As I recently discovered what a pain it is to constantly do the disclaimer, the one on the first chapter counts for the entire story and this will be the last note from me. There will, of course, always be pressure on the reader to review.

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"Bianca," Walter sighed, "I'll take you and Kat home and Cameron and Jake can share a cab to their place to get changed," He looked at Kat's limp hair dolefully, "Please don't tell me you've become a party girl,"

"Fine, I won't," Kat grinned, in much better spirits then she had expected, "I just need to call my roommate and tell him I've landed," She pulled out her phone, smiling

"Him?" Walter looked at her frowning, "Katarina, is there anything you want to tell me?" He had his arms over his chest, nostrils flaring.

"Take a pill, Dad," Kat rolled her eyes, "It's just a guy,"

"Katarina Stratford!" He put his hands on his hips, "Explain yourself,"

"I thought you told me that your roommate was gay?" Jake asked, confused

"He is," Kat said, "Dad, Sam's a very nice man and he is also a man not interested in me that way," She thought briefly of Joaquin and how he had asked for a little brother or sister a few months back. At least it was easier with Sam's family. All he had was his brother, Will, and Will loved Joaquin to pieces.

"Sam?" Bianca asked, "That cutie I saw over break?"

"No," Kat said thoughtfully, "That was Tom, Sam's boyfriend at the time. He dumped Tom for Spencer and now he's dating Jason," She shrugged, "Don't bother trying to keep up,"

"See you at dinner, Kat," Jake said cheerfully. "We can go over our toasts and secretly overdo each other at the reception tomorrow," He winked

"Oh, mine's way better," Kat said, "I bet you just copied yours off from some book," She laughed at his slight blush.

It seemed like forever and not at all that Kat spent talking, arguing, laughing, and everything else with Jake Harris. He was amazing, but off limits and destined to stay that way, because Cameron and Bianca were too much in love with each other to consider goo-goo eyes at anyone else.

Kat sat on her bed in a blue plaid knee length dress that Bianca made her wear, along with a pair of pantyhose, pearls (not their mother's but a Add a Pearl necklace that Kat despised), black pumps, and see-through shawl. She was complaining to Sam, forgetting to tell him about the enigma of Jake.

"Relax Kit," Sam said kindly, "Joaquin and I think you look gorgeous in anything!"

She had laughed and talked to her son the rest of the time on the phone. He seemed a little more hyper then usual and Kat decided not to ask Sam if he was letting Joaquin drink coffee. The kid actually liked the stuff with a lot of milk, but it made him impossible to get to sleep. Sam's one weakness was Joaquin's puppy eyes, which were exactly like Bianca's, but a different color. Sadly, she knew that her son knew this and used it to his advantage.

"Blow 'em dead, Kit," Sam said, "I gotta give the kid some dinner and run him through the B-A-T-H," He spelled, as if Joaquin didn't know what the words meant, when he had used it so much, the four year old bath hater had caught up to him.

"Love you, Sam," Kat said, hanging up.

She didn't need to wait long in her old room, trying to figure out how to control what was untimely going to happen tonight. She sensed a fight, but Bianca sensed otherwise.

"Kat!" Bianca smiled gleefully, barging into the room, "You look gorgeous!" She looked amazed at the transformation and pleased at herself, "You should wear white more often, it's flattering on you," She stopped, "Just not this weekend,"

"I look like a plastic Barbie doll, Bianca," Kat said, "It's fine, it's your weekend and I promised that my wedding present was to do whatever you wanted as long as it wasn't morally wrong,"

"I love you," She said, "Come on! I want to see Cameron!" She dragged her sister down the stairs, along with their father and the twenty something relatives looming around, all confused about where exactly to go.

"Ladies," Walter smiled, "Beautiful, of course," He sighed, "Are you sure you can't wait, Bianca?" He looked ridiculously hopeful

"Daddy," Bianca warned, "I'm twenty four and Cameron is twenty six. Don't you want some grandkids?" She asked, trying to excite him, "And it is Kat's last year at Sarah Lawrence, so maybe she'll come closer to home!"

"I don't know yet!" Kat said, glaring at Bianca, "Nothing's for sure," She had a sudden flash of Joaquin and gulped.

"Well," Walter sighed, "Let's just get through this weekend first," He sighed and went into the car. Bianca, Kat, and three other cousins close in age with Bianca came with them. Kat sat up front with Walter while the three girls jabbered on about the wedding and Walter was dabbing his eyes at every stop.

"What about you, Kat?" Cousin Alicia asked, "Do you have anyone?"

"No," Kat said, laughing

"Not since Patrick," Bianca said, "You know? The Australian one,"

"He was cute!" Cousin Skye said, "Is he going to be there?"

"Yes," Said Walter

"No," Said Kat

She frowned and looked at her father, "Since when do you care if Patrick's going to be there?"

"Oh, I never told you, do I, Kat?" Bianca asked, "Remember how Daddy blew up the first time Patrick came over for dinner?"

"It all came screaming back to me," Kat said, smiling, "We never should've invited Michael, Cameron, and Mandella,"

Bianca was laughing, "Oh god! That was so funny!" She took a deep breath, "Anyway, like a month after you guys broke up, Daddy's brakes went out and Cameron convinced him to use Patrick, because he likes to do mechanical stuff for free, like you know studying for his classes in college,"

"College?" Kat asked

"Patrick has gotten a degree of engineering at U Dub," Walter said proudly, "He was a Husky. Grr,"

"Anyway, now, Daddy had this insane idea he wants to build a hot rod, so he's paying Patrick to help him, for tuition money," Bianca explained, "Apparently whatever a hot rod is, is almost done,"

"You're making a car from scratch with my ex boyfriend, Dad? The one that you hated so much that you told me under no circumstances could I date him, despite the fact that I had already turned 18?" Kat asked, looking at her father, shocked

"Stranger things have happened," Walter said

"Oh, and Kat," Bianca said, "Patrick, he likes Daddy's stories! Says they have a moral in them. Daddy's stories about pregnant coke whores with sleazy boyfriends," She sounded as if she couldn't believe it herself.

"Dad, if you're having some kind of midlife crisis, you would tell us, right?" Kat asked, worriedly

"I just happen to like the young man!" Walter said, "Much better then Cameron's brother, that's for sure,"

"Jake?" Cousin Leah asked, "Is he that cute one with the British accent?"

"Yeah," Bianca said, "He and Kat seemed to hit it off, but he's family,"

"Oh, good thing, I actually invited someone down here with me, for Kat," Alicia admitted

"So did I," Skye laughed

"Great minds think alike," Leah laughed

"What?" Kat said, "That's not necessary,"

"Yeah," Said Bianca, "I invited all of Cameron and mine's single guy friends,"

"Bianca!" Kat said, "Daddy! Why didn't you do something?" She moaned

"Well," Walter sighed, "Honey, you are twenty-six and I am getting old," He frowned, "That's something I didn't think I'd ever say,"

"Dad?" Kat said, "What?"

"I just want some grandkids," He said defensively

Kat gripped her purse, where there was a picture of Joaquin and Sam, smiling.

"Don't worry Kat." Bianca said cheerfully, "Daddy only invited the single male doctors with a full head of hair and under the age of forty. You'd be shocked at how many there are!"

"Well, sounds like this wedding's going to be a hit!" Alicia said excitedly, "Kat, pick my guy. He's rich!"

"Kit," Sam smiled, kissing her cheek, "Look, don't worry about the baby. I have a pretty large trust fund, and my inheritance should be large enough to support the three of us without you worrying about money for the baby," He rubbed her back

"I don't know," Kat sighed, "Is Patrick really going to be there?"

Walter beamed, "Does this mean you'll consider him?"

"Kat," Patrick smiled, "I love you," He kissed her on both hands, "But, it's not going to work," He pulled her hands away from him, upset.

Kat sighed, looking out the window

"Patrick no!" Kat yelled, trying to run after him, but her body wouldn't let her. All it willed her to do was cry.

"Right now," She smiled slightly, thinking of the good times in high school.

"It's a beautiful baby boy! Kat! It's a boy!" Sam said excitedly.

"I'm not too sure," She admitted.

"Kat, you haven't done anything, have you?" Walter asked, "Sexually, that is?"

Kat thought of Joaquin again, smiling, "Dad, I'm as innocent as Bianca here," She felt Bianca kick her in the seat and the cousins in the back giggled.

The rest of the ride was mainly talk from the back about Aunt Gertrude's new boyfriend and whether he was for real or not.