The next morning came early and Vince had gotten out of bed and went down the hall to Paul and Stephanie's room. He knocked on the door not wanting to walk in on anything.

"Guys..."

"Hi dad"

"Hey pop" Paul said

Vince rolled his eyes. "Yeah...um.... I thought I told you that if you guys were going to do something then you should have done it more quietly... we heard you all night"

Stephanie shook her head as Paul laughed. "Uh...pop... that wasn't us, see we had Declan all night so we did absolutely nothing and I can tell you that it almost killed me" He laughed as Stephanie punched him. "Anyway you should talk to your other son about that since we didn't get much sleep last night either"

Vince looked at them. "You are talking about Shane?"

"Uh yeah.... If you haven't noticed Shane is a boy and Marissa is a girl"

Vince rolled his eyes. "I know that but I didn't know that they still did that"

Stephanie gave him a weird look. "Well they are married"

"Yes I know...but I thought that they had stopped doing that"

Paul smirked. "And I thought you and Linda were too old to do it anymore but obviously yesterday you proved me wrong....hey I've got a question.... Can Linda get pregnant at her age... I mean that would have to be difficult"

Vince glared at him. "Oh shut up!!"

"What did I say?"

"Just stop talking and go downstairs and fix everyone breakfast"

"Why are you asking me?" Paul asked

"Because I know Stephanie can't cook for shit"

Paul laughed. "You got that right Vince"

Stephanie glared at him. "I hope you know that means that you are getting none tonight"

Paul frowned. "That's not fair"

"It is for me"

Paul glared at Vince. "Gee thanks a lot"

Vince shrugged. "Hey... you did it to yourself"

"No I didn't you offended her"

Stephanie thought about it for a moment and then said. "Hey he's right....you are the one that said I couldn't cook for shit"

"Yes but I am your father...he is your husband you should be offended by him"

Stephanie nodded glaring at Paul. "Yeah"

Paul held his hands up. "Don't turn this around on me...he's confusing you"

"Well you two can sit there and argue about nothing but there better be food made when I come back in here" Vince said walking out

Paul sighed getting some things out of the cabinet as Stephanie looked at him

"You really think I'm a bad cook" She frowned

Paul bit his lip. "Of course not hun....you just don't have much experience but you aren't bad at it"

Stephanie smiled some. "So I'm getting better?"

"Of course hun"

Stephanie grinned. "Good so I'll cook you something tomorrow night!"

Paul cringed. "Great hun.....just great..."

Stephanie clapped and jump up and down and went to tell someone as Paul frowned and said his prayers

In the kitchen....

"Hey mom"

"Hey hun what has you so happy"

"I'm going to cook dinner for Paul tonight...."

Linda's eyes widened. "Um.....does Paul know?"

"Yes he says it's alright"

Linda just nodded remembering the last time her daughter cooked

Stephanie smiled putting the food on the table, as Shane, Linda and Vince looked at it. "Um....what is it?" Shane asked looking at the very soupy meal sitting in front of them"I'm not telling you what it is....it's a secret recipe" She smiled"Um that's lovely hun....where is Paul by the way?"Stephanie sighed some. "Oh he got sick last night....."Shane gulped. "Um....by any chance did you make him for this last night also"Stephanie smiled. "Yeah he said that he loved it"Shane and Vince both gulped as they started to eat knowing Stephanie would cry if they didn't eat it....

Linda came out of her thoughts when she heard Stephanie began to talk again

"Hey I have an idea....why don't I cook dinner for all of you"

Linda didn't like that idea at all but she knew she couldn't tell Stephanie that. "Um....you don't have to go through all that trouble...."

Stephanie smiled. "I really don't have a problem with it...I like doing it"

"Um....well alright hun"

Stephanie smiled and ran off to tell Paul as Linda sighed....they'd all be sick tonight

"Paul guess what?"

"What hun"

"I'm going to cook for everyone tonight"

Paul smiled weakly, he felt slightly better knowing that he wouldn't be the only one suffering

"That's really great hun"

Stephanie smiled. "I know I know......hmm....I'm going upstairs for a little while...you wanna come"

"Um...no I'll stay down here with your parents alright"

"Ok" She says going upstairs as Paul went into the kitchen

"Linda what were you thinking?" He said coming into the kitchen

"About what" Vince asked

Linda sighed. "Stephanie said she'd cook for everyone tonight"

Vince's eyes widened. "what.....but why"

"She was just so happy and I couldn't say no"

Paul sighed. "Well we're all going to die tonight"

"Oh come on....it can't be that bad"

Paul looked at her. "I got food poisoning the last time she cooked something"

Vince nodded. "And we almost did to....thank god we gave her food to the dog"

"Can't we do that this time?" Paul asked

Vince shook his head. "Nope the dog died the next day"

Paul sadly shook his head. "This is your fault"

Vince and Linda looked at him. "How in the hell is this our fault?"

"If you just would have taught her to cook then maybe we wouldn't be fearing our life right now"

"I tried to teach her.....she just does not have a talent for cooking"

"Well you should have told her that when she was younger so I wouldn't have to lie to her"

"You don't have to lie to her" Vince pointed out

"Oh yes I do cause if I don't she'll cry and I don't want to make her cry"

Vince shrugged. "Then you're stuck...."

"We are all stuck tonight" Linda frowned walking upstairs

"So where is Shane and Marissa?" Vince asked changing the subject

"They took Declan to her parents house"

Vince looked at him. "But all of their stuff are still here"

"I know"

"So they went all the way home.....to pack him some things, then over to her parents house....and they plan to come back"

Paul nodded. "Yeah"

"Why don't they just stay at home?" Vince asked

"Hm.....I don't know"

Vince shook his head...he knew his kids weren't geniuses but he thought they had some brains but they didn't apparently.

"Whatever" He said walking away

Two hours later.......

Marissa and Shane walked back in to see Paul on the computer talking to someone

"Who are you talking to?" Marissa asked

"Stephanie" He simply replied

Shane looked at him. "Where is she?"

"Upstairs"

Shane shook his head and slapped him in the head. "Why not just go upstairs and talk to her"

"This is more fun" Paul said

Marissa shook her head and turned off the computer. "Hey!!" Paul said looking at her

Stephanie came downstairs. "Baby who cut off our connection"

Shane just shook his head. "You two are really just sad"

Linda and Vince came downstairs. "You are all sad and you need to get out"

All of them just laughed. "That was funny dad we almost believed you meant that"

Linda sighed. "It's impossible hun...we invited them in and now we can't get them out"

Stephanie smiled. "Now that everyone is here...I can make dinner!!" She squealed happily

Everyone just frowned as Marissa whispered to Shane. "Declan isn't here...he is the lucky one"

Just as Stephanie was about to start cooking the lights went out......