July 7th, 1991

Ten years change people. People grow for the most part. Lindsay knew she had changed. Well, she hoped at least. As she rode on the plane back to Chippewa, She thought about her life. When she graduated from McKinley, She ran. She ran to Boston to go to college there. There she fell in love with Jeffery Stratford. She couldn't believe she had actually fallen in love. When she found out he was a millionaire and founder of Stratford Industries. She didn't care he was ten years older then her. Lindsay began to work as a math teacher the fall after her and Jeffery got married. They didn't need the money but she wanted to work.

While she was there, She had heard rumours about her husband. Rumours about his infidelity. So, like and idiot, Lindsay got pregnant to try to save their marriage. When her daughter was placed in her arms, Jeffery took the wedding ring off her finger. It wasn't and still isn't bad being a single mother. In fact, Lindsay loved it. She was doing fine until her high school fired her. Now, she was on her way to Michigan to work at McKinley.

After graduation, Lindsay lost contact with everyone she once called friends. She got some cards from Millie and Kim for special occasions. Sam talked to Lindsay every Sunday keeping her updated.

For Sam, the past ten years had been great. His crush on Cindy Sanders was way in the past. His sophomore year brought a relationship with Maureen Sampson. His junior year brought on a lot of first for Sam and Maureen. When they graduated in 1984, both of them bought an apartment together. Sam was happy that him and Maureen were working out, so after they graduated from the university, they got married. Exactly nine months later, their first child was born. Sam wanted to provide for his family. When Harold Weir retired from A-1 Sporting goods, Sam got the reins. Under his supervision, A-1 sky rocketed and Sam was able to open two other stores in Detroit.

For Neal, life was going fast for him. He threw himself into school. He was studying to become an obgyn. While in the university, Neal fell in love with Sarah, a beautiful Jewish woman. Things moved fast for them. A year after they me, they were married, and a year after that Lauren was born. Neal didn't regret how fast they had moved thankfully.

Bill was the star of the class of '84. When he graduated from McKinley, he began to date Vickie Applebee. Sam and Neal were in shock and when they got married, all of Chippewa was shocked. Bill soon began to work at McKinley as a guidance counselor. The faces there may change, but the attitude never changed. Bill knew the halls well, so this had been the perfect job for him. He had helped Vickie open up her own craft store. Frankly, life was great besides the fact they couldn't have children.

Lindsay was shocked with some of the changes in the freaks she had learned about. Nick went off the face of the earth when he joined the army. He got injured and came back to Chippewa. He bought the bowling alley and Foxy's and made it his own.

Lindsay was so thrilled to hear about Ken and Amy's marriage. It was nice to hear Ken was so happy (Amy too). He was even working for his father's company. In 1987, they had their first child, Natalie. Ken never thought he'd become a father. It was utterly amazing. Well, the thousands of dollars they spent for I.V.F. wasn't amazing but seeing Natalie's large brown eyes were just great. Amy, when not running after Nat, went into broadcasting at the local company. It was great.

As for Kim and Daniel, things were very very different. Kim really began to apply herself to her schoolwork. Soon, she began to get all A's. She knew she had it in her. When Kim married Daniel, she announced she was going to law school. The end of her junior year at law school, she gave birth to her Daniel's first child. The day she passed the bar, she had given birth to baby number two. Now, she was the youngest top lawyer in Detroit. As for Daniel, life was going well in his own way. Besides the growing family, Daniel opened his own garage and it soon became a booming business and he had to open another one. The freaks and geeks had lives now. It was a shock to Lindsay.

"Momma, move!" Torrance pulled on Lindsay's arm. She looked at her daughter whose brown eyes were giving her a look. That was the same look Jeffery tended to give her.

"What?" Lindsay asked.

"People getting' off the plane." Torrance said. Lindsay looked around and saw people were filing off the plane.

"Oh. Come on, Princess." Lindsay grabbed Torrance's big bird backpack and led her daughter off of the airplane.

"Is papa coming?" Torrance asked. "Is Uncle Sam coming? Is Aunt Maureen coming?" Lindsay laughed softly.

"We'll see." She said looking around the airport. Why was her heart pounding?

"'Unt Linsee!!" Erika Weir ran up to Lindsay. She scooped her niece up.

"Hey, Sweet pea." Lindsay kissed her and put her back down.

"Lindsay!" Sam ran over to her, "your hair is blond."

"Nice to see you too." She laughed as she hugged Sam.

"Hey, Linds." Maureen waddled over. Lindsay looked at how pregnant her sister-in-law was.

"Jeez, Maur." Lindsay chuckled hugging her.

"One more month." She said taking Erika's hand.

"Come on.' Sams aid. "Mom and dad are home waiting for the two of you."

* * *

It was so nice to be home. She didn't realize how much she had missed this family until she was back with it.

"So, how's Millie?" Lindsay asked. Jean sighed slightly.

"I don't know." She said. Lindsay stared out the window at Sam playing with Erika and Torrance.

"She bought her parents house right?' Lindsay asked.
"Yeah." jean said, "but her husband isn't the best in the world." Lindsay looked at her mother.

"What do you mean? To into God?" Lindsay chuckled.

"I wish." jean sighed. Maureen rubbed her stomach.

"We live five houses down and we hear the fights." Maureen said.

"Fights?" Lindsay looked at her mother.

"Pretty violent ones from he sound of it." jean said. Lindsay stared in disbelief.

"Does he hit her?" She asked. Maureen sighed.

"I think so, but she denies it." Maureen said. Lindsay got off the couch.

"Chippewa is going to change now that I'm back." Lindsay walked outside, "Tori, come on. We're going to see one of Mommy's friends." Torrance ran and took her hand.

"Are there kids to play with?" She asked.

"yes. They're little though." Lindsay said leading her daughter across the street. Maybe Jean and Maureen were mistaken. Millie wouldn't put up with a relationship like that. Lindsay rang the doorbell.

"I'll be good." Torrance said. Lindsay laughed softly as the door opened up. Millie's eyes widened when she saw her childhood friend.

"Hey, Millie." Lindsay smiled. boy, Millie looked different. She had about thirty extra pounds on, her hair was shoulder length and fluffy, and she looked tired.

"Oh my gosh! Lindsay!" Millie threw her arms around her, "you're blond."

"Yeah." Lindsay chuckled.

"how have you been? How long are you here for?" Millie asked.

"Well, I'm great not that I'm back home. I'm here forever hopefully. I got a job at McKinley." Lindsay said.

"Well, that's fantastic. Come in and meet my girls." Millie looked at Torrance, "and you must be Torrance."

"Yes, Ma'am." Torrance nodded. her curls bounced.

"I was just feeding the twins." Millie led Lindsay into the kitchen. Two little girls, who were around seventeen months old, sat in high chairs. They had unruly blond hair that made Lindsay smiled, "Lindsay, meet my girls. The one in pink is Ashley. The one in purple is Amanda."

"I can't believe we're both mothers." Lindsay said sitting next to Ashley. She watched the little girl shove food into her mouth.

"Amazing, huh?" Millie went into the fridge and took out a juice box for Torrance, "So, have you met up with anyone else?"

"You're my first." Lindsay said, "I'm going to check them out tomorrow. Sam has been keeping me updated on everyone just about. Not Cindy Sanders though." Millie chuckled.

"She has five kids, about two hundred pounds, and lives in an old run down house." She said.

"Five kids?" Lindsay asked. Millie nodded.

"Amber, Brian, Brittney, Elizabeth, and Steven." She said, "They're all under five. I don't know what happened. I've just heard the rumours. She got in some trouble awhile back with some photos she took. She almost lost Amber and Brian."

"I never would have guessed Cindy would become trailer trash." Lindsay said.

"Kim Dasario represented her when some people took her to court." Millie said.

"I've missed too much." Lindsay said. Millie began to wash Amanda's hands off.

"Are you going into Detroit tomorrow?" She asked.

"Yeah. I can't wait." Lindsay said, "Millie got up and turned the TV on.

"Well, you can see Amy now." She said as the five o'clock news came on. Sure enough, Amy was sitting in front of the camera talking about the latest news.

"She looks good." Lindsay said.
"I think she's due in November." Millie said.

"I can't believe how fertile everyone is." Lindsay chuckled.

"Neal told me they used IVF. Apparently, Amy's egg production isn't where it should be." Lindsay wrinkled her nose.

"That's too much info." She said. Boy, Millie was sure into gossiping now.

"Sorry. Well, I hate to cut this short, but Michael will be home soon and I need to start picking up." Millie said.

"Oh okay." Lindsay got up, "Maybe we can do this again."

"Of course." Millie smiled, "Are you staying with your folks?"

"Yeah. I'm going to start looking for a place next week." Lindsay took Torrance's hand.

"Well, great. So, we'll definitely see each other soon." Millie smiled.

"Right." Lindsay smiled weakly as she led Torrance out of Millie's house. Lindsay wasn't sure if what Maureen and her mother had told her was true, but she'd resolve it if it was.

July 8th, 1991

Lindsay pulled Maureen's car into the parking space in front of one of the A-1 sporting goods in Detroit. it was so strange to see A-1 being one of the best deals in town. She remembers when it was an expensive place.

"Where we going?" Torrance asked as they got out of the car.

"We're visiting Mommy's friends. Don't bug me." Lindsay led Torrance down the street. The little girl groaned and shuffled her feet. Lindsay stopped in front of a garage that said Dasario Motors. She smiled brightly seeing Daniel leaning over a car. "Dasario has a fat ass." Daniel stood up.
"What's the big idea?" He glared at Lindsay. hen when he realized who it was he broke out in a large smiled, "Weir??"

"Stratford now." Lindsay laughed.

"What the hell?" Daniel gave her a hug. It's so good to see you."

"I'm back in Chippewa. I need a cat and I heard you were the man to see about that." Lindsays aid.

"I am." Daniel said. "Is that runt yours?" Lindsay nodded.

"Yup. you have two don't you?" She asked. Daniel nodded. Lindsay could see how proud he was.

"My Princess Kelly is sex and let me tell you, She's a spitfire like Kim. My little guy, Dustin, is three." Daniel said.

"I'm three." Torrance smiled.

"Wow. That's excellent." Daniel smiled at Torrance, "Listen, Kim and I are having our annual dinner at our place tonight. The whole gang will be there without kids."

"Everyone?" Lindsay asked. Daniel nodded.

"Me and Kim of course. Ken, Amy, and Nick." Daniel said.

"Nick?" Lindsay bit her lip. Daniel nodded.

"He's single and No kids." he said. Lindsay chuckled.

"Why should I care?" She asked.

"I'm just saying." he smiled, "So, you want a car..."

* * *

Lindsay checked the address that Daniel gave her again. She looked at the beautiful house before her. The address was correct. Lindsay rang the doorbell. Things certainly had change. Kim opened the door. Boy, she looked beautiful and grown up. her hair was still long, but it had a new bounce to it. her clothes looked like they cost more than Lindsay's entire monthly worth of paychecks.

"Boy, it's great to have you back." Kim gave her a tight hug. "Come in. Everyone is here." Lindsay felt like she was going to pass out. Kim led her into the dining room where everyone was. Ken was now clean-shaven with short hair. He had his arm around Amy's shoulder's who now Lindsay could tell was pregnant. her eyes landed on Nick. God, he looked so handsome. Everyone stopped talking when they saw her enter the room.

"Hey." Lindsay smiled.

"I'd get up to hug you, but I'm comfy." Amy said. Lindsay laughed softly.

"Pregnant women have leeway." She looked at Ken, "But you don't." Ken smiled and got up.

"It's great to see you." Ken said hugging her.

"You too. So, Ken Miller is a dad." Lindsay said.

"A good one too. Natalie is with a baby sitter. She's four and in there is Kayla." Ken said.

"In here kicking my bladder." Amy said.

"I'm going to be an aunt again next month." Lindsay said.

"No more for us." Kim groaned going into the kitchen. Lindsay looked at Nick.

"Hey." Lindsay smiled. Nick nodded.

"Hey, Linds." he said, "I'm glad you're home."

"Me too." Lindsay sat down next to him.

"You have a picture of Torrance?" Amy asked giving her a picture of Natalie.

"Oh she's gorgeous." Lindsay pulled out one of Torrance, "Here's Tori."

"She's beautiful." Ken said.

"She looks a lot like you." Nick said. Lindsay blushed slightly.

The dinner wasn't as awkward as Lindsay had expected it to be. They all told stories from the past ten years. It was really nice.

"Want to go for a walk?" Nick looked at Lindsay. She nodded.

"It's a nice night out." She said. nick led her to the door. She could already tell her was different than he was in high school. The two of them walked outside.

"I really am happy that you're back." He said.

"Me too. I've missed you so much...all of you." Lindsay said walking down the sidewalk.

"So, teaching at McKinley...That's pretty wild." Nick said. Lindsay nodded with a chuckle.

"I know, but a job is a job." She said.

"And you love math." Nick pointed out. Lindsay smiled softly.

"Yes I do." She said. The two of them walked down the street in silence for awhile.

"Lindsay, I just wanted to let you know that...I'm different now," Nick said, "The army really changed me."

"I hope in a good way." She said. Nick nodded.

"Very good way. I got an honourable discharge when I was injured. I'm glad I'm out though." Nick said, "I'm ready to start a family."

"You'd make a good dad." Lindsay said.

"I hope so." Nick took Lindsay's hand, "Listen, I was wondering if you're like to go out sometime...as adults this time." Lindsay smiled softly. God, she hadn't been on a date since she and Jeffery first started going together. She nodded.

"I would love that, nick." She said.

"Great. I'll call you sometime to set something up." Nicks aid. Lindsay nodded as they walked down the street. Boy, it felt good to be here. It was very comforting to be back home. This was the best move she'd ever made.