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McKenzie was up half the night thinking. She never wanted to come back here; she never really wanted to see Jake again. Now she didn't know if she could take his daughter away from him again. She didn't know how to tell Zach about Jake and how to tell Jake about Zach. Sure, Zach knew Aubree's dad lived in Seattle but he didn't know who he was. Hell, Jake didn't know she even had a boyfriend.

Across town, Jake was also up half the night thinking. He still couldn't believe how much his little girl looked just like him. Her eyes, the color and the shape; her silly grin mirrored his, but to him she also looked like McKenzie. He missed them so much over the last year. When he lost his dad, he became even more lost and didn't know how to get out of the hole he dug himself in. Then who day, she moved out taking Aubree with him. Over the next two days, she was gone out-of-state. Sure, he knew it would happen. McKenzie was always there for him when he needed her, but after having the baby, she had someone else she had to look out for. He couldn't blame her for leaving, hell if she was the one that was screwed up, he would've taken Aubree far away too. Now that he had them back, he didn't want to lose them and he would do whatever it took not to.

He woke up at 8, and got ready. His mom and brother were coming over to his house to see Aubree and McKenzie. It made Jake feel better that his family wasn't blaming or mad at McKenzie. They knew she had her reasons, whether they were right or wrong.

At 9, he left the house to go pick up Mac and Aubree. He pulled up at the house and seen her father, Mark washing his car.

"Hello, son." Mark smiled pulling the young man into a hug. "How have you been?"

"Good, sir." Jake said. "Better now."

"I bet." Mark chuckled, and then got into his father mode. "Listen, Jacob. You know I love you like a son. Hell, Phil and I were like brothers. If you want to be in my daughter and granddaughter's life, I want you to give it 100 %, not 90, not 65…do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good." The older man said his face relaxing as he slapped Jake on the back. "Aubree's been wanting you all morning, you can walk right in."

"Thank you." Jake said making his way up to the front door.

"Jacob?"

He turned around when he got to the door.

"Make sure your ass is here tomorrow for my BBQ."

"Yes, sir." Jake chuckled before walking in.

"Daddy, daddy, daddy!"

The little girl ran into his arms and Jake scooped her up with a laugh.

"Hey angel." He said kissing her.

"Aubree Noelle Harris, what did mommy say about yelling in the house?" McKenzie asked coming into the livingroom.

"Hi." Jake said leaning over and kissing her cheek.

"Hey." She said caught a little off guard. "We're ready to go."

They said bye to her dad and she got the car seat from her car and put it in the backseat of Jake's car. They headed to his house and went inside. Aubree immediately fell in love with Jake's German Sheppard, Duke. Jake was playing with Aubree and Duke as McKenzie walked around the livingroom looking at the pictures on the walls. She saw lots of pictures of him, Josh, Phil, his mom, and tons of her and Jake, and of Aubree.

"That's my favorite one." Jake said coming up behind her.

It was a picture of her, Jake, and a newborn Aubree a day after she was born.

"Best day of my life." He said looking at her.

Before McKenzie had time to respond, the door bell rang. Jake picked his daughter up and looked at her.

"You ready to see you Uncle Josh and grandma?"

The toddler nodded and Jake opened the door.

McKenzie smiled when Aubree immediately took to her grandma and uncle. They spent hours over there and Josh left saying he had plans for that evening. McKenzie and Mary walked outside to talk.

"I'm really glad you changed your mind, Mac." Mary told her. "I haven't seen Jake this happy in a long time."

"I'm glad I changed my mind too." McKenzie admitted. "I think Aubree deserves to know her dad's family."

"When you go back to Colorado, please keep in touch with us."

"I will, Mary." She said hugging Jake's mom. "We'll Skype."

"Ok." Mary giggled.

They walked in the house and it was quiet. They walked into the livingroom to see Jake and Aubree asleep on the couch and Duke laying on the other end.

"I can't believe how much she looks like him." Mary smiled.

"I know."

Mary walked up to her son and gently shook him. He stirred and opened his eyes.

"I'm going to go, son." She said. "Call me later, ok?"

He nodded and she kissed her granddaughter's cheek.

"I'm so glad to see you again." Mary said hugging her. "You will always be my favorite daughter in law."

When Mary left, Jake got up and made sure he didn't wake his daughter.

"Jake, can we talk for a minute?"

"Sure." He said as they walked into the kitchen. "What's up?"

"I wanted to tell you that I'm dating someone in Colorado." She said finally looking at him.

He just stood there staring at his hands on the counter without even blinking.

"Why would you tell me that?" He finally asked looking up at her.

"I just thought you should hear it from me before someone else told you."

"How long have you been seeing this guy?" Jake asked. "Is it serious?"

"About 5 months." She told him. "I don't know if it's serious."

"What the hell do you mean you don't know?" Jake asked. "Are you sleeping with this guy?"

"I don't think that's any of your business." She said getting a little angry.

"You're right, it's not." He admitted. "Is he around my daughter?"

"Sometimes."

He nodded. What could he say?

Jake and McKenzie didn't mention anymore about her new boyfriend and he took them back to McKenzie's dad's house half an hour later. Aubree cried as Jake left but he promised her he would be back tomorrow.

On the way home, Jake was livid. He was pissed about McKenzie having a guy around his daughter. How was it right for the guy to have spent 5 months with his daughter when he lost out? He was going to make it his mission now to make sure he got his family back and quick.

"Your mom's coming into town tomorrow." Mark told his daughter. "She called earlier. She and Jim are coming for the BBQ."

"I think it's great that you and mom have a friendly relationship, and you are friendly with Jim."

"Yeah." Mark nodded. "So, what's up with your boyfriend? Matthew said he couldn't fly out."

"Yeah." I said. "He couldn't take off work now."

Mark nodded.

"I told Jake about Zach."

"How did he take the news?" Mark asked.

"Not good." She said taking off her shoes. "I don't really blame him though. What did he expect? That I stay single for the rest of my life because I have a daughter?"

"No, I don't he expects that. I just think its hard for him to comprehend right now." Her dad said. "He's probably upset because the guy is around Aubree when he isn't."

"He's not around Aubree all the time." I said. "He doesn't even spend the night."

"Ok."

"I'm so confused." She said breaking down. "I thought when I came here that I would be fine. I promised myself that I wasn't going to get emotional. Being around Jake again is so hard."

"It's because you still love him, honey."

"No, I'm not." She said. "I stopped loving him a long time ago."

Mark knew that wasn't true, but he wasn't going to push it. He would let her figure it out on her own.

"I'm going to take a bath." She said getting up.

He nodded and watched t.v. as Aubree played with her toys on the floor. Hours later, she fell into a peaceful night's sleep. She didn't know that drama and choices were going to have to be made soon.