Ryan went into his son's bedroom.

"Hey kid. It's time to get up," he said.

Gabriel ignored him and just rolled over.

"Gabriel Trey Atwood get up. The bus will be here in an hour to pick you up and Melanie never comes on time."

Gabriel looked at his father.

"Melanie's a bitch. She yelled at me again for nothing! I didn't do anything! She told me to get to the front of the bus."

Ryan gave Gabriel the look.

"Fine. I pushed a sixth grader 'cause he was in my seat. I told him to get up. He said 'no' I said, 'Get the fuck up!' He still said 'no' so I kicked him in the balls and I got yelled at."

Gabriel used reverse psychology and gave his father the look back.

"Just be good for the next two weeks. You'll be graduating soon and you'll get to go somewhere new," Ryan said.

"I know where I'm going. I'm going to Harbor. That's where you, Uncle Seth and Summer went. I'm not stupid."

Gabriel rolled out of bed and went into the bathroom.

Ryan went downstairs and saw Seth sitting there.

"Where did you come from?" Ryan asked.

"My house. I need to talk to you," Seth said.

Ryan sat in the chair next to Seth's.

"Your son's birthday is coming up."

"I know," Ryan said.

"What does he want?"

"You try cracking him. I can't figure it out."

"Like father like son," Seth said.

"I know. But now, you just get me whatever you want. I don't even know what you get me half the time. But I still keep it," Ryan said.

Seth heard footsteps and looked behind him. It was Gabriel.

"Hey man! Guess what?" Seth asked.

"My birthday's in three days."

"You're smart! How old are you gonna be?" Seth asked, trying to excite him.

"14," Gabriel responded.

"Wow! My little Gabriel is growing up!" Seth said.

"Call me Gabe."

"Righty then!"

Gabe looked at him funny and went into the living room.

"You scared him," Ryan said.

"GABE!" Seth called.

Gabe came in. He looked at Seth. He looks just like his father. Gabe gave Seth the look and Seth looked at his outfit. He was wearing a button-up shirt, but it was open. He was wearing a wifebeater under it. His sandy blue eyes and sandy hair look exactly like Ryan's.

"WHAT!!" Gabe said. He called Seth's name about 20 times.

"What do you want for your birthday?" Seth asked.

Gabe took a piece of paper out of his pocket and threw it to Seth and went back inside.

Seth looked at the paper and read the list. Ryan tried to catch a glimpse, but Seth hid it.

:"He said he doesn't want you seeing it," Seth said.

"What? Why not?" Ryan asked.

"I don't know. But that's what it says."

"I'm going to school!" Gabe called.

"Have a good day!" Ryan replied, but Gabe was out the door.

Gabe was heading towards the bus stop, when the bus pulled up. He ran and made it just in time.

"Your late," Melanie said.

"So what? You can't kick me off. I didn't do anything wrong and besides, your early. I guess I'll just call the bus company," Gabe said, pulling out his cell phone.

"Fine. I won't tell. Just sit down and be good for once."

Gabe smiled and saw someone sitting in his seat. It was a new kid.

"Hey kid. This is my seat. So can you get up?" It's his first day. Gabe's gonna be nice for now.

"Sure. Do you mind if I sit here?" he asked.

"Uh, go ahead. I'd let you sit here but my friend is coming."

"That's fine. My name's Jason," he said.

"I'm Gabe Atwood."

"Atwood. I know who you are. My cousin knows your father somehow," Jason said.

"How old is your cousin?"

"She's 30. That's how old your dad is, right?"

"Uh, sure. Look, I'm having a party on Saturday. Everyone's gonna be there. Here's my address. If Ryan knows your cousin, bring him over."

"Actually, it's a female. She knows your dad real well. So I've heard."

Gabe looked up and saw his friend coming.

"Hey man," Todd said.

"Hey this is Jason. He's new," Gabe said.

Gabe introduced Jason to all of his friends, and told them all about the party. Dad's gonna have fun this weekend. About 50 teenagers. Haha!!

Ryan woke up to his alarm clock going off.

"What the hell?" he said to no one.

Gabe came into the room.

"It's nine o'clock. We have to start preparing," he said.

"What? People aren't coming until 2!"

"I know. But Uncle Seth's gonna be here in ten minutes. You have to start barbequing."

"How many people are coming?"

Gabe thought for a moment.

I have 72 people coming."

"72!!! That's about 30 more than you told me!"

"I know, but a few people are bringing friends. Truthfully, I was only expecting 50."

"Gabe! There's gonna be over 150 people here! That's not a lot, but half of them are your friends! Which, if I'm not mistaking, are all hormonal."

Ryan looked at Gabe, but he was gone. Ryan got up just as the dog started barking.

"Spike! Quiet!" Ryan called.

The Golden-Retriever came up the stairs and started to pull Ryan out of bed. Ryan got up and followed him downstairs. There he saw Seth sitting in the living room with Gabe.

"Did you get it?" Gabe asked. Ryan never heard Gabe so excited.

"I'm sorry kid. I couldn't find it. But I know someone who might have one in New York," Seth said.

"It's alright. If you can get it, I can wait." Gabe stood up and went into the kitchen. Ryan approached Seth.

"What was that about?" Ryan asked.

"He wants a dog," Seth said.

"He has one."

"I know. But that dog is 7 years old. That's too old for him to do what Gabe wants."

"What does Gabe want?"

"He wants a Siberian Husky."

Ryan stared at Seth.

"He wants to breed it and show it off. I can get him one. I know a guy who has 27 gold medals between his two Huskies and the babies are champion sired, obviously."

Ryan thought for a moment. Those things give good money.

"I told him I could only get it from New York because I wanted to talk to you about it."

"Fine. But it has to be all white. They usually do better."

"How do you know that?" Seth asked.

"I watch Animal Planet."

Seth left and went to get the puppy for Gabe. Ryan sat on the couch for a few minutes thinking about how lucky he is.