"She died not to long ago, sir, she's giving me this feeling of peace, like she didn't suffer her death; I feel like her death might have been the end of her suffering." Kathleen explained softly "she's giving me one of my signs which is pink roses… a sign of love and… and she's making me feel like there is some significance surrounding the first, did something important happen in the first month, January, or on the first of the month?"

"There is a birthday in January… mine" Cruger sighed, that was a detail that cadets really didn't need to know

"So this is her way of wishing you a happy birthday, and I'm also getting a connection to a K name, I think she may be referring to Kat… she acknowledges your friendship with her, but she's showing me that there may be something a little bit deeper than what the two of you have allowed us to know about…"

After the reading Cruger had a lot to think about, Aisynia had brought up the fact that he saw Kat as more than a mere friend… much more, but she didn't know that, and now her daughter did.

Kathleen also had a lot on her mind; the commander cared so much about her mother, so much that he didn't feel it was appropriate for the rangers to find out about it. She planned on talking to Sky and maybe doing a reading with him when his dad decided to pay her a visit.

He started out by just acknowledging his son, Sky and a few other details that she'd know so she knew who he was… then she looked and she could see a male figure in an older SPD uniform. His smile was warm; a lot like Sky's would be towards her.

"You have been handed such a blessing, and you've handed my son that same blessing." He said then walked over to where the twins lay asleep in their cribs. "They are beautiful, just like their mother, what are their names… Erin and Emily"

"Yes, their names are on their little bonnets that Syd gave them" Kathleen smiled, "they are going to be so spoilt!"

"Yes they are" Sky's dad smiled as he watched the twins sleep, then turned to Kathleen and asked her to make sure that Sky knew how proud he was of him, then turned walked towards the door, disappearing before he got there.

Kathleen sighed as Erin started to cry and walked over to pick her up and get her to stop before she upset her sister.

"I should've known the peace wouldn't last!" Kathleen groaned to herself as she tried to get Erin to quit crying.

Sky walked in a few moments later as Kathleen was trying to get Erin to quit crying.

"I see they aren't giving you a moment's peace," Sky said

"Well, they have until now" Kathleen replied, "I got to talk to your dad a few minutes ago"

"What? What did he say?" Sky asked

"He said he was proud of you, Sky" Kathleen replied

"I wish he could have said that to me," Sky whispered

"So does he" Kathleen sighed as she tried to soothe Erin, who seemed a bit fussier by nature. "This is the third time in an hour and a half that she's started crying" Kathleen said as she quickly glanced at Emily who was sleeping through her sister's third crying spell.

"Do you think that there is something wrong with her?" Sky asked

"Not really, she has been fussy since she was born, that seems to be just her nature"

A month passed and Kathleen and Sky were managing to get small bits of sleep whenever they could as the twins were giving them a rough time.

Sky sat holding Erin in his arms, she was studying his features and Kathleen found herself smiling, there was no doubt that he loved his daughters, and she knew that they were a family. She had heard the horror stories about people having children and then afterward their marriages fall apart, but she realized it was unlikely that their marriage would fall apart that way, as it seemed that his love for her had only increased with the birth of their twin daughters.

They enjoyed the quiet time… just them and their children, no worries, no alarms… no bad guys to stop. It was just a few peaceful moments for the new parents.

Kathleen knew that these moments would be the ones that she treasured for the rest of her life. The babies were tiny infants and relied on them for everything, but she knew that she would never have to worry about if Sky was going to abandon them to fend for themselves; he loved his family far too much to do that.

The End

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