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"What did you think when Chris told you that you were going to be grandparents?"

Ted chuckled. "I think I was in too much shock to say anything that made any kind of sense. One day, we're talking about who we think is going to the Stanley Cup Finals and then the next day, he's telling me he's going to be a father. Then another day and he's going to be a father to twins. It was a lot to take in and at first, I really thought he was joking around with me."

Bonnie, Chris's stepmother laughed, "I just want grandchildren, that's all. I don't really care how they came about, but I get to spoil the heck out of a little boy and a girl. It's like he got it all together in one shot."

"That's a nice way of putting it," Ted told his wife and then looked back at the camera. "After I got over the initial shock, I went about asking the usual questions—"

"He asked Chris if he'd gotten married without telling us," Bonnie cut in, "I don't think either one of us saw Chris just having kids out of the blue."

"We figured he'd go about it in the traditional sense, but then, you can't really control the way your life goes, can you? But when he told us about what happened and about him and Stephanie, we accepted it because, really, what else can you do? We weren't going to disown him or anything nonsensical like that."

"Do you like Stephanie?" Amy asked.

"We love her," Bonnie grinned. "She is such a wonderful girl. I couldn't have picked anyone else for Chris…well, not that they're together, I guess."

"What do you think about that? Do you think they should be together?"

"Well, in the traditional sense, there's always going to be a part of us that wants that for him," Bonnie said, "I mean, I know I can't speak for Chris as a child since he was already over 18 when I married Ted, but for his entire adult life, I've wanted to see him happy and settled because I love him like he was my own son and since his mother died, I like to think of myself as a maternal figure in his life so yes, I wanted that."

"I did too," Ted added, "but I mean, you have to have seen them, right? I don't think I'm wrong in saying the two of them get along quite well. I had never formally met Stephanie before my son decided to impregnate her, but since she's been in our lives the last several months, she's pretty damn perfect. I would love for my son to settle down with her, but only if he wants it. I hope he doesn't see this and think we're pushing them together because we're not, but frankly, I don't think they see what everyone else sees."

"What do you think that is?" Amy asked.

"You had to have seen it," Ted said.

"It's not about what we have or haven't seen," Amy said, but Ted just looked at her and she laughed, "Off the record, yes, of course we see it, but on the record, we are merely filmmakers and have to keep objective about our subjects."

"Yeah, objective, but off the record as well, I think there's a reason the two of them are having kids together and I don't think it's an accident."

"Dad, Bonnie, over here!" Chris called out to his father and stepmother, who were looking around for them. Chris waved his arms and they came over, his father embracing him in a very manly hug. "It's so good to see you."

"I should have known it was you with the massive filming crew behind you," Ted said as he gestured to the cameras and sound guy right behind Chris and Stephanie. "It's so good to see you, it's been too long."

"I know," Chris said, patting his father on the back as he pulled away.

"Stephanie!" Bonnie said, opening up her arms and embracing the young woman. "Oh my God, look at you, you look like you're about ready to pop, how big are those babies?"

"Big enough to press on every internal organ I have," Stephanie laughed as she rubbed her stomach. "They're both the normal size, but I hardly think I'm going to be able to carry them to term. They'd be huge."

"Good genes," Chris said as Ted hugged Stephanie.

"I think you look beautiful," Ted told his…well, he didn't know what to call her actually, his son's baby mama? That sounded so bad and weird and he didn't like it, but wasn't that essentially what she was?

"Thank you," Stephanie said, "I'm really sorry about the cameras, my dad has been going overboard with the new programming for the new network and I don't know why he thought we would be even remotely interesting."

"People love kids," Ted shrugged as Chris helped with the bags. "And they love to be nosy so I imagine they'd be very interested in the show when it airs. I think you two are pretty interesting, but that's just me."

"Well, you're family," Stephanie said, "I would hope you think we're interesting."

"So how's the house?" Ted asked Chris. "Are you liking living in Connecticut, is it much different from how things were in Florida?"

"I think I like it better now, here in Connecticut," Chris said, glancing over at Stephanie and giving her a small smile. It didn't go unnoticed by Ted and he looked towards the cameras knowingly. It was like he was in the know with the entire audience on what was going on with his son when his son still had no idea.

"We actually picked names for the babies," Stephanie told them as they walked to the car.

"You did!" Bonnie said, "Okay, what are they, I must know!"

Stephanie laughed, "I thought we could tell you over dinner and that way it could kind of be a surprise thing, do you mind?"

"Dinner?" Bonnie sighed, "I guess I can wait until dinner but I'm going to need to know them as soon as we sit down."

"I promise, you'll know."

"How do you get along with Chris's family?"

Stephanie laughed, "At first, I thought they would hate me or think I was some kind of slut because I'm not really with Chris, but they couldn't be more welcoming. I love Chris's dad. He's what I always thought a father should be. Chris tells me that his father was gone a lot when he was growing up so he kind of tries to overcompensate now, but I don't really get that vibe because he's not my father. He's just so much warmer than my dad, sorry Dad, I know you're watching this, but you know it's true. I love Bonnie too. She's always so enthusiastic."

"Do you wish you could have met Chris's mother?"

"I did meet her in passing once," Stephanie said, "sort of. Chris brought her to a show once, just once because traveling was so difficult for her. He introduced me, but because we weren't exactly friends at the time, this was really soon after he debuted, I simply met her, said hello and then had to go back to work. But I wish I could have known her, for sure. Chris talks about her a lot, talks about how great she was as a mother, strict, but caring and I would have loved to have picked her brain on how she raised Chris. He just never has anything but good things to say about her so I really wish I could have known her. You should have seen the way his eyes lit up when I told him I wanted to name our daughter after her."

"What was it like?"

"I think he was surprised that I thought of her in that instance, but really, it's been on my mind ever since I found out I was pregnant with Chris's child. I thought, if this is a girl, I know he would love it to be named after his mother. We're friends, I knew before how much he loved her, his sweet Loretta Modern as he calls her sometimes. I wanted to do this for him."

"Do you think you would have gotten along?"

"I like to think so. Chris says that he thinks we're a lot alike and that's why he knows I'll make a good mother. I think she would have been great to have in our lives. I'm not religious, but I like to think our loved ones never truly leave us so I'm sure that she's somewhere, thinking about how awesome it is that she gets these two kids."

"So, since the cameras are following around Stephanie while she shows Bonnie the nurseries and what she wants to do with them, I thought we could have a little bit of a talk," Ted said, not realizing that they were still being filmed, but the camera was in the other room and kind of listening in on their conversation because Chris and Ted still had microphone packs on.

"What about, Dad?" Chris asked.

"About you and Stephanie," Ted said.

"Dad…"

"It's nothing bad and I'm not pushing you to marry the girl, Chris. I'm not one of those stuffy, old men who thinks you have to get married then have kids. I respect your decisions, whatever those decisions were because I still don't know exactly how all this came about, but…"

"But what? Stephanie and I are happy," Chris told him. "I like living with her and I like being around her and I want to be around here for the kids. They're the most important things in my life right now. They're going to be the most important things in my lives for the rest of my life."

"I understand that," Ted said, "and I'm proud of you for taking responsibility—"

"I wanted these kids, Dad," Chris told him. "I wanted them when I was making them and I want them now and forever."

"Son, I'm not trying to get into an argument with you," Ted told him gently, "I'm just saying that…maybe there's something more going on with you and Stephanie than even you're willing to admit."

"We're friends, best friends."

"Yes, a best friend that you slept with and a best friend you're having children with. She's carrying your son and daughter, Chris, how can she just be your friend?"

"Because she is. I don't understand why everyone is trying to push us together when we don't want to be together. We're fine with the way things are now and we don't need to be romantically involved to be a family."

"Nobody is questioning your ability to be a family, but when I look at you and Stephanie, I'm sorry, but I don't see friends, I see something more."

"Just because we're having kids doesn't mean there's anything more there."

"I just see the way you look at her and quite frankly the way she looks at you and I have to admit, it doesn't just look like friends," Ted said, "I'm not saying these things to hurt you, Chris, I would never do that. I just want you to be happy."

"Dad, I am happy, I'm so happy. I have great things ahead of me. I've got two kids on the way, how can I not be thrilled?"

"Okay, if you say so."

"Sometimes, I think Chris is scared."

"Scared?" Amy asked curiously. "What do you think he's scared of?"

"Screwing things up," Ted said. "I think that's partially my fault. His mother and I were together for a long time and I think the divorce was abrupt to him. He didn't understand it and he was very unhappy and I think it kind of soured him on relationships. I think that was one of the reasons we were so surprised about Stephanie. I honestly didn't expect him to get it together and have kids, but then he's not with her and I think…I think he's scared to be with someone like that."

"Because of failure?"

"Yes," Ted said. "I'm not sure I want this put on television, but I think he's afraid of failing this. He's so good at so many things, I think he keeps thinking that there must be something he'll fail at and this could be it."

"But you don't think so?"

"I don't," Ted said.

"What do you think?"

"I think if he just opened his eyes, he'd find that he has a lot more to look forward to than just his kids."