A/N: Originally, I wasn't going to post this chapter today because I had a project to do. But I finished the project and found time to write. Yay! Thank you for the reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story except for Mr. Morrison and Rachel.

Chapter 6

John Morrison walked through his front door and dropped his bag on the kitchen table. Mike's dad had generously offered him a ride home from school. Of course he had accepted the offer. He went into the kitchen and grabbed an apple out of the fridge. While walking out the kitchen, John saw something that made him stop dead in his tracks. On the counter near the stove, were five brown bags filled with groceries.

He was utterly surprised. His dad never bought groceries. They always ordered take-out for dinner. "Dad!" yelled John. John saw his father sitting in his favorite arm chair, reading a newspaper. At the sound of his name being called, John's dad looked up. "Hello son. How was school?" Ignoring his dad's question John asked, "Why did you buy groceries. Without looking up from his newspaper, Mr. Morrison spoke up. "We have guests coming by later."

John was stunned. They never had guests over at their house for dinner. Except for Mike, Randy, and Jeff, but John didn't consider them guests. However, his dad's friends never came over. John wasn't sure if his dad even had friends. "Who is he?" asked John. "A she, not a he."

John's jaw dropped. He stood there just staring at his father in shock. He and his father had never talked about him dating other women ever since his mom left them. "Well I'm not cooking," was all John said before grabbing his book bag and walking up the stairs to his room. The last thing he heard his father say was "She has a daughter."

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Since it was the first day of school, John didn't have any homework. He turned on his laptop and brought it over to his bed. Then he signed on to his messenger account. John saw that Mike and Randy were already online.

Jo-Mo: Hey guys.

R. K. O: 'Sup John

Miz: Hey bro was sup

Jo-Mo: My dad has a new girlfriend and she's coming over for dinner tonight.

R. K. O: Dude, you're letting you old man beat you at the dating game

Miz: What's her name?

Jo-Mo: I don't know

R. K. O: How old is he?

Jo-Mo: I don't know

Miz: Man don't you ask any questions?

Jo-Mo: I know that she has a daughter

R. K. O: I call dibs

Miz: You haven't even met her yet

Jo-Mo: What if I wanted dibs?

R. K. O: Yea, that's never going to happen

Jo-Mo has logged off

Miz: See what you caused?

R. K. O: What did I say?

Miz has logged off

R. K. O has logged off

John was furious. He hated it when Randy bothered him about girls. He kept telling Randy that he wasn't gay. "I just haven't found the right girl yet," thought John, even though he knew he was pining for someone else.

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John heard his father calling his name from outside his door. "John, come out and meet our guests." He opened the door and saw his father smiling. "Her name is Rachel," said Mr. Morrison referring to the lady he could hear talking to her daughter down stairs. John took a while to stare at his father's smiling face. He couldn't help but smile too. He didn't remember the last time he had ever seen his father's smile reach his eyes.

They walked down the stairs together with his father leading the way. "Wait till you see her daughter." John sighed. He knew what his father was trying to do. He didn't know why but he just could not imagine dating anybody else except, Melina. He knew that he had just met her and had expressed no feelings towards him. But, for some reason he couldn't help but hope her shy ways would change.

Suddenly he froze as he heard a nasally voice that he knew all too well. He snapped out of his trance and walked into the kitchen. At the sight of Kelly Kelly sitting on one of his kitchen chairs almost made John want to hurl. He forced a smile and sat down across from Kelly, since it was the only chair left. "This is my wonderful son, John," said a smiling Mr. Morrison. "Nice to meet you. And might I say what a handsome young man you are. Kelly has told me all about you." John felt repulsed. How much did Kelly know about him? He looked up and saw Kelly smirking at him. He quickly looked down.

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John was surprised that the food was actually edible. He enjoyed every single bite of it. The only bad part of the dinner was that Kelly and her mom kept asking him questions that he didn't want to answer. He had to keep moving his legs away from Kelly's. She assumed they were playing footsie. "The food was great dad," said John. "I agree," said Rachel. Mr. Morrison and Rachel got up to do the dishes. Kelly and John stayed seated at the table.

John jumped p when he felt Kelly's foot creeping up his thigh. "Well, I'm going to bed now," said John. "It's only 8 o'clock champ. Are you feeling okay? "Yea I'm fine. Goodnight everyone." He didn't wait for an answer. He ran up the stairs as fast as he could.

"Its bad enough I have to ward off Kelly's advances in school," thought John. "Now her mom is dating my dad?" Damn it dad!