A/n thanks to everyone for the kind reviews love them!

"Something to share with the group kids?" Carly asked.

Johnny was the first to speak up. "Umm, we already met."

Anna looked between Johnny and her possible father and was at a loss for words.

"Anna?" Jason looked to her for the information, why didn't he just ask Johnny.

"I...hmm." She couldn't find the words, how do you say I got drunk with a stranger, we kissed, I went to his house alone to her possible father.

"Buy a vowel, John?" Claudia asked her kid brother noting the pink flush on the girls cheeks.

Johnny cleared his throat. "I ran in to her on the docks yesterday afternoon, we got too talking," Johnny cleared his throat again. "We ended up having some...drinks at my please." His sister wore a shit eating grin, not surprising she hated Lulu, and Jason had his blank mask on...shit that didn't bode well for him.

Jason clenched his jaw, she was at Johnny's when she told him she was at the hotel, she was there drinking with a man almost ten years older then her and Johnny had fucking aloud it to happen. He looked at Anna with her pink cheeks and her face to her lap, what else had gone on last night.

Jason stood so he met Johnny's eyes. "Anything else happen I need to know about." His voice was sharp.

"We kissed." A small voice said. "Well more I kissed him but that was it, it was nothing, meaningless." She looked up to Johnny. "He has a girlfriend anyway."

Johnny looked surprised that she knew about Lulu, Carly had probably told her but the almost betrayed look she gave him as she spoke made him what to hit himself; once again this girl was affecting him way more then she should. Meaningless he didn't like that she thought that, it didn't feel meaningless to him, it felt way more meaningful then it should have.

Claudia wanted to do a jig, maybe Lulu would be gone soon but fearing for her bother she stepped between the two men. "Easy, Jason. He obviously didn't know who she was."

A choked sound left his throat before he spoke. "I did, just not right away."

Anna stood seeing Jason try to get closer to Johnny. "It's fine, it was nothing besides I'm 19, I can make my own choices and you're not even sure you're my father."

"The girl has a point." Claudia quipped.

"This isn't a dead subject Johnny." Jason said pointedly.

He nodded. "Well aware."

"Maybe we'll get food downtown." The other Zacchara comment. "It was enlightening to meet you, Anna, I am sure I'll be seeing more of you." Claudia said as she pulled her brother out of the diner.

As Jason sat Carly spoke. "So remember when I told you I would tell you after the DNA test, guess I don't have too."

"What in the hell were you thinking?" He found himself hissing toward Anna, he wasn't angry just, Christ the things that could have gone wrong.

Anna sighed. "Carly already gave me a lecture on why everything yesterday was a bad idea, I know, I don't need another one, please."

Jason wanted to argue but his better judgment won out and he decided to let it be for now, mostly. "Just tell me it won't happen again."

Anna looked down and sighed, she didn't want to tell him it wouldn't even if Johnny had a girlfriend she still like being around him, he was able to calm her down with little effort and make her forget her problems. "I won't because I would rather not make a promise that I don't know if I can keep."

Jason's jaw ticked again and Carly placed her hand on his forearm shaking her head, he let out a breathe and swallowed his words, fucking Zacchara.

"Did you two order?" He asked changing the subject.

"No, we were waiting for you." Carly replied motioning to the waitress.

The young woman with an apron wrapped around her waist approached the table with a smile.

"We ready?" She asked.

They rattled off the orders, Jason with his usual didn't even need the menu and the woman ordered what they wanted.

There was silence for a few moments before Jason spoke up. "Where is your mother, she didn't come?"

Annabell winced. "She died six months ago."

The man rubbed a hand over his mouth. "I'm sorry, I didn't know." Fuck he needed to drag Spinille away from Maxie for a back round check.

"It's fine." She replied, she wasn't heart broken about her mother in the least, maybe that made her a bad person but her mother had barely been a mother to her.

Jason looked to Carly for help. "So 19, planning on going to collage?" The blonde offered.

She flushed again. "No, not really." the truth was she could not afford to go, she had wanted too but unless she worked like 80 hours a week while going to school there was no way.

Carly and Jason shared a looked, the could both see the sadness in the answer, she wanted to go but couldn't.

"If you were going to go, what would you go for?" Carly asked in a casual tone.

"Art…..I like to draw." She replied softly as the waitress came back with the food.

Once the food had been placed Jason spoke. "So you want to be an artist?" He questioned.

She flushed for what felt liked the millionth time today. "I know it dumb, a useless thing but it's what I would do." The words were not her own, but someone else's but they were so deeply ingrained in her she found herself spouting them.

"It's what you want, nothing dumb about that." Jason told her with conviction.

"We should eat." She deflected and picked up a fork picking at her food.

The three eat in companionable silence, even though he wanted to get to know her, he had a feeling she wouldn't open up until they knew for sure, it didn't help that they seemed to be asking all the questions that seemed to cause the most distress to the younger woman. By the time the meals were done, coffee and tea for Anna, Jason noted the earl gray, were done it was closer to one then he would have thought.

"We should get back." Carly comment, looking between the pair.

Once back in the same waiting are as that morning Carly sat content to let Jason and Anna get the news alone.

Anna stood nervously as she saw the doctor approach them, she now felt down right sick.

"Anna? Are you okay?" Patrick said noticing her change in color.

Jason's head snapped to the girl at the comment and noted her now sickly pale skin. "Anna?"

Anna felt her panic once again, just like the day before and she hated the weakness, she could hear them but couldn't respond as her panic attack set in. "…one….two," she fought to count. "Three….four."

"Christ." Patrick moved to the girl and put a hand on each of her shoulders. "Anna can you name three things in this room, just focus any three things."

Her eyes darted around the room attempting to focus, "Ch..air," she said brokenly.

"Good keep on going." He smiled softly giving her shoulders a gentle squeeze.

"Des..k" her breathing started to even, "clock."

"Good now three more."

"Files, couch, people." Her breathing was almost and the dizziness was fading.

"That's good, you did great. Why don't we sit down sweetie?" he half asked guiding her to the couch that Carly was on as Jason stood looking helpless.

"I'm sorry." She choked out looking down at her lap.

Patrick shook his head. "Nothing to be sorry about, sometimes things can get overwhelmed and that's fine. We are all just happy you're okay." He soothed.

She looked up to him then to Carly and Jason, "You're not mad?"

Jason's heart felt like it missed a beat, she sounded so scared of their response to her, what Jason assumed, was a panic attack.

He forced a smile, "Not mad just worried us for a second, just happy to see you better."

She looked to Patrick, "Is he my father?" She needed to know now, needed to get the pressure off or more panic would follow.

Patrick smiled again nodding, "Yes, you are his daughter." He watched the girl smile and her eyes become glassy as he knelt in front of her.