Later that night, Emma and Sean were getting ready for bed when Sean said, "I can't believe Drew wants to change his name."

Emma looked at him through the mirror and asked, "Why not? He loves you."

"I know, but he's gone his whole life as Andrew Nelson."

Emma smiled and said, "I've gone my whole life as Emma Nelson, and I have no problems changing my name."

Sean turned to her and asked, "Are you sure? You don't want to hyphenate it or something?"

She shook her head, "No, I want to be Emma Cameron."

Sean kissed her, then pulled away, smiling, "I love the sound of that."

"Me too."

He leaned his forehead against hers and said, "I still have to get you a ring and propose and all that jazz."

"You don't have to. We could just get married."

Sean pulled away and asked, "You don't want to be engaged?"

"No, I do."

"Well, so do I."

Emma smiled, "Okay, then."

"I just want to do everything the right way." Sean nodded and wrapped his arms around Emma, "I want to buy you a ring, surprise you as much as I can with a proposal, and be engaged. Just for a little while." Emma smiled, and he said, "I like the idea of you wearing a ring for real and not just as a deterrent."

She traced her finger along his collarbone and asked, "Will you wear a ring once we're married?"

"Yes. I want everyone to know I'm married."

Emma smiled and said, "All those ladies who bring in their cars into the shop and flirt with you?"

Sean laughed and kissed her. "I really can't wait to be your husband."

"And I can't wait to be your wife."

Drew stared at his ceiling, wide awake. He grabbed his phone and sighed. It was nearly midnight. As he lay there, his phone buzzed. It was from Oliver.

"Are you still up?"

Drew sat up and looked at his phone in disbelief. Oliver never texted him late at night. Drew typed back, "Yes, I can't sleep."

As he waited for Oliver to text back, he smiled at his phone. He was feeling giddy. He had never felt like this over anyone before. Oliver wrote back, "Me too. Are your parents asleep? Maybe you could sneak downstairs and play Fortnite with me."

Drew got up out of bed, tiptoed down the hall and looked up the stairs. The light was off, but that didn't mean his parents were asleep. He went back into his room and texted back, "Their light is off, but I'm not sure if they're asleep." He sent the text then immediately sent another one, "It will be so much easier when I move downstairs."

He sat back down on his bed and waited for Oliver's reply. A few moments later, his phone buzzed, "It's going to rule when you have that room downstairs. I'll be over all the time."

Drew smiled and typed back, "Yeah. It'll be fun."

They texted for a few more minutes, and Drew became tired.

"I'm getting sleepy now."

Oliver texted back, "Sorry for boring you."

Drew laughed, then covered his mouth because he was a bit too loud. Then he typed back, "Ha. So see you tomorrow?"

Oliver wrote back, "Yep. Goodnight."

"Goodnight." Drew put his phone down, snuggled under his blanket and closed his eyes with a big grin on his face.

The next morning, Drew walked into the kitchen smiling, and his parents were a little unsettled by his mood change.

Sean said, "Someone is in a good mood."

Drew nodded, "Yeah. Guess I had a good night of sleep."

Emma looked at Sean then at Drew and said, "Uh-huh."

"Maybe I'm happy about dad moving in?"

Sean smiled, "Well, I'm happy about it."

Emma laughed. "I am driving your dad to the shop first, then dropping you off at school."

"That's fine."

"Here." She handed him some eggs. "So, how does your day look?"

"No tests. Thank goodness. We finished Lord of the Flies, so I think that test will be on Friday."

Sean asked, "And the project with Oliver?"

"Due next week."

Sean nodded, "I was always thankful when they paired me with smarter people for projects like that."

Emma laughed, "Like Liberty?"

"I'll have you know that I did a lot for that project because it was about cars."

"Is that when she got together with Towerz?"

Sean nodded, "Yep. He had a smart girl thing."

"They actually went out for a little while."

"I know. That was an amusing pairing to me."

"Not as amusing as me and Chris Sharpe, right?"

"Ugh, I hated that guy."

"You did?"

Sean nodded.

Drew asked, "Towerz? Why did everyone you know have a cool nickname?"

Sean shrugged, "I don't know. Towerz was an interesting guy. Hardly spoke."

Drew asked, "Really?"

"Oh yeah, some people thought he might be mute, but he wasn't."

Drew looked at his mom and said, "We saw Liberty the night we went to the Raptors game, right? She joked about being invited to your wedding."

Emma nodded, "Yep."

"So, are you going to invite her?"

Sean said, "Probably."

When Drew got to school, he walked straight to his locker. Maddie's locker was only a few away from his and Drew noticed that she was avoiding him. She didn't say 'Hi' or 'Good morning,' and she was about to walk away when Drew called her name, "Maddie!"

She stopped, turned around, and said, "I need to get to homeroom."

He asked, "Can we talk later? Maybe at lunch?"

Maddie took a deep breath and said, "Sure."

Drew smiled, "Cool. See you in English."

"Okay." She turned back around and walked away.

Drew took a deep breath and got his stuff together.

"Yo, Nelson, I heard you let Maddie down easy yesterday."

Drew turned to Ethan and said, "Did you know she liked me?"

"Everyone knew she liked you. Well, okay, you didn't." Drew rolled his eyes and shut his locker, "So who do you like? Is it Olivia? Riley?" Ethan closed his locker, "Ooh, you like Emily, right? She's hot." Drew shook his head, and Ethan said, "Or maybe you like boys instead?"

Drew's heart skipped a beat, and he felt hot. He hoped his face didn't match his body temperature, "You're crazy."

"I was kidding."

Drew rolled his eyes, "Yeah, real funny."

"What? Like it's a big deal? It's 2020, who cares. Love is love."

Drew looked at Ethan and asked, "Do you really feel that way?"

Ethan nodded and said, "Sure! My oldest brother is gay, and his partner is cool. They got me this jacket for my birthday."

Drew looked at Ethan and nodded, "That is a pretty cool jacket." The first bell rang, and Drew said, "Crap. I gotta go."

Ethan jogged in the opposite direction and said, "Okay, see you in Perino's class!"

Drew rushed to his homeroom and got there just before the final bell rang.

Sean looked around his apartment and smiled. As much as he liked the place, he was happy to be moving into Emma's house to be with her and Drew. He packed a couple of boxes and filled two suitcases with clothes, then loaded his truck, and he drove back to the house.

When Sean finished bringing everything in, he flopped back onto the couch. He couldn't decide if he wanted to watch T.V. or not, so he took out his phone and called the shop.

"Cameron's Custom Cars."

"Pete?"

"Hey man, how are you?"

"I'm better. I will be back tomorrow. I'm just following doctor's orders."

"Well, it's a good thing you'll be back tomorrow because Drake is coming in after-hours tomorrow."

Sean's eyes lit up, "No shit."

"Yep."

He smiled and said, "I'm excited about this."

Pete asked, "How are you feeling?"

"I feel about 90%. I should be fine when I come in tomorrow. I'm still a little bruised, though."

"We can tell Drake you were in a fight or something. Up your street cred a bit."

Sean laughed and said, "Hilarious. Everything else is okay?"

"Yep. Everything is great. There's a steady number of jobs coming in and out, and the guys miss you."

"I miss you guys too."

They talked for a bit, and then Sean let Pete go.

"So I'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, bossman."

Sean laughed and said, "Bye."

Sean ended the call and stood up. It was still early, and he was bored, so he took a drive.

Drew walked into Perino's class, and Ethan nodded in his direction. Drew sat at his desk and waited for Oliver to walk in. He didn't. He turned to Ethan and asked, "Have you seen Oliver?"

Ethan shook his head, "He wasn't in homeroom."

Drew rolled his eyes, "Great."

Mr. Perino waited for the bell to ring, and he said, "So today, you and your partner are going to come to me and tell me who your project is on and show me what you have so far. If your partner is absent, you can come up alone." Mr. Perino started doing the roll, and Drew looked at the door. He was hoping that maybe Oliver was late.

He wasn't.

Halfway through class, Mr. Perino called Drew's name. "Mr. Nelson, it looks like you're alone today."

Drew nodded, stood up, and walked over to Perino's desk.

"So, who are you and Oliver doing your project on?"

"James Naismith."

Perino nodded, "Good choice. And did you gather some information on him?"

"Well, Oliver has most of it, but," Drew took his phone out of his pocket and showed Perino everything he had saved. "I saved some stuff on my phone."

"Okay, that works. I just hope your partner doesn't leave you high and dry this week."

"Yeah, neither do I."

Sean wasn't expecting to drive up to Wasaga Beach, but it was as if his truck couldn't help going in that direction. He pulled up to his parents' house and parked. Sean got out of his truck, took a deep breath, and walked up to the front door. After he knocked, he heard his mom yell for his dad to answer the door.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it." Sean's father opened the door and looked surprised to see Sean standing in front of him. "Shouldn't you be at work?"

"Long story, can I come in?"

"Of course!" Sean's dad opened the door and let him in, "Hey Nancy, look who's here!"

His mom walked out of the kitchen and yelled, "Seany!"

"Hi, mom."

"Come here." She looked at his face, "What happened? And why aren't you at work?"

"As I told dad, it's a long story, so can we sit, and I can tell you everything?"

"Of course. Do you want anything to eat or drink? Coffee? Tea?"

"Coffee would be great. Thanks."

After his mom gave him a mug of coffee, they all sat down in the living room. His dad, "So, what's going on?"

"Well…" Sean told his parents the entire story. He told them about Emma, about Drew, about how he's moving in with them, and he told them about the robbery.

His mother shook her head, "Seany, you were lucky you weren't killed."

"I know." He looked at his parents and asked, "So how do you feel about getting to know your fourth grandchild?"

His mom said, "I would love that."

"Good. I'll arrange something. Maybe we can come up here, and I can take you all out to dinner."

Sean's dad smiled and said, "I'm excited to have a grandson. I just wish I would have gotten to know him sooner."

"Just wait until you see him. It's me at 14. It's uncanny."

His dad asked, "Does he have the same attitude?"

"Emma said he did before he knew me. But he's turning things around at school, and I brought him to the shop a couple of weeks ago. He was very interested in my work. I even had him do some things."

"So, the shop is good?"

Sean nodded, "Yep. Never better." He reached into his pocket and grabbed a check, "In fact, this is for you." He handed the check to his dad.

His dad looked at it and said, "We can't take this."

Sean said, "Yes, you can. Use it for a trip to Calgary to see Tracker and the girls or use it for whatever you want."

"Thank you, kiddo."

"You're welcome."

Marco De Rossi stood up as soon as the bell rang for class, looked at his door to see if any stragglers were on their way into the room and when a few moments passed, he shut his classroom door.

"I know you're all wondering when I'm going to spring the Lord of the Flies test on you. It'll be Friday." The kids groaned, and he chuckled, "Hey, at least I'm giving you a few days to prepare for it, and we'll have a review on Thursday so you will be well-equipped to take the test and to pass it."

Drew wrote down the days in his notebook and looked over at Maddie, who was staring at her desk. He felt terrible about how he handled things with her, which is why he asked her to sit at lunch with him. Drew was also thinking about what Ethan said and was wondering if maybe he could tell Ethan how he felt about Oliver. Then he remembered what Ethan did to their friend Jake when Jake said he liked a girl in their science class. Ethan didn't leave him alone and revealed how Jake felt to the girl before Jake could, and the girl rejected Jake through Ethan.

It wasn't a fun time for any of their friends because Jake refused to speak to Ethan for a few weeks. Drew went back to square one and tried to think of someone he could talk to about this who wasn't his parents or Mr. Del Rossi.

"Drew?"

Drew looked up from his notebook, and Mr. Del Rossi was looking at him. "Huh?"

Marco shook his head and said, "Never mind. Does anyone else want to answer the question?"

Drew felt his face get red, and he sat back in his chair.

"Well, I'd better get going. I'm supposed to be taking it easy." Sean stood up and smiled at his parents, "This was nice."

Sean's mom hugged him, "I'm just glad you're okay."

"Thanks." He pulled away and stuck out his hand for his dad to shake, but his father pulled him in for a hug instead.

"You're a good kid, Sean, and I'm proud of the man you've become."

Sean's eyes filled with tears, and as he pulled away from the hug, he sniffled, "Thanks, dad."

Sean's parents walked him to the door, and they said their goodbyes.

"I'll let you know when we can make it up here for dinner, okay?"

They both nodded, and his dad said, "Safe trip home."

Sean smiled as he got into his truck. As he pulled away from his parents' house, he let the tears fall from his eyes.

After Perino's class, Drew texted Oliver to see if he was okay. He put his phone in his pocket and went to his locker. Maddie was at hers and said, "So are we still on for lunch?"

Drew smiled and said, "Yep. Are you ready?"

She nodded, and they walked together down the hall toward the caf.

He asked, "So would you want to study for Lord of the Flies together?"

"Sure."

"You can come to my house if you want to."

Maddie nodded, "Okay."

"My mom can drive us."

"How's your dad?"

"Good. He's still home from work, but he's going back tomorrow."

Maddie looked at Drew and said, "I can't believe how much you look like him."

Drew smiled. Suddenly Ethan appeared and said, "Hey, are you heading to the caf?"

Drew and Maddie nodded.

"Cool, I'll meet you there. I just have to drop this off in my locker." He held up a book and walked past them.

When Maddie and Drew got to the caf, they waited in line for food and didn't talk to each other. It was awkward, and Drew hated it. He wanted to tell Maddie the truth but was afraid of her reaction. He would wait until Thursday at his house so they'd be alone and not in the middle of the school.

Maddie broke the silence when she spotted the lunch special, "My God that looks disgusting."

Drew laughed, "Yeah, I'm just getting a sandwich."

She laughed and said, "Same." Then she shivered and said, "Ick."

Drew's phone vibrated, and he looked at it.

Maddie looked around, "Is Oliver here today?"

"Nope, this is him. He said he woke up with a fever." Drew texted back, "Bummer. I hope you feel better."

Maddie scoffed and said, "Oh, great. I hope he didn't get us all sick."

"I was at his house last night." He shook his head and said, I'll probably get sick in time for the weekend. Great."

"What's happening this weekend?"

"I am going into work with my dad, and then we were going to IKEA so I can buy new furniture for my room."

Maddie nodded, "You're so lucky. Your basement is so cool."

"I know. I can't believe my parents are letting me have it."

"I wish my parents were like yours."

Drew smiled at Maddie and grabbed a sandwich. After they paid for their food, they found a spot to sit and waited for Ethan.

She said, "Look, I'm really embarrassed about everything, so can we forget it ever happened?"

Drew looked at Maddie and said, "I feel like an idiot for not realizing it."

"Do you like someone else?"

Drew couldn't lie to her. He nodded.

She nodded and said, "I figured. Who is it?"

"I don't want to say because I don't think they feel the same way."

"So, we're both pathetic."

Drew laughed, "You're not pathetic, Maddie. Don't say that."

She smiled, and they waited for Ethan to arrive.

"Babe? Are you home?" Emma walked in and looked around. Sean wasn't there. She grabbed her phone was about to text him when he walked in. "Oh, hey, there you are."

"Hey," He walked up to her and kissed her hello. "Why are you home so early?"

"I had time between two of my appointments and wanted to see how you were doing. You seem to be doing well."

"I went to see my parents."

"Really?" Sean nodded, and she asked, "How did that go?"

"It went well. They want to meet Drew."

"So, do they hate me?"

Sean shook his head, "No, not at all. My dad's pretty excited about having a grandson. I told them we'd go up there and take them out to dinner soon."

Emma nodded, "That sounds nice."

"Yeah, I think it will be. My relationship with them is a lot better than it was when I was younger."

Emma smiled.

"I have some news."

Emma raised an eyebrow, "Oh?"

"Drake's coming into the shop tomorrow night."

"Oh, my God!" Emma grabbed Sean and hugged him, "This is amazing!"

Sean laughed, "Yeah, I know."

Emma pulled away from the hug and said, "Are you nervous?"

"Not yet. That'll happen tomorrow afternoon." He smiled and asked, "So, where is your appointment?"

"Downtown. Front Street East. It's a two-bedroom duplex, and it's $2.725 million."

Sean whistled. "Wow. Nice."

"Yeah, it is. Very nice. It also has outdoor space on both levels with an unobstructed view of the C.N. Tower."

"Must be nice to afford something like that."

Emma smiled, then grimaced.

"What's wrong?"

"I'll be right back." Emma climbed the stairs and went up to her bathroom. Her period finally arrived. On the one hand, she was relieved, but there was a small part of her that hoped she was pregnant with Sean's baby again.

Sean sat down on the couch and turned on the T.V. Emma came down five minutes later, and he asked, "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. My period finally arrived."

"Ooh, that's not fun."

She laughed and said, "No. It's never fun. And now I'll be craving bad things like potato chips and ice cream for the next five days."

"Well, we still have ice cream, and I can always go out and get potato chips for you." Sean stood up and shut off the T.V., "In fact, I'll go shopping right now."

Emma shook her head and said, "You don't have to do that."

"I want to do it. Write down a list of what we need, and I'll get it. I live here now, remember?"

Emma wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "You're the best."

Sean kissed her, pulled away, smiling, and said, "I know."