Dinner was a time for celebrating as Emily and Mike announced to their Samurai family that they were expecting twins. Just as they had expected, jaws had dropped and many questions were asked, but in the end everyone was happy and excited for them. Mike spent most of the night glancing over to Emily. From the moment she saw the pregnancy test was positive, and even some time before that, starting a family this early had worried her. Now that everyone in her family knew and promised to support the expectant parents, Emily's smile and excitement never disappeared. She took out all the baby clothes Serena had bought happily showed them off to anyone willing to make a fuss over them – Mia, Kate, and Antonio.

Mike spent most of his night talking with Ji and Kevin as they congratulated him and offered their help in any way possible. Ji told Mike he was willing to babysit anytime the parents would need a break from their rambunctious twins (it was almost guaranteed that any combination of Mike and Emily would be rambunctious) while Kevin checked in with Mike constantly to make sure his little brother knew what he was getting into. There was no stopping the pregnancy, but Kevin wanted Mike to be as prepared as possible. He had little experience with raising a child, but if Riley was any indication then one kid was already a handful.

Lauren hung back in the kitchen. She was excited for her cousin, and the news that it was twins was shocking for her, but she couldn't get into the celebrating like everyone else. The only time she had been around a pregnant woman had been her mother. She would help Emily and Mike in any way she could but for the most part she would stick to watching and observing.

Jayden came over to his sister. They hadn't yet spoken since their fight in the dojo, but Jayden thought he had given Lauren enough time to cool off. He took a seat beside her at the table and sighed.

"Whatever I did, I'm sorry."

"Me too," Lauren said and nodded her head, "You're just trying to help, I get that."

"I have the papers in the car," Jayden pointed over his shoulder. He was assuming that since Lauren had apologized it was safe to bring up all the paperwork that needed to be done before they could open up the dojo. "Antonio and I went over it and I just want to make sure you understand the basis of what…"

"I'm going to love this job," Lauren interrupted and looked straight at her brother. "I had a blast teaching Troy today. Training didn't even feel like training. It was fun. It came naturally to me. I really want to do this, Jay, and I want to have fun doing this."

"Yeah, I know. I do too. Why do you think I'm sitting through hours of boring class? It's going to pay off eventually. Once we get the dojo going we're going to have a lot of fun. Before that, we really need to buckle down. The paper work is some serious stuff."

"I know. I know it's important but… I just want to have fun. I know I'm kind of throwing money around right now, but I'm not doing anything that's going to hurt us. I know what I'm doing."

"I know how much you paid Mike," Jayden said. Lauren looked down at her hands.

"I've known about the pregnancy for a while. I knew Mike and Emily needed a little extra money. That's why I offered to pay him, and I gave him a little extra because he was a big help, and some more because that was my gift for the baby. The babies."

"I would have done the same. I get it. You just need to talk to me about these things first, especially if I'm going to be the one handling the business side of things."

"You have to trust me a little more."

"I do trust you, Lauren."

She shook her head, "I know the dojo wasn't your idea in the first place, and I'm really happy you're helping me out with it, but right from the start, every time I told you a new idea, you gave me this look and you use this tone of… you're always turning me down. It's like you don't trust I can do this. I… I know I'm new to all this but it's not like I've never been faced with a challenge before. I know it's going to be tough getting the dojo off the ground, but I want it to be fun. I want to have something to do with my baby brother that I love."

Jayden took in a deep breath and nodded, "Sounds fair. Look, I'll relax a bit but I'll need your help too. I need you to think seriously about the dojo sometimes. I want it to be fun, but this isn't a game. We could get into some serious trouble if we don't do things properly."

"Okay," Lauren smiled, "I think I can manage that. But Troy's not paying for lessons. He's moving soon anyways, and he's going to help with renovations. I think that's a fair trade."

"I do too," Jayden said, "And we're going to offer these guys a friends and family discount. I convinced Mia and Kevin to sign Riley up. When Terran's a little older, he's going to join too. We've officially got our first two paying customers."

"You… you really?"

"We have the newest generation of Samurai coming. There are no Nighlok, but we've got no idea what dangers they'll have to face next. Besides, how else are the kids going to learn about their Samurai history?"

Lauren pulled her brother in for a tight hug, "You see, I knew this dojo was a good idea."

"We still need a name for it, though," Jayden chuckled.

"What about Shiba's? You know, like Shiba's Dojo? It's simple and it'll be easy to remember. That would help with business, right?"

"Better than Antonio's goofy ideas," Jayden chuckled, "I like it."

"And our students will be Shibas," Lauren smirked. "It's not the best way to pass down the Shiba powers and techniques, but we know it's not going to die with us."

"We'll have a bunch of little Shibas running around the city?" Jayden shook his head and laughed, "That's cute. Can I make a suggestion, though?"

"Antonio can name his little kitchen whatever he wants… except maybe Garcia's, because then Garcia's will be in Shiba's and that's not an image I want in my head whenever I'm at work."

"Deal," Jayden chuckled, "but it was more to do with the décor. If we're going to train our nieces and nephews, you're going to want to either avoid bonsai altogether, or superglue them to whatever surface you put them on."

"Why?"

"Because in a few years we'll have two little Mike and Emily kids running around, and I am not going to spend a fortune on bonsai."

"Good call."