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*July*

"Happy birthday, mom," Jessica says with a wide smile as she jumps up onto the bed next to Skye.

Skye smiles back at her daughter. "Thanks, baby girl."

"How'd you sleep?"

"I slept very well, thank you for asking."

"You're welcome. Now come on, it's your birthday. We've gotta do stuff."

"Stuff like what?" Skye asks her daughter. "Stuff like Mother's Day?"

Jessica shakes her head. "No. Not like that. Just stuff."

"Very specific, Jess, thanks."

"She's just excited that we're all here to celebrate your birthday," Grant explains as he enters the room with a tray of breakfast in his hands. He sets the tray across her lap and presses a kiss to her temple. "Breakfast in bed for the birthday girl."

Skye smiles as she tosses a slice of strawberry into her mouth. "I think I could get used to this birthday tradition."

"Me too," Jessica says. "Breakfast in bed is the best."

"I definitely agree." Skye pops another strawberry piece into her mouth. "So, what are our plans for today? Anything specific two had in mind?"

"Not really," Grant tells her. "We figured we'd let you decide what you wanted to do, seeing as it is your birthday and everything."

"How very kind of you."

"What about you, sweet girl?" Skye asks her daughter. "Any ideas on what we should do today?"

Jessica shakes her head. "Nope. It's your day, mom. You get to pick."

Skye lets out a heavy, playful sigh. "Alright. I guess I can come up with something. But for right now I'm good just like this." She smiles and her boyfriend and their daughter, still not quite believing that they're at this point. But she really wouldn't have it any different.

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"Happy birthday, sweetheart."

Skye smiles into the camera of her phone, shifting on the couch to get more comfortable as she watches her parents try to fit both of their faces into the frame. "Thanks, mom. Thanks, dad. I miss you guys."

"We miss you too," her dad tells her. "When are you going to come and visit?"

She forces back a grin. "We'll come and visit sometime before the summer is up, I promise."

"Good. Now, where's that beautiful granddaughter of ours?"

"She's out with Grant right now. They tried to make me a cake earlier but I'm not exactly sure what happened, but something did not go right, so they went to go pick one up for me instead."

"That's sweet."

"Yeah. They're both pretty sweet. I'm a very lucky lady." She smiles when Buddy jumps up onto the couch and settles himself in her lap, curling himself up as small as he can. She gently runs a hand through the dog's fur, leaning her head back and looking into the camera. "I really never thought I'd have this again."

"Is he treating you well?" her dad asks for what feels like the hundredth time.

She rolls her eyes playfully. "Yes, dad. He is treating me very well. Neither of us wants a repeat of before."

"Good. Because the second that he—"

"I know. You've said it before."

"And I mean every word of it."

She smiles. "I love you, dad."

"I love you too, sweetheart. Now go enjoy the rest of your birthday. And make sure you find some time to come and visit us. We miss our granddaughter."

"She misses you too. I promise we'll get down to see you soon."

"Okay, sweetheart. Bye."

"Bye."

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Laying in bed that night, Skye smiles as Grant's arm tightens around her waist and pulls her closer. She turns her head to give him a kiss on the cheek before focusing her attention back on her phone, Instagram already open. She loads a photo she took earlier of Grant and Jessica lounging on the bed with her, both of them laughing hard.

One of the best birthdays that I've ever had. I may be getting older, but my love for these two knows no limits. I would do anything for you both, thank you for all the birthday love today. :) My heart is beyond full.

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"Hey, Jess, can your dad and I talk to you for a minute?" Skye asks her daughter as she and Grant make their way into the living room. Her hands rub together as she does so. The only other time she's had a serious conversation like this with her daughter was when she told her about who her dad was.

Jessica looks up from her book and smiles. "Sure."

"Great," Skye says with a small nod and then moves to sit down next to Jessica while Grant sits down on the other side of the young girl. Buddy quickly greets both of them before settling back down in Jessica's lap.

"Your mom and I want to discuss something important with you, Jessica," Grant speaks up. "We've already talked about it together, and how it pertains to us, but you're getting older and we didn't want you to feel as if you didn't have a say in what goes on in this family."

"What did you guys talk about?" Jessica asks him, closing her book and setting it aside.

Skye takes a deep breath. "Jess, baby, how would you feel about moving to Los Angeles? You'd be there pretty much until you graduate high school and do whatever you want with your life."

Jessica's quiet as she looks back and forth between her parents. Then she speaks, "Um, I don't know. I mean, Papa and Nana are there and I don't get to see them a lot so I'd get to see them more if we moved there. And I'd get to see Uncle Kebo and Aunt Hannah a lot more too. And Aunt Mandy and Uncle Owen and my cousins. But I wouldn't get to see Uncle Fitz and Auntie Jemma or Noah all the time. Or Josie and Rachel."

"We know it'd be a difficult situation for you, baby," Skye says. "You have your whole life here; this is the only home you've known. That's why we wanted to talk to you about this. Your dad and I have been thinking about this for a little while but we just recently decided to talk to you about it."

"How long is a little while?" Jessica asks. "How long have you guys been thinking about moving to LA?"

"Since right around your birthday, actually," Grant tells her. "You're ten now, and you're going to be in middle school next year, and we figured if we did decide to move to LA as a family, then it'd be better to do so when you're transitioning schools instead of in the middle of the school year."

"Why do you guys even want to move to LA?" Jessica asks. "I'm not saying that I don't want to. Or that I do. I just wanna know."

Skye takes a deep breath and looks up at Grant who gives her a small nod. Skye looks back at her daughter. "Your dad and I want to make music together again."

Jessica's eyes go wide. "You do?"

"We do," Grant says.

Skye reaches out and runs her hand over the top of her daughter's head. "Being with your dad this past year has reminded me how much I missed doing so many things with him. He and I used to do everything together, including making music. His passion for music is one of the reasons I fell in love with him in the first place."

"And your mom was always my best inspiration for writing songs," Grant explains. "No matter what was going on in my life, I could always count on your beautiful mother to give me the inspiration I needed to finish a song."

Jessica smiles up at her parents, watching as they smile at each other with nothing but love in their eyes.

"Okay," she says with a small nod, pulling her parent's attention from their thoughts and back to her.

Skye looks down at her daughter. "Okay?"

Jessica nods again. "Yeah. It's gonna be a little weird, but I think I'll like living there."

Grant smiles and pulls Jessica into a side hug. "I'm sure you will," he says to her. "And your mom and I promise to make sure you can still see your friends and your aunt and uncle as much as you can. Just because we're moving to the other side of the country, it doesn't mean you won't see them anymore. It just won't be as much as you do now."

"I know. Can I finish my book now?"

Skye laughs quietly. "Of course you can, baby. And we're not planning on moving it there until closer to the end of this month or at the beginning of the next. We still have to have time to register you for school." Her brows furrow together. "Though I could probably have mom and dad start getting the paperwork ready for us so it'll be less to do once we get there."

"We can figure that all out later, babe," Grant tells her. "Let's leave Jess to finish her book."

Skye nods. "Right." She leans down to give Jessica a kiss on the top of the head before standing from the couch and following Grant into the kitchen to get lunch started.

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Unlocking his phone as he falls down onto the couch, Grant goes into Twitter and hits the new tweet button with a sly smile on his face.

Tapping inside the box he sends a quick message, attaching a photo of him and Skye with their heads pressed together, a smile on both their faces.

*IMGrantWard: After a bit of persuasion from me and our daughter, this beauty is finally on Twitter. Everybody, please welcome *RealSkye to the Twitter world. Love you, Princess.

Seconds later, he can't help the smile he gets at the outpouring of welcome tweets Skye starts receiving from his fans.

Not long after that, he gets a particular notification that has him smiling even bigger.

*RealSkye: *IMGrantWard Thanks, babe. :) Love you too. I better not regret letting you and Jess talk me into this.

*IMGrantWard: *RealSkye I promise you won't regret it. It's actually pretty fun.

*RealSkye: *IMGrantWard Guess I'll have to take your word for it for the time being

*Kebo: *RealSkye *IMGrantWard Please tell me you two aren't in the same house just separate rooms having this conversation online.

*RealSkye: *IMGrantWard *Kebo Miss you, old friend! See you soon.

*Kebo: *RealSkye *IMGrantWard what do you mean by that?

*RealSkye: *Kebo *IMGrantWard our lips are sealed

*Kebo: *RealSkye *IMGrantWard you're both so mean to me

*IMGrantWard: *Kebo *RealSkye you know we love you, Kebo.

*RealSkye: *IMGrantWard *Kebo eh. That's pretty debatable on most days.

*Kebo: *RealSkye *IMGrantWard I really hate you both

*RealSkye: *Kebo *IMGrantWard no you don't. But good effort on trying to be convincing

"So," Skye says, stepping into the living room from the hallway and approaching Grant. "Do you think we should tell Kebo we're moving to LA as a family?" she asks as she sits down next to Grant and leans against his side.

Grant shakes his head, dropping a kiss to the top of her head. "Nah. Let's let him stew for a little while. Really make him think about it."

Skye smiles. "Grant Ward, I like the way you think."

He smiles back. "Glad to hear it."

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