It's almost lunch time.
Bryan and Sean are running around and laughing when Jack tries to get the ball. "You're fast, Bryan." "Thanks." Sean throws the ball against Jack. Bryan laughs as Jack jumps aside. Frances walks to them with a smile. Jack looks at her and starts to grin. "Mom! You're not running?" Sean asks. Frances looks at him. She's still smiling. Well, she couldn't stop smiling since she keeps thinking about earlier. "I had a good run, but I wanted to come and check on you before I go back home to change clothes." "Don't you have patients today?" "I'm only on emergency call today and the next two days. My assistant is handling the small cases."
Sean gives her a quick hug and runs to Bryan. Bryan runs away with the ball, they're laughing. Frances smiles as she watch them. Jack walks to Frances. He puts his hands in his pockets. "You look sweaty." She looks at him and rolls her eyes. "Stop flirting, you know it doesn't work on me." He chuckles about it. "I could try, you stink, did you swim in the creek?" She rolls her eyes again. He keeps looking at her face. "Baby, I know you, and even though you're one of the few women who don't fall for my advances. I know when you did something inappropriate." She inhales deeply and looks back at the boys.
"I'm going home to take a shower, so I can be back here on time for lunch." She turns, completely ignoring his question. "Did you had sex?" She turns her head and only smiles. "That's a question for you, but for me a knowledge." Then she gives him a wink and walks away. He starts to frown and looks at the house. A car arrives and Jamie is stepping out, someone else steps out as well. Jack looks at her and his eyebrows go up. "Bianca?" She looks at him and smiles. "You're Jamie's date?" Jack points at Jamie, who starts to chuckle and pats Jack's chest once. "Yeah, he asked me to be his date for the games and the anniversary." They look at her with a smile.
"You're jealous, cousin?" Jack snorts. "No, you know I don't get jealous. Life is too good to be jealous." Jamie shakes his head as he chuckles. "Yeah, that's exactly what makes you a player. I'm going to say hi to Cath and John." Bianca walks to the house. Jamie inhales deeply. "Go for it, brother." Jamie looks back at Jack. "I don't know if I want to, what about you?" "You know me, I don't do relationships." Jamie snorts about it. They walk to the garden. "I think Baby and Johnny had sex." Jamie looks at his face and starts to frown. "What makes you think that?"
"Well, Baby jogs every morning. She came here after her run, she normally doesn't do that, she looked sweaty but smelled as if she had a swim in the creek." Jack explains. "And that's why you think they had sex?" Jamie asks with a sarcastic tone in his voice. "I saw them coming out of the woods together." Jack walks to the boys. Jamie chuckles a little as he shakes his head. He could see a little jealousy on Jack's face. Jamie sees his father and went to him.
Another car came and parks next to Jamie's car. Franny steps out with the help of her husband, Carlos. Britney steps out as well, they got back from the spa. Franny looks around and walks to the garden. She sees her father and her brother. "Pa, Jamie." Jamie turns and smiles. He went to her to give her a kiss on her cheek. "Where's the rest?" Carlos came to them. Jamie smiles and they hug shortly. Dad shakes hand with Carlos. "I don't know. I just know that the boys and Jack are playing with the ball." Jamie sees Britney coming, so he leans in, to whisper in her ear. "And that Baby was here earlier, according to Jack."
Franny's eyebrows went up and looks at his face. He only nods and went to Jack and the boys. Franny smiles when she thinks about what Jamie said. She sees Britney coming. Franny got to know her a little better since they went to the spa. She still doesn't like Britney. I went back to my bedroom to get dressed, I take the bottle out of the pocket and look at it for a moment. I hear voices and look up. They came from outside. I put the bottle back in my pocket and put my shoes on. I take my dirty jeans and went downstairs. Mom comes out of the laundry room and sees me. She smiles as she looks at my clothes. "You're looking good, son." I look at her with a smile. "Can you wash these jeans?" I ask as I hand it to her. "Of course." She looks at my face.
"Still not shaven." I only smile and give her a kiss on her cheek. I walk outside and see my sister standing on the porch. "Hey, sis." She turns her head and looks at me. "I see someone has changed back." She says and I chuckle as I give her a short hug. She pats my back a little. Carlos came to us. "Brother, I want you to meet my husband, Carlos." Carlos smiles as I look at him and extends his hand. I shake it with a smile. "Hey, I'm Johnny, the youngest." Carlos chuckles about it. "It's a great pleasure to meet you, Johnny, Fran has been talking about you a lot the last few days."
I look at my sister who only rolls her eyes. "Go to the rest, darling." Carlos gives her a kiss and went to the garden. Franny turns to me and gives me a kiss on my cheek. "Go, have fun with your son and the family." I smile as I watch her going inside. Britney came to me and holds me when I want to walk to the garden. I look at her face. She looks at me up and down and then puts her nose in the air. "If you don't like it, you can go home." I see her frowning in an angry way. I pat her shoulder once and walk to the where the others are. Britney looks after me. Franny came back outside.
She walks to Britney and stands still. Britney turns her head and sees Franny eating some cheese. Franny only smiles. They look at me. Britney sighs in a frustrating way, making Franny to look at her again. "He looks like a cowboy." She crosses her arms. Franny starts to chuckle about it. "That's because he is one." Britney sighs deeply. "I'm not gonna marry a cowboy. I want him to change back to the way I know him." Franny decides not to go against this, though she has her own opinion about it. "Give it a few days, it might all be blown over, you got to give him that." "What if I don't want to?" "Then you'll lose him. Try to see it from his side, he's back here after many years. He has been missing this and he wants to reconnect." "Reconnect? You call this reconnect?" Britney points at me.
I throw the ball to my son who jumps to catch it. I smile as I watch Sean trying to take the ball from my son. "What else do you want to call it?" Britney turns and looks at Franny with her particular pout. "I bet it's that Frances…" "Baby." Franny corrects her. "Baby… she's changing him. I don't like it one bit." "But he choose to be with you, doesn't he?" "I've got my doubts about that. I see how he looks at her, how she looks at him. I don't get what he sees in her. She's not that pretty." "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Britney let out a frustratingly growl and went inside. Franny inhales deeply and rubs her belly. "Dear lord..." Is all she says.
A limousine drives on the driveway and stops in front of the house. The driver steps out and opens the passenger door. An older looking woman and an adult man step out. She smiles as she looks at the house. He, on the other hand, isn't smiling. He straightens his jacket a little. The driver close the door. "I'll call you for when you can pick us up." She says, he nods and walks around the limousine to step back in. She looks back at the house and walks to the front door. "It's been such a long time I was here." "Will you be alright, mother?"
She looks at her son and smiles. "Yes, I will, son. Don't you worry." She press on the doorbell. "Ma! Someone's at the front door!" Franny shouts from the back door. She had decided to new fresh orange juice. Mom comes inside, she looks at her daughter who smiles at her. "Who could that be?" She walks to the front door. Franny became curious. Mom opens the and looks straight at the woman. Her mouth drops.
"Mary?" Mary looks at her and starts to smile. "Catherine." "Oh, my dear lord! I thought I never would see you again!" Mom grabs Mary into a hug. Mary stiffens up a little. She didn't expected this reaction. "Okay, okay, you can let me go now." Mom let her go and smiles. "You're looking good. You're still married to that millionaire?" Mary looks at mom up and down. "You haven't changed a bit." Mom chuckles about it. "I wouldn't want to change. This is my life." "My husband died a year ago." "I'm so sorry." Mary holds her hand up. "Don't be, it was a long time coming and I've got peace with it now." Mom tries to smile as she keeps looking at Mary's face. "What about you? You're still with John?" "Oh, yes, he's my one true love."
Mom looks at Mary's son. "Catherine, this is my son, Philip." Mom extends her hand, but Philip didn't shake it. "Does she has dirty hands, mother?" Mary sighs deeply. "No, son, she doesn't. This is your aunt Catherine." Mom is still looking at Philip. His hair is neatly trimmed, he's dressed in a suit. She can see that he cares a lot about his looks. Philip looks at her up and down and eventually shakes her hand. "Nice to meet you, Philip, come on in. I'll get you something to drink." Mom steps aside, so Mary and Philip can go inside. They walk into the living room and Mary looks around.
"My god, nothing has changed at all here. It's like I just stepped into a memory or something." Mom chuckles. "I couldn't change anything after I inherited the ranch." Mom watches her sister looking around. "I didn't think you would come this early, let alone, at all." Mary looks at her with a little smile. "It's not every day that a sibling is married for forty years." "True, but I thought you only would come for the anniversary." "Well, I'm a widow now, and I don't have anything on my agenda for this week." "Do you need a place to stay? I can prepare a room for you." "Oh, no, that's okay. We're staying at the hotel in town."
Mom smiles and walks to the kitchen. Mary and Philip follow her. Franny looks up and sees her mother coming. She smiles. "Who was at the door?" Mom looks at her. "Sweetie, I want you to meet my sister, Mary." Franny looks at Mary and then at Philip. They look at her belly. "Mary, Philip, this is my daughter Franny." "I thought you only have a son." Mom smiles, it's been a very long time that she had contact with her sister. "I have four children." Mary pulls her eyebrows up. Franny extends her hand. "You want some coffee?" Mom asks. "I prefer tea." Mary shakes hands with Franny, so did Philip but he did it careful.
"It's nice to meet my aunt, and cousin. I never thought I would." "Sit down, sit down. I'll make some tea." Mom gestures at the chairs. "I'm going to get dad." "We'll be having lunch soon. You're staying for lunch, sis?" Mary smiles as she sits down. "If it's not too much for you." "Of course not. Franny, can you tell the boys to put up the tables? Then we can start preparing lunch." "Is your whole family here?" Mary asks as soon as Franny is outside. "All my children are here, yes." Mom puts the kettle on the fire. "Tell me more about your children."
"Jamie is my oldest son, Franny is my only daughter, Johnny is the youngest and Jamaal is adopted." Mom says with a happy smile. "Adopted?" Mary became curious. On that moment Jamaal came inside. Mom looks at him with a smile. Philip quickly stands up and takes a step back. Jamaal looks at him and starts to frown. He's used that strangers react like this to him. He looks at mom and gives her a kiss on her cheek. "You need help, ma?" "You're done with work?" "Pa is doing the last bit." "Help your brothers." Jamaal nods and turns.
"I didn't know you would be close with your help." Jamaal stiffens up and looks at Mary. Mom lays her hand on Jamaal's back to calm him down. "I'm not a help." Jamaal reacts. "Mary, this is Jamaal, my adopted son." "Oh, I'm sorry." Mary extends her hand. Jamaal shakes it and looks at Philip again. "This is my son, Philip." Jamaal smiles and extends his hand to Philip. "Nice to meet you, cousin." "Doesn't it bother you that you're the only black one?" "Don't be rude, son." Mary has noticed the tensions. "It's okay, aunt Mary, it doesn't bother me. We're all the same, and we're family."
"Go help your brothers." Jamaal nods and gives her a kiss on her cheek. He went outside. "You've got a good heart, Catherine… a better one than mine." Mom looks at her. "Don't flatter me too much, Mary." "If you like, you can have a look outside. I need to prepare for lunch." Mary stands up with a little smile. "I'll bring your tea outside." "Thank you." Mary walks to the door. Philip quickly follows her out. Mom inhales deeply and shakes her head a little.
"You're ready for the game, Dancer?" I look at Jack as we're facing each other. I bend my knees and put my hand on the ground. "Try me." I grin at him. "Man, what have you been doing this morning?" Jack whispers. "I've got no clue what you're talking about." I whisper. "I saw you and Baby coming out of the woods." I stand straight again. I see him grinning. "One word…" I point at him. "And then what?" Jack asks in a daring tone. "I will kill you." He starts to laugh. "Come on, Johnny… I'm pretty sure you two had sex at the creek."
My son is standing close. He turns his head to look at us. I jump on top of Jack with a growl. We start to fight. "Dad!" Bryan shouts. Jamie, Jamaal, Carlos and Sean came closer to look at us fighting. "You're still fighting like a pussy, Dancer." "Oh, yeah? What about this?" I punch him on his face. "Yep, you still do." Jack rubs his cheek a little. "Dad! Stop it!" Bryan shouts. Frances parks her car and steps out on that moment. She walks around the house and looks at the garden. She sees Jack and I fighting and sighs. "They're so typical." She says to herself and walks to us.
"Dad! Come on!" Bryan shouts. I look at my son for a second and Jack jumps on top of me. Frances came closer and stands still next to Bryan. He looks at her and then back at me "What are you two doing?" We look at her and I let Jack quickly go. "Nothing." We say at the same time. "Nothing? Really? You're going with that answer?" Frances puts her hands on her hips. I look at her up and down. I bite my lip. She rolls her eyes. She looks really sexy. "You're not fifteen anymore, act like adults." She turns and walks to the house. Jack and I look after her. Jamie, Jamaal and Carlos look at our faces and burst out in laughter. They've been watching everything.
"What?" I ask as I see them laughing. "Your faces, for real." Jamie says. Bryan and Sean don't get why they're laughing. "What's so funny?" Sean asks. Carlos looks at him. "You'll understand when you're bigger." Carlos answers. "You think it's funny to see your own dad fight because of a girl?" Bryan looks at me. I see his angry expression. "I don't know what you mean, son." Bryan shakes his head and turns. "Come, Sean." I watch them walking away. "Your son is more mature than you, brother." I snort and walk away.
Frances went to help Franny and Bianca out. They're dressing the tables. "What were they fighting about? You?" Franny asks with a teasing smile. Frances hands out a few plates to her. "Yep." "They'll never grow up." Franny says. "I can't blame Johnny to be honest." Bianca says. Frances gives Bianca a little smile. Franny lays the plates down and looks at Frances' face. "What did you two do?" Frances giggles as she lays the knives down. Bianca looks at Frances as well, being equally curious. "Promise you won't tell anyone. I don't want Britney to hear it."
Franny turns her head to look at Britney who is sitting on the bench. She's looking at her phone. "I really don't like her." Franny looks back at Frances. "Tell us." Bianca whispers. Frances takes a deep breath. She looks at me for a second and then back at the two ladies. "We had sex." Frances whispers. She waits for the two to react. Franny starts to smile. Bianca starts to chuckle. "Tell us more." Bianca whispers with a smile. Frances looks at Franny who gives her a nod. "All right, but please don't tell the others." "Of course."
"I was running this morning, like I always do every morning. I ran into him in the woods. He was looking for Bella and Rosco. He was looking really sexy." Frances whispers the last part. Franny starts to laugh. "You've always found him sexy, what's new?" Frances giggles. Bianca smiles, she turns her head to look at me. "I can't help it." Frances whispers. Bianca looks back at her. "Go on with the story." They went on with dressing the table. "Well, we playfully ran to the creek. You know, like a chasing game. Then I told him I was going for a swim. Did you know he doesn't wear underwear?" Franny and Bianca start to laugh. "I do, and it's gross." Franny replies. "I think it's sexy. Johnny has a sexy ass." Bianca says.
Franny chuckles and shakes her head. "I agree with Bianca." Frances replies with a smile. Bianca giggles again. "Anyway, when he came into the water, I moved closer to him. We looked in each other's eyes and then he kissed me." "How was it? Then I also mean everything that followed after the kissing." Frances giggles. "It was magical." Franny looks at Frances' smiling face. She starts to smile as well. "I never had sex like that before." Frances turns and walks to the house to get the bread. "She's one lucky woman, I tell you that, Fran." "I just hope no drama will come from it." "Oh, there will be drama, watch my words."
Mary and Philip stand on the porch. They see Frances coming. "Hello." Mary says. Frances stands still and looks at them curiously. "Hello, I'm Frances Houseman. I haven't seen you here before." She extends her hand. Mary shakes it. "Firm." "As a doctor you need to have a firm hand." "You're a doctor?" Philip asks and looks at her up and down. She looks at him. "Yes, I'm the doctor in town." Mom came outside and smiles. "Hey, Baby, don't you have clients to visit today?" Frances smiles and gives mom a little hug.
"No, I'm only standby for emergencies these three days. The people in town know that I always come to your annual game events." "I almost forgot. I can see a change." Frances chuckles. Mom smiles. "Is it that obvious?" Frances whispers. "Yeah, be careful." Mom whispers. "I'm gonna get the bread." Frances walks inside. Britney looks up and sees Mary and Philip. She checks him out and bites her lip. Mary looks around with a smile. She sees the boys playing catch. "Boys!" Mom shouts. Jamie and I look at mom, she waves at us to come. "What's going on?" Jamie asks. "I don't know." We walk to her and mom smiles.
"Sons, I want you to meet your aunt Mary, and your cousin Philip." We look at them and I frown a little. "Mary, Philip, this is my oldest son Jamie." Mom points at Jamie. "And my youngest…" Mom got interrupted. "Johnny Castle." Philip extends his hand to me. I shake it. "You know my youngest?" "Of course, he's famous." Philip looks at me up and down. "You look different." "Yeah, this is what I normally wear before I got famous." Britney stands up and came to me. "Hey." She whispers. Mary and Philip look at her. I can see Philip checking her out with a little smile.
"Britney Martins?" "That's me." I see her smiling coyly at him. "Philip, aunt Mary, this is my fiancée Britney." "You're engaged?" "Yeah." "I had no clue you actually ended up with her after the Bachelor." Jamie looks at mom. "I'm gonna get some beers. Can you handle it alone, mom?" "Sure, son. Can you get your father for lunch?" Jamie nods and went inside. The two boys came to us. "Dad, is it okay if we're going to help herding? Jamaal will watch us. We will be back before the game." I turn my head and look at him with a smile. I lay my arm around his neck and pull him in. He struggles to get away from my grip.
"Meet your great aunt Mary, and her son Philip." Bryan looks at them and I let him go. "Who's this lovely young man?" Mary asks with a smile. Bryan extends his hand. "I'm Bryan, Johnny's son." "Really?" Mary looks at me. I give her a nod. Mary shakes Bryan's hand, and so does Philip. "And this young man is?" Mary asks on the moment Frances came outside. She's looking at Sean. "That's my son, Sean." Mary looks at Frances with a smile. "I'm sorry, I need to bring this to the table." Frances looks at me. I look in her eyes, she winks as she passes me. I inhale a little, trying not to look too obvious. "You want to sit down? Lunch is ready." Mary nods. Mom takes her to the table. Jamie came outside and gives me a beer. He walks to the stables to see if dad went there.
"Sweetie, would you mind making me a smoothie?" I look at her. "Can't you do that yourself? I remember that the last time I did, it was a disaster." "Fine." She went inside. Philip looks after her. I see him biting his lip. "So..." I start. Philip looks back at me with a smile. "She's hot." "Yeah, well, she's my fiancée." As I'm crossing my arms. Actually, I don't really care if he would try to seduce her, but I can't show that right now. "You're a lucky man. I could eat a piece of that." "Is she your type?" "Yeah, totally, seems we've got the same taste, maybe that's in our blood." I step closer to him.
"Really? But you don't know me at all, yet you assume that you do know what I like." Philip starts to frown. I look at him up and down and snort. I turn and walk to Carlos and Jack. Philip is just another privileged rich man, who thinks he can do and say whatever he wants. Britney came back outside and sees that Philip is alone. "You want to help me?" He turns his head and starts to smile. "Sure, I love smoothies." They went back inside. Frances is looking at me and smiles. "He's so sexy." When Franny stands next to her. "He's my brother, I can't judge that."
They both start to laugh. Mom came with Mary. "I don't want to break your joke, but could you take another chair?" "I'll go." Frances walks to the house. She steps onto the porch when she hears noises. She starts to frown and listens intently. She went to the window to look inside. She sees Britney and Philip kissing. Her eyebrows go up. "Right." She went to the door. With all the decency she has, she knocks on the door. She waits for a few moments before going inside. "Oh, Baby, I thought it was Cath." Britney tries to hide her flush. Frances only gives them a smile.
"I only came to get a chair." She takes one from the kitchen table and went back outside. "You need help?" Franny sees Frances coming outside. Frances looks at her. "It's fine, it's better if you don't lift too much." "I might be pregnant, but I ain't fragile." "Oh, believe me, I know." Franny sees Frances' face. "What's on your mind?" Frances sighs. She leans in closer to her. "I just caught Britney and Philip kissing in the kitchen." Franny gasps and holds her hands over her mouth. "Don't you act like this is a bad thing." Franny starts to laugh and shakes her head. "I really don't care." "I feel bad to laugh about this." "Don't you dare to go that way, Baby, you had my brother this morning." "And it was magical." Frances winks. Franny chuckles.