"are you sure you really want to throw this party, my dear danaya?" zach, the husband said who's looking to the mirror where his wife is looking too.
they were in their master bedroom, danaya is finishing her final touch to her make up.
"of course, my love. please, go downstairs, i'll be with you in a bit." she smiles at him as he kisses her on her forehead.
zach and danaya had been married for almost three years, and the anniversary of her parents are near.
'if only you were here, papa and mama.' she thought.
on the other hand, when zach left the room, he goes to their kitchen to prepare food when the doorbell rang.
he walk towards their precious big door as he opens, the first family has arrived earlier than expected.
"ah! bonjour! welcome to the herron mansion, averys!" zach happily said
zach and jack had been partners in crime for as long as they remember.
"good to finally see you again, zach. say, how's living in this mansion?" jack asked while the rest of his family enters the mansion.
"i gotta say, first few days i was completely lost, but i found a way back." zach replies.
"uncle zach, please to see you! i missed you so much!" lavender said, the daughter of jack and gabriela.
she quickly hugs her uncle as he hugs back.
"i missed you too, darling. say, why are you not with my daughter?" zach said
"she said she'll be with the frantzich, because her flight was delayed." she said as she left with jack.
"ah, the miss gabriela gonzalez-"
"excuse you, i'm a avery now, you little scumbag." gabbie pokes zach on his head with her purse.
"of course, of course. how could i not forget? the boys and i are the best man of your beautiful wedding." zach said
"now, where's the restroom, zach?" gabbie looks around.
"Right this way. Good luck at the table tonight. I shall fetch you a drink forthwith." even though the last part was a joke because gabbie looks like she was gonna poke him with his bad jokes, but she didn't.
15 minutes later, the doorbell rang. zach again, comes to the door to open it. revealing the seaveys.
"my, dear old giraffe friend, good to see you. how's the los angeles zoo?"
"zach, for as long as i remember, you are in the zoo with me. isn't right, panda?" zach suddenly just scratch his neck.
"oh yeah, hehehe." daniel leaves.
"shiori seavey! it's been months since we last saw you. how did daniel took hong kong?" zach asking daniel's beautiful wife, shiori.
"he did not take it. he wanted to leave as soon as we walked the long way to my parents' house." shiori said making zach laugh.
"it's not funny! how about you walk that long ass way!" daniel probanly heard their conversation.
shiori went to her husband, as zach was about to close the door when he was stopped by someone.
"did i made it? is it starting?"
"oh my god, perena. did you run a hundred miles to get here?!" zach asked the lady who was panting.
"no, the uber's tire was flat so i ran, but thank god i was few streets away." perena said
"oh, okay. please, drink a glass of water in the kitchen while i close this door." zach widely opens the door making her to enter the mansion.
when perena left, a family finally comes in.
"oh my, i thought you wouldn't make it, jonah!"
"how would i not?! this can be a reunion party so that's why were all here!" jonah sais as he comes inside hugging his old friend zach.
"zachary dean herron, the man who captures corbyn and christina's daughter! how lovely to see you!" tate said as shw hugs him.
"nice to see you too, tate. say, why are you carrying a luggage?" zach asks as he heard someone from tate's back screams.
"daddy!!"
zach looks behind tate to see his eighteen years old daughter, jayda ivanita herron.
"my sweet daughter, you're finally here!" jayda jumps to zach almost making him fall.
"you look like your mother." zach smiles as she pokes his nose.
" of course, i am. how am i not?" the two laughs as jayda and tate comes in.
"evie, you look fantastic tonight." zach said
"why thank you, uncle." she said
that was all their people. it's time to finally start this event that they have been waiting for months, or that's what danaya's been waiting.
zach comes to where the others are, as everyone is gathered in one place.
"oh! there you are, old friend. how are you settling into your new studio? now, i know it'll take some getting used to, but there's no one i would rather have alongside me to protect this great city of ours. now i'll see you at the table soon, but try not to rob me blind again, we'll catch up." perena asked daniel as daniel looks at her confused.
"i'm sorry, do i know you?" shiori quickly holds daniel's hand.
"i heard a lot of stories about you, you're perena right? my bestfriend's been talking about you the past few weeks." shiori said
"really? i heard that you all have been a good family to her since the incident." perena said
"you knew the incident?" gabbie said standing up from her sit on the couch
"who doesn't? i mean, the famous besson family? come on." perena said
the others looks at him confused and somehow shocked.
they don't want to hear what happened to their dear two bestfriends. they've been through a lot.
"alright people, my wife is just finishing something and she'll be down in a bit." zach said going down the staircase as everyone look at him.