"Hey, where've you been?" Sammy asked as Craig walked in the door.
"Giving lectures," Craig said. He looked at her and smiled. "But I hope this isn't going to ruin Gabriel's first birthday."
"It isn't," Sammy said. She smiled at him and Craig leaned down and kissed her on the lips.
"Let's get this place fixed up," Craig said.
"We did that," Sammy replied, smiling.
"Where have you been?" Joey asked, looking at Craig.
"Places. Lectures. You know who," was all Craig said.
Joey nodded. "Raditch is going to take care of it Monday," he said.
Spike walked in. "I put Jack in the playpen with Gabriel," she replied. She looked up at Craig and smiled. "How did it go?"
Craig shrugged. "Ok, I guess," he replied. "For me anyway." He smiled at Sammy.
"Spinner! Get out of here!" Jane said, from the kitchen.
"I smelled cake," he said, innocently coming into the living room.
"You could smell food from a mile away," Marco said, following him.
They looked at Craig.
"Don't ask," Craig said. "I've repeated it twice and I'm not going to say it again."
They shrugged. "Ok," they both replied.
"Spinner!" Jane said, from the kitchen. "Come here."
"Food calls," Spinner replied. He walked in, the others followed. Jane had some icing in a tube and she was decorating the cake.
"Wha—" Spinner started to say but Jane turned and put some icing in his mouth.
Sammy laughed first. The others laughed at Spinner's face. He closed his mouth and icing slid out the side of his mouth. He wiped it off with his finger and turned to Paige and put some on her lips.
"Hey!" Paige said.
"Now I have an excuse to kiss you," Spinner replied.
"Don't think so." Paige licked her lips and turned away.
Spinner smiled. His teeth were blue.
Joey looked in to see what was so funny, he saw Spinner. "I'm not going to ask," he said.
"What?" Spinner asked.
"Nothing, Spin," Sammy told him. She walked past him and into the living room where Jack and Gabriel were playing.
"Hi Mommy," Gabriel said, smiling.
"Hey baby," Sammy said to him.
He stood up and she bent down and kissed him on the cheek. She brushed his brown hair out of his eyes. She realized that his baby blue eyes were specked with gray.
She smiled and sat down.
"What's wrong?" Craig asked.
She shook her head. "Just a little tired," she said.
"Maybe you should just rest a little," he replied. "We have everything taken care of."
Sammy nodded. She watched him pick Gabriel up and Emma grab Jack up and carried them to the kitchen.
She knew she shouldn't let what Manny and Ashley did get to her but it did. It bothered her to the brink of tears that she didn't cry.