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"So I'm sorry about yesterday." Adam said as he sat down next to me in class the next day.

"What about yesterday?" I asked after a few seconds and he sighed.

"Are we really going to play this game and pretend like we both don't know that I avoided you yesterday?" Adam asked and I smirked.

"So you were avoiding me." I said and Adam laughed.

"You aren't mad?" He asked and I shook my head.

"No I'm not mad as long as you can provide me with a reason why." I said and he nodded.

"I can do that, but at lunch. I had one of my classes switched so we now have lunch together. Can I meet you somewhere?" He asked and I nodded as Ava walked into the room.

"Hand me your phone." I said and he gave me a strange look but handed over his phone.

I quickly called my own phone and then saved the information on both devices and handed him back his phone.

"Text me." I said and I turned to Ava who gave me a look.

"What is that about?" She asked and I quickly came up with a lie to tell her that made sense.

"Oh Adam just asked if he could join our group for the project we were assigned on Monday being as he didn't come until yesterday. I just had to give him my information so I could let him know where we were meeting."

"Oh, when are we meeting to do that? Isn't it due next Friday?" Ava asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, how about I ask my parents if we can meet at my house tomorrow after school. They shouldn't have too much of a problem with it being as tomorrow is Friday."

"Oh I'm sure your dad will get a kick out of seeing your little boy friend at your house."

"I'm not her boy friend and I'm sure her dad will understand that we have to get together in order to work." Adam added and I shot him thankful glance.

"You don't know my uncle very well. He doesn't even like it when my boyfriend comes over and hangs out with us."

"Ava, knock it off." I sneered and she sighed.

"What ever." She said as she turned her attention to her phone and I just leaned back in my seat.

After class was over I just found myself looking forward to lunch. I know it was stupid but I think that I could really fall for Adam, he was just different from every other guy I had met.

So where are we meeting?

-Adam

I smiled at his text as I put my things in my locker. There was no reason for me to be this happy over a simple text but I just couldn't help it.

Football field, five minutes?

-P

I texted back and then started slowly walking as I waited for his response.

Be there in three

-Adam

I quickly put my phone away and started to rush out to the field. When I arrived I saw Adam waiting off to the side and I ran over to him.

"So tell me tell me tell me!" I chanted and he grinned.

"Phoebe Grey you are not like any other girl I know." He stated and I smiled.

"Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment." I said and he shook his head letting his blonde hair shake out of place.

"So the reason why I was avoiding you yesterday was because of the questions you were asking."

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know..."

"No, it's okay. Yesterday I wasn't sure what to tell you but I think I figured out what I want to talk to you about." Adam said as he nervously started to shake out his hands.

"You don't have to..."

"The first time I met Ms. Lincoln was two years ago, she became my mentor in a way. When she found out that another family was looking into adopting me she beat them to it and adopted me."

"That was why you said your relationship was complicated." I said and he nodded.

"For the most part yeah. So thanks for the whole lying to Ava for me, and inviting me into your group for the project. I was going to ask about that but I didn't want to push myself on you..."

"I wouldn't mind. That sounded wrong didn't it?" I asked and Adam laughed.

"It sort of did, but I wasn't completely taken back by your eagerness." He joked and I blushed as I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. "You're really cute when you're embarrassed." He stated not even giving me a chance to recover from my last blunder.

"Wow you're just adding fuel to the fire here." I said as my face continued to burn bright red.

"You're really easy to embarrass." He stated and I nodded.

"Only with you for some reason." I replied and he smiled.

"I like that. So what are you doing as far as lunch goes?" Adam asked and I shrugged.

"I normally don't really do lunch, I found that it pisses my dad off if I don't eat."

"Then would you like to go for a ride on my bike?" Adam asked.

"Bike as in..."

"Motorcycle. It was a present from Ms. Lincoln when I got adopted, its really nice." He said and I grinned.

"I have a better idea, want to take me home tomorrow?"

"You want me to die?" He asked and I laughed.

"It won't be you who would be in trouble, so?" I asked and he nodded.

"Fine."

"You're agreeing?" I asked and he laughed.

"Lets just say that I couldn't stand to disappoint you."

"Aw, you're such a suck up." I teased.

"You know this is the third time we have talked and usually when I talk to girls I can figure them out before the third conversation, but with you it's different."

"Is that a compliment?" I asked and he nodded.

"That it is, I think I like you being more complex than what I am used to."

"Same goes for you."

Adam and I talked for the rest of lunch and then I trudged through the rest of my classes. Teddy was waiting by Taylor's car for me at the end of school and I threw my crap in the backseat and then climbed in.

"I wish mom would just cave and get you your license already. I am so getting tired of having to drive your ass around all the time." Teddy said as we pulled out of the school parking lot.

"You're getting tired of it? Think about how I feel about this whole thing." I said pouting as I leaned into the seat. "I mean at least if I could drive we wouldn't have to be carted around by Sawyer or Taylor every time you got into trouble."

"You know they are just doing this to keep you from growing up." Teddy said and I sighed.

"I really do not want to think about all of this." I said and Teddy shrugged as the car fell into silence.

Taylor pulled into his parking spot and I quickly got out of the car and rushed into the house. This was one of the few times that I got time to myself and I was going to make sure that I used it to the fullest. I waved at Mrs. Jones as I sprinted through the kitchen on my way to the stairs and I had almost made it up the steps when my father's voice stopped my progression.

"Phoebe did you eat lunch?" My dad asked as he leaned on the railing by the bottom step.

"Of course." I lied as I turned to face him with a smile.

"Lies." Teddy said as he walked past our dad and up the steps until he was level with me.

"Phoebe?" My dad asked with a raised eyebrow and I sighed.

"No I didn't eat lunch." I relented.

"Kitchen, Ted make sure your homework gets done before you get on your computer." Dad said as he waited for me to walk down into the kitchen and Teddy just smirked as I glared at him.

When I got into the kitchen Mrs. Jones placed a sandwich in front of me and I silently started to eat it as my dad watched out of the corner of his eyes as he typed on his blackberry.

"Why are you even home?" I asked after a few moments of silence and I noticed him smirk.

"It's nice to see you too." He said as he slipped his blackberry into his pocket and sat next to me at the bar.

"You didn't answer my question." I said and he nodded.

"No I didn't, but you didn't eat lunch so I think we are even." He stated and I rolled my eyes as I turned back to the sandwich that sat on the plate.

"I eat when I am hungry dad. I don't get why you are so hell bent on everyone eating at your beck and call, it's annoying." I said before I picked at the crust that was on the sandwich.

"It's just one of my things."

"Yeah well it's one of your annoying things."

"It may be but I put up with your annoying things so you can put up with at least one of mine. Do you not like the crust on your sandwich?" He asked and I shook my head.

"Normally I don't mind, it's just I don't really want it on there today." I said and he nodded as he stood up and took my plate into the kitchen and then grabbed a knife and cut away the crust from my sandwich.

"All you have to do is ask Phoebe. So why didn't you eat at lunch today?" Dad asked as he took a seat next to me and placed my food in front of me again.

"I just wasn't hungry." I said as I picked up half of the sandwich again and took another bite.

"Yeah right dad, she was with a boy." Teddy said as he walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge.

"Teddy!" I screamed and Teddy just smirked as he closed the fridge with a sports drink clenched in his hand.

"Theodore, go finish your homework, now." Our dad said sternly and Teddy walked out of the room as I rested my head in my hands trying to hide from my dad as my face burnt a nice shade of crimson.

There was a long moment of silence that passed before I lifted my head enough to see that my dad was no longer sitting next to me.

"A boy?" He said and I lifted my head more to see that he was pacing in the kitchen.

"He is just a friend..."

"You skipped lunch to hang out with a boy. What is his name?" My dad said stopping in front of me.

"Dad-"

"What is his name Phoebe?" My dad barked and I cowered a little in my seat.

"Adam, his name is Adam."

"Last name?" He asked and I shook my head.

"Dad he is just a friend."

"Last name?" Dad repeated and I found myself wishing that my mom was here.

"Smith, Adam Smith." I said and my dad pulled out his phone and made a call as he walked out of the room and I quickly left the kitchen and made my way up to my room but not before paying a little visit to my brother who was now typing on his laptop.

"Why did you tell dad?" I asked from the doorway and he looked at me and shrugged.

"It was either tell dad or take care of it myself." Teddy said and I glared at him.

"First of all Teddy, this is not something that you, or dad, should take care of for me. I am old enough to decide who I want to talk to and be friends with and you are going to have to get over it. Secondly I never told dad about you hanging out with Dana and we both know how he feels about her, why in the world would you tell him about Adam? And how do you even know I was with him today?" I asked and Teddy smirked.

"The football field is not the best place to go if you want to keep a secret Fee."

"But why tell dad?" I asked in frustration and Teddy shrugged.

"I don't know. I guess I freaked when I saw my little sister with some random guy I didn't know."

"Teddy I'm two years younger than you, I'm not little any more. I can take care of myself." I said in a huff and he nodded.

"I'm sorry I told dad, it was stupid."

"Yeah it was and now he is doing a stupid background check on some kid I just met yesterday."

"Well do you like him?" Teddy asked and I rolled my eyes.

"I don't know but just wait until mom gets home, she is going to have a field day with you and dad." I said as I walked out of Teddy's room and down the hall to my bedroom.

I could hear my dad talking to someone on the phone as I walked into my room and shut the door, quickly locking it behind me so that I would not be bothered with the numerous questions that were to come while my dad waited for the background check to come in.

I wasn't sure what to do. Things with Adam, if you could even consider what we had right now a thing, were just starting and I knew that as soon as my dad got involved things were sure to crash and burn being as that was what normally happened. It was one of the main reasons my cousin was my best friend. I knew that there was only one thing to do and that was to make sure that I had the numbers on my side.

I quickly pulled out my phone and placed a call to my mother. If anyone was going to talk my dad out of hunting down and killing Adam it was going to be my mom, she was the only one who had some sort of pull with my father.

"Phoebe baby what's wrong?" My mom cooed into the phone as she answered and I sighed.

"I had lunch with a friend today who happened to be a boy and now dad is flipping out." I said and I heard my mom sigh in return.

"How did he find out? Why is he even home?" My mom asked as I heard her gathering her things.

"Teddy told him and I have no idea he wouldn't tell me. Mom you can't let him go after Adam." I whined.

"I'm on my way home okay? I am going to call your grandmother and your aunt Mia and Kate and we will take care of this, just lay low for a while." Mom said and I relaxed knowing that this was being taken care of.

"Thank you mom." I said as I laid back on my bed.

"You're welcome baby, now I have to go but I will be home soon." My mom said and she hung up and I tossed my phone to the side. Now all I had to do was wait.

It was about an hour later that there was a soft knock at my door.

"Phoebe baby, it's aunt Mia." She said and I slid off my bed and opened the door for her.

"Is my mom here?" I asked confused as to why my aunt was at my door and not my mother.

"Her, along with every other member of your family, well minus the ones who would have to fly in to give their opinion on the subject at hand." Aunt Mia said and I rolled my eyes realizing that this whole issue had now been blown out of proportion.

"So me being able to talk to a boy is now going to be an open discussion for the entire family?" I asked and she nodded.

"It's turning into quite the event, but luckily it is looking like you have the numbers on your side."

"My side? Oh boy dad is going to hate this." I said and aunt Mia nodded.

"Yes he is, but your mother would like you to come down and be present for the show down."

"Living room?" I asked and aunt Mia nodded.

"Yep, now I have to go grab your brother and then hopefully aunt Kate and your mom have all the younger kids settled so we can get this all underway."

"Alright." I said as I quickly jogged down the stairs exchanging looks with Ava as she was ushered in the opposite direction by our grandmother.

"Uncle Ethan!" I said as I ran into his arms and he embraced me in a tight hug and spun me around.

"Hey Fee." He said as he placed me back on the ground.

"I feel like I never see you." I whined looking over to my dad who was glaring at me and Ethan smirked.

"That is because you don't visit enough, even aunt Mia doesn't see you as often as she wants to." He said and I continued to look over at my dad who look annoyed as uncle Elliot talked his ear off.

"Well depending on how this goes, I may or may not be seeing you more often." I said as my mom made her way back into the room and I walked over so I was between her and my dad as the room fell into silence.

"Can we talk in private?" I asked and my parents stopped glaring at each other long enough to nod and then lead me into the office.

My dad was the last one in and he shut the door behind my mom and I turned around and looked at them.

"This was not quite how I wanted everything to go. Mom I just sort of wanted you to talk to dad about this, not start WWIII." I said as I ran a hand through my hair and my mom nodded.

"Yeah well I wasn't expecting them to show up when I called to talk to them about this. I mean Mia, Kate, and Grace have all had to talk stubborn dads into letting their daughters have a little freedom. They were just here when I arrived." My mom said trying to calm my dad down but it was not really working.

"Oh so arranging a family intervention was not what you were intending when you called my mother?" My dad asked as his grey eyes barred into mine although he was speaking directly to my mom.

"No, all I wanted to do was have your mom talk to you and explain how unfair this whole thing is with Phoebe."

"Unfair? I let her go to school don't I? And I don't have Taylor or Sawyer go with her, I think I am more than fair." Dad said now fully turning his attention to mom.

"Christian are you listening to yourself? Teddy has had how many girlfriends and you never once complained..."

"That's not true, I strongly disliked Dana."

"But we both know he is still seeing her and you haven't done anything about it." My mom protested and my dad started pacing a little as he ran his hands through his hair again.

"But Ted is different." He said and I sighed.

"How? He was a year younger than I was now when he started dating. How is he different?" I asked and my dad sighed as he came to a stop.

"He just- he just is Phoebe." My dad said as he walked over and took my hands. "You're my only little girl Fee and I don't want to see you get hurt and boys..."

"Are stupid I get it but you can't protect me from everything." I said and he sighed as he looked at my mom.

"But I have to try." He said implying something to my mom that I couldn't quite understand.

"Christian." My mom said as she walked over and pulled my dad into a hug. "Phoebe is growing up and we have to let her..."

"But she is my little girl." My dad protested and my mom sighed.

"Well she isn't your only little girl anymore." She said and my dad gave me a look before my mom just nodded and he quickly took her face in his hands and started to kiss her all over.

"Seriously? Get a room!" I whined as I tried to avoid looking at them and I heard my parents laugh.

"And you think that she is ready to date?" My dad asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Adam is just a friend okay?" I asked and my mom nodded as she melted into my dad's arms.

"Friend or not, your dad and I are fine with you being with him as long as we get to meet him." My mom said and I smirked.

"Well that shouldn't be a problem being as he, Ava, and Tyler will be coming over tomorrow so we can work on a project for school." I said as I walked over to the door and headed out into the living room before my parents realized what I just told them.

"Did I miss the fireworks?" Teddy asked and I just ignored him as I kept heading towards the stairs knowing that the real fireworks were about to start in a minute if I didn't get my butt far away from my parents.

"Where are you going?" Grandpa asked and I just pointed upstairs and I tried to make my escape.

"Someone stop her!" My mom called and within seconds I felt uncle Elliot's arms wrap around my waist and carry me back into the living room.

"Sorry kiddo but sometimes she scares me more than your dad." He said as he placed me in front of my mom who was suddenly looking scarier than my dad as uncle Elliot cowered behind aunt Kate.

"When were you going to tell us?" My mom asked as she rested her hands on her hips and my dad stood behind her with an amused smirk.

"Honestly, probably tomorrow." I said and my mom nodded.

"That was what I figured." She said as she quickly looked at my dad and then back at me. "Go have some fun but next time you spring something like that on us, don't expect us to be so gracious." She said and I nodded as I bolted from the room.

I watched as Phoebe left the room and I couldn't help but smile as I turned back to Christian.

"So you aren't mad?" I asked and he shook his head.

"How can I be mad? I've been wanting another girl for a while now."

"But we're older." I whispered and he nodded.

"That just means we're more experienced, this one isn't going to get away with anything." Christian said as he rested his hand on my stomach and I smiled for a moment before I realized everyone was starring at us and our interaction between each other.

"Is there something you want to tell us?" Mia asked and I blushed bright red as I pulled away from Christian and wrapped my arms around myself.

"Well Ana is pregnant with a little girl, our little girl." Christian beamed proudly as he wrapped his arms around me and everyone in the room brightly smiled and then erupted into cheers, well everyone other than Ted that is.

"Did you just find out?" Elliot asked and Christian nodded.

"She just told me. When did you find out Ana?" Christian asked and I chewed on my bottom lip.

"Oh you know, not too long ago." I said and he gave me a look.

"Really because in order to know the gender you have to be at least eighteen weeks unless you went ahead and did the amniocentesis test that you know I am against." Christian said as he took his thumb and pried my bottom lip from the grasp of my teeth.

"I'm sixteen weeks now and I got the test." I said feeling my inside flutter a little as I thought of the wonderful ways Christian was going to punish me for this.

"How in the world are you hiding it?" Kate asked and I sighed.

"Well it was easy for a while and now that I am showing more I just wore my old maternity clothes and no one seemed to really notice." I said as I ran my hand over my small bump. "Plus I never really got that big to begin with, the largest I ever got was with Blake."

"Well congratulations." Grace said and I smiled.

"Thank you." I murmured as Teddy silently slipped out of the room.

Christian was quiet throughout dinner with the family, although I could tell he was extremely happy by our latest addition, maybe even happy enough to finally take Fee out to get her license after weeks of putting it off, but I was letting my thoughts get a little a head of myself. I was just happy when everyone finally left all the kids were in bed and I was finally able to get some alone time with my husband.

"You were really quiet during dinner." I said as I wrapped my arms around him and rested my head on his chest as his arms reached around me and stopped at the small of my back.

"I was just processing everything. Ted doesn't seem thrilled by the latest addition." Christian said and I nodded against his chest.

"He was so good about Blake and Ryan, I don't get it." I said and I felt Christian sigh beneath me.

"We can talk to him tomorrow. So Adam's background check came in during dinner." Christian said and I pulled away slightly and looked at him.

"And?" I questioned.

"I haven't looked at it. Ana I just want her to be safe..."

"And she can be safe without you looking into the background of everyone that she comes in contact with. I mean think about the people who can't afford to do background checks on their kid's friends, and they are just fine."

"Yes but we can afford it so I don't see why we can't use it." Christian whined and I shook my head as teenage Grey appeared again.

"Oh fifty, I think we should eliminate the temptation to look at the thing and get rid of it." I said and Christian was silent for a moment before he nodded.

"It's on my desk, you can grab it in the morning and dispose of it but right now I think I have a very disobedient wife that needs to remember that when I say something she should follow my simple instructions." Christian said with a smirk and I could barely contain my excitement.

"What kind of punishment Sir?" I teased and Christian grabbed my hand and started to pull me off to my room.

"You will just have to wait and see Mrs. Grey, you'll just have to wait and see."