One big happy family...

A/N: I own nothing...

It's Saturday night at Graham's Place, Graham and Hallie's restaurant. Graham, Hallie and Jamie are in the banquet room setting the table with wine glasses and silverware when Jordan, Angela, Maddie and Rayanne enter. After hugs all around, Jordan and Graham stand to the side talking.

"Hey, Jordan. How are things going with the tour? Angela tells us that you're planning a long stay at home when it's over." It took a while for Jordan and Graham to become comfortable with one another, but they genuinely seem to care about each other.

"Things are great, but I think we've done enough touring for a while. I need to be at home with Angela and Maddie. Especially now that Angela is in her second trimester." They both look over at Angela where she's standing with Rayanne and Hallie talking.

Graham looks back to Jordan, but he only has eyes for Angela. Chuckling, Graham puts his arm around Jordan. "I just want you to know that I'm proud of you, Jordan. I'm glad my daughter has you to take care of her. She's looking forward to having you at home, I can tell you that."

Jordan looks at Graham and smiles. "Thanks, Graham. I'm looking forward to it myself. Thanks for putting this little party together. You didn't have to, but I appreciate it."

"Think nothing of it, son. I just wanted to do something nice for you. You deserve to celebrate with your family. I gotta get back to the kitchen. Go enjoy yourself." Graham and Hallie leave the room as Patty, Danielle and Brian enter.

"OH MY GOD, It's Jordan Catalano! Can I have your autograph?" Danielle grabs Jordan in a hug, followed by Patty. Brian and Jordan shake hands.

"Oh, shut up, brat!" Jordan can't help but laugh. "None of that tonight. And do not ask me to sing, Dani. I won't do it." They all laugh as Danielle and Patty go over to join Angela and Rayanne.

"Hey, Brain, how ya' been?" Jordan and Brian share an easy friendship now. It took them a while to get past the whole letter thing, especially after Angela chose Jordan over Brian. Then Jordan found out that Brian was the one who started the first rumor about Jordan and Angela. They didn't speak at all that summer, but to everyone's surprise, when school started back that fall Brian approached Jordan and offered to tutor him again. With Brian and Angela's help, Jordan had graduated that year.

"I'm good, Jordan. Your sister in law keeps me on my toes, you know? Hey, Congratulations on the new baby, I haven't seen you since we found out. Angela told us that it's a boy. I know you must be ecstatic." Brian smiles at Jordan.

"Yeah, man. I couldn't be happier." He looks over to Angela and she's smiling at him. "I'll talk to you later." He and Brian make their way over to where the ladies are standing. He walks up to Angela pulling her to his side and puts his arm around her.

Sharon and Kyle walk into the room, followed by their 12 year old twins, Billy and Bobby. The boys quickly find Jamie and Maddie where they're sitting in the corner, as Sharon and Kyle make their way over to the group. Sharon hugs first Angela, then Rayanne before hugging Jordan. Jordan and Kyle shake hands. They all stand around talking for a little while.

"Jordan, where are Shane and Tommy? I know your dad is running a little late, but shouldn't they be here by now?" Angela looks at the clock on the wall, it's 7:45. "I think Dad wants to serve dinner at 8."

"I dunno, I told them what time to be here. They should be here any minute." About that time, Shane, Tommy and Deborah walk in. "It's about time, guys! Angela was about to send out a search party."

"Jordan, I was not." Laughing, she looks from Tommy to Deborah. "Hey, Deborah. I'm glad you came."

"Tommy invited me. I hope you don't mind." Deborah and Tommy share a smile.

"Of course not. Now that just about everyone's here, I think Dad wants us to get seated." She motions to the table behind them, as Graham and Hallie return.

Everyone takes their seat with Graham at the head of the table, Hallie to his right and Angela to his left. Jordan is beside Angela followed by Shane, Tommy and Deborah and Patty. Across from Patty is Danielle, then Brian, Kyle and Sharon, Rayanne is sitting beside Hallie. The kids are sitting at a small table by themselves, tuning out the adults. Just as they're getting settled, Anthony Catalano comes in.

Jordan gets up to shake hands with his dad. Tony leans down to kiss Angela's cheek. "Sorry I'm late. I had to rush home and change after work." He takes his seat at the other end of the table across from Graham. Jordan looks at his dad and then at Angela and smiles.

If not for Angela, he knows that he and his dad wouldn't be speaking, much less sitting at the same table about to share a meal. When Angela decides that she wants something, she doesn't stop until she gets it. After years and years of Jordan and Tony having nothing to do with one another, Angela went by Jordan's childhood home to invite Tony to Maddie's 5th birthday party. She found him passed out drunk, sitting behind the wheel of his car in the driveway. From everything Jordan had told her about his home life and Tony's alcoholism, she felt like she should try to help him before it was too late. To this day, he didn't know what Angela had said to Tony. The next day, he had checked himself into rehab and now here they were.

Looking around the room, Jordan sees all the people that he cares about most. The only person missing is Ricky, but he understands. He'd had to miss more than one family get together over the years. Jordan reaches under the table for Angela's hand. She turns to look at him and smiles.

Jordan VO: This is my family. At one point in my life, the only person I had was Tony. Even then, he was too busy drinking to have anything to do with me. Then this bossy little teenage girl pushed her way into my heart. My life hasn't been the same since. How did I get to be so lucky?

As dinner is served, everyone around the table is talking and having a good time. Jordan glances over at Shane and notices that he's staring right at Rayanne. He nudges Shane and whispers, "What's up with that, Jones? Why are you checking out, Graff?"

Shane turns red and chokes on his wine. "What are you talking about, Jay? I'm not 'checking her out' as you put it. Just wondering why she still won't talk to me."

"Well, it might have something to do with the fact that you broke up with her." Jordan glances up at Rayanne, who is looking anywhere but at Shane. "Dude, you should get her alone and talk, like tonight."

"Jay, how in the hell am I supposed to do that? She won't come anywhere near me. Damn, it's been 7 years. You'd think she'd be over it by now." Shane picks up his fork and starts eating.

"Shane, she's staying at our house tonight. I don't think she's leaving until Monday. You should stop by." He turns back to his own dinner.

After a couple of hours at the restaurant, Angela is ready to get home. There's only so much of Hallie that she can stand in one night. She knows that her dad loves Hallie. She's accepted that, but she still doesn't particularly care for the woman. For her dad's sake, she puts on her happy face and hugs him and then Hallie, thanking them for the nice dinner party they hosted for Jordan. She looks around the room in search of Maddie when she finds her standing with Jordan, Shane and Tommy, and Jamie.

As she walks over to them, she can hear Jamie telling Jordan how cool it would be if he had a mohawk. "Jamie, do not encourage him to do that!" She ruffles Jamie's hair. "Why don't you ask Dad if you can have a mohawk?"

"Ah, Angela. It would be cool. Shane just told me they only had 4 weeks left to tour. He wouldn't have to keep it for long." Jamie idolizes Jordan. Whenever Jordan is home, Jamie along with Maddie are right up under him. "And he said you could bring me to see him in New York. He could cut it right after the show."

Maddie decided to join in. "Mom, it would be cool! Dad asked me what I want for my birthday. I want him to have a pink mohawk."

Jordan, along with Shane and Tommy, just laughs. "I don't know about that. Angela would get mad if I cut my hair. Mad, she is definitely not going to let me dye my hair pink."

"Enough about cutting hair. Jordan, I'm ready to go." She hugs Tommy. "Tommy, thanks for bringing Deborah. You should bring her to the house tomorrow. We're going to have a cookout. I'd love for her to come." She turns to Shane. "Are you coming by the house tonight?"

"Yeah, he's coming. Aren't you, Shane?" Jordan elbows Shane in the ribs.

"I'm going to follow you guys," Shane says, giving Jordan a dirty look.

Angela puts her arms around Maddie who is almost as tall as she is. "Mad, are you staying with Grandpa?"

"Yep, until Monday, if that's ok. Uncle Brian said he'll take me and Jamie to the park to watch fireworks tomorrow night." She hugs Angela and then Jordan, before hugging Tommy and Shane. "Bye, Uncle Tommy. Bye, Uncle Shane. Come on, Jamie. Let's go see if your mom will give us some more ice cream." She and Jamie head off toward the kitchen.

After telling everyone goodbye, Angela, Jordan, Rayanne and Shane walk out to the parking lot together. As they're getting in the car, Shane calls out to Rayanne. "Hey, Rayanne, ride with me?"

Angela can see that Rayanne is hesitant, so she pulls her aside. "Raynie, you need to talk to him. We're going straight home. Give him a chance, huh?" Rayanne still looks uncertain. "What could it hurt?"

"Damn it, Angelica. I won't defend myself again. You don't know how it was." Rayanne looks over to where Shane is standing with Jordan. "He was a total dick to me."

"I know, Rayanne. Just give him a chance, ok? He's talked to me about it. He really is sorry. You need to hear what he has to say." Angela pushes her toward Shane. "Shane, she's going to ride with you. We'll see you there." She doesn't give them a chance to say anything, she just gets in the car. Jordan gets in behind the wheel.

As they pull out of the parking lot, Angela looks back to see Shane and Rayanne still standing in the same spot. Jordan takes her hand. "Hey, babe. We've got them together, now it's up to them."

Sighing, Angela lays her head on his shoulder. "I know, Jordan. I hope they don't kill each other."

A/N 2: I don't like this chapter very much...I would rather just write about J/A. Hope you like...