Alice could smell dinner cooking and realized they were playing video games waiting for her to get home, Dana preferred if possible for them to all eat together, so they could catch up with each other’s day. Though Alice would tell Dana to go ahead and eat with Joey if she was late, she didn’t mind eating alone. Dana would point out that in a few years Joey would grow up and prefer his friend’s company and they needed to eat as a whole family while he was young.

When the two finally noticed her standing there. Joey dropped his game control and ran over and gave Alice a hug. “Mom, Dana’s getting better she can almost beat me.”

Just before the adoption was finalized Alice and Dana had decided it would be confusing for Joey to call both of them mom, so after talking about it they decided since he was Alice’s brother’s son she would be called mom, and Dana decided rather then trying to come up with some cute name for herself she would still be his mom but he would call her Dana.

Though Joey called Dana, Dana he still at time would call her mom. At night before he went to sleep he would hug both women and always call out “love you moms” before they turned out the lights. And in moments of hurt or if he wasn’t feeling well and wanted Dana’s comfort he would call her mom. But most of the time if the two women were together Alice was Mom and Dana was Dana.

When Joey sat back down by Dana to continue the game Dana reached over and grabbed Joey in a tickle hug. “Hey I’m letting you win admit it.” she said as she continued to tickle. Joey’s laughter could be heard through the house.

Alice just stood at the entrance of the room marveling and the sight before her and once again wondering what she was had been thinking. “Guys do you mind if I take a quick shower before we eat dinner?”

Dana stopped with her assault on their son and looked at Alice wondering why she felt the need to shower before dinner, but figured maybe Alice just wanted a few minutes to relax before the meal. “Sure babe, go ahead I’ll just beat Joey’s butt in this game while we wait for you.”