Ten Years Later….

Maya Matthews hummed quietly to herself as she cooked dinner.

It had been a long day at work.

She loved her students, honestly she did but is she had to see one more painting of a tree she was going to scream.

Oh well.

At least she was able to terrorize Cory.

She felt two arms wrap around her (abnormally large) waist and lips begin to pepper kisses along her collar bone.

"Oh Eric." She giggled.

"You are demented you know that." Josh grumbled, releasing her.

"And you're still in your scrubs." Maya said poking him in the chest.

"I thought you liked the scrubs." Josh said waggling his eye brows.

"Not tonight. I had way to hard a day to deal with your dick." Maya huffed.

"Spoil sport. Oh guess what?" Josh said.

"What?" Maya asked, playing along.

"Ava's pregnant." Josh said.

"Ok…"

No big surprise there.

"So is Maddie."

Maya groaned.

"Fantastic. Bet Auggie is freaking the fuck out." Maya said.

"Pretty much. My mom is going to flip out. We haven't even been able to figure out how to explain polyamory to her and now we have to explain to her about how she going to be a great grandmother by two different girls."

"Let me film it." Maya demanded and Josh laughed.

"So where is Hope?" Josh asked as he went to stick his finger in the pot Maya was stirring.

"Riley and Ranger Rick picked her up from school. They're taking her and Max to see some play. Should be here any minute." Maya said, whacking Josh's hand.

"Hey! My hands are my money makers!" He complained rubbing his hands.

"Please. You're an OB/GYN. All you have to do is hold your hands out and catch." Maya said.

"Geez Maya. You make it sound like I'm a ball player."

"Well if the overpaid glove fits." Maya snarked.

The two started giggling.

"So," Josh placed a hand on Maya's expanding stomach, "how has little Joshua been?"

"Patrick's missed his daddy." Maya said.

Their feud over baby names continued.

Josh opened his mouth but was cut off by a loud cry of "Daddy!"

He turned and was greeted by an armful of brunette pig tails.

"Hopie!" He cried, lifting her up.

He waved at Lucas and Riley as they entered the apartment, their son behind them.

Max scowled and plopped down on the couch.

Max was eight and hated being seen with his seven-year-old cousin.

Especially since she'd been moved up a year to his class.

Josh thought it was hilarious they had the bottle of sunshine while Riley and Lucas got the moody loner.

"Peaches!" Riley cried, wrapping her arms around Maya.

"I literally saw you two hours ago Riles." Maya said.

"That's two hours too long." Riley pouted.

"You're squishing my baby." Maya deadpanned.

Riley jumped away from the friend and Maya groaned.

She hated making Riley feel bad, even after all these years.

She pulled Riley into a hug and Riley melted.

Lucas and Josh shared a look and shrugged.

They'd learned long ago that their wives loved each other far more than them.

They were cool with it.

"So is Farkle and Zay coming tonight?" Josh asked.

Smackle he knew couldn't make it since she was currently living in Switzerland, working in a think tank.

"Unfortunately not. They had to fly out to Texas. Liana went into labor this afternoon." Lucas said.

Josh grinned.

Liana was Zay's cousin and the couple's surrogate.

"Good for them. Can't wait to meet little Meira." Josh said.

"I got to see Uncle Gabe and Aunt Ronny today!" Hope chirped.

"Did you now?" Josh asked.

Hope nodded.

"The older kids were paired up with the younger kids. I got paired up with Uncle Gabe!" The little girl said excitedly, her blue eyes flashing.

"And who did Max get paired with?" Maya asked.

Hope flipped her hair.

"Ronny of course." She said, shooting Gabe a devious smile.

Gabe blushed deeply.

Josh and Maya shared a look.

Well they did say history repeated its self.

"Ok. I think the beef stew is done. Come eat!"

The group sat down to eat.

Maya looked around.

Growing up she had never dared hope for this.

Good friends.

An amazing husband.

A beautiful daughter and a soon to be there son.

Time after time she had been shown that is you hope hard enough, long enough well…

Maybe, just maybe your dreams do come true.