacked Brian and Heather upside their heads at the same time.

"That's it I've had enough of this fucking shit. The two of you need to shut the fuck up and eat quietly or I'm gonna do worse than hit you over the head…" She trailed off as she heard De start to cry. She started to turn, but Matt was up and around the table before she had moved an inch and had their daughter in his arms. She watched as De buried her head in her dads shoulder.

"Well he shouldn't have fucking started it…" Heather yelled back and Jessicka went to punch her but JD who had gotten up and grabbed Trinity when she started crying used her free hand to grab her wrist. She shook her head no and motioned for her to leave the room with her and Matt and the three crying babies. Jessicka picked up Faith and followed her best friend and husband out of the room. She sat Faith down on the step beside where she sat down and made sure that the child stayed beside her. De reached for her and as she did Matt traded her and took Faith so De could sit in Faith's seat. Jessica sat in one of the hall chairs that Matt had pulled over for her. She watched as he carefully sat down beside his wife and still holding Faith wrapped and arm around Jessicka.

"Wanna tell us what's wrong honey?" Matt asked as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"I'm just stressing out I guess. It just seems like everyone's fighting and I can't stand it."

"It'll be okay Jes, you know it's because most of us are pregnant. And Heather is just on a roll. Look how about you and Matt get a couple of plates and take De with you out onto the back patio and eat out there where there won't be any one bickering?"

"Wow JD, that's perfect, but I don't think that my parents…"

"Don't worry, your parents will be fine Matt."

An hour later after everyone was done eating and Jessicka had told Matt what was going on the two of them went in search of Dave and Amy. When they found the two they were arguing with John and Misty about a bruise that no one seemed to be able to explain on Brie's shoulder. Jessicka shook her head and Matt pulled Dave aside as Jessicka slammed Amy against a wall.

"What the hell?"

"Keep your fucking hands off my cousin."

"What the hell is she talking about Amy?"

"I have no fucking clue…"

"No fucking clue, hmm lets use a different word, because your lucky that you snuck out of that room when you did…" Suddenly Amy began to panic and Jessicka backed off. She turned instead to Dave. "She fucked Jimmy…"

"What the hell…"

Two days later they were all back in their own homes and they were all thankful for it. Not everyone was coming out for Kate and Zack's wedding that was later in the month. Jessica was sitting in the kitchen while Jimmy took Brooklyn shopping for something and only glanced up from what she was doing when she heard someone walk into the house after knocking on the front door.

"Hey Jes, what's up girl?"

"We need to talk."

"What?"

"You're not nearly as pissed off as you would be if Jimmy had talked to you."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Jimmy was supposed to talk to you the day after Thanksgiving…"

"Uhm about what?"

"He had sex with Amy…"

"WHAT…" Jessica began to panic slightly. She looked up as Jimmy and Brook walked into the room a moment later. "Brook room now… check on the twins please." Her voice was cold, and Jimmy looked at his cousin with murder in his eyes. Jessicka got up hugged her best friend and shot her cousin an I hope your still alive to fix this look. Jessica had tears fighting to fall as her friend walked out and she could hear Brooklyn running back down the steps she had barely started up. "UPSTAIRS BROOKLYN" Jessica said harshly and Jimmy knew he had to tell her the hard way now.

"Jess…"

"Why?" she replied quietly and it still sounded like it had been shouted in the quiet room. Her heart was breaking into pieces and it was going to take a whole hell of a lot to fix it.

"I was stupid…"

"Why didn't you tell me Jimmy?" she asked stepping away from him as he stepped toward her.

"I didn't know how…"

"The truth would've been nice." She turned to face the ocean view from the window just above the sink. She had been standing here the first night they had spent the night with one another there in that house. She turned as he walked up behind her. She stood her ground as he stopped a few steps from her.

"Look I was stressed… I was drinking…"

"Jimmy that's no reason…Is that why there was a light bruise on your jaw? Jes caught you and you still didn't tell me…"

"Look I didn't know how to tell you baby, for this exact reason. I love you Jessi…"

"Jimmy…" she had no idea what the hell she was gonna say to that. She didn't want him to leave that was all she knew. She couldn't loose him. But there was nothing to make this go away. Her brown eyes showed the betrayal that she felt and he was slowly dying as he began to speak.

"Jessi, let me make it up to you please. It was stupid. Don't walk away from me please." he was begging her and her heart beat a little bit faster as she moved. She took the last few steps toward him and wrapped her arms around him. Just holding him in her arms. She wouldn't walk away from him even if he had done it sober. She rested her head on his chest as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry baby I really am."

"I love you too much to walk away Jimmy." she said through the tears that had finally fallen. She heard Brook enter the room but she didn't move from where she was at. Brooklyn said nothing to her mom and step-dad as she grabbed a gallon of milk and two sippy cups and ran back upstairs. Thankfully after she filled the cups she would be able to throw away the jug. Jessica moved from Jimmy reluctantly and a small smile crossed across her mouth as he pulled out a chair and let her sit. She sat and watched as he pulled things out to cook. "You know I'm going to kill her right?" Jessica said suddenly.

"You may have to get in line."

"Oh and why's that?"

"Jessicka I'm betting she's already planning on how to kill her. And I may just help."

"Oh, then I'll have help." Jessica said quietly as Brook walked back in with Trinity on her hip who was crying for Jimmy. Jimmy sat down the box that he had been reading and took his daughter from Brook. Jessica smiled she hoped that everything was going to be alright.

Kate was talking animatedly to her dad as he watched her move around excitedly. In less than ten minutes she was going to be getting married. Kyle Montgomery sighed, as long as she was happy. That was what he kept telling himself. Her hair was pulled back and in waves down her back. She was wearing black jeans and had a beige maternity top on. It was an off the shoulder dress shirt and she was twisting a strand of hair around her finger, but she was smiling. When Emmie Montgomery knocked on the door she looked up and bit her lip. This was it she was going to be Mrs. Zack Baker. She hugged her mom and smiled when Nevaeh kicked. She briefly rested a hand on her stomach and grinned at her dad. He hugged her and her mother and the three of them walked from the room. No one was wearing dresses, no one had been asked to either. It was a traditional wedding but it was so their gangs style. She smiled when she saw Jessicka smile at her from where she was sitting beside Matt who was holding De. Jessica was leaning her head on Jimmy's shoulder and his arm was around her, their twins were being held by Ashton and Brooklyn. All the others were sitting together and then her eyes landed on Zack. He stood there and when their eyes met she immediately relaxed as her dad walked her down the aisle. She barely registered what was going on as the ceremony flew by. The only thing she knew was that is was over and she was in Zacks arms.

They were back at Kate and Zacks and a grin was plastered on their faces as they talked to their friends and Jessica just had to make a stupid comment.

"Hey wow, damn you know this makes the fifth marriage in our group of friends that a baby hasn't been born. Or a major incident hasn't occurred."

"I Don't want to know." Emmie said smiling as she watched her daughter and Son in law laugh as Jessicka took their picture. They were happy and that was all that mattered.