When she opened her eyes, Elena found herself at the other side of the bed, whereas Nate was at the opposite. She checked the digital clock on her nightstand: 11:13. It was sunday so there was no need to rush. The previous night has been very short for the married couple. She was tired but she didn't want to sleep again. She knew if she slept again, she would sleep all day long, and she had plenty things to do. She took one of Nate's shirts at the foot of the bed and put it on her then lied on her bed again.

She watched Nate sleeping, smiling then stroked his cheek, being careful not to wake him up. She perfectly knew he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon so she put her arm around his waist and closed her eyes. Screw it if she slept all day, it'd worth it.

When she woke up, it was more than 1PM and Nate wasn't in the bed. As she streches her arms and prepared to get out of bed, her daughter surprised her by coming from nowhere. Cassie was almost 2. She still couldn't believe she was a mother. It was too perfect to be true. She clapped in her hands to incite the little girl to come join her in the bed.

"Come to mommy", Elena murmured.

Cassie climbed up on the bed immediately and took refuge into her mother's arms. Elena hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. She then looked at her: she had inheritated her blonde hair and Nate's eyes. Cassie looked tired and she closed her eyes very quickly.

"Oh, I've been looking for her!", Nate exclaimed, standing in the threshold.

"Keep it down, she fell asleep just a second ago", Elena said.

"She always sleeps", he figured.

Elena tightened her grip on her daughter. Nate smiled at the sight of his wife taking care of their daughter like that. He joined them in their bed. She carefully put her adughter on the mattress, betwwen the two of them and positioned herself so that she could see both Nate and Cassie at the same time, her head on her wrist. She loved to watch Nate stroking their daughter's hair.

"Do you think about everything we've through sometimes ? I mean, what we lived on the island?", she asked him all of a sudden.

Nate looked up at her.

"The island?

"Yeah. El Dorado, Roman and all."

"Oh."

He paused then went on.

"Of course. How could I forget? I thought it would be an adverture like many others."

"How was it different?", she asked, curious.

"Well, no one told me I would fall for the woman I left on docks!"

Elena laughed.

"When I think that I could've not came back... I happen to think sometimes about how different my life would be if I didn't look for you. Maybe I'll be single, maybe unhappy, or still shooting?"

She seemed lost in her thoughts. A hand gripped her wrist.

"What should I say? I grew up with nothing, took every treasure I could, without getting anything, but look now... I'm married and I've got a daughter."

Elena smiled as she hold his hand tight.

"And now that we're parents, I know you won't get away anymore!"

She tried to kiss her husband, but it was at that precise moment that Cassie woke up, yelling.

"Looks like it's gonna wait", Nate muttered.

"When it's not Sully, it's her, it's unbelievable!", she exclaimed, laughing.