An entire month had gone by. It was July now. Not much has really been happening. Except for Naje, who's been going to summer workouts for football. Lifting weights and working on conditioning. But that was really it. Even that was nothing new though.

The date was July 17, 2012. Not only was that day exactly one week from Naje's 16th birthday, but it was a very special and important day for the Millers. In particular, Fred and Nara. Today was their 13 year anniversary of being married. They got married on this day 13 years ago. July 17, 1999. Naje was only 2 years old and Leah was only a year old. That was the day Fred, Nara, Naje, and Leah all became a family.

The anniversary party was being held in their backyard. There was a wedding platform, cake and other desserts, chairs for the attendance members with a shade cloth over the chairs to protect everyone from the sun since it was summer. So you know it was hot. They also hired a priest. Their neighbors/friends were all invited and were in attendance. Kids and adults. The neighbors all had two other kids of their own. It was actually very few people there, counting 20 people. 24 in all if you count the Miller family. But no one was complaining. They all felt like family which was good enough for them.

It was 10:30 in the morning. The party didn't start until 12 noon. The men of the neighborhood were in the Millers house getting ready and the women of the neighborhood were in Maria and John's (one of the neighbor couples) house getting ready in there. Fred and Nara decided to spend a night in separate houses from each other since it felt like the right thing to do before the party for their anniversary. So Nara and Leah stayed a night over at John and Maria's house. Naje was already dressed up. He was wearing a normal tuxedo. With diamond stud earrings in both his ears to make him look more cooler. He went into the living room and stared at all the family photos on the wall and on the shelves. The photos put a happy and proud smile on his face. Almost making him want to cry, but he was probably gonna save that part until the party started.

Naje was talking and chilling with his friends (Michael, Travis, and Dylan; who all also play football with him for the high school.) to pass the time. The guys were wearing tuxedos as well. Unlike the Rugrats, Naje haven't been friends with these guys since they were in diapers, but he has been friends with them since the 1st grade. Dylan was actually the youngest of the four. He was also born in a different year as the other guys were born in 96. Dylan was born in 97 along with Leah. Dylan was 7 months older than Leah as his birthday is in May and Leah's is in December. They were also in the same grade.

In the other house, Leah was also dressed up. Sitting on the couch with the other girls (Michelle, Taylor, and Nicole). Leah was wearing a white dress with her silver necklace with a silver heart symbol on it and a silver wrist chain on her left wrist. The other girls were also wearing white dresses. Just like the males, Leah has not known the girls since they were babies, but have met them ever since she was in elementary school. Specifically when Leah was in first grade. The other girls were all a grade higher than she was. Leah was also born in a different year as the girls as they were born in 96. But Taylor was born in the same year as her just like Dylan is. But Taylor was the oldest born in 97 as she was born in February.

Thirty minutes had gone by and everyone but Fred, Nara, and the folks who were walking them down the aisle were all arriving to the Miller's backyard where the party was being held. Naje and Leah had spotted and greeted each other with a big embrace. They kept hugging for a while, almost breaking into tears. Tears of joy of course. Because they were so happy for their parents. But they weren't just happy for their parents. As mentioned earlier, this day is also the day Naje and Leah became siblings. So they were happy about that too.

"Happy anniversary big brother, on becoming my big brother." Leah said to Naje as they were still hugging.

"Right back at you, little sis. I'm glad to have you as my sister for 13 years now." Naje responded. Then they broke away from the hug. Leah wiped her eye with her finger, feeling as if she was gonna start crying right now. But like Naje, she was holding the tears in until the party officially began.

"I'm glad to have you too." Leah said. "I can't believe we stayed in different places yesterday though. That was the first time ever that's happened, wasn't it?" She asked.

"I think so. We have sleepovers with our friends, but let's face it: They're always coming to our house. It's hardly ever us going to one of their houses." Naje said.

"Right?! But oh man I'm so happy right now." Said a jubilant Leah.

"So am I. You're looking great, by the way." Naje complemented her.

"Aww, thanks. You look handsome too." Leah replied.

"Psh. Of course I do. That ain't nothing new." Naje teased.

"For a doofus." Leah added.

"As long as I'm a doofus and handsome, then I'm still good." Said Naje as he pretended to fix his shirt collar.

Leah laughed a little. "Oh shut up."

"But thank you though." Naje said.

"Mhmmm." She jokingly said, giving Naje a light nudge on his arm. "We still have an hour to go until the party starts."

"Yeah I know. Let's just chill and hang out with our friends here to pass the time. Wait it out." Naje suggested.

Leah shrugged her shoulders. "Okay." Leah said.

So Naje and Leah did just that. Talking to their friends. Talking about the old times, school stuff, etc. Now it was 12 noon, which meant it was finally time for the ceremony to get started. Naje and Leah sat in the front row seats together. Everyone else sat wherever they pleased. Fitting music was playing and everyone pulled their phones out to record and take pictures.

First coming out was Fred. He was being accompanied down the aisle with his two buddies John (the husband of Maria and the father of Taylor and Hannah. Hannah is Taylor's 5 year old sister) and Charles (the husband of Alexis and father of Nicole and Joey. Joey was Nicole's 5 year old brother). There were three other male adults named, Steve (the husband of Lillian and the father of Michael and Michelle; who were twins by the way. The reason for their names being identical), Terry (the husband of Susanne and the father of Travis and Shelley. Shelley was Travis's 5 year old little sister), and Brandon (the husband of Kim and the father of Dylan and Cody. Cody was the 5 year old brother of Dylan). As Fred waited on the wedding platform for Nara to come out, he noticed Naje and Leah sitting at the front row. He smiled and waved at him. They did the same.

Now coming out down the aisle was Nara, being accompanied by Maria (the wife of John and the mother of Taylor and Hannah) and Lillian (the wife of Steve and mother of Michelle and Michael). Just like the males, there were three other members of the adult females. Their names were Alexis (the wife of Charles and mother of Nicole and Joey), Susanne (the wife of Terry and mother of Travis and Shelley), and Kim (the wife of Brandon and mother of Dylan and Cody). There names have already been mentioned.

As the ceremony was going on, it was time for Fred and Nara to renew their vows. They talked about how happy they made each other, thankful for being the parents of Naje and Leah, and how much they love the kids and each other. Everyone had already started recording the event and taking pictures, including Naje and Leah. Then the renewals of their vows were done.

But what happened next was nostalgic for the Millers. Terry had a projector with him. He turned it on and it reflected on the white wall of the wedding platform. What he played were events from past anniversary ceremonies and Fred and Nara's actual wedding day. The projector didn't have anyone else but the Miller family members. Naje and Leah were trying their hardest not to cry, even though they had every right to. But what really tugged the heart strings was when the film played a clip of Naje and Leah from Fred and Nara's first year anniversary back in 2000. Naje was 3 and Leah was 2. What the clip showed was Naje and Leah feeding each other the wedding anniversary cake. They had icing smothered all over their mouths, but still continued feeding each other. Then they both eventually hugged each other.

After seeing that, Leah and Naje burst into tears while holding each other. Fred and Nara also teared up as well. In fact, so were some of the others in attendance. That moment alone was already too much.

After a while, the ceremony was finally over. It was wrapping up as the decorations were coming down and everyone was going home. Except the Millers since the whole thing was in their backyard in the first place. They just simply went inside their house.

"Man... That was great." Naje said as he was sniffling a little.

"Yeah, it was. That was the best one by far." Leah said as she was also sniffling.

"We say that every year. Each one is better than the last." Said Naje.

Fred, Naje, Nara, and Leah all group hugged each other.

"We love you guys." Leah and Naje said to their parents.

"Love you too kids." Said Fred and Nara.

"I lost it at the me and Naje feeding each other cake part." Leah mentioned. She wiped her eyes.

"Hey, I did too." Naje admitted. "That was the one thing I couldn't hold my tears in for."

"And the thing is is that I remember it!" Leah said.

"I remember it too! I haven't thought about that in a while. Then when I saw it..." Meanwhile, Fred and Nara kissed each other as they listened to the kids continue to talk.

"I haven't thought about it in a while either, honestly." Leah admitted.

"How often do you guys look at our family photo book?" Nara asked them.

Naje and Leah looked at each other and then looked at their parents. "Not often." They simultaneously said.

"We actually have a picture of you two feeding each other that cake." Nara mentioned.

"Oh yeahhhhhhhhh. We do!" Naje said.

"But as we said, we hardly look into our photo book so we just forgot about it." Leah said.

There were a few seconds of silence. "I think I'm gonna go look at it now." Naje said.

"Yeah me too." Leah followed up.

Then Naje and Leah found the photo book and began to look at old pictures. Fred and Nara looked at the pictures with them. While looking at more than a few, they all ended up crying.