Hi everyone, thanks for reading and taking interest in my story. I am just a student who loves writing and is trying to get better at it. I really appreciate the feedback.

So there is drama in the Casey household. Chelsea is back in town and she is working with Firehouse 51. Mia is on her tail and she is ready to up her game.

More drama and firehouse loving to come.

Thanks for reading and please review!

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She smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist, resting her head against his chest. "Well then, I guess we better give Chelsea a run for her money" she teased.

That got everyone laughing. Kelly knew what that meant. His girl was back…his strong, independent, confident girl was back.

Tommy looked down at his girl, "That's my girl" he kissed her.

"Sorry I spaced out for a while. It's just you're not exactly making our fairytale life easy. I swear, if one of your other girlfriend's shows up in our life I am going to kick your ass" she said.

He laughed, "you're the only one for me baby girl" he grabbed her cheeks to hold her close and give her a kiss.

"You're a sweet talker Thomas Casey" she smiled up at him.

He laughed, "Only for you baby" he joked.

Mia smiled and playfully shoved him away. "Don't be a jerk" she teased.

"She's back" Johnny repeated with a smirk as Joey and Andy looked on proudly. They were proud of their sister.

They knew she was backed against the wall and was dealing with a lot because of Tommy. Honestly when Leah first told them what was going on with Tommy, Mia and Chelsea, they wanted to pummel him into the ground. It was an honest reaction from big brother to little sister.

They just wanted to protect her and make sure that she was okay. Both Andy and Joey practically threatened Tommy when he told them that he was planning to propose to their sister. They didn't want her to get hurt. Leah convinced them to back off. She knew her sister would be okay.

Maggie was tough and Leah knew that she could deal with this on her own. She just needed time and space and more importantly…an explanation. Once Tommy explained what was going on, Maggie processed everything and reasoned everything out in her head, she knew what she had to do.

Andy smirked and nodded his head in agreement, "Damn right she's back. She's a Severide, what did you expect?" he said totally serious.

Chapter 6 – Surprise

Tommy knew things with Maggie had been stressful since Chelsea's return. Even though she says that she's okay, he knew something was still bugging her. He wanted her to know that he loved her and that she was enough for him. She would always be enough for him.

He had a plan and he needed help to get it done. It took him a week to figure out what to do. After long talks with his sister and Leah, he finally got the perfect plan.

It was the day before his big surprise for Mia and he was nervous. He tried to act normal, but he couldn't help it. They hadn't been on a date for a while and he wanted everything to work out. He thought of everything.

Leah was covering for Mia at the hospital; Sofia was taking Jessica to her house for the night; Nina went shopping with him to make the date romantic; and he got his brother, Andy and Joey to help set things up around the house.

Joey drove over to the hospital and walked right up to the desk smiling at Leah and Nina. "Is she ready?" he asked.

Leah and Nina nodded, "Let me page her" Nina replied. They were all really excited for Mia. She had no idea what to expect. She got the page from Nina and made her way to the charge desk.

At first when she saw Joey, she panicked. "What's going on? Who's hurt?" she asked ready to get back into doctor mode.

Joey, Nina and Leah all smiled at her. "No one is hurt. I am here on orders to pick you up and take you home" he replied.

Mia looked at them confused, "what are you talking about? I am in the middle of my shift" she said.

Leah walked over and wrapped her arm around her sister's shoulder, "I got your post-ops covered" she said. Before Mia could reply, Nina walked around and wrapped her arm around Mia's other shoulder, "and Aaron and I are covering the ER" she added.

They covered her on all bases. She had no reason to argue. That only made her more suspicious. "Okay I see what this is. This is an ambush, so tell me…what the hell is going on? Is someone hurt and you don't want me to know? Is it Tommy?" she asked all at once. She didn't like surprises.

"Mia I promise you that no one is hurt. This is a good surprise I promise, just please for once do what you are told and don't ask questions" Joey said.

Mia glared at him but looked at the three of them defeated. They had all her bases covered. She really had no excuse. "Okay, fine" she put her hands up in surrender. They all laughed at her look of surrender. She had no idea what she was in for.

She reluctantly handed Leah her charts and grabbed her purse before following Joey out of the hospital. They got into his detective's car and he put on the sirens so they didn't hit traffic. It only took 10 minutes before they pulled in front of Mia's townhouse.

She looked at Joey confused. "That's the big surprise. You brought me home?" she asked.

Joey smirked and pulled out his phone. He put the phone on speaker and waited. Tommy was pacing inside. He was nervous. When his phone rang, he jumped a little. "Hello" he answered, not even bothering to look at the caller ID.

"We're outside and just a head's up, she's being uncooperative" Joey teased smiling at his sister.

Tommy couldn't help but laugh. That's his wife. He wasn't expecting her to cooperate. "Thanks Joey. Mia move your ass and get in here. I have a surprise for you" he said before hanging up. He knew she would be riled up when she got inside.

Mia kissed her brother's cheek and walked inside. Tommy was waiting for her in the living room. She walked in confused and kind of curious. All this secrecy made her more curious. She didn't like not knowing what was going on.

She smiled at her husband when she saw him. "Tommy, what's going on? You've recruited my sister, Nina, your sister and my brother. What's happening?" she asked.

Tommy wouldn't tell her anything. "Go get dressed and you will see what's going on. We are leaving in 10 minutes, so hurry up. Just dress comfortable" he said leading her to the stairs.

"At least tell me where we are going?" she yelled as he pushed her up the stairs. Tommy never answered her. He had a plan. She couldn't help but smile at his antics. She figured he had something planned.

Mia ran upstairs and found an outfit ready for her on the bed. There were a pair of jeans, a black tank top and a red sweater with black ankle boots. She picked up the note and smiled.

Mia,

Wear these for your special date with Tommy. Have fun, relax and don't think about anything. We are taking care of the house, Jessica and the hospital. You are officially out of communications for the next 12 hours. See you tomorrow for dinner.

Love you and just a word of advice, flex your pelvis before any physical activity!

Leah

Mia read the note and couldn't help but laugh at the last line. At least she had a hint as to what was going on now. Tommy wanted to spend some alone time with her. They had been crazy busy these past couple weeks, they were just passing each other in and out of the house.

She only took 20 minutes to get ready and made her way downstairs to see Tommy waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs.

"Ready?" he asked.

She smiled and nodded. She was really excited for whatever he had planned. Tommy did not do spontaneous so she was really excited about this new side of him.

She walked over and gave him a quick kiss, "thank you for whatever this is. I love this side of you" she said.

He smiled and kissed her one more time before grabbing her hand and leading her out of the house. "Let's get this adventure on the roll" he teased, opening the door for her. She smiled to herself as she hopped into the car.

Along the drive, Mia was trying to figure out what he had planned. Tommy looked over at her gazing out the window and could practically hear the wheels turning in her head. "What are you thinking about over there?" he asked her.

Mia smiled over at him, "how do you know I'm thinking about something?" she replied.

He smiled and grabbed her hand lifting it up to kiss the back of it, "because I love you and you are my wife" he stated as a fact.

Mia laughed, "I just…I'm trying to figure out what has gotten into you. You are not like this Tommy. I have known you since I was 6 years old and you are not spontaneous. So when I get my brother transporting me here with lights and sirens, it makes me wonder what you are up to" she teased.

Tommy nodded in understanding, "I get that, but after everything that has happened these past few months, I am just trying to be the husband that a girl like you deserves. That I promised you when I married you" he said.

Mia smiled and wiped a couple tears from her eyes, "I love you Tommy" she replied.

He smiled and kissed the back of her hand again, "right back at you babe. Now just sit back and enjoy the ride" he said looking back to the road. They weren't very far from their destination.

Mia smiled and kept her gaze out the window taking in the scenery. It was beautiful. Old houses, flowers and parks. They had been driving all day. It was around 6 when they pulled up to one of the small parks behind a church. Mia looked around the park trying to place it.

It took her a minute to recognize where they were. When she figured it out, she turned to Tommy shocked, "OMG Tommy" she said getting out of the car.

He smiled at the shock on her face. He knew he did good on this one. "So, you like your surprise?" he got out and walked around the car to stand next to her, "I thought we would come back to where it all started with us" he stated.

"The park where we had our first kiss. Tommy how did you even think about this?" she asked. It was a serious question. She hadn't thought about this place in a long.

"We had a call out here not too long ago. While we were here, a little kid called me over to the park. She asked me to help her cross the street since she couldn't cross without an adult. I couldn't help but recognize the neighborhood and asked her about it. She mentioned the special tree with writing on it and I remembered that's where we had our first kiss and carved our names in the tree. It's when our life and relationship was sweet and innocent and I wanted to get back to that" he explained.

Mia looked at him with tears in her eyes. How could she not. She launched herself at him and wrapped her arms around his neck to kiss him deeply. Tommy smiled against her lips and thrust his tongue in her mouth as he held her up.

Mia moaned and pulled away before the kiss got too intimate. "Thank you. I love my surprise" she gave him little kisses.

Tommy smiled and gave her one more good and thorough kiss before putting her down. "You're welcome, now come on" grabbed her hand and led her across the bridge, towards the playground.

Just past the swings a little was a big Oak tree. Right in the middle of it, on the left hand side, facing the street was their initials wrapped in a heart. Mia smiled and ran her fingers over the carving, tracing each letter.

Tommy wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and rested his head on her shoulder, "I told you it would last forever" he placed a small kiss at the shell of her ear.

Mia smiled and rested her head back against his shoulder. "I guess you did. God, I can't believe that was over 10 years ago" she exclaimed. She still remembered when they carved their name.

"Tell me about it. It seems like yesterday doesn't it. Finding you in the park, sitting under this tree balling your eyes out" he teased.

Mia nudged him in the ribs, "shut up! I was mad at my boyfriend and I thought I was pregnant. It was a rough time" she said.

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Mia walked through the park with tears running down her cheeks. She walked through the park and plopped down under a big oak tree. She curled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them to duck her head in her legs and cried.

Tommy knew she was going to be upset. She called him and left him a message that she thought she was pregnant. He didn't know what to do. He froze. He knew what he had to do. He had to bury his emotions and be there for her right now.

Tommy knew there would be only place that she would go. He drove to the old school park behind their neighborhood and spotted her sitting under a big tree. He made his way over and could tell that she was crying. He walked over and sat next to her.

"Hey are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's just…how am I supposed to do this Tommy? I am only 17. How am I supposed to be a mother? My dad is going to kill me…oh God, they are going to kill you. Andy, Joe, my dad…they are going to kill you when they find out" she cried.

Tommy wrapped his arms around her and held her close, "Hey, stop crying okay. Nothing is going to happen to you or me I promise. We are going to figure this out okay. We just have to stick together and we can deal with whatever happens" he rubbed his arm up and down her back.

Mia pulled away from him and wiped her tears, "you can't say that Tommy. You don't know that for sure. We are only 17, how are we going to deal with being parents? How are we going to be a family? I am going to college, you are going to the fire academy, how are we supposed to deal with a baby?" she argued, "MY MOTHER IS DYING AND HER ONLY WISH FOR ME WAS TO GRADUATE COLLEGE AND BE A SUCESSFUL PERSON. IT WOULD KILL HER TO KNOW THAT I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU AND GET PREGNANT! I AM SUPPOSED TO BE PRE-MED AND I WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO HAVE SEX WITHOUT PROTECTION…GOD IT'S GOING TO BE MY FAULT MY MOM DIES…IT'S GOING TO BE MY FAULT THIS FAMILY FALLS APART…" she sobbed.

Tommy got up and cupped her face, wiping her tears in the process. "Hey, stop it. Stop it! Listen to me okay, you are not going to be the reason your mother dies and you are not going to be the reason your family falls apart. You graduated high top of your class, you got an award from the president for God's sake….you are going to college to study medicine and you are going to be a great doctor" he gave her some time to calm down and catch her breath.

She was going to make herself sick at the rate she was going. Tommy reached down and pressed feather light kisses on her lips as he talked. He needed her to focus on something other than her problems.

"Tommy what are we going to do?" she mumbled from between his chest.

He smiled and wrapped his arms around her, "first we are going to make sure you are actually pregnant. Then we are going to deal with it as a family. I am not leaving you babe. You and me, we are going to be together forever. Nothing is going to come between us" he gave her a resounding kiss.

Tommy pulled away after a minute and pulled out a pocket knife. He walked over to the tree and started carving. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"I am marking this occasion. I am going to carve our initials in this tree since this is when we decided to officially be together forever" he said.

She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind. "You are crazy. Who knows what tomorrow brings, how do you know we are going to be together forever?" she asked.

He wrapped his arm around her and kissed the top of her head, "I know for sure that we are going to be together forever, no doubt princess" he said giving her another kiss

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"So I guess this is still our spot huh?" Mia teased.

Tommy smiled, "always will be princess" he replied.

Mia rested back against him and chuckled, "at least you were right that day. We never had a baby but we are still together and the carving is still there" she said.

"You know if we did have a baby then it would've been okay. I still would be with you and we would still be okay" he replied nuzzling her hair.

"I would like to have a baby one day. Maybe not that young, but I was excited to have a baby" she said.

"Well then maybe we should practice" he teased nuzzling her neck, laying butterfly kisses there.

Mia snorted, "who said anything about you being the father?" she teased looking up at him through her lashes.

"Oh that's cute Mia…really cute" he pressed her into his chest and playfully nipped at her neck. She laughed and tried to push away from him, only for him to bring her closer, "I think it's time we went home and practiced on making that baby huh" he teased leading her to the car with their arms wrapped around each other.

When Tommy and Mia got back to the house, Mia opened the door with Tommy right on her tail. He had his arms wrapped around her waist, so he closed the door with his foot and spun Mia around so she was against the door and crashed his lips onto hers.

He ran his fingers through her hair as she wrapped her arms around him to deepen the kiss. He slid his hands down her back to her ass to lift her up. Mia understood and wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her upstairs to their bedroom.

Tommy laid her on the med and moved from her mouth to kiss at the nape of her neck. She tasted like all spice and vanilla, it drove him wild. He let go of her long enough to unbutton her sweater and pull it off, the tank-top going with it, as he laid soft kisses on her shoulder. Mia couldn't help but bite her lip and arch into him.

Not wanting to be the only one naked, Mia ran her hands down his chest to the waist of his pants and unsnapped the button and slowly pulled the zipped down on his jeans, kicking them off with her feet. Once Tommy got her jeans off, he launched himself at her. He missed her.

Mia tilted her head up and met his lips in a kiss while he reached behind her and unsnapped her blue lace bra. He slid the straps down her shoulder and watched as the lace fell from her body, "Damn you are beautiful" he whispered against her lips, bringing her into another kiss.

Tommy moved his hands over her breasts and smiled, Mia knew what was coming. He was always corny like this, "hello ladies, I have missed you" he teased as he played with the nipple. Mia couldn't help but blush, "Tommy" she scolded. He smiled and moved his lips down her neck and jawline as he reached the top of her chest, to her breast, taking the nipple in his mouth. "UH…TOMMY" Mia breathed.

Tommy pulled back and smiled. He left her breasts with a resounding pop and let his lips trail down her stomach to dip in her navel. Mia was on fire. Every nerve her in body was on high alert…has been since he kissed her in the park. It was so sweet of him to think of all this to do for her. She couldn't handle the teasing right now.

Mia reached down and pulled him back up to her, with lust in her eyes. He looked at her curious. "Tommy I love you for wanting to make this good for me, but please just make love to me already. I can't handle all the teasing right now" she practically begged.

He smiled and leaned down to kiss her, "whatever you want princess" he positioned himself on top of her. Mia widened her legs and made herself ready for him as he adjusted on top of her.

Tommy leaned down and kissed her as he entered her slowly, dragging out the pleaser. Mia wrapped her arms around him and arched as he entered her fully. "Tommy" she moaned as he slowly withdrew and thrust back into her.

"Mia I love you" he groaned in her ear.

"Uh…Uh…Tommy please" she moaned.

They were both ready to explode. They couldn't hold it anymore.

Tommy felt her getting close, so he quickened the pace between them as sweat covered their bodies. "Cum for me princess" he whispered against her lips.

"AHHHHHH TOMMY" Mia screamed in pleasure, with Tommy following shortly after her, collapsing on top of her.

Mia smiled and ran her fingers through his hair. He pulled himself up on his forearms, "I love you princess" he kissed her slowly. She smiled against his lips and held him close, "right back at you lieutenant" she teased.

Tommy rolled them over and cradled her in his arms. She laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes. They were completely spent.

The next morning, around 4 am, Mia heard some noise coming from downstairs. She looked at Tommy to see him still fast asleep, so she wanted to check it out for herself. She quietly got out of bed and put on Tommy's shirt and her underware before making her way to the steps.

She didn't know what it was, so she grabbed Tommy's bat from the closet and made her way downstairs. She held it down in front of her and walked to the bottom of the stairs. She looked around and didn't see anything. She looked at the doorway and saw a couple coming in with a duffle bag.

By this time, Tommy had noticed that Mia was missing from bed. He looked around the room and didn't see her, so he put on some boxers and crept down the hall. He saw Jessica's room was still empty, so he made his way downstairs.

Mia froze! Her flight or fight reactions kicked in and she got defensive. "TOMMY!" she screamed. She heard footsteps coming from behind her, so she focused on the task at hand. She pointed the bat at the intruders.

"Who the hell are you?" she asked.

Tommy came rushing down after hearing Mia scream. "Mia!" he ran down the stairs and turned the light on as he came to stand behind her.

"Hey you okay?" he asked. He took in her attire and the bat in her hand before looking at the intruders. Both Mia and Tommy let out stressed breaths. Tommy took the bat from her hand as she placed a hand on her chest in relief.

"Grandpa, what the hell are you doing?"

"Grandma, what the hell are you doing here?"

Tommy and Mia looked from each other to their grandparents in disbelief. "I'm sorry honey, we are here for the firefighter's ball. Benny is here for the ball since your fathers are getting honored, and you my wonderful grandbaby" Grace Casey rushes over and gives her grandson a hug.

"Thanks Grandma but that doesn't answer my question, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"I am giving a speech at the firefighter's ball" Benny said.

"I see, so you decided it would be a good idea for you to come to my house at 4 in the morning and break in? Mia and I could have been having sex on the couch for all you knew" Tommy argued.

Mia slapped him in the ribs, "Tommy" she scolded.

"Grandpa, we haven't see you in years. What's with the visit huh?" Mia asked.

"I wanted to see you and I got the letter about the ball so I wanted to come see you and your father. Besides, I wanted to see you get honored at the ball. Please sweetheart, I need a place to stay for a few days" he said.

"You can each take a guest room" Mia said, "I'll got get the rooms ready. Are you all hungry or anything? I have some leftovers in the fridge" she added pointing to the kitchen.

"No thanks honey, I am more tired than anything" Benny said.

Mia nodded and went to set up the guest rooms. She put some extra blankets and pillows in the rooms to get them more comfortable.

"She seems really excited to have us here" Benny said to Tommy.

Tommy looked at his wife's grandpa and nodded with a smile, "yeah, she gets like that with lost causes. That's also because Mia loves her family and is idealistic. She loves her family and would do anything for them. Me not so much. Don't think I won't forget that you didn't show up to our wedding. Don't disappoint her or you are going to have me to deal with" Tommy said before Mia came down.

"I get it Tommy. I want a chance to get to know my granddaughter again" he replied.

Tommy nodded and led him to the guest room. Mia was fluffing pillows when they walked in. "Everything ready?" he asked.

"Yeah we are all set. Grandpa you are going to be staying in here. Grace, you are in the guestroom down the hall. The bathroom is right across the hall and we're the last door on the left if you need anything else" she said.

"Thanks honey, we'll see you in the morning" Grace replied.

Tommy and Mia walked into their bedroom and crawled into bed with Mia laying on his chest. "Everyone is going to freak tomorrow" she said.

"Tell me about it. What are we supposed to do? How did we know they would show up on our door step at 4 in the morning and demand for re-entry into the family?" Tommy scoffed as Mia gave him a nudge.

"We'll just deal with it tomorrow when all hell breaks loose in our living room" she teased giving him another quick kiss before cuddling into him and going to sleep.

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Leah and Sofia wanted to come early to help Mia set up for the holidays. Mia was cooking dinner and the guys were going to help decorate for the holidays. It was supposed to be really fun.

Leah and Sofia met up at their sibling's house and made their way in. They each had a key for emergencies. "Tommy, Mia" they called as they walked in. It was almost 10 am and they figured their siblings would be up by now.

To say they were shocked at what they saw would be an understatement. They walked in to find their grandparents in the kitchen making breakfast. They dropped their stuff on the couch.

"What are you doing here?" Leah was the first one to speak.

The grandparents looked at their grandchildren with smiles on their faces. They were happy to see them. "Hi Leah, Sofia" Benny greeted.

"Oh sweetheart, you look beautiful" Grace Casey walked forward to embrace her granddaughter, to freeze when Sofia backed up and put her hand up.

"Answer Leah's question. What are you doing here and where are Tommy and Mia?" she repeated. Leah took control of the situation, "I'll go wake up Tommy and Mia. We need to figure out what to do before the boys and our parents get here and all hell breaks loose" Leah said making her way upstairs.

Tommy and Mia were just waking up. Tommy stretched and groaned as the memories of last night hit him full force. He was about to nuzzle into Mia and go back to sleep when he heard voices downstairs and feet pounding the stairs.

Tommy groaned and shook Mia awake. She moaned and rolled onto her back to see Tommy looking down at her. "What time is it?" she rubbed her eyes to rub the sleep away. Tommy reached over her and looked at the alarm clock, "It's still kind of early, only 9. I know it's early for us on our day off, but I can hear voices downstairs and I think the girls are here" he said.

As if on cue, Leah knocked on the door and barged in. "Do you know that our grandparents are downstairs acting like they own the place? What the hell is going on?" Leah asked as she sat on the edge of the bed.

Mia let out a breath and sat up, "they showed up last night. They picked the lock while we were sleeping. We woke up to them into the living room" she said.

"What are they doing here? We haven't seen Grandpa Benny in years" Leah replied.

Mia nodded in understanding, "tell me about it. Benny is giving a speech at the ball and is being inducted into academy memorium for what happened with the AI investigation when that psycho was after the firehouse. Grace said she heard about Tommy get honored and she wanted to show up and support her grandson" Mia explained.

Leah groaned and put her head in her hands, "damn. You do know all hell is going to break loose when dad and Matt show up here and find them here" she added.

Tommy nodded in agreement, "dad is going to flip out. Is Sofia here?" he asked Leah. His sister-in-law nodded and pointed to the stairs, "Yeah she's downstairs with Jim and June Cleaver" she teased, causing a laugh.

Tommy nodded and got up to head downstairs. Mia reached over and grabbed a pair of sweats, "Hey" she threw him the pants, and "put on some pants hot stuff" she teased.

"Oh, you know you like it" he replied putting his pants on as he stumbled out the door.

When he was gone, Leah looked at her older sister with a worried glance, "what are we going to do?" she asked. Mia smiled and followed her sister out of bed, grabbing Tommy's shirts on her way, "we are going to have some fun" she teased.

They followed Tommy downstairs. Sofia was standing next to Tommy with her arms crossed across her chest. She wanted answers.

"Good morning" Mia greeted.

"Morning Mims, you are here for the good part. The grandparents were just about to explain what they were doing here" she said looking straight at the grandparents, waiting for an explanation.

"We heard about the firefighter's ball and your Benny is getting honored. He wanted to be here for Mia and her award. I wanted to be here to Tommy. I am so proud of him, of both of you" Grace said.

"It's a little late to play the role of proud grandparent isn't it? We are all grown up with families and lives of our own and none of that includes you" Sofia stated.

"Honey, we are trying to make a change in our lives here. We both messed up with our families and our kids. We want to make amends. You are our grandchildren and we barely know you" Grace started before Tommy interrupted her.

"THAT'S THE POINT!" he yelled. "You know nothing about us and we are your grandchildren. You ditched us and our dad's when we were young. We learned to live without you and stop missing you and hoping that you showed up when we accomplished something big in our life" he argued.

Everything was so heated that they didn't even hear the boys and their parents coming in. Before the grandparents could defend themselves, Kelly and Matt looked at each other before turning to their kids. Andy and Joey walked over and wrapped their arm around their sister, while Johnny and Tommy did the same.

"What the hell is going on here?" Andy asked, glaring at his grandfather.

"Dad what are you doing here?" Kelly walked over to stand next to his kids. To say he was surprised to see his father was an understatement. He was especially surprised to see him at his daughter's house.

"You too mom, what are you doing here, in my son's living room no less?" Matt added to the conversation.

"As we were explaining what we are doing here with our grandchildren, we came to reunite with our family" Grace said.

Andy shook his head, "No, I was talking to my sister. Mia what the hell is going on? When did they get here?" he asked his sister, not taking his eyes off his grandfather.

Mia crossed her arms across her chest and shook her head. She knew that her brothers and her dad were going to flip out.

"Well, Tommy and I were sleeping when I heard something downstairs. I thought it was Jessica coming home from Sofia's but when I got downstairs I saw someone trying to break in. I grabbed the bat out of the closet and waited at the bottom of the stairs and called for Tommy. When they came in, Tommy turned on the light and we saw our grandparents standing there with luggage. They said they were here for the firefighter's ball" she said.

"Last night, what time did they get here?" Joey noticed that when no one else did.

"About 3-4 am. I woke up to Mia screaming. I ran downstairs and found them standing there like nothing was wrong" Tommy added.

"You son of a bitch. We haven't seen you in years and here you come barging in on my sister in the middle of the night. What the hell gives you the right to come to my sister's house and show up in our lives after all this time?" Andy launched at Benny and slammed him against the wall in the living room.

Mia rushed over and grabbed Andy's arms trying to get him away from Benny. "Andy come on, he didn't hurt me, he might have scared the crap out of me, but he didn't hurt me okay. Let him go okay, he's not worth it" she pulled him away.

He looked at his sister and pulled away from Benny, "are you sure you're okay?" he asked her. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his waist in a hug, "I love you for looking out for me, but next time think before going all lone ranger okay" she teased.

Kelly, Leah and Joey laughed. Andy and Joey were always protective of their sisters. Benny fixed his shirt and looked over at his son, "Are you going to say something or do something? Your son just attacked me" he said.

Kelly smirked, "like father like son" he replied.

"So that's why you are here? You are here to go to the firefighter's ball, after all this time. What is that about? You haven't been around in years. Why didn't you go to my house or Kelly's house? Why did you have to involve the kids?" Matt asked them.

"I knew that you would turn me away and I'm sure Benny thought the same thing about Kelly. We knew that no matter how mad and surprised Tommy and Mia would be, they wouldn't throw us out on the street at 4 am. It was our only option" Grace said.

The grandparents went back to making breakfast in the kitchen, leaving everyone to deal with their surprise arrival.

Kelly, Matt and Gabby directed all the kids outside and kept them busy. Mia and the girls were sitting on the patio with their guys complaining about the grandparents.

Andy and Tommy started the grill while the girls decorated the table and rearranged the patio. "What the hell are they even doing here?" Andy complained.

"I know right, it's so random. How many years have we had the firefighters ball? Why did they pick this year to come and why come to your house of all places? Why wouldn't they go to dads?" Leah added.

"Guys, I think we should just go with it and just let it go. The more we talk and stress over it, the more it's a big deal. Let's just drop it and got with it, if not for our sake, then for dad's sake. Matt and dad need out support right now" Mia said.

Tommy came over, wiped the sweat off his forehead from the grill and sat in Mia's seat, pulling her into his lap, "for you we'll do it, just no more surprises okay. I don't think I can take it" he teased with a kiss to her forehead.

Mia looked at all of them staring at her expectantly, she scoffed, and "Yeah like I invited them all here…you are all hilarious" she replied.

"You know we love you princess, just no more surprises okay" Tommy teased.

Kelly, Gabby and Matt were having a similar conversation inside. They were all huddled in the living room while the grandparents were in the kitchen. They just kept looking over at the grandparents curious.

"They definitely have an alternative motive for showing up like this out of the blue and showing up to Mia and Tommy's no doubt they have an ulterior motive for this little surprise visit" Kelly said.

"Tell me about it. They are definitely up to something" Matt added.

Gabby laughed at their antics, "why can't you guys just try to be nice and get along with your parents. Maybe they are trying to extend an olive branch and be cordial with everyone" Gabby said.

Both Matt and Kelly looked at each other before looking at Gabby knowingly, "No way, they are definitely up to something" Kelly reassured.

"Well let's just try to be cordial for our kids" Gabby suggested.

"So long as there are no more surprises this week, we'll be fine" Matt reassured his wife.

Gabby laughed at all their antics, "you are all ridiculous" she teased.

"Just no surprises"

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