Hearing his father's voice, Ray reluctantly pulled away from the man he loved. And Fraser, as reluctantly, let him go. I t was becoming difficult for them, this hiding.

"Later, Frase" Ray whispered.

Ray was in the living room, Fraser in the kitchen fixing Ray a cup of coffee when Damian exited the bedroom. After the conversation he had just had with his wife, he could see the effort that both young men were making.

Fraser said "Good morning, Mr. Kowalski. Would you like coffee? And perhaps Mrs. Kowalski would like a cup also."

"Thanks. Ben. I think Barbara would like coffee."

"Do you wish me to bring her into the living room?"

"Yes, Ben, thanks. That'd be nice."

Fraser went off to gather his adopted mom.

"Stanley, Son. We need to talk for a minute" Damian said Oh, this wasn't going to be easy. Ray looked at his father, totally unaware of what was coming.

"I sorta saw somethin' a little while ago.....now, don't say anything. Lemme....lemme just say what i gotta say first. I opened the bedroom door and saw .. well, what i saw was youandbenkissin'." There, he had said it. It was out. He took a deep breath. Ray was staring him with something akin to shock.

"I'm gonna try to accept this. Might take me a little time. This isn't what I expected. Damn it, Son, you were married to Stella! It's just ... Your mother says that you two love each other...and I guess I can see that. "

Ray had no idea what to say. His dad knew, his dad had seen them kissing! For one of the few times in his life, Ray was unable to move.

Damian moved closer to his son, gave him the best type of hug and thump on the back that he could.

As Fraser carried Barbara into the living room and gently settled her on the couch, he noticed the interchange between his lover and his lover's father. His new 'mom' seemed totally unruffled by the entire thing. As Fraser stood and headed for the kitchen to fix her some coffee, Damian held out his hand.

Baffled, Fraser took the proferred hand and was quite surprised to hear Damian say, "Welcome to the family...Son."

Ray and Fraser looked at Damian Kowalski, then at each other, then at Barbara. She smiled and nodded her head.

"So, Dad, are you ok with this?"

"Like I said, Stanley, gimme a little time. But yer mother has convinced me that you two shouldn't have to hide anything from us."

Fraser looked at Ray. Ray looked at Fraser. Ray gave Fraser a little 'you believe this?' look.

"I want to assure you, Mr. Kowalski, that Ray and I will do nothing in your presence that might make you feel uncomfortable around us" Fraser said.

"Too late, Frase" Ray replied with just a hint of mischief in his blue eyes, "he already saw us kissin' this morningl"

"Oh dear." Fraser blushed a red almost the color of his dress uniform tunic.

"Ben, come here." Barbara said.

Fraser crossed the small room and sat on the couch next to her.

"Now, then, Ben....Son, all Damian and I want is for our boy to be happy. You know that I already accepted both of you as a couple. Damian is willing to. Oh my goodness, think of the wonderful holidays that we'll have. I hope I get these casts off today. It's almost Thanksgiving and I'll need to fix a turkey, and dressing, and mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, and........"