I only own Rose, R.J, Sarah, and the next little girl!
January 1st 2017
It had been a few hours since the birth and they had gotten R.J to sleepover at his best friend Jacob's house while Rose and Riley stayed at the hospital for the first night with their twins. Rose was now in a hospital bed holding a sleeping Sarah while Riley held the other little girl. "What's gonna be this one's name?" Riley asked smiling at his baby girl. "You pick." Rose said. "Huh?"
"I picked Sarah, now you pick." Rose explained shifting Sarah. "Hmm…alright. Grace?" He asked. "Well…" Rose trailed. "You're right. No…" He looked her over carefully. She had his blue eyes when he had seen them and had signs of growing brown curls in her hair. Her face was slightly pink and pale, but she was absolutely beautiful. "Willow. Willow Emily Poole." Riley decided. "Willow? I like it. I love it. I love her. I love them. I love you. I can't decide." Rose said closing her eyes. "Why don't you sleep and I'll call Ben." Riley slipped out of the room after putting Willow in her own bed, taking Sarah from Rose putting her down too. Now they had a complete family.
July 4th 2020:
"We're here." Rose said from the driver's seat of their Ford Explorer. They had traded in the Ferrari and gotten two new cars over the years. They recently traded in their worn out Prius for the more fitting explorer for the large family. The explorer had DVD players in the headrests that were independent players so they could watch two different movies. It also had a car-phone, built in navigation system that Riley refused to use claiming he knew exactly where he was going. It sat seven and the family took up five of the seats. The family was very different now.
The girls shared bunk beds in their newly painted purple room. They loved going to preschool and playing dress up. Playing airplane with daddy was Sarah's favorite thing to do, and tickle monster was Willow's favorite thing to do with daddy, baking cookies with mommy was Willow's favorite thing to do and mommy and me yoga class was Sarah's favorite thing. Snow ball fights and playing dolls/action figures was their favorite thing to do with their brother.
R.J developed an interest in reading, and making messes with his 'science projects' which often times Rose found his dad helping him with. He started school just this year, and it was almost every day he came home with a new tale to tell from kindergarten. Whether he had just tried the monkey bars, they played cat and mouse in gym, or they planted mother's day plants. Most of them left both girls awestruck excited for kindergarten in a year or so. R.J was also the soccer player Rose predicted with all the kicking, and was constantly in the back yard.
Riley and Rose were both loving parents, Rose being a stay-at-home mom and Riley was now the president of the software company. Rose loved to take care of her four babies; yes four she included Riley. Date night was somehow intact still even with all the activities the kids did. Like Sarah starting gymnastics and Willow starting ballet classes while R.J tried to get them to kick the soccer ball around. Riley was a bit sour when he had to turn in his Ferrari, but Rose got him to settle for a Ford Fusion to drive to work.
The family was meeting the Gates for the fourth of the July. Rose carried in the food while Riley took a begging Sarah into his arms and carried her inside, while R.J and Willow scrambled into a hug with their great-uncle. "Uncle Ben, Uncle Ben!" They squealed. "Hey kiddos." He greeted, "Aunt Abby is in the kitchen and Jordan's out back." He told them greeting his niece and nephew-in-law. "Hi, Ben." Rose said slowly walking with the dish of cupcakes, and watermelon. "Hey, sweetheart." Ben kissed his niece on the cheek and took the dish of watermelon, "Thanks." She said walking to the kitchen with Abby while Riley set Sarah down outside with Jordan and helped Ben with the grilling. Jordan set down her biography on Abraham Lincoln and greeted her cousin (once removed) with giddiness; since she just loved giving make overs to her cousins. Jordan adored Willow's curly hair, but Sarah's green eyes were to die for. This time she put Sarah's hair in pig tails and Independence Day bows, and painted Willow's nails after putting a few barrettes in her hair. They were a happy family; not your average family with the complex once removed thing with the cousins, and the fact the only family they had left on the Gates side was Jordan, Ben, Abigail, and finally the elderly happy couple of Patrick and Emily Gates. They might never be an average family but they sure were a happy one.
The End
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