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With her dad's legs healed, Samantha is not surprised to see him dive head first into new ventures. At the end of September, Tony decides to spend a few days on a billboard to raise money for the PTA. With the phones ringing with donations and the news reporting on Tony's progress, those in Angela's living room are more than surprised when Tony is offered a job in D.C. based on his current work as PTA President involving the billboard stunt. With baited breath, the family listens to Tony's live job offer. Finding out that Tony turns down the job offer causes Angela to question not only how well she knows Tony, but also why he turns down the offer. Part of her is glad he wants to stay, but dislikes the idea of them holding him back somehow. Unable to think of much else for the next half hour, Angela makes her way into the kitchen and is thankful to find chocolate cake in the fridge. Taking the cake and setting it on the counter, Angela immediately grabs a fork and digs in. She hates that food is how she copes with stress, but the chocolate cake sure makes her feel better. When her mother enters the room, Angela simply stares her mother down knowing Mona is going to say something degrading.

"'What's the matter?'" Mona asks. Rolling her eyes, Angela tells her mother not to worry to which Mona remarks, "'Of course there is. I'm your mother. I'm concerned. I wanted some of that cake.'"

Taking the plate from her daughter, Mona places it on the table before sitting down to eat some of it herself. Taking the fork, Mona asks what is bothering her daughter.

"'It's, it's just a strange feeling I have'," Angela admits after a moment. Immediately turning to look at her daughter, Mona quickly and seriously asks, "'You're not pregnant are you?'"

When Angela looks at her as if she is crazy, Mona deflects, "'Of course not, how could that happen?'"

Annoyed, Angela answers that she is worried about Tony. Asking her mother why she thinks Tony did not take the job, Angela listens as her mother asks, "'Why don't you leave well enough alone?'"

"'But he could be making the biggest mistake of his life'," Angela remarks worried that her husband is not thinking clearly. Knowing the possible outcome of Tony taking a job, Mona replies, "'So could you Angela.'"

Listening to her mother's advice, Angela makes consommé to take in a thermos to Tony and drives over to the billboard he is camped out on. Climbing up, Angela hands over the thermos. They talk a little bit as Tony drinks some of the broth before Angela tells him, "'I've been in business a long time and I know that opportunities don't come around like this very often. Do you think you have this decision enough thought?'"

Explaining that he cannot uproot Sam again and Jonathan becoming more outgoing, Tony admits that he cannot leave.

"What about you?" Angela asks.

"You trying to get ride of me?"

"No! No, it's just that I don't want you to wake up in a couple of years and say I should have. Tony, when I saw you on TV, I, I saw something in you that I've never seen before."

"You've seen me standing on my head before."

Admiringly, Angela explains, "You can do anything you set your mind to."

"You think so?"

"I know so."

Talking a little more, Angela decides to head home, but immediately backs up against the billboard when she sees how high up she actually is. Taking pity on his wife, Tony helps her inch toward the tent until it blows away in the wind. Resorting to plan B, Tony takes the sleeping bag over to his wife and helps her step in.

"'I've had two people in here before'," Tony remarks before amending, "'I mean, there's room.'"

Once snug in the sleeping bag and her heart rate back to normal, Angela revels in the warmth they create.

"'Hey Angela,'" Tony asks getting his wife's attention, "'how would you feel if I took that job?'"

Smiling, she answers, "'I'd be proud.'"

They go to sleep soon after and are happy to be awake in time for reporters to get there. Helping his wife down the ladder, Tony cannot help teasing her a little about the distance and her fear of heights once they reach the last rung. He also makes sure not to look at the people who are there for the news coverage. Instead, he and Angela hug their family excited to see them.

Getting home, the adults quickly head to the bathroom to brush their teeth and shower. Finally in fresh clothing and feeling clean and warm, Tony heads down the stairs whistling when he notices Samantha on the phone.

"Hey Dad, a guy from the news called. There's supposed to be a segment this afternoon."

Clapping his hands together, Tony exclaims, "All right!"

Watching the recorded TV footage from earlier with his family, Tony rewinds it. He and Angela are enjoying seeing the success. Their family, however, is tired after the third viewing.

"Do we have to watch it again?" Sam complains. Tony and Angela answer yes as they grab hold of their family making sure they don't leave.

"Last time," Tony reassures them before hitting play on the remote. Once the segment ends, Sam, Mona, and Jonathan make sure to leave with a myriad of excuses. A little sad to see them leave, Tony frowns as he pouts to Angela, "I was going to make us all Sundaes."

"Their loss," Angela jokes before telling him they can have their own sundaes. Noting her husband's eyebrow raise, Angela rolls her eyes before leaving him to figure out which ice cream she wants.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Tony calls out following Angela into the kitchen. It takes all of ten minutes for the rest of the family to follow.

A few days later, Mrs. Rossini comes to visit and Tony is at a loss how to help her let alone understand her. Once Angela and Mona come home he enlists their help and then Angela enlists his to help Mrs. Rossini at her fish shop the next day. The family quickly jumps in to help out around the house. Then, Mona and Sam who are home with Jonathan turn him into a small version of Tony. However, after a week and a half, Tony tells Mrs. Rossini that he misses his family and cannot help her anymore. By the weekend, Tony is back at home and eager to have some time to himself. At least he thinks he does. Jonathan comes into the kitchen asking for his help catching a fish to earn a higher level in Scouts. Throwing him a fish from the fish shop, Tony tells the boy he has the badge. He is excited to spend time with his family though. Once he has time to recuperate, Tony makes reservations at the Chinese restaurant to get Peking Duck eager to have a family dinner out. Telling the person on the other end that Sam will be there, Tony is upset when she says she will be spending time with Jesse. Then, she asks Angela to help her pick out an outfit upstairs.

"'Alright, what's the scoop?'" Angela asks once they are in Sam's room.

"'How did you know?'"

"'Everything I own matches.'"

Knowing she is caught, Sam excitedly sits Angela down before announcing, "'You're the only person over 15 who has ever heard this. Jesse asked me to go steady.'"

Letting out an excited scream, Angela hugs Sam before telling her how happy she is for her.

"'How did I fall for someone with depth?'" Sam comments causing Angela to reply, "'Well, that's often the way it is, ya know? The guy you fall in love with isn't anything like the guy you fantasize about.'"

"'Did you have a dream man?'" Sam asks.

Telling her she did, Angela lists the Good Humor Man, then an investment banker as she gets older.

"'Blue pinstripe suit, vest, club tie'," Angela begins when she sees Tony walk in and adds, "'White sweatshirt—I mean, a white, a white dress shirt.'"

Tony asks Sam about his Ranger's jacket.

"'Is everything okay up hear? I thought I heard a squeal.'"

Admitting to Tony that it was her, Angela pretends she was sacred by a pair of Samantha's slippers. Not buying the ruse, Tony heads back downstairs to find a hungry Mona asking when they can eat. Telling her he did not want to interrupt the pair, Tony is only a little surprised to find Jesse enter the house. He is enormously surprised when he finds out that Jesse and Sam are dating. Knowing there is not much he can do, Tony allows his daughter to date Jesse. The next morning after enlisting Angela and Mona to go on a run with him, the father is surprised to find a bridal magazine on the kitchen table. Telling Tony it is a normal part of all girls growing up, Angela begins to read the list about what to do on a honeymoon which ranges from things such as not putting pantyhose over the shower curtain rod and going to sleep with a smile.

"'The trick is how to wake up with a smile'," Mona remarks causing her daughter to put her head in her hands and Tony to stare at her annoyed. After a moment he asks, "'Would you go home?'"

Shooing her out, Tony takes the seat beside Angela complaining that he is not cut out to be the parent of a teenager.

"'You're doing just fine'," Angela tells him as Tony remarks, "'It's like a runaway train. The breaks are shot. Why does she have to go steady?'"

Reassuring her husband that he is a good father and is still needed, Angela accidentally lets slip that Sam told her about the dating just before Jesse came in. Upset that his daughter talks to Angela and not him about going steady, Tony feels more upset than before. Consoling her husband, Angela tells him how good a father he is before remarking, "'Sometimes she just needs a woman to talk to.'"

"'But what's wrong with me?'" He whines not liking the idea of his daughter not needing him much anymore. Knowing there is little she can do. Rubbing her husband's shoulder, Angela stands up before kissing her husband on the forehead.

"It'll get better, Tony. Trust me."

"Yeah," Tony glumly replies before announcing he will do some housework to clear his mind. Grabbing the broom, Tony starts from the back corner of the living room near the back door sweeping under and behind furniture. Moving the cabinet at the side of the stairs, Tony hears the front door shut. Looking up, Sam asks if she can talk to him. Telling her dad she is sorry about not talking to him, Sam admits that she misses her dad before asking his view on going steady. Telling her it is her decision, Tony explains that he is happy the boy is Jesse. Asking her dad if she can go out that night, Tony tells her "'You're a free agent.'"

When he hears his daughter wants go with only him out for Peking duck, Tony is ecstatic. He misses his little girl. Standing, Tony tells his daughter as he holds out his arm, "'I'll have the prettiest girl in town. Come on, now.'"

Coming inside the house with Sam still at his side, Tony announces happily, "Hello family! Look who has returned!"

"Not for long, Dad. Bonnie wants me to go on a double date with her tonight. Can I have five bucks?" Sam asks. Rolling his eyes, Tony hands her the money, kisses her on the cheek, and tells her to have fun. Mona simply rolls her eyes at the scene, but has to grin at how well she thinks Tony is dealing with the new changes.

"What's got you in a good mood?" Angela asks when she finds her husband baking cookies in the kitchen later that night. She has been working on a campaign in her office and needs some sort of distraction for a little while. Hitting her hand playfully with the spatula, Tony is surprised when his wife actually takes one of the cookie dough balls and eats it. Angela laughs at the surprised expression on Tony's face as she says with her mouthful, "These are good."

Mimicking her, Tony teases, "Just for that you don't get anymore."

Smiling, Angela remarks, "You're teasing."

"Am I?" Tony asks with a smirk. Rolling her eyes, Angela tells him she is going to go watch her mother and son play gin. Shaking his head as she leaves the room, Tony replaces the cookie with the last of the batter remarking to himself, "I needed room on this cookie sheet anyway."

Later that night once Sam has them all look at stars, Tony and Angela suggest they all watch a movie together. Mona bows out having plans, but Sam decides to stay in as long as Jonathan is not choosing.

"I don't think I can watch Star Wars again."

"It's better than Sixteen Candles!" Jonathan defends. Rolling his eyes, Tony answers, "I'll pick."

Going to the cabinet with the vhs tapes, Tony picks two. Holding them up, he lets the kids choose between Footloose and Back to The Future. Telling Jonathan to put the movie in, Tony takes the cards off the coffee table while Angela comes in with sodas for everyone. Sitting with one child on either side of them as they watch Back to the Future, Tony and Angela share a look knowing these moments are going to be further and farther between.

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