JUSTIN POV

This last week with my dad has been so awesome, we did so much together every minute I wasn't with Emma or my band, I was with my dad. We hung out at the loft with the rest of embryos and my band too. Dad stayed with me at moms but I think it has something to do with mom too, I think they are like getting back together or something hopefully it works out for them but anyway me and dad aren't looking forward to tomorrow like at all, we got so close in the last two weeks I mean especially since he has been staying at my house.

Today is my birthday, I'm like happy but sad today because I know tomorrow dad has to leave but I can't wait to find out what this birthday surprise is so far its been a good morning Mom gave me an appointment to get my license and some new guitar strings too. Dad took me out to breakfast this morning just me and him that's where we are now at the diner.

"so looking forward to the get together with everyone later today" asks Jordan as he drinks his coffee, "yeah I guess so, just want today to go by slow, tomorrow is gonna suck" said Justin sadly, "hey enjoy today okay, I know tomorrow is gonna be shitty but just think in like 2 weeks you will be in LA and all of us will be together again" said Jordan with a smile "yeah I know however I am looking forward to this surprise you have for me today" said Justin with a big smile.

Jordan smiles "Yeah that's our next stop actually" he said with a smile "really I get it before my party" said Justin excitedly "yeah" said Jordan with a grin "cool" said Justin as he starts to eat quicker "hey that doesn't mean to stuff your food down your throat man" said Jordan with a laugh "can't help it I'm dying to see this surprise" said Justin, Jordan laughs. Finally they are leaving the Diner to go to Justin's surprise as they are driving Justin is watching out the window then suddenly Jordan pulls over at a small house in a shabby part of town, "what's this? are you giving me a house?" asks Justin with a laugh.

"No, I mean I own this house well this was your grandpa's house, I kept it when he died but no this isn't the surprise" said Jordan as they get out of the car. Justin follows as Jordan goes towards the garage and pulls it open, Justin catches up and stops short to see a red plymoth it's definitely been restored it looks brand new even though it is a classic "wait your giving me a car" said Justin excitedly , "yeah I restored this baby for you with the rest of the guys help, believe me it wasn't easy with only two weeks time thank god it was in good condition to begin with just needed a paint job and stuff but it's all yours" said Jordan with a smile as his son walks around to the driver's side.

"Dad your serious this is mine" he asks again excitedly "yes I'm serious, I know you are going to need a car and this car was my baby back in the day and I wanted to do something big for your 16th birthday and I knew your mom was getting you an appointment for your driver's test and I had this feeling you would love this car as much as I did when I was 16" Jordan explained looking at his son and the car as Shane pulls up with Trey who has his phone recording them, Justin looks over at them, "again with a recording videos with your phone, what's up with all this footage you're getting of all of us" asks Justin as he walks around to the driver's side of the car and sits in it, "a project me and the band are working on" said Jordan with a grin.

Justin sits in the car for a little bit then looks down and back at his dad, he gets out and gives him a huge hug practically jumping on him, "dad you're the best like ever, this car is so cool" said Justin "glad you like it" said Jordan as they let go of each other as Shane gets them on camera with the car and the hug all of it "okay you guys are making me crazy with the recording videos this week I really can't wait to see this other project you're doing "said Justin "you will soon" said Jordan with a smirk.

"we gotta get goin, here you're driving gotta make sure you could drive this baby its stick" said Jordan as he throws him the keys and Justin catches them "yeah of course you wanna get me on camera driving it" said Justin rolling his eyes "by the way I know how to drive stick so if you thought you were going to get embarrassing footage you aren't" said Justin with a smirk , Jordan laughs, "let me guess your mom taught you that too" said Jordan with a smile, "yeah why is that funny" said Justin sitting in the driver's seat and starting the car "another thing I taught her when she was 15, hopefully you're a better driver" said Jordan rolling his eyes with another laugh, Justin pulls out and Shane and Trey get it on video.

I can't believe dad got me a car for my birthday it's such a nice car too, this is like the best present ever well next to the fender he gave me that he signed, now it's time for my birthday get together everyone is going to be at the loft for my birthday it has become like a big hang out, dad even asked that guy Tino if we could keep the keys for the loft so we don't have to practice in Trey's garage anymore and so we have a place to hang out among other things. Of course I do have a spacious backseat for that too anyway I'm still wondering what this whole other project dad is doing that he has like everyone recording things on their phones, like everything this past week even like random stuff of all of us at the loft and shit.

As they go into the loft he looks around to see his mom, Emma, Trey, Joey, Shane, Brendan and Rayanne hanging around in the loft and a big birthday cake there among other snacks that Brendan is devouring right now.

"Happy birthday Justin, did you like your car " asks Angela with a smile giving him a hug, "yeah mom its great, I can't wait to take my test next week" said Justin as he sees Emma coming up to him "happy birthday" said Emma giving him a lingering kiss "hey enough of that some of us don't want to see that" said Trey that's when Justin notices he has Alex with him and is very surprised, "hey Alex" said Justin "hey happy birthday" said Alex with a smile "so Brendan hows the food man" asks Jordan, "awesome man, you guys should eat" said Brendan with a grin "yeah if there is anything left" said Rayanne rolling her eyes as Shane puts his arm around her, wow guess they are serious, they are always like all over each other.

The rest of the night was really fun, just us laughing and joking around , mom , Emma, Alex and Rayanne left early so we could get our stuff together for Louie's tonight I almost forgot we were doing a gig tonight even though its Dad's last night we are gonna do the gig anyway dad says he wants us too, it's good for us and he likes watching us anyway so now here we are again backstage waiting to go back out there. I'm not as freaked out tonight guess I am starting to get used to it. It was really hard to pick songs this week for us with so much going on, band practices have been cut short because I've been wanting to spend time with dad but we got enough in so we should be good tonight again.

What's really weird when I told dad I was singing the buffalo tom song late at night, he told me it was his and mom's song and a story about how when buffalo tom performed at Pike Street when they were in high school that he was an asshole to mom that night and then she told him off the next day then later that day he walked down the hall way in front of everyone and asked her to go somewhere and she went with him then he held her hand walking down the hallway in front of everyone. I knew exactly what he was talking about because he had told me this story somewhat when I was having issues with Emma being embarrassed of me or whatever.

So now me and him talked and being the fact I owe him for the other night for playing guitar during Emma's song he asked if I would care if he sang this song and I did the guitar solo and he asked Louie and of course he was all for it because it would make his place so busy for everyone to see dad sing. I mean I am singing with him just it's mainly going to be all him and I'm really excited what dream come true to sing with Jordan Catalano right and because Enchelon Trio brought in a lot of people the other night we get to do two songs dads singing this one with my band and then the band is going to do a song together, this is so awesome that Louie like wants us to come do gigs as much as we want.

"So dad are you nervous, doing this tonight for mom" asks Justin, Jordan smiles "nah not really I've sang for her many times over the last 20 years" he said "okay tonight we have special treat for you guys Echelon Trio is back but they are going to be performing with Jordan Catalano tonight this next song so lets welcome them back here's Echelon Trio and Jordan Catalano" said Louie "thats us lets go" said Jordan grabbing his guitar as Justin grabs his own.

They walk out on stage, Jordan looks at Angela and he winks at her, she smiles at him and is a little surprised by him performing here at Louie's after all these years especially without the rest of the Embryos.

As Louie announced that Jordan was performing with Enchelon Trio I was really surprised as to why he would want to perform tonight wondering what exactly is up his sleeve then the music started and I couldn't believe it he remembered this being our song in High School and it was like a Déjà vu for me, I mean we even danced to this on prom night.

I close my door at night,

But they get in all right,

And she turns on the light.

I held her hands so tight,

Cause words don't come out right,

And she sees clowns at night.

Me, I'm closer to the door,

I don't get scared no more,

But I don't know the score.

If I could hold them in my hand,

I'd make them understand.

I'm not a haunted mind,

I'm not a thoughtless kind.

If I could put them in a jar,

I know they wouldn't scar,

I'd do it if I could,

I hope you know I would.

( guitar solo by Justin as he stands next to his father)

I close my door at night,

But she gets in all right

So I turn on the light.

I held her hand too tight,

Too hard to make it right,

So I could sleep at night.

If I could hold them in my hand,

I'd make them understand.

I'm not a haunted mind,

I'm not a thoughtless kind.

If I could put them in a jar,

I know they wouldn't scar,

I'd do it if I could,

I hope you know I would.

I'd do it if I could,

I hope you know I would.

I'd do it if I could,

I hope you know I would.

I'd do it if I could,

I hope you know I would.

The audience cheers loudly as they leave the stage "wow I can't believe the turn out tonight like everyone from school came" said Justin with a grin "yeah I know right not bad for a bunch of teenagers right" said Trey with a laugh, Justin laughs "yeah" said Justin as he starts to get sad, "hey what's wrong man, thinking about tomorrow" asks Trey "yeah something like that" said Justin with a shrug but at least we got the rest of the night with the embryos right" said Joey with a smile patting Justin on the back, "yeah true" said Justin as he tunes up his guitar for when they go back on.

"I still can't believe we get to do two songs, Louie must really like us" said Trey with a grin "yeah probably likes all the business he is getting too, I know this place hasn't been very popular since like the 90's I mean he gets business just not as much " said Jordan, "you used to do gigs here too right dad" asks Justin, "yeah all the time, this is where it started for me and the guys I had a different band before Frozen Embryos, Tino was lead singer then but the band broke up, we couldn't get along, Shane was in it too, then our senior year Brendan moved here and we all got close fast and started jamming together at the loft and we just made a brand new band and got to keep frozen embryos as our name" said Jordan

"Hey maybe someday we will get big" said Trey with a smile, "you never know man" said Jordan "hey guys great job out there, you guys go back on in like 5 minutes okay" said Louie as he gets ready to walk back out on to the stage. They wait the last 5 minutes "so what are you guys singing tonight" asks Jordan "one of our own songs" said Justin shrugging, "cool" said Jordan. "lets welcome back Enchelon Trio once again, singing one of their own songs called The Kill" said Louie "Alright here we go again guys" said Justin as they bump fists and go back on stage.

What if I wanted to break

Laugh it all off in your face

What would you do?

(Oh, oh)

What if I fell to the floor

Couldn't take all this anymore

What would you do, do, do?

Come break me down

Bury me, bury me

I am finished with you

What if I wanted to fight

Beg for the rest of my life

What would you do?

You say you wanted more

What are you waiting for?

I'm not running from you (from you)

Come break me down

Bury me, bury me

I am finished with you

Look in my eyes

You're killing me, killing me

All I wanted was you

I tried to be someone else

But nothing seemed to change

I know now, this is who I really am inside.

Finally found myself

Fighting for a chance.

I know now, this is who I really am.

Ah, ah

Oh, oh

Ah, ah

Come break me down

Bury me, bury me

I am finished with you, you, you.

Look in my eyes

You're killing me, killing me

All I wanted was you

Come break me down

Break me down

Break me down

What if I wanted to break...?

After they perform the second time and watch the other bands, they go to the loft to hang out with the guys before they leave tomorrow.

Justin goes and sits with his guitar and plays on his own while he waits for his dad to get there, Trey comes over to him "hey man stop being so low enjoy the time we have left with Shane and Jordan man. I'm bummed too I know its different or whatever for you and your dad but at least enjoy spending time with him tonight" said Trey twirling his drumsticks, "yeah I know just bummed still" said Justin as he gets up as his dad just walks in "hey kid, you did good tonight but I really wish you would stop moping " said Jordan with a grin, Justin fake smiles, "wise ass" said Jordan with a laugh and puts his arm around his son, "lets go get some pizza before Brendan eats it all " said Jordan as they walk over to the rest of the guys.

"Alright guys even though this is only some soda, I wanna make a damn corny toast, I just wanna say it's been great getting to know you three and it's been a blast from the past listening to you guys at times, it's like listening to us when we were your age, you guys are an awesome band stay that way. Again its been fun these past two weeks so cheers to that" said Shane "Shane you're so sweet" said Trey batting his eyelashes, "fuck you asshole" said Shane putting him in a headlock and giving him a noogie. The rest of the night the guys bond and jam together, Justin once again gets to drive his car home with his dad, "so did you have fun tonight" asks Jordan just to break the silence and looking over at his son as he drives.

Tomorrow is really going to suck leaving him, we got so close the last 2 weeks I'm gonna miss him he seemed so bummed all night I know he doesn't want me to leave any more than I wanna leave.

"Yeah I had fun, performing went really good tonight too, I just wish you weren't leaving it sucks " said Justin as they pull up to his house. He turns to his dad "but before you go, I was like wondering what's going on with you and mom are guys back together, I mean it kind of seems like it this past week" said Justin, Jordan looks out the windshield, "well I'm not really sure what we are yet but I won't lie, I love your mom always have and well I hope maybe we could work things out and be together. I've lived the last 20 years without your mom and I don't really want to live without her again" said Jordan truthfully "well you would always see her now I mean because of me" said Justin with a grin, "yes true but what I mean is I want to be with your mom like always" said Jordan with a sigh.

"I know what you mean, I was just trying to be a wise ass" said Justin with a laugh, "of course" said Jordan rolling his eyes, "c'mon son, we got an early morning tomorrow" said Jordan, Justin looks over at him with a smile, "what" said Jordan self consciously "that's the first time you ever called me son" said Justin with a grin, "yeah I guess it was" said Jordan with a grin as he gets out of the car they both walk up to the house hands in their pockets in the exact same way .

TREY ,SHANE AND RAYANNE POV

"Our flight is boarding now" said Shane as he takes Rayanne in for a big hug and kiss "hey don't cry alright I'll see you in 2 weeks when you guys come to LA, I'll skype both of you every day okay" said Shane to Rayanne kissing her again more passionately this time Rayanne lets a sniffle out "I know just I'm gonna miss you Shaney" said Rayanne looking up at him "I know, I'll miss you too but love I will see you soon" said Shane kissing her again then he looks over at Trey who is looking upset just not crying.

RAYANNE V/O

This bites saying goodbye to Shaney, I can't believe I am like crying over this but seriously all these years of having sex on and off and hanging out finally caught up to us and now well me Rayanne Graff is in love with Shane Lewis, let alone I'm in love in general never thought I would ever be again after Johnny died ,Treys dad but guess there is always a second chance for love but anyway this good bye shit sucks.

SHANE V/O

Why is saying goodbye so hard especially to Rayanne and Trey. I mean I love them all Red, Justin and Joey but Rayanne and Trey are like my family now just as much as the rest of them. Trey has become like a son to me, I mean I know he doesn't have a dad because he died and we have become really close, he is such an awesome kid and Rayanne well she is everything and more to me, we've come a long way from just sex. I'm a lucky man to have all these good people in my life and even more lucky I have Trey and Rayanne.

"Trey its been great man, I'll see ya in two weeks buddy in LA so stop with the sad look okay, be good for your mom alright like I said I'll skype you guys everyday" said Shane giving Trey a man hug "I'm gonna miss ya man but I guess I'll see ya soon" said Trey with a shrug and Shane gives him a grin and a fist bump.

TREY V/O

Saying good bye to Shane has been a lot harder than I thought it would be, it sucks I mean he is kind of like a stepdad in way or a dad or whatever he is like the first guy mom has been with that I like got close with none of the others lasted long but anyway he is so cool and everything like even more cool than he seemed before I met him. I can't wait to go to LA and spend time with him there.

JORDAN, ANGELA AND JUSTIN POV

"Well guess its time to go" said Jordan with a sad look in his eyes trying to hold back tears as he looks at Angela and Justin. Angela goes up to Jordan giving him a huge hug and passionate kiss "I'm gonna miss you" said Angela sniffling "I'm gonna miss you too Red, I'll skype you when we get back to our house okay, I love you Red" said Jordan with a smile and tears ready to come out now "love you too " said Angela she moves closer to him again "oh by the way I'll see you in L.A. Catalano" said Angela with a smile, he smiles at her and gives her another hug.

ANGELA V/O

You would really think after all this time saying good bye to Jordan Catalano would get easier but it's just as hard as it was 15 years ago when he left the second time before I found out about Justin and now it's harder, we have this chance to be a family and I hope how it has been this past week is how it stays, I think maybe this time we could make it work.

JORDAN POV

He looks over at Justin with his hands in his pockets leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, talk about looking at yourself. Jordan walks up to his son and Justin looks at him, "well I'm going to miss you kid, it's been the best time I've ever had getting to know you, I'll see you soon alright, don't be moping for the next 2 weeks or I'll be kickin your butt when you get to LA " said Jordan, Justin lets a laugh out "dad I'm gonna miss you but I'll try not to mope too much" said Justin with a laugh, "good and you take care of that car too, I'll see you in two weeks alright and when I skype later today when I get to LA, I expect to talk to you"

The flight gets called once more, "alright well I guess we will see ya soon" said Brendan as he walks away shaking hands with Trey and Justin and giving Angela and Rayanne kisses on the cheek, "remember what I said skype you when I get home" said Jordan hugging Angela and Justin as Shane does the same with Trey and Rayanne.