This story is a continuation of my last fic, "Just A Magic Trick." It ends almost three years after the Reichenbach fall, and Sherlock texts John. You don't need to read that one to understand this one, though, don't worry!
From "Just A Magic Trick"...
To: SH
September 14, 12:13pm
Abracadabra.
To: JW
September 14, 5:33am
Ta-da. -SH
To: SH
September 14, 5:34am
Where are you, then?
To: SH
September 14, 5:36am
They were all homeless, weren't they? Your little circus? I always knew not to discredit the homeless network.
To: SH
September 14, 5:37am
How'd you manage to stop your pulse?
To: SH
September 14, 5:38am
It worked. Your seed: "Just a magic trick." I knew it seemed out of context. Mycroft left it out of the transcripts.
To: SH
September 14, 5:40am
You did say that, didn't you? I didn't just make it up?
To: SH
September 14, 5:44am
I know you must be in the country, reception's not that good.
To: SH
September 14, 6:05am
Is this a joke? Who has this phone?
To: SH
September 14, 10:16am
At brunch with Harry. Going to call Mycroft after and tell him everything.
To: SH
September 14, 1:32pm
[text]
To: SH
September 14, 1:33pm
Just got a failed message alert. You're on the border, aren't you? Just moved out of signal distance.
To: SH
September 14, 1:42pm
Didn't get one that time. Guess it was just for a second. Deciding whether or not to flee the country, are we?
To: SH
September 14, 2:13pm
Let me decide for you: don't.
To: SH
September 14, 2:57pm
Sitting on the tube with a nurse, a nursing mother and her cheating husband. Ask me how I know.
To: SH
September 14, 3:03pm
I hope you have a very annoying ringtone.
To: SH
September 14, 3:04pm
You're right, this is stupid.
To: SH
September 14, 3:06pm
Pick up your phone.
To: SH
September 15, 10:45am
Checked my inbox. You did text me yesterday.
To: SH
September 15, 10:49am
This isn't fair.
To: SH
September 15, 11:30am
Mary's home.
To: SH
September 15, 11:31am
She's my fiance, by the way.
To: SH
September 15, 11:33am
You knew that already, didn't you?
To: SH
September 15, 2:29pm
I'm calling Mycroft.
To: SH
September 15, 2:37pm
Called Mycroft. He didn't answer.
To: SH
September 15, 2:41pm
Please pick up.
To: SH
September 15, 5:59pm
Out for dinner. 28 Fairview Road. Come meet us if you're in the city.
To: SH
September 15, 7:12pm
It's rude to text at the table, so I didn't.
To: SH
September 15, 7:14pm
Is this one of Moriarty's men?
To: SH
September 15, 7:16pm
Mycroft, are you tricking me!
To: SH
September 15, 11:18pm
Goodnight.
To: SH
September 16, 9:16am
Morning.
To: SH
September 22, 2:22pm
Lestrade thinks you'd like Mary.
To: SH
September 22, 2:24pm
He's my Best Man.
To: SH
September 22, 2:24pm
The wedding's in a little over a week.
To: SH
September 22, 2:25pm
He won't be offended if you come take his place.
To: SH
September 22, 2:26pm
Maybe leave the bachelor party part to him, though.
To: SH
October 1, 4:07pm
Wedding's tomorrow. Mary just left for her mum's. Bad luck to sleep with the bride before the wedding, you know.
To: SH
October 1, 4:19pm
Of course you don't. Never mind.
To: SH
October 2, 7:16am
He's right, you know. You would actually like her.
To: SH
October 2, 7:35am
She's lovely. She's pretty, smart, non-intrusive. I think you'd especially like that last one.
To: SH
October 2, 8:02am
You in the city? Guests arrivals start at 11.
To: SH
October 2, 8:03am
I assume you can find the place on your own.
To: SH
October 2, 9:06am
Mrs. Hudson came to do my hair. Looks exactly the same as this morning.
To: SH
October 2, 9:06am
I can't believe she charged me for it!
To: SH
October 2, 9:17am
It's not you, is it?
To: SH
October 2, 9:18am
It was never you. Why did I even bother?
To: SH
October 2, 10:44am
Service doesn't start until noon.
To: SH
October 2, 11:52am
There's still time.
To: SH
October 2, 2:01pm
That took forever. You know how much I love having my picture taken.
To: SH
October 2, 5:18pm
There aren't any tickets left for the reception dinner, don't even bother asking.
To: SH
October 2, 5:23pm
Actually, Mrs. Hudson just dumped her plus-one. Table 3.
To: SH
October 3, 1:23am
Gregs spech was a drnking gam. Im going to g make luv wit my wfe.
To: SH
October 3, 1:36am
.stil got it
To: SH
October 3, 10:18am
Jesus, I really hope this isn't Mycroft.
To: SH
October 3, 11:11am
11:11...make a wish.
To: SH
October 3, 11:12am
Mary taught me that. Does it work?
To: SH
October 3, 11:11pm
Want to know what I wished for?
To: SH
October 3, 11:13pm
God, my wife is beautiful. Never mind: all my wishes have already come true.
To: SH
October 4, 11:11am
Wish you were here to see them, Sherlock.
To: SH
December 17, 3:16pm
I'm going to be a father.
To: SH
December 24, 9:31pm
Never mind.
To: SH
December 25, 9:14am
Never mind! :)
To: SH
December 25, 6:45pm
Merry Christmas, Sherlock.
To: SH
January 9, 7:59pm
How much longer are you going to make me wait?
To: SH
February 19, 6:14pm
Mary thinks she's fat. She's hardly showing.
To: SH
February 19, 6:16pm
I'm the one who's gotten fat.
To: SH
February 19, 6:17pm
You should see for yourself.
To: SH
February 19, 6:18pm
I'm morbidly obese.
To: SH
February 19, 6:21pm
I'm kidding, of course.
To: SH
February 19, 6:32pm
I'm not that fat.
To: SH
March 1, 5:35pm
I joined Weight Watchers...online. Don't tell.
To: SH
March 23, 1:58am
fck lestrade
To: SH
March 23, 12:33pm
My head hurts.
To: SH
March 23, 12:40pm
I'm going to be a dad. I need to quit this god-forsaken lifestyle of drinking and drugs.
To: SH
March 23, 12:41pm
Especially the crack cocaine.
To: SH
March 23, 3:02pm
Sherlock, I could have actually been doing drugs. A lot of drugs. So many drugs.
To: SH
March 23, 3:06pm
Wait...I would be slimmer if I were on cocaine. Probably. Clever bastard.
To: SH
April 1, 9:56am
HELP THERE'S A GIANT HOUND IN MY LIVING ROOM IT ATE MARY IT'S GOING TO KILL ME HEEELLLLP!
To: SH
April 1, 12:01pm
April Fools.
To: SH
April 1, 12:02pm
Obviously.
To: SH
May 15, 12:01am
Happy birthday.
To: SH
May 15, 2:30pm
[text]
To: SH
May 15, 4:14pm
[text]
To: SH
May 16, 11:44am
[text]
To: SH
May 29, 11:11am
[text]
To: SH
June 13, 6:17pm
[text]
To: SH
July 12, 10:17am
You back in England yet?
To: SH
July 12, 10:20am
Okay, now Mary's fat.
To: SH
July 12, 10:22am
Just in the one area, though.
To: SH
July 12, 10:29am
Actually, it's quite impressive.
To: SH
July 13, 12:45pm
(1/2) You really, really would like her. Mary is the brightest girl: she's a teacher, you know. Elementary, but the kids just adore her. Particularly good in the sciences, she took a Masters in microbiology at school. Would have bec...
To: SH
July 13, 12:45pm
(2/2) ...ome a Doctor, if it weren't for her passion for children. Imagine: two Doctor Watsons?
To: SH
July 13, 12:46pm
You should meet her.
To: SH
July 14, 3:37pm
It's a perfectly healthy baby...we opted out of hearing the gender just yet. Mary wants to be surprised.
To: SH
July 14, 3:40pm
Picked Mary's due date. August 27. Want to come?
To: SH
July 14, 3:41pm
I always thought you'd make a dreadful, bizarre godfather.
To: SH
July 14, 3:43pm
Want to prove me wrong?
To: SH
July 14, 3:44pm
I really don't know why I still text you.
To: SH
July 28, 4:14am
Goodbye, Sherlock.
To: SH
August 6, 5:51pm
I know this isn't you, but please help. Mary's water broke. I'm in Windsor.
To: SH
August 6, 5:53pm
Called the ambulance. Something's wrong. She can't open the door. She's locked inside.
To: SH
August 6, 5:56pm
I called Lestrade.
To: SH
August 6, 5:59pm
Ambulance can't get in. There's a fire outside the building.
To: SH
August 6, 6:03pm
She says there's someone knocking down the door. It's not Lestrade.
To: SH
August 6, 6:04pm
It's one of Moriarty's men, isn't it?
To: SH
August 6, 6:04pm
I can't lose her, too. And I can't lose my baby.
To: SH
August 6, 6:05pm
Sherlock Holmes, please. Just one more miracle. Let me ask for one more.
To: SH
August 6, 6:17pm
Goodbye, Sherlock.
To: JW
August 6, 6:17pm
It's a girl. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:18pm
Mary fainted. Don't worry, she'll be fine, we're on our way to the hospital. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:19pm
John? -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:22pm
Answer your phone. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:25pm
Don't do this. Don't have done this. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:26pm
It was Moriarty's man, Moran. He's gone now. Mary is safe. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:31pm
Answer your bloody phone, John! -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:32pm
I'm sorry. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:33pm
Your wife needs you. Your daughter needs you. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:34pm
I need you. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:34pm
You're right, she is beautiful. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:35pm
So's your little girl. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:35pm
I'm coming to find you. Don't be dead. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:36pm
I'm so sorry. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:36pm
Just please don't be dead. -SH
To: SH
August 6, 6:37pm
How do you like it, then?
To: JW
August 6, 6:40pm
Rotten bastard. -SH
To: JW
August 6, 6:41pm
Congratulations. -SH