On Sunday morning Violet woke up and saw a sight that made her heart flutter. Darry was still asleep with Hailey curled into his side and DJ sleeping on his chest. Since it was only five in the morning she moved closer to them, wrapped her arm around Hailey and fell asleep.
The next time she was awakened was when there was a deliciously sweet smell that brought her from her slumber. She felt movement beside her until Hailey giggled and touched her face,
"Mommy!" She said excitedly, attempting to open Violet's eye lids. Violet opened her eyes and saw Darry standing in front of her with a tray of food, Darrel laying on the bed grinning at her, and Hailey beside her with her hair in lop sided pigtails.
"Happy Mother's Day, baby." Darry said, leaning over and kissing her. Violet smiled and reached up to cup his face, sharing a quick but passionate kiss. Hailey squealed and covered her eyes,
"DJ no look!" She exclaimed. Darry pulled away grinning and he set the tray on Violet's lap, and watched as his wife gave the first couple bites of the French toast to their daughter, who gratefully accepted. Violet cut a bigger piece and reached to give Darry a bite, and he winked, taking a bite.
"This breakfast was supposed to be for you." He joked,
"What kind of mother would I be if I didn't feed my children?" Violet asked, cocking her eyebrow. DJ whined and grumbled and Violet gave him a spoonful of apple sauce. After a few more minutes breakfast was finished and Darry took off his shirt and pulled the covers back, bringing DJ and Hailey between his beautiful wife and himself. He wrapped his arm around all of them and kissed Violet's head. She looked up at him,
"Thank you." Darry said quietly, continuing when Violet gave him a puzzled look, "Thank you for all that you do around the house. Thank you for giving me two beautiful children and three more reasons that I need to be here, alive. It wasn't easy surviving when I lost my parents... Or after I thought I lost you or Hailey. Thank you for letting me take my time to come to terms with what happened to me." Darry took a deep breath. He knew the moment was right.
"When you were asleep... That night after Hailey went missing, the house phone rang while your parents were out. I... I thought it might have been an important call, maybe demanding a ransom or something. But the man wanted me to meet them at that house and he said we would negotiate the terms to let Hailey go.
I'd never been so scared in my life, Vi. When he... When Kessler opened the door... The stench that floated out from the house... I couldn't take it. My urge to throw up... He took me to see Hailey. The room they were keeping her in was identical to the one she had here. That's why I couldn't go in her room... And why I wanted it redone so badly. Once I saw Hailey was okay... I let them do whatever they wanted. They... Burnt my back with metal rods... Hit me a couple times and made me watch while they tortured Jay.
Most of the time when I was in a coma... The only thing that played over and over again was my funeral. You were there... I mean... You were a train wreck. Hailey was a wreck... Then it would flash forward years in advance and... You never got over me. You raised Hailey and DJ on your own. I never wanted that for you Violet." Darry said quietly, and looked over to see his wife with tears streaming down her face. He reached over and gently wiped them away with his thumb.
"Thank you, for loving me." He said quietly, and Violet reached up and kissed him. He pulled away when he heard a small snore from his daughter and saw both of his children asleep against Violet.
"What time are your parents coming?" He asked her and she looked at the time,
"Probably around twelve or one. Where's Ponyboy?"
"He's with Lexi, he went out with her and Lexis's mother for the day." Darry provided, raising his eyebrow when he saw the gleam in her eyes. She grinned,
"Can you put the kids to bed?" She asked, and he nodded, quickly but carefully taking the kids to their rooms.
A couple hours later Violet changed into a dark blue and white polka dot dress, pulling her hair into a pony tail. Darry smirked and watched her get dressed from his spot on the bed.
"You're so beautiful." Violet grinned and walked over to him, kissing him,
"If you play your cards right, I might just have a surprise for you tonight."
Darry grinned and kissed his wife before their door bell rang, and Violet went down to open it, getting the bouquet she had purchased yesterday, grinning when she saw her mom and dad there, Jay close behind in his wheelchair.
"Happy Mother's Day!" Violet said happily, hugging her mom. Her mom grinned and hugged her tightly,
"Happy Mother's Day to you too baby." She said, before following Violet in.
"Where are Darrel and the kids?" She asked, and Violet smiled,
"Darry's getting the kids ready, I think they just woke up from their naps."
"So honey, how has your mother's day been?" Her father asked, kissing her head.
"Great! The kids and Darry made me breakfast and... Well Darry finally felt comfortable enough to tell me what happened." She said, before taking a deep breath, calming her emotions that started to make her teary eyed at the thought of Darry having to go through that.
"I'm going to get started on lunch, okay?" She said, before walking into the kitchen and getting out the sandwiches and the sandwich meat, along with numerous vegetables and sauces to go along with it.
Lately Jay had been attending therapy and he'd been improving immensely. He remembered more from his life previous to the accident, although it was still hard for him to remember his parents, he now remembered Violet, Darry, and his niece and nephew. Jay rolled into the kitchen, looking at his baby sister,
"You need help?" Violet smiled at him,
"Sure, could you bring the tray of meat into the dining room?" Violet asked and Jay nodded, placing the tray of meat onto his lap. He was back into the room a couple minutes later and he bit his lip,
"Vi?" She turned, still somewhat surprised that he was starting to remember her after all this time, "I... I met this girl at therapy... And... Well I really like her."
"What's her name?" Violet asked, trying not to give away her shocked expression,
"Her name is Dianna... She's about thirty and she's got two little girls... She's the secretary. The girls' father hasn't been in the picture since the youngest one, Cassandra was born."
"And... Have you met the girls?"
"Yeah... They're really sweet."
"What are they doing for Mother's Day?"
"I think they're just staying home."
"How serious are you with her?" Jay was quiet for a few moment before a grin crossed his face,
"Really serious Vi. I like her a lot and her daughters are so cute... I just... I want to be with them all the time."
Violet smiled, "Well... Call her and see if she wants to meet us." Jay grinned and nodded, rolling over to the telephone.
Darry walked down in a pair of dark wash jeans and a white tee-shirt, and Violet grinned when she saw him. He looked so sexy with the plain white tee, not to mention a child in each arm.
He walked over and gave her a kiss, before smiling and handing her DJ, putting Hailey down and hugging Violet's mom.
"How has work been?" Violet's father asked, shaking Darry's hand.
"Great actually. We just hired a new roofer who is showing potential, and hopefully within the next few weeks we can sign a contract to start moving over into neighbouring towns." Violet's mother grinned,
"That's amazing!" She picked Hailey up and went with her to the play room, and Violet made some food for DJ.
Later that night, once her parents, Jay, and Jay's girlfriend left, Ponyboy and Lexi offered to take the kids to her house that night so the couple could have alone time.
Dally came home that night from work with a bouquet of red roses, his white shirt covered in dirt and his tool belt hanging loosely from his waist. He got out of his truck and saw his beautiful girlfriend and their child sitting in her lap, giggling away without a care in the world. Although Dallas hated working six days a week most of the time, this was the reason he did it. He needed to support his family, pay the bills, become Shay's husband. He had worked seven days this week and barely saw Shay, but with the over time he managed to buy her an impressive ring, and he hoped beyond anything that she said yes.
"Happy Mother's Day, babe." He said, as he walked over and kissed her passionately. She giggled and kissed him back and Daniel squealed, clapping his hands when Dallas leaned down and kissed his head.
He handed Shay the roses, pulled the box out of his pocket and got down on one knee,
"I remember first laying eyes on you Shay... And for the first time in my entire life, my heart fluttered. Since then, I've been changing, becoming a man. You're helping me change into a father and hopefully a good husband. I know I ain't the best guy around baby, but I'll never stop loving you. I promise you right now, that I'll never cheat... steal.. or lie to you. Okay?" He opened the box and the ring shone in the fading afternoon light. "So... Will you marry me?"