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Three Years Later(March)

Alex's POV

"That's a wrap!" Brett says as he pulls me in for a big hug. When we pull apart I can't help but feel excitement, I was finally going back home to my family.

"One long ass month later and I can finally be with Mitchie and the kids." I say as the two of us walk over to grab our suitcases.

"I can only imagine what's going through your head right now." He chuckles.

Today I finished my last show of my world tour. I'd been touring around the world for two months straight but managed to get a day off about a month ago, a day which I used to spend time with my family back in LA. My last show tonight was in Madrid, Spain and now I'm finally getting to go home. All my suitcases and personal stuff has been packed and set up in my dressing room for me to quickly grab and make a fast getaway back home to America.

"How's Dallas been?" I ask Brett as we board the car that's to take us to the airport. He's only been on tour with me for the last week, but he's been helping a lot with the whole missing my family part.

"She's great and so is Bray. They're excited to finally see you again." He smiles.

"I can't wait to see them either." I reply.

"I think she already set this up with Mitchie, but we're meeting up for lunch tomorrow to discuss some things." He suggests.

"What needs to be discussed?" I ask him a little worriedly.

"Just... some things." He states then looks away from me. I'm personally too tired to get anymore out of him so I drop the subject. The rest of the short car ride is quiet and all I can do is think of how happy my family will be to have me home.

...

"I think I'm going to sleep through this one." Brett tells me as he fixes his little pillow on the plane's seat.

"I might as well." I tell him. I fix myself into a laying position and drift off into my own thoughts.

It's incredible to believe that I managed to make it a month without my family. Ever since Mitchie and I had Carter, it's become harder and harder to leave them. It always pained my heart to even have to leave them for a day, I never actually thought I could make it a month. It's worse now that we don't only have Carter, but we also have a new addition. Two years and four months ago, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy boy. Mitchie and I argued for months over what to hopefully name him but after much consideration, we went with Liam Brody. He's such a ball of energy, and I would definitely say he's a mommy's boy. Following his birth, the two of us decided that two was all we needed. Just the thought of finally seeing them has me all worked up.

I pull my cell phone out of my pocket and look at pictures of the four of us. There's not a single picture where one of us isn't smiling. I'm blessed to say that my kids and my wife are always happy. Not only that, but they make me completely overjoyed. I bring up an old picture of Mitchie, Carter and I in the hospital, it's from when I gave birth to Liam. The picture that follows has me holding Liam in my arms and Mitchie carrying Carter on her shoulders. This has to be one of my favorite pictures because it's the perfect representation of the four of us; Carter is a mama's girl and Liam is a mommy's boy.

Aside from expanding my family, I also managed to expand my career in the last three years. While pregnant with Liam I released another album and then a year after that I went ahead and released yet another one. This last album that I released was all songs written by me and about the three most important people in my life. There's even a small lullaby featured in it, the one is used to sing nightly to my kids. In return for my latest two albums, I've been blessed with various awards. I won best female artist at the Grammy's for two consecutive years and my most recent album won as well. I'll never forget that night because not only did Mitchie accompany me, but we allowed Carter to watch it with Dallas and Braison from the TV. The next day when we came home, the first thing my little girl told me was 'Congrats mommy, I proud' exactly like that, my heart melted instantly.

Being away from my family for so long makes me feel lonely. I almost can't remember what it's like to kiss my wife, or hold my son. The only thing I've lived off of was video chatting them every night. Because of time differences and because Carter goes to school in the mornings, I've had to wake up in the craziest hours of the night just to wish my kids sweet dreams. This is one thing that I promised them when I left, that every night I'd call them and wish them a good night. It's the least I can do since I'm constantly away from them. After Mitchie puts them to bed, we usually talk for another hour before she too gets some rest. As lucky as I am to have technology to keep in contact, nothing beats having her physically in my arms. There's not a night when we Skype and I don't tear up a little because all I wish is to be back home. She always laughs at me for it, but deep inside I know she feels the same.

After thinking a lot about my family, I finally decide I should probably close my eyes and sleep. I don't know how long I was out for but the next time I wake up is right as we're landing. I turn to look at Brett who's playing some game on his phone.

"You ready to see your family?" He asks without looking up.

"Is that even a question, Brett?" I joke. "If I could get there any faster I swear I would!"

"They're not coming to pick you up?" He finally looks up.

"I might have told them that we get in tomorrow morning." I admit.

"Why would you do that?" He looks beyond confused.

"I want to surprise them. By the time I get there tonight, they will probably be in bed but you know how excited Carter and Liam will be to find me there in the morning?"

"I guess they'll be pretty happy to see you." He shrugs.

"Plus i'm sure my wife will be happy to have me in a night early." I wink at him.

"I'm sure Mitchie will be more than happy then." He laughs.

"You don't mind giving me a ride right? I know you left your car here." I ask him.

"Is that even a question, Alex?" He mocks me.

"I guess not, thanks." I reply.

Brett and I exit the plane pretty quickly and manage to make it out of the airport at a little before nine. Since today is Saturday, Carter and Liam should be going to bed in about half an hour. If I play my cards right, I might even manage to surprise them tonight.

"I feel like my heart is about to explode." I break the silence as Brett drives.

"Just breathe, Alex, you'll see your family in no time."

"It's not just that, it's that I haven't been able to hold any of them in a month and it breaks my heart to think about it. I haven't kissed them goodnight, I haven't even kissed my wife!" I remind him.

"That's all about to change now." He looks over at me and smiles. "Soon you'll be able to do all that and more."

"I've been meaning to speak to you about something." I say as I remember.

"Talk to me." He offers.

"I think I'm going to take a small break again, maybe like a year." I admit. "Just to be with my family and to watch them grow up. Carter is four now and she understands a lot more than I give her credit for. I know how hard it is for her to watch me leave for a month. I missed her dance recital last week, you know how much that killed me?"

"I understand, Lex." He nods at me.

"I just can't keep going on tours like these and missing little milestones in my children's lifes. I mean, Liam needs me there specially now that he's in his learning years. And Carter is about to take up soccer, just like her mama."

"No way!" Brett laughs.

"Yeah. We signed her up and everything. Mitchie bought her the most expensive cleats! I was a little mad about that because she's only four years old and all the other kids on her team will have normal ones."

"All the other kids aren't Mitchie Torres' daughter." He reminds me.

"You're right." I chuckle at the thought. "So you're okay with me taking some time off?" I ask him.

"When have I ever not been lenient with you, Lex? I have some artists on my label who want breaks because their drug use just gets to them, but you want a break to help raise your family, that's different. And it kind of helps that you're like a sister." He chuckles.

"Thank you so much Brett. I don't think you realize how much I missed driving Carter to school or taking Liam to the park. It's been hard to live without that." I state.

"Speaking of school, how is that treating Carter?" He asks.

"Oh it's great. After we got that bitch fired a few years ago, they managed to get a better headmaster and he's a great guy. He was very welcoming and promised us that Carter would have a great time there. She's not supposed to start there until next year, because she barely turned four and she couldn't do preschool yet, but they offered up a small learning school for three year olds and he let us enroll her into that."

"So she's going to pre-preschool?" He asks.

"Something like that." I nod. "It kind of gets her started before most kids. But the good thing about it is that she's instantly admitted to preschool there next year."

"So it all works out? What about Liam?" He asks.

"Liam will go into the class that Carter's in now but he'll go in next year. What's good about it is that he doesn't require an interview because his sister already attends the school. It all worked out perfectly." I admit.

"That's just awesome! I'm happy for you guys." He responds.

Half an hour later, Brett drops me off at the house and I make my way up to the front door. I feel my heart skip beats as I use my key to unlock it. It takes me a few tries to successfully open the door but once I do a familiar breeze hits me and I step into my home. I set my suitcases by the door and begin my quest to find my family. I hear noise coming from the living room so I tip toe there slowly.

"Mama, milk please." I hear Carter begging from the couch in the living room. She's in her pajamas already, laying with her blanket and teddy bear while watching one of her shows.

"One minute, Carr." I hear the beautiful voice coming from the kitchen. I take a deep breath, admiring the fact that I'm finally home.

"So what are you watching?" I ask Carter as I take a seat next to her on the couch. She's almost oblivious to the fact that it's me.

"Mickey.." She answers me but her mouth falls open when she see's me. "Mommy!" She cries as she jumps into my arms. I hug her tightly and kiss her cheek before pulling back.

"Hold on, Carter." I hear Mitchie yell from the kitchen. She probably thought Carter was yelling for her.

"Quiet." I say to my little girl as I place my finger over my lips, indicating that I want us to whisper.

"I missed you mommy." She lights up as she tries to whisper.

"Me too, baby. I missed you so much." I admit. I hug her tightly again and run my fingers through her soft hair. "What's mama doing?" I ask.

"Getting milk for Liam and me." She tells me.

I stand up quickly, keeping her in my arms, and walking slowly over to the kitchen. I feel Carter rest her head on my shoulder, sending happy shivers down my spine. I freeze as I stand by the kitchen, admiring my wife's back. She's completely oblivious that I'm standing here and I want to use this to my advantage.

I step back into the living room and place Carter down on the couch. "I'm going to surprise mama, okay?" I tell her.

"Can I have my milk?" She asks me.

"I'll have mama make you some, okay?" I promise her before kissing her cheek. I slowly make my way back to the kitchen where Mitchie is facing away from me and serving two bottles of milk. I spot Liam sitting on the counter in front of her and she seems to be talking to him.

"We have to get a good rest tonight Liam," She tells him. "You know who's coming back tomorrow?"

"Mommy." He replies and then points to me but it goes unseen by Mitchie. I put my finger up to my lips, showing him to stay quiet. I step in closer and wrap my arms quickly around Mitchie's waist.

"Hello, beautiful." I whisper into her ear.

"Lexie!" She freaks out beneath me as she accidentally drops the milk on the counter. I guess I should have thought about sneaking up on her while she was serving milk.

"I'm sorry, babe." I pull back and grab napkins to help her clean up the small spill.

"Wait!" She stops me before I can clean. "Can I just like kiss you for a second?" She asks. She throws herself onto me and I manage to catch her instantly. Her legs wrap around my waist and I hold her up as we connect our lips.

"Mmm, I missed you." I moan out as I pull away.

"You don't even know how much I missed you." She answers. "What are you doing here?"

"I lied about getting here tomorrow.. I wanted to surprise you." I admit.

"Well you definitely surprised the shit out of me." She laughs as she jumps off of me.

"Mitchie, language!" I scold her. She looks over at Liam and brings him into her arms.

"Sorry." She laughs before kissing his forehead. Liam looks at me with a mini mean mug and I can't help but wonder what's going on with him.

"Hi, Liam." I gush as I stick out my arms for my son. He looks down at my hands then pushes them away before burying his face into his mama's neck.

"Liam, say hi to mommy." Mitchie pats his back so he can look up.

"No!" Liam states quickly.

"Liam, what's the matter sweetie?" I ask trying to hide the hurt in my voice as my son rejects me.

"Mama.." He cries as he continues to hide in her arms.

"I think he's mad that you've been gone for a month." Mitchie says as she rubs little circles onto Liam's back, soothing him.

"Baby, can I at least give you a kiss?" I ask him hoping he'll say yes.

"No!" He firmly states again.

I feel tears trying to break through, this has never happened to me before, I've never been rejected by one of my kids. I take a step back and sit down on the stool by the island. I bring my face into my hands, hiding the fact that I'm on the verge of tears.

"Mommy is upset, Liam." I hear Mitchie say to him. I look from a little crack through my fingers and see that Liam is looking at me with a worried expression. Mitchie quickly let's him down and he walks over to stand next to me. I feel him tug at my pants as he calls out for me.

"You kay, mommy?" He asks with his voice sounding a little muffled because he has his pacifier in his mouth.

"Not really, baby." I admit as I remove my hands from my face and look down at him.

"Was matter mommy?" He asks as he cocks his head to the right, much like I usually do.

"Mommy's a little sad right now." I admit. "Her baby not doesn't let her give him kisses."

"Up. Up." He begs as he throws his hands up.

"Come here you rascal!" I cheer as I bring him up into my lap. "Mommy's all better now, I just thought you weren't going to let me hold you, buddy."

"Mommy, I miss you." He simply states before managing to stand up on my legs and throwing his arms around my neck. He pulls back and gives me a sloppy little kiss on the cheek.

"I missed you too, baby. I promise I'm not going anywhere anymore." I say.

"Don't make a promise like that." Mitchie says as she comes sit on the stool beside me.

"I'm serious," I say as I turn to look at her. "I was on the verge of just leaving the tour behind earlier because I couldn't stand being away from you. I couldn't stand watching all of you through skype and not being able to kiss you good morning or tuck in our angels."

"So what are you saying?" She asks.

"I'm saying that I just want to stop leaving my family like this." I admit. "My own son even rejects me because I leave him for so long."

"He didn't mean that, he was just pretending to be mad. Right, Liam?" She asks him.

"Yes, mama." He simply answers. He looks up at me and smiles. My heart melts because I haven't seen that little smile in so long.

"I spoke to Brett and he's agreed to let me take a break." I tell my wife.

"So you're all mine for a good while, huh?" She asks with her devilish smile.

"All yours." I wink.

"Mama, is my milk ready?" Carter asks as she strolls into the kitchen with her blanket in one hand and little teddy bear in the other.

"Yes sweetie, will you go to bed?Mommy and I will come tuck you in soon." Mitchie says as she grabs the sippy cup from the counter and hands it to our daughter.

"What do you say, Carr?" I ask as she turns to walk away.

"Thanks mama." She replies. I watch as she takes her milk and disappears up to her room.

"Are you ready for bed, Li?" Mitchie asks. She hands him his warm bottle and I take out his pacifier.

"I sweep wif mommy." He says as he holds up his bottle and gives me a small pleading look.

I look over at Mitchie who lets out a small sigh, I know what she wants to do tonight and we'll have to hold off for another day. "You can sleep with us but just tonight." I say.

"I wuv you mommy." Liam exclaims in excitement.

"And I love you, baby."

The three of us stand up and make our way over to our bedroom. We lay Liam in the middle and Carter decides to join us. "Mommy can I sleep here too?" She asks.

"That's fine." Mitchie answers for me.

"I'm going to get my pj's on, you two behave." I tell them as they lay there drinking their milk. Mitchie grabs me a shirt and underwear before following me into our bathroom.

"I hate that I can't have you tonight." She whispers in my ear after closing the door and slamming me hard onto it.

"Damn, baby, you're a little hot aren't you?" I ask.

"I've gone one month without seeing, touching or kissing you, Alex, you bet I'm hot." She nibbles on my ear but I have to pull myself off before things become too heated.

"I want to make love to you but not like this. Not in the bathroom while our kids are right there." I say pointing to the door.

"No excuses, you're mine tomorrow." She winks.

"Okay, deal." I say before kissing her lips gently. "Now can I change?"

"Go right ahead." She takes a step back and watches as I rid of all my clothes.

"Are you enjoying the view?" I ask as I twirl a little for her to get a full view of me completely naked.

"When do I not?" She responds. "I just like you better naked in person than over a video chat." She winks.

"We are done having Skype sex baby, cause I'm home and you get the real thing." I wink at her.

As soon as I finish getting dressed, Mitchie and I step out of the bathroom to find that our babies have already fallen asleep. I grab Carter's sippy cup and set it on my bedside table while Mitchie does the same with Liam's bottle.

"You got the lights?" I ask my wife as I slip under the covers.

"Always." She answers before clapping her hands and causing the lights to go off.

"Kiss me goodnight." I beg her. I feel the bed shift a little as she leans over Carter and Liam and presses her lips onto mine. "Goodnight baby."

"Goodnight honey, I love you." She responds.

Next Day

"Mommy wake up!" I hear the faint voices of my kids beginning to yell. As my eyes slowly open I notice that both Carter and Liam are jumping up and down on the bed.

"Mommy, up!" Liam tells before he throws himself onto me.

"Ouch, baby." I manage to cry out as he hits my ribs with his knee.

"Carter Rae! Liam Brody! No!" Mitchie sits up immediately and scolds them. "No jumping on the bed."

"Sowwy mama." Liam says before giving her a big hug.

"It's okay sweetie." She hugs back.

"What time is it?" I ask as I look around for a clock.

"Ten fifty." Mitchie says as he checks her phone. "Oh shit!"

"Ohh! Mama said bad word." Carter chuckles.

"Mitch, come on." I say before shaking my head.

"I'm so sorry. Carter don't repeat, Liam don't repeat." She says. Her attention turns to me after she apologizes. "We have lunch reservations with Dallas in an hour."

"So we better get ready then." I reply.

"I'll get Carter dressed and you get Liam. When they're done we can let them watch a show up here while we shower." She suggests.

"Together?" I ask.

"Yeah, we won't have time to take separate ones." She admits.

"Are we actually going to shower or.." I ask looking a little suspicious.

"No time for what you're thinking, although I wish we could." She smirks.

"You could what mama?" Carter asks.

"Oh nothing, baby, let's get you dressed okay?" Mitchie offers before they make their way out of the room.

"You want to go get dressed, little man?" I ask Liam who somehow managed to throw himself onto my back.

"Yes mommy." He says sweetly.

"Do you want to choose what to wear or can mommy pick?"

"You, mommy." He leans his head onto my back and I walk us over to his room, holding him steady so he doesn't fall.

"One! Two! Three!" I count off as I let him go and he falls onto his bed.

"Again! Again!" He pleads.

"No time for that, Liam." I say. I sift through his drawers and decide on what to let him wear.

"It's not too fancy but not too casual." Mitchie peeks her head into the room to tell me as she somehow reads my mind.

"Thanks babe." I respond. I pick out a white button down with a light blue sweater vest to go over it. Liam isn't too thrilled with it but it looks super cute on him. After I change him into his pull ups, I put on a pair of navy dress pants.

"Fancy." Liam says as I show him what he looks like in front of the mirror.

"My little boy cleans up nice." I tell him. I bring him down onto the floor and kneel in front of him as I brush his light brown hair. Once I finish getting him ready, I take him to the bathroom that he shares with Carter and brush his little teeth.

"All done, mama!" He yells out at Mitchie as we make way into Carter's room.

"Look at how cute you look, Liam!" Mitchie says as she stops fixing Carter's hair and turns to admire her son.

"Her curls are starting to grow out beautifully." I point out as I take a seat beside Mitchie. Carter is dressed in a light pink dress with white leggings and her signature black converse. Ever since Mitchie started dressing her with those as a baby, she never stopped. To top of the cute outfit, Mitchie gave her a simple black fedora that goes great with our daughter's curly hair.

"I have the two most beautiful children in the world." Mitchie gushes as she looks at how well our kids are dressed.

"Hey! We have the two most beautiful children." I correct her. "Don't take all the credit."

"Yeah, sorry my mistake." She admits.

After getting our kids all dolled up, Mitchie and I take them back to our bedroom and put on a show for them to watch. In the meantime the two of us quickly jump into the shower to get ready.

...

"Dawas!" Liam yells and takes off running as he spots his favorite aunt.

We all managed to make it to the restaurant in time to meet up with Dallas, Brett and Braison. As Liam takes off running, Mitchie and I walk hand in hand with Carter holding onto Mitchie's other hand.

"Hey champ!" Dallas greets our son with a big hug.

"Hey guys." I say as we finally reach the family. We all take our time with our embraces before finally entering the restaurant.

"So Alex, how was tour?" Dallas starts up the conversation as we wait for our server.

"Exhausting and hard." I admit. "Being without these three was difficult."

"I bet last night was pretty exhausting then?" She chuckles.

"No!" Mitchie says as she rolls her eyes.

"She's a little butt hurt because Liam and Carter wanted to sleep with us last night." I admit.

"You can't blame them, they missed their mommy, right guys?" She looks over at Carter and Liam.

"Yes!" Carter replies instantly while Liam just nods and plays with the cuffs of his sweater.

"So who's going to have what?" Brett asks as he looks at the menu.

"I'm going with..." Dallas begins to scan her menu then looks at Brett. "Salad." She states.

"I think I'm going with a salad too and I bet my lady wants a smoked salmon." Mitchie smiles over at me and I nod.

"You bet correctly, my dear." I smile back at her. "Carter, Liam what do you want for lunch?"

"Mommy, I want pasgetti." Liam suggests as he throws his arms in the air.

"You want what sweetheart? Pasgetti?" I joke with him.

"Yes mommy." He replies.

"What about you princess?" Mitchie asks Carter.

"May I have spaghetti too, ma?" She asks as she bats her eyes at us.

"You sure can, sweetie." Mitchie responds.

As all of us decide what to order, a young male comes up to us and introduces himself as our server. He's very sweet looking and keeps eyeing me every chance he can, I find it quite hilarious watching my wife watch him with hawk eyes.

"Hi I'm Andy," He tells us as he points to his name tag. "May I start you off with some drinks?"

"Yeah, I'll have a beer and my son here will have a coke." Brett says.

"Two chocolate milks for the kids over here," Mitchie says pointing to Liam and Carter. "And for my wife and I, we'll both have a glass of wine." She adds as she emphasizes the 'wife' part causing Andy to look a little questionably.

"Wh-what kind of wine?" He asks.

"White Zinfandel for my lady, and Chardonnay for me please." Mitchie orders for us much like she usually does. "Dallas, you want the usual?" She asks her sister.

"Um, I'll just have water please." Her sister tells the waiter.

"Okay, I'll be right back with your drinks." Andy says before leaving.

"Everything okay, Dal? You're usually the first to order wine with lunch." Mitchie questions her sister.

"Well, that's what we're here to discuss." Dallas says calmly and I automatically know what she has to say.

"You little trickster!" I call her out.

"What?" She looks at me with confusion but then rolls her eyes when she sees the smirk on my face. I've been pregnant twice, the signs are obvious.

"You're pregnant!" I state as I point at her.

"You are?" Mitchie asks, her eyes growing wide. She looks at me then at Dallas and then back at me. "How the heck did you know?"

"Baby, how many times have I been pregnant?" I ask Mitchie.

"Twice.." She answers.

"So I know a pregnant girl when I see one.. Plus, she's not going to drink alcohol when she's expecting." I admit.

"You caught me," Dallas blushes. "That's what we invited you here for, to tell you that we're expecting."

"Finally!" Mitchie claps lightly as she stands up. I grab her by the arm and pull her down but instantly Carter stands in her seat and claps along with her mama. I see Liam trying to stand up in his booster seat but becomes fussy when the strap holds him down.

"Mommy." He cries out.

"Mitchie, sit down." I pull her by the arm again causing her to take a seat. "You too Carter."

"What do you mean finally?" Dallas laughs.

"You two have been together for what... Like seven years? And Braison here is almost nine, he's getting old!" Mitchie points out.

"Hey, no i'm not." Braison speaks up while shaking his head.

"I mean, it was about time that you two got it in." Mitchie continued.

"It's not like we weren't trying," Dallas shrugs. "Trust me, we were, but it just finally happened to work out."

"Well I'm happy for the two of you, how far along?" I ask.

"Barely three months." Brett answers with a smile. This is his first baby and I can see the gleam in his eye.

"How do you feel about this Braison?" I ask my nephew.

"I want a brother!" He says cheerfully.

"Brett and Braison both want me to have a boy but I really want a girl. I look at Carter and I just die with how cute she is, I want one of my own." Dallas gushes.

"You can have Carter if you want, we'll take the baby." Mitchie jokes.

"I'm sorry but you are not taking my little princess from me." I shake my head. "Over my dead body."

"I'm just kidding! Do you think I'd give away my soccer star like that?" Mitchie continues.

"I swear, the two of you could have a reality show." Brett chuckles.

"You know..." Mitchie begins to say as she looks at me but I bring up my hand to pause her.

"Don't even think about it, Michelle. The world does not need to see my perverted wife. I like the idea of people thinking we are normal." I laugh.

"Alex, you're so mean to me." Mitchie pretends to pout.

"You kay, mama?" Liam asks when he sees the fake sad face that Mitchie is currently holding.

"Mama's being silly, baby." I tell him.

"Mama so silly." Liam says causing the entire table to burst into laughter.

The rest of the lunch goes by quickly and we discuss everything from the family to work to the future. Each time Andy walks back over to check on us or refill drinks, he manages me smile slightly at me and I even caught him staring at me from another table he was serving.

"He smiles at you one more time and I swear I'll make him wish he never did." Mitchie leans over and whispers in my ear.

"Really? In front of your kids and your family?" I ask her.

"Well.. No.. But you know what I mean." She replies.

"Mitchie, he's just being nice, stop being so jealous. He's clearly not my type." I remind her.

"Why cause he's a guy?" She asks.

"No, because his name is not Mitchie Torres. My eyes are only reserved for her." I wink.

"Well, don't I feel special." She smirks.

"Just drop the jealousy, okay?" I ask her.

"I can't help it that I have a hot wife and everyone wants a piece of her so I have to set them straight." She tells me.

"Let them look, in the end who's bed do I always end up in?" I tell her.

"Ours." She smirks.

"So nothing to worry about, right?" I ask.

"You know, sometimes I think I've. corrupted you over the years to think like I do. Sexually and pervertedly." She states.

"I'm nowhere as perverted and sexually frustrated as you baby. I promise you that." I tell her and we both laugh. The entire table looks at us with confused faces, this is what happens when we spend five minutes whispering between each other.

"Do we even want to know?" Dallas asks.

Mitchie and I both look at one another then shake our heads in disapproval. "No." We say in unison.

...

Mitchie and I are currently standing against the living room archway, just sippin' on some wine and enjoying being together. Carter and Liam are both laying on the couch, watching a rerun of Mickey Mouse. Today was a pretty eventful day, we went to lunch with Dallas and her family and afterwards we came home and spent some time together in the pool. It'd been a long time since we'd gotten to go swimming in our pool as a family.

I feel Mitchie's arms wrap tightly around me as I keep my eyes glue to the couch in front of me. I can't see my kid's faces but I know they're both slowly growing tired. Soon they'll be asking to go to bed and Mitchie and I will finally have the night to ourselves for some much needed love making.

"When was the last time we did this?" Mitchie asks before taking a sip of her wine.

"Baby, I don't even remember." I admit. I try to think back to the last time Mitchie and I got to enjoy each other while drinking wine but I draw blanks.

"I want to say we did this when Liam was still a baby." She says.

"Damn, it's been forever." I simply state.

"Mommy.." I hear Carter say from the couch. I untangle myself from Mitchie's arms and hand her my glass before walking over to see my daughter.

"Yeah, baby?"

"I wanna dance." She smiles up at me.

"Then let's dance, baby girl." I offer her my hand and she quickly jumps into my arms.

"Mama, come dance." Carter says to Mitchie who quickly sets the glasses aside and comes to dance.

"We need music." Mitchie states before going over to set up the speakers. She takes five minutes to select a song and turn up the volume.

"No! I want mommy's song." Carter claps her hands.

"Which one baby?" Mitchie asks. She pauses the current song and waits for Carter to decide.

"Love you like a love song!" Carter answers with a big grin.

"Okay! Let's dance!" Mitchie begins to bust some moves as my song fills the room. Carter and I dance together while Liam watches tentatively from the couch.

"Mama, I dance." Liam stands up on the couch and removes his pacifier. I watch as Mitchie glides over to him and brings him into her arms.

"I-I love you like a love song baby." Mitchie sings to Liam who giggles in return.

"I-I love you like a love song baby." I do the same to Carter and she just sing along.

We continue to dance around the living room as a family until the song comes to an end. Once it ends we both put Carter and Liam back onto the couch and instantly a very familiar song starts to play.

"Oh my gosh.." Mitchie breathes out when the first chords to Ours by Taylor Swift starts to play. She turns to me then offers me her hand. "May I have this dance?" She asks.

"It'd be an honor." I say proudly before taking her hand. She brings me into her arms as I drape mine around her neck.

"Does this remind you of anything?" Mitchie speaks a little over the song.

"Our first time." I tell her. My mind backtracks to that day in that small Austin hotel room. I can still recall the nerves I felt during our first time but I never forgot how happy I felt afterwards.

"We were so young." She says with a small chuckle.

"But I was crazy in love with you," I admit. "Actually, I still am."

Mitchie removes one arm from around me while holding me close with the other. Somehow we're still slowly dancing in place. She brings her free hand beneath my chin and uses her index finger to lift it up. We lock eyes for a few seconds and I swear in that moment I see high school Mitchie, the one I fell in love with.

"It's been eight years since i've been lucky enough to call you mine. I want you to know that I will always love you, no matter what. Alex, we've been through so much together," She begins to say as we stop dancing. I can only imagine what we must look like to our kids but my eyes have a frozen stare into Mitchie's. "And somehow we always make it out okay. I want to thank you for making me the happy girl I am today. And, thank you for those two beautiful babies of ours."

"Thank you for showing me that love does exist and that we could make it happen. You're a special girl, Mitch, and I mean that in the best way possible. There's no one I'd rather share my life and have a family with than you." My grip around her neck tightens and I pull us closer.

Our bodies are completely attached to one another, the only thing blocking my lips for hers is our touching foreheads. "I don't think you know how much I missed having you in my arms this past month." Mitchie tells me.

"I think I have a hint because I missed everything out of you." I admit. "When i was on that bus I found myself missing your touch, your kisses, and hell, I even missed your hormones."

"I want to relive our fight night together.." She suggests.

"Tonight?" I ask.

"Yeah, we'll pull the kids to bed and then I'll take my time with you. I'll pretend it's the first time I get to have you." She smiles that little devilish smile.

"I'm all in." I whisper before connecting our lips. Mitchie wastes no time in pulling at my bottom lip, much like she's always does when she wants control of the kiss.

"Ew!" Carter exclaims from the couch. In my Mitchie daze, I completely forgot that Liam and Carter were actually still in the room. We quickly pull apart to see the both of them hiding under pillows. Carter must have been the first to hide and since Liam loves to be like his sister, he must have followed her actions.

"Mommy was giving mama a night night kiss." I tell them as walk over to the couch.

"Speaking of night night," Mitchie stands in our spot with her hands on her hips. "I know a couple of little kids who need to be in bed."

"Can we sleep with you again, mommy?" Carter asks me as I take a seat in between her and Liam.

"No!" Mitchie quickly responds. She looks at me with desperate eyes and I can't help but chuckle.

"No, baby, you have to go to school tomorrow." I remind her.

"I hate school." She crosses her arms in front of her as she stands up from the couch.

"Carter Rae, no ma'am!" I scold her for using the 'h' word.

"I'm sorry, mommy." She jumps onto my lap and gives me a breathtaking embrace. I stand up with her in my arms and begin the walk to her room.

"Mama, up!" I hear Liam tell Mitchie.

A few minutes later we managed to get them both tucked in and kissed goodnight. Putting Carter down is always the easiest, it's with Liam that we often face trouble. Today was a lucky day for us because he simply just took his pacifier, blanket and then closed his eyes.

"Alone at last." Mitchie states as she hooks her index fingers into the belt holes of my shorts. She pulls me in closer as she leans against our bedroom doorway.

"I have a feeling we're going to be a little loud tonight." I tell her.

"We'll use the guest room," She offers up. "It's the furthest from them so they can't hear me making sweet love to you until the wee hours of the morning." She pecks my lips.

"You plan on making us go all night?" I ask, a little terrified of the challenge.

"You left me for a month, Alex, that's a long time to have me sexually frustrated." She states.

"All those video chat sessions weren't enough? What about the phone sex?" I chuckle.

"Nothing beats getting to make love to the actual thing. Being with you and tasting you, that's all I ever want." She says and then takes my hand to lead me towards our guest bedroom.

"Hey, Mitch." I say as I stop us in our tracks and pull at her hand a little. She turns around quickly and looks me in the eye, a hint of concern spreading through her face.

"Yes, hun?" She asks before taking a step into me.

"I love you." I remind her. Her worried expression washes away and is instantly replaced by her million dollar smile. She swiftly grabs me by the back of my legs and brings me up to her waist. Like usual, I wrap my legs around her and rest my hands on her shoulder. I bring my forehead down to touch hers. I swear we looked like one of those happy couples you see in the movies.

"I love you too, Mrs. Torres. Let me show you how much." She kisses the tip of my nose as she walks us backward to our destination.

My mind begins to race again and I feel my life with Mitchie flash before my eyes. I see the day we met in that classroom, I see our first kiss and our first time being intimate, I see myself proposing to her then finally making her my wife, but the last thing I see is that big beautiful smile as she holds the two biggest results of our love; Liam and Carter. I can't even complain with how everything's turned out. I got my music, I got my girl, I got my kids, but most of all... I got the perfect life.

It is with great sadness and in mix a little happiness, that I conclude this story here. I was planning on adding a little more about their future but I don't want to overdo it and I thought leaving it here would be a good idea. Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed since Thirteen Reasons Why; you guys are amazing. This series was my first story ever so I will always cherish this moment :) I hope you enjoyed everything and I hope you liked how I ended the story (Mitchie being Mitchie, eh?) I have been considering the possibility of MAYBE doing a second sequel with them in the future but that's a small consideration at the moment. Thank you all again and I hope you continue to read my other stories. If you have questions, comments, remarks or anything else that pops into your head, don't be afraid to PM me :) XX