A/N: Hey guys, so here's the next part! I couldn't help but update because I felt so inspired after watching Monday night's OTH episode. Remember, it's seven years after graduation so a LOT has changed! I'll try to make it less confusing as possible but if there's something you don't understand, please let me know and I'll clarify it for you. This chapter is a little longer than usual but only because I wanted to show you all where everyone is at this point. PLEASE review or I probably won't update... It really helps when you review so please, don't just read and not review. Thanks and enjoy! :)
"I'm engaged!" Anna Warren squealed over the phone.
Livvie Warren, her older sister, had to pull the phone away from her ear to make sure she didn't go deaf from all the screaming her sister was doing.
"Did you hear me, Liv? I'm freakin' engaged!" Anna squealed again and Livvie laughed.
"I heard you, Anna!" Livvie said, with a smile. "When did this happen?"
"A couple nights ago," She explained, in a more calm voice now. "Sorry I didn't call sooner, Adam and I were kind of busy…" She trailed, giggling.
"OK, ew," Livvie said, pretending to gag. "How did he do it? Was it super romantic or just a spur of the moment thing?"
"A little bit of both," Anna nodded. "He had been planning it out for a while but one night, he just decided he wanted to propose and he did!" Anna squealed once more and Livvie laughed. "I can't believe I'm engaged!"
"I can't either!" Livvie said, as she looked over some paper work on her desk. "I'm so happy for you."
"Thank you," Anna smiled. "I hope you know you're maid of honor AND I want you to plan my wedding."
Livvie laughed. "Well, duh, who else would do that for you?"
"I can always call Tammy and ask her, you know?" Anna said, only half-joking. Livvie laughed. "So, when shall we celebrate this awesome news?"
"Well," Livvie started, looking down at her calendar. "Scooter gets back from his business trip tomorrow morning so I'm sure we can all meet up sometime tomorrow night at seven-ish?"
Anna nodded. "Sounds like a plan," She said. "I've already faxed you the guest list, it's not quite done yet but it's got all the essential people I want there." She said, with a laugh.
"Wow, you work fast!" Livvie said, amazed, as she heard her fax machine go off.
"Yeah, well, that's what happens when you have a lot of time on your hands." She giggled.
"But I thought you were busy filming?" Livvie asked. Anna's acting career had reached an ultimate high when she became the star of a very popular soap opera Between the Lines while Adam became a professional hockey player for the New York Rangers.
"Well, I was but then my character went crazy again so they gave me a couple weeks off," She explained and Livvie nodded as she waited for the guest list to print. "So, anyway, let me know when you'll be ready to start really planning this wedding because I can't wait!" She said, excitedly.
"OK, I will," Livvie said, with a smile. "I'll call you tomorrow before seven, OK?"
"Sounds good," Anna said. "Bye, love you."
"Love you too." Livvie said, quickly hanging up the phone.
The guest list finally came out and Livvie gasped at one of the names.
Luis Mendoza
She shook her head and sighed. It wasn't as though she had expected them not to invite him to their wedding, he was a Duck, but just the fact that they had to be in the same room after everything they'd gone through… Livvie didn't know if she'd be able to see him again, it had been over three years now since she had even spoken to him. She was in a good place with Scooter now and she didn't want that to be ruined because of any feelings she might still harbor for Luis.
"Home sweet home!" Guy Germaine exclaimed, as he walked into his new home, carrying his wife in his arms.
"Guy! Put me down!" She begged, laughing and he did what he was told.
"So, how do you like it?" He asked and she smiled at him.
"Guy, I love it even more now that it's ours!" She said happily and he smiled. "It's beautiful, I can already see all our furniture here… I hope our baby loves it." She said, putting both hands on her growing belly and rubbing it.
He smiled. "Of course he or she will like it, Connie," He said, kissing her cheek and she smiled. "I can't wait to find out if we're having a boy or a girl so we can paint their room!" He said, excitedly and Connie laughed.
"I'm so glad that you're excited about this baby, Guy," She said as she continued to stare in awe at her new house.
"Of course I'm excited," He said, wrapping his arms around her from behind and resting his head on her shoulder. "All I've ever wanted was to have a family with you, Cons,"
She smiled and nodded. "Me too," She whispered. "I know we're such a clichéd couple but I never thought we would end up having kids after everything we've been through." She confessed and pulled away to face her.
"You think we're clichéd?" He asked, totally shocked.
"Well, yeah," She nodded. "I mean, we've been together since, forever and we got married at 17, it's like… the perfect fairy tale, kind of." She said and he laughed.
"Right, so cancer and bulimia are fairytale-like plots, huh?" He said and she looked away. He cupped her face with his hands and she looked up at him. "Connie," He whispered. "Our love is the farthest thing from a cliché because what we have… well, nobody else in the entire world can ever have it because our love is special," He said and she smiled. "No one will ever know how to feels to be this much in love with someone because nobody compares to our love."
"I love you," She said quickly and he smiled.
"I love you too," He said, kissing her gently on the lips. He pulled away and smirked."Since this is our new apartment, it is tradition to make love in every room to officially christen the place."
Connie rolled her eyes at his line, having been the one to tell him that, but she couldn't help but smile at the hopefulness in his voice. "We only have time to christen the living room before your parents get here." She reminded him and he nodded.
"Well, then we better get started," He whispered, kissing her as he took off her dress.
"Wow, it's hot out there," Julie said, walking back into her and Dean's beach house. "Please tell me you finally fixed the air conditioning?"
Dean looked up from the computer he was currently working on and shook his head. "I haven't gotten around to it," He said and Julie sighed, disappointed. "I'm sorry, Julie, I've been really busy at work… The boss has been driving me nuts with all this paperwork."
Julie nodded. "I know, I know," She said, shaking her head. "I just don't get why you work there if you hate it so much," She said and he looked at her.
"Well, please tell me how else I'm going to pay the bills around here," He said, sarcastically and Julie rolled her eyes. He sighed. "Julie, will you just please let me finish this? I'm incredibly busy and I need this done by tomorrow."
Julie nodded sadly. "Sure," She said, walking over to his and kissing his forehead. "I hate those arguments," She whispered in his ear and he looked at her.
"I know… me too," He sighed. "I love you, though," He said and she smiled.
"I love you too," She said, kissing him as the doorbell rang. "Now get back to work." She said, with a playful grin as she headed for the front door.
"Hi sweetie!" She greeted, hugging her nine-year-old daughter close to her. "Where's daddy?"
"He's getting my stuff in the car," Gabrielle replied. "I missed you!"
Julie laughed. "Baby, I just saw you yesterday," She said, laughing as she looked at her daughter, who looked more and more like Luis everyday. It was hard to believe that Julie was able to mother such a dark-skinned girl when she was so pale herself.
After graduating from a community college, Dean moved to Florida to be closer to Julie and Gabrielle and three short years later, Julie and Dean were married. Gabrielle stayed with Luis every other weekend, but was a frequent visitor when she was staying with her father.
"I wasn't talking about you!" Gabrielle said and Julie laughed, watching her daughter run up to their golden lab, Joker. "I was talking about Joker," She said and Julie nodded.
"Right," She said, laughing. "Try not to make too much noise, OK? Because Dean is working in the office and he needs to concentrate."
Gabrielle nodded, rubbing Joker's back. "Why is Uncle Dean always working, mommy?" She asked and Julie sighed, sitting at the edge of the couch.
"It's an adult thing, honey," She said and Gabrielle sighed; she hated when Julie said that. "You'll understand one day, OK?" She said and Gabrielle nodded.
"Hey, my two favorite girls," Luis said, walking into the house.
"Sh, daddy, Dean's trying to work!" Gabrielle exclaimed, as she ran over and collected her bags, running into her bedroom to play with whatever new toy Luis had bought her that weekend.
"Everything OK, Julie?" Luis asked when he saw Julie's expression.
She looked up at him and nodded. "Sure," She shrugged. "We're just going through a bit of rough patch," She said and he nodded.
"Still hate his job?" Luis asked and Julie nodded. "I'm sorry, Julie, I wish things could be going better for you."
"It's no problem," She shrugged again. "We'll be OK," She said, reassuringly. "Dean and I have gone through too much for us not to be." She said and he nodded. "Have you heard about Adam and Anna's wedding?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I got the invitation in the mail a couple of days ago," He said and Julie nodded.
"Are you going to go?" She asked and he shrugged.
"I want to but I know Livvie will be there," He said, shaking his head.
"And so what if she is?" Julie asked and Luis shrugged. "There wouldn't be any harm in saying hello to her after all these years, Luis," She said and Luis looked up at her. "I know you miss her and I'm sure she misses you too, maybe this would be good for the two of you," She said but Luis simply shrugged. "OK, how about the fact that Anna will literally hunt you down and force you to come if you don't?"
He laughed. "I don't know, I'll have to think about it." He said and Julie nodded.
"Gabby's really excited about it," Julie said. "And I know she would want her dad to be there too."
"Are you trying to guilt me into going, Julie?" He asked, laughing.
"No, not at all," She said, grinning sheepishly. "Just, promise me you'll think about it?"
He nodded. "Sure," He said and Julie smiled. "Well, I better get going, I've got to head to practice," He said and Julie nodded. "Bye Gabby!" He shouted and his daughter came running into the room shortly after.
"Bye daddy!" She said, jumping in his arms and hugging him tightly.
He smiled, kissing her head. "I love you and I'll see you soon, OK?"
She nodded. "Are you going to the wedding?" She asked and Luis looked away. "Please Daddy! I want you to come, you have to! Adam and Anna are your friends too." Gabrielle said and Luis sighed. Julie couldn't help but laugh.
"I know, sweetie, but it's a complicated story," He said and Gabrielle rolled her eyes. "I'll think about it," He said and she pouted. "Don't do that, Gabby, you know I always give in."
She grinned. "Duh, that's why I do it!" She said and Julie couldn't help but laugh.
"Go before I change my mind." He warned and Gabrielle walked away, laughing.
"You're such a softie," Julie said, with a laugh and Luis gave her a look. "I'll see you soon." She said and he walked over to hug her.
"You're doing great with this parenting thing, Julie," He said and she nodded. "Everything will work out," He reassured her. "I'll see you soon."
She nodded and watched him go.
"Mm, that feels so good, baby," Charlie whispered as he continued making out with his girlfriend, Catherine.
She smirked. "I knew you would like it," She whispered, in her heavy French accent.
Just as Charlie brought his hand up her shirt, the phone rang. Charlie sighed.
"Don't answer it," She said but Charlie pulled away. She frowned and watched him get up to answer it.
"Adam, this is kind of a bad time,"
"I'm engaged!" Adam said and Charlie's eyes widened.
"Really? That's awesome!" Charlie said, happily. "I thought you were going to wait until the summer though?"
"I was," Adam nodded. "But a couple nights ago I just… I don't know, I want to be with her forever so I thought, 'why wait?' you know?" He explained and Charlie nodded.
"Yeah, I know," He said.
"I want you to be my best man," Adam said and Charlie smiled.
"Of course, Captain," Charlie said, with a smile. "I'll call you tomorrow, OK?"
Adam nodded. "OK, say hello to Catherine for me."
Charlie laughed. "I will," He said. "Say hi to Anna and congratulations from both of us."
"No problem, bye."
Charlie quickly hung up the phone and turned back to Catherine. "Sorry baby," He quickly said, as he returned to his position. "Adam's engaged."
"That's so sweet," Catherine said and Charlie smiled. "Now, where were we?"
Charlie smirked. "Right about here," He said, placing his lips on hers as they continued their make out session.
