"These things are pretty tricky sometimes." Beck admits to Dominic as he secures the tie around his neck "Your mom had to do mine for...well honestly I think until I was like thirty."

"Maybe I should have asked her to help me then." The eight year-old laughs "It might've gone faster."

"Nah, she needs to get ready herself too." Beck reminds him "Besides, I got the job done. Didn't I?"

He places his hands on his son's shoulders and spins him around so they can both face the mirror together. They're both wearing dark grey suits, with white dress shirts and light grey vests and ties. Beck has opted for brown dress shoes, whereas his son has opted for a pair of white Chuck Taylor's instead. The boy looks just like Beck, if Beck had Jade's hair. It's as thick and flowy as his father's when it's long, he prefers to keep it cut neatly though, and light brown like his mother's.

"You look good, son." Beck grins

"Thanks, Dad." Dominic says "So do you."

"You'll keep your sisters in check for us today, won't you?"

"Of course."

The two of them leave Dominic's bathroom together and make their way down the hall towards the staircase.

"Hey!" Hazel exclaims, chasing Sutton out of her bedroom and across the hall "That's mine!"

"But it matches my dress!" Sutton fires back

"Woah!" Beck chuckles, stepping into Sutton's room "What's going on?"

"Sutton is trying to steal my purse!" Hazel tells him

The twins are eleven now, and keep Beck and Jade on their toes. Their personalities are so similar that they often clash, and it can lead to arguments as pointless as this one.

"Sutton, give it back." Beck sighs

"But I need it!"

"No you don't." He tells her "Neither of you need a purse today."

"Lennon gets to bring a purse!"

"She's older." Beck reminds his daughters "She has things she actually needs to carry. You two do not. Sutton, give Hazel the purse back and I want you both downstairs and ready to go in five minutes."

"Whatever." Sutton scoffs, shoving the purse towards her sister "Here."

"Thanks, Dad." Hazel says to him as she goes back to her own bedroom

"Mhm." Beck nods, positioning himself between the two doorways "I don't want anymore arguing out of you two today. It's a big day and the last thing it needs is you two bickering about something pointless. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"Yeah, Dad."

"Charlotte?" Beck calls out to his daughter

"Ready!" The fourteen year-old ensures him as she rushes out of her older sister's bedroom "I'll make sure Hazel and Sutton make it down in time."

"Thank you." Beck chuckles, peeking into the doorway from which Charlotte emerged "You ready Len?"

"Yup." Lennon smiles, stepping out of the room and closing the door behind her "How do I look?"

Now at sixteen, Lennon still shares the same love of performing as her parents. Beck and Jade still won't allow her to do any on-screen work, but she's quite content attending Hollywood Arts, just as they had, for the time being to further her study of the arts and the industry. Much like her mother, she's a triple threat and can dance, sing, and act. But much like her father, acting is all she's really interested in.

She's wearing a maroon sundress that comes down just below her knees and a pair of black ballet flats. Her hair brown hair is curled and frames her face. Beck almost has to do a double take as he looks at her.

"Almost exactly like your mom did when she was your age." He smiles "In fact, I bet if we compared pictures of the two of you, we wouldn't be able to tell which one is which."

"Mom used to have an eyebrow piercing, didn't she?" Lennon chuckles

"That's true, she did." Beck nods with a smile "So I guess there's that."

"We're meeting downstairs?" Lennon clarifies

"Yup." Beck confirms, following her towards the staircase "We're leaving in five minutes everybody!"

Dominic is already waiting in the foyer when Lennon and Beck come downstairs, and Charlotte ushers the twins down shortly after them.

"Where's Mom?" Dominic asks

"She's coming." Lennon assures him

"I'm coming." Jade confirms, appearing on the staircase "Everyone ready?"

Her hair is pulled into an updo on the top of her head and she wears a royal blue dress. Beck has seen his wife glammed up for thousands of occasions at this point: movie premieres, weddings, awards ceremonies. But he thinks this might be the most beautiful he's ever seen her look.

"Careful, Oliver." She smirks as she reaches the bottom of the stairs "You're drooling."

"I can't help myself." Beck admits "You look..."

"Old?" Jade laughs

"Gorgeous." He assures her "I mean, absolutely..."

"Cover your eyes, littles." Lennon tells her siblings "This is the part where they make out."

Hazel, Sutton, and Dominic all groan and roll their eyes while Lennon and Charlotte laugh as their parents share a quick kiss, and then another, before they all decide they're ready to leave.

"Hey, guys." Lennon grabs her younger siblings attention as Beck and Jade exit the house to go out to the awaiting limo "We have to be good today, like seriously. It's a big day for Mom and Dad and they're never going to have an opportunity like this again."

"We know, Len." Charlotte rolls her eyes

"I know you know." Lennon sighs "I was talking more to the other three."

"I'm always good!" Dominic insists

"Only when the twins aren't egging you on." Lennon reminds him turning to Hazel and Sutton "So don't egg him on. Alright?"

"Alright."

"Alright."

"Good." Lennon says as she smooths out her dress "Now let's all go get in the car before we make them late."

"Can everyone hear me?" Cat Valentine giggles into the microphone as her voice is projected up and down Hollywood Boulevard "Testing, testing."

It's a very special occasion for a celebrity to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It's even more special when there's a joint ceremony and two celebrities receive them at the same time. Today, however, is the most special occasion of all, because both Beck and Jade Oliver are receiving their stars together. They're located right next to each other on the walk, and it seems like all of Los Angeles has turned out to catch a glimpse of Hollywood's First Family.

Cat had been chosen to give the speech introducing them and presenting them with the stars, and Beck and Jade couldn't have thought of someone in the industry more fitting to do so. Robbie, Elijah, and Amelia are there as well, sitting in the sectioned off rows of chairs along with Lennon, Charlotte, Hazel, Sutton, and Dominic, as well as Beck's parents and both sets of Jade's. Tori and Andre are in the audience with their two sons as well.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming out here today." Cat addresses the crowd of press and of officials who have gathered for the ceremony "I know it's hot, and I know it's not the calmest place in Los Angeles to be right now. But it is an honor and a privilege to be here with you all, as we recognize two of my very best friends and all of their accomplishments and achievements. I first met Jade Oliver when she was still Jade West, long before anyone in the industry ever knew her name. We were eight years old, and our mothers signed us up for the same community theater production. It was Mary Poppins, if I'm remembering correctly, and we both played chimney sweeps. From there, the most unlikely of friendships blossomed and we became inseparable. We got to go to the same junior high, and over the years grew as close as two best friends could possibly be. Then enter Mr. Beck Oliver, who crashed into our lives in the middle of eighth grade and changed everything. He was the new kid, and we was from Canada, so that made him interesting I suppose. Our friend Andre Harris, yes that Andre Harris...who is here today with his wife Tori and their two sons Isaiah and Sebastian, invited him to sit with us at lunch on his first day of school, and I am proud to say I got to witness the moment that I saw my best friend's world change forever. Beck and Jade had a very brief first encounter. I believe it was a a few 'nice to meet you's that were exchanged, but from the point of that meeting on their lives were never going to be the same. If only any of us had any idea back then. I have seen them go from friends, to partners, to spouses, to parents...from naive teenagers who thought they maybe might want to try their hands at acting, to drama students, to supporting characters, to household names, to Academy Award winners. These two people standing next to me have so much to be proud of, both personally and professionally. Their projects have made us laugh, made us cry, made us feel something. They've made us want to be them, want to be with them, and at times even envy them. Their relationship and their love know no limits, and they're some of the best parents out there. That's evident when you interact with any of their five little angels, who are sitting behind us here. There are no two people more deserving of the recognition that they are being given today, and I can confidently say that there will never be another two people like them to ever grace this industry. Individually, they are each one of a kind, and together, they're truly something remarkable. So everyone please join me in congratulating, in my opinion the best actor and actress the industry will ever see, Beck Oliver and Jade Oliver."

The crowd erupts into applause as Cat steps aside and allows Beck to take the microphone. He grins and waves a bit as he stands in front of the crowd, and then begins his own speech.

"Thank you, all of you, so much for this recognition." He begins, gesturing to the star in front of him "I, uh, well...I'm forty-two now. And I realize that in the grand scheme of things, I'm really not that old. But I got my first real 'job' in the industry when I was twenty-one, so I feel that working in Hollywood for half of my life gives me at least a little bit of room to talk. Nothing in life worth having comes without hard work. I struggled to find work when I was just starting out. I was a Juilliard drop-out, who for some reason thought that the best way to break into the industry would be to leave one of the best performing arts schools in the country and try to do it for myself. Looking back I don't know if I should have made a different choice or not, but I know that if I still had my wife's support I would still do it all over again. There were times when I thought that maybe it just wasn't going to happen, maybe, as much as I wanted it, I wasn't cut out to be an actor after all. But hard work paid off. I booked a role on SVU, and from there more hard work helped launch me into the industry. So when people come to me, in interviews or whatever circumstance, and ask me what the secret to success is, I'll always say hard work. Hard work is rewarding, hard work pays off. With that being said, I'm convinced my career wasn't built entirely with just hard work. It was also built with support, from my family and my friends, but most importantly from my wife. For those of you who haven't figured it out by now, Jade and I have been together for a very long time. We started dating, if you could call it dating at that age, when we were thirteen turning fourteen in eighth grade. In June, we will have been married for twenty-four years. If you had told me in eighth grade that I would be married to someone for twenty-four years, I wouldn't have been able to fathom it because it would have seemed like such a long time. But standing here now in front of all of you, a forty-two year old man who has been married for close to twenty-four years and has five children to show for it, I can tell you that twenty-four years is barely any time at all. I wake up every day grateful for this wonderful woman in my life, and somehow manage to love her even more than before. It is because of her support that I had the courage to put in all of that hard work and get myself where I am today. Without her, I would be lost and clueless and nowhere near close to the man that I am today. Thank you for supporting me endlessly and staying by my side, even when you shouldn't have, Jade. I love you now, forever, and always."

Jade walks over and hugs Beck, kissing him on the cheek and then on the lips before moving to the podium to take her turn to speak.

"For some reason whenever my husband and I do joint speaking engagements, I always let him go first. And I always regret it because he's so much better with this whole public speaking thing than I am so I never feel like anything I have to say if ever half as good. Our wedding, vow renewals, speeches at the weddings of friends...always. But today, I'm going to try my best." Jade admits with a chuckle "My husband spoke about the importance of hard work and strong support systems when it comes to having success in this industry. He's right, those two things are important. But there's a third component that is equally as important as well, and that's luck. You can work your ass...er, sorry kids. You can work your butt off for years and years and years, and have the strongest support system in the world, but if you walk into the room to read for a part when the casting director is having a bad day, well then...there's a chance you still might be screwed over. You need luck in this industry, and you need luck in life as well. I am blessed in the fact that I consider myself to have been a very lucky individual over the course of my life so far. I got into one of the best collegiate drama programs that I could, I caught the casting director of my first movie on a good day...I have five beautiful kids who were all born happy and healthy...and on more than one occasion award committees have voted in my favor. My stroke of luck started long before any of that though...my luck started when my father-in-law's company decided to transfer him from their Vancouver offices to their headquarters right here in Los Angeles. Whoever made that decision changed my life, because that decision brought my husband into my life. I didn't know it at the time, but that boy that Andre Harris brought to the lunch table that day who knows how many years ago was my whole future standing right in front of me. Without Beck, none of those things I listed previously would be possible. Him and I make each other better versions of ourselves, and it's because of that fact that we have been so fortunate in our careers so far. Without him, I also would not have my Lennon, my Charlotte, my Hazel, my Sutton, or my Dominic, which I truly consider to be our very best achievements in this life. There is no award that we could win or any honor that could be bestowed upon us that would even begin to compare to them. But anyways, luck. It's a special thing. It can come and go at times, but I've been very fortunate to have received a great deal of it. Thank you to those who decided to honor my husband and I today, and thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us. It means the world, and it will not be forgotten."

Beck and Jade each take pictures next to their stars individually and together, and then their children join them as well. There's a whole photoshoot with every combination of people standing next to both stars, it's quite the process. It's a very special day for Beck and Jade, not only getting to celebrate their achievements together, but with their children as well. There will be many more special days ahead of them. There will be many more awards, they'll both break into writing and directing eventually, they'll both return to their New York theater roots at one point, and Jade will even have a writing credit on one of Cat's grammy-winning songs...and she'll finally get her EGOT just as Beck always predicted she would. That's all in the future though, and right now...they're just happy to be in the present.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to it..." Beck admits as he and Jade sway around on the dance floor later that night

There's a party, of course, at a restaurant downtown Los Angeles. They rented it out for the evening so that they could celebrate their accomplishment with their friends and families. Even their children are there, although soon a nanny will be coming to take them home.

"Get used to what?" Jade asks him, taking her head off of his shoulder to look at him

"All of it." He shrugs "The life we're living. We're just...we're so fortunate."

"We sure are." Jade agrees "That's what a whole lot of hard work, support, and luck can do for two people though, I suppose."

"Yeah, I suppose." He laughs "Uh oh...look at this."

He spins her around so that she can see that their son, Dominic, is across the dance floor with Cat and Robbie's daughter, Amelia. They're dancing together in the sweet and innocent way that young children do, mimicking what they see from their parents. Their hands are on each other's shoulders and nothing is even close to happening, they're only eight after all, but it still amuses Beck and Jade.

"Robbie is going to kill you." Jade laughs

"Only if he sees them." Beck shrugs "But don't pretend like you and Cat wouldn't absolutely die if those two ever happened."

"Don't talk about my baby boy like that yet." Jade begs him "I have a hard enough time with the sixteen year old even saying that boys are cute."

"They're growing up, Jade..."

"Oh shut up." She laughs, leaning her head against him again "I never properly congratulated you on your star, by the way. So...congratulations."

"Thanks." Beck smirks "Congratulations to you as well."

"Thank you, Mr. Oliver."

"You're welcome, Mrs. Oliver." He smirks "I still love getting to call you that."

"Even after all this time?"

"Even after, yeah."

"Aww..." Jade grins before she kisses him "I love you."

"I love you too." He tells her "Always and forever."

The End :)

I hope that you've all enjoyed reading this story as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Like I said, I think this is my favorite that I've written so far. I've got some other ideas bouncing around in my head, but I'm in school right now so I probably won't publish anything for a few months. Keep an eye out though! Thank you so much for all of the support!