When Archie had a free moment, he called Emma from his office. Emma was driving in her car, having just left the house in Rosedale. She saw the call was from Archie and pulled her car over onto a side street just outside of Rosedale.

She answered and said, "Hey, dad, is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine. I just wanted to ask you something."

"Okay," Emma knew what was coming and waited for the question.

Archie asked, "Is something going on with Drew?"

Emma pretended not to know what Archie was alluding to and asked, "Going on? Like what?"

"Em, I saw him huddled in a corner with Oliver this morning, and it didn't look like a normal conversation between two best friends."

"Oh?"

"Drew had a look on his face I haven't seen in years."

Emma smiled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's the look Sean used to give you when you were teenagers."

"Dad, I think you should talk to Drew."

Archie shook his head, "He likes Oliver and Oliver likes him. I can't believe I didn't see this sooner!"

Emma asked, "Are you okay with this?"

"Of course, I am." Archie asked, "I'm assuming he's talked to you and Sean about it?"

"Yep. Drew actually came out to Sean before me."

That answer surprised Archie, "Really?"

"Yep. Only about 10 minutes before, but Sean was so great with him. He's an amazing father."

Archie smiled, "I knew he would be. So how long have you known?"

"We've only known since Drew's birthday weekend. So not very long."

"I see."

Emma said, "I think you should talk to Drew. Just let him know that you figured it out on your own."

"Okay."

Emma asked, "So is that all?"

"Yes."

Emma said, "I'd better go. I have to get back to my office and do some things before I pick up Drew from school."

"Sounds good, kiddo."

"Bye, dad."

"Bye."

Emma hung up the phone and smiled.

Drew and Oliver were busy working on their presentation in the media room. They were putting everything in order, and Drew had the idea of including recent basketball shots in the slides.

Oliver smiled and said, 'This looks so cool!"

"Thanks."

Suddenly a message came over the loudspeaker, "Can Andrew Nelson please report to the principal's office? Andrew Nelson to the principal's office."

Oliver looked at Drew, who shrugged. Oliver asked, "Are you in trouble?"

"I don't think so." Drew saved all their work and said, "I'll be back." He walked out of the media room, down the hall, and over to Archie's office.

Archie's secretary said, "You can go right in."

Drew nodded and opened Archie's door.

"Hey, kiddo, come on in."

Drew closed the door and sat down, "I'm not in trouble, am I?"

Archie raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why? Did you do something?"

"No."

"Well, you're not in trouble."

Drew nodded, "So why am I in here?" Archie smiled, and Drew shook his head, "Oh god, who told you?"

"No one did. I saw you looking at Oliver earlier, and it was like your dad looking at your mom when they were here." Archie shook his head, "It really is uncanny sometimes."

Drew asked, "And are you okay with it?"

"Drew, all me, your grandma, and your mom ever wanted was for you to be happy." Drew nodded, "But you have to let me know if people bother you."

Drew shook his head, "You don't have to worry about that. We're not going to be holding hands or anything."

Archie nodded, "I also heard from Mr. Del Rossi about your Lord of the Flies test. Great job."

"Thanks. I can't believe it."

"See what happens when you apply yourself?"

"Yeah, speaking of that, Oliver and I are working on our project for Perino right now, and I think it's excellent."

"That's great."

Drew laughed, "Watching everyone else's projects has given ideas about what not to do."

Archie snickered.

"So, I'd better get going. My free period is almost over." Drew stood up, and Archie joined him.

They walked to Archie's door, and Archie said, "I'm proud of you, kiddo."

"Thanks, grandpa."

Drew walked out, and Archie smiled.

Sean and Jay were sitting in his office when Jay asked, "So when are we going out for our steak dinner, Seany?"

"Next week?"

Jay asked, "Why not this Friday, or are you having a date night with your lady?"

Sean typed something into his computer and said, "Em, has a work event, and they invited me too."

"Ooh fancy. Do you even have a suit to wear?"

"Other than my dress uniform? No, and I haven't had to wear that thing in years. Thank God."

Jay joked, "Looks like someone needs to go shopping!"

Sean scoffed, "What? No. Besides, she said I don't have to dress up and that a sweater and jeans are fine."

Jay asked, "Well, what about when you propose?"

Sean looked at him and said, "You proposed in my hospital room in jeans, a sweatshirt, and with a backward cap on your head."

"I also didn't have a ring, but you will. A big, fancy custom-made ring, so you should probably make it a big, fancy proposal."

Sean shook his head, "Shit, now I'm nervous all over again."

"Don't be nervous, Cameron. You've loved this woman most of your life."

Sean smiled, "True."

"Just take her someone nice, tell her everything you've ever wanted to say about how much you love her, get on one knee, and ask."

"Again, you did none of those things."

"I know, but I'm a schmuck, and you're not." Jay looked at the clock, "What time is Drake coming again?"

"Not until 7."

"Ugh, I can't wait that long. I need to take a walk or something. Can I?"

Sean nodded, "Sure, you've been working hard. You can have a break."

Jay stood up and asked, "Wanna come with me?"

Sean shook his head, "Nope. I got paperwork to do."

"And you need to call that hot chick and tell her she's hired."

"Oh, right. I almost forgot about that."

"How could you forget about that?"

Sean rolled his eyes, "Get out of here, Hogart."

Jay laughed and walked out of Sean's office. Sean closed out of the work program on his computer, went on Google, and looked up stores in the area that sold suits.

Drew walked back into the media room, and Oliver asked, "Is everything okay?"

"Yep. My grandpa just wanted to congratulate me on my Lord of the Flies grade."

Oliver nodded, "Ah."

Drew looked at Oliver and said, "He figured it out."

"He figured what out?"

"Us."

Oliver nodded, "Oh."

"He's fine with it and told me to tell him if anyone bothers us. I told him he wouldn't be walking around holding hands."

Oliver smiled, "I wish we could, but people are idiots."

Drew nodded, "You do?"

Oliver turned to him and said, "Yes. Straight couples walk around with no issues around here. Hell, they even get to make out in the hallways. Everyone else should be able to do the same thing."

Drew said, "You know what my grandpa said?" Oliver shook his head. "He said I looked at you like my dad used to look at my mom when they were here."

Oliver smiled and said, "Wow, you must really like me."

Drew shook his head and said, "Shut up."

"Make me."

Drew rolled his eyes and said, "Come on. Let's finish this up before the bell rings."

Oliver bumped his shoulder into Drew's and said, "Fine."

Drew smiled as he turned back to the monitor.

After Sean finished his paperwork for the day, he picked up his phone and called Pete's friend Hannah to tell her she got the job. Sean didn't interview anyone else, so the job was going to be hers regardless, but he didn't want it to seem like he wasn't talking to other people.

She picked up the phone kind of in a huff, "Hello?"

Sean said, "Hello, is this, Hannah?"

"Yes. This is Hannah."

"Hi, this is Sean Cameron from Cameron's Custom Cars. How are you?"

"I'm okay, but I'll be a lot better if you tell me I got the job."

Sean chuckled and said, "Well, you got the job."

Her demeanor changed immediately, "That's so great. Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome. Do you think you can start on Monday?"

"Yes!"

Sean sat back in his chair and said, "Cool. Okay, and do you think you can come in a little early, say 7:45?"

"Sure. That's no problem."

"Great. I just wanted to show you around and show you the computer systems, but I can probably help you all day."

Hannah said, "I have a question."

"Shoot."

She asked, "What's the dress code?"

Sean thought about it for a second, "Well, I won't expect you to dress like you're going to an office when we're all wearing jumpsuits and covered in grease." Hannah laughed, and Sean continued, "Just don't show up in sweatpants."

Hannah laughed again and said, "That won't be a problem."

"I mean, if you want to dress nice, I don't have a problem with that at all, but don't think that you have to."

"Thanks. I really appreciate this, Mr. Cameron."

Sean laughed and said, "Oh God, please call me Sean. My dad is Mr. Cameron."

"Okay."

"Well, okay, we're all set. I'll see you Monday morning, Hannah."

"Bye, Sean!"

"Bye." He hung up the phone and said, "Mr. Cameron," shook his head, then laughed to himself.

Emma sat in her car outside of Degrassi and waited for Drew to come out of the building. While she was in her car, she answered work emails on her phone.

Drew opened the door, and Emma smiled at him, "Hey, kiddo. How was your day?"

"It was good." He handed her the Lord Of The Flies test.

Emma looked at it and smiled, "Sweetie, this is amazing!"

"I know, I wasn't expecting to do that well."

Emma turned to him and said, "See what applying yourself can do?"

Drew laughed, "God, that's just what grandpa said."

"Well, it's the truth." Emma handed him the test and asked, "So how's the project coming along with Oliver?"

Drew put on his seatbelt, "It's going well, and we're nearly done."

"That's great."

"Um, mom, I was wondering if Oliver could come over again tomorrow? As I said, we're nearly done with everything, but I want to make it a project that people won't nod off during like the others."

Emma giggled, "Have they been that bad?"

"Mom, it's torture."

Emma pulled away from the curb and said, "I'm sure Perino is enjoying them, huh?"

"He looks like he wants to die during every single one of them."

Emma laughed, "Some things never change."

Pete walked into Sean's office and said, "They're here."

Sean looked at the clock, "It's early."

"I know."

Sean stood up and said, "Okay. Bring them around back."

"Will do." Pete jogged out of the office, and Sean took a deep breath before walking out. He had Drake's car in the back of the shop where they do the custom work. They handle regular mechanical services in the regular bays. It's more private that way.

He patted Jay on the back and said, "He's here early."

"Oh shit."

"Yeah."

Jay put down the tools he was using and joined Sean. "Are you okay?"

"I think so."

"Dude, we did a spectacular job with his car, and you know it. Have some confidence. Yours is the best shop in the city, man."

Sean smiled and said, "Thank you."' He took another deep breath and said, "Okay, let's do this."

Emma looked at the clock and began pacing in the kitchen. Drew sat at the island doing his homework and smiled at his mom as she walked back and forth.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Emma nodded as she paced, "Yeah, why?"

"Because you're going to wear down the wood floor if you keep pacing like that."

Emma stopped and said, "I'm just nervous for your dad."

"Why? Drake is going to love what dad did to his car, and he's probably going to recommend him to other people and maybe even have dad work on one or more of his other cars."

Emma smiled, "That would be incredible."

"Dad is great at what he does."

"Oh, I know he is. He's always been good at working on cars and has always known so much about them."

Drew smiled, "You guys love each other a lot."

"We do."

"I'm glad you're happy, mom."

"Yeah?"

Drew nodded. "Yes. I never realized how unhappy you were until dad came back into your life."

Emma smiled and nodded, "Me either, to be honest." She wiped a tear away and said, "And I'm glad you're happy." Drew blushed, and Emma asked, "So, what's going on with you and Oliver?"

"We like each other, but..."

"But what?"

"Well, he can't come out to his parents."

"They're not supportive?"

Drew shook his head, "Oliver said his mom said something nasty about Braden's dads, and that's why Oliver suppressed his feelings for me for so long."

Emma shook his head, "Maybe if she knew her son was gay, she wouldn't be like that."

"I'm just glad you and dad are okay with it."

Emma smiled at Drew. "We want you to be happy, baby."

"I know."

Emma asked, "Are there any gay couples at school?"

"Girls. Not guys. People seem to be more accepting of two girls dating then two guys dating."

"Well, that's just silly."

Drew nodded. "I mean, we haven't said if we're a couple. We're just friends who like each other."

"So you're figuring things out."

"Yep."

Emma nodded, "I get it. You don't have to rush into a full-blown relationship. You are only 14."

"You were in a full-blown relationship at 14."

Emma laughed, "Good point."

Sean, Jay, and Pete were sitting in Sean's office after the shop closed.

"I told you he'd love it."

Sean smiled at Jay, "You did."

Pete said, "This is going to be incredible for us, man. We're going to have more custom clients than regular mechanical clients."

Sean nodded, "We're also going need a bigger place."

Jay asked, "Do you have your eye on any places?"

Sean nodded, "Yep. It's all a question of money."

Jay nodded, "Are they close by?"

"Yeah, I wouldn't want to move across the city or anything."

"Good point."

Pete stood up, "Okay. I need to get to my place and inspect the damage."

"Oh, right, the flooded bathroom." Sean looked at him, "I hope everything is okay."

"Me too. What a pain in the ass."

"And if you need to come in late tomorrow, it's fine."

"Thanks, man."

"No, thank you. You work your ass off, and you do great work for me. It's the least I can do. If you need the whole day off, it's fine. I'll still pay you."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Thanks." Pete smiled, "See you tomorrow."

Jay said, "Bye, man."

Pete walked out of Sean's office and asked, "I suppose you're going home to hang out with the woman and child."

Sean laughed, "Yes." He looked at Jay, "Why don't you come over for dinner tonight?"

"Are you sure?"

Sean nodded, "Yes. I'll call Em and tell her we're bringing home some pizza."

Jay smiled and said, "Thanks, man."

"No problem."

Sean texted Emma and let her know that Jay would be coming for dinner. When she looked at her phone, she said, "Oh, good. I don't have to cook."

"Dad's bringing home pizza?"

"Pizza and Jay."

"Cool." Drew went back to working on his homework.

Emma said, "I'll be right back. I want to change into comfy clothes."

"Okay."

Emma walked up to the master bedroom and stripped out of her work clothes. She threw on a pair of leggings and an oversized sweatshirt. Emma wanted to be comfortable. She had been dressing much nicer because she was working mostly in Rosedale, and she tried to look the part because it's one of the fancier neighborhoods in Toronto. She also put her hair up into a bun and took off most of her makeup. When Emma made it back downstairs, she said, "Ah, much better."

Drew looked at her and said, "Mom, you look like a teenager."

"Is that a bad thing?"

Drew laughed, "No."

"I am one of the youngest mothers amongst your friend's moms, right?"

"You are the youngest."

Emma chuckled, "So was grandma."

Drew shook his head, "I still can't believe she had you at my age. I couldn't even imagine how hard that must have been for her."

Emma nodded, "I know. Neither can I."

"You weren't much older."

"Yes, but at least I was out of high school. She was just leaving junior high."

Drew smiled and said, "Grandma is amazing."

Emma beamed at her son, "That's very sweet of you to say."

"It's true." He looked at his mom and said, "You are too."

"I am?" Drew nodded, and Emma said, "Thank you, sweetie."

When Sean and Jay arrived at the house, Emma greeted them at the door, "So how did it go!?"

Sean laughed and kissed her, "Hello to you too."

"I'm sorry, but I've been so nervous for you."

Jay scoffed, "Why? This guy knows what he's doing."

"I know that!" Emma looked at them, "Well, don't keep me in suspense!"

Sean smiled, "It went well."

Jay said, "Really well." He took the pizza out of Sean's hands, "Let me take this." He walked into the kitchen. "Hello, kiddo."

Drew looked up from his books and said, "Hey!"

Emma hugged Sean, "I'm so proud of you."

"Thank you, but it wasn't just me."

Emma kept her arms wrapped around his neck and smiled, "I know, but it is your shop."

Sean smiled and looked her up and down, "You look like you're about 16 in that getup."

Emma laughed, "Your son said the same thing."

Sean kissed her quickly, "Come on. I'll get washed up, and we can eat." He walked over to Drew and patted his shoulder, "How was school, kiddo?"

"Forget school, tell us everything about Drake and what happened at the shop."

Sean laughed, "All right. Let me get cleaned up first." Sean walked into the powder room off the kitchen and washed his hands.

Emma looked at Jay and asked, "Um, could you tell your fiance to tell me when she gets a chance?"

Jay laughed, "It's not like I talk to her all the time. She's busy."

Emma nodded, "It's good that she's busy. I just miss talking to her."

Sean walked out of the powder room and asked, "So how much longer do I have you, Hogart?"

"Three more weeks." Jay walked into the powder room and washed his hands.

After he finished and walked back out into the kitchen, Emma said, "We should have a going-away dinner for you!"

Jay shook his head and raised his hand, "You don't need to do that."

"I want to do it."

"Well, all right, if you insist."

Emma nodded, "I insist."

Drew looked at his parents and Jay and said, "Enough about this, tell us about Drake!"

Sean laughed, "Okay, okay!"

They all sat at the table, and Emma made sure everyone had drinks before they started eating. Sean began to tell the story of Drake coming to get his car.

"Well, first, he arrived early, which was good in one way because we didn't have to sit and get anxious waiting for his arrival but was also bad because I wasn't quite prepared."

Drew asked, "You didn't have everything finished?"

Sean said, "No, we finished everything I just wasn't; let's say mentally prepared."

"Oh. But it was okay right?"

Sean nodded, "Yep. And he loved everything we did."

"That's awesome!"

Sean smiled, "It is awesome." He looked at Jay and said, "I couldn't have done it without that one over there and Pete."

"Man, it was my pleasure."

Sean said, "I am bummed you're leaving, but I'm happy for you and Manny."

Jay smiled, "Thanks."

Drew asked, "So, is Drake bringing any of his other cars to you?"

"Not yet, but he said he would. He has an album to record or something."

Jay added, "He also said he'd tell his friends about the shop."

Drew said, "Wouldn't it be cool if he mentioned your shop in a song?"

Sean laughed, "I don't think that's happening, kiddo."

Emma smiled and said, "Babe, it's great that he wants to tell people about you and how great your work is."

Sean nodded, "I know. I might have to get a bigger shop."

Emma asked, "Do you have the money to do that?"

He nodded again and said, "I can take out a loan if I need to." He smiled at Emma then looked at Drew, "Okay enough about me, how was your day?"

"Fine."

Emma scoffed, "It was more than fine. Your son nearly aced his Lord Of The Flies test."

Sean's eyes lit up, "Good job, kiddo."

"Thanks. I was shocked. I didn't think I know that much. The bad thing is now Mr. Del Rossi will expect this to happen all the time."

Sean smiled, "Well, maybe it will."

"I don't know about that. The Great Gatsby looks difficult."

Emma asked, "Nah, it's not that bad once you get past all the flowery writing."

"Maddie said she could help me. She read it for fun already. Can you imagine?"

Sean shook his head, "I hated that book."

Jay said, "Me too."

Emma asked both Jay and Sean, "Did you actually read it?"

Sean said, "I read some of it."

Emma giggled, and Jay said, "I quit two chapters in and borrowed someone else's notes."

Emma said, "I liked it."

Jay snickered, "Figures."

Sean laughed and smiled. He was thrilled at that moment to be with his son, his best friend, and the woman he loved. He reached over and held Emma's hand. She looked at him and asked, "Is everything okay?"

Sean nodded and said, "Yep. Everything is perfect."