Intro

Ryenn Oliver smiled as she hit the last note in her song, and the crowd stood. She couldn't believe how well her life had turned out. She had the two best friends anyone could ask for (they could be overprotective at times, but she secretly loved it), she had a great family, and her parents were the two most important people in her life. If things couldn't get better, she was even going to the best performing arts school in LA, Hollywood Arts. She loved being there, since her parents had gone there when they were her age…it is where they met and fell in love.

As the audience applauded, she laughed. The curtain closed and immediately she felt two strong arms wrap around her from behind. She laughed and elbowed him in the gut. "Kennedy! Let me go!"

He laughed and she spun around in his arms. They stared at each other and slowly leaned in to kiss each other. However they heard the loud voices of their parents coming towards them and quickly jumped apart. They heard chuckling from the rafters above, and glared at their friend Luke, who worked the lighting for the performances that night.

Suddenly the adults came to them and Ryenn hugged her parents. "Baby that was amazing!"

She smiled. "Thanks Daddy!" She hugged the rest of the group, and stood awkwardly next to Kennedy.

"Those were some kickin' beats, Ryenn." André laughed as he hugged her.

She blushed. "Thanks, Uncle André."

He nodded just as Luke walked up to the group. "Hey guys!"Beck shook his hand and smiled. "Hey Luke. How are you doing?"

He shrugged. "I'm pretty good."

Jade smiled and started to laugh, while shaking her head. Beck looked at her, confused. "Why are you laughing?"

She just shook her head and Ryenn smiled. "I have to go change, and then the boys are going to join us for dinner at home."

She quickly grabbed Kennedy's wrist and dragged him away. Luke turned to follow them, but tripped. "What the-how could she possibly have tied my shoelaces together without me noticing?"

Jade burst out laughing and Ryenn's voice could be heard from backstage. "That is for me to know, and you to always wonder!"

The adults shook their heads. Ryenn was so much like her mother, it surprised them. But it gave Jade and Beck something less to worry about-at least she didn't have too many traits like her biological father, the creep who hurt Jade resulting in Ryenn being born.

After they had changed, the two teenagers rejoined their parents and they all headed back to the beautiful house that Beck and Jade had purchased when Ryenn was three. Since they had both made it big in the industry, they were able to buy a really nice house.

When Ryenn, Kennedy, and Luke pulled into the driveway, they saw that the entire group was already there. It was a fairly big group, but it had been like that since Ryenn was a baby.

Having just turned 17, Kennedy was the oldest child of the group. André and Tori had adopted him when he was eight, and being only 9 months older than Ryenn, they became best friends. Ryenn was the oldest child actually born into the group. She was sixteen, and looked exactly like Jade. When she was ten, André and Tori had a son named Evan. That same year, her Aunt Cat and Uncle Robbie had fraternal twins, Vince and Lily.

When they were in middle school, Kennedy joined a baseball team in town, and met their other best friend Luke. He wasn't a child of the group, but after becoming so close to Kennedy and Ryenn, they all considered him to be. Luke was only 4 months older than Ryenn.

They walked into the house and saw a bunch of food in the kitchen. This was a tradition they had in their group. Whenever someone had a performance or there was a holiday or basically anything happened ever in their group, they would all get together and eat and have a small party.

Walking past her dad, she stole a piece of buffalo chicken off of his plate and as he turned she quickly ran into the next room, laughing. The boys shook their heads and laughed as they followed her. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she saw her younger cousins sitting around the table.

The minute they saw her, Lily jumped out of her chair and wrapped her arms around Ryenn's legs, squeezing tightly. She stumbled a bit, and Kennedy steadied her shoulder's a bit before she fell on the girl.

Ryenn looked down at the six year old, and brushed her fingers through her brown hair. "Lily…what's wrong?"

Lily looked up at her and pouted. "Vinny and Evan stole my doll."

Ryenn looked up at the younger boys and saw them trying to hide a doll, but having no luck. She laughed as she remembered her uncle using that puppet, Rex, to cheer her up when she was younger. When he had kids, he passed it down to them and they would rarely see Lily without Rex.

She sighed and lifted Lily in her arms. She was getting bigger, but Ryenn had practice lifting them and it came easy to her. "Hey guys, can I have Rex please?"

Vince and Evan looked up at her. "We don't have him, Ry."

She smirked and glanced at Kennedy and Luke. She handed Lily to Kennedy who tickled her, making her laugh. Ryenn walked over to the boys and saw that they were playing with their favorite toy cars. She quickly snatched them up.

"Hey!" Vince yelled.

"Give us our trucks, Ry!" Evan yelled.

She held them above her, looking at the boys. "It isn't nice when someone takes your toys, is it?" They shook their heads quickly and she nodded. "Give Rex back to Lily and I will give your trucks back."

They quickly looked at each other and gave Rex back to Lily. Ryenn handed the cars back to them, and Kennedy set Lily at the table with them again.

"If I find out you guys stole each other things again, I am going to come back here and I may even bring your parents…" Ryenn said.

Three sets of eyes stared at her and they shook their heads, making the older kids laugh. They walked to the counter and grabbed some food, then quickly rejoined the adults.

"We thought you guys might have stolen the food and run." Tori joked.

"Nope…just handling the problems of six year olds." Ryenn grinned as she stuffed some food in her mouth.

"That's really attractive, Ry." Luke joked and she rolled her eyes.

Beck watched his daughter and laughed, shaking his head. "Well as long as she acts like that, I won't have to worry about her breaking my rule."

She rolled her eyes again. "I know, Dad! No dating. I still don't understand that rule…" She glanced at Kennedy who had gone silent.

They had been secretly dating for a year, but because of Beck's rule, Luke was the only one that knew.

Beck sighed, glancing at Jade. "I have told you. There are some dangerous people out there. When you are old enough, I will let you date."

Cat smiled. "My brother told me he had a girlfriend once. Then I found out it was a cat named girlfriend…I was really confused."

Everyone stared at her for a second, and then luckily new conversation started. Beck squeezed Jade's knee, giving her comfort. They hadn't told Ryenn about how she was conceived and they hadn't planned on ever telling her. But the thought of letting her date was scary for both of them, especially Beck. He couldn't let another one of his girls go through that…it was too painful to even imagine.