A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I last updated, school's coming to a close and the last couple of weeks at prep-school is hell on earth. I promise once class and exams are over the chapters will be more consistent! Thanks for sticking with me!

The phone rang through Emily's house early the next morning. "I'll get it" Kaylie cried and ran to the phone sitting in the living room. Emily laughed as she strapped her shoe on. "Hello?" Kaylie said proudly

"Is this Kaylie?" the voice on the other side said

"Yes this is, who is this?" she said curiously

"This is Adam" he said "How are ya Kayles?"

"Hi Adam" she said happily "guess what!"

"What?" he responded

"Mommy's friends from Califor…Californ… from where she's from are here!"

"That's awesome! Can I talk to your mom?" he asked

"IF you say please" she said smiling as Emily walked into the living room

"Can I please talk to your mother?" he asked politely

"A huh" she said "Mommy, its Adam"

Emily smiled "Hey Adam, what's up?"

"What's this I hear about people from Cali here? Is he here?"

"They're my friends from back home, they came here on vacation. It's nothing big and yes he is here and he knows"

"Emily, I know you want to do the right thing, but he wasn't there for her in the beginning, and you can't be sure he'll be there now. You can't let him tell her"

"Adam, you think I don't know that? I'm not letting him do anything but get to know her. I'm not promising I won't let him tell her, but I'm not promising I won't. She has the right to know him and he has the right to know her. I'm only going to stop it if it's in her best intrest."

"You really are a pain, you know that right?" he asked. Shelaughed"Can I come over, I promised Kay I'd help her with a painting thing for school"

"Come on over, mi casa es su casa" she replied "See ya in a bit"

"Be there soon" he said as he hung up the phone

Emily sighed. She knew that Adam was right, with Lucas nothing was guaranteed, and this certainly was not different. "Kaylie, Adam's coming over to see you. Go get dressed and straighten up your room" she yelled

"K Mommy" she called back and then ran upstairs.

Emily walked into the kitchen and turned on the coffee pot. Ding-Dong the bell rang. That was really fast she thought as she went to get the door. She opened it and there Lucas sat with a bouquet of Daisies "You remembered" she said smiling, remembering when she told Lucas she's prefer a boquet of daisies to roses any day

"Of course I did" he said handing them to her. "I was wondering if I could spend some time with Kaylie today, ya know, so I can get to know her" Emily hesitated "Come on Em, she's mine too"

She sighed "This is going to be a hard one to explain. Come on in. Kay!" she called. The pitter-patter of little feet came from the stairs "Kaylie this is my friend Lucas from California."

"Hi" she said smiling "How long have you known my mommy?" she asked

"Wow, a little curious isn't she" he said laughing "Um, a little less than 3 and a half years"

"That's almost as old as I am Mommy!" she said

Emily laughed "Why don't you show Lucas your room while I make something to eat, ok honey?"

Kaylie nodded and grabbed Lucas' hand "This way" she said happily and pulled him up to her room, reminding him of how Emily used to drag him across the beach when they were dating

Adam pulled up to the house with mixed emotions. He loved Emily to death, and he loved Kaylie even more, the last thing he wanted to see was both of them getting hurt. He noticed there was one more car in the driveway as there usually was. He's here he thought well, I can't just stay here, I might as well meet him. He pulled the keys out of his car and walked up the steps to the house and rang the door

"It's open, come on in" he heard Emily yell. He opened the door and walked in, seeing Emily making something on the stove, the smell of French-roast filling the air. "Hey Em" he called "Where's Kaylie?"

Emily turned and smiled "she's showing Lucas her room, he came over to visit"

Adam tried to smile "That's good, it shows he wants to get to know her" he said, trying to sound supportive

"I hope so. I don't think I have to heart to tell her if he's not going to stay around"

Adam nodded just as Lucas and Kaylie came down the stairs. As soon as she saw Adam, she sprinted away from Lucas, and jumped into Adam's arms "Hey Kayles" he said hugging her "Got anything cool to show me today?"

"A huh" she replied and grabbed his had "This is my new friend Lucas" she said showing him off

"Hi" Lucas said "I'm Lucas Ryan"

"I'm Adam Laine" Adam said, shaking Lucas' outstretched hand

"Come on Adam" Kaylie squirmed "I want to show you my new fish" and with that she pulled him out of the room

Lucas walked over to the kitchen table and sat down "So he must be the father-figure to Kaylie huh?"

"I suppose... I never thought of it that way. Adam has been here with me since the beginning. He's always been there for Kaylie" she said, pouring coffee and sitting next to him

"What do you mean?" he asked

"Well, when Sarah and I first got here, we needed jobs, so we applied to be waitresses at Mickey's. We got the jobs and we were really happy. Adam is the owner's son, so when I told Mickey that I was pregnant, Adam found out and he's helped me ever since. He's always there for me, he's like the Greg of New Orleans. I love him to death for all he's done for Kaylie and I"

"It's good that you found a friend. I'm happy for you" he sipped his coffee

"Thanks. I'm happy that you came Luke. I would really like for Kaylie to have a father in her life, you just need to understand why I'm so cautious about it, I don't want her little heart to get broken"

"I understand Em" he replied "I'm going to make up for all the time I've missed with her, she's going to have a good dad. I promise"