Erin woke the twins up early that morning, they had their first day of school. It wasn't a good start, Lainey flipped out by throwing her blanket. Easton moaned but he got up.
"Elaine Taylor Halstead, get up!" Erin yelled. Lainey moaned and got up.
Erin got them dressed, and handed them their school bags.
Ethan sat at the table and laughed. "Have fun you two. To the next 12 years of hell." Easton smacked him. Ethan grabbed his ear and pulled it.
"Mommy!" Easton yelled. Jay gave Ethan a mean face look. Ethan stopped and wiped the smile off his face.
"Sorry bud." Ethan got up and hugged the twins then he went into the kitchen and grabbed a granola bar.
"Mommy, when do we go home?" Lainey asked
"Baby girl you are here all day." Erin kissed her then let go.
"Mommy, I don't want to go." Easton and Elaine yelled.
"You have to go. I can't keep you home."
Ethan sat in his desk staring at Caroline, he was admiring her new haircut. She got it cut a little shorter and he loved it on her.
"Caroline, you look really pretty today." He said smiling. She turned around and smirked at him, then turned back so she wouldn't get in trouble.
A girl Elaina's age walked up to her. "Hi my name is Taylor."
"I'm Lainey! Wanna be friends?" Taylor smiled and they both ran off and played with the baby dolls. Easton sat on the ground watching Elaina play when a boy came up behind her and pulled her little braid. Elaina turned around and punched him..
She walked away but the teacher walked over when it happened..
"But Miss Katie, he pulled my hair.. I had too. My big brother told me when someone touches me I should hurt them.. They shouldn't touch me."
Ethan and Caroline on their lunch break walked to the elementary school and signed in. Everyday Monday they would go and help the classes.
Caroline noticed Easton and Elaina sitting the principal's office.
"I wonder what happened with your siblings Ethan."
"Oh shit.. That's never good when it's both of them." He chuckled.
"Hey Mrs. Ryan's, what happened with the twins?" Ethan asked
"Some kid pulled Lainey's hair, she punched him then Easton he decided it was okay to punch him then he sassed the teacher."
Ethan held back his laugh.. "Oh and she talked about you.. Lainey said you told her if anyone touches her it was okay to punch them.." Ethan shook his head Caroline lightly punched him.
"Yeah I did say that.. That's how I was taught and that's how I'm teaching my little brother and sister.. You don't let someone push you down, take a stand and get it over with." Ethan said proudly..
Elaina caught a glimpse of him and went running towards him. "Ethan!" She yelled. She hugged his legs
"Hey little sister.. Go back I don't want you getting in trouble." She crossed her arms and grunted.
"You can go to Miss Katie's room.. You know where it is." Mr. Patrick's called Erin and Jay.
"Hello? Who is this?" Erin asked, Jay looked at her weirdly as she did
"Mr. Patrick's, Elaina and Easton Halstead got in trouble.." Erin scoffed
"Alright I'll be right there.." Erin hung up the phone and chuckled
"Jay, come on.. The twins got in trouble." Jay started laughing, as he started walking.
"It's their first day what could've happened?" Jay asked curious as hell as to what happened with his kids.
"Hey I'm here for.." Mrs. Ryan's pointed to the office. Erin rushed in there scared.
"Hey Mr. Patrick's, what happened?" He turned around and smirked.
"Elaina, her braid was pulled so she turned around and punched the kid. Easton saw it and punched him. Elaina then sassed the teacher, but in her defense she did have just cause.. He did pull her ponytail. I'll let it slide but if anything happens again.."
"Yes we know.. Ethan had the same problem." Jay couldn't stop laughing in the background.
Ethan grabbed Caroline's hand and they both started walking towards the high school.
"Ethan,I want you to know you helped me a lot.." Ethan smiled
"Thank you for saving my life." Ethan turned her around and kissed her.
"What was that for?"
"I love you and I mean that... I couldn't ever live without you.. You are the light of my whole world."
"Alright Halstead I have to get to cheer practice.. We are trying a new stunt today.." Ethan kissed her again
"I'm coming to watch." Caroline smirked then walked away towards the gym.
Ethan followed her into the gym and sat down on the bleachers. Caroline sat down on the mat and started stretching. Presley ignored them both and just stood up. She was captain. Caroline was captain Presley was co-captain
"Okay guys lets work on the new stunt. We started learning last week." Caroline yelled. Everyone stood up. Michael Jamie and Shay stood up and started the stunt.
Caroline hopped in and started the stunt. She went up to extension and pulled her scorpion then a Heel stretch.
"Next we are going to twist cradle then go into a kick double basket." They twist cradled her and she fell on her shoulder and they dropped her leg and broke her knee.
"CAROLINE!" Ethan yelled running towards the mat. He dropped down and picked her up.
"I'm okay. I think. I broke my shoulder. Ow shit." She said Ethan chuckled kissing her lips.
"We gotta get you to a hospital. I'll call my uncle Jimmy. He's a paramedic." Ethan said putting her on the bleachers.
"I know who you are talking about Halstead." Caroline grabbed her shoulder in pain.
"It hurts." Ethan dialed his uncle's number.
"Hey Uncle Jimmy I I need an ambulance at school. Caroline fell at practice. She said her shoulder and knee hurt."
"I I will be right there Ethan.. See you." Jimmy grabbed Sylvie then pulled her into the ambulance. He sped out of there.
"Caroline just hold on., okay.." Caroline shook her head and smiled.
Jimmy and Sylvie ran into the gym and wrapped Caroline's broken body parts.
"I'll call your grandma and my parents." Ethan said holding her hand.
Erin put the Twins' backpacks down and they went running outside.. Erin smiled then answered her phone. After she picked up the kids from school she brought them to the district so she could finish paperwork.
"What happened now Ethan?" Erin asked
"I'm at the hospital.. Caroline fell at cheer." Erin's face went wide.
"Okay.. I'm on my way.. I I need your dad to go. I just got home with the twins."
"Mommy is that Ethan?" Elaine asked
"Yes it is." Elaina shook her head smiling.
Jay started writing his paperwork when his phone started ringing.
"Hey Dad, can you come to the hospital? Caroline got hurt.. I just need a parent here. Apparently uncle Will won't allow me to do anything.." Ethan rolled his eyes.
"I know one thing you roll yours eyes again and I'll rip 'me out of your head.." Jay said
"H how did you know?" Ethan started laughing.
"Well your mother already called me, second I'm right behind you dork.."
"Oh.." Ethan started laughing and hugged his dad.
"You love her don't you?" Jay asked
"Yeah of course I do.."
"I mean love her enough to get married?"
"Yeah eventually.. S she's different from any other girl. S she knows me. She gets me."
Jay hugged his son. "If you love her then never let her go.. I I know I can tell you that..."
"Y you can dad. I I just feel something different with Caroline. W we had a moment a at the game.. D o you know what I'm talking about." Jay smirked then nodded his head
"Y yeah.. I do, it was probably two years before you were born.. Y your mom needed me to go to her high school reunion. Well we ended up not going an and we started talking and I grabbed her hand and look straight into her eyes like she was the best thing I've ever seen.. She was and still is.. I I had the moment. T that was the moment I fell in love with her. T the other was when s she was holding you for the first time. I just I love her more than anything in the world. You and your siblings come in second."
"Dad, I think I'm gonna propose to her, b before I leave."
"You sure about that?"
"I mean I love her more than anything in the world.. Of course." Ethan smiled and hugged his dad.
"Son, don't make any mistakes." Jay said
"What's that supposed to mean? If I love her who cares what you or anybody thinks. Mom Grandpa Platt. She's what saved me, she brought me happiness when I needed it. I don't care if I'm only 18, love is love no matter what age. I'm not making any mistakes. She's not a mistake." Ethan said walking towards Caroline's room, he smiled then sat next to her.
"Hey C, I have something to tell you.." Ethan said before kissing her forehead.
"Is it that I'm an idiot, and shouldn't do cheer anymore? Or that you don't love me anymore and you think that you shouldn't have broken up with Presley?" Ethan shook his head, and smiled.
"No to both of those. You are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen Caroline. I promise I'll never stop loving you." Ethan said
Caroline smiled "What did you want to tell me?" She asked
Ethan nodded his head "It's nothing. I forgot. I have to uh go. I'll be back." Caroline turned her head
"Ethan wait!" Caroline said
Ethan turned around and smiled at his girlfriend. "I love you E. Also If it's about the Army thing.. You don't have to worry about me leaving you. I would never. I promise Ethan. I love you a lot and if that means I don't get to see you for a while then I will be okay, I guess. Our love is strong and I don't want to keep you from your dream. It's yours, if you want to go then I will be here when you come back. I always will. Just know that I will miss you more than anything if this world, in this planet Ethan Jay, One day maybe I'll have your last name, and we'll start a family with a dog and a house, and a big yard for our kids to play in, maybe a farm with a bunch of animals, and we could have a horse. You could teach them how to be strong and fearless because you taught me, you could teach our kids how to shoot because I can't. I love you Ethan and if you leaving means I won't see you for a while, I will be okay without you. but you better come home to me. To your brother and sister." Ethan walked back towards Caroline and pulled her in for a hug.
"Gosh do I love you." Ethan said
"I can't lose you. I wouldn't know how to live if I did lose you."
"MOMMY!" Elaine yelled
"What now?" Erin asked
"Easton pulled my hair!" Easton was shocked.
"NO I DIDN'T MOM SHE'S LYING!" Easton shouted through the house.
"MOM HE DID TOO.!" Elaine yelled. Erin threw the towels down and plopped herself on the couch and ignored them. She laughed as they both chased each other around the house.
"And we want another kid my ass." Erin said
Jay walked into the door. "Your son." He said quietly
"Jay what happened?" Erin asked
"Your son, is going to be a husband when he come back from where ever the hell he's getting deployed to. He loves her, I can't hate him for it, I can't dislike him. He's old enough to love who he wants. Besides what really matters is whether he's really happy."
"Jay, I need to talk to you about my problem.."
"Erin,what is there to talk about?" Jay asked holding her tight.
"I think we should try for another baby if you want. I mean we don't have to. I I know you don't want to because of Ethan being so old. If that's the case then we won't.. I think it would be nice to have another baby." Jay pulled her closer.
"Erin, I was just about to ask if you wanted too. I love you. .You are the strongest person. You can withstand anything. I want you to be happy, and I want to be happy for once.. I think maybe we should.."
"Well I guess we are trying for baby number four.." Erin kissed her husband then closed her eyes to fall asleep.
