I know in the show Jimmy knew about the blackmail, but I love drama, so by making him not know about it I could use it as a turn of drama for the story. I'm going to clarify Marrissa and Ryan's time in Chicago in the next chapter so for those of you unclear about that it should clear all that up

Kirsten took a second to calm down before walking to her guests and explaining to them that there was family problems and that they would reschedule the party. She apologized for the inconvenience, and then proceeded into the kitchen. When Kirsten arrived in the kitchen, to talk to Ryan and Marrissa she wasn't surprised to see that Ryan and Marrissa weren't there anymore. She walked in to see Julie leaning into Caleb crying.

"Kiki," Her father acknowledged her presence.

"Dad, what are you still doing here?"

"Is that anyway to speak to your father?"

"Dad, after the what I just found out about Marrissa and how you convinced her to live with you I'm really not to pleased about the fact you are my father. And even less pleased to find you still in my kitchen like nothing happened."

"Kiki I am outraged, how could you think Caleb actually did that, that's just some outrageous lie, Marrissa and that trailer trash husband of hers have cooked up!" Julie yelled in shock.

"Out! Get out if you think you can come in here and call my kid trailer trash, you are wrong! Get out of my house now!" she took a deep breath, "You to dad, you've been no help in this situation defending your grandson, and you made it even worse with that bright idea of yours eight long years ago."

"Kiki you can't kick us out we're your parents!"

"You know dad you're right you are my father, but if I actually had a choice in t hat decision don't believe for even a second you're the father I would have chose. And Julie cooper is not my mother! Now get out!"

"Come on Caleb let's go," Julie said pulling on his sleeve, but instead of dragging him towards the front door, she took him upstairs, to find their grandchildren.

"Julie don't go up there!" Kirsten called running after her.

Julie got to the top of the stairs and went to where she knew the guest bedroom was and pushed open the door. She had seen Marrissa and Ryan drag their children up here after the fight earlier.

"Hi Marrissa, hi Ryan, and hello who are you?" Julie asked as she entered the room coming up to Madison.

"Out Julie," Ryan said standing up. And walking towards her.

"Ryan can't I just me my grandchildren?"

"No, because you're not their grandmother!"

"Yes, I am!"

Marrissa came back to the spare room where they had taken refuge, to find her mother trying to meet the children. She ran into the room and grabbed her mother's wrist and pulled her out of the room, Ryan slamming the door behind them.

"Mom, I thought I told you to stay away."

"Marrissa I just want to meet my grandchildren."

"No, you can just stay the hell out of my life Julie Cooper,"

"I am your mother and expect you to call me mom!"

"You know what I think I'm going to reserve that title for someone who deserves it," she quickly entered the spare room leaving Julie to cry her way home.

"Are you okay?" Ryan asked.

"Ya, I'm fine," Marrissa lied wiping away a tear. "I think it's safe to go to the poolhouse now."

"Okay, let's get going guys," Ryan told the twins picking up Scott from the bed. He had fallen asleep a little while ago so luckily he hadn't heard the exchange between Marrissa and Julie. Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for the twins, they had heard the whole thing and were quite shaken up.

"Come on princess, pumpkin," Marrissa said using the nicknames she had for the twins. They both took a step away from Marrissa.

"Come on girls, go with mommy." Ryan said. Ryan could tell that after everything they had heard out in the hallway, they were reluctant to go with their mother. It wasn't because they knew what they were talking about it was because they had never seen or heard their mommy yell.

Marrissa knelt down beside them, and squeezed their hands, kissed them on the foreheads and promised she wouldn't yell. The girls then took her hands. They got just outside the door to find Kirsten head in her hands against the wall crying, they five of them slipped by quietly, so Ryan and Marrissa could put the kids to bed. After putting Scott in his sleeping bag, on the floor of the poolhouse, Ryan walked back up to where Kirsten was still crying.

"Kirsten are you okay?" He asked sitting down beside her.

"Ryan, everything went wrong they weren't supposed to get that mad! Everyone's mad at Jimmy and me for knowing where you guys were and not saying anything."

"Listen Seth and Summer will come around they can't stay mad at anyone for long."

"You'd be surprised at the will power Summer has gained while you guys were gone, and Seth's always been set in his goals."

"Alright, and what about Sandy? He won't stay mad at you long."

"I wouldn't be so sure, you didn't see the look on his face when I told him I knew where you had been for the entire time. I lied to him for eight years!"

"That's right you did," Said Sandy walking by the two of them into his bedroom.

"I'll be right back," Ryan said to Kirsten following Sandy.

"Sandy!"

"What Ryan?"

"I know,"

"Know what?"

"I know that you aren't really mad at Kirsten for this,"

"Really?"

"I know that you're disappointed in Kirsten, but we both know the one you're really mad at!"

"And who the hell is that?"

"Me," He went up to Sandy and stood right in front of him. "You're mad because I told Kirsten from the beginning where we were, we went to her and not you. You think I'm your responsibility because you're my lawyer. But you're not you and Kirsten are my parents,"

"If you don't think any less of me then you think of Kirsten why did you tell her instead of me?"

"Because I explained to Marrissa we needed one more person to know where we were going and what are plans were other than her dad. She said she wanted a female to know, she wanted a female to help her through all this! She didn't want to tell her mother for obvious reasons, and she felt she didn't know Haley enough. So I told her I'd tell Kirsten, and I tried to explain I needed to tell you as well but she wouldn't hear of it. She loves me and I love her I didn't want to abandon that trust."

"What I don't love you all of a sudden."

"No Sandy it's not that you know how it is. You know that your love for your parents changes when you have a family, I mean a wife and kids. It's just I wasn't even dating her when all this happened I wanted to stay with my child I wanted her back I couldn't just walk away from her trust."

"But you could walk away from mine?"

"Sandy it's not like that! I was 17 and naïve I didn't think about how this decision would affect you. All I did was follow my heart which led me to Marrissa."

"You're right Ryan you didn't think, but I think I'm willing to forgive that. I think if you realize now what a mistake you made then, then I can forgive you,"

"Thank you Sandy!"

"You're forgetting something I'm not your lawyer Sandy I'm your father Sandy,"

"Sorry... ... ... dad,"

Ryan turned and walked into the hall, he sat down beside Kirsten again,

"You know what Kirsten I think things are going to work out," he smiled.

"Is that so?"

"Ya it is," he got up and walked back down to the poolhouse, he walked in quietly and went to sit next to Marrissa on the bed.

"So how does it feel?"

"How does what feel?"

"Being home?"

"It doesn't feel very great, Summer and Seth aren't talking to us, and Sandy is mad at you,"

"No he's not!"

"You talked to him?"

"Ya, when I was upstairs."

"How did it go?"

"Rocky at first but it turned out great!"

"Well that's good, I wish my problems with mom would work out that easily,"

"They may not work out easily but they will work out."

"I know I just wish she would disappear, and I never had to see her again!"

"I could make that happen you know!"

"Ryan,"

"It was just a joke sorry,"

"That's okay, I'm just pouring my soul out to you and all you can do is make jokes,"

"I know I'm sorry. But seriously I know this guy I could make it happen."

"Ryan," she said slapping him playfully.

"Here let me make it up to you," he kissed her.

"That helps a bit,"

"A bit," he pretended to be offended and got up and walked to the bathroom.

"I can't believe my mother would do that to us!"

"Seth calm down this can wait until the girls are in bed!"

"Fine." He grabbed Ella's carrier and walked down the hall fuming to her room.

"Mommy why is daddy so upset?"

"Because your Uncle Ryan, was very bad before you were born and daddy isn't happy about it,"

"I don't have an Uncle Ryan."

"Yes, the man Grandma showed us in that room we were in when we arrived is your Uncle Ryan."

"The one with the blonde hair and kids?"

"Ya and the girl there was your Auntie Marrissa."

"But mommy why don't I know who these people are?"

"Because they didn't live around here, but I think they do now. You can get to know them better and your cousins too."

"Okay mommy, I guess I can get along with them."

"Honey, you shouldn't just get along with them you should love them!"

"But I don't know them,"

"But you will, and then you'll know what great people they are."

Summer finished tucking Ivy in and walked down the hall to her and Seth's room. She got there to find Seth pretending to be asleep. It brought back memories of the second time left, for two months after that she would pretend to be asleep all the time because she didn't want to talk to Seth.

"Seth, I know you're awake"

"Ya, I am what's your point?"

"Talk to me,"

"Summer I don't want to do this not now!"

"Seth,"

"Summer leave me alone!"

"Seth,"

But Seth didn't answer he was once again trying to pretend that he was asleep. Summer was tired so she decided to stop trying to convince Seth to talk and went to bed.