Hey everyone, this is my new one shot series based around my one shot "Coming Home" from my "So Much Love xoxo" requests and feel free to go over there and leave some requests. I would love to give you guys a full blown story based around "Coming Home" but my ideas are so scattered that I feel I wouldn't do it justice so I hope doing a one shot collection based around "Coming Home" will be okay. Some will take place before "Coming Home" and some will take place after. I have tons of ideas and I'll even take suggestions or ideas you want me to write that involves this family and their love ones. Unfortunately the one shots won't be in order but I'll always try to include the age range and if it takes place right before or after one of the other one shots if I feel the need to. The first two one shots are reposts.

I would like to send out a huge thank you to Volleyballer82 for requesting this one-shot that inspired this collection of one-shots.

I'm sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes.

Disclaimer: I own nothing!

Enjoy!

Coming Home(Repost)

"Penny! Come on, sweetie. Everyone is on their way then it's time to go!"

Riley yelled towards her daughter's room. "Hi, Baby," she smiled as she zipped up her newborn son's pants made out of a pair of her husband's old cameo pants. "Are you excited to meet your Daddy?" she asked, as her heart began to melt that the moment she was waiting for was finally about to happen. "I know he is so excited to meet you, Aussie. He was sad that he couldn't be here the day you were born," she murmured, herself becoming a little emotional at the memory of him missing welcoming their son into the world in person but quickly pushed it away. At least they were blessed that he was able to be there with her through Skype and the connection worked amazingly.

She picked her son up, gently patting him on the back. Her son, Austin, was hands down a Matthews when it came to looks, reminding her so much of her baby brother but their recently turned three year old daughter, Penelope, was a splitting image of her father that at times could bring tears to her eyes when she was really missing him. She laid her son down in his bassinet before calling her daughter over.

"Penelope come on we need to wipe off a day from the board," she told her daughter as Penelope bounce into the room with her blonde hair up in a headband also made from the same pants use to make Austin's pants. She lead her daughter over to the board giving her daughter the eraser to erase another line off of the countdown to Daddy comes home board.

"Mommy, look! No more lines."

Riley dropped down to be eye level with her daughter, "Yeah, do you know what that means?"

"Daddy's coming home?" Penelope whispered, her eyes hopeful.

"Yeah, baby, Daddy is coming home today,"

Riley smiled wide when her daughter's eyes lit up fully at the fact that her Daddy was coming home. Her daughter threw her arms around her.

Riley looked up fighting back tears. "Are you happy?"

Penelope nodded against her mother, her smile just as wide as her mother's. "I get to see my Daddy today."

"You do," she said, holding her daughter a little tighter only letting go at the sound of knocking and the front door opening.

"Hello!"

"Joshy!" Penelope screamed, taking off in the direction of her uncle.

"Penny!"

Riley smiled at her daughter's excitement at seeing her uncle and couldn't be more thankful that both Maya and Josh willingly changed their lives to be there for her and her children during Lucas's deployment. Not only just those two but their whole group of friends bend over backwards while Lucas was away and would forever be grateful.

"You ready?" Maya asked from her spot in the doorway.

Riley looked around her home one last time making sure all the welcome home decorations were up and that Farkle, Smackle and

Zay would easily be able to find everything else to set up the rest and start on the food while they were all picking up Lucas from the airport.

"My husband's finally coming home today," Riley breathed out, smiling to herself before looking over her shoulder at her best friend.

"You bet."

XOXOXOX

Riley followed behind everyone dressed in their red, white and blue into the airport, holding Austin in his car seat wrapped up in his American Flag blanket as Cory lifted Penelope up onto his shoulder as she waved her little American flag in the air. She needed a second to take in everything. It wasn't until Maya looked back at her when noticed how far back she had drifted. She watched her best friend tap her husband's shoulder, and him bend down so she could whisper something in his ear before walking over to her.

"You okay?"

Riley nodded, pressing her lips together, remaining quiet for only a moment. "I'm more than okay. I'm moments away from seeing my husband in over six months and he is going to meet our son for the first time while my daughter is getting back her favorite person in the world."

Maya nodded, giving her best friend a smile as she held back her tears.

"Don't cry," Riley ordered. "Because if you start crying you know I will lose it and I don't want to ruin my makeup before seeing my hubby," she said causing the two to chuckle.

"I can't help it," Maya fanned her eyes. "I'm just so happy for you and your kids that he is finally home."

Riley looked at her lately over emotional best friend, questionably. "Are you...?"

"Am I...?"

Riley's eyes narrowed in, she had been waiting for Maya to announce she was pregnant from the day she came through the bay window when they were eighteen years old asking her to come to the courthouse with her so her and Josh could get married and was still shocked "I'm pregnant" has still yet to come out of the blonde's mouth over four years later.

Riley nodded, giving her a knowing look, "I'm letting this go right now because I know we don't have much time but we will be having a serious discussion later."

Maya playfully rolled her eyes, wrapping her arm around her friend's shoulder as the two joined the rest of the gang. Riley bend down taking her son out of his car seat getting him ready to meet his father.

Her heart started to pound faster in her chest as people started to cheer and clap around the airport at the sight of those dressed in uniform. Her eyes instantly locking eyes with her husband. A huge smile coming to both faces.

"Daddy!"

Riley fought her tears when their daughter scream and took off running when she saw Lucas headed their way. She watched Lucas pick her up and lifted her in the air before bringing her down for a bear hug. She slowly made her way over to him after giving the two a moment. "I think I have someone here who wants to meet you."

Lucas adjusted Penelope into one of his arms so he could a better look at his son and take him in his other arm and hand Penelope to Riley.

He stared down at his son for a moment before placing a kiss on Austin's forehead before looking up at Riley, "He's perfect."

Riley nodded, smiling. "You see your Daddy, Aussie?" she cooed, before looking up at Lucas in the eyes. "Welcome home, baby."

Lucas placed a soft kiss on Riley's lips. "Glad to be home."

Riley stayed close to Lucas as he greeted everyone else while keeping hold of their son. She placed Penelope on the ground, grabbing one of her hands to hold as Lucas grabbed the other. The four walking out of the airport together as a completed family.

XOXOXOX

"Hey, do any of y'all need a beer?" Riley asked through the kitchen window, taking in her husband and friends sitting around the fire in their backyard.

"I do!" Both Zay and Lucas, holding up their empty beers.

"Maya? Josh? Farkle? Smackle?"

"We're good," Josh answered for him and Maya.

"I guess I could use another," Farkle said, examining his more than half empty beer.

Smackle held her full beer up, "I'm okay."

Riley couldn't wipe the smile off her face as she joined her friends around the fire, passing out the beers to those who requested one. Lucas wrapped his arms around her, pulling her onto his lap as she took a big gulp of her own beer.

The group stayed up laughing and joking into the early morning hours.

"I want to thank you guys for being at our sides through this whole deployment," Lucas began, wanting to get this off of his chest.

"I know this would have been a thousand times harder without all of your love and support and knowing you guys were here for Riley and our children while I was across seas made thing easier on me and I know it made things easier on her as well."

"Hey man, it was no problem," Zay let him know, patting him on the back as everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, we would have been here even if you told us not to be," Maya agreed, from her spot on Josh's lap as her head rested in the crook of his neck with her eyes closed.

A smile came to Riley's face, her eyes on the placement of Josh's hand on Maya's stomach and the water bottle at the bottom of Josh's feet that belong to Maya pretty much confirming her earlier suspicion.

"But you didn't have to be so from the bottom of my heart, thank you-"

"No, we should be the ones thanking you for serving our country, so thank you," Farkle interrupted, getting nods from everyone else. "And thank you Riley as well for having to go through six months without your husband at your side. I think people tend to forget that behind every solider there is a family that is left behind that has to hold down the fort while their love ones are gone."

"So how about a big round of cheers for everyone?" Lucas said, holding up his beer, getting everyone but Maya to lift up their own.

"Cheers!"