"I'm sick of the things I do when I'm nervous, like cleaning the oven or checking my tires or counting the number of tiles in the ceiling. Head for the hills, the kitchen's on fire!" Everything is Alright, by Motion City Soundtrack.

Okay, so I did not know that Callie knew Chance and Jake as mechanics, like I said: Haven't seen the show in like 10 years so bear with me here. Thanks Shadewatcher, and my bad.

Alright this is kind of important, a breif explination of the OC's that make up Jake and Angie's family that are mentioned in this chapter:
Liz: Angie's mother.
Carmine: Angie's step-father.
Hyde: Angie's older brother, 17, Jake's nephew.
Aidan: Angie's younger brother around 15, Jake's nephew.
Jasper: Angie's younger brother, around 10, Jake's nephew.
Joey and Delilah: Angie's half brother and sister, 3 months old.

"How do the Enforcers handle anything without us? You know this whole situation makes me remember why we started the SWAT KATS," Jake rambled, Chance just nodded in agreement. Jake had sounded like this all day, he was obsessing, Chance couldn't wait to get in and see Angie, that meant Jake would have to drop the subject. Chance just finished changing the tire of the blue car they had been working on for the past half an hour. Chance felt bad he was begining to see what Angie meant about getting a Jake a girlfriend. His entire life had been consumed by SWAT KATS and the salvage.

"I mean come on, was it this bad when we were in the Enforcers? It seems like Feral is totaly incompetent these days." Jake sighed. He handed Chance the wrench he asked for. Chance was begining to just tune him out. Chance had no problem with bashing the Enforcers but at this point it was just annoying. When he came back out from underneath the car he noticed how dark it was.

"What time do you got buddy?" Chance asked. Jake shut up for a moment as he checked his watch.

"8:23." Jake stated. Chance swung a rag over his shoulder. They had been working since 11:00. Angie had come out with some water for them at one point, but other than that, the giant breakfast had kept them full until about now.

"Let's head in." Chance suggested. Jake didn't argue as he closed up the tool box. They were walking in silence for a few moments then Jake scoffed.

"I mean seriously 2 hostages? What was Feral thinking?" Jake started up again.

"Jake, I mean this in the best way, shut up." Chance said as he patted him on the back.

"Oh come on Chance, you're not mad at the Enforcers at all?" Jake asked as they got closer to the door.

"I'm always mad at the Enforcers, it's just annoying when you do it." Chance admitted, he turned the knob and opened it up. But when the door opened he almost closed it again. This had to be the wrong house, it couldn't be their little dumpy apartment. He looked around the carpet had been cleaned, there used to be hundreds of oil stains littering it, they had mostly faded. The counters had been cleaned as well, they were an off white color, Chance was almost positive the counters had been brown ever since they moved in. She had even managed to fix a few cracks that were in the wall. On top of it all, the whole house smelled delicious. Chance half expected Angie to appear wearing a pearl necklace and a bright colored sundress with heels, not one hair out of place, like something out of a 50's sitcom. Angie did come out, she was hardly that image though. Her dark curly hair was thrown back in a messy bun, her face was sweaty and she had on a huge grey shirt and black shorts.

"Hey you two, dinner will be ready in a few minutes." Angie nodded, as she walked into the kitchen and took the salmon out of the oven. She left it out to cool, and walked past Jake and Chance who both were still in awe of how clean the house was. Jake looked over at Chance as soon as she was out of eyeshot.

"How did she manage to clean the entire house in the span of one day?" Jake asked in disbelief.

"Maybe she's a metalikat in disguise." Chance suggested.

"I think that may be more believable. I'm gonna go wash up before we eat." Jake said.

Jake re-entered the kitchen with his fur wet about 10 minutes later, he went at sat down to the left of Chance, who was piling biscuits and rice onto his plate. Angie was still messing around with the salmon, she was on the phone so she was using her shoulder to press it against her ear while using her two free hands to put some more spices on the salmon. But from what Jake was hearing it sounded like she was arguing with the person on the other line.

"It's not rocket scientist! Just lift his legs up and slide it underneath him! Are you brain dead kid?" Angie argued the sound of frustration in her voice. Jake gave her a questionable look, but she had her back to him since she was facing the stove. Jake looked over at Chance who just shrugged as he heaped some mashed potatoes on his dish. After a long pause, Angie started talking again, "Why isn't Hyde or Aidan helping you? Put Hyde on the phone." There was another long pause as she moved he salmon from the stove to the table. After she set it down she used her left hand to hold the phone to her ear. "Hyde, what is wrong with you? Jazzy's only 10, he doesn't know how to change a diaper! Now change Joey or I'll kick your tail next time I see you!" Angie hung up and slammed the phone down on the table.

"What was that about?" Jake asked, as she served him some salmon.

"The boys are kitten-sitting for Liz, and Jasper doesn't know how to change a diaper." Angie explained.

"Your mom put your brothers in charge of an infant kitten's life?" Jake asked in a shocked tone.

"I know! I swear, I'm surrounded by idiots." Angie scoffed.

"Well, you only get one mother." Jake said.

"I think my dad's feminine enough to be my second mom." Angie smiled.

"Angela, this looks... amazing, and the house looks... amazing, you didn't have to..." Jake started.

"Let me earn my keep in peace, please?" Angie smirked as she filled her plate with some salad and potatoes.

"Yeah Jake, let her earn her keep." Chance said his mouthful. Angie giggled.

"Why don't you get out of the house tomorrow? You deserve a break." Jake offered, hoping she'd take it so him and Chance could get some patrolling in.

"My dad, said I'm not allowed to drive while I'm here... pansy." she muttered.

"Just between us." Jake promised. Angie raised an eyebrow.

"You trying to get rid of me, Jake?" Angie asked.

"Of course not, you know we love having you around, the house has never looked better and the dinner's fantastic, but your a teenager and I don't want to keep you cooped up in the house all day. And when you do get out, I know you probably don't want to be hanging out with your uncle. So, take the truck, make some friends, have a good time." Jake smiled.

"Well... when you put it like that. I did wanna check out the city..." Angie said thoughtfully.

"Great, when are you planning to go?" Jake asked, Angie's fork clattered with her plate, her eyes narrowed suspicious.

"Okay, why are you so anxious to get me out of the house? What's going on?" Angie asked.

"I'm not! Honest..." Jake lied lifting up a hand in defense.

"Sure your not. Come on, I'm gonna be living here for like a month. I don't mind being kicked out of the house every now and then, but just tell me why..." Angie pleaded. Jake sighed and opened his mouth, but Chance cut him off.

"He's got a date." Chance interupted. Jake turned to him giving him a confused look for this statement. But Chance just smirked.

"A date?" Angie questioned.

"Yeah, I hooked him up with a friend of mine. Thought I'd pay back your favor." Chance smiled. Jake looked even more confused.

"Wow, you work fast." Angie said.

"He sure does." Jake said through his teeth.

"Ouch!" Angie shrieked, the knife crashed on her plate, and blood was clearly visible on the light brown fur that covered her palm, "Stupid knife."

"Are you alright?" Jake asked leaning over the table to survey her wound. Angie nodded.

"I'm fine, I just need to go get a bandage before it get's infected." Angie quickly rushed off to the bathroom. Jake turned to Chance as soon as she was out of earshot and smacked his shoulder.

"What was that about? I don't have a date!" Jake said.

"I know, but you didn't look like you were coming up with any good fibs, and besides, the look on your face was priceless." Chance laughed.

"Why did you have to pick my love life? In front of my niece no less." Jake asked.

"Oh just relax, I had already promised Angie I'd try to get you a girl." Chance rolled his eyes.

"Why on earth would you promise her something like that?" Jake looked at him strangely.

"Because she worry's about you, I think she wants an aunt, and maybe a little cousin." Chance smirked. Jake frowned and then Chance added, "Why are you trying to get her out of the house anyway?"

"Because, I wanted to patrol a little bit, just remind the city we're still here." Jake said, Chance rolled his eyes again.

"We've been gone a day. Not all the villains are going to the think we disappeared off the map." Chance said.

"But still, we should at least make sure there's no trouble stirring." Jake insisted. Chance went to argue but Angie came back through the door and he dropped the conversation.

"Hello again." Angie sat back down at the table and picked at the rice.

"Hello... are you sure your okay?" Jake asked. It was now Angie's turn to roll her eyes.

"I'm not a kitten, it was just a little cut, don't worry about it." Angie said, "So Jake, you didn't mention it, who's the lucky girl?"

"Oh, it's a blind date." Chance answered for him. Jake's eyebrow was raised and he went to pick at the little food left on his plate as well.

"Blind indeed." Jake took a bite.