"I want to see the dress. I couldn't believe it when Adam told me you had it done. I was just her yesterday and you hadn't even started on your dress. Everything was still in the closet when I left and now your dress is done." Darcy rambled on and on. "I couldn't sleep again so I thought I'd just layout the pattern to see what it looked like. Next thing I knew it was morning, his sisters were here and I had sewn my wedding dress." Jessy replied leading the way to the house to avoid them noticing her tear stained eyes. "So we're camping out huh? Haven't done that in years. Wait I haven't done that." Adam shared. "You haven't?" Darcy and Jessy squealed in unison. "Why are you shocked?" Jessy asked turning to Darcy. "I guess it's never come up until now." Darcy answered, "After all this time and I still don't know you." "I know the feeling." Jessy sighed turning and heading them to the house again. "What was that about?" Adam whispered. "You know." Zac replied. "I thought you were going to tell her." Adam gasped as he stopped starng at his best friend. "Sssh I will. We just haven't had any time alone lately." Zac whispered trying to quiet him down. "So you go and invite us out to camp with you? Come on Zac what's up with you?" Adam asked in a whisper. "Hey you two coming?" Jessy asked noticing they'd stopped following. "Nah. You won't let me see anyway." Zac pouted. "Poor Zac." Jessy teased. "And no peeking." Darcy warned. "Sheesh. First Jessy, then my Mom and now you." Zac pouted. "Come on. Mom's still here and she can help you get me into it." Jessy shared leading the rest of the way into the house. "Two people to get you into it?" Darcy gasped following her into the house. "Mom. Mom can you help Darcy get me into the dress again. She wants to see." Jessy called out entering the front door. "Darcy how nice." Diana said making her way from the kitchen. "Mrs. Hanson. Zac called this morning. Something about camping out with the girls." Darcy replied. "Oh so you guys are camping out? The girls will be thrilled " Diana asked. "Like we could tell them no." Jessy shared with a chuckle. "We did." Diana teased. "Yeah but you said no with a 'ask your brother and Jessy' added to it. We would say no with a what? Ask your brother Taylor and Natalie?" Jessy replied, adding, "I wouldn't dare. Trust the girls to them." "Hey I wouldn't let anything happen to them." Natalie squealed following Diana. "Natalie you have your hands full with just Taylor. There is no way you could watch the girls too." Jessy insisted. "Yeah you're right. He is a handfull." Natalie sighed. "He is your handfull now." Diana teased then giggled. "Mom." Natalie squealed. "Yes dear." Diana choked out as the others joined her laughter, straightening up and adding, "Every in here to wash up. You too little bride to be." "It really takes two to get her in her dress?" Darcy asked again. "Two as tall as or taller than her, yes." Diana answered. "Wait until you see it. You'll understand then." Jessy answered the first to finish so she headed to the sewing room. "What's that?" Darcy asked following, finding Jessy pulling her gown from the closet. "It's the homemade dress bag she made for it to fit in." Diana answered right behind her. "I'll open it and you two can take it out." Natalie said joining the others, adding, "You strip." "Hey you think you're Zac or something." Diana teased. "Oh Mom Zac doesn't say that." Natalie laughed. "Natalie." Jessy and Darcy squealed in unison. "Okay what is going on?" Diana asked. "Pick the dress up higher." Jessy asked hoping to change the topic. "Higher." she repeated then snuck under and slipped into the bodice. "Oh my goodness. It's beautiful." Darcy gasped stepping back in shock. "Isn't just exquisite. I still can't believe she did this. She is so talented." Diana added moving to Darcy's side wrapping an arm around her. "Jessy she's right. You are so talented. I can't believe this is that pile of fabric that was in the bag in the closet just yesterday." Darcy gasped shaking her head in disbelief again. "Just a miracle worker." Diana praised. "That's it she's a miracle maker." Darcy agreed. "No I'm not." Jessy sighed as the memories of Zac not showing for their hot date, their spat the other morning, and now this latest tiff. "Jessy what is it?" Natalie asked noticing the pain in her eyes. "Sweetie what's wrong?" Diana asked. "I'm no miracle worker. If I was Zac wouldn't be mad at me." Jessy answered with a whimper as she fought back the tears. "He's mad at you?" Diana gasped, adding, "You sure?" "I know. He's still angry. He says it's nothing but it's definitely something." Jessy answered as the tears started to fall. "Oh sweetie. You crying in your wedding dress. This just isn't right." Diana shared wrapping her in his arms. "Yeah I know. I've turned into a cry baby lately." Jessy replied with a sniffle, adding, "Get me out of this before I ruin it with my bad attitude." "It's unzipped. Lift that side Darcy." Natalie said as Diana let go of her and the girls lifted the dress. "I'm sorry. Sure put a damper on that." Jessy apologized grabbing a tissue to wipe her eyes before putting on her shirt. "Sweetie I think you're wrong about his being angry or mad. I'm sure of one thing, he loves you." Diana insisted hugging her then adding, "I've got so many things to do. See you later sweetie." "Bye Mom. Thanks for helping me out." Jessy replied with a little wave. "See you later too sis. I have to get Taylor home and get the blueberry mess out of his hair." Natalie shared. "Blueberries in his hair?" Darcy asked. "Jessy will explain. I better go." Natalie answered following Diana out. "What was that about?" Darcy asked taking a chair next to Jessy's, who was staring out the window. "God I've had such a bad day. Come with me." Jessy said rising and grabbing Darcy's hand, dragging her along. "Where are we going?" Darcy asked as they stopped in the kitchen. "I'm famished and I want junk food." Jessy explained letting go of her hand, grabbing ice cream from the freezer, two spoons from the drawer and a bag of cookies from the cupboard. "Oh this is going to be fun." Darcy squealed, adding, "I gotta have this." "Great idea." Jessy squealed noticing the chocolate syrup in her hand, grabbing a jar of marchino cherries, adding, "And this." "You got any whipped cream." Darcy asked opening the refrigerator, grabbing the whipped cream, adding, "Jackpot." "Follow me." Jessy said leading her out the back door to her favorite spot, adding, "I love it here. Zac bought me this swing and placed it so I can watch the wildlife. See." "Wow they're so close." Darcy said watching the birds and squirrels. "We have some bunnies that come up in the morning. Usually over there." Jessy shared opening the ice cream, taking a spoonfull, topping it with chocolate syrup and a cheery before popping it in her mouth, moaning, "Mmmm." "So you've had a bad day?" Darcy asked following her lead and moaning. "Hand me that." Jessy said nodding at the whipped cream, squirting some in ther mouth and popping in another cherry. "Nah like this." Darcy said taking a shot of whipped cream, a squirt of chocolate syrup, then the cherry. "Let me try." Jessy squealed following her lead then moaning over and over. "So what's up with angry Zac." Darcy asked filling her mouth again. "I don't know." Jessy sighed refilling her mouth then grabbing a cookie. "Oh I want one." Darcy moaned reaching for a cookie, covering it with whipped cream. "That looks good." Jessy sighed, squealing in delight as Darcy offered it to her. "To friends." Darcy said lifting another cookie to hers. "Friends." Jessy replied with a smile as she clicked her cookie to Darcy's and they popped them in their mouths. "There they are. She's smilng." Adam said noticing the girls in the swing. "She is going to have such a sugar rush on that. She hasn't been eating very well lately." Zac sighed watching the girls scarf the ice cream and cookies. "Eat well. She hardly ate anything yesterday." Adam shared. "Well let's make lunch and see if we can change that fact." Zac said sticking his head in the fridge looking for what to fix. "What did you find?" Adam asked. "Some sweetcorn, salad fixings, and... and.. hmmm. Nothing for the main course in here." Zac answered. "How about here?" Adam asked opening the freezer, adding, "Let's see." "Ah ha. Steaks." Zac said grabbing a package and putting it in the microwave on defrost. "We need potatoes. Got any?" Adam asked. "In that cupboard if we have any." Zac answered pointing to a cupboard. "Great. We need to get these started." Adam shared. "Wow we sound like we know what we're doing." Zac teased with a hearty chuckle. "Man we got even us fooled." Adam teased joining his laughter. "Do you smell that?" Jessy asked sniffing the air. "Yeah I smell steak." Darcy answered sniffing the air. "Yep that's what I smell. Wondering who's cooking?" Jessy asked as they packed up their goodies and headed to the house. "I don't believe it." Darcy squealed finding Adam preparing a salad. "Where's Zac? Stupid question. He's out front grilling steaks huh?" Jessy asked answering her own question before adding, "Hope he doesn't burn them like he did breakfast." "He burned breakfast? Maybe I better go check and save the steaks." Adam suggested. "Good idea baby. I'll finish that for you." Darcy replied pecking his cheek then working on the salad. "Good thing you are putting that away. You two remember you had dessert first." Adam said walking past Jessy who was putting away the ice cream and cookies. "We'll remember." Jessy responded, adding as he was out of earshot, "We'll remember you owe us dessert." "Oh yeah." Darcy moaned as the oven timer sounded. "What do we have in here?" Jessy asked, turning off the timer and grabbing an oven mitt. "Let it be cake." Darcy moaned. "Nope. Baked potatoes." Jessy shared opening the oven. "My what a balance meal. Steak, potatoes, salad." Dacy replied. "Don't forget the sweetcorn. They have done remarkably well." Jessy added. "Yeah I wonder why?" Darcy asked. "Yeah what do they want?" Jessy asked turning off the oven then heading to the front porch. "Wait for me." Darcy squealed placing the salad in the fridge and chasing after her. "Potatoes are done." Jessy said opening the front door, followed by Darcy. "So is the steak." Zac shared smiling at her. "Almost well done." Adam teased jabbing him with his elbow. "Just how you like it." Zac teased back. "Really? Then why do you always order medium rare?" Darcy squealed. "So much you have to learn." Jessy teased. adding, "He likes it well done when he is a smart ass and Zac burned the steak." "Oh. I get it." Darcy moaned shaking her head no. "My bright one." Adam teased as Zac placed the steaks on a platter. "Can we eat on the back porch?" Jessy asked. "Sound good to me." Zac answered leading the way. "Let's fix our plates in here." Jessy suggested as they made it to the kitchen. "Great idea babe. Save the mess out there." Zac said pulling down plates and serving the steaks. "Great idea." Darcy said grabbing the salad as Jessy served the potatoes then moved to the fridge for the fixings and Adam served the corn. "Let's go eat." Zac declared leading the way to the back porch. "Go ahead. You two enjoy." Jessy said as Darcy stared at her swing. "You sure?" Darcy asked knowing how she loved it. "I'm sure. We'll sit over here." Jessy said following Zac to the love seat, curling up her legs and picking at her plate. "I'm not mad. Honest Jessy." Zac whispered noticing her picking at her plate. "Excuse me a minute." Jessy said putting her plate on the table and heading to the house. "I better go see what's wrong." Zac said heading after her, calling out her name. "Here you are. Ahh Jessy." Zac said finding her kneeling in front of the toilet. "Stupid move scarfing down all that sweet stuff." Jessy moaned reaching and flushing the toilet. "I should have stopped you. You did look happy though." Zac shared rinsing a cloth and handing it to her. "You saw us?" Jessy asked. "Oh yeah you were having so much fun." Zac chuckled. 'You guys must be pretty strong." Jessy said reaching for his hand. "Strong?" Zac asked. "Yeah that sight would make most men run, screaming." Jessy teased with a giggle as she slipped into his arms, then sighed deeply. "It'll be okay. Honest I'm not mad." Zac insisted as she clung to him in such desperation. "Yes it will." Zac insisted as she shook her head no, adding, "I love you Jessy. You know that." "How can you? You're mad at me and won't tell me why?" Jessy sobbed pushing away to face him. "I'm mad at you? No I'm not." Zac insisted. "Yes you are. The other morning you were mad. Yesterday. This morning." Jessy choked out. "What? No I'm not mad at you." Zac insisted. "Then what is it?" Jessy asked as the sobs subsided and she wondered what was wrong. "It's..it's.. well it's you thinking that your life has changed so much. It has Jessy. I guess I'm just worried that I ask too much of you." Zac finally shared. "Oh. I worry about the same thing sometimes." Jessy responded taking his hands in hers. "You do?" Zac gasped. "Yeah I do. There have been so many changes. I worried about it for awhile. You know is this going to come back and haunt me later. I've made all these changes and then later I'll regret it. Jessy shared. "Yeah. Yeah Jessy that's what I'm worried about." Zac shared squeezing her hands. "Remember the other night when I said I need to figure out if not being the most important thing in your life would be okay for me?" Jessy asked. "Yeah. That's when it started. I had no idea. I just assumed you were happy with everything." Zac shared, adding, "I've thought about nothing since." "Duh. Oh I can't believe I didn't put it together. I should have know." Jessy sighed, gazing at him, apologizing, "I'm so sorry Zac. I should have realized what was wrong instead of going off on you." "You? I knew I should have just told you. I've been trying. I guess I was just afraid." Zac shared. "Afraid? Of me? Awww give me a break." Jessy teased smiling at him so big. "Yeah afraid of you. Remember these?" Zac teased back lifting her arms. "You mean these?" Jessy teased flexing her biceps. "Yep. Them." Zac replied dropping her arms and hugging her tight. "I'm sorry." they said in unison before bursting out laughing. "You feel like eating?" Zac asked. "Yep. I'm starving suddenly." Jessy answered taking his extended hand and following him back to Darcy and Adam and their food. "Well that looks better." Adam declared as the two came into view. "Well I see the ice cream worked." Darcy squealed at the smile on Jessy's face. "Oh yeah. Worked so well she just up chucked it all. Way too much sugar." Zac shared. "I'm starved so you'll have to excuse me a moment." Jessy said rushing to her seat, picking up her plate, eating her potatoe then steak. "How about this?" Zac said returning from the kitchen with a glass of milk. "How'd you know?" Jessy asked taking the glass and downing half of it. "You usually drink milk when you don't feel well." Zac answered taking the seat next to her and picking up his plate. "Thanks for loving me." Jessy whispered leaning his way, kissing him sweetly. "Hey that's not bad. Good job benefits you got there." Adam teased. "I'll benefit you." Darcy squealed plopping in his lap then kissing him passionately. "Whoa. I like these benefits." Adam sighed. "Isn't love wonderful." Jessy sighed laying her head on Zac's shoulder. "Oh boy this is one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't questions isn't. Man I hate the questions." Zac teased. "You. I dread the 'do I look fat in these' question." Adam added shaking his head no. "What's that?" Zac teased back. "Oh shut up. You wait someday she'll get you." Adam insisted. "Yeah like when she's nine months pregnant maybe." Darcy squealed. "Get real. I already asked you that question. Don't you remember?" Jessy argued. "What? You did babe? Are you sure?" Zac asked giving it some serious thought, laughing then adding, "Oh yeah her riding pants. Did you get a load of those bloomers." "They are not bloomers, they're jodpurs." Jessy replied laughing along with him. "I wish we could have gone. I still don't believe you. What don't you do?" Darcy sighed. "Sorry we missed you riding Jessy. Sounds like we really missed it. Zac says you don't plan on riding anytime soon." Adam added. "I don't think your sister would have been too happy if you hadn't come to her wedding." Jessy squealed. "It was so boring." Darcy sighed slipping of Adam's lap and curling up next to him as Adam shook his head yes in agreement. "Boring? Well you better check in with Natalie and make sure we aren't doing any of those boring things." Jessy suggested, adding, "We can't have our guests bored." "Don't worry babe. You haven't met her sister." Zac shared, adding, "It's hard to believe they are sister actually." "What? She isn/t a blast like Darcy? How can that be?" Jessy asked. "Blast? Did you hear? She thinks I'm a blast." Darcy giggled turning to Adam and poking him in the arm. "She doesn't live with you." Adam replied, regretting the words as they left his lips. "Adam Greyson I don't believe you said that." Darcy gasped scooting away, glaring at him. "Baby I didn't mean it like that." Adam apologized, adding, "Tell her Zac. When you live with someone you see the blast and the not so much a blast." "What are you talking about? Jessy is a blast to be with all the time." Zac answered turning to Jessy making eyes at her to go along with him. "Yeah even when I'm puking my guts out. Zac's always there laughing up a storm." Jessy added giving him a little shove. "Washcloth duty. I am so good at that." Zac teased shoving her back. "Oh and the morning farts. He just loves the mornings." Jessy teased. "Yeah nothing like the real you." Zac teased with his nose plugged. "Look who's talking." Jessy replied both hands plugging her nose. "Believe me don't visit the morning after the chili cook off. Adam smeels dead." Darcy shared with a small laugh. "I agree. That's no exaggeration either." Zac insisted. "Oh my. Sounds like I have competition." Jessy asked with a chuckle "Sorry babe. You may stink but Adam is a hundred times worse." Zac replied. "Oh Adam I'm jealous." Jessy giggled. "Stop picking on me. I stink. There I said it. I'm a stinky farter." Adam grumbled. "That's not all he is stinky at." Darcy teased, adding, "Nobody but nobody dares go in that library." "Oh the library huh. I don't get it with the library. Man you go in get the job done and get out." Jessy insisted. "Yeah but you don't eat enough to keep a bird alive." Adam teased. "Hey you been talking to Zac?" Jessy squealed, turning to glare at Zac, adding, "You sound just like him." "I might have mentioned it." Zac answered reluctantly, shrugging his shoulders. "Yeah you probably did. When I'm worried I tend to mention it to my best friend too." Jessy shared, adding, "I'm sorry to trouble you so." "Jessy you don't trouble me. I love you so I worry about you is all." Zac insisted wrapping an arm around her drawing her close, adding, "Okay?" "Okay? Is it okay you love me. Duh." Jessy teased slipping onto his lap, kissing him then hugging him tight. "I love you too baby. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings that way." Adam apologized caressing Darcy's face then kissing her. "I know you didn't mean anything by it. I guess all that sugar has made me more edgier than normal." Darcy replied kissing him back sweetly. "Love." Jessy sighed. "Love." Darcy sighed. "Oh boy here we go again." Adam sighed. "And again." Zac added. "Be careful." Darcy and Jessy warned in unison then laughed. "Pinch, poke, you owe me a coke." Jessy squealed. "Hey I was going to say that." Darcy teased. "Yeah I know." Jessy sighed cuddling against Zac then yawning, adding, "Excuse me but I am so tired suddenly." "Suddenly. Babe you have been to bed yet and today's more than half over. Why don't you go take a nap." Zac replied. "But we have company." Jessy argued. "I'm insulted. Did you hear her? She called me..she said... she called me company." Darcy teased. "I know. I know. She callled me it too." Adam added. "Forgive her she is sleep depraved." Zac shared. "Oh pooh." Jessy pouted hiding in Zac's arms, whispering, "I'm tired." "Well someone suggested I check in with Natalie about the wedding arrangements to keep it real not boring." Darcy shared. "I'm dying to beat Zac at the new Blade game." Adam added. "Let me see her to bed and Ill me you in the game room." Zac replied as they all cleaned up and went their separate ways.