I know that took me forever and I really am so sorry for that but on top of a lot going on in my life the last few months, I just honestly had no idea how to wrap up this story. A lot of you wanted the other girls from the show in the story though so I did put them in this chapter and I'm not sure how it turned out but I really do hope you all like it.

Also since I've been having so much trouble writing for this story this is the last chapter but I have been working on a much more Paily centric story and I think I'm going to be posting the first chapter to that soon and if people are still interested in Paily fanfic and you guys like it, I'll continue posting it. I already have the first few chapters written to it so the updates should be much much faster than the ones to this story were. Okay with all that being said I really do hope you all enjoy this chapter and I would like to thank all of you for being patient with me and for reading :)

Paige managed to pull herself out of bed after the third time the alarm beside the bed went off. She dragged herself down the stairs, not bothering to change out of the sweats and tank top she slept in. When she got to the bottom of the stairs she found Emily already dressed for the day and moving around the kitchen with ease.

"Mornin." Paige said, voice still scratchy with sleep.

Emily turned around, not having heard her wife come downstairs, "Hey." She said softly with a smile as she watched Paige drop down into a chair at the kitchen table, slumping in her seat immediately making Emily giggle, "Tired?"

Paige let out a sigh as she crossed her arms on top of the table and dropped her head down into them, "As much as I hate to admit it, I'm getting old and I can't pull all-nighters anymore." She mumbled out.

Emily just shook her head, a smile still grazing her lips, "I told you not to stay up with the girls all night." She said, "You should've went to bed when me and Taylor did."

Paige lifted her head up to playfully glare at her wife, "Well one of us has to be the cool parent."

Emily mocked offense, "Hey, I'm plenty cool." She stated, pointing the spatula she was cooking with at Paige.

"Come on Em, we all know that I'm the fun parent." Paige argued, sitting up a little straighter, "Are you really going to try to argue this?" She asked with a smirk on her face as she noticed the pout on Emily's.

"What makes you the fun one?" She asked, setting the spatula down on the counter behind her before turning back towards Paige and crossing her arms across her chest.

Paige pushed herself up out of her chair and made her way across the kitchen towards Emily, resting her hands on the other woman's hips when she reached her, "Really, you have a leg up on me on literally every other mom category." The brunette pointed out with a raised eyebrow, "You're honestly going to take being the fun one away from me too? It's all I've got."

"That's not true." Emily argued.

Paige nodded her head in protest, "You're the one they want when they're sick or when they're hurt. You're easily the better cook. Whenever they need anything, you're always the first one they come to Emily and you know it." Paige said, a reassuring smile on her face, "I would confidently say that I fill the dad role." She said with a chuckle, "I'm here for when they break something in the house and are scared to tell you. Or when they miss curfew and they need someone to calm you down because of it. The one who they ask to rough house with or expect to throw them into the pool when they aren't paying attention. I'm the one who stays up until 4 a.m. playing videogames while you go to bed with Taylor at 8:30 p.m."

Emily pondered over what Paige just listed out for a moment, a hand coming up to wrap lightly around the side of Paige's neck, "Fine." She said, not being able to keep a smile off her face, "You're the fun one." She said, leaning forward to peck Paige's lips, "But you're more than that. You're a great mom Paige."

Paige smiled widely, "So are you babe."

Emily leaned back in and kissed Paige a little more passionately. Paige didn't protest, pulling her wife in closer to her, only breaking apart when Emily started to smell something burning. She quickly pushed Paige off of her lightly and rushed to turn the stove off next to her.

Emily turned back around and pushed Paige back towards the kitchen table, "Go sit back down."

"What why?" Paige asked teasingly, as she grabbed Emily's wrist, not letting her wife push her out of the kitchen.

"You're distracting." Emily said simply.

Paige smirked proudly as she let go of Emily's wrist, instead wrapping her arms around Emily's' waist once she turned back towards the stove, "Yeah? You used to like when we got distracted."

Emily giggled as Paige pulled her hair over one of her shoulders so she could kiss down her neck, Emily not even bothering to try to get out of Paige's grip, "And I still do." Emily stated, "But I have things to do. We have people coming over today."

Paige stopped kissing her way down Emily's neck and groaned, dropping her head into the crook of Emily's shoulder, "Didn't your friends stop us from getting it on enough already?"

Emily burst out laughing, not being able to hold it in, "Getting it on?" Emily asked, raising an eyebrow as she looked over her shoulder at her wife, "What makes you think you were going to get that lucky anyway?" She challenged.

"Don't hurt my ego this early Em." Paige teased, dropping one last kiss to her wife's cheek before letting her go and making her way over to the coffee maker.

Emily shook her head, emptying the burnt content in the pan in the trash before putting the pan back on the stove, "Maybe if you're on your best behavior this weekend I'll make it up to you." She said, throwing a wink over her shoulder at Paige.

"You don't have to tell me twice." She said pleased as she poured herself a cup of coffee and made her way back to the kitchen table, "Although I imagine it isn't easy to stay completely out of trouble when all of your friends and their kids are coming."

"That's fair." She said with a nod, knowing how much trouble her best friends can be when they're all together. "Just keep whatever trouble you guys get into reasonable. No jail time. No broken bones. Think you can handle that?"

Paige nodded, taking a sip of her coffee before setting it down, "That I think I can manage." She said with a confident smile.

"Good." Emily said, "I can't believe Parker's getting so close to leaving already." She said with a sigh as she continued to move around the kitchen absentmindedly.

"Yeah summer flew by pretty fast didn't it?" Paige agreed, "But she'll be fine."

"California's all the way on the other side of the country Paige." Emily said, still not exactly happy at the fact that Parker was going to college so far away.

Paige let out a small laugh at the clear displeasure on her wife's face, "Oh come on Em, you've had plenty of time to accept the fact that she chose Stanford." She stated, "Plus Morgan will be there with her."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow, "From what I heard and remember those two together are nothing but trouble."

"Well what do you expect to happen when you put a McCullers and a Hastings together?" Paige asked with a shrug as she let out a small laugh.

Emily rolled her eyes but couldn't keep a smile off of her face, "What a terrifying combo." She teased playfully.

"Don't worry, if they manage to get into any trouble at least Aria only lives a couple hours away, she can check in with them if we need her too." Paige offered for reassurance as she left her seat at the table again, coming up behind Emily and kissing her cheek.

Emily nodded, "Yeah I guess you're right." She sighed as Paige moved back to the kitchen table once again, "Do you know what time they're supposed to get here anyway?" She asked as she leaned against the counter.

Paige glanced over at the clock, "Spencer and the kids got in late last night so they can come over at any time, I'm assuming they'll be here fairly early. Hanna's plane lands just before noon and Aria said she was dropping by her parents before coming over but she might catch a ride over with Hanna." Paige guessed.

Emily nodded along as she listened to Paige before a car horn from outside interrupted and Parker came flying down the stairs at full speed without any warning moments later, "I got it!" Parker called out as she ran by her parents in a blur and out the front door.

"Morgan's here." Paige stated confidently, a small smirk on her face as she pushed herself up out of her chair and walked towards the front door.

"It's 8 a.m." Emily stated in surprise, not having expected anyone to be over anywhere near this early.

"They can't help themselves." Paige said with a shrug as she leaned against the frame of the opened front door, gesturing out to the two girls in the front yard.

Emily let out a small chuckle as she reached Paige, catching a look at her daughter. Parker's legs wrapped firmly around the waist of another girl who looked an awfully lot like Spencer did in high school as the other girl supported her for a few moments before dropping her back down to the ground. She was so distracted by the two girl's she hardly noticed Spencer walking towards them until she was already standing right in front of them.

"Usually I can handle mornings but this," She said gesturing over to Parker and Morgan briefly, "this is too much before coffee."

"There's a fresh pot in the kitchen." Paige said with a laugh.

"Life saver." Spencer sighed out in relief, "Hey Em." She said giving Emily a quick hug before moving past her and into the house.

"Hey Aunt Paige." Morgan said as her and Parker finally made their way to the front door.

"Hey squirt." Paige said ruffling the hair on the teens head.

Morgan rolled her eyes as she attempted to lean away from her aunt's hand, "I thought we discussed how I'm not a squirt anymore."

Parker laughed, "Yeah good luck getting her to understand that." She said pushing past her parents and deeper into the house to join Spencer in the kitchen.

Morgan shook her head, a small smile on her face as she gave Paige a quick hug before turning her attention to Emily, "Hey Aunt Em, remember me?" She asked, not bothering to wait for an answer as she hugged Emily.

Emily hugged the girl back for a moment before pulling away slightly, resting her hands on the young girl's shoulders as her eyes scanned over her face with a small smile, "Of course I remember you." She said, "How could I forget?"

By this time Emily was having a much easier time remembering things from before the accident. Of course she was sure to do her studying before her friends and their kids arrived for the weekend to make sure she didn't miss anything. Paige flipping through pictures and small briefings of the backgrounds of each of her friend's kids verifying everything Emily could remember and filling in the minor blanks that she still had.

Morgan smiled brightly up at Emily, "I always knew I was your favorite." She stated smugly as Emily let her hands fall from her shoulders and turned to follow Parker into the house.

Paige smiled as Emily's eyes followed the girl until she was deep enough in the house to be out of sight, "See told you there was no need to be nervous."

Emily nodded a little relieved as Paige swung her arm over Emily's shoulders and pulled her into her body lightly, "Yeah." She sighed out contently.

"Come on, let's go catch up." Paige said, pulling Emily along with her towards the kitchen, finding Spencer sitting at the table, Taylor planted happily on her lap, still sporting her pajamas.

"Look who's up." Emily said, gaining the attention of Spencer and Taylor.

"Where'd the other girls go?" Paige asked, joining Spencer at the table.

"Went upstairs to get Kacey." Spencer said, "I briefly heard something about sitting by the pool. Which is completely shocking," Spencer stated sarcastically, "who would've ever thought that when you two had babies they'd practically live in the water?"

"I know completely shocking," Paige said without missing a beat, "just as shocking as your kid being smarter than everyone here. It's almost like they took after their parents."

Emily laughed, "Morgan was beating Paige at scrabble by the time she was four."

Paige looked over at Emily offended, "Excuse you, scrabble is not a true marker of intelligence."

"It's still embarrassing to be beat by a four year old." Spencer said with a shrug, a massive grin on her face, Taylor giggling in her lap.

Paige rolled her eyes, "Always so smug Hastings."

Spencer's grin only got bigger, "I'm not sorry that my kid's a genius."

"Don't forget I'm your kid's favorite aunt." Paige said as she leaned back against the counter.

"And it still pains me to this day that I didn't teach her to have better judgment than that." Spencer teased lightheartedly, earning a laugh from everyone in the room, "Don't forget that I'm Parker's."

"Who would've thought the McCullers and Hastings families would learn to love each other." Paige said, "Truly disappointing."

"Alright, enough you two." Emily said just as Parker, Morgan, and Kacey came rushing down the stairs and through the kitchen, "Slow down." Emily said as they slid the door to the backyard open and rushed out towards the pool, basically ignoring Emily's words.

"I'm so glad they become such good listeners when they get together." Spencer said rolling her eyes at their kids, standing up and setting Taylor on the ground so she could go outside with the other girls, "So when are we allowed to start drinking?"

"Now you're talking." Emily said, letting out a small laugh, "Drinks by the pool is exactly what I need."

Everyone went to change into something appropriate for the pool before coming back down and getting the drinks rolling and making their way outside to wait for the others to arrive at the house. Morgan, Parker, and Kacey were all sitting in the lounge chairs on the side of the pool while Taylor was already splashing around in the pool.

"So Jake is going to be here soon." Morgan said referring to Hanna's oldest son, her eyebrows moving up and down suggestively, "Excited."

Kacey looked over at Morgan oddly, "I guess." She said unsure as to why her sister and Morgan were looking at her like that, "I haven't seen him in a while and he's cool."

"Rumor is he has himself a little crush on someone." Parker said teasingly.

"What?" Kacey asked casually, dismissing the statement altogether, "That's ridiculous. He does not have a crush on me. Why do you guys always have to be trying to get in other people's business?" She asked a tinge of annoyance in her voice.

"What else would we do with ourselves?" Morgan asked without missing a beat.

Parker nodded in agreeance, "Yeah, what's the fun in family gatherings if you can't meddle into everyone else's business? You seemed to be fine with meddling a few minutes ago."

"Yeah well that's because it wasn't my business we were meddling into." Kacey stated, before shaking her head, "It doesn't matter anyways, I'm not interested in Jake like that." She made perfectly clear, "Plus aren't you the one who's been trying to chase boys away from me?" She directed at Parker.

"Yes, and I stand by that." Parker stated, "But this is Jake we're talking about." The brunette said with a shrug, earning an agreeing nod from Morgan, "He's like the model of the perfect boy for my baby sister." She cooed, reaching out to pinch Kacey's cheek.

Kacey swatted her hand away, "Whatever. Like I said, I'm not interested."

"That's because you haven't seen him in a few months." Morgan offered, "Trust me, that boy has grown up quite nicely." She said dramatically, "Little Jakey is not so little anymore. Dude clearly hits the gym."

"Even I can respect a good looking guy when I see one." Parker offered, "And Jake is one."

"What are we talking about?" Paige asked as she came up behind the girls, startling all three of them a little bit.

"Nothing." Kacey answered immediately, before standing up off the lounge chair quickly, "I'm going to go get something to drink." She said awkwardly as she made her way to the kitchen earning a curious gaze rom Paige.

"Alright what did you two do?" Paige asked knowingly as her eyes moved between the two girls in front of her.

"What? Us?" Morgan asked, hand on her chest, "Oh nothing, just waiting for everyone to get here." She said, a small smile on her face as she dropped her sunglasses from the top of her head to rest on her nose, leaning back on the lounge chair casually.

Paige raised her eyebrow at Parker who simply laughed at Morgan before shrugging at her mom and leaning back in her own chair. Paige shook her head, "Yeah your mother is definitely right, I should be concerned about you two going off to college together." She said as she got up, earning giggles from the two young girls before Paige walked towards Emily and Spencer who were standing in the shallow end of the pool, right against the edge.

Paige sat on the edge of the pool in front of them, letting her feet sink into the water, "Your kids are up to no good."

Emily and Spencer glanced over at Morgan and Parker at the same time, the two girls leaning towards each other talking and giggling, "Well I can't say I'm surprised." Spencer said as she turned her attention back to Paige, "What are they doing?"

Paige shook her head as she stared intently at the two girls, "I don't know yet," She said Emily rolling her eyes at that as Spencer listened closely, "but they're up to something."

Emily looked between her wife and friend as they kept an eye on the two girls across the yard, "You two are ridiculous."

"Umm excuse you." Spencer said, shooting Emily an offended look, "I thought you got most of your memory back Em. But clearly that is not the case if those two being up to something doesn't make you a little nervous." She stated pausing to take a sip of her drink, "Hell those two even just being in the same room together scares me a little."

"Definitely." Paige nodded in agreeance, "They're worse than the two of us." Paige said gesturing quickly between Spencer and herself, "And we're bad."

Emily scoffed, "The only thing you two are when you're together is annoying."

"First of all, offensive." Paige responded with a straight face, "Second, we're a good time together."

"You don't know the half of it." Spencer said, causing Emily to raise an eyebrow in curiosity but before she could ask Spencer to elaborate the sliding glass door that led outside was torn open.

"Life of the party has officially arrived." Hanna stated loudly, "And Aria too." She added walking out into the backyard, earning whoops from Parker and Morgan as they got up to greet her.

"Hey!" Parker said as Hanna pulled her into a hug, releasing her only to immediately embrace Morgan.

"I left something for you two in the car out front." Hanna said quietly as she let go of Morgan, "It's on the floor in the backseat. Paisley is already out by the car helping Aria with some groceries we got for dinner tonight." She said, sending a wink to the girls before they slipped past her excitedly.

"Aunt Hanna!" Hanna looked over to see Emily wrapping Taylor in a towel before releasing her and the little girl racing towards the blonde woman, launching herself into Hanna's arms when she reached her.

Hanna laughed as she picked Taylor up, dropping a messy kiss to the girls cheek, "Hey princess, miss me?" Taylor nodded excitedly as she pulled back just enough to see Hanna's face, "Luke is inside." She said, referring to her son that was the same age as Taylor, as she set the girl back down on the ground, "And don't tell your moms but there's some candy in my purse for you. It's on the counter." She said, barely getting the sentence out before Taylor ran off into the house.

"Hey Han." Emily said, gaining Hanna's attention, "You better be behaving yourself with my kids." She warned playfully.

Hanna put her hands up in defense, an innocent smile on her face, "Wouldn't dream of doing anything you wouldn't approve of."

"Why do I not believe that?" Emily said knowing her best friend, "You're always up to something."

"How is it possible that I'm the only one who ended up without any girls?" Hanna pouted as she turned her head to look back inside the house where Taylor was already jumping down from the counter and running to find Hanna's youngest son Luke before turning back to Emily who just laughed.

"You have two beautiful boys." Emily offered, "You don't need any girls."

Hanna let out a puff of air in disagreement, "The only reason I had a second one was because I was trying for a girl." The blonde said with anther pout, "I don't care how much I love those boys, it doesn't change the fact that neither of them want to go shopping with me or care about clothing designs or what's in." She complained.

"And I'm pretty sure your husband is very happy about that." Paige said from behind Emily, gaining laughs from everyone.

"Plus you spoil all of our girls enough to make up for your lack of daughters." Spencer threw in.

"Which brings me back around to worrying about what you brought the girls that made them rush off so fast." Emily said as she eyed Hanna.

"Nothing illegal." Hanna stated, leaving it at that as she wandered deeper into the backyard, dropping herself in one of the lounge chairs, "Just a few things I thought they could use for college. Think of it as a care package."

"I'm worried about this apparent care package as well." Aria said as she slipped out into the backyard being greeted with smiles, "Not only the fact that I know what Hanna was like in college but also the fact that I wasn't allowed to look at them concerns me greatly."

"Well as long as it's not illegal." Spencer said, counting it as a win, "I'm getting a refill." She stated as she climbed out of the pool, holding up her empty wine glass, "Want a drink?" She asked Hanna and Aria as she passed them, earning an eager nod from both women.

Spencer laughed and headed inside, immediately being met with Hanna's oldest son Jake, "Hey Aunt Spence." He said with a smile.

"Wow you're getting tall." She said in surprise as she walked deeper into the kitchen and pulled Jake into a hug, "Everyone's hanging out by the pool if you want to go out there." She said as she released him and gestured to the backyard.

He nodded and made his way outside just as Kacey came down the stairs, "Hey aunt Spence, do you know where Morgan and Parker went?"

"Umm yeah Aria and Hanna got here. They went to grab some things out of Hanna's car with Paisley, they should be right back." Spencer said a she fixed her drink.

Kacey nodded before glancing out back, "Whoa."

Spencer turned her head to see what Kacey was looking at only to find her eyes fixed on Jake who was greeting Emily and Paige outside, "Oh no." Spencer said with a smile, gaining Kacey's attention, "Got your eye on something there?"

"What? No, of course not." Kacey said a little rushed, Spencer simply nodding with a smug grin as she grabbed her drink and headed toward the backyard.

"Mhm. Why don't you come say hi?" Spencer said with a wink as she passed Kacey.

"Um yeah sure, I'll be out there in a second." Kacey said before Spencer nodded and slipped back out into the backyard.

Just as Spencer walked out Parker, Paisley, and Morgan came back into the house holding a few bags, "Hey Kace, check it out, this one's for you." Parker said, holding out a bag with Kacey's name printed sloppily on the side.

Kacey took it, "What is it?"

"Aunt Hanna brought it for us." Paisley said, "I'm guessing it's stuff she had left over from work. It's just a bunch of clothes."

"And look what she got us." Morgan said giddy with excitement as she looked over Kacey's shoulders to make sure all the parents were still outside, "don't tell anyone but check it out." She said as she slipped three cards out of her pocket and flashed them towards Kacey.

"What are those?" Kacey asked confused, grabbing onto them to look closer.

"It's a fake i.d." Parker said, a snort of laughter escaping her lips, "Can you believe it? Man Aunt Hanna's the best."

"If you guys get caught with those things moms, Aunt Aria, and Aunt Spence are going to kill both of you." Kacey said with a shake of her head, "And Aunt Han."

"Oh don't be such a good girl." Morgan said, "It's all about the thrill Kace."

Kacey just laughed, "Yeah until you get caught."

"Whatever, let us have our fun." Parker said with a laugh.

"Don't worry Kace, I'll keep them under control." Paisley promised, earning boos from the other two girls.

"We're gonna run this stuff upstairs real quick and then we'll be right back down." Parker said, making a move to go upstairs but stopped at the edge of the stairs when Morgan stopped her.

"Wait a minute, why aren't you outside?" Morgan asked Kacey.

"Oh I was just about to go out, I was just waiting for you guys." Kacey said, glancing outside real quick before looking down.

Morgan looked at her curiously before a grin grew on her face, "You wouldn't be avoiding…I don't know, a very handsome young man?"

Parker's eyebrows went up at that, "Oh no way, you think he's cute don't you?" She asked with a laugh.

Kacey involuntarily blushed, "No, I was just waiting for you guys. Which I now regret, so if you'd excuse me." She said turning around and headed towards the back door.

"Go get 'em tiger!" Paisley called out before rushing up the stairs with Parker and Morgan.

Kacey let out an annoyed huff as she walked outside, earning a quick glance from everyone before they went back to what they were previously doing. However Spencer's eyes followed the girl as she made her way over to Jake.

Spencer nudged Hanna lightly, gesturing over to the pair of teens with her head, "I think we may have the beginning of young love occurring over there."

Hanna gasped quietly turning to grab Emily's arm in excitement, "Could you imagine if our kids married each other." She squealed.

"I think that's a little premature Han." Aria commented with a soft giggle.

"How did that even happen, he hasn't even been here for an hour." Paige said, sipping her drink, eyes slightly narrowed at Jake.

"That's all us," Parker said coming up behind the group of women along with Morgan and Paisley, "we're mastermind matchmakers now."

"I told you they were up to something." Paige whispered, nudging Emily.

"Go on." Spencer urged.

"Well I told Jake that Kacey had a crush on him." Paisley admitted.

"And we told Kacey that Jakey had a crush on her." Morgan added, "It's all about planting the seed."

"Yeah it gives them confidence if they both think the other one already likes them." Paisley said with a shrug, "It makes the whole process a ton faster."

"And we're pushing them together why?" Paige asked curiously.

"Because they look so cute together." Hanna gushed, earning laughs from the group.

In that moment Jake and Kacey both turned their heads to find nearly the entire group of people in the backyard looking at them. Kacey blushed and looked down at her feet while Jake chuckled and rubbed at the back of his neck nervously.

The rest of the day mostly consisted of hanging out by the pool, everybody catching up and having a good time. The day quickly turned into night, Paige and Spencer firing up the grill to get dinner started as everyone sat around. Eventually the conversation had turned to Parker, Morgan, and Paisley going off to college together and it didn't take long before Hanna got up to her typical antics.

"Hanna don't encourage them." Spencer said from across the yard, having overheard parts of the conversation.

"What? I'm not." Hanna shouted over her shoulder defensively before turning back to the three girls in front of her, slyly handing Morgan the small slip of paper, "Whip all this stuff up in a smoothie and drink it when you wake up, hangover gone. Saved my life a hundred times. Nothing is worse than having to go to a class with a hangover, classes are already torturous enough without the hangover." The blonde groaned out, recalling some of her own college experiences.

"Or they could just not drink." Aria offered as she slipped past Hanna and the girls, giving her daughter a look so she knew she was talking to her.

Hanna rolled her eyes, "What's the point of going off to college if you aren't going to have any fun."

"Umm, an education." Aria retorted.

"I mean I guess if that's what you're into." Hanna said with a shrug, "But don't let any of your parents tell you that they didn't do it." She said looking between the three oldest girls here and then continued as she saw a few of the other kids gather around the small table that sat on the back patio where they were all seated, "I've seen every single one of your moms drunk off their asses on more than one occasion."

"Hanna!" Emily scolded as she glanced towards the two youngest kids only a few feet away from the group.

"Sorry." Hanna murmured out as she put her hands up in defense.

"Please go on about these…occasions." Parker encouraged as she went over and stood behind Hanna, resting her arms on the back seat of the older woman's chair simply waiting for her to go on.

"Well-" Hanna started with a smug smile but was immediately cut off by Emily.

"Let's not do this Hanna." She stated, giving Hanna a look as she crossed her arms.

A chorus of protests immediately followed from the older kids, "Come on Aunt Em how bad could it be?" Jake asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, it can't be that bad." Paisley added.

"Scared it'll give us some ideas." Morgan teased, looking at her aunt with a smirk before walking over and getting close to Hanna in anticipation for a possible wild story.

Emily looked around. All of their kids huddled around Hanna, with the exception of Taylor and Luke who had no interest in the matter. She looked over at Spencer, Paige, and Aria who were gathered around the grill for help but none offered any. Emily sighed in defeat, "Fine, you're going to do whatever you want anyway." Emily mumbled out as she dropped herself down in a chair.

"Thank you for understanding that Em." Hanna offered, a hint of glee in her voice, "So where shall we began?" She asked no one in particular as she looked between her four friends, the kids waiting with anticipation, "Any volunteers?"

Spencer rolled her eyes, "Just get on with it Han."

Hanna lifted an eyebrow, smirking at Spencer, "What about that time you two got drunk and ended up getting arrested?" Hanna asked with a smug look on her face.

Paige immediately reached over and smacked Spencer on the chest, "Way to go." She exclaimed, "You just volunteered us."

Spencer looked at Paige apologetically with a shrug, "I didn't know she was going to tell that story." She said in a hushed tone to the other brunette.

"You got arrested?" Emily asked with wide eyes as she leaned forward in her chair.

"That…that was not my fault." Paige said in defense as she looked over at Emily before throwing an accusatory finger in Spencer's direction, "That was all Hastings."

"Hey!?" Spencer exclaimed in offense, her voice loud this time, "I was defending you. Plus let's not forget why we were out drinking in the first place."

"You swung at a cop." Paige argued, forgetting they had an audience, "He didn't like that. If you wouldn't have done that there wouldn't have been any problems."

Spencer paused a moment to think about it, Hanna jumping in before she could get a word out, "Hey I'm the one telling the stories here." She said, "You both got thrown into the back of that cop car because you were drunk off your asses."

Emily's jaw slacked a little in surprise, "Okay, I'm sorry when did this happen and why does everyone but me seem to know about it?" Emily asked from her spot on the couch.

"It was that week you and Paige broke up." Aria answered, "Hanna convinced everyone to go out to this bar. You were still back home visiting your parents."

"God I couldn't take Paige's moping around anymore." Hanna groaned out as she recalled the night, "And on top of that Spencer was freaking out about some job interview she had. I was just trying to get everyone to loosen up a bit."

"And loosen up they did." Aria added with a chuckle.

A few of the kids let out laughs at that, "Oh wow, we haven't even gotten through the first story and this is already the best thing that has ever happened to me." Parker said, not being able to contain herself.

"Hey don't be getting any ideas." Emily said, pointing a stern finger at the oldest girl.

Spencer nodded, "Yes, listen to her. Learn from our mistakes."

"I think trying to fight a cop is a mistake that everyone already knows not to make." Hanna stated, "I mean even I haven't done that."

Spencer rolled her eyes, "You know what, you guys want to call us out, but what about that time we left you and Emily alone for 10 minutes and we came back to find you two dancing on the bar full on Coyote Ugly style." Spencer threw out there.

"That was spring break." Hanna argued, "Everyone has a spring break story."

"Also you can't say anything about that because if I recall correctly Paige didn't mind it at all." Emily said throwing a wink in her wife's direction.

"Really McCullers?" Spencer said, "Keep it in your pants."

"I was a sophomore in college, what do you want from me?" Paige asked, "It's not like any of us had much self-control in that department. Don't forget we were roommates. I walked in on you and your boyfriend more than I cared to. I was seeing your naked body almost as much as my girlfriends back then."

"Okay waaaayy to much information on that one." Morgan said in displeasure, regaining the attention of the adults around them.

"Yeah seriously." Kacey agreed, her face clearly showing disgusts.

"Sorry forgot you guys were there." Paige said apologetically, the rest of the adults agreeing, doing their best to reign themselves in a little and not get caught up in stories from the past.

"What about that time Aria got drunk and passed out in the front yard with no pants on?" Hanna said with an obnoxious laugh, ignoring any protests from parents or kids, earning her scowls from the adults.

"Hanna!" Aria exclaimed in surprise, eyes wide, "I thought we all agreed to forget about that."

"Aunt Aria?" Parker asked with a wide smile on her face not believing it.

When Aria simply shook her head a chorus of laughs rung out, "I expect this from the others but you Aunt Aria, I expect much better." Kacey teased.

"Where were your pants mom?" Paisley asked curiously.

"We never found them." Aria grumbled a little embarrassed as her friends around her burst out laughing at the memories.

"Alright, enough of the stories everyone." Emily said with a chuckle as she pushed herself up and out of the chair.

"Oh come on," Morgan immediately protested, "we barely got anything."

"You got more than you ever needed to know about any of us." Aria said truthfully, earning laughs.

"Em is right, dinner is about done." Spencer said moving the food on the grill around, "so everyone head in and wash up then grab a plate."

They all sat outside, enjoying the summer night as they ate. Finishing the night off around a small fire, people slowly fading out as it got later into the night. Eventually everyone had either fallen asleep in the house or had gone home for the night.

The next few days flew by as all the families enjoyed each other's company and it was finally the night before the three girls were officially leaving for college. It was already well into the night at the McCullers household when Parker gathered everyone around in the living room.

"I know I'm leaving tomorrow but I have one last surprise before I go." Parker announced, "I know that me not being here every day is going to tear each and everyone one of your hearts apart," she said dramatically, "so I decided to get something for the family to fill the void."

Emily raised an eyebrow, glancing over at Paige before looking back at Parker, she wasn't really sure where this was going but she was feeling pretty confident that she wasn't going to like it, "Yeah? And what would that be?"

"Well I'm not just going to blurt it out mama, it's a surprise." Parker said, "Taylor would you do us the honors of leading us to your room. It's in there."

Taylor happily accepted and jumped down from the couch, racing up the stairs, the rest of the family trailing behind her. Emily trailed the group but sped up her steps when she heard Taylor exclaim excitedly, "It's a puppy!"

Emily got to Taylor's door to find her youngest daughter leaned over a puppy, tail wagging as fast as it could go as it scurried around Taylor and Kacey who were on the floor in front of it. Emily whipped her head back towards Parker who was leaning against the door frame, wide smile on her face, "Cute right?" She asked as she caught Emily's eye, clearly pleased with herself.

"Parker please tell me this is a joke." Emily said, still a little surprised.

"I thought we could name him P.J., you know for Parker Jr." Parker suggested, a proud smile planted on her face as she stared down at the puppy, who had made its way into Kacey's arms.

"We are not calling him that." Kacey refused immediately as Taylor started to yell out suggestions of her own for the dog's name.

"Okay, hold on." Emily jumped in, hands in the air to gesture for everyone to stop, "Just everyone wait a minute. We aren't naming him because there is no way we're keeping him."

A chorus of 'what' and 'why not's' filled the bedroom without hesitation. Emily put her hands on her hips, doing her best to keep a stern look on her face, "Because you guys are a hand full enough. We don't need a dog." She argued, "We'd have to train him on top of a million other things and you all are about to go back to school which means I would be the one taking care of him, so no. No dog."

"But mama." Taylor whined, a perfected pout forming on her face as her shoulders drooped.

"Please." Kacey begged right behind her, "We'll help. We promise."

Emily looked between the two girls on the floor with the dog before moving to look up at Parker who had a matching pout on her own face. Emily shook her head as she looked down at her feet for a moment before lifting her head to look at Paige for help but she knew she was in trouble when she found the dog in Paige's arms.

"Paige." Emily said softly.

"Oh come on Em." Paige said as she scratched the dog's head, "He's so cute." She said holding the dog out in Emily's direction, gesturing for him to take him.

Emily was reluctant but took the dog into her arms anyway. The dog craned its neck to lick at Emily's face which caused the woman to smile. Emily let out a heavy sigh as she took her attention off the dog and scanned the room again, four pleading faces aimed at her, "Ugh, I can't believe I'm agreeing to this." She said, frowns instantly turning to wide smiles, "Fine. We can keep him."

A small chorus of cheers came from the group surrounding Emily and she couldn't help but smile, leaning down to gently set the new addition to the family on the floor. The dog happily trotted back towards Parker, Kacey, and Taylor who were all now sitting on the floor. Emily watching them with a smile, turning her attention to the person next to her when she felt her wife's arm slip around her waist.

"I can't believe I said yes to this." Emily said as she shook her head.

Paige smirked down at her wife, dropping a kiss to the side of her head, "Oh come on Em, we all know you're going to fall in love with that dog faster than anyone."

"Am not." Emily protested in a bit of a whine causing Paige to laugh.

"You get attached to things very quickly." Paige said, "Remember that stray cat that used to always come and hang out outside of our apartment door?"

Emily's face immediately turned into a pout, "Oliver." She said fondly as she leaned into Paige.

"You cried for a week when he stopped showing up." Paige said with a chuckle.

"I loved him." Emily defended herself sadly.

"We had only lived in that building for 2 weeks before he disappeared." Paige countered, with a knowing smirk, "Would you say you got attached to him very quickly?"

"Whatever." Emily said as she pushed Paige away from her lightly, "Why do you always have to prove a point with everything." She said with a tinge of annoyance but the small smile on her face let Paige know that she was just teasing, "And why did you have to bring up Oliver? Now I miss him again."

Paige laughed, "He wasn't even our cat."

"He could've been if you would've let me bring him into the house like I wanted to." Emily argued.

"Again, wasn't our cat." Paige offered.

Emily just shook her head, "Well you didn't seem to have any problems letting the puppy into our house."

Paige rolled her eyes, "That's different. Aria got the dog from a store, hence he belongs to us. He's not someone else's cat that's lingering around our front door because you fed him when we were moving in."

Emily raised an eyebrow at Paige, narrowing her eyes, "I'm sorry? Aria got the dog?" She asked immediately earning a slightly frantic look from Paige, "You were totally in on this!" Emily accused, shoving her wife lightly, her eyes widened and jaw slacked in surprise.

Paige thought about trying to lie her way out of it but sighed knowing that she had slipped up and been caught so she looked fondly over at the puppy before meeting Emily's eyes, "Parker suggested it and at first I said no," Paige explained, "but then she convinced Aria to go look at puppies with her and they were sending me pictures and I crumbled Em."

"You have no backbone." Emily stated with a shake of her head.

Paige's face morphed into offence, "Rude."

Emily simply laughed, "How can you still not say no to them?" She asked, "Parker and Kacey aren't even that cute anymore. The only one who should be getting away with anything these days is Taylor."

Paige sighed, "I've just learned to embrace the fact that I'm wrapped around their fingers. I think it's in the eyes. Parker and Kacey may be older but damn Em they can really nail that sad eye, cute pout face." Paige explained, "You still get away with using it to, don't try to pretend they didn't learn that stuff from you."

Emily simply let out another laugh as she shrugged, "My pouty face is the best though right?" She teased.

"Brings me to my knees." Paige responded with a small smile, pecking Emily on the lips briefly.

"Alright it's getting late girls," Emily said, getting everyone's attention, "I want everyone up and getting ready for bed. We have an early morning tomorrow."

It didn't take long for all the girls to rally and get themselves showered and ready for bed. Emily said her quick goodnights to them after her own shower while Paige was downstairs cleaning up a little bit. When Emily was done she went downstairs to let Paige know the girls were going to sleep. Paige slowly made her way through the girl's rooms saying her goodnights before returning downstairs.

"Already attached I see." Paige said smugly as she came around the back of the couch and sat down next to Emily, who had the new puppy sleeping on her lap. Emily didn't bother to satisfy Paige with a comment, simply glaring at her before gently moving the dog off her lap and onto the other side of the couch.

"Ready for bed?" Emily asked.

Paige sighed heavily, "Yeah, I'm exhausted. It's nice having everyone around but they suck all the life out of me." She commented, "In the best way possible though." She added with a shrug.

Emily laughed lightly and shook her head, "You're so dramatic." She said as she leaned into Paige's side out of habit, "Can you believe three of the kids are going off to college in a few days and two more are going next year."

"I know, it really did happen so fast didn't it?" Paige said.

Emily nodded as she felt Paige press a light kiss to the side of her head before her wife stood up, offering Emily a hand to pull her up when she did. They both split the duties of locking up the house and shutting off the lights downstairs before walking up to their bedroom together to turn in for the night. Emily entered the room first only to find Taylor sprawled out across their bed.

"What are you doing in here?" Emily asked with a soft smile as she approached Taylor.

Taylor sat up a little as Emily sat on the edge of the bed, "Wanna sleep in here." Taylor responded groggily as she leaned into Emily's side.

Emily put her arm around the young girl as she looked over to Paige who was standing in the doorway for permission. Paige shrugged and gave Emily a short nod as she made her way towards the bathroom to wash up.

"You can stay in here for tonight but tomorrow you have to sleep in your own bed okay?" Emily said as she stood up, earning a nod from Taylor.

Emily settled Taylor back in before slipping into the bed herself with Taylor. Just as Emily had herself settled in bed Parker appeared in the doorway of the bedroom.

"Hey, you need something?" Emily asked in a hushed tone, trying not to disturb an already sleeping Taylor.

Parker shrugged as she shuffled towards the bed, "Couldn't sleep." She offered weakly.

Emily frowned at her before glancing down at Taylor and sighing as she scooted the little girl and herself over and lifting the covers as a silent invitation for Parker to slip into the bed as well. Parker wasted no time climbing into the bed next to her mom and sighing contently as she pulled the covers up over her.

"You okay?" Emily asked a little worriedly.

Parker shrugged as she looked at her mom, "I'm just going to miss you guys." She said honestly.

Emily gave her oldest daughter a sad smile, "We're going to miss you too." She said, dropping a light kiss to Parker's forehead.

"What's going on in here?" Paige asked as she came out of the bathroom to find Emily sandwiched between Taylor and Parker.

Emily quickly shushed her as she gestured down to Taylor who was still asleep, earning an apologetic look from her wife, "Just had a couple of kids who couldn't sleep."

"Ah" Paige said in understanding with a quick nod as she walked across the room and flicked the light off before climbing into bed on the other side of Taylor.

The bedroom door creeped open further as Kacey poked her head in the room, "Got room for one more?" She asked not waiting for an answer as she made her way towards the bed.

"Not really." Paige grumbled, earning a disapproving look from Emily.

"Of course." Emily said, not hesitating to scoot closer to the middle of the bed, Parker following suit to make room as Kacey crawled in.

"I thought you all grew out of this." Paige said playfully as she sat up against the headboard and looked over at her two oldest daughters.

"You let Taylor sleep in here." Kacey pointed out quickly.

"She hardly ever sleeps in here." Paige retorted, "She's also not as big as me and your mom are. Unlike the two of you. This bed is not big enough for all of us."

"No you're totally right." Parker said nodding her head, "I vote mom off."

"I second that." Kacey wasted no time to say.

"Wait what?" Paige interrupted trying to stop whatever was happening, "You can't vote me out of my own bed."

"You're the one who said it wasn't big enough for all of us, so we are solving the issue." Parker stated with a smirk on her face, "It's called democracy. You're welcome."

"Mama we need one more for majority." Kacey added doing her best to hold in her laughter.

"Sorry babe, this is the last night with all my babies." Emily said with a small giggle, "I'm stuck with you forever so I could go without you for tonight."

Paige's jaw dropped playfully, "Betrayed by my own family." She said as she shook her head, but instead of leaving the bed she simply sank down under the covers and rested her head on the pillow, "I suppose I can deal with all of you for one more night."

"Perfect. Now that that problem's solved, I got dibs on the remote." Parker said, reaching over Kacey and grabbing it off the nightstand.

"You have to keep it down though guys because Taylor is actually trying to sleep." Emily said earning nods from both girls.

Paige shook her head as she watched Kacey and Parker giggle and talk in hushed voices along with Emily as they flipped through the tv channels, Taylor cuddling closer to her side in her sleep. Paige couldn't help but smile at the sight, a feeling of bitter sweetness washing over her as she realized this is the last time she would have all of her girls together like this.

She dreaded waking up in the morning and having to send Parker off to college. And the following year when she would have to send Kacey. And she knew the few years after that that it would take before Taylor would be out of the house would fly by fast which she dreaded as well. Then it would be nothing but her and Emily in this big house. And the dog, they'd have the dog too. Paige smiled at the thought. She guesses nothing but her, Emily, and the dog doesn't sound so bad after all.

Paige turned her head slightly and caught Emily's eye, a light smile gracing her wife's lips making one form on her own face. Emily mouthed an 'I love you' and Paige returned it immediately, despite her kids growing up she had never failed to feel happier with each day that passed.