A/N.: I can't believe it, I've finally finshed this story :') I hope you enjoyed it as much as I've enjoyed writing it! :)

Chapter 11:

Lacey smiled as she let Peter in "Hi Peter!" Peter smiled back at her, she was so sweet, just like her mom, he thought "Hi Lacey!" he said as he entered the apartment with a small gift-bag in his hand, which Lacey eyed suspiciously. Peter hung up his jacket and went to greet Megan with a quick kiss on the lips. "Hey Megs. How was your day?" "Great, especially since I know, that we have Lacey's approval." Peter chuckled "Yeah, I think that made my day."

Lacey only smiled at them, they were so cute together, she hoped that one day she would meet a man, who would make her happy, just like she knew Peter did her mom. She then went over to them.

"Talking about Lacey's approval," Peter said as he went to retrieve the gift-bag that he had brought and handed it over to Lacey "I hope you'll like this." Lacey looked surprised "For me?" Peter nodded and Lacey opened the bag and found a little box which held a simple silver necklace with a sparkling L-charm that was made of little diamonds. She gasped "Oh my gosh, it's beautiful, thank you so much!" Lacey said as she hugged Peter.

A bit later the three of them were sitting on the couch, talking, while waiting for the others to arrive, when the doorbell rang. Lacey went again to open the door and smiled at the old man who was standing in front of her. "Hi, I'm Lacey and you must be my Mom's dad, right?" David smiled warmly at her "Hello Lacey, yes I'm your Mom's dad, nice to finally meet you," he said and moved to shake her hand to which Lacey shook her head "Nonsense, you're my grandpa, you're family" she said as she hugged him.

Megan watched them from the couch, she was so proud of her daughter for being so welcoming and polite. As her father entered the apartment she greeted him with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, while Peter hugged him and patted his back.

The last to arrive was as usual Joan. She was also greeted with a round of hugs. They moved to the table and Megan and Lacey brought in their food- Spaghetti with sauce bologna and Parmesan cheese. They tucked in and started to get to know each other better.

"Lacey that's a beautiful necklace you're wearing, where did you get it?" Joan asked. Lacey looked over to Peter and smiled "Peter gave it to me." Joan smiled appreciatively at him.

After a while they were ready for dessert and Lacey and Megan brought in Lacey's self-made fruit-salad with vanilla sauce.

"Mmh, that's delicious, who made this?" asked David. Megan smiled proudly "Lacey did." David nodded pleased "Good job, Lacey." "Thanks Grandpa." He smiled "You're welcome." "Dad, did you already find an apartment?" "Oh, I completely forgot to tell you, yes and as a matter of fact I even managed to find one that's only ten minutes away from here." "Oh that's great, have you already moved in?" Megan asked "No, but I will be able to move in the day after tomorrow." "Did you need any help with that?" Peter asked, because he had really warmed up to him and wanted to be helpful. "No, thanks Peter. I don't have that much stuff, but thanks for the offer."

They continued to chat happily amongst them, talking about Lacey's future plans of becoming a fashion designer, which made her very happy, seeing that she had support from her family. Over the evening she had gotten to know her grandfather, Peter and even her mom better- This could be the best dinner I've ever had, she thought with a smile.

When Megan looked at her watch, it was shortly before ten. "Lace, when do you have to be at school tomorrow?" Lacey looked a bit confused "At 9:30, there's some sort of teacher meeting, why ?" "Because it's nearly ten and your father is already going to kill me, 'cause I'm bringing you back this late."

Only a few minutes later everyone was back in their coats and said their goodbyes. Peter, Megan and Lacey got into Megan's car and drove to Todd's house to drop Lacey off.

They got out of the car and Lacey went to hug Peter "Bye Peter and thanks again for the necklace, I love it!" Peter hugged her back and patted her shoulder "I'm glad you do." Lacey then hugged her mother tightly "Bye Mom, thanks for today. I love you." "I love you too sweetie, now hurry, you need some sleep." Lacey rolled her eyes and smiled "Okay, bye guys, I love you."

Peter was somehow shocked to hear Lacey say I love you to both of them, but he had to admit that it gave him a thrill. He put his arm around Megan's waist as they stood and watched Lacey walk towards the front door. When Lacey turned around one last time, before she entered the house, they waved goodbye. Peter kissed the side of Megan's head and together they walked the short distance back to her car.

Todd had been waiting by the window for Lacey to return and had seen her arrive with Megan and another man. She had hugged that man just the way she usually hugged only him, but that wasn't the only thing that made him feel jealous- he had seen the way Megan looked at that man and him putting his arm around her waist, kissing the side of her head- it all made him jealous. He couldn't understand why he was so jealous, he had divorced Megan, but still he was now the lonely one who only had a fling here and there, but nothing serious. Though he fought a lot with his ex-wife, often hated her for her stubborn ways, he still felt some sort of admiration for her and that was what angered him probably the most- he wanted to be done with her, but still he was jealous of her boyfriend. Sometimes he wondered what it would be like if he hadn't divorced her, if he would be happier, because maybe something deep inside him had hoped for her to fight the divorce, but she didn't, so he had to accept that she had moved on, hadn't he too? Hadn't he been the one to tell her to move on? But still, he coulndn't help feeling the way he did.

He decided to push his thoughts away and concentrate on his daughter.

"Hi Lace, how was your day?" he asked as he hugged her "Great- Mom and I cooked dinner for Grandma, Grandpa and Peter. And Peter gave me this necklace." she told him excitedly and showed him her new necklace. "Who are Peter and Grandpa?" Todd asked puzzled, though he could imagine who Peter was "Oh, yeah I forgot to tell you. Peter is Mom's boyfriend, they work together- he's a cop" she explained "Of course," Todd mumbled disgustedly under his breath, while Lacey pretended to not have heard his comment and continued "and Grandpa is Mom's dad of course." "You mean step-dad, your Mom's dad has been dead for over 20 years, but I didn't know that Joan married again." Lacey rolled her eyes "No, he's really Mom's dad, he had to pretend to be dead to protect them, but why am I telling you this?You don't care anyways." she said annoyed, that her father didn't believe her and always had to make her Mom look bad.

She went to get ready for bed and was soon asleep. Meanwhile Todd poured himself a scotch- he normally didn't drink much, but this evening he felt in need of a drink. When he went to bed he couldn't sleep, he was too frustrated. He punched his pillow in anger- why didn't his life run so smoothly- of course, he had a well-paid job and a beautiful daughter, but the missing thing was a loving woman to come home to, the feeling of being a family and now that Megan could offer that to Lacey, he feared that she might want to move in with her mother permanently and leave him all alone. Then he thought about Lacey's words You don't care anyways she had said, he wondered how much truth was in them- of course he wouldn't jump around happy for his ex-wife, after hearing that her dad was alive after all and that she had a new boyfriend and he didn't have to be, did he? It wasn't as if Megan needed him to be happy for her. But seeing that it had bothered Lacey so much, that she had stormed upstairs and didn't say goodnight, he promised himself to be more understanding towards anything Lacey told him about Megan's life, he could at least try to be interested, if he liked what he heard was another thing...

Meanwhile, Peter and Megan were celebrating the events of the day, relieved that there hadn't been any arguments and that Lacey had accepted both Peter and David in the family. Soon they too called it a night and fell asleep snuggled to each other.

~The End~

So, I guess that's it, the end... I know it is pretty annoying when people always ask you to review, but still I'd like to ask you to maybe leave me some final feedback- I'd appreciate that very much! :)