Kendall:

"Jasmine, hurry up. You've got school tomorrow." I heard Sarah, my wonderful wife, usher Jasmine, our daughter, into the washroom.

"Do I have to go to school?" Jasmine asks.

"Yes! So you can have tons of money and buy me and your Daddy everything we'll ever need when we're old." Sarah laughs.

"But you guys have each other. What more do you need?"

It's my turn to laugh. "You're a smart kid, Jazz."

Jasmine smiles before Sarah helps her brush her teeth. I head over to her room and pulled out a clean set of PJ's. In a few minutes, Sarah had Jasmine all brushed and clean in her room. Sarah propped Jasmine on her bed and let me take over to get Jasmine dressed.

"Who's the best girl in the world?" Sarah winks.

"Me!" Jasmine laughs, throwing her head back, letting her golden locks fall. She had my hair but Sarah's blue eyes. I thought she was beautiful.

"Alright, ladies. Lights out." I clapped my hands.

"Daddy." Jasmine sighs.

"C'mon, princess. School's tomorrow."

"Your dad has a point. First day in first grade." Sarah exclaims. "You excited?"

Jasmine blew a raspberry. "I don't know."

Sarah frowns but tucks her in bed, kissing her forehead. "Goodnight, Jasmine."

I kiss her and give her a hug before turning off the lights. "Night, Jazz."

"Night, Mommy. Night, Daddy." Jasmine says, closing her eyes and cuddling into her covers as we left the room.

Sarah and I make our way to our bedroom and I change into my PJ's while she takes off her earrings. When she's done, she sits at the edge of the bed, looking at me as I buttoned up my shirt. As soon as I'm done, I sit down on the bed, next to her and hear her breathing.

"Didn't think it'd be this hard, huh?"

"Never." Sarah sighs. "Soon enough she'll be in university."

I laugh quietly. "She's only in grade one, Sarah."

"Yes, but after one, comes two. Two, three, four, five, six…" She ticks off the numbers one by one until she reaches twelve. She falls back on the bed, her hair surrounding her head. She crawls under the covers and I do the same after flicking off the lights. We're soon both under the blanket and not saying much. Just both looking at the ceiling and thinking, I guess.

"So we're doing this?" She whispers in the dark.

"We're already doing it, babe." I murmured back. She adjusts her head onto my chest, listening to my heartbeat. I looked down to the top of her dirty blonde hair and smiled. She was mine. I liked to remind myself that every day. We laid there for a moment, thinking again.

There's suddenly a quiet knock on our bedroom door and it slowly swings open. Jasmine stands in the doorframe, her teddy bear tightly wrapped by her arms.

"Mommy? Daddy?"

"What is it?" Sarah sat up, quickly.

"Something wrong?" I asked, worried.

"I can't sleep." Jasmine frowns. Sarah sighs with relief and scoots over so there's room between us. She pats the spot, signaling Jasmine to crawl up. Jasmine obeys and snuggled into my side, pulling the covers with her. Sarah smiles and makes herself comfortable on the other side of Jasmine. All three of us fell asleep faster than you could say, 'Big Time Rush.'