"Now tell me exactly what happened." Sofia put Susan next to Sara on the bed and their daughter tried to turn so she could face her other mother. The brunette picked her up and placed her on her belly, stroking softly with her finger over her daughter's cheek. Such an adorable child.

"I was on my way back from the seven-eleven when suddenly something blew me off my feet. A garbage can. Somehow I managed not only to fall on my right shoulder but also involve my right ankle in this incident and hit my head on the sidewalk. Luckily the wound isn't that deep, it will be invisible on our wedding photos when I use some make-up."

"I don't worry about our wedding photo, you'll look stunning anyway, it's in your nature."

"No, that's in your nature." Sara pulled Sofia closer and kissed her.

"Mom! Mom, are you all right?" Steve stormed into the room.

"Yes I'm fine, thanks."

"What happened?"

"I try to figure out the same since I saw her in hospital, she's withholding information."

"Sit down, Sweetheart." Sara patted on the mattress for Steve to sit down. Now her family was complete and with her. Perfect. Much better than being caught in a hospital room. She repeated what she just told Sofia.

"Who blows up a garbage can?" He wondered.

"A seven year old boy."

"You're kidding, right?"

"No. Little Stephen got a chemistry kit for his birthday and today he was doing an experiment. According to his plan the lit of the garbage can was supposed to pop off due to the reaction of some chemicals. Somehow he must have taken too much of everything and added some wrong chemicals to it as well and then not only the lit blew off but the whole can exploded. With quite a force. He was ten yards away, hidden behind another garbage can, as he was told in the book to watch from a safe distant."

"Where were you when the garbage can exploded?"

"Right next to it."

"Ouch."

"That's why it blew me off my feet. It was an unlucky coincidence."

"Will you sue the parents? Breach of duty of supervision?"

"No. I can't sue a boy who has the same name as my son and it wasn't his fault. Nothing serious happened."

"You are injured."

"Yes and his parents apologized a couple of times. No need to call your boss and give her a new case."

"I bet for you she'd work pro bono too." Steve grinned. "She likes you."

"She helped already enough with the marriage license."

"How? Did she…?"

"Yes, she did."

"How do you know? Did she tell you?"

"Your mom and me aren't stupid, we know Mel has some influence and we're thankful for her help. Aren't we Sofia?"

"As thankful as I can be when it comes to a woman, who hit on my fiancé."

"Mom, Mel's involved."

"We know. You, my son, have to help me with your other mother. She's supposed to stay in bed the next two day. I have to check with my boss if I can stay away from work tomorrow or at least come home at lunch time. Sara's special doctor will come over at one point, check if she's a good patient."

"Jules?"

"She's Sara's special doctor too, but I'm talking about Jules's mother. Jules and Greg will come over for dinner, their kids are taken care of by their grandmother."

"I want my baby boy here." Sara protested.

"Honey, you can't play with him, you stay in bed, cuddle with Susan and we get the dinner in the bedroom, have a kind of picnic."

"I can sit."

"You're not allowed to sit. Don't argue with me, I heard every word your doctor said and when you disobey I tell her."

"You're not the right person to judge, Mrs. Workaholic."

"I'm the right person to judge. You, mom, stay in bed and you, mom, will take a day off tomorrow. You worked already a week in a row. Go and talk to your boss about it, I stay here with mom and Sue and then I start with the dinner. Lea comes over too and I let Tanya know she needs to change your bandage tomorrow morning before she goes to work."

"She's dentist."

"So? She can change a bandage, she's a doctor and I'm sure she learnt this kind of stuff too."

"You all act like I'm half dead."

"Luckily you're not and because we want you fit for the wedding we make sure you stay in bed and relax. It's what a loving family does." Sofia kissed Sara. "I see if I get tomorrow off, Susan's suitcase needs to be packed too. You stay in bed."

"Bite me."

"I might do that later when we're alone. Start with the dinner, Steve, Greg and Jules will come over around six. Susan, make sure your mother stays in bed."

"My daughter is on my side, aren't you Susan?" Sara kissed her daughter. She was the only one, who didn't tell her what to do or not to do. Her daughter was a good to her, not like the rest of her family and the mean doctor.

"Mom told me you're still a nightmare patient and she suggests you should see a therapist because of that. So I'm here, tell me what happened and why you and her can't behave like adults." Jules sat on the edge of the bed, took Sara's hand. The smile on her face couldn't hide the worries in her eyes and she gave Sara than just a good look over. "Does it need to be changed?" She asked, pointing with her chin to bandage around Sara's head.

"Tomorrow morning, Tanya will do it. She said, she hadn't done any medical work out of the mouth for a while but it won't be a problem. As long as she doesn't use a drill."

"Don't worry, she worked in a hospital when she was younger to earn some money, she knows the basic stuff and will not use anything else than a new bandage on you. Does your head hurt badly?"

"I took a pill, it's better now and the world doesn't spin anymore. Where are my babies and your wonderful boyfriend?"

"Greg's in the kitchen, the kids are at home. You need to relax and not children to play plus we don't want Susan to get Louise's stomach bug.."

"I can relax with children, look at my daughter, she's asleep in my arms." Sara kissed Susan's head. A few minutes ago, after Sofia fed her, Susan fell asleep in Sara's arms, lay in her mother's arm and looked like this was the most peaceful place on earth. Probably it was for her, a kind of reminder of the months in the womb, warm, safe and close to the heartbeat of another human. Sara understood exactly why her daughter was so comfortable, the best sleep she had was when she rested her head on her lover's left shoulder, able to listen to the heartbeat and the breath. No sounds were more comforting.

"You look like a mother with her baby in one of these women magazines."

"I look happy."

"You do and I hope you are."

"Yes, this little accident doesn't change it."

"A young boy did this to you?"

"A science experiment going wrong, not his fault. I'm sure Greg told you what he did with his first chemistry set. You need little throwbacks on your way to master. Without mistakes you can't learn."

"You're a very understanding woman."

"I'm a mother, I can understand the fear of the parents. What if their son had been seriously injured? They're not only feeling sorry for me, they also blame themselves for what happened to me and might have happened to their son. I doubt he'll be allowed to play with his kit alone the next years."

"There she is, all snuggled up with her daughter, a little bit bruised but still with this amazing smile." Greg came in the room. "A little advice, stop fighting with my mother-in-law, she the same kind of woman your mother-in-law is, you don't want to make them angry."

"I leave you alone and help Steve with the dinner." Jules got up.

"Is this what happens when your personal lieutenant is with you all the time? Or at least your favorite CSI? You should come back to me, work with me, I can look after you." He sat down and pulled her carefully in his arms without waking Susan up. "You scared me, Sara."

"Sorry."

"Not your fault." He kissed her cheek. "For a second I was reminded of what happened to Sofia."

"Strangely this thought never occurred to me. I felt the pain in my ankle, it had to be there and I could see it. Yes, there was some blood, my head hurt big time, but nothing that looked like I was seriously injured. Plus there were people right away, looked after me and the doctors were with me faster than I thought. Like they flew in."

"The Royal Flying Doctor Service? We're not in the Australian Outback but if they fly a little detour to help somebody in Los Angeles, it would be you, you're worth the detour."

"Thanks. Are there any news on your case?"

"No and it's not important now, you're important. Will you get fit for the wedding?"

"Of course! Alison looked after me, give me a few days and I can walk again without any pain, the wounds will heal and with some make-up magic I'll look good enough on the photos."

"You'll look breathtaking, Sara, you always do. Especially when you smile, a killer smile, that makes everybody fall in love with you."

"Stop hitting on me, your fiancé is outside and so is mine. Ouch." Laughing hurt, one or two of her rips had to be bruised too.

"They don't have to know. Are you really all right?"

"Yes. I stay in bed tonight, also tomorrow to make Alison and Sofia happy and should be back to work on Monday."

"Monday? I doubt you'll be back on Monday, stay home until you're fit again. You're going to get married in a few weeks, you make sure you recover completely and then you go back to work."

"You sound like Sofia."

"It's because I love you too."

"Will you come with us? For the wedding?"

"Is that what you wanted me to ask? Why you asked me to come over? Invite me to Hawaii?"

"I know you can't have the week off and it's ridiculous and I shouldn't ask you this because it means you pay a lot of money for only a short trip and…can we forget it?"

"What does Sofia say about your idea? It's supposed to be a close family wedding. You, her and your two kids."

"I know…you're family too…you're the only family I have apart from the kids and Sofia's family." Her mother and brother weren't her family, they never had. Greg had always been there for her, always loved and supported her. He was her only family, not in DNA and blood, but when you married somebody, you became a family without sharing DNA.

"Like you said I can't leave for a whole week, Jules can't come with me…I can talk to her, to my boss and when they're both fine and if Sofia is fine with your idea too, I might be able to join you for two days. Fly over in the morning, arrive at noon, be with you when you get married and fly back the next morning so I'm back in L.A. in the evening. It's crazy, it's a lot of traveling time and barely any time on Hawaii, but I'd do it."

"Really?"

"You're my sister, when you want me around I'll be around."

"I love you!" Sara kissed him happily. "Thanks, thanks, thanks. You have no idea how important it is you're there."

"You want me and not my fiancé, that makes me proud."

"I love Jules, she's very important to me, but you're my little brother."

"I'm sure we can work something out, sis." He smiled. "First you get better, then we make your dreams come true. How about that?"

"We're having a deal." Sara was sure when she asked Sofia if Greg could join them, explained to her lover why it was important to her, her fiancé would agree. Greg as their visitor would make their wedding even better.

"When we take a photo of you and show it to our chemistry teacher he might understand why we prefer to stay out of his course. Chemistry is dangerous." Lea said and leant onto Steve's shoulder.

"Chemistry is a very interesting course and you need to go there so things like this don't happen." Sara disagreed.

"How can you think about school? We're right in the summer holidays."

"My parents placed my school books on the kitchen table this morning, a sign I'm supposed to have a look inside and prepare for the new year."

"I had my first lessons already."

"Flirting with Tanya aren't lessons."

"I don't flirt with Tanya, we're studying."

"Right, you flirt with Marlene."

"You know her?" Sara was surprised.

"Yes, met her today when Steve and me went to the surgery to have lunch. A place that smells like dentist isn't my favorite spot for lunch."

"Why did you go there then?"

"I was curious how the new…how did you call her? Burrito Girl ?Was. She's much better than Selena Gomez."

"Don't you keep any secrets from each other?" Sofia wondered. Lea seemed to know everything about Steve and knew it before his parents did.

"No, we keep secrets from our parents, if we kept them from each other, we couldn't have each others back."

"What are your secrets?"

"None of your business."

"Steve, don't you want to tell me a few secrets about Lea?"

"No mom, I don't."

"He's such a nice boy. How was your meeting with this Felix?"

"Good, it's fun talking to him, he played on his guitar later and I think he's pretty good. And he thinks you're sexy. A sexy blonde, I will introduce him to Lea tomorrow, another sexy blonde."

"You want to set me up with a criminal?"

"He's not a criminal…okay, he steals food sometimes and takes cars for a joyride…nothing I didn't do too."

"You stopped. I hope."

"Yes, you stopped, we all hope." Sara sent a firm look at her son.

"Apparently, otherwise I'd end up in jail and afterwards in a state home because they take me away from you. Not a smart move. I like it here."

"Good."

"Somebody has to teach the little girl all the important things in life. How to have fun, help her sneak out later to meet her boyfriend." He smiled at his sister. "And look after Lea, she needs a lot of supervision too."

"I can do that myself."

"Sure you can but I can do it better."

Lea rolled her eyes. "Smart ass."

"Don't teach my sister this kind of words."

"She doesn't understand yet, the first thing she'll say is mom. Or nana. Depends. The captain does spend a lot of time with her and I'm sure she wants to hear her granddaughter call out for her grandmother. In a few months."

"Or weeks." Sofia said.

"Poor Susan, so much pressure on you. Stay with me, in my arms you can be a baby, no need to come up with words or whole sentences. I'm happy when you smile at me." Sara took Susan's hand and played with her fingers.

"She is nothing else than a baby. A stinky one. Come here, baby sis, I change you."

"And I take care of the dishes." Lea got up. "You need to rest, Sara."

"Thanks Lea, I'm aware of that, it's why I'm in bed."

"Stay there a little bit longer, Sofia can entertain you. Steve and me take care of Susan."

"Are you staying over?"

"Yes, I'm safe from my books here and we both are back at work tomorrow. One day and one week to go and then it's time for real summer holidays."

"Are you going somewhere?"

"Not sure yet, maybe to visit my grandmother up the coast for a few days."

"Up the PCH is a nice trip."

"Yeah, when Steve and me have our driver's license we want to drive up to Frisco."

"Sounds like a nice plan for the next summer holidays."

"Yeah, a week off from changing diapers. Wahoo." Steve grinned. "Sleep tight moms, I take Susan to bed."

"Thanks. Nice dreams, son." Sara smiled. It was annoying to be forced to stay in bed, on the other hand it was great to see how Steve looked after his sister and took responsibilities for her, gave his mothers some time alone.

"Do you think there are many things Lea knows about Steve and we have no clue of?" Sofia asked when they were alone.

"A couple, we didn't tell adults everything when we were young, you share your secrets with your friends. I'm sure there aren't any bad secrets."

"No…and I'm glad they have each other. She's a wonderful friend."

"They make a great team and I'm glad her parents don't have any problems with her staying or the other way around. Steve does sleep in the guest room when he stays over, she sleeps in the guest room too - most times. And she isn't jealous because of Marlene. Poor Steve, he doesn't have an excuse to go over for lunch when Tanya is in New York, not that he will have much time when he's with Mel again."

"Whom I invited to our wedding party today." Sara confessed.

"I thought something like that. After what she did she deserves an invitation."

"I did something else regarding our wedding."

"What's that?" The blonde snuggled into the arms of her lover. Five minutes to relax before she'd get them both into the bathroom.

"I asked Greg to be around when we get married on Hawaii. I know we said it's family only…"

"He is family."

"Yes. I…I think I'd feel like something is missing when he isn't there. He can't come over for the whole week, but maybe for two days. Would that be okay for you?"

"Of course. He'll be my brother-in-law. Are you mad when I don't invite my brother to Hawaii?"

"No." Sara laughed and kissed Sofia. "Thanks."

"For not inviting my brother? You're welcome. I did invite him for the party afterwards."

"Of course, he's your brother."

"The first time he'll be here in…a long time."

"Let's hope my brother doesn't show up, he's screwed up enough to ruin everything with his appearance."

"There'll be one or two or more cops around, who are more than happy to arrest him. Or we let Tony shoot him. He saved you once."

"Yes." Sara chuckled. Looking at this from a distance it was quite funny. Hopefully Sam stayed away, there was no reason why he should know about their wedding, they had no contact, no common friends.