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Chapter Seven

Roland parked the limo the front of the Manor and as he helped Seto climb the stairs and as they went inside, Seto breathed a sigh of relief because he was home.

Mokuba ran into the kitchen and told Greta that they were home and she came out to greet Seto and as she gave him a hug and kissed his cheek she said "I'm so happy that you're alright."

Seto smiled down at her and he gently touched the side of her face as he said "Me too." This made her smile and then she said to Roland "Well just don't stand here get him into the living room and off his feet."

Roland smiled at his wife and he did as she requested and as Seto sat down he said "Can I please have the phone." Roland handed it to him and he said "Just for a few minutes remember you need your rest."

Seto smiled up at him and he nodded that he understood and then he dialed Joey's number and as he waited for an answer, Seto prayed that after today that he'd finally be reunited with his family. Then he heard a strange man's voice say "Wheeler residence, my I help you?"

Today is Joshua's seventh birthday and he was at the Park with Solomon, Yugi, Ryou and Malik while the others were getting the house ready for the surprise party when the phone rang and Joey's Uncle Vince answered the phone and when some man called and asked to speak to Joey well being polite Vince asked who it was and when Seto told him well he smiled and then he yelled "Joseph telephone, it's someone called Seto!"

Poor Joey nearly fell off the stool he was standing on to help put up the banner that read "Happy Birthday Joshua" and he jumped and if it weren't for Marik he surely would of fallen and hit the floor. Joey went over and took the phone and he said "Seto, is something wrong?"

Seto was kind of concerned as to whom the other man was but he wasn't going to jump to any conclusion so he just said "Mokie and I just got home and I wanted to let you know, and Joey who was that man?"

Joey closed his eyes and waited for Seto to start yelling but when he didn't he said "Today is our son's birthday and that was my Uncle Vince and he's here to help us surprise Joshua whose at the Park with Solomon, Yugi, Ryou and Malik."

There was silence on the other end and Joey thought that he might of hung up and so he said "Seto are you still there?"

"I didn't remember my own son's birthday, what kind of parent am I?" Seto asked.

Joey then said "Listen we can't do this not now, can Roland bring you and Mokie over here in about half an hour and I have a couple gifts that you and Mokie can put your names on and we can all help surprise Joshua."

Seto then said "Thanks and I'm sure that it'll be alright if we come over for a little while, see you then."

The house was decorated and Bakura and Duke went to get the cake and ice cream while Tea and Tristan was making the punch and Vince and Marik went out and got more bags of ice just in case they ran out and Joey was standing in the living room looking around when the door bell rang and when he opened the door there stood Seto, Mokuba and Roland and he invited them in and as they sat down Joey said "Seto don't be so hard on yourself for forgetting his birthday. Joshua won't care when he sees you both here he'll be to excited to care at all."

Then when everyone was back, Joey called Solomon and told him "You all can come home now everything is ready all we need is the birthday boy."

Then the sound of a horn honking told them that they were there and everyone hid and when Joshua and the others came into the living room, everyone jumped up and said "Happy Birthday Joshua!"

Joshua was excited because it was his birthday and when he saw his papa and Uncle Mokuba sitting on the couch tears filled his eyes and he went over and he gave Seto an hug and he said "You remembered Papa, you remembered."

Everyone there was nearly crying as he hugged his papa and when Seto looked at Joey over their son's head he mouthed "Thank you" and Joey nodded that he understood.

It was time for everyone to begin eating and they had hamburgers, hot dogs and beans and potato salad. Vince got the BBQ going and he cooked the burgers and hot dogs and Solomon brought over his homemade potato salad which was the hit of the day.

When everyone was done eating, Joey went inside with Bakura and they carried out the cake and ice cream and as Joey lit the seven candles and Joshua blew them out after making a wish they all had dessert and then it was time for the presents.

They all went inside so that Seto could sit on the couch to watch Joshua open his presents and he received from Bakura and Ryou a set of Winnie the Pooh books and they were his favorite, from Marik and Malik he got black pants and a cool vest to wear so that he could almost look like his Uncles, from Tea he got seven new coloring books and new crayons, from Tristan and Duke he got Nerf football and baseball and a Nerf bat, from Solomon, Yami and Yugi he got new educational books so that he could learn to read, write and do easy math, his Great Uncle Vince gave him a card with twenty dollars in it so that he could get whatever he wanted, from his Uncle Mokuba he got new Cowboy boots and from his papa he got some new jeans and a cowboy shirt and from his daddy he got a scrapbook with pictures of his Grandpa his Grandma and his Aunt Serenity in it and then there were blank pages and so that he could put in pictures that he took with his new little camera.

Joshua cheered and jumped up and down as he opened each gift but when he opened the one from his daddy he had tears in his eyes and he said "Thank you daddy for letting me have these pictures, now I won't ever forget what they looked like."

He ran over and hugged Joey and then he wiped his face and he turned around and he ran over to each person and gave them each a big hug and kiss and when he got to Seto and Mokuba he stood there beside them and he said "Thank you for coming to my party and then he took out his camera and he said daddy show me how to use this please."

Joey went over to where he was and he showed his son and then Joshua pointed the camera at his papa and his Uncle and he took two pictures and then he took one of each person there and he said "Now I can put these in my book and I will always have them to look at and I'll know that each of you love me as much as I love all of you."

Just then they heard a crash and in the room came Sammy who had broken through the gate that Joey had put up to keep him out while they were having the party and the darn dog was chasing Piglet who jumped onto the table and he ran across the cake followed by Sammy who when he found the food he stopping chasing the cat and he helped himself to whatever he could find. Everyone started laughing as Joshua said "Daddy, Sammy and Piglet wanted to help celebrate my party too."

Joey went over and he grabbed Sammy by the collar and he got him down off the table and he said "Sammy your a bad dog for getting on the table and would someone please get that darn cat off the curtains before he rips them to shreds" then they heard a rip and Bakura laughed as he said "To late hope you have others to replace those."

All in all the party was a success even with the animals crashing it and besides Joshua got time to be with his papa and Uncle and all their friends were there and that's all that really mattered.

When everything was cleaned up and all the guests left, Seto and Mokuba were sitting on the couch talking to Joshua when Roland went over and sat down at the table with Joey and he said "You're doing the right thing letting them get to know each other?"

Joey looked at Roland and then he said "As I told Seto if he ever says one wrong thing to our son then I'm gone and I'm taking Joshua with me and no one will ever find us, and he knows that I will."

Roland then said "That's only fair but you know for yourself that sometimes Seto can be a little hard on people and he has that bastard Gozaburo to thank for that so please try to remember and if things get kind of stressful please let me know and I'll try to relieve some of it somehow because both Greta and I consider those two as our sons and we would also like to be able to call Joshua our grandson if you'd let us."

Joey smiled at him and he said "Joshua would love that and so would I so for now we are staying here till I can be certain that Seto has really changed before I bring our son to live in that house."

Seto was getting tired when Roland said "I think that I better get these two back home before Greta comes over here and beats me in the head with her rolling pin." He helped Seto stand and then Joshua said "Daddy can we go see papa maybe tomorrow?"

Roland looked down on this beautiful little boy and he said "Could you and your daddy come over day after tomorrow, your papa needs to get some rest, is that alright with you?"

Joshua smiled up at this nice man and he said "That is alright with me, is it alright with you daddy?"

Joey smiled at his son and he said "That's fine with me."

So Joey and Joshua said good-bye to them and after they left Joshua looked at his daddy and he asked "Are you really mad at Piglet for hurting the curtains?"

Joey laughed and he said "No son I'm not, now lets go get you cleaned up and I think that we both need to get some rest don't you?"

So Joey helped his son get cleaned up and they both laid down on the living room rug with Sammy and Piglet and they all took a nice long nap.

Please R&R...

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