Julie closes the car door, walks up to the front door and rings the doorbell. She smiles to herself as she begins to picture what her grandchild would look like or whom it would look like. She almost cringes at the thought of herself being a grandmother but Marissa was finally happy, and hell, she was gunna be a grandma.

Finally, the door opens revealing a little boy, no more than 5 years old.

"Well, hello there." Julie says, at first she wants to know who the hell this kid was, but then again, he was so cute. "What's your name?" she asks nicely, bending over to his height, instead of a "Who are you?"

"I'm Jaiden." The little boy says plainly, but with a small smile on his face. "I'll go and get Aunt Summer."

Jaiden runs off leaving Julie on the doorway, puzzled. Finally, Summer comes into view and walks over to where Julie was.

"Hello, Mrs. Cooper. Marissa's in the shower, she should be out soon." Summer utters uneasily. Marissa better get the hell out here soon.

Julie nods and smiles at Summer who steps back to let her in. Summer closes the door and turns around to see Julie staring at her suspiciously, "Are you gunna tell me who that child was, or do I wait for Marissa?" Julie says, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

Summer lets out an uncomfortable laugh, "Oh, who, Jaiden?" she asks, with a stupid smile on her face.

Almost as if on cue, Marissa comes into the living room, Jaiden holding her hand. Damnit came out too early. "Hi, mom!" Marissa says, trying to sound as cheerful as possible and gives her mother a kiss on the cheek.

"Hi sweetie," Julie begins and gives her daughter a hug, "Can you tell me what's going on?" she asks, looking over at Jaiden who was now on the couch, watching TV.

Marissa lets out a small sigh and looks at Julie, "Jaiden is Theresa's son." Marissa begins, Julie nods in understanding, but still has that "I-still-don't-get-it" look on her face, so Marissa continues, "And, he's gunna be staying with us for a while because Theresa's having some money issues right now, and her mom's sick, and she needs help so Ryan and I are gunna be watching Jaiden for a little while, just until Theresa can get things in order at home." Marissa says before taking in a deep breath.

Julie makes a small "oh-I-see" sound and smiles at her daughter, "Well, I think it's great that you're helping Theresa."

"You do?" Marissa asks, dumbfounded with her mother's response.

"You do?" Summer had the same thing going through her head.

Julie smiles at the two girls and nods her head, "I do. Now go and finish getting ready so we can get to the mall and buy some baby things and maybe get Jaiden some toys to play with, I'm sure you and Ryan don't have anything for a 5-year-old to entertain themselves with." She says easily before walking over to the little boy.

Summer and Marissa look at each other for a moment and Summer shrugs at her best friend, obviously lost for words. Marissa just gives an awkward smile and walks off to finish getting ready.

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Ryan walks out of his office building and gets into his Range Rover. Pulling the keys out of his pocket, he puts it into the ignition and starts the car. He lets out a small sigh, grips the wheel and drives out of the parking lot.

Hearing a small sound, he takes his cell phone out of his pocket and opens it.

"Hello?" he says through the small receiver.

"Hey man." Ryan finds himself smiling to himself as he hears his best friend's voice.

"What's up, Seth?" he asks.

"Dude, can you pick me up? I just got home from work and Summer's not home and I'm bored."

"Seth, you have your own car. Why don't we meet at my house?"

Ryan hears a small "ugh" sound through the phone and Seth says, "Fine, are you almost home?"

"Yeah."

"Alright, I'll see you in like 5 minutes then." Ryan hears a small click and he closes his phone, smiling to himself he adjusts himself to a more comfortable position and drives home.

Ryan pulls up on his driveway, already seeing Seth leaning on his car.

"How'd you get here so fast?" Ryan asks as he shuts the car door behind him.

"My car's like chitty chitty bang bang, dude." Seth says easily, as they walk up to the front door.

"Or, you were already here when you called me." Ryan replies as he opens the front door and walks in.

"I told you I was bored, man." Seth utters, causing Ryan to let out a small laugh.

"I'm home!" he shouts as he closes the door behind him, "Anyone in here?"

"Maybe their still at the mall." Seth replies easily as they walk into the kitchen.

"I guess. Do you want a beer or something?" Ryan asks as he opens the fridge.

"No, I gotta drive home." Seth replies, leaning on the kitchen counter.

"I was just gunna give you one." Ryan says as he opens his bottle.

"Dude, you know how that goes straight to my head." Ryan shakes his head and laughs, as he takes a sip from his beer.

"Ry?" The two men hear Marissa's voice coming from the front door. "We're home!"

Seth and Ryan walk to the front door and sees the three women and then Jaiden running towards Ryan.

"Hey, buddy!" Ryan says as he takes the little boy in his arms before walking over to Marissa and gives her a kiss on the cheek and then Julie.

"Cohen, we need help on getting the stuff out of the car, so can you, please?" Summer asks, facing Seth.

"Well, it's great to see you too, sweetie." Seth says easily as he walks over to his wife. Summer laughs and kisses him on the lips.

"So you met Jaiden then?" Ryan asks, facing Julie.

"Yes, I did. And I love this little boy." Julie says with a smile as she takes Jaiden into her own arms and out of Ryan's.

"Yeah, Uncle Ryan, I got a bunch of toys and new bed sheets with cool cars on them and Grandma Julie got me a soccer ball so we can play!" Jaiden says excitedly.

Ryan and Seth looks at Julie in amazement, "Grandma Julie?" they say together.

"Well what else he supposed to call me?" Julie utters, without a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

"Well, you guys, I think Seth and I should get home. Shopping fatigue" Summer says as she gives Marissa a quick hug.

"Yeah, me too, sweetie. I'm exhausted." Julie says as she puts Jaiden down and kisses Marissa on the cheek.

"Okay, you guys'll be back so we can get started on the babies' room right? Ryan's off tomorrow." Marissa says as Ryan nods his head in agreement.

The two women nod their heads and Ryan looks at Seth, "You're off too. You can help." He says.

"Okay, but I just paint. I'm not great with the wiring and the schlepping of heavy things. Ask Summer." He says pointing towards his wife.

"No, he's not." Summer agrees.

The five adults says their goodbyes after the men take out about 50 shopping bags from the trunk of the car.

"So, how was your day?" Ryan asks Marissa as they settle into their bedroom. Since Marissa got Jaiden a night-light, there was no need for the little boy to sleep with them anymore.

"Oh, it was great. My mom seems to really like Jaiden, so we don't have anything to worry about anymore." Marissa replies as she rests her head on Ryan's chest. Ryan nods his head and gives Marissa a gentle kiss on the top of her head. Suddenly, Marissa remembers the phone call. "But, umm, someone called for you this morning." She begins.

"Oh? Who was it?" Ryan asks.

"It was Trey…"

Marissa can almost feel Ryan's heart stop and she looks up at him, his face in disbelief.

"What did he say?" he asks, trying to sound casual.

"Not much. I kind of hung up on him." Marissa says uneasily.

"You hung up on him?" Ryan asks, Marissa pulls away and sits up.

"Well, I didn't know what to say? I got nervous, I just…I'm sorry."

Ryan shakes his head and takes her hand into his, "It's fine…I'll just…I'm sure his phone number's still in our called ID."

"You're gunna call him back?" Marissa asks, trying to hide her disbelief.

"Well, yeah. There's always something important when Trey calls." Ryan says.

"Yeah, or trouble." Marissa utters coldly, Ryan stares at her and Marissa looks down at her hands, "I'm sorry, but I just…I guess I'm not exactly over that little incident."

Ryan nods his head in understanding and gives his wife's hand a small squeeze, "I won't let anything happen to our family." He says softly and reassuringly, "I promise." Marissa nods and forces a smile. "I'm just gunna go and get a glass of water and then check on Jaiden. I'll be back." He says, giving Marissa a kiss on the lips. As he was about to pull away, Marissa deepens the kiss.

Breaking away, Marissa stares into his eyes and smiles. "I love you." She says softly.

"I love you too." Ryan whispers and plants another small kiss on her lips before getting out of bed. He gives her another reassuring smile as he walks out of their bedroom.

Ryan opens the fridge and squints his eyes at the sudden brightness. He takes a bottle of water and closes the fridge, his mind clouded with questions. He looks at the clock by the phone. 9:45. It's not that late, he could call back.

With that, he picks up the phone and sees an unfamiliar number. This has to be it. He thinks to himself. He presses the dial button and puts the phone to his ear.

"Hello?" Ryan hears a low voice, he knows it was his turn to say something, but no words would come out.

"Hello?" the voice repeats.

"Hey, it's umm, it's Ryan." Ryan finally says, gripping the bottle of water in his other hand. At first, there was no reply, just breathing.

Until finally, Trey speaks up, "Hey bro."

Surprising himself, Ryan felt a small smile forming on his face as he hears his older brother's low voice, "How are you man?" he asks.

"I'm doing great, actually. My girlfriend's family lives in Newport and she wanted to visit, so I wanted to come with…see how my little brother was doing." Trey replies, a small smile in his voice.

Ryan lets out a small laugh and a sudden rush of happiness and relief flows through his body, "Well, everything here is great. Marissa's pregnant. We're having twins." He says, the smile not leaving his face.

"Dude, that's awesome!" Trey says.

"I know, I know. But, tell me about what you're up to, man. Where exactly have you been?" Ryan asks, remembering the fact that he hasn't seen or spoken to Trey in years.

"Well, I was in Miami, and I ran into a friend of mine, one of my better friends who actually made a good life for himself, and he let me crash at his place for a little while. A couple of weeks later, his dad was opening a restaurant and wanted him to manage it. To my surprise, he wanted a partner and he picked me." Trey says with a small laugh.

At that point, Ryan lets out a sigh of relief and smiles, "That's awesome, bro. I'm glad everything's going great for you."

"Yeah, man. And I met Lauren at opening night. We've been together ever since." Trey utters through the phone.

"That's awesome, Trey." Ryan says, as he finds himself smiling and nodding.

"Yeah, but, I gotta get going. I'm here for another 2 days. How about you call me tomorrow, we could go out for dinner, I'll bring Lauren and you bring Marissa."

"Sounds great man. I'd love that."

"But, umm, Marissa and I didn't exactly have a great conversation this morning. So can you tell her I'm sorry, for everything…and that, I've changed…for the better."

Ryan looks down at his feet and nods, "I'll tell her, man. And Trey, I'm really proud of you."

"Thanks little bro. I appreciate it." And with that, the two brothers say their goodbyes. Ryan hangs up the phone and takes another sip of his water bottle. He smiles to himself and realizes that the Atwood brothers are really lucky; after everything they've been through, they pulled through it and things are finally working out for the both of them.

Ryan walks up to the guestroom and sees Jaiden sitting up on his bed, holding the soccer ball in his tiny hands.

"You still awake, buddy?" Ryan asks, walking into the bedroom.

Jaiden looks up at Ryan and nods his head, "I couldn't sleep." He utters as Ryan sits on the bed beside him. Ryan nods his head, without another word, "I miss my mom." Jaiden says softly, tears in his voice.

Ryan puts an arm around the little boy and rubs his arm, "How about, we go see her tomorrow? Would you like that?" Ryan asks.

Jaiden nods his head a few times and looks up at Ryan with a smile on his face, "Are you and Aunt Marissa gunna have a baby?" he asks.

Ryan smiles and nods, "We're having two, actually." He replies.

"Two babies?" Jaiden asks, bewildered.

"Yup, two babies, and who knows, maybe if you stick around, you'll have two more friends to play with." Ryan replies.

Jaiden looks down at his soccer ball and nods, "Yeah, and I can teach them how to play baseball and soccer." Jaiden says softly.

Ryan nods with a smile on his face and drops a soft kiss on Jaiden's forehead, "Now, you gotta go to sleep. We've got a big day tomorrow." Ryan says as Jaiden nods and moves himself on the bed so he's lying down. "Goodnight, Jay." Ryan says softly, ruffling the little boy's hair softly.

Jaiden lets out a yawn and nods, "Goodnight, Uncle Ryan." He says softly before drifting to sleep.

Ryan walks out of Jaiden's room and into the master bedroom only to see Marissa already fast asleep on the bed. Ryan smiles to himself and gets into bed with her. He gives her a small kiss on the forehead and wraps his arm around her waist. Marissa cuddles up closer and smiles in her sleep as Ryan closes his eyes and he too, falls into a deep slumber.