After the contentious custody battle, Frank & Mary go on with their lives as usual. But it isn't until an eventful night at Ferg's that Frank starts to wonder if maybe his life might be missing something. Now that his niece has a normal life, maybe...
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Frank was almost annoyed with how well behaved Mary and Sam were on the plane. But he should have known that Joey would have thought of everything, even down to the lollipops and chewing gum they needed to keep their little ears from hurting during both the plane's ascent and descent. They were pretty much happy for the whole flight and Frank didn't get the opportunity to tease Joey over the hardships of traveling with kids which meant he actually got to read half of his book instead.
She was such a good mom, but Frank wished that Joey would give herself a break and stop being so hard on herself. Mary and Sam were happy, well adjusted kids, and were a delight to the other passengers and Frank knew that a lot of the credit should go to his worried girlfriend.
But then they landed at Boston's Logan Airport to a fresh snowstorm that made Joey's heart sink. Sam still didn't have a winter coat and she knew that his little hoodie just wouldn't keep him warm enough. She felt like such a failure right out of the gate.
"Already on it, Kincade." Frank announced as they waited to pick up their checked luggage. The weather was fairly unexpected, and he could read the panic written all over her face.
Joey watched as Frank opened up his carry on, took out an old sweater of his, and made a game of wrapping up the little boy in it like a blanket before they headed out into the cold.
Sam could barely move and, of course, he found his predicament pretty hilarious. The very formal driver waiting for them by the exit holding a sign that said "Mr. Adler" gave them all a warm hearted smile when he saw them, as well.
Joey wasn't used to being picked up from the airport by a limo, but the kids both thought that it was coolest thing that had ever happened.
"A little much, huh?" Joey yawned to Frank as the driver held open the door for them and Frank helped her inside.
"That's my mother for you. It's either an apology or a reminder."
"Reminder?"
"Money, money is the reminder." Frank huffed as he sat down and buckled in Sam and Joey helped Mary with her seatbelt. "That is, if she still doesn't realize that we don't give a shit about any of that."
"Let's not get too pissed off at her before we even get there, okay." Joey yawned again. "Big happy family remember?"
Joey relaxed into the limo's big leather seats and got comfortable as the kids checked out the sights through the window and Frank explained Boston's different landmarks to them. Joey closed her eyes and fell asleep to the sound of Frank's deep rich voice and her children's amazed ooo's and ahhh's.
It felt like mere seconds had gone by by the time Joey felt Frank lovingly caressing her face to wake her up.
"We're here, sleepyhead." Frank softly cooed in ear.
"Shit, I must have passed out." Joey quickly woke up and panicked and frantically looked around to try and gain her barings, she'd never felt so tired before in her life. It felt as though she had just woken up from a coma. So much so that Sam was giggling at her as he showed off his new winter coat.
