(Five Years Later)

"Time for school! Time for school! Time for school!" an excited Angel Annemarie Moon (1) came running into her parents bedroom. "C'mon Dad! Wake up! Time for school!"

"I don't wanna go to school," Austin moaned, pulling the sheet back up to cover his face, but Angel had different plans for him.

She pulled down the sheet, revealing a sleepy Austin with only a t-shirt and boxers on. "Not you Dad me!" she said excitedly.

"Okay, okay." Ally smiled as she slowly made her way out of bed, planting a kiss on Angel's forehead. "You want me to make you pancakes?"

Austin perked up. "Pancakes?!"

"Alright!" Angel cheered, running out of the room and making her way downstairs.

Ally looked at Austin, who didn't look wide awake but still looked tired. "Are you okay?" she asked.

Austin ran a finger through his hair. "I can't believe it. She's going to kindergarten."

"She'll be fine." She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Patting his knee, she made her way out of the bed and downstairs where Angel was.

Austin sighed, looking around the room, unsure what he was looking for. He caught the eye of a framed picture of when they first brought Angel home, and how unprepared and excited they were. Remember when you said you weren't having kids? an amused "I told you so" voice rang in his head. He already heard enough of that from Mimi.

As Austin got dressed he started to smell the sweet smell of pancakes in the morning. When he came downstairs he saw Ally teaching Angel how to flip a pancake just right. And every time, they came out golden brown.

"Will we learn how to cook in school Mommy?" Angel asked.

"Maybe," Ally smiled. "If you take a class called culinary in middle school or high school then yes. They do teach you how to cook."

"I wanna be a chef," Angel said excitedly, flipping another pancake. "It seems fun."

Austin smiled, making his way into the kitchen where the family ate breakfast.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to be a chef," Angel decided.

"You can do whatever you set your mind to kid," Austin said seriously, then checked his phone. "Uh, Ally, we should get to the bus stop."

"Right," Ally said, getting everyone's dishes in the sink.

"I don't wanna go on the bus," Angel whined, cowering behind Austin. "What if the other kids down like me?" she asked, looking up at him with her sad hazel eyes.

Austin looked down at his daughter sympathetically. "Repeat after me: I."

"I."

"Angel Annemarie Moon."

"Angel Annemarie Moon."

"Is adorable."

Angel giggled, feeling a little better now. "Is ADORABLE!"

"And isn't afraid of no bus."

Angel paused, her face dropping. "But that's the thing! I am afraid! What if the bus has snakes on it? What if kids dump chocolate milk on my head? Big kids are on there. Boys are on there, and boys have germies."

She really is Ally's daughter. "None of that stuff is going to happen Angel." He brushed back a loose lock of her hair and put it behind her ear. Suddenly an idea came to him. "Hey, Ally, do you think we should tell her about the time when I was a bus driver?" he smirked, winking at Angel.

"Bus driver?!" she asked.

Ally nodded, seeming to ignore her question. "Sure."

"Alright," Austin smiled, bending down to his daughters level and putting a hand on her shoulder. "This may come to a surprise, but when Daddy was younger he was a rebel."

"Really?!" Angel asked excitedly, her eyes widening with wonder.

"Your father got into some trouble when he was about nineteen so as punishment he had to be a bus driver for the rest of the school year."

"What did he do?"

"Let's just say it involved spay paint and not very nice people," Austin said. "I met her when I was cleaning up the mess I made."

"I was selling chocolate bars."

"I fell in love with her at first sight," Austin lied.

Ally rolled her eyes. "Austin, that's not what happened." She couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, fine, it took some time. When I saw Mommy sad it hurt, really bad. Because she was probably one of the most energetic, happy person I had never met."

They continued to talk awhile until the bus turned the corner. "Daddy, you promise the bus is safe?"

"Yeah sweetie, I promise."

She got into the bus, step after step, but then stopped. "Uh, Mr. Jonathan, wait, I forgot something." Not waiting for an answer, Angel raced to her parents and hugged them. "I love you guys."

"We love you too," they said in unision, closing their eyes, not wanting to let go of their Angel.

"Um, you guys can let go now."

"Oh! Sorry!" They both said, watching Angel get into the bus. They continued to watch as the bus drove away until it disappeared around the corner.

This defiantly isn't my best work. I've gotten really used to writing in first person for this story and it's kinda weird writing it in third person. But did you catch the Finding Nemo references? XD It was on my mind and yesterday I watched Finding Dory lol.

1) Changed the middle name because a guest reviewed and was like "her middle name should be Annemarie and I was like "why didnt I think of that?! So yeah.

Anyway, I can't believe this story is over! It's been a fun five months writing it and it's going to be weird NOT writing it. I mean, it's one of the stories I'm most proud of.

SPECIAL THANKS TO MY SISTER IF YOU ARE READING THIS (DONT EVEN LIE I KNOW YOU ARE) FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP AND IDEAS I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU FAM! YOU ARE AMAZING AND PLEASE GET A FANFICTION YOU HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL YOU ARE THE ONE THAT MADE THIS WHOLE THING POSSIBLE GUYS IM NOT KIDDING THIS WOMAN CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA! NOT ME! AND LOTS OF OTHER IDEAS FOR IT TO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH ALLIE!

And thanks to you guys to. Whenever I get a review that someone says "you inspire me" I'm like…Dude you inspire me by saying that.

I love you guys so much! :) You are my pickles to my Ally.

Stay gold 💕