A few days later, Phoebe sat in the living room with her guitar. She held the string down in the first fret, and plucked the A string and sang, "Ahhhhhh," then she swung her hand down the strings and it made an off key, "DURNT" sound. "Man! I hate musician's block!" she said.

Then, the doorbell rang, and Aldo went to get it. He peeked through the side window and said, "Oh, it's William's girlfriend! Alias, nicest, prettiest person EVER." He flung the door open, and said, "Hello!"

"Hi," she said

"Please enter our home, Danielle the lovely,"

"Um, thank-you," was all she could to say.

"Hey Beautiful," William said entering the room, and going to kiss Danielle.

"Awwwwwwwahhh," everyone in the room said.

Phoebe was the only one that didn't talk, she was still mad about her musician's block. Danielle walked into the living room, and said, "Hey,"

Phoebe looked up, "Oh, it's you, hi."

"So, what are you doing?"

"Oh, trying to write a song, but I have musician's block."

"Musician's block?"

"Yeah, like writer's block…only I'm a musician…"

"Oh! O.K., duh,"

Phoebe smiled, and then said, "Do you sing?"

"A little, but I'm not very good,"

"Well, I could use ANY help,"

"Well, why don't you try, A, C, F4, B, G."

Phoebe nodded and plucked the strings Danielle suggested, and it sounded perfect, now she just needed lyrics.

"Wow, how did you know that would sound perfect?"

"Well, I play a little myself,"

"Wow, is there anything you can't do?"

"Fly," they both laughed, and Danielle thought of lyrics:

My life has new meaning since I met you

Before we were together, happiness wasn't present

No matter how long I live, I'll never meet someone else like you

"Wow! Danielle, you are blowing my mind, you sing better than anyone I've ever heard, AND you play guitar. I so hope William marries you!" she said, hugging Danielle.

"Um, Thank-you," she said

William entered the room, and Phoebe set her guitar down and said, "Dearest brother, you take my advice, right?"

"I guess…." William answered

"Well, then here is my advice to you: Marry her," she said pointing to Danielle.

"It'll happen someday," William said.

Danielle smiled, as she stood up. William put his arm around her, and they headed out the door.

Today their date was sitting on the roof of William's car, out of the sunroof on the beach. Danielle's most favorite thing to do was watch the tide come in and out, so that became William's also. They had been sitting on top of the car for a while before Danielle finally said, "Do you think your family likes me?"

It was all William could do not to just burst out in laughter, because it was so obvious that they did, "Um, I think so, why?"

"Oh, I don't know, they're really nice to me, but I thought they were just being nice because I'm your girlfriend,"

"Well, maybe at first, but all Marissa did yesterday was talk about you, and how great you are,"

"Hey, that's your job,"

"Yeah, I know!" They both laughed, then she rested her head on his shoulder and sighed, "I don't think Christina likes me,"

"Who cares, Harry, Michael, Kelly, Ely, Otter, Ethan, Dylan, Naoko, Mick, Jimi, Joni, Lao, Bina, Marissa, Aldo, Phoebe, and my Mom and Dad like you,"

"Well, I just don't understand why she doesn't like me."

"Well, you did gain Marissa's favoring, and she wanted both of the twins to like her,"

"No she didn't, if she did, she wouldn't have said one was prettier than the other,"

"O.K., you have a point. Well, how did you get Phoebe to like you?"

"I didn't even try, I just helped her with musician's block,"

"O.K., did you try to get Marissa to like you?"

"No…"

"What about Harry, Michael, and Kelly?"

"No…"

"See, you're just one of those people that everyone likes,"

"Really?"

"Yeah, normally, anyone I'd date would immediately turn around and run when she saw I had seven brothers and sisters, when I had eighteen, didn't even bother anymore, but you, you didn't even seem phased by it at all,"

"Well, that's your family, I can't think that if I'm your girlfriend, I won't have to associate with them, or want them to like me, and if we ever got married, when you marry someone, you marry their family. So, you just accept it, besides, I love your family,"

"Really?"

"Um-hm,"

"Well, since I haven't met your family, I'll say this, I love you,"

"Really? Oh my Gosh, this is like, I mean, I love you too,"

William smiled, and leaned in to kiss her.

About 20 minutes later, Danielle's cell phone rang.

"Who's calling me? The only people who have my number are….Mom and Dad, and you."

She dropped down into the car, and got her cell phone, sat back on the roof, and answered it, "Hello…..yeah…..I'm with William…..the beach….no….I guess….o.k…..see you at home…..bye."

She hung up the phone and said, "I'm so sorry, my mom needs me at home for some reason,"

"O.K., is she o.k.?"

"I think,"

"Well, that's good, did she sound upset?"
"No," she said, as she slid into the passenger seat.

"Then it's probably nothing,"

"I hope not, but with Mom, you never know,"

It was a few hours later, and raining horribly. The house was loud, as usual, but not as loud as usual. The doorbell rang, and Frank went to answer it. It was Danielle, but she wasn't her usual happy self, she had on jeans, and a navy blue sweatshirt, she was soaking wet, because she had obviously ran here in the rain, and she looked like she had been crying.

"Oh my goodness, are you alright?" Frank asked, escorting her into the house.

She sniffed and said, "No,"

"Well, what happened?"

"I…I think I should tell William first,"

"Oh, right, of course. WILLIAM!"

"Yeah?" he answered coming down the stairs, "Danielle? What happened are you O.K.?"

She shook her head, and went to hug him, his first thought was Oh my GOD she's dying. But she pulled back, and said, "I need to talk to you," she took his hand and pulled him out the front door and on to the lighthouse's porch.

"O.K., now you're scaring me, what is going on?"

"My Dad…" she couldn't finish the sentence, she had started crying again

"What? He died?"

"No. No, he's….he's still alive, he's just…been transferred to Nevada,"

"No, you're leaving, When?"
Danielle looked at William and nodded, and said, "Tomorrow," he sighed, and wrapped his arms around her, she continued to cry on his shoulder. He didn't care how long they stood there, because he knew if he let her go, he'd have to let go forever.