A/N: Alright I was gonna make ya wait a day or two more for this one but I went to the Hannah Concert last night in Salt Lake and I'm still so into concert mode that I had to. The whole cast was there and I was sitting a mere 15-20 feet way. They ushers wouldn't let us any close but I got some fairly good pics of Emily and a couple of Jason too as will as Mitchel!

Trudging down the stairs she went to the door. Opening it she saw the last person she ever expected to see. "Mom?" Her mouth dropped open. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. "What are you doing here?"

Standing there on the door step wringing her hands Mrs. Truscott didn't know how to answer her daughter. "I ah… I honestly don't know. I guess I just wanted to see you, to see how you're doing."

"I'm doing fine no thanks to you. Your grandson is doing fine too." Lilly spoke in a harsh tone. She really didn't care if that woman wanted to know or not. Seeing her mother again brought all these feelings back to the surface. Feelings she didn't want to be having. Hope, fear, love, hate, confusion all swirling around inside her head.

"I have a grandson? You had a boy? What's his name?"

"Do you really care? I mean where were you when we were in the hospital both fighting for our lives? You didn't seem to care then." What was her mother playing at? She couldn't believe after all this time she would just show up like everything was all right.

"I deserved that. I'm sorry Lilly. I just want a chance to explain."

Grudgingly Lilly let her mother in and led her to the couch. "I don't even know where to begin except to say how sorry I am for turning my back on you. I never wanted you to leave, but I couldn't find it in myself to disagree with your father either. I was raised to believe the man is ahead of the household and what he says goes."

She looked so heartbroken that Lilly just wanted to hug her, but she wasn't sure she was ready to forgive her just yet. "What about now?"

"I've realized these last few months without you that it's not worth the peace between your father and I. I should have stood behind you and I'm so sorry that I didn't. I'm hoping we can start over and you can forgive me."

"I guess I could try." Leaning in this time she did hug her mother. It felt so good to be back in her arms again. A piece that was missing suddenly reappeared.

She could continue to be mad, but where would that get her. The older woman knew she made a mistake and she's apologizing for it. She had made a huge mistake herself just 9 months ago. That mistake had turned into a miracle. Was it to much to hope for a second one?

"Now tell me about my grandson. Where is he?"

"Well first off his name is Robert Jackson Stewart after his father and grandfather, but we just call him RJ. He looks just like his father except he has my eyes. He's just the cutest little thing and the best thing that ever happened to me. I just barely got him to sleep before you got here so he's upstairs."

"Can I see him?" Finding no reason to object the two women headed upstairs and quietly entered the room the three of them were currently sharing. "Why is he in a swing?"

"Because he's just like his father was when he was a baby and won't sleep unless he's either being held or moving or both."

Mrs. Truscott looked around not just at the baby, wanting to see where her daughter was living. This was obviously Jackson's room, so the two of them must be sharing a bed. It was hard enough to accept the fact that her daughter was a mother, seeing that she was sleeping in the same bed as the father of her child was even harder. "So you two are…sharing a bed?"

While she really didn't find her sex life her mother's business, she also wanted to regain some of that trust that was lost. "Yes we are. But I don't want you to get the wrong impression. When I first moved in here Dad..."

"Dad?" her mother interrupted.

"Sorry so used to calling him that now. When I said that I meant Robbie Ray. Anyway when I first moved in here he made it very clear hedidn't want us sharing a bed." She went on to explain how then Jackson had stayed with her while she was on bed rest. Her mother couldn't believe it when she heard they got engaged in the hospital after the baby was born.

"Come on. Let me show you RJ's room"

The room they had turned into a nursery was absolutely beautiful. It was at the moment that she realized how much a part of the Stewart family her daughter had become. She always knew the two girls thought of each other as sisters, but now it was more real. As Lilly continued to give her a mini tour of the rest of the house she noticed how comfortable the girl was living here.

The ended back in the living room. While Lilly got them a drink, Mrs. Truscott sat down on the couch. Lilly soon followed handing her mother the drink. Something her daughter said kept bugging her.

"What did you mean when you said you and RJ were both fighting for your lives?"

She listened patiently while she was taken on a tour of what this last year had been like for her daughter. She remembered how hard it was to have a normal pregnancy to know her girl went through such a difficult one at such a young age was heart breaking. She should have been there for her.

When she got to the part about when RJ was born she couldn't believe she could have lost her only child. She could have died in child birth and she wouldn't have even been there to say goodbye. She also could have lost her only grandchild.

"I'm so sorry I wasn't there Lilly," in broken sobs and tears now she reached for her daughter. Pulling her tightly into a hug, Lilly soon joined her as the tears began to flow. They were tears of healing.

Lilly sat up as she heard the door opening. Wiping her tears away she looked up to Miley walking in.

Studying her friend, Miley immediately noticed Lilly had been crying. She asked "What's going on?" just as she notice someone else in the room. When the other person turned around she knew immediately who it was. "Mrs. Truscott?"

"Hi Miley."

"Ah… Lilly can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Yeah I guess. Let's just go out to the deck. I'll be right back mom." Getting off the couch she walks with her friend outside.

Once they were sure they had privacy. "What's going on?" Miley repeated. "What is your mom doing here?" Miley was worried for her friend, her parents had already put her through so much she didn't want to see it happening again.

"It's okay Miles, really. She came here to apologize."

"Then why have you been crying?"

"Because we were just talking about everything and you know how emotional things have been since RJ was born."

"Alright, I just worry about you Lils."

"Thank you for that, but you don't need right now, I promise."

After giving each other a hug Miley decided it best to make herself scarce and headed up to her room. While she wasn't entirely sure she trusted Mrs. Truscott's motives she knew she needed to let it go for Lilly's sake. She needed to believe her mother was sincere.

Returning to the couch, "Sorry about that, Miley just got a little worried when she saw I was crying."

"It's okay. You girls always did try to protect each other. You two spent so much time together. It was like you were two halves of a whole and nearly inseparable. I just never thought you'd end up with her brother."

"Yeah that one took me by surprise too."

Feeling as if everything was said that they needed her mother decided it was time to go. She wanted to get home before Lilly's father got home from work.

"So you're not going to tell him you came here today?"

"Not yet, but I will soon."

Seeing her out the door, Lilly went up to check on RJ, sure he would be waking any moment. She wasn't disappointed when she walked in the door just as he let out a wail of hunger. Taking him downstairs Lilly couldn't wait for Jackson to get home.

"You'll never believe it," Lilly squealed almost as soon as Jackson walked into their bedroom that night.

"What?" Jackson asked through a yawn. It has been a long day at work and he was exhausted. Peeling off his Rico's shirt he slid onto his side of the bed next to Lilly as she fed their son.

"My mom came by today." She had a huge smile on her face.

"And judging how happy you are I take it things went well."

"Better." She went on to fill him in on everything that had happened with her mother. She chatted in an excitement he hadn't seen from her in a long time.

"Did she ask you to move back home?" He asked a bit fearfully.

"No. At least not yet. Anyway my dad still isn't cool with this, so she never would unless he came around." She looked Jackson over realizing why he was asking. "But it doesn't matter because I wouldn't anyway. I belong with you now, we're a family."

"Good. That's all I needed to know."