"Zay!" Lyssa said running up to her with a huge smile on her face. "Justin is coming to see us and also coming to colorado with us. That means you finally get to meet him!"

"I didn't know you guys were going to Colorado." Zandra said and Lyssa looked at her family and realized no one had told her.

"Ok what am I missing?" Zandra asked looking around the room Duane Lee sat down next to her and put an arm around her shoulders.

"We are all going to Colorado and would like you, the boys, and Jesse to come too." he said and Zandra started to laugh.

"But there is snow on the ground in Colorado... And its... Cold." Zandra said looking at the camera then looking at Dog. "Its very very cold there. I haven't been in cold weather since I left iowa."

"Oh come on Zandra it will be fun." Leland said and Zandra glared at him.

"I hate cold." Zandra demanded. "If I get cold it takes me forever to warm up or I have to cuddle up with some one and take their body heat."

"Then you can cuddle up to Duane Lee." Leland replied. "Please Zandra come with us."

Zandra looked at him then started to laugh. "Jesse said she wasn't going unless I go didn't she?"

Leland nodded and begged her with his eyes to come.

"Fine but I refuse to leave the warmth of were ever we are staying." Zandra replied and Leland raced over to her sat on her lap and gave her a hug.

"Zandra your the best." Leland said getting out his phone and standing up. "I got to call Jesse."

"When are we leaving?" Zandra asked.

"Next week. And don't worry about taking time off. Jesse already did that for you." Duane Lee replied with a smile.

"How long were you going to keep this from me?" Zandra asked.

"Till Justin showed up on friday." Dog replied. "But Baby Lyssa ruined that for us."

"Sorry, you need to warn me next time." Lyssa protested. Lyssa went up to Zandra and sat down next to her, out her legs across Zandra's lap, and hugged her shoulders.

"They are never going to let me live this one down." Lyssa said with a fake pout. Zandra hugged her friend.

"Dont worry about it Baby girl." Zandra said with a smirk. "Cause neither will I."

Lyssa stood up and pretended storm off but she just went around the building and walked in the back door with a smile on her face.

"You should hear Leland out there." Lyssa said indicating the back. "He sounds like a love sick puppy."

At once Duane Lee and Zandra got to their feet and headed for the back door but Beth stopped them.

"Ok you three leave Leland alone." Beth said hiding a smirk.

"Oh come on Beth, I hear Jesse's side of the conversation all the time." Zandra pleaded. "I just want to hear his side, just once. Please."

"Not on my time." Beth replied shaking her head. Lyssa, Duane Lee and Zandra sat down on the couch pouting a little. Beth and Dog were really cracking down on them when it came to Leland. They never let the three of them tease him about Jesse. Even though Jesse was a friend of Zandra's.

"So is that why Leland's boys are here?" Zandra ask and every one have her an odd look.

"You've already met the boys?" Dog asked wondering why Leland had made a big deal about the kids staying at his house even though it was Zandra's turn to have the kids. Zandra smiled knowing exactly what Dog was thinking.

"Jesse hasn't met them yet." Zandra replied getting a whole new reaction from them. That was kind of low for Leland. He wasn't the kind of guy to hide his kids from a girlfriend, but then let his girlfriends best friend and roommate meet them. That was all kinds of low. Zandra shook her head. "Jesse doesn't like young kids to much. She says its easier to watch older kids. Not so much whining. She also never wants them."

"Does Leland know this?" Beth asked knowing that Leland wouldn't mind having a couple more kids himself. Zandra nodded.

"Thats why I met them first." Zandra replied. "So I could tell her about them and she wouldn't be so freaked when she meets them."

Dog shook his head. He wasn't sure if he liked this Jesse girl. He had seen the way she clung to Leland every time they were together. She seemed to needy. Dog wasn't even sure if she really liked Leland or if she just liked the fact that she was with some one. But she was Zandra's friend and if Zandra trusted her then he did too... For the most part.

"So I've heard you know some people in Colorado." Dog said to Zandra. "If you'd like we'll give you some time off to visit them."

"How long are we going to be gone?" Zandra asked she obviously thought it was only going to be a couple of days.

"We come back january second." Dog replied.

"A whole month!" Zandra exclaimed. "How did Jesse get us both off work for a month!"

"Promised your boss something signed by all of us." Lyssa said with a smirk. Zandra smiled and shook her head. Her boss was a thirty two year old woman who never missed an episode. She even had all the episodes on dvd.

"Well in that case maybe." Zandra replied. "I'm not sure if my family will take my call but I know some of my friends will. That is if they aren't in jail or wanted by you guys."

"What kind of people do you hang out with?" Duane Lee asked. They always expected her old friends to be the innocent geeky crowd.

"They weren't always like that." Zandra protested. "They got into some trouble back in Iowa and my uncle informed them that it would be the last time they brought my name into the mess and said it would be better if they moved. So they moved to colorado."

"What kind of mess did they bring you into?" Dog asked. Zandra want making this sound any better for herself.

"A party that got out of hand when an ex of mine showed up." Zandra replied. "He was a crazy man. My friends snuck me out the back... Ok kidnapped me. And one of them stayed back to fight him. Well my friend is a black belt in karate and sort of kicked my ex's ass a little to well. So when my uncle arrested them of course my name was brought up. But according to another friend I had been at her house the whole night playing scene it with her. So my uncle thought they were trying to hey me into trouble like a lot of people did back then."

"And why would some one want to hey you into trouble?" Lyssa asked.

"I was the baby of the family. And my home town was mostly made up of my family. We were like a small town mofia with out all the killing." Zandra replied. "Every one who wasn't a friend of the family was trying to bring us down. So why not make the easy target the goody two shoes baby of the family. Every one knew my family would protect me no matter what."

"Why were they so protective of you." Duane lee asked. This whole story was starting to sound like a movie plot.

"To hide the true family secret." Zandra replied. "I was adopted and my real dad is half black. Now in my small home town that's like a big no no. Well it was when I was first adopted. Now its accepted and a lot of people know."

"What movie did you take that from?" Leland asked. He had walked in to hear the last part of the conversation."

"I know right." Zandra said with a laugh. "It sounds so much like a movie plot that no one ever believes its true till they actually meet my family."

"And some day we will." Leland promised her once again. Zandra smiled knowing what he meant. Every one else just stared at them blankly. Leland never told them what Zandra had told him the night they sat on her car talking. It was their own secret promise.