A.N.: This chapter is dedicated to kittykatangel518 for being the first person to review to my last chapter. I would also like to give a humungous thanks to Anywien and nikki007 for reviewing to every chapter so far. I might not update for a while due to my school projects and finals coming up, and my job. Sorry!

kittykatangel518: Yeah, Jess pointing a gun a Rob's head was kind of interesting. I actually got that idea when I was writing the chapter. But thanks for thinking that it was amazing. I appreciate it.

Anywien: Yes, Jess was going to shoot "the hotness" and yes Jess was a stupid woman for doing it, but she did have her reasons.

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(Time Line)

Jess gets pregnant with Kat in September of her senior year in high school.

She leaves for California in November.

Jess attends the Mission Academy for the rest of her senior year or at least until Kat was born.

Kat born on May 22nd.

Two years later, July, Jess goes back home. (Kat then two)

They leave for California, still in July.

Every five years Jess goes back to visit, without anybody else.

The Trouble with Guys

Someday

Thirteen years later-

I was at home going over a report in my kitchen. Well, that's what I was supposed to be doing. I never really got around to reading it. I was actually extremely nervous today for some reason. I have no idea why I would be so nervous, but I was. I ended up making myself some comfort food and pigging out in front of the television. And by comfort food, I mean a quart of Friendly's chocolate cookie dough. The only time I had to get up was when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Hey Jay, it's Suze. I just wanted to ask you about that report."

"Sorry Nina, but I haven't even started reading it yet. I swear I'll read it today and talk to you about it tomorrow."

She didn't like that, but there was nothing that she could do, "Okay, just make sure you read it." Damn, now I had to sit down and read it.

I guess I should explain myself. A few months after we got back to Carmel after visiting Indiana, we moved to Washington D.C. Nina, Jesse, Kat, and I lived happily together for a while, but that was until Nina got pregnant. We moved right next door to her after that. Now, it's just me and Kat living by ourselves. Jesse and Nina now have three kids, Teresa, 9, Juan, 7, and Tomás, 2. Kat occasionally baby sits them when none of us adults can. I still went back to Indiana sometimes. It would only be for like a day or two and Kat never knew. I didn't want her to.

Now, onto Kat. She turned fifteen about six months ago. Kat is a sophomore in the local high school. Right now, she has a seventeen-year-old boyfriend named Shawn who is also a senior. He's really sweet and likes Kat a lot. I promised myself when Kat was younger that I wouldn't be like my parents and I wouldn't discourage her about having older boyfriends, so I don't. Besides, Shawn isn't a bad kid. Believe me, I got a full background check on him thanks to my faithful job at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Speaking of Kat, I just heard her come into the house. "Hi, Mom, I'm home."

I stepped out of the kitchen enough to the point where I could lean against the doorway into the foyer. "Hey, sweetie. How was school?"

"It sucked as usual. Oh, is it alright if Shawn stays for a while?" Her pale blue eyes that looked so much like her father's looked at me with an innocent expression.

"Sure, as long as you guys stay in the living room or the kitchen." Shawn stepped into the doorway just as I finished reminding Kat of the rules. It's not like I don't want her to go into her bedroom with a boy, it's just I don't want her to go through some of the same things that I did. "Hey Shawn."

"Hi, Ms. Mastriani." Shawn was a quiet sort of a boy. He liked to be respectful to me and everything. But as far as I can tell, he's not much like Rob. I mean, he doesn't drive a motorcycle, he's not on probation, and he doesn't have any big secrets.

"Aw, Mom that is totally-" Kat started to complain and I wasn't having any of that.

"How many times have do I have to tell you, call me Jess. Ms. Mastriani makes me sound old. And I'm only 33." Kat opened her mouth to say something, "Kat, you know the rules and you know why the rules are in place. Don't complain about them."

She grudgingly nodded and went into the kitchen with Shawn at her heels. I shook my head as they passed me. I knew she understood my reasons for everything, I don't have any secrets from her, but that doesn't mean she likes them.

At about 4:30 I went into the kitchen where Kat and Shawn were doing homework together to make dinner. "Shawn, are you staying for dinner?"

He looked up at me and said, "No, I have to go to work in a while."

I nodded and started on the homemade pizza. Hey, I am the daughter of a chef who owns three pizza joints; I should know how to make homemade pizza.

Right before Shawn left I heard them arguing. I don't usually get involved, but Kat was calling me, so I felt obligated to go.

"What's up?"

Kat had tears leaking from her eyes and staining her cheeks, as Shawn looked really uncomfortable and slightly regretful. "Shawn's turning eighteen next week and he thinks that we should break up because of our age difference. Please help me."

Now this was something that I had gone through. I really had hoped that Kat would never have to go through something like this. "Shawn, do you know why Kat doesn't have a father?"

"Kat only said that she never met him because of something he did to you."

"That's half of it. When I was sixteen, he was eighteen and on probation. He thought we shouldn't be together because he would get in trouble." I broke off. It was brining up these memories again. "I was heartbroken. And I don't want that to happen to Kat."

He nodded. "I just don't want anything to happen or anything."

Kat had curled herself around my body and was silently sobbing. "If you two want to have sex or whatever, then at least let me know and for God's sake, make sure you're both being safe."

"Are you telling us that we can have sex if we want to?" He looked shocked. But hey, what can I say? I'm a cool mom. I'm the kind of mom that every kid wants to have.

"I can't stop you if you do. I just want to make sure you guys don't make the same mistakes I did. I would rather see you guys a little older, but there's nothing I can do about that."

Kat lifted her head form my shoulder. Did I mention that she was taller than me? It's not like it that hard, but she had inherited her father's height. She had inherited a lot from her father. "Shawn, I want you to leave. Just go."

"W-What?"

This time she moved herself away from my body completely and said, "You heard me, GO!" He didn't need to hear it another time. He practically ran out the front door and into his car.

"I'm sorry sweetie." She fell pitilessly into my arms again and sobbed loud and long.

"It's okay Mom. He only wanted my body and I don't want to do any of that."

I didn't even think she was that strong. It surprised me. "You'll be fine soon enough. I mean, look at me. I got over it."

She nodded and said, "Mom, I wanted to talk to you about something. I've been thinking about it for a while now."

"What is it? You can talk to me about anything." I moved some of her hair out of her eyes and wiped her cheeks off with my hand.

"I want to meet my father."

Oh, god.

A.N.: So, how was it? I know the whole thing with Shawn was odd, but I needed to show the similarities and differences between mother and daughter. I'll try to update as soon as I can, I promise. But, you have to promise to review…