Drew and Oliver were busy working on their presentation at lunch when Oliver looked at Drew and said, "I think Perino might actually like this."

"I hope so. I want our presentation to be the one that doesn't make him nearly fall asleep."

Oliver shook his head and said, "I don't know why he still teaches if he hates it so much."

"My parents said he was like this when they went here."

Oliver asked, "So, your dad is okay now?'

Drew nodded, "As far as I know, he is."

Oliver looked at him and said, "That must have been so scary for you and your mom."

"It was. I think it made my parents both realize that we should officially become a family."

"Oh yeah?" Drew nodded, and Oliver asked, "When is your dad going to ask your mom to marry him?"

"He is still trying to come up with an idea for his proposal. And I think he's waiting for the ring to be ready."

Oliver smiled, "That's cool."

Drew smiled and asked, "So do you want me to do most of the talking?"

"We can trade-off. I don't think I'll mess up too badly."

Drew laughed, "I wasn't worried about that."

"Sure, you weren't."

Drew smiled, and Olimer smiled back. They looked at each other a little too long, and Drew said, "Uh, let's finish this and then grab something quick to eat."

"Okay."

Emma stopped by Sean's shop after she finished her work at the house in Rosedale. Sean was in his office on the phone with a client when Emma knocked on his door. He smiled and held up his finger. She walked in and sat down in front of him.

"Yep, sounds good. See you then." Sean hung up and said, "Well, this is a nice surprise."

"I finished my work for the day, and it's too early for me to pick up Drew, so I figured why not come over." She looked around and said, "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

Sean scoffed, "Even if you were, I wouldn't care."

Emma smiled, "So this party…"

Sean shook his head, "Em, I couldn't believe it."

"We have a busy weekend ahead of us."

"I know. First, your work party and then my work party."

"Oh, and I have to go to the house in Rosedale on Sunday."

Sean asked, "Is everything okay?"

Emma nodded, "Yes. That's when all the staging furniture is arriving, and I have to be there to make sure everything is correct and to make sure everything matches our sketches."

"Well, our plans have changed for Saturday night anyway, so maybe we can have our fun the following weekend." Sean was hoping the engagement ring would be ready by that weekend.

"Raincheck?"

Sean smiled, "Yes."

"I really can't believe we're going to a party at Drake's house. I don't even know how to dress."

Sean laughed, "Me, either. I went out at lunch and bought some clothes."

"You did?"

"Yep. I'll do a fashion show for you at home." He winked, and Emma smiled.

After spending some time with Sean in his office, Emma stood up and said, "I'd better go and get our son."

Sean stood up, walked around his desk, and joined her, "I should be home on time tonight."

"Okay." She kissed him and pulled away, "Have a good rest of your day, dear."

"I'll try."

"See you later."

"Bye."

Emma walked out of his office, and Sean walked back to his desk. Jay walked into his office and joked, "I'm surprised you two didn't christen your desk."

Sean said, "We already did that."

"Are you serious?"

Sean nodded.

"Unbelievable."

Sean smiled and asked, "How's the BMW?"

"All done."

"Oh, good." Sean sat at his computer, and Jay gave him the work order. "I'll let the owner know."

Jay asked, "You have anything else for me?"

Sean shook his head, "Nope, but you can go around and see if anyone needs help."

Jay saluted Sean and said, "Yes, sir." He walked out of his office, and Sean smiled.

Emma waited in her car for Drew outside of Degrassi. As she waited, Oliver knocked on the passenger side window, and Emma opened it.

"Hey, Oliver."

"Hey, Miss Nelson. Drew should be out soon. He forgot his Gatsby book in his locker, so he had to run back and get it."

She smiled and said, "Thanks for letting me know."

"You're welcome." He looked in the direction of his bus and said, "I gotta go. Bye!"

"Bye!" She watched Oliver jog to his bus, and she shook her head. Drew opened the door a couple of minutes later, and she greeted him, "Hey, kiddo."

"Hi." Drew got into Emma's car and closed the door. "Sorry, I was late. I had to get a book."

"I know. Oliver told me."

"He did?"

Emma smiled and nodded. Then she asked, "How was your day?"

"We finished the Perino project."

"Great! You're doing it tomorrow, right?"

Drew nodded.

"Well, I'm sure it will be great."

"I hope so." He put on his seatbelt, and Emma pulled away from the curb. Drew asked, "How was your day?"

"Pretty good. I stopped by and visited your dad at work."

Drew said, "You didn't have sex there, did you?"

Emma gasped and said, "Andrew!"

"What? You two are all over each other all the time."

Emma laughed, "No. We didn't have sex in his office." She shook her head and asked, "How are things with Oliver?"

"They're annoying because we can't be alone even when we're alone."

Emma nodded, "Ah, I get that."

"It sucks, mom."

She smiled and said, "Maybe if you do a good job on the presentation and get a good grade, his mom will ease up on him."

"I hope so."

Emma asked, "You're still going to his house for his birthday, right?"

"Yes. It's a sleepover."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, me, Ethan, Jake, Josh, and Oliver's cousin Seth will be there."

Emma smiled and said, "That should be fun."

Drew shrugged, "I guess. Only Ethan knows about us, so it's not like we can do anything."

Emma asked, "What would you want to do, Drew?"

"I just want to be like the other couples in school and not have to hide. We haven't even really talked about what we are. We just admitted we liked each other, but what's the point of liking each other if we can't do anything about it?"

Emma pulled up to a red light, reached over, and put her hand on Drew's shoulder, "I'm sorry, sweetie."

He looked down at his hands and said, "It just sucks."

"I know." Emma looked at her son, and the disappointed look on his face took her back to her days at Degrassi. She had seen that same expression on Sean's face a lot when they were teenagers. She asked, "How about I make you whatever you want for dinner?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

The light turned green, and Drew tried to think about what he wanted for dinner, but he couldn't think of anything. "Ugh, I don't know. You can pick whatever you want to cook."

Emma said, "All right, sweetie." and Drew moped in his seat.

As Sean was finishing up for the night, Jay was in Sean's office, hanging out, "So are we celebrating after Drake's party?"

Sean laughed at Jay and said, "Next week. We'll go out after work one night, get a nice dinner, drinks, the works."

"Sounds good."

"I called Manny to tell her about Drake's party, and she's trying to figure if she can fly private, go to the party and be back in L.A. for Monday."

"That would be something."

Jay nodded. "I hope she can pull it off. I miss her."

Sean smiled, "I still can't believe you asked her to marry you in my hospital room."

"It's your son's fault."

"Hey man, don't blame my kid."

Jay smiled, "How's he doing?"

Sean nodded, "I think he's frustrated because he has to hide who he is at school."

Jay shook his head, "That sucks."

"I try to reassure him and tell him that things will get better, but I don't even know if that's true. You know?"

Jay nodded, "Cameron, are you going to teach me how to be a good dad like you?"

Sean scoffed, "You'll be fine. It just comes to you."

"I hope so."

"Okay." Sean shut down his computer, "I am done for the night. You should get out of here too." He stood up and stretched.

"Too much sex lately?"

Sean shook his head, "Would you stop?"

Jay laughed and stood up, 'Have a good night, man."

"You too." Sean took one last look around his office and left.

Sean walked into the house, and Emma called out to him, "Hey, babe."

"Hey," He hung his new clothes on the staircase railing and walked over to the kitchen, "It smells incredible in here."

"Thank you."

Sean kissed Emma's cheek and asked, "Is Drew working on his homework?"

"I think he might be downstairs moping."

"Why? What happened?"

"Oliver stuff."

"Uh, oh."

Emma turned and said, "He's just disappointed that they haven't had time to be alone and haven't been able to talk about their status."

"Ah, I see. That must be frustrating."

"He made a face in the car that took me back to our Degrassi days."

"Oh yeah?"

"I've seen you make that face a lot."

Sean chuckled, "Poor kid."

"Why don't you go down there and talk to him?"

"I don't know if I can help, but I'll try." Sean walked down to the basement and saw that Drew's door was closed. He walked up to the door, listened to hear if maybe Drew was listening to music, but he wasn't. Sean knocked and said, "Kiddo, can I come in?"

Drew sat up, wiped off his face, and said, "Sure."

Sean opened the door, "Hey." As soon as he saw Drew's red eyes, the smile disappeared from his face, "Were you crying?"

Drew nodded.

"What's wrong?" Sean walked over to Drew's bed and sat next to him.

"I'm just frustrated. That's all."

"About school?"

Drew shrugged, "Well, sort of."

"Oh, it's about you and Oliver at school."

Drew nodded, "Yeah. We're never alone enough to be able to talk about what's happening. He likes me, and I like him, but it feels like we can never be together."

"I'm sorry, kiddo. I'd be frustrated too."

"Imagine if you and mom liked each other and could hang out, but you couldn't be together. That would be frustrating for you, right?"

"Yes. Very."

Drew shook his head, "I just wish things weren't so complicated."

"Well, maybe once his mom calms down, you two will be able to hang out. Oliver's still having his birthday party, right?"

"Yeah, but there will be a bunch of people at his house."

Sean nodded, "Right. Maybe you just need to take matters into your own hands."

Drew looked at Sean and asked, "How?"

"Well, there was a time back in ninth grade when your mom and I couldn't hang out. Now I acted like a jackass, and we broke up because of it, but I tried everything I could to be alone with her. Maybe you just need to come up with a way for you to be alone with Oliver at school."

"Do you mean like pulling him into a supply closet?"

Sean laughed, "I don't know if you have to be that drastic, but hey, sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures."

Drew looked at Sean and said, "I want to say something, but I am a little afraid."

"Why?"

"Because I'm not sure how you'll react."

Sean looked at Drew and said, "Drew, have I given you any indication that any of this bothers me?"

"No."

"Exactly. I told you, you can tell me anything."

Drew took a deep breath, "Okay." He flopped back onto his bed, covered his face, and said, "I just really want to kiss him again, dad."

Sean smiled and said, "So then kiss him."

Drew moved his hands away from his face and said, "Again, we have nowhere to go."

"There aren't any hiding spots in Degrassi?"

"Not really. At least not that I know of."

"Well, maybe you could ask around."

Drew looked at him with his brow furrowed and said, "You mean ask people who may already sneak into places?"

Sean nodded.

"That's so embarrassing. I don't want anyone asking me who I'm planning on being with alone."

"Hmmm." Sean thought about it for a moment and said, "Ask Maddie to ask around. Or you could ask Maddie for a suggestion."

"Like she'd know?"

"You never know. Maybe she does."

Drew sat up and said, "Thanks, dad."

Sean asked, "Are you feeling any better?"

Drew nodded.

"Good. I'm glad." Sean stood up, "Oh! I bought new clothes today, but it turns out I had an excuse to buy them without having to hide them from your mom."

"Oh yeah? What's that?"

"Okay, now, don't get upset, but your mother and I have been invited to a party Saturday night."

Drew asked, "Why would I be upset about that?"

"Because it's at Drake's house."

Drew yelled, "WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"

Sean laughed, "Yep. Dead serious. His assistant called me up earlier, and it seems I've been invited with Jay and Pete because Drake wants to introduce us to some people."

"Dad, this is incredible. Your business is going to explode because of what you did to Drake's car."

"I hope so."

"I really can't go?"

Sean shook his head, "Sorry, kiddo. But there is good news."

"Oh yeah? What's that?"

"You're 14 now, so your mother and I are going to trust you to stay here alone while we're out."

Drew's eyes lit up, "You are?"

Sean nodded, "We are."

He shrugged and said, "I'll probably just play video games all night anyway."

Sean laughed. "Maybe you can invite a friend over."

"I can ask Maddie. I'm sure she's not doing anything on Saturday night."

"Andrew, that's not nice."

"It's true."

Sean shook his head and walked over to Drew's door, "Dinner will be ready soon."

"I'll be up there in a few minutes." Sean was about to walk out when Drew said, "Hey dad?"

Sean turned and said, "Yeah?"

"Thank you."

He smiled and said, "You're welcome."

Following a quiet dinner, Drew retreated to his room, and Sean and Emma went up to their room.

"I can't wait to see this outfit."

Sean called out from the bathroom and said, "It's not that big a deal." He looked at himself in the mirror, straightened his jacket, and walked out. "So, how do I look?"

Emma smiled, "You look great."

"Are you sure?" Sean looked down at himself and fidgeted. He couldn't stop straightening his jacket.

"Um, yes? Why are you asking?" Sean shrugged, and she walked over to him, "I like you in a suit."

"I guess I'm not used to them."

Emma placed her hands on his chest and said, "The shirt really brings out your eyes."

Sean laughed again and said, "That's what Jay said."

"So, are you wearing this Saturday night?"

Sean shrugged, "I'm not sure what I should do. I was thinking about wearing it Friday to your party."

"I think you should wear this jacket, a different shirt, and jeans for the party on Friday."

"Yeah?"

Emma nodded, "I even think this may be too dressy for Drake's party."

Sean said, "I may call his assistant and ask what the dress code is. I'm not used to going to houses on Bridle Path, nor am I used to going to houses owned by the biggest rapper on earth."

Emma laughed and said, "Good point. I have no idea what to wear either."

"Okay, let me take this off so we can go downstairs, cuddle, and watch T.V."

"I think you should keep it on. You look hot."

Sean laughed, "Oh, stop." He walked back into the bathroom, and Emma sat on their bed. After he took off the suit, Sean walked out of the bathroom in his boxer briefs and hung the clothes up in the closet.

Emma smiled at him, and he raised his eyebrow at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No reason."

"Uh-huh." Sean got a pair of pajama pants and a t-shirt and put them on. "Come on," He held out his hand and said, "Let's go down and watch crappy T.V."

Emma grabbed his hand, stood up, and kissed him, "Okay."

As Sean and Emma watched T.V., Drew made his way upstairs and peeked into the living room. Sean noticed him and smiled, "Hey, kiddo."

"Hey." Drew walked over and sat on the loveseat.

Emma asked, "Did you read Gatsby tonight?"

"Unfortunately."

Both Sean and Emma laughed, then Emma said, "So your dad told you about Saturday night, right?"

"Yes."

"You can invite Maddie over if you want. She can even sleepover."

Drew's eyes lit up, "Yeah?"

"Sure. She can stay in the guest room upstairs."

"Cool, thanks."

"You're welcome."

Drew looked at his parents, "I still can't believe you're going to a party at Drake's."

Emma laughed, "Neither can we."

Sean smiled and asked, "Hey, do we still have ice cream?"

"We do." Emma was about to stand up when Sean stopped her.

"I can get it." He looked at Drew, "Want some?"

"Sure." Drew stood up and walked into the kitchen with his dad.

"Everything okay?"

"Yep." Drew opened the cabinet and grabbed three bowls, then opened the drawer and grabbed three spoons and the ice cream scoop. "Here."

"Thanks."

Drew stood next to Sean as he filled the bowls with ice cream. When Sean was finished with the first two bowls, Drew walked one over to Emma, "Here you go, mom."

"Thanks, sweetie."

Sean joined them and sat back down next to Emma.

Drew smiled at them and said, "I'm lucky to have you both in my life."

Sean smiled, "I could say the same thing."

Emma kissed Sean's shoulder. "So could I."

Drew asked, "When we finish the ice cream, can I practice my presentation in front of you?"

Emma said, "Of course!"

"Cool. Thanks."

When Drew finished his presentation, Emma and Sean clapped.

Drew blushed and said, "Okay, don't get too crazy."

Emma said, "Sweetie, it was great! Really."

Sean nodded, "I think Perino will like it."

"You think so?"

Sean nodded again, "Yep."

Emma asked, "Are you going to do all the talking?"

"No, we're going to alternate."

Emma nodded, "Well, I see another good grade in your future, kiddo."

"Good."

She said, "You're really turning things around."

Drew smiled, "Thanks."

Emma's eyes welled up with tears.

"Mom, are you okay?"

She nodded, "Yep. I'm just so proud of you." She wiped her face as the tears fell from her eyes. "Sorry."

"So, you think Perino will like it?"

Sean joked, "If he doesn't, maybe I'll pay him a visit."

Emma laughed, "I'd love to see Perino's face if you showed up to confront him."

Drew said, "I'll be right back."

He brought his stuff down to his room, and Sean turned to Emma, "Were those tears really about Drew turning things around?"

She nodded, "Yes, I promise."

"Good." Sean leaned forward and kissed her. When he pulled away, "Perino better give Drew a good grade."

Emma smiled, "I think he will."

While Drew was in his room, his phone buzzed. It was a text from Oliver.

"I just thought of something."

Drew, intrigued, immediately wrote back, "Oh yeah?" As he waited for Oliver to text him back, he put all of the materials for the presentation into his bag. His phone buzzed again, and he smiled when he read the message and said out loud, "That could be perfect." Drew put down his phone, walked out of his room, and called up the stairs, "Dad! Can you come down here a second?"

Sean looked at Emma and shrugged, "Sure, kiddo." He stood up and said, 'Be right there." Sean walked down to the basement and into Drew's room, "Is everything okay?"

Drew walked to his door and shut it. "Read this." He handed his phone to Sean, and Sean read Oliver's message. "So, what do you think?"

Sean smiled and asked, "What's with you kids and your great ideas for marriage proposals?"

Drew asked, "Do you like that idea?"

Sean nodded, "I love that idea. It's perfect." He handed Drew his phone and asked, "Now, why couldn't I think of that myself?"

Drew shrugged, "You've had other things to worry about lately." Sean nodded again, and Drew said, "You can get grandpa to help."

Sean said, "That's true. I just have to figure out an excuse to get your mother to Degrassi."

"I think proposing in the place where you first met is a great idea."

Sean smiled and said, "I'll have to thank Oliver after I do it."

Drew smiled and wrote a message back to Oliver, "He loves the idea."

Oliver sent back, "Cool," and Drew smiled.