Emily smiled as she saw her mom answer the door. "Hi mom" she said quietly. Her mother just stood there, frozen to the spot
"Let me take my daughter" Lucas said as he took Kaylie from Emily's arms
"Emily. Is that really you?" her mother said, still in shock
"Yeah mom, it's me" she said.
Her mother looked at her up and down before pulling her into a tight hug "Emily I missed you so much" she said as tears began streaming down her cheeks "Don't you ever do that to us again!"
"I won't mom, I'm here to stay" she said smiling "Where's dad?"
"He's in the living room. Come on" she grabbed her daughter's hand and pulled her in the house, followed closely by Lucas and Kaylie "John" she called "Honey, look who's here"
Emily walked into the living room and saw her father standing next to Lucas' mother and father. Tanner was sitting on the couch near by. "Daddy" she said as her father ran up to her.
He pulled her in tightly "Honey, what am I going to do with you, you're all grown up and I missed it" he hugged her tightly. Just then Lucas walked in with Kaylie in his arms "Is this her?"
Emily broke away and walked over to Lucas. She took Kaylie out of his arms and put her in hers. "Yeah, this is Kaylie. Kay these are your grandparents. Gramppy John and Grammy Liza…"
"And GrandpaAdam and Grandma Jean" Lucas said signaling to his parents
Kaylie buried her head in her mother's chest "She's a little shy" Emily said.
Lucas' mom walked over to them "Hi Kaylie" she said smiling
"Hi" Kaylie said quietly. Emily smiled
"Can I hold her?" she asked. Emily nodded and Jean took her granddaughter in her arms "She's so precious. Who would have known I'd have such a gorgeous granddaughter?" Emily laughed.
One by one, all the grandparents came and held Kaylie. By Emily's dad she was not happy and squirmy "Ok, ok, I'll let you down" he said laughing as she wiggled in his arms "So Emily, I assume Lucas told you that you two will be living in my house?"
"I can't impose like that daddy" Emily said "I've been living on my own for 3 years, I don't want to become dependent upon someone now"
"Yes you can and you will." Her father said sternly "Now we need to talk about when you and Lucas plan on getting married"
"Whoa, hold on and freeze. When did that become a necessity? Lucas?" she said frustrated
"Ok, I had nothing to do with that one. No offense guys, but we haven't been together in 3 years, we can't just get married. We have to get to know each other again. Yes we're going to be a family, but we're not ready to get married yet" Emily nodded
"That's the smartest thing Lucas" his father said "You two have a child, you need to get married. That's all there is to it. You two were close enough to have sex and get pregnant, then you're close enough to get married"
"Ok, that's enough of that. I knew coming back here was a bad idea. I was perfectly fine in New Orleans. I'm not subjecting my daughter to the shit that goes on here" Emily said angrily "Come on Kay, we're going to go see how auntie Sarah's doing, then we'll go see uncle Bradin and auntie Callie" she grabbed Kaylie's hand
"Uncle Bradin, Auntie Callie, come on Emily" Tanner said "Aren't you going to introduce her to her real uncle?"
Emily sighed "Kaylie this is your uncle Tanner, but don't worry, you won't have to be around him a lot, I'll make sure of that"
"What did I ever do to you Emily?" tanner asked "I didn't get you pregnant, that was my moronic brother"
"I happen to love your brother Tanner, first of all. Second of all, you're a bad influence and I don't you to corrupt her." She sighed "It's been a long trip, I'm going to go put her down for a nap, then we can have an adult discussion" Emily took Kaylie in her arms and brought her upstairs
"Dad, can you try to be nice. She took such a leap of faith coming back out here so Kaylie could be with me. She didn't even ask for me to come out there because she knew I love to surf. Please don't be an ass." Lucas said
"Excuse me, you watch your mouth Lucas Michael" he said angrily
"I'm not 12, dad. I'm a dad now, you can't boss me around. Emily and I are going to raise Kaylie together, and she's going to be perfect. I want you all to support us, but if all you can do is be negative then I don't want you be a part of our life. Look at her family, they're in love with Kaylie already and all you can do is be pissed. I won't have that in my daughter's life. It's up to you, whether she sees you or not" he said looking at his family
"Lucas honey, we support you, we always will. We love you and we will love Emily and Kaylie" his mom said "I want to be part of her life honey"
Lucas nodded "thanks mom" he hugged her as Emily walked down the stairs
"She's asleep; she should stay like that for at least an hour. This time-zone change is really going to mess her up though."
Lucas smiled and walked over to Emily "ok, I think we should all talk and get everything out, it's the only way we'll have boundaries." Everyone nodded as they made their way to the kitchen for what promised to be an interesting conversation
"Ok, its settled. You can pay rent because you have a job. 500.00 a month, deal?" her father asked
"Deal" Emily said "thanks daddy"
"No problem. Now you two should go get Kaylie and get her acquainted to the house. We'll come over later, ok?" her mom said
"Ok. I'll go get her. Thanks" she hugged her mom and dad then ran upstairs to get Kaylie, who was watching a movie. The two came down and Emily handed Kay to Lucas "can you put her in the car?" he nodded and she smiled and walked over to his parents "Thanks for being so cool about this, I knw it was the last thing you wanted."
Lucas' mom smiled "It was the last thing we expected when Lucas went away, but he was so miserable when you left, we're just happy he's happy again. I swear part of him left when you did, and when he came back last week, that part came back too."
Emily smiled "Thanks, thanks a lot" and she walked out the door.