Together Forever

"Wake up mommy, wake up daddy." Hope said as she jumped on Starr and Coles bed. "Bweakfast time I want my cerwal."

"Oh" Starr said waking up, "You're getting so big you already know how to get what you want."

" yah I wake you up mommy" said Hope.

"Yes Hope" Starr said laughing. "You want cereal?"

"yah daddies cerwal" Hope said.

"Daddies what?" asked Cole waking up " you won't get it if I get it first" he said, sitting up and tickling her before running off to the kitchen.

"I'll bweat you there daddy" said Hope laughing while running after Cole to the kitchen.

Starr got up with a smile on her face, and went into the kitchen to find Cole and Hope both stuffing their faces with their favorite cereal. They were all still in their pajamas, Coles being only boxers... Starr couldn't take her eyes off of him. As Starr walked into the kitchen they both looked up from their bowls at the kitchen table, and looked at her. Cole smiled at Starr then looked at Hope.

" Do you know what tomorrow is Hope? "

"Monday?" asked Hope.

"yes" laughed Cole, "but tomorrow is a very special Monday."

" Y?" asked Hope.

"Well" said Cole as Starr poured her some orange juice. " Tomorrow is me and mommies second year anniversary."

"What's a ani-verser-warwy?" asked Hope.

"Well an anniversary is what you have when you celebrate how long you have loved someone else."

"So you woved mommy por two years?" asked Hope.

"Well" said Cole "I've loved your mommy for more than two years, but two years ago is when your mommy and I promised that we would love each other forever."

"Oh" said Hope still not completely understanding. "Is my ani-verser-warwy in five months? "

"No" said Starr walking over to Hope, and sitting down her sippie cup full of orange juice. "That is your birthday. You will have an anniversary when you are older."

"When i ur age mommy?"

"Yes" Starr said.

"Ok" said Hope pleased, as she sat down her spoon, and picked up her sippie cup.

"So Starr" said Cole "do you have any plans for tomorrow?"

"Besides work what could I possibly have planned?"

"Well actually I called the hospital and asked if you could have the day off, and John said I could have the day off, so I thought Hope could go somewhere and we could spend the day together."

" Sure Cole, but where would she go? Your mom has work tomorrow, and my mom has to take Jack and Sam to get their checkups so?"

"I want to go to auntie wangston and uncie Marki!" yelled Hope.

"Hope I don't think..." Starr said before Cole cut her off.

"Actually you probably could Hope. Marrko and Langston aren't doing anything tomorrow. "

"Yah Cole but they just got settled down in their new place."

"Yes but didn't you say that Langston said the other day that she was ready to be a mom? This could give her some experience."

" yah" said Hope. " I'm good experience."

"Ok, ok" said Starr. " I'll call Langston, and see if she will."

" yay!" squealed Hope, as she clapped her hands together.

"No" Cole said. "You let me worry about that. I'll call Marrko, and see. You go get ready so we can take Hope over to visit her grandmas Blair and Marty."

"Oh right" said Starr, "but when I come back you better have Hope ready, or you're going to be in big trouble with me" she said. And then she kissed him and went to go get ready.

"Oh right Hope" he said" what do you want to wear today? "

"Purple shirt!" squealed Hope.

"Oh right come on lets go find your purple shirt" Cole said picking her up, and walking into her bedroom to get her dressed. After Cole had gotten Hope dressed, he went to go get ready while Hope played with her dolls. After he was dressed, Cole saw that Starr was still in the bathroom and quietly walked into Hopes bedroom.

"Can I tell you a secret" asked Cole?

"I wove secwets!" said Hope.

"Oh right" he said picking her up and sitting her on his lap. "I need your help with something, will you help me Hope?"

"Yes daddy" Hope said.

"Well" Cole began "I want to get mommy something really special for tomorrow but she can't be there when i get it."

"Y not?" asked Hope.

" Because" Cole explained. "I want it to be a surprise."

"Oh I wove surprises!" Hope said.

"Yes I no, and your mommy does too. So could you do something really big for me?"

"Yah daddy" Hope said.

"Tell mommy that you want just her to take you shopping today, and when I get mommies surprise today I'll get you something too."

"the same thing?" asked Hope.

"Well I'll get you something you would like better how about that?"

"Ok" said Hope.

"Thank you Hope" Cole said "Mommy will be really happy."

"Are you two talking about me?" Starr asked as she walked into Hopes room.

"Nope" Smiled Hope.

"Sure you weren't" said Starr. "I see daddy got you dressed, but he might still be in big trouble for lying to me Starr said as she smiled at Cole, and him back at her."

" Mommy" interrupted Hope "Can we go shopping today? "

"Sure honey, after we go to grandmas we can all go shopping. Why, what do you want? "

"I want just you and me to go mommy."

"Well Hope," Starr said "Don't you think that will hurt daddies feelings?"

"Actually that's not such a bad idea" said Cole. "Markko wanted me to come over today anyway."

"Ok then" Starr said "After we go to grandmas we'll go shopping, just me and you."

"Yay!" squealed Hope.

"Well we better get going." Cole said.

"Ok daddy"

"Why don't you get together what toys you want to take to play with in the car, and I'll get your other stuff together."

"Ok mommy." Hope said.

Cole followed Starr into the kitchen. "Well" he said. "Too bad we won't get to spend all day together today, we can make up for it tomorrow though."

"Yes we can." Starr replied, as she turned to kiss him. She wrapped her arms around his kneck, and stroked her hands through his hair, while he wrapped his arms around her waist. They got so caught up in the moment, that they almost forgot where they were until Hope reminded them.

"I'm weady mommy." Hope said from behind them.

"Ok honey." Starr told her daughter as they pulled away from each other.

"Let's go put you in your car seat while mommy finishes getting your things ready."

"Ok" Hope replied as she turned to go outside.

Cole turned towards Starr and stroked her face before he kissed her once more. "I'll get Hope in the car, come on out when you have everything ready."

"Ok" Starr told Cole, as he turned to go put Hope in her car seat outside.