August 1st.

Tiffany was up early with the baby while Sam got ready for work.

"I can't believe mommy's baby boy is three months old today!  How did that happen, little one?"

Samuel smiles and eats his hands.

"That precious smile is just so contagious!"

"Hey babe, I have to go.  You two have a good day." Sam walks over and kisses her lips, then kisses the baby.

"Say, Have a good day at work, dada!" Tiffany says in a baby voice.

*Chuckles* "I will, sport.  Love you two."

"We love you too, daddy." Tiffany smiles.

**

James and Caroline's POV.

"What does it SAY?!!" James shouts as he paces back and forth.

"Negative!  It says negative!" She answers with relief.

"Oh thank you Jesus!  Don't scare me like that again!"

"Well I'm sorry but-"

"No, I'M sorry! *Sighs* We just can't have a baby right now. We're both just starting out and we're busy all the time. We're still really young to have a baby."

"I agree. I don't think we're ready." Caroline nods.

"But you're not so its okay!" He smiles.

"Yeah! Thank God!"

**

Michael's POV.

"When are you gonna tell your parents? It's already August."

"I know! I'm gonna talk to them.. Grace, I know I say my mom is the sweetest person in the world, and she is!!
... She's just also the scariest person in the world. I don't know how she'll take this.. Not well would be my guest."

"Well just talk to her. I love you." Grace smiles."

"You do?" A smile spreads across Michael's face.

Grace nods her head and bites her bottom lip.

Michael leans forward and softly kisses her lips.

He breaks the kiss and places his forehead on hers.

"It'll be okay. I'll talk to her."

**

Zachary's POV.

"Are you ready to meet my family tonight?"

"Yes! I'm just really nervous!"

"Don't be. They're not that bad. Sam is kind of loud and obnoxious, James is really sweet, Michael is literally like my twin. It's scary!" He chuckles.

"Grayson is almost like a tiny version of Sam, except he's cute and funnier than he is. My baby sister, Nova. She's absolutely perfect! She's not a very fussy baby.. Unless she's hungry! In that case just get her to my mom as soon as possible!"

Alyssa chuckles and Zachary continues.

"My dad is great! You'll love him! I know he'll really like you... and my mom.." Zachary looks down and smiles softly.

"She's like an angel that was sent from Heaven to my dad and I.. Without her.. Our life would be so different. She's sweet and I think she'll really like you."

"You think?"

"I KNOW she will!" He laughs.

**

Jessica and Danny's POV. 6:00

"I'm so excited! I love when all my babies are home! and tonight we get to meet this girl Zachary has been talking about!"

"Alyyyyssaaaaaaa!" Grayson says with a smile.

"Haha! Yes! Alyssa.. Let's see if this girl is good enough for my baby boy!"

Danny chuckles.

"Well I only want the best! Zachary is a sweet heart! Him and James are the same in that way. He needs a sweet girl.. A sweet girl that should be told his momma comes first always!" Jessica says in a cute voice.

"You're silly." Grayson laughs.

"I'm silly?!"

"Yeah! Look at Nova! She's smiling because you're funny!"

"Oh little miss Nova! Look at that beautiful smile!"

The baby laughs and kicks her legs as she starts baby talking.

"Oh my goodness, you're talking to me! Daddy, come little to this baby's sweet little voice!"

Danny walks over and Nova continues to babble.

"Heh! What a beautiful voice you have there, Nova!"

Nova gets louder and Jessica laughs.

"Well she's definitely found her voice!"

"Yep! Listen do her." Danny smiles.

"Mommy! Daddy! I can talk too!" Grayson says a little jealous of all the attention the baby's getting.

"Oh baby boy, I love you're voice too!" Jessica holds her arms out.

Grayson walks over and Jessica sits him on her lap.

"You have the sweetest voice too, Gray."

"I have a good voice!"

"Yes you do!" Jessica hugs him tight and kisses his cheek.

**

Dinner.

"She's here!  No one embarrass me, please!"

"We won't!" Jessica says.

Zachary takes a deep breath and opens the door.

"Don't worry bro, we won't tell her about that cream you use.  Oh!  Oops!" Sam's eyes widen when he sees the girl.

"Samuel!" Jessica says as he laughs at his own joke.

"That's Sam.  He's lying!" Zachary gives Sam a look.

Grace laughs and walks in.
He hugs her and turns to his family.

"Here's the crew.. That's Sam, his girlfriend Tiffany and their baby, Samuel.  This is his twin James and his wife, Caroline.  That's Michael and-"

"AND IIIII am Grayson George Shepard!  Nice to meet you." Grayson smiles and holds his hand out for her.

"Well hello!" She giggles.

Zachary smiles and says, "This is my dad, Daniel and my mom, Jessica."

"Hello!  Lovely to meet you, sweetheart." Jessica smiles.

"And this is my baby sister, Nova."

"Oh she's so precious!"

"Thank you!" Jessica giggles.

**

Once everyone started eating dinner and talking, Alyssa opened up a bit more.

"So Alyssa, where do you go to school?" Danny asks.

"Harvard." She smiles.

"Oh wow!"

"Yeah, she's smart!" Zachary smiles.

"We met through mutual friends.. You know Brad?"

"Thomson? Yes!" Jessica smiles.

"He's her youth pastor!"

"Oh wow!  What a small world!"

"Yeah, we met at his party and really hit it off. The distance is crazy, but we'll make it work." Zachary smiles at Alyssa.

"Aw, well that's very sweet!"

**

"So how was everyone's day?" Jessica asks the kids.

"Ours was fantastic!" James smiles and kisses Caroline's hand.

She smiles and nods in agreement.

"What did you do?"

"We spent the day loving married life and.. Just enjoying each other."

"They had sex." Sam says.

"Jesus Sam!  Hush your mouth!" Jessica hits his hand.

"No!  We just spent time together.  We're so busy and don't have much down time.  So we enjoyed it." James smiles softly and kisses Caroline's cheek.

"Awe!  James is so sweet!" Tiffany smiles then looks over to Sam who was giving her a big cheesy smile.

"Pull my finger, babe!"

Tiffany rolls her eyes and looks away from him.

"Uh mom. Coach... Can I talk to you guys?"

"Sure, baby!" Jessica smiles.

"So um.. Speaking of school!
Heh!  I'm uh.. I'm not going back."

Sam bursts into laughter and says, "Tiff, cover the baby's eyes.  My mom's about to kill Michael."

"What do you mean you're not going back?"

"I've thought about it and yeah.. I'm done."

"You're done?" Her eyes widen.

"Yes."

"Heh.. You're done.  You're done!" Jessica laughs.

"Oh your ass WILL be done if you quit school.  I will make sure you ARE done!  I will beat your ass, Michael!"

Zachary's eyes widen and he grabs Alyssa's hand.

"Well tonight has been great!  Why don't we go out and have dessert.. Anywhere but here!"

"You sit!" Jessica says.

"What did I do?!"

"Did you know about this?"

"No!"

"Michael, you're not going to drop out of college!"

"But mom-"

"SHUT.. UP!"

Michael's eyes widen and he shuts up.

"There's no talking about it, Michael.  You're going to school and that's it."

"But I met this girl and I-"

"Oh you met a girl! *Smiles* Isn't that nice?  Tell me, what does this young girl do?"

"Sh-She.."

"Don't talk, Michael!" Jessica stares him down.

"Umm.. It was very nice meeting you all, but I should get going now." Alyssa smiles.

"Nice meeting you, sweetheart." Jessica completely changes her attitude and smiles sweetly to the young girl.

Zachary walks out of the house with Alyssa and they continue talking.

"Michael, other than this girl.. What are your reasons for dropping out of school?" Danny calmly asks.

"I just really like her... and she wants me to be here."

"She's too needy, you don't need her."

"Jess." Danny touches her back.

"It's true!  You don't need someone who doesn't support you."

"Maybe we should leave." Caroline quietly says.

"Yeah, let's go upstairs, Sam."

"Are you kidding?" James says.

"No way are we leaving now!  Someone's getting yelled at and it's not me!  I'm watching!  Honey, make some popcorn!" Sam nudges Tiffany.

"Samuel, James.  GO!"

"Yes ma'am." Sam smiles and stands up.

"What's going on?  I'm just eating dinner and everybody's going crazy!"

"I'm sorry, baby.  Boys, take your brother upstairs, please."

"But I want my dessert!"

"Okay, well hold on one second while mommy knocks some sense into your brother."

**

Danny laid the baby in her bassinet and went up behind Jessica and wrapped his arms around her.

"You cool now, momma?" He mumbles into her neck.

"Danny get off of me!" She pushes him away.

"Baby, we talked to him and.. *Sighs* He's young and stupid.. We won't let him make the wrong decision." He says bringing his hands back to her stomach and face back to her neck.

"Danny, please get off of me!"

"When am I gonna be allowed to touch you, Jess?"

"Danny please, not now." She nods and slips her dress off.

"Nova is nine weeks old today and I haven't seen you naked since you gave birth."

*Gasp* "She is nine weeks old today!  Danny, I didn't even tell her happy nine weeks!"

"Well she'll be up in about an hour so you can tell her then.  Now.. Can we please have sex?"

"No!"

"Jessica, I'm about to explode!"

"Then take your phone and go to the bathroom.  Look up whatever you need and go at it!  I'm not having sex with you, Daniel."

"Jessica, what's wrong with you?  Why don't you want to have sex?"

"Daniel, I'm stressed right now and sex is the last thing on my mind."

"Alright, whatever.." Danny grabs his pajamas and walks to the bathroom.

***
It's been too long since I've updated!  Sorry!
P.S. It's my birthday! 🤘🏼🍷🍾🎉