~~ONE DAY EARLIER~~
"Hi, I'd like to see my brother." Joshua said standing by Suzanne at the guard's desk. Suzanne was trying very hard not to stare at the cute young guard.
"Name, please?"
"Mine of my brother's?"
"Um, both." the guard said with a great smile.
Just the right age. Suzanne thought.
"I'm Joshua Tanner. I'm visiting my brother, Daniel."
The guard looked up slowly, and Suzanne could almost see the trillions of thoughts in his head.
"I'm Suzanne, Danny's niece."
"Oh! Um, I'm Leland." the guard said nervously.
Leland led Suzanne and Joshua down the long hall until they reached Danny's little room. As before, Danny smiled to see his family.
"Can it be?" Danny asked rising.
"Hey, little bro!" Joshua cried.
"Joshua!" Danny cried hugging Josh. Leland immediatly tensed up.
Poor boy, he needs a Suzanne in his life. Suzanne thought.
The re-union lasted for a few minutes, and Suzanne was relieved that Danny couldn't remember his head breaking the baseball bat.
A few minutes later, another guard arrived.
"Sereno, your shift's up. I'll take over."
"Thanks." Leland said about to walk out. But then, he turned to Suzanne. "Could I talk to you for a sec?"
"Um, sure...." Suzanne said with great expectations. "Dad, can I?"
"I thought- oh, yeah, you work here." Danny said.
"Meet ya by the check-out?" asked Joshua.
"Okay, you boys have your fun." Suzanne said with a wink.
Once away from the room, Leland dragged Suzanne to a private place and looked as if in panic.
"Suzanne Tanner- are you by any chance related to Donna Tanner?"
"19, blonde, Danny's daughter? She's my cousin."
"Okay, Suzanne, you and Donna.... you're pretty close, right?" Leland panted.
"I guess, why?"
"I had sex with your cousin."
"You got HER in bed?!?!"
"Shhh...." Leland shushed. "Danny could hear. He'll be really angry.
"I'll say," Suzanne said laughing with disbelief. "How long have you two even known each other?"
"Since yesterday."
"Oh, that's why she snuck in. Heheh."
"Well," Leland panicked. "Um, she left before I woke up."
"Just like 'er."
"I don't have her contact info, anything! Can I please have her number?"
"Sure, you got a pen?"
"I don't forget these things." Leland said with a smile.
"Okay, um, 555-2425."
"Thanks." Leland said, starting to walk off.
"You REALLY slept with her?" Suzanne said.
Leland nodded, and ran to a pay-phone.
DJ wasn't there, so he left a message.
"Hi, Donna." he said. "It's Leland, hope you haven't forgotten me yet. Heh, well, um, I'd really like to see you again. Call me at 728-1992*. Bye."
***********
Leanne was sort of feeling better since her dad came back. She was going to start school the next day. She was sitting on the couch watching tv when Michelle came in.
"Leanne, are we poor?" Michelle whined.
"No." said Leanne. "I just felt like packing everyone's lunch. I mean, Becky's still pretty weak, Jesse Joey and my dad are bringing home the bacon, DJ's got school, Suzanne's out being slutty and Stephanie knows everyone here, so who's gonna do the simple things like cook and clean?"
"You don't clean. You just cook a little."
Leanne stuck her tongue out at Michelle. "Well, with you-know-who gone, maybe we should all take his cleaning place. I declare Sunday 'Family cleaning day.'"
"Sunday?"
"No one really has plans on Sunday. The mall is closed!"
"Sounds good to me." said Michelle. "I'll invite my friends to pitch in!"
"Poor suckers." Leanne muttered when Michelle left.
**********
Jesse knew the chemical imbalance was gone, so he was quite surprised when he saw Becky crying upstairs.
"Becky, sweetheart, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Jess," Becky sobbed. "I made so much money on WUSF, and now the family's in trouble and I'm on stupid bed-rest."
"Which would you rather have, money or the baby?"
"What do you mean?" Becky cried.
"Well, you tend to over-exert yourself. You need to calm down."
"Well that's not very nice. You know the only time I over-exert myself is when-" Becky said with a wink.
"Have Mercy." Jesse whined.
"Mommy didn't kiss you." Alex said as the twins came upstairs with DJ.
"Hey, guys." DJ said. "Listen, I just wanted to talk to you."
"Okay, should the boys leave?" asked Jesse.
"Nah. It's about them."
"Alright, what'd they do this time?"
"No, it's a good thing. I had this idea.... you know, the house is pretty crowded and the baby's coming soon."
"Yeah." said Nicky.
"Well, I was thinking... this is in the long-term, of course. Um, I've decided that after the baby is born, I'm moving to Berekely full-time."
"WHAT?" Jesse asked.
"Well, the twins are old enough, they can have my old room, and the baby can have it's own nursery."
"It seems logical, Jess." Becky said. "I mean, we're not ready to leave yet, and DJ's an adult, she can't live here forever!"
"Yeah." said DJ.
"We miss you, DJ." Alex said.
"She's not gone yet." said Jesse wistfully.
TO BE CONTINUED
