Title: home is where the heart is

Disclaimer: i own nothing

I did create the Character of Dani, she's Jimmy's little sister and DK's wife and I created her kids Lilly, Addison, Rachel and JJ and DK's daughter Meg.I also created Kim and Jimmy's youngest child Lexie.

AN : We don't know when Joey's birthday is,atleast I don't think we are ever given a date so I chose to make it valentines day for my story

Sophmore Year part 2

Spring semester

Joey fished through his pocket's for his room key's,it was early febuary and the snow was fallinghard in Syracuse. Not finidning his key's he began to bang on the door to his and dereks room. While Joey had class everyday 8 to 11 straight, Derek had class from 1 to 4 everyday. They had drasticly different schedules and Derek enjoyed sleeping in till noon.

A few minutes later the door opened and Derek gave Joey the stink eye, "again man"

Joey just shook his head, "it's 11:15 you should be up for the day already,I accidently left my keys in here this morning, Shane had to come down and let me in the building.

Derek grumbled and crawled back into his bed to get anther hour of sleep while Joey quickly changed into Jeans, and sweatshirt before putting his coat back on and making sure he had everything he needed to go meet Jenna for Lunch across campus at the Kimmel Student center. The two had been dating since November and things seemed to be going really well. Joey had met some of her family over winter break and she had met some of his but neither had met the others parents yet.

Joey quickly made his way to the Kimmel center because it was cold outside and he couldn't drive over being he didn't have a place to park his car.

"Babe you look like an icicle" Jenna commented as Joey took his coat off and put on a chair at the table she was at.

"It's mad cold outside, so what are you thinking" Joey nodded toward the different places to get food.

"I think I'm going to get Pizza"Jenna said as she stood up and adjusted the FDNY hoodie she was wearing.

Joey cocked an eye brow at her seat shirt and nodded, "When did I give you that, I'm going to grab something from Dunkin Donuts I haven't had any breakfast yet"

Jenna furrowed her brows and shook her head, "I borrowed it yesterday, and why didn't you eat this morning"

"Babe I have class everyday from 8 to 11"Joey replied.

Jenna nodded and headed toward Sabarro "right I forgot so when tomorrow are we leaving"

Joey headed toward Dunkin Donuts and flashed her his trademark grin dimples and all, "as soon as I get done with class we are in the car, my mom has all sorts of plans for us tomorrow like as soon as we get there".

Jenna nodded as she ordered her Pizza and watched her boyfriend of 4 months order his breakfast. She hadn't met Kim or Jimmy yet but could already tell that they were nice and caring people. They had definitely done an amazing job raising Joey.

The next morning the 2 headed to Brooklyn for the weekend. Joey hadn't gotten to go home for his birthday freshman year but Jimmy had come up for a game so he brought him a heart shaped cake and his birthday gifts.

"Ughh and I thought the drive to Massapequa sucked" Jenna whined from the passenger's seat.

Joey took her hand in his free one and rolled his eyes, "it's not that bad Jen, it's that the roads suck"

Jenna just nodded and closed her eyes; she wasn't the best at riding in cars.

Finally home

Joey glanced over at Jenna who was asleep in the passenger's seat as he pulled into the driveway of his childhood home, "Jen we're here"

Jenna slowly opened her eyes to see a large brick home with a black equinox in the driveway, "Some-one's home"

Joey looked up puzzled, "yeah except that's not my mom's car"

Jenna nodded and followed Joey toward the front door, he had both of their bag's one on each shoulder.

"Mama" Joey called out as he turned the front door knob and walked in with Jenna at his heels.

"Joey Happy Birthday" Dani said from the kitchen.

"Aunt D what's going on and thank you" Joey asked.

"Your parents are with your brother at the Hospital, he got hurt at school, slipped on ice and broke himself" Dani explained.

Joey nodded, "what'd he break"

"His arm,it didn't look pretty, he told your dad he and one of the boys were messing around and he fell" Dani replied

"Sounds Like Kev" Joey replied.

Dani nodded, "Lexies upstairs playing your parents asked me to stay until you got home"Dani replied as Joey's cell phone rang "call from Dad" "call from Dad" "call from Dad".

"Hello" Joey said

"Hey Champ, Happy Birthday we're on our way home" Jimmy said.

"Thanks and How's Kevin" Joey asked.

"Sore but alright" Jimmy replied.

"Is he broken" Joey questioned

"4 places" Jimmy replied.

"Ouch" Joey said.

"Yeah he's upset but he'll be alright" Jimmy said.

"We just got here" Joey replied.

"Alright well we'll see you soon,Mama says stay out of the fridge" Jimmy said

"I will, bye dad" Joey said hanging up

"Bye Champ" Jimmy said

Joey hung up his phone and smiled a little, "they're on their way home oh Aunt D this is Jen, Jen this is my Aunt D"

Jenna smiled at the older women who was about eye level with her, "Jenna Mathews"

Dani smiled and shook her head "I give hugs, Dani Kitson, but you can call me Aunt D" Dani then hugged Jenna.

Jenna smiled and Hugged Dani back, "nice to meet you Joey talks about you all the time"

Dani smiled "good things I hope"

Joey shook his head "what you think I bad mouth you or something" Joey asked.

Dani laughed a little as she put her coat on, "no I hope you don't"

Joey rolled his eyes and headed for the stairs, "Alexandra Danielle, get your butt down here and say hello to your big brother"

The next thing Joey heard was the thunder of little footsteps, "Happy Birthday I've been waiting for you since Mama and Daddy had to take Kevin to get fixed.

Joey smiled and picked Lexie up, "Thanks Lex, I'm home now till Sunday night" Joey said as Dani let herself out and Lexie eyed Jenna.

"who are you" Lexie asked her voice full of curiosity.

"Lex do you remember Kristi" Joey asked.

"Yeah she used to be your girlfriend" Lexie responded.

"Right, well now Jenna is" Joey replied as Lexie nodded.

"Hi" Jenna said as Joey set his little sister down and she wandered over.

"Hi I'm Alexandra Danielle, but everyone calls me Lexie or Lex" Lexie smiled and hugged Jenna

Jenna Bent down and hugged Lexie Back, "I'm Jen it's nice to meet you"

"You to" Lexie said as the front door opened and Kim, Jimmy and Kevin walked in.

"How's the arm"Joey asked.

"Hurts" Kevin mumbled as Jimmy helped him with his coat.

"go sit in my chair bud it's yours for the night" Jimmy said as he went to hang Kevin's coat.

Kevin nodded and went to the living room to relax.

"Happy Birthday Joey" Kim said as she pulled her coat off and enveloped him in a hug

" Thanks, Mama this is Jen, Jen this is my Mama" Joey said.

Jenna smiled a little nervously, "Hi I'm Jenna but you can call me Jen" Jenna then hugged Kim.

"I'm Joeys Mom or as he calls me Mama, you can call me Kim" Kim said

"It's so nice to meet you Joey has said nothing but nice things about you" Jenna said.

"Awe he tells me about you all the time" Kim said as Jimmy wandered into the kitchen.

"Hi I'm Jen" Jenna said

"Hi I'm Jimmy" Jimmy said as he hugged Jenna.

Kim smiled as she began to pull out food for dinner, "what do you want for dinner Joey"Kim asked.

"Umm can you make Pasta with Aunt Jesse's sauce" Joey asked.

Kim nodded and began to dig through the cabinet, "we don't have the stuff to make Aunt Jesse's but I can try to make Uncle Derek's"

"Alright that sounds good" Joey said as he wrapped Jenna in a hug and kissed her and she back away.

Jenna shook her head, "not in front of your parents"

Joey nodded and smiled dimples and all, "oh come on it's not like they don't kiss in front of me all the time"

Jenna just shook her head, "we'll talk later"

Joey sighed and shrugged his shoulders before walking out of the kitchen clearly annoyed at the situation that had arisen.

Jenna also shook her head and rolled her eyes at the fact that her boyfriend had just left her stranded in the kitchen with his parents who she barely knew.

Kim noticed that joey had left Jenna alone and gave her an apologetic look, sometimes Joey could be just like his father, and was nearly as stubborn and hard headed, "Joe come on don't be like that"

Joey had plopped himself on the couch and was watching whatever Kevin had on the TV clearly trying to tune out the world around him. Jimmy had gone upstairs to shower since had left work to go with Kim when Kevin had gotten hurt.

Jenna just gave Kim a look of defeat and plopped down in a kitchen chair, "he'll come around Kim, at least I hope so this keeps happening though and I'm sick of it" Jenna then reached up and wiped a tear off her face.

Kim turned to the young girl and offered her some advice, "if he's anything like his father it'll take some time to set his head straight, he's not the best with communication sometimes. Jimmy is the same way"

Jenna shook her head, "I didn't even do anything to make him angry I just chose to not share PDA in front of you and Jimmy, it's not necessary"

Kim nodded, "your right it's not he could have waited till we weren't around"

Finally having heard enough from his spot in the living room, Joey walked into the kitchen " I have ears you know,I'm sorry Jen I guess I didn't think about it"

Jenna nodded, "yeah well next time think twice"

Joey let out a laugh before he sat in the chair next to hers, and took her hand in his "I will"

Jenna smiled "good and you really need to work on that temper of yours"

Kim shook her head as Jimmy walked into the kitchen, "good luck with that Jen"

Jimmy raised an eyebrow "what'd I miss"

Kim laughed a little as she put the pasta on the stove "Your son has your temper, attitude and hard headedness down to a t"

Jimmy smiled "well you know like father like son"

Joey nodded "everyone always tells me I'm just like you right down to the dimples"

Kim smiled "you are a spitting image of your father, oh and Carlos called earlier when he saw on Facebook you'd be home he asked me to ask you if you would want to pick up a shift tomorrow and he say's Happy Birthday"

Joey looked up surprised, "really that'd be awesome I need the money, Jen would you care if I worked tomorrow night" Joey asked.

Jenna shook her head, "of course not you can do whatever you want to"

Joey had gotten his EMT certification right out of High School and had spent the summer after his senior year at Paramedic/EMT School, and began working part time for the city over winter break his freshman year, Carlos had seen his name on the list and took him on as a trainee at the 55. Kim told Joey she wouldn't want him to be trained by anyone else and was glad Carlos was going to be his supervisor.

"you need to call him and let him know, and he said any weekend you come home to call him he's been short on medics and can't wait for you to be home in the summer asked me why you don't just start working full time" Kim said

Joey nodded and went to open the fridge to grab a drink, "don't even think about it" Jimmy said as Joey pulled his hand back remembering he wasn't allowed in the fridge.

"You tell him it's because of you" Joey asked.

"Yes I did" Kim replied.

"If I had it my way I'd be working full time as a medic and be on the list to bump up to firefighter" Joey mumbled.

He had gone to FDNY HS for fire and life safety, and got certified to become an EMT and planned to become a paramedic over the summer, he hadn't done it yet because he hadn't had the time.

"he also said he really wants you to take the last course you need and sit for that test" Kim commented, she had been trying to get Joey to finish up and get his Paramedic certification so he would only have to worry about getting his promotion to firefighter.

"I know I'll sign up to take it this summer" Joey replied as he pulled his phone out to call the fire house.

"Squad 55 Ladder 100"DK said picking up the phone

"Uncle Derek it's Joey is Carlos working" Joey asked.

"Nieto Phone call" DK said

"Hello" Carlos said answering the phone.

"Hey it's Joey I can work tomorrow Joey said.

"Great" Carlos said.

"You can call me and let me know when you need me to work and I'll drive home"
Joey replied.

"Your mom told me and happy birthday" Carlos said.

"Thanks" Joey said.

"See you tomorrow Joey" Carlos said as he hung up.

"Bye Carlos" Joey said as he did the same.

After Dinner Joey got his surprise from Kim even though he kind of knew what it was already he still loved it. She had made him a heart shaped birthday cake like she did every year. Kim always told Joey that he was her favorite valentines' gift and the best one she had ever gotten.

"Alright Joey did you show Jenna upstairs yet" Jimmy questioned as they began to fall asleep watching a movie.

"Not yet" Joey replied.

"Alright you should probably do that and no she is not staying in your room" Jimmy said.

"Wasn't even going to ask, we share her bed at school sometimes since her roommate went crazy and moved out but that's not often cause I have class at 8am"Joey said as he stood up from the couch.

Jenna stirred as Joey moved, "bedtime" She questioned.

"Yeah if you don't care you're going to have to sleep in Lexies room since she has an extra bed and we don't have a guest room" Joey said.

"That's fine" Jenna said as they made their way up the stairs.

"just be super quiet when you walk into Lex's room she's a light sleeper" Jimmy said watching the 2 college kid's wander up the stairs.

The rest of the weekend went by pretty enjoyed getting to work on Saturday and promised Carlos he'd come back and work when he could but Lacrosse season would be in full swing soon and he didn't know if he'd be home for spring break.