Ocean's POV

"Will you relax we have plenty of time" Michael chuckles as I check my watch for the 100th time. We're going to see DJ today and I don't want to miss a second "Well I don't want us to be late, plus we have to stop at the store first. What if the line is really long in the store or there's a lot of traffic on the road or..."

"We have two hours" Michael rolls his eyes playfully "just relax and eat your erm.. Breakfast" he scrunches his face looking at my plate.

Jermaine comes in and joins us at the table. "So what time are you guys going to see the little guy?"

"We have two hours, but Ocean wants to set off soon" Michael tells him "well it won't look good if we turn up late and ask her" I shrug. It's DJs first birthday next week but it's on a Friday so we're hoping Gabby will agree to letting us see him on that day aswell as our usual Saturday visit. "I can't see them having a problem with it. It's his first birthday" Jermaine smiles reassuringly "it's not Gabby we're worried about" I mutter "if the social worker see's how well your both doing and how you are with DJ then it's her decision not..." He pauses and gives me a strange look. "Ocean, are you eating mashed potatoes for breakfast?" He frowns confused. "Ok, what is it with you Jackson's always afraid to try something different?" I roll my eyes playfully "we're not afraid to try new things just.... Certain things" Michael smirks "well people eat hash browns for breakfast and that's a potato. so why is it weird to have it's mashed instead?" I shrug and they both look at each other trying to think of a good answer "that's what I thought" I smirk cockily when neither of them can think of a good reason.

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Michael's POV

We're on our way to the store and Ocean is making a list of all the things we need before we go see DJ. "Ok, so we need diapers, wipes, bottles, clothes, socks..."

"Baby, I get that we need diapers and wipes, but we bought a whole bunch of bottles last week, plus he has clothes"

"But they would have been used by now. He can't drink from a dirty bottle or wear dirty clothes" she frowns "I'm pretty sure they wash his clothes and clean his bottles" I try to reassure her. "They'll still have germs and bugs and who knows what else crawling all over them he needs fresh clean ones" she says sternly "alright, if that's what you want" I shrug "personally I don't think washing DJs bottles is really that big of a deal because that's what we used to do when he was with us, but lately Ocean's been really anxious about that kind of stuff so I'm just gonna go along with it to keep the peace. There's no point getting into an argument about her wanting DJs things clean"

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Jessica's POV

After yet another screaming fit from Duncan he's finally bathed and ready and I head down stairs and put him down in the living room with some toys and give him his pacifier. "Don't you think you should try weening him off that now? He's getting a bit old to start have a pacifier" Sherri says "trust me I've tried!"

"I told you it would be a bad idea to give him one in the first place. He didn't use one when he first came here"

"I gave it him to see if it would help him sleep at night, but now if you try and take it away he starts screaming and lashing out" I sigh rolling my eyes.

"Because he's spoilt" she shrugs "it's just temper tantrums that's all" I smile "could you just watch him while I go get him some juice?" I and she nods and I head into the kitchen.

As I'm getting the juice I hear Sherri Yelp and a loud smash. "you little bastard!" I hear Sherri shout as I rush into the living room "what happened?"

"He had the TV remote and when I tried to take it away he bit me and threw it at that vase!" She snaps at me. "Why does he have to do this today?" I sigh as I clean up the broken pieces off the floor. "What do you expect!? He's the spawn of Michael! You only have to look in his eyes. He has that same evil look his father has" she frowns, looking at DJ and I roll my eyes shaking my head. "As much as I hate Michael. I really don't think he's the devil" I chuckle.

"I knew there was something about that boy from the second I first laid eyes on him. He had that evil, sneaky look in his eyes" she frowns "the first time you saw Michael it was the middle of the night and he was leaning out off his bedroom window. You couldn't possibly have seen his eyes" I chuckle "I KNOW THE ANTICHRIST WHEN I SEE IT!!" She snaps "and we all know now why he was looking out of the window that night don't we? He was waiting until the coast was clear so he could sneak into poor Ocean's room so he could turn her into his demonic whore!"

"Sherri, as lovely as all this sounds. can we please not bring up demons and whores while the social worker is here? It's not going to look good for me if you start accusing Michael of being the antichrist and calling Ocean his demonic whore" I chuckle "I won't say a word.. But I do suggest maybe putting some holy water in their drinks" I'm about to speak when Duncan picks up one of his wooden blocks and throws it in Sherri's direction, but luckily I manage to catch it before it connected with her or anything else. "And you should bathe that one in it as well" she scoffs "no exorcisms in the house" I roll my eyes, picking up Duncan. "Maybe it's a good thing he's like this today" I smile. "If Michael and Ocean want to show off how great their are at parenting, let's see how they cope with one of Duncan's temper tantrums" I smirk.

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Michael's POV

We arrive early at Jessica's house and stand waiting by the car for Gabby to get here. We don't bother knocking on the door this time because we already know Jessica won't let us in. "How long is she going to be?" Ocean huffs looking around impatiently for Gabby's car. "Relax, she'll be here. We got here early remember?" I smile and she smiles back, but I can still see the anxiousness in her face. "Sooo.... I've noticed you've been a little off lately. so I have a special little surprise for you tonight" I smile biting my lower lip "what is it?"

"You'll have to wait and see" I giggle "can I have a clue?"

"You can have one" I smirl and pull her in close to me and whisper in her ear "it's a special little surprise" I chuckle and She hits my shoulder playfully knowing I'm not going to tell her then put her arms around my neck kissing me softly. "Awww!. You two are the cutest couple" we hear Gabby coo and we quickly breakaway. "And I see you brought some more stuff with you this week" she smiles looking down at our bags. "Yeah, just a few things like diapers and stuff" Ocean smiles.

We go into the living room and DJ rushes over squealing "mama!, daddy!" and I pick him up cuddling him. "What are you doing with one of these?" I frown confused taking a pacifier from his mouth and throwing it on the sofa. "Now we can give you kisses" Ocean smiles kissing him as I pass him over to her and he smiles wrapping his arms around her.

"What happened to your face?" Ocean asks her mother as we sit down "oh, it's just a cat scratch" she smiles through pursed lips "but, DJs allergic to cats, they bring him out I a rash" I frown picking up DJ and checking him over. "It was the neighbours cat"

"My parents don't have a cat, just a snake" I point out "the other neighbours" she says with an annoyed tone. I look down an notice DJ has a slight smirk on his face "have you been a good boy, while we were gone?" I coo, knowing it had something to do with him and he smiles a mischievous smile.

"So it's DJs big day next week!" Gabby smiles referring to his birthday. "We actually wanted to talk to you about that" Ocean says "since it's his birthday on Friday we wanted to know if we could see him then as well as Saturday?"

"We only agreed on one hour a week remember?" Jessica cuts in "but I'm happy to switch the day.. Just this once" she smiles "actually two visits a week might actually be more beneficial for the two of you and since you've both shown how well you handle things with him. I don't see why not" Gabby smiles and I see Jessica frowning from the corner of my eye.

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Sherri's POV

After their hour was up Michael and Ocean leave with the social worker and I showed them to the door while Jessica was in the kitchen with Duncan.

After I see them all get into their cars, I close the door and suddenly hear a loud scream from the kitchen and Duncan crying. "What's happened?" I ask rushing in to see what happened. "I don't know he just started screaming"

"Ssh.. It's ok sweetie" Jessica says to Duncan trying to calm him and he's crying holding his mouth. "What's that on his lip?" I ask taking him from her to check him over and she shrugs innocently. "It's that hot sauce!?" I frown getting him some water "what!?" Jessica. Says shocked "it must have been one of them. They must have..."

"Ocean and Michael did this?" I frown skeptically  "they must have"

"But, neither of them were alone with him the whole time they were here" I frown "they must have done it when we weren't looking. I told child services they were a danger to him and now look what they've done!" She points at Duncan who's still visibly upset. "Jessica, why did you do this?" I sigh "I didn't! I just told you..."

"Jessica, I was a nurse for 10 years remember? If Ocean or Michael had put hot sauce in Duncan's mouth, he would have screamed the second they did it not after they left!"

"It must have been a delayed reaction or something" she shrugs innocently "Jessica, you and I know full neither Ocean or Michael put hot sauce in their sons mouth! why did you do it?" I ask sternly, knowing full well it was her. "Fine!" She sighs "when that social worker was talking about them getting more visits and extra time with Duncan, I knew I had to do something to show her their not good parents. I can't risk them getting him back! Duncan's my last chance to be a good mother. I messed up with Ocean and Robert and I know what I'm doing now" she says and I shake my head in disbelief "so you put hot sauce in his mouth after they leave!" I sigh taking a deep breath to calm myself. "I'm not going to say anything about this, but if this ever happened as again...."

"It won't" she cuts me off.

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Ocean's POV

Michael is downstairs setting up my 'surprise' and refuses to let me out of our bedroom until it's ready.

I'm sat on the bed looking on my phone of the pictures we took with DJ today. I can't believe he's going to be a whole year old next week! It's seems like only yesterday he was this tiny little baby. I could see how pissed my mother was when Gabby agreed to letting us see DJ two days next week and I don't get why she was so mad it's only an extra day. Plus pretty soon DJ will be back with us all the time anyway and Jason told us that grandparents don't have any legal visitation rights so if she tries to get it (which she will) she has no chance of winning.

My thoughts are disturbed when Michael comes in "are you ready?" He smiles taking my hand. "Ready!" I smile back excitedly and he puts his hands over my eyes leading me the way.

He leads me into the garden and moves his hands away from my eyes. He has laid out a table for us and there are lights everywhere. I stand speechless for a moment looking at the beautiful sight and the stars from the beautiful night sky making everything look even more amazing. "Do you like it?" Michael asks breaking the silence. "I- I love it" I croak trying not to get all soppy and cry.

"You know technically this is our second date?" Michael chuckles as we sit down to eat "things must be getting serious between us" I giggle.

After we finish eating Michael takes my hand leading me from the table. "Will you dance with me?"

"But there's not no music" I giggle as he pulls me close to him and I wrap my arms around his neck. "We don't need any.. I wrote a song for you" he smiles "when did write songs?" I ask confused as he's never mentioned this before and I've only ever heard him sing a few times in the shower.

He presses his lips softly against mine, ignoring my question then breaks away and I rest my head on his shoulders listening to his beautiful voice as he begins to sing.

"You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back
Where there is love, I'll be there

I'll reach out my hand to you, I'll have faith in all you do
Just call my name and I'll be there

I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you, I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on

Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, well that's all I'm after
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
I'll be there to protect you, with an unselfish love I respect you
Just call my name and I'll be there"