Dean watched as Abel chased Malia around the yard. They were getting ready to go swimming.
"Can we go in the pool now daddy?", Malia asked.
"I'll take care of her Dad", Abel said.
Dean nodded. Abel was twelve, but was turning thirteen in a few months. Mia was away at school and didn't come into town unless Izzy or her mom asked or more liked begged for her to come visit. Izzy was about to give birth and Mia was coming into town for the new baby.
"Hey, grill master. You're burning the food", Izzy said.
Dean turned over the meat patties and chuckled.
"Not burned, extra chrispy", Dean said.
Isabelle laughed. Her mom came out of the house with the sides and buns.
"Isa, you're about to pop. Please sit down for a bit", Catrina said.
Mrs. Celina chuckled.
"She's as stubborn as you", she said.
Catrina rolled her eyes.
"Catch me Grandma", Malia said to Trish.
Dean smiled. He never thought his mom would be here to see him become a dad. To spend time with her grandkids.
"Family, we are here", Roman called, coming around the house with a cooler.
Lola held her little sister's hand, Emma, who was three. Joe ran and jumped into the pool. Roman laughed and so did Dean.
"Don't laugh Rome. Joseph, you got everyone wet. No jumping into the pool.", Nikki said.
"Hi Mallie", Emma said, waving at Malia.
Brie and Bryan weren't far behind. Brie kissed all the women's cheeks before rubbing Isabelle's bump.
"Are Paige and Seth coming?", Brie asked.
"No, Paige is way pregnant and just doesn't feel like doing anything. Trust me, I know the feeling. I honestly didn't want to do anything now, but after the baby comes he and I are going to be super busy with that. I'm glad my mom and grandma help me out with Abel and Malia. Also Dean's mom is amazing with them.", Izzy said.
"Trust me, I know. I can't wait for Brinn to be potty trained. No more diaper changes", Brie said.
The girls laughed. Dean had handed off the grill to his grandpa, who still loved to flirt with Celina. Dean, Bryan, and Roman were in the pool with the kids.
"So does that mean you don't plan to have more Brie?", Izzy asked.
"You know, I don't know. Bryan and I have talked about it, but haven't really decided. You and Dean? Maybe one more after this one?", Brie said.
"Maybe. I'm thinking that if we do, I want to wait till this baby can walk and potty trained too.", Isabelle said.
They looked at Nikki.
"What?", she asked.
"And you? Anymore?", Brie asked her twin sister.
"Maybe one more.", Nikki said.
"Any word on when your sister is coming into town?", Brie asked.
"Probably not till after this baby is born. After everything that happened, she just wants to stay as far away from this place as possible. We have to beg her to come and visit and when she does, its only for a night and then she's gone the next morning", Izzy said.
"I don't blame her. I grew up here and even if I want to leave, I can't. Too many memories and this town gave me the love of my life. Our families are here, our kids love it.", Nikki said.
Brie nodded.
"I didn't grow up here, but I love it here. I don't know, its just peaceful", Isabelle said.
"Food's ready", Jon called.
Caterina brought a plate of food to Isabelle.
"Mom, I could have gotten it", Izzy said.
"I know, but with me here you don't need too", she said.
Brie and Nikki excused themselves, sensing Isabelle wanted to talk to her mom. She leaned over and took her mom's hand.
"I know you want to help me, but you don't have too. Just relax and enjoy your grandkids", Isabelle said.
Dean walked over with Malia in his arms. He grabbed a towel to dry her.
"I just feel terrible that you had to not only take care of Abel alone, but also Mia. You lost your dad, both of them. You lost Spencer and then Baron.", she said.
"You shouldn't, I would do it all again if I had too", Izzy said.
"I just want to take care of you Isa. Let me", her mom said.
Isabelle smiled and nodded.
"Nana", Malia said to Catrina.
"Hi my sunshine", Caterina said, sitting Malia on her lap.
Dean went behind Isabelle and kissed the top of her head.
"My mom's the same way. Let her feel like she's useful.", Dean whispered to her.
Isabelle smiled and nodded. He walked over to the food and served himself, kissing his mom's cheek before sitting beside her. They had a lot of catching up to do and Isabelle wasn't going to get in the way.
"So when do you two plan to get married? I mean, he calls you Mrs. Ambrose already. Why not make it official?", Catrina asked.
"Dean doesn't feel like its necessary, you know and I'm not going to force him. Especially with what happened in my last marriage", Isabelle said.
"You should have seen how long it took him to finally tell her he was in love with her. Then he went all crazy and broke things off. With Dean, you just have to take your time.", Nikki said.
"What's that thing people say, he's like an onion, you have to peel him a layer at a time", Brie said.
"And in Dean's case, he's a really big onion with a lot, and I mean a lot of layers", Nikki said.
Everyone laughed.
A week later, Dean had rushed Isabelle to the hospital because she was in labor. He stood rocking his new son, Austin. Isabelle was fast asleep.
"You are one cute kid", Dean whispered to his son.
Dean kissed his son.
"Look see, mommy is fast asleep. We are going to let her sleep because she brought you into this world. She worked super hard and deserves a few minutes of sleep. Yes, I know she's beautiful", Dean said.
The door to their room opened and Seth poked his head inside. He smiled and walked more into the room. He was holding his newborn daughter, Tessa.
"Hey, my mom told me you two came in as well. How's Paige?", Dean said.
"Asleep, like Isabelle. Tessa just wanted to meet her uncle Dean", Seth said.
Dean smiled and they exchanged babies.
"Oh man, you are going to have your hands full with this one. She's beautiful, Seth.", Dean said.
Seth smiled.
"Let's hope our kids turn out to be as good of friends as we are. You, Roman, and Bryan have kids the same age. Now Tessa won't be growing up alone.", Seth said.
Dean couldn't agree more.
"Any chance we can convince Rome to have one more. Maybe we can all have a kid around the same age. Let's say three years from now", Dean said.
Seth chuckled.
"If that's the case, you three need to discuss this with the women. You three aren't the ones carrying them and giving birth.", Isabelle said.
Both men looked over at her and smiled.
"Is that Tessa?", Izzy asked, sitting up.
Dean nodded and took her the baby girl.
"Hi Tessa, you are a beauty aren't you. Your dad is going to have a hard time keeping the boys away.", Izzy said.
"Don't remind me", Seth said.
"How's Paige?", Izzy asked.
"She did amazing, she's asleep right now. She told me that if they brought Tessa back to us, to bring her to you two and show her off.", Seth said.
"I was hoping you would have brought Paige with you. We do have a wedding to plan", Izzy said.
Seth was confused, but then looked down at Austin.
"Oh hell no, you stay away from my kid, Ambrose", Seth said softly to Austin.
Everyone laughed softly.
"I would be worried about Lola and Abel, they're getting to that age you know", Seth said.
"I already gave him the talk with my grandpa's help. It was awkward as hell, but he needed to hear it. The last thing we need is a bunch of pregnant teens running around and rehashing the past. No offense to our moms", Dean said.
Seth nodded.
"If you don't mind letting me take Austin to Paige real quick, I think she might want to see him", Seth said.
"Of course", Isabelle said.
Seth nodded and left the room. Dean looked a little nervous about that.
"You don't trust Seth? He's your best friend, he would never let anything happen to him", Izzy said.
"I know, I just, don't like Austin or any of our kids leaving our sight. Its terrifying. You know, the guys and I use to make fun of Roman, Kofi, and Hunter for always saying how scared they were when their kids started school or went on a field trip so that's why they had to take the day off. Its scary stuff having a kid", Dean said.
Isabelle smiled at him.
"How did you do it in your teens, our moms, its crazy", Dean said.
Isabelle lightly touched Tessa's cheek. Their room door opened and Seth wheeled in Paige, who was holding Austin. Isabelle smiled at her.
"So you wouldn't believe my surprise when Seth hands me a baby boy instead of Tessa. He is so cute by the way. So I was thinking a fall wedding.", Paige said.
Seth groaned and Isabelle laughed.
"Fall sounds good", Izzy said.
"Alright, I get it", Seth mumbled.
"According to my information, they are an hour apart", Paige said.
"They are, its destiny", Isabelle said.
Seth groaned again. Dean chuckled.
"Alright ladies, that's enough. You've both tortured the man enough", Dean said.
Dean and Seth helped Paige and Isabelle switch babies.
"Hi my baby", Isabelle said to Austin.
"When do you go home?", Paige asked.
"Hopefully tomorrow night", Isabelle said.
"Me too. Maybe if we aren't too tired we can do lunch. Dean and Seth can watch the babies for us", Paige said.
"Sounds good", Isabelle said.
Once the nurse gave the go ahead, Dean took his family home. Malia was excited to meet her little brother, so was Abel. Dean held the door open for Isabelle and Malia came running over.
"Alright bug, you need to slow down or you'll knock mommy and brother over. We don't want that", Dean said, lifting Malia into his arms.
Isabelle sat down and Dean set Malia beside her. Izzy tilted the baby so Malia could get a look at him.
"He's so cute mommy", Malia said giggling.
Abel came down and smiled. He sat on his mom's others side.
"Can I hold him?", Abel asked.
Isabelle nodded and set Austin in Abel's arms. Isabelle smiled. She had set her mind on Abel being an only child, but things had completely changed. He had a little sister and brother, then Baron and Renee were pregnant, that was another sibling for him.
"He's small", Abel said.
Isabelle nodded.
"But he'll grow. You were a little bit smaller than this when you were born. I think Malia was my big baby", Isabelle said.
Abel chuckled. Abel took his little brother's hand.
"I'm going to teach you all about baseball, Austin. We can go to the park and play", Abel said.
Dean smiled. They were a bit afraid that Malia or Abel would act out after finding out a new baby was coming. Trish and Catrina walked in with balloons and flowers.
"He looks just like you Dean when you were little.", Trish said.
Isabelle went to put the flowers in the vase. She watched as the grandmas took turns holding their new grandson. Her grandma Celina also came over, her attitude had changed completely. Turns out she was always grumpy because she was trying to keep Isabelle and Mia safe. Away from this town and out of harms way, but it didn't work.
Baron and Renee had also shown up. Baron went to stand beside Isabelle.
"If Spencer was here, he would have been weirded out by this. He probably would have told me that should have been me. You, the kids, us together", Baron said.
Isabelle nodded.
"It probably would have turned out that way if I didn't come here. This town changed it all for us", Isabelle said.
He nodded, he couldn't agree more.
"It did", Baron said.
"Do you know what you two are having yet?", Isabelle asked.
Baron smiled.
"It's a girl. Which I'm cool with, I mean, I already have my son", Baron said.
"You two are only having one?", Isabelle asked.
"We aren't sure yet, you know. We had agreed on only one, but over the few months of hearing her heartbeat and feeling her kick, we change our minds. She gets morning sickness or tired and she says no to more kids.", Baron said.
Isabelle nodded.
"Trust me, I've been there. Once she holds that baby in her arms and she starts growing, baby fever is going to hit", Isabelle said.
Baron chuckled.
"At least one more you know, I would like that", Baron said.
Isabelle nodded and patted his back.
-AN- Guess who is back! Yes, Dean & Izzy!