Just some fluff and plotless, pointless stuff for the last chapter. Have fun and also happy (v late) bday to Janey love u xxx
Chapter 25
Epilogue
A soft smile spread across Hanna's face as the little brown-haired head that had been resting on her shoulder, shot up at the sound of the front door opening.
Her arm tightened around her daughter before she pulled back the soft blanket that was draped over the both of them and looked up to catch her husbands eye as he strolled in after a long day at work.
"Daddy!"
"Hey flower," He grinned, kicking his shoes off before he opened his arms to catch her as she jumped into them. "What are you still doing awake? You're supposed to be in bed."
"She wouldn't go to sleep until she got a cuddle from daddy." Hanna replied for the four-year-old as she curled herself around Caleb's chest, her little hand playing with the buttons on his shirt. "So we put a movie on and waited up for you."
"Sorry I'm late," He mumbled as she relaxed back into the sofa and he took a seat next to her. He had expected to come home to a busy house, shouting and door slamming once again filtering through the walls- so it was a nice surprise to find Hanna and Rosie curled up and all cosy under a blanket together. "Has Ava not arrived yet?"
"No," Hanna shot him a look at she tucked her feet under herself and reached out to tickle Rosie's bare toes that were facing her as she perched on her daddy's lap. "She texted me when I was at the shop and said that she'd get here tomorrow morning instead."
"Oh," Caleb frowned too, curling a finger around a lock of Rosie's hair. "So she's either forgotten about her brothers graduation or she's been too busy to care."
"Sounds just like her." Hanna rolled her eyes as two sets of feet made their way down the stairs before a brown haired boy arrived with a hanger of clothes tossed over his shoulder and Connor a few feet behind him.
"Thanks for the spare tux Mrs Rivers." He let out a charming grin. "It fits perfectly."
"No worries Jack," She smiled back at him. "Are you sure you don't need a lift tomorrow? We have room in the car."
"Nah," He shook his head. "My mom got the day off work to come, but thanks for the offer."
"Well text Connor if you need anything else, alright?" She propped her feet up against the coffee table as Caleb stood up with a sleepy Rosie in his arms. "And you and your mum are welcome to the barbecue tomorrow."
"Yeah," Connor looked at him desperately, he couldn't spend the afternoon trapped with all his crazy family. "You should come."
A smirk spread across the brunettes face as he reached for the door. "Will Ava be there?"
"She's still got a boyfriend Jack," Caleb interrupted, shaking his head with a small grin at the teenagers persistence. "You got to her too late."
"Shame." He muttered, "I know you'd have loved me as a son-in-law."
"Go now please," Connor frowned, opening the door at the thought of his best friend and his sister even taking to each other, never mind married.
"Bye Jack." Hanna and Caleb smiled at him before he was gone and she stood up to press a kiss to Rosie's cheek. "Night baby." She hoped the four-year-old would settle quickly and get a good nights sleep for the busy day ahead, but by the look on Caleb's face she new she was wrong and sure enough the minute he headed up the stairs his fingers were tickling and Rosie was shrieking with laughter.
"Night Ro," Connor called half heartedly, his attention engrossed in his phone before he pushed it into his pocket and slumped down on to the sofa, next to his mother.
"So," She shot him a smile, resisting the temptation to reach forward and sort out his messy blond locks- she knew how much it annoyed him. "How are you feeling about tomorrow?"
He rolled his eyes at his mothers over excitement, although a grin of his own was forming that he couldn't control. He was so ready to leave high school and go see the world on his own for a while, no parents and no annoying sisters. All he had to do was get through tomorrow and everything he had worked hard for would be waiting for him on the other side of the country. "I cant wait." He said simply, flashing her his goofy smile.
Caleb let out a groan as his eyes opened at the sound of knocking against the bedroom door later that night. He glanced over to his wife, who was half asleep already, with just a sheet tangled at her feet before she rolled away from him. "You go."
"Fine." He grumbled back, routing around in the dark room to find a pair of boxers before he pulled them on and trudged over to the door. "What's up?" He ran his hand down his face to try and wake himself up slightly as he found Connor holding a crying Rosie in his arms.
"She came into my room crying." He sighed as she buried her head against his shoulder, his nose ghosting over her hairline before he handed her over to Caleb. "She's saying there's a monster in her room or something, I dunno." He turned around to go back to bed when Caleb grabbed his arm.
"Nope." He pulled his son into Rosie's room, squeezing her tight against him as she started to splutter again. "I need help."
"But I-"
"It will only take a second." Caleb looked at him pointedly, a dark eyebrow raised before Connor took one glance at Rosie and gave in. "What's up baby?" Caleb mumbled down to his daughter as he kissed her forehead.
"It's scary," She sighed against his neck, blinking up at her big brother with her blue eyes as he shot her a soft smile.
"What's scary?" Caleb asked again as she calmed down slightly and stuck her fingers in her mouth.
"Monsters aren't real Ro," Connor spoke up, making his way across her room, the peach walls lighting up with stars from her night light. "It's all pretend."
"I don't like it." She whimpered again, her head going straight back to Caleb's shoulder as he tried not to groan with tiredness. He just wanted to be asleep.
"Will you go back to sleep if we check to make sure there's nothing scary?" Caleb ran a hand down her back as she shrugged and he raised an eyebrow at Connor.
The blond rolled his eyes before dropping to his knees and sticking his head under her little bed. "There's nothing here Ro, no monsters or anything." He muttered, getting out from under there as quickly as possible and picking up her monkey teddy.
"Are you gonna go back to sleep now, huh?" Caleb pushed again, his lips pressing to her forehead as Connor tried to entertain her with the soft, brown toy. She made no effort to move from his arms though, so Caleb tried to lighten the situation and make her smile. "Look Ro, even Conny looked under the bed and he's scared of everything."
"Am not." Connor frowned at his dad.
"You're scared of spiders." Rosie giggled at him. "And Ava."
"Remember when there was a spider in the shower and he screamed?" Caleb grinned, tickling her belly as he shot Connor a smirk.
"And he did a funny dance with the towel and mommy had to get the spider out." Her tiny tongue poked out at him as he poked his right back.
"I'm going back to bed if you're just going to laugh at me." He shook his head jokingly and turned on his heels.
"No," Rosie's mood flicked like a switch and her eyes were back to filling with water as Caleb bit his lip with realisation. "Stay with me and daddy."
"No Ro, it's Cons big day tomorrow and we all need sleep." Caleb placed her on the floor before he brushed her messy hair back from her forehead.
"But it's scary," She mumbled again, desperately taking hold of Caleb's hand. "Daddy check my bed."
"Fine." He sighed, letting go of her hand to kneel down. The second he did though, she darted over to her big brother and wrapped her arms around his leg, keeping him close. "It's empty, no monsters and no scary things." He stood back up and took in the stubborn look in her eyes.
She was defiant and head strong- like every single one of his children and he knew he wasn't getting a good nights sleep tonight if he didn't just give in.
"Come on," He held his arms out for her again. "You can sleep with me and mommy so Conny isn't tired at his graduation."
"Okay," She let out a quiet mumble, a small smile on her face though as she curled back into his chest and grabbed the teddy from Connor. "Night, night."
"Night you." He stuck his tongue out again before Caleb slapped his bare shoulder as a thank you and they all retreated back to bed.
Hanna was wide awake when Caleb entered, wondering what was taking so long for him to return to her. He closed the door behind himself as she sat up and covered her chest with the sheets when she saw Rosie was with him. "What are you doing here missy?" She raised an eyebrow as the little girl was gently tossed on to the mattress.
"No one is allowed to sleep until Miss Rosie gets what she wants." Caleb muttered, climbing in the bed as the four-year-old cuddled into her mommy with a sleepy grin.
Her soft breaths evened out as Hanna stroked her hairline gently and she quickly fell back to sleep between them. Caleb shifted slightly, his head lay next to Rosie's on the pillow as he simply watched her little chest rising and falling for a few minutes before he felt a hand run through the front of his hair.
"What was all that about?" Hanna asked him in a whisper. It wasn't like her baby girl to wake up in the middle of the night crying.
"She knows Con is leaving soon." He sighed, meeting his wife's eyes as she lay on her side, one arm reaching over to his hair whilst the other curled around Rosie. "It's like when Ave left for New York, she was only two but she got all clingy and grumpy with us. She knows it's happening again."
"I'd forgot about that." Hanna pursed her lips with a sigh, her thumb tracing over his forehead. "She's gonna be a mess. She loves playing with Con, he just sits for hours with her and colours or plays dress up."
"No, he draws the line at dress up ever since Ava got ahold of that picture of him with a tutu on." Caleb chuckled to himself, the arguing still ringing in his ear from that phone call. "She was in New York and we could hear her screeching with laughter."
"She better be at the school on time tomorrow," Hanna raised an eyebrow before she bit her lip, holding back the urge to roll her eyes at her eldest daughter. She was acting unusual as well-unprepared and a little all over the place and it was not what Hanna needed right now.
"She will." Caleb mumbled. "She loves him more than she lets on and she'll be there even if it is to take credit for how far he's come."
"God, don't get me started I want to cry just thinking about it now." Hanna pouted her lips as she held onto Rosie tighter. "And he's made me promise not to cry and embarrass him."
"That's never gonna happen." Caleb smiled, reaching one arm up to stroke her wrist gently. "You've been a mess thinking about it the past week."
"Don't act like you're not," She smiled back, shifting her and Rosie closer so she could poke her nose against his cheek. "He's your son, he's everything and you hate that you won't be able to talk to him everyday."
"He keeps me sane around all you crazy women." He chuckled before he let out another sigh. "I'm gonna miss him a lot."
"I know," She felt her tears bubbling. "It's not like he'll be a few hours away like Ave though, he's going to LA- it's a different time zone."
"It's what he needs," Caleb muttered. "He deserves to go and have fun with his friends and try and get a career doing what he loves, we didn't spend all that bloody money on soccer school for him not to."
"I just worry about him, about all of them and half the time I don't even know why." She pressed her hand to her forehead as she rolled on to her back. "And the barbecue tomorrow, you dad better remember the grill and we need to buy more burgers on the way home because I don't think there will be enough-"
She was cut off as a large hand was placed over her mouth, stopping any sound from coming out. "Finished?" He looked at her and she rolled her eyes before nodding. "You need to stop worrying about burgers, if we didn't have our favourite little cock block with us all night I'd de-stress you again right now."
"I hope she sleeps in her own bed tomorrow," Hanna frowned, kissing the tiny brunettes cheek. "This can't become a regular thing."
"I know." He mumbled, closing his eyes. "We can dump her with Ava tomorrow night if it happens again."
"Caleb." Hanna whispered, slapping his shoulder. "Don't say it like that, she's precious." She tucked a piece of Rosie's brown hair behind her ear so she could see her pretty, little face properly.
"I know." He grinned, his lips pressing to her dainty nose. "She's our baby girl."
"You could've left her to cuddle with Con though," The blonde mumbled under her breath. It was hard to not jump on top of her husband when his hair was all scruffy and he was looking at her like that.
"He didn't want her," He chuckled. "Besides, I wouldn't go anywhere near that bed, never mind put a four-year-old in it."
"Like ours is any better." She rolled her eyes, her hand back to running through his hair.
"Um, yes actually." A smirk spread across his face as he rolled on to his side to get comfy. "I have somewhere to shoot my load, Connor does not."
"Shut up." She groaned, tugging the duvet higher over all three of them before she rested her head back against the pillow. "Night."
"Night babe." He smiled, waiting for her eyes to close before he pressed a kiss to her forehead and then Rosie's, his own eyes closing too as he drifted off to sleep.
"Daddy?" Rosie whispered as she poked his shoulder from where she was sat on his knee, in the middle of the auditorium.
"Shh."
"Daddy?" She whisper again, only this time it was louder. "Daddy!"
"What Ro?" He placed his finger over his lips to shush her as the principle slowly read out the list of names and the students came up to collect their diploma's. "You need to be quiet."
"When's Ava gettin here?" She ignore his last comment and carried on talking as she twisted around on his lap so she was facing him.
"I don't know." Caleb mumbled back to her, glancing at the spare seat beside him before Hanna caught his eye, a rather pissed of expression on her face.
"But I wanna talk to her." The four-year-old huffed. "I'm bored."
"Look out for Conny then," Caleb pointed to the front. "It's nearly his turn.
"Daddy-" A grin spread across the tiny brunettes face as she glanced over his shoulder.
"Shh."
"But daddy-"
"Stop talking." He looked down at her sternly.
"But Avie's here." She giggled, springing off his lap and straight on to her big sisters as she took her seat next to her father on the end of the row, catching her breath and smoothing down her hair.
"You're late." Hanna's head poked out as she rolled her eyes, not waiting for a reply before she sat back in her seat again.
The twenty-year-old looked up at her dad with an eyebrow raised at her moms hostile welcoming. "Don't look at me like that," He shook his head with a grin before nudging her with his elbow as he concentrated back on the front of the hall. "I'm glad you're finally here though."
"So when's he up?" She asked, quickly glancing down the row to smile at Ashley, Ted and Jamie.
"Any minute."
"He better not trip up or anything." She smirked to herself as Rosie ran her fingers through her straight hair.
"I like your hair," She whispered, will a giddy smile. "It's pretty."
"So is yours," Ava squeezed Rosie tighter against her chest. She'd missed her baby sister. "Did mommy braid it?"
"Yeah," She nodded. "And she let me put sparkles on my cheeks," Her tiny fingers ran over the soft skin that shone with the tiniest bit of highlighter. "But only a little bit."
"It look gorgeous." Ava stuck her tongue out, before she heard her brothers name being called and quickly turned Rosie around to face the front. "Look, there's Con."
"Conny!" Rosie's arms went up in the air as a few parents around them turned and smiled and Connor blushed ever so slightly.
He shot a grin in his family's direction before taking his diploma and going back to his seat as he waited for everyone else to collect theirs a sense of relief passing through his chest leaving a permanent smile on his face as everyone was released into the sunshine outside.
"Conny!" The blonde turned around from the group of girls he stopped to chat with on his way to glare at his older sister as she approached him with a teasing grin on her face and her arms wide open. "Oh my god, I missed you so much, my baby brother is all graduated and grown up." Ava scrunched his face up in her hands as she pouted up at him and he frowned. "Come here, I haven't seen you in ages and I think I might have actually missed you like the tiniest bit this time."
He leant into her embrace as they wrapped their arms around each other in a brief hug. "I think I might have missed you a tiny bit too." He shook his head hugging her back as he towered over her. "Now get off me or those girls will think I have a girlfriend."
"Here," She smirked scooping up Rosie who was stood at Caleb's feet and passing her to Connor. "Hold Ro and they'll drop their panties straight away."
"Ava!" Hanna's eyes widened as she glanced at Rosie who was listening intently to her siblings conversation.
"I missed you and your inappropriate comments." Connor laughed, making sure Rosie was comfortable in his arms as his family completed itself once again.
"My panties are pink." Rosie announced innocently as she lifted the hem of her skirt up to show her pink, flowery knickers.
"Ava," Hanna let out another growl, shaking her head with a smile as she quickly swatted down Rosie's skirt and her eldest wrapped her arms around her shoulders.
"You love me really." Ava grinned, kissing her mums cheek.
"Course I do." Hanna gave in, stroking the soft skin on her arm. She could never be mad at her for long, especially when she hadn't seen her in almost three months. "I missed you a lot."
"Since we're giving out hugs I'd like mine from you first. Well done darling." Ashley appeared from behind them, her arms wrapping around Connor as best she could with Rosie wedged between them, before she kissed his cheek and then let him hug Ted and Jamie. He moved to his parents last, setting Rosie down on the floor so he could have his mothers undivided attention as her eyes welled with tears and she held on to him for dear life.
"I told you not to cry." He mumbled into her ear with a grin.
"I know," she sniffled, breathing in his familiar scent. "But you're so grown up now and I don't like it." She pulled back to look into his deep chocolatey eyes that were so much like his dad's. "You're beautiful."
Connor laughed at her and pressed a quick kiss to the side of her head before he wrapped his arms around Caleb's waist, their height difference almost gone. "Thank you." He mumbled.
"You don't need to say thank you." Caleb looked back at him with a proud grin. "You've done all the hard work, you deserve everything."
"Ugh," Ava rolled her eyes as she watched Connor and Caleb. "Too many emotions." She looked back at Hanna, taking a step closer to her mother as she wiped her eyes and checked her make up. "I want the free champagne you bribed me here with."
Hanna took one quick glance around her garden before she relaxed her shoulders a little, happy with what she was seeing.
Everyone was smiling, the adult hands full of alcohol as all the kids were being entertained by Connor and Jack as Rosie wedged herself by her brothers side, insisting on holding his hand as he enjoyed the Pennsylvania evening sunshine.
The blonde shot her two youngest a grin before she made her way over to her husband who was chatting by the barbecue with Jamie and Ted, until she interrupted their conversation by wrapping her hand around his waist. "How's everything going?" She felt like she had barley seen him all afternoon.
"Good," Caleb nodded, squeezing her butt twice before he reached for his beer. "We're talking about Con."
"Hmm," Jamie smiled, his eyes trailing back to his grandson who was laughing at something, his eyes wrinkling up as he grinned. "He's grown up a lot in the past few years- looks just like you did when you were that age son." He looked back to Caleb.
"Except for his hair," Ashley chipped in as her and Ava approached. "I still remember that mop of long hair you first showed up in Rosewood with," She chuckled at Caleb lovingly. "Connors got a while to go before that."
"I'll lock him in a room full of scissors before that ever happens." Ava mumbled into her glass of champagne.
"It's turning darker," Hanna commented, her head resting on Caleb's shoulder as she patted his stomach. "Then he will look like you."
"How's he feeling about heading out to LA next week?" Ted asked, taking a bite out of his burger as Ashley passed him another drink.
"He's fine with it, Hanna's the one that's not coping." Caleb raised an eyebrow at her.
"It's just so far away from us all and he's not used to looking after himself properly yet." She pouted. "He has no idea what the difference between the washing machine and the microwave is."
"He'll learn fast- he'll have no choice." Jamie chuckled. "Claudia's out that way, she'll keep an eye on him won't she?"
"Could she not make it down for today?" Ashley turned to Caleb, she had been hoping for a catch up with Claudia, especially with all their grandchildren together for the last time this summer. "I haven't seen her in ages."
"She has to help James and his wife with their kids." Caleb replied with a grumble. "Can't cope with two littleone's or something like that."
"You and Mom managed pretty well." Ava mumbled, rolling her eyes. "And me and Con weren't easy according you all you."
"Understatement of the century." Ashley widened her eyes at her granddaughter. "You used to have screaming fights and try and stab each other with forks and god knows what else."
"It was out of love." She scoffed, crossing her arms. "And anyway we love Ro so it's all good."
"That is true," The red head couldn't help but glance back over her shoulder to the four-year-old. "You're both so good with her and she softens you both down."
"It's like she complete everything that we didn't realise was incomplete for so long." Hanna smiled too at the thought at her family now. "Just be careful what you say around her about Connor leaving- she's clinging onto him."
"She can't decide what's happening in her little brain." Caleb watched her brown locks blowing in the breeze. "Everyone's coming back and leaving and she thinks bloody New York is far away."
"She'll be fine once she realises she gets you both to herself." Ashley tried to calm their thoughts. "It will just take time to settle after everything changes."
"How long are you staying in Rosewood this time?" Ted asked Ava as she picked at the food in front of her. He knew it wasn't long- it never was. She was busy and making something of herself, although she was happy to have them visit whenever they liked; they just had to sleep on an air bed in her tiny kitchen.
"Yeah, and where's that boyfriend of yours?" Jamie teased with a smirk. "I still haven't met him properly."
"Yes you have grandad, I still have the same boyfriend I had at Christmas and the past three years for that matter." She rolled her eyes at him as he poked her arm to let her know he was joking. Whenever she brought Adam down the whole family seemed to crowd around him, only getting a couple of minutes each with him before someone else jumped in. "He had to stay behind and pack up, his band goes on tour in a few days," She trailed off at the end as she looked towards her parents. "I actually need to talk to you about that."
"I guess we'll go question Connor about his love life then." Ashley smiled before she left to give them some space, quickly followed by Ted and Jamie.
"He doesn't have one." Ava called incredulously as she watched them walk away before she turned to Hanna and Caleb who were impatiently waiting for an expansion on what she said before.
"Start talking." Caleb looked at her, panic rising in his head as he went over every possible reason they needed to chat.
"You might wanna sit down." The twenty-year-old nodded towards the decking before she lead them to the outdoor sofa and they all sat down. "Basically Adams band is going on world tour and I'm taking a year out of collage to go with them." Both their eyes widened as she paused. "Before you say anything, I'm an adult and you can't stop me but I thought you should know because you're my parents and I love you and all that soppy shit."
"Wait," Hanna shook her head, trying to grasp what was happening. "So you're going with him, all across the world?"
"Yup." Ava bit her lip. "For eight months- with breaks in between which I'll come back here for. Please don't panic though, I've thought this through so much and everything's planed to a T and I'll be back before you know it."
"What about your job and Rosie and Christmas, I am not having Christmas without all three of my children at home in person." Hanna swallowed a lump in her throat as she shot out excuses, knowing deep down they would do nothing. She just had to let go.
"My job is part time and the photographer I work for says I'll still have it when I get back and I told you I'll be back for Christmas." Ava bit her lip. "And Rosie's gonna be fine, I'll facetime all the time and I'll send her loads of presents from everywhere we go."
"How are you so calm about this?" Hanna turned to her husband who had an easy smile on his face.
"Because I trust her and I trust Adam and she's twenty Han, nothing we can say is gonna stop her." He glanced back at his daughter. "Just please be careful and keep in touch with us."
"I promise." A wide grin spread across her pretty lips.
"Everyday?" Hanna raised her eyebrows questioningly as she tucked a piece of her daughters silvery-blonde hair behind her ear.
"Every other day." She agreed with a laugh. "And you have permission to stalk my Instagram, just remind me to unblock you when I leave."
"Don't know why you blocked me in the first place," Hanna leant back against the sofa with a teasing grin. "I'm a cool mom."
"No you're not." Connors deep voice interrupted as she followed Rosie who was scampering over to their parents to join in the conversation.
"I think you're cool Mrs Rivers." Jack shot her a cheeky wink as he passed them and grabbed a beer from the table.
"Don't drink my beer and flirt with my wife." Caleb shook his head at the teen as she reached forward to grab Rosie, scooping her up and tickling her tummy.
"It's not your wife I'm after."
"Okay we're going out." Connor stopped the conversation before it could really start as she pushed his friend towards the back door and Ava tried to hide her disgust.
"Where, with who and when will you be home?" Hanna looked up at them, her hand trying to block out the setting sun.
"A party with everyone else who graduated and around twelve or one." Connor bit his lip.
"Will there be any girls there?"
"There better be," Jack mumbled from the side. "We need some practise before LA, it's hot weather and semi-naked chicks all year round on the west coast."
"Go on then," Caleb nodded at them to leave as Hanna poured herself another drink. She couldn't handle their grownup-ness without wine.
"Be careful baby, don't drink too much and use protection." She shot him one more smile as he blushed slightly and headed out.
"Yeah don't catch anything, yellow cum is a real turn off." Ava shouted through the door as she stood up and dusted down her black jeans.
"Why?" Caleb looked at her with a sour expression.
"Where's Conny gone?" Rosie interrupted, sitting up on her daddy's knee and looking a lot less cheerful than she had a few minutes ago.
Hanna shared a look with Caleb before Ava chipped in to save the day. "He's gone out with his friends," She answered, holding her hand out for her little sister. "You wanna go put on mommy's make up and eat Connor's chocolate cake?"
The four year old jumped up with excitement and took Ava's hand before they disappeared into the house. "Finally," Caleb grumbled as he grabbed Hanna's bare legs and pulled them over his lap, enjoying some quiet time with his wife. "They're gone."
"For good soon." She mumbled leaning into his side and kissing his cheek. "How are we gonna cope, how am I gonna cope? Two of my babies miles and miles away from us." She buried her head against his neck, tightening her grip on his waist and he knew what was coming. "I don't like not knowing that they're safe and not knowing everything about them- I know it sounds controlling but I just, I have to know they're safe and they're not keeping secrets and stuff like that."
He let out a long breath as he kissed her hair. "They know Han and they know exactly what to do if anything happens that is remotely similar to what happened to you." His fingers traced along the smooth skin of her thigh comfortingly. "And anyway we know them best they can't keep anything from us for long without us figuring it out."
"How are you so sure?" She chuckled, rolling her eyes at him. There was a lot she didn't know and didn't want to know.
"I know stuff about you that you don't even know." Caleb smirked at her.
"Like what?" She raised an eyebrow, her lips trailing back to his stubbly chin. "I think I know me pretty well."
"Oh yeah, what about that freckle on the inside of your ass cheek that only I have seen?" His finger tips disappeared under the hem of her dress tracing over the soft skin along her lace panties. "Or the one right there."
Her eyes slammed shut as his fingers pressed against her before she used all her willpower to grab his hand and drag it back to the outside of her clothes. "I guess you'll have to show me later." She kissed his lips twice as they settled into comfortable silence. "Maybe If we don't talk about it then it won't happen."
"I wish," Caleb smiled as a cool breeze started to appear. "But it's too late for that."
"I know." She pouted again, her hand playing with the dark hair on his navel under his t shirt. "We've still go our little Ro though." She smiled happily. "She's still full of life and sugar and innocence."
"She's gorgeous." Caleb grinned too, closing his eyes for a second as he relaxed after the busy day. "I can't wait to see what she does with her life like the other two have."
"Me too," The blonde breathed out, her own eyes drifting to a close as she gave up fighting it and cuddled further into Caleb to keep warm, her finger tips twisting his wedding ring around his own finger soothingly . Her heart was constantly torn between wanting her children to stay with her forever and wanting to see all the amazing things they could do as adults. For now, at least, she could sleep easy knowing they were all safe and happy and just themselves through and through which was all she ever wanted for them. "I guess I don't mind waiting a little while though."
Wow. Over a year. So much has changed for this bunch of weirdos but this is the end. Thank you all so much for your reviews and all your love for these lovable little shits. It means the world. Xxx
