A/N: Here we are, the end of this Doccubus adventure. I've loved writing every chapter of this story, and I've loved reading every review. Thank you so, so much for all the love on this, I'm so glad so many of you enjoyed this.
I've got a few more Doccubus stories up my sleeve, so if you fancy putting up with me again, I'll see you then.
Enjoy.
LPOV:
I take a deep breath, inhaling the sea air. "Easy does it."
"Slow and steady Lauren." I wipe at the slight sweat on my head as the hot sun beats down on me. I plant my feet in the warm sand and eye up the fish as it swims in the shallow water. "I've got you now." I draw my arm back slowly before swinging to forward and releasing the spear. Just like always it glides through the air and lodges itself into the fish. "Aha. I've still got it." I grin as the clapping starts up behind me.
I turn around and see my 5-year-old nephew running over to me with a bright smile on his face. "That was so cool Auntie Lo."
"Thank you, Sammy." I walk into the shallow water and grab the fish. "How about we cook this up for some lunch?" I suggest. "We can get a cool beach bonfire going."
"Yeah." He nods before taking it from my hand and running back up the beach.
I follow after him and give everyone a royal wave. "Yes, thank you. I'm amazing I know."
"I honestly thought you were talking shit when you told us you could do this." Kenzi says in amazement.
"Me too." Hale and Ava nod.
"Well I wasn't." I smile smugly.
"MAMA…YOU DID IT WITHOUT US." I turn to see my two babies running over to me with matching pouts on their little faces.
"I'm sorry my loves." I crouch down as they both come to a stop in front of me. "But you've seen me do it before, like when we went camping last month."
"So what?" Katie shrugs with that pout still in place.
"Okay, I'm sorry. Next time I do it I'll make sure you're here." I promise. "Do you forgive me?" They both shrug again but I can see a slight smile trying to break through. "What if I sneak you both a couple extra scoops of ice cream at dinner tonight?" I whisper.
There little faces light up and they both jump into my arms. "We forgive Mama." Lucas whispers.
"Yeah we forgive you." Katie nods.
"Thank you very much." I kiss them both on the cheek and give them a playful shove towards the ocean. "Now go have fun." Luke and Katie run off with Ava and Sammy running after them.
"Did we miss the show?" A smile comes across my face when I hear that voice. I turn around and see my beautiful wife walking down the beach with our daughter now wide awake and happily perched on her hip.
"I'm afraid so." I nod meeting them halfway.
"I bet the kids weren't happy." Bo laughs.
"Oh they gave me an earful don't worry…but I did promise them some extra ice cream at dinner tonight to make up for it." I tell her before giving her a quick kiss.
Bo laughs against my lips and pulls back. "That's how it is huh? Tell me you're going to let our kids go crazy on sugar then kiss me."
"I need to get some new moves." I huff.
"Nah I like it really." She winks.
"Good to know. Let's join the others." I lead Bo and Daisy back to where we're set up on the beach and enjoy the afternoon sun.
If someone had told me a few years ago that I'd be back on a beach in the middle of nowhere I'd have laughed in their face. Even though I dealt with my trauma from begin on the island I still had my bad days and did not want to be anywhere near a beach. But once we had Luke and Kate my perspective changed, I knew I'd never be able to keep them from that kind of beauty. When the twins were two we tried keeping it local, during the summer we'd all go down to the beach, and I'll admit at first it was pretty hard. The sounds and the smells took me back to so many horrible things that happened on the island. Thankfully the kids helped with that, the way Katie would giggle when the tide would tickle her toes and all the times we had to stop Luke from eating sand. Now here I am 5 years later, on a beach in Mexico for mine and Bo's anniversary…and I couldn't be happier.
"Have a nice nap?" Kenzi asks when we join them.
"We did thank you." Bo nods while setting Daisy on my lap. "It was far too hot for her anyway."
I kiss Daisy on her round little cheeks and let her stand on my stomach. "Did you have a siesta with mummy my little angel?"
"I woke up to her having a fistful of my hair but other than that it was great."
"I can't believe how big she's getting." Kenzi says with a frown. "I swear that was Katie 5 minutes ago…time's freaky."
I look at my little girl who is completely Katies twin, except for the sandy blonde hair. Like the other two Daisy was a complete surprise. Bo and I were having such an incredible time raising the twins that the thought of having another one never crossed our minds, it was the four of us against the world. But not long after Luke and Kate's 6th birthday did fate decide to step in, and 9 months later we had our beautiful baby girl in our lives.
"I know. She'll be that size soon." Bo sighs sadly looking at the kids playing in the sea. "It feels like I've blinked and now they're huge."
"They'll be off to college before we know it." Kenzi says adding to the pity party.
"Mhmm."
I lift Daisy from my lap and turn to the pair of them. "Enough of this pity party you pair of Debbie Downers, let's just enjoy them while they still want to come on holiday with us." They both frown at me but nod. "Now I'm going to introduce our girl to the sea."
"I'll come." Bo pipes up. I hitch Daisy onto my hip and wrap one arm around Bo's waist. "I'm sorry for being a grump." She mumbles as we walk down to the sea.
"It's okay gorgeous." I place a kiss on Bo's cheek and pull her to a stop. "I understand how you're feeling Bo. Our babies are growing up, but we're lucky Bo, we're going to have a lot longer with them than most. So let's just enjoy it."
"You're right." Bo nods. "I'll start off by seeing if this one likes the ocean as much as her brother and sister." She says while jogging towards the sea.
I swing Daisy off my hip and up onto my shoulders causing her to erupt in giggles. "Get her Daisy…get mummy." I say heading after Bo. Daisy laughs and begins to hit my head with her little hands.
"Come on Daisy." Lucas cheers as we approach.
I lift Daisy off my shoulder and place her down in the sand. "You want Lukey to help you baby girl." I keep a tight hold of her hand as she wobbles down the beach next to me.
"Come on baby girl." Bo smiles while sitting down in the shallows and opening her arms wide.
Luke and Sammy come over to me and each take on of Daisy's little hands. "Let's go to mummy Daisy." Luke grins and walks with her.
I watch as Daisy tries to work her chubby little legs faster as she approaches Bo, but soon stops when the tide hits her feet. She looks down and wiggles her toes before laughing and carrying on towards Bo. "Here she is." Bo smiles as Daisy dives into her arms. "You like the water baby? It's nice and warm like bath time isn't it." Soon all the kids gather around Daisy and Bo, gently splashing the water at them causing Daisy to laugh and try to splash them back, but only really gets Bo wet
What a sight this is. Here I am, back on a beach…but this time it's perfect
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"I can't believe we have to go home soon." Kenzi whines while sipping on her 5th cocktail of the night. "It feels like we landed just yesterday."
"We've still got four days." Hale frowns.
"No. Technically we have two and a half days left."
"How?"
"We have tomorrow and the next day for fun, but then on Thursday we have a bit of fun but mainly packing, then Friday we travel home." She huffs. "I don't wanna go home…can't we extend it for a few more days."
"I don't think Evony would appreciate that." Bo says with a smile playing at her lips.
"Oh yeah. How is she handling Doc?" When we booked up this big trip away we thought we'd have our trusty dog sitter in Anni, unfortunately her and Tamsin were planning their own trip away for Tamsin's birthday. So with Bo being the protective mother she is she didn't want to put him in a kennel and made me beg Evony to take him in for the 10 days. At first she pretty much told me to go fuck myself, but after some gentle bribing and puppy dog eyes from the kids Evony gave in.
Bo winces, pulls out her phone and reads Evonys latest text. "This morning this vile Devil dog of yours chewed up my best pair of Louis Vuitton's. Make sure to tell your wife they're coming out of her next pay cheque and I won't be caring for this mutt ever again, I don't care how much you or the children beg."
"Shit." Hale laughs. "He really knows how to push her buttons already."
"I know I should be mortified that my dog destroyed someone's property, but we both really got a laugh out of it." I say joining in on the laughter.
Bo shakes her head at our laughter, but I can still see her fighting off that smile. "I don't know what she must've done to trigger it, Doc has never chewed up anything before."
"Maybe she didn't give Doccy is afternoon treat." Katie says with a mouthful of Ice Cream.
"That's a good idea baby girl. I guess it's not his fault then." I add causing Kate to nod her head frantically.
"Well it's settled. We're team Doc." Kenzi announces while raising her glass.
"Team Doc." We all echo with Daisy squealing along from her spot between Bo and me.
"Is that nice my girl." I laugh as Daisy cheers and stuffs another handful of rice into her mouth. With her being almost 8 months we've been moving her onto more soft solid food along with a couple feeds from Bo, and my baby has been loving it. "Oh you're so good for eating up all your dinner."
"She's got one hell of an appetite." Kenzi says eyeing the almost empty plate.
"Good." Bo smiles and tickles under Daisy's chin. "Maybe it'll put her in a food coma and she sleeps through the night."
I see Ava and Sammy gather close to their dad and begin to whisper in his ear. Hale pulls back with a loving smile and nods to them both. "Well the kids have decided they want a sleepover, so we'll take your two tonight." Hale tells us.
"Is that so." I turn to the four of them who are looking over at me with big puppy dog eyes.
"Please mama…we'll be good." Katie begs.
"You see each other every day, do you really need a sleepover too?" I tease.
"Yes." They all huff.
"And you promise to be good?" Bo asks eyeing the twins.
"Promise mummy."
"Well alright then." The kids give us all big grins and run off high fiving each other.
"You sure you can handle the four of them?" Bo asks.
"Yeah." Kenzi shrugs. "We'll pull out the couch and set them all up out there with the TV. The day they've had I'm sure they'll be out by 10."
"So it's just the two of us tonight then." I smirk.
Bo laughs before kissing my cheek. "I think you're forgetting about someone." She says nodding towards Daisy who's trying to pull herself onto the table.
I help my girl up and let her sit on the table facing us both. "Yeah but she's no bother, some of mama's milk and she's out for the night. Then we can have our fun."
"Lauren." Bo tuts slapping my arm and looking around at the table. "We can talk about this later."
"Fine." I pout.
"Unlucky." Kenzi laughs.
"Whatever." I mumble. As I begin to sulk I feel a hand slowly make its way to my upper thigh. I look over and Bo and feel warmth spread through me as I gives me a wink. Oh yeah…I'm in for a good night.
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I feel a cool breeze against my bare back and try to shuffle closer to her warmth, but all I feel are cool sheets. I crack one eye open and see her side of the bed is empty and our balcony door is open. "Bo?"
"Out here." She calls out softly.
I roll out of bed, grab a t-shirt that's been lying around and head out to the balcony. "There's my girls." A big smile comes across my face as I see Bo laid back on a chair with Daisy wrapped in a blanket, fast asleep on her chest.
Bo looks up at me with a sleepy yet satisfied smile. "She woke up hungry about 30 minutes ago. So I thought I may as well stay up and watch the sun rise."
I take a seat next to Bo and run my hand down Daisy's back. "I guess the feast she ate at dinner didn't fill her up as much as we thought."
"I don't know why we're still surprised, our girl has always had one hell of an appetite." Bo says giving Daisy's head a soft kiss.
"I know. If she didn't have my dazzling eyes I'd think she was Kenzi's."
Bo closes her eyes and shakes her head. "You just put a visual in my mind that I really didn't need."
"I'm sorry." I laugh giving her a kiss on the cheek.
Clearly I laugh a bit too loudly because little Daisy's head pops up from Bo's chest and she looks around in confusion. "Aww…did mama wake you baby girl." Bo says kissing her cheek.
"I'm sorry love." I say stroking her back. Daisy looks at me blankly before scowling slightly, turning her head the other direction and laying back down. "Did that just happen?" I mutter in shock.
"Yep." Bo says trying to keep in her laughter. "Not only does she have your eyes, she also has your grumpiness at your sleep being disturbed."
I watch as my girl settles down again. "I feel like I just saw 15 years into the future when I try to wake her for school."
"Yeah, but she's worth it." Bo smiles down at Daisy.
"I guess so." Even after three children I'm still not used to how incredible it is to see Bo with one of our babies in her arms. I don't think I've ever seen someone take to motherhood so effortlessly and it fit them so perfectly. Bo always knows just what to say to bring a smile to their little faces, and exactly what type of hug they need when they're feeling down. Never in my life did I ever think I would be this blessed, especially after landing on that island…which feels like a lifetime ago, back then I could only dream of something this prefect. I really do have it all.
"Hey." Bo says pulling me from my thoughts. "Where did you go?"
"I'm just amazed this is my life." I admit. "You've given me everything I could ever wish for Bo. I don't know how I could ever repay you."
A soft smile comes across her face and she reaches for my hand. "We made this life together Lauren. Every smile that's been on my face for the past 20 years has been because of you. So I'm right there with you gorgeous, I have no idea how to ever thank you for everything you've given me."
"I guess we're both stuck then." I grin.
"I guess so." Bo smiles back before pulling me in for a kiss. "I'll just start with I love you."
"I love you too."
A/N: And there we go…Back To You is over. I know it might be pretty sappy to end a story on I love you, but with everything I put them through it just felt right. Thank you again for reading the story, for all the follows, favourites and reviewing. I've had a lot of fun on this one and I hope you did too.