Eric slowly opened the the glass door that lead from the kitchen to the backyard. He had to laugh a little at the way, each of his family members tried to act as if they had been busy and hadn't witnessed his arrival with Calleigh. He always knew they really liked Calleigh, they had always treated her nicely and were always more concern about her, then any of his other friends. He could always see the looks they would give him when she was around, the way they treated her as if she was part of the family. He knew that they would be very happy to find out that someday their friendship lead to something stronger, and he was right. The day they found out that Eric and Calleigh were dating, they couldn't be any happier and he def. understood why. Who wouldn't be happy to see someone they love, being with someone that cared about them, someone who was independent, who knew what she wanted, who respected him and his family, someone that cared strongly about him, someone who stood by their relative through many though circumstances. Calleigh had been that person in his life, and he remembers feeling like the luckiest guy in the planet the day that she decided to give their relationship a shot. But he also felt the worst feeling ever when he started to mess things up between them over something that he shouldn't have gotten involved with in the first place.

" Hi baby brother " said his youngest sister Carla, as he closed the door to the kitchen.

" Hi youngest/older sister. " He replied smiling, while walking up to her and giving her a hug. He hadn't seen her in a while since she had gotten a new job and was so busy with him on the other hand, had been busy with recovering and then going back to work. He missed her a lot, she reminded him a lot of Marisol, her personality and he was glad for that. It was as if a part of his sister was left behind in Carla.

He said hi to all his family members and hugged them and they started talking, most were curious about how he was doing and how work had been going since he had recently returned. He didn't want to really talk about it, but they deserved to know. He let them know he was fine and that the process was a little difficult but he had the help of some wonderful people. He never told them about the incident at the interview, which lead him to tell Calleigh things he had never shared with anyone before, not even his shrink. Just then he saw his niece attempting to open the back door, and she was having a difficult time, since she was still short to reach the handle. He laughed and got up to open it for her. Before he had the chance to ask her, what she wanted she was already talking.

" Tio Eric, Tia Calleigh asked if you could give me your keys so she can get something she left in your car?" She said looking up at him and smiling.

He noticed how everyone sort of stopped talking to listen to the conversation. " What did she leave in the car, princesa?" He asked maddie.

" Hum idk, I forgot...Imma go ask her." She was about to run outside, when he grabbed her and laughed at the way she squealed. " Naw it's ok, princesa." He said while pulling out his keys from his pocket and handing them to maddie. " Here give it to her, and don't lose it ok? Cuz if you do you're gonna have to give me a ride home on your barbie car." He said smiling at her.

At that Maddie laughed and so did everyone else. "That's silly tio Eric, you don't fit in my barbie car." She said while walking towards the door. Last this he heard her say was " Plus I'm a big girl, I don't lose things." at that he had to shake his head and his oldest sister, maddie's mom laughed.

" So you brought Calleigh with you uh??" His mom asked trying to pretend she just figure that out. Eric just smiled and gave his mom this look..

" Like you guys just noticed that..." he replied and when everybody tried to pretend they had no idea what he was talking about he added: " I saw all you guys looking out the window.."he said smiling.

" We're just really excited you brought her Eric . You finally get to spend some time with her again, maybe that will cheer you up a bit....get you out of that cranky mood you've been in for some time." his sister added. Since he was standing next to her he gave her a shove and told her that he has not been cranky for about some time. His other sister just told him to shutup and accept the fact that he has been cranky and that he gets upset over stupid things...and to get over the fact that the only person who can solve that is the one standing outside. He knew he wasn't going to win this fight, so he just gave up and told them whatever. He headed towards the back door to go check on Calleigh, but before he left he paused at the door and turned back around towards his family.

" Hum I need to ask you guys a favor..." he said and after everyone got quiet he continued..." I brought Calleigh, because mom asked me to yesterday, but things are still sort of rocky between me and her, we're not back together or anything if any of you had that idea...so hum can you guys please keep some comments to yourself about us, so things aren't awkward for her?" he asked.

" yeah of course Eric." added his grandma.

" thanks abuela" he replied with a sad smiling.

He started walking outside when he noticed Calleigh sitting on a bench by the lake at the back of his parents house. She looked beautiful, she looked also deep in thought. He looked around for his niece and didn't find her, so he headed towards Calleigh to see if she had any idea, where she'd be. Also to maybe talk to her, see how she was really doing, and maybe he could explain some things to her, let her know what he was feeling...about her this time.