Chapter 9

Christmas morning Troy woke up earlier than anyone else, he showered quietly before walking out onto the patio. It seemed like the sky would stretch forever that morning, he looked up to the sky a smile on his lips. He didn't hear anyone else come out on to the patio nor did he pay attention to anything going on between him for a while he just stared up watching the morning sky change colour.

"You would have loved this Matt." Troy murmured to the sky. "I wish you were here." he said sadly as he walked back into the house.

He hadn't noticed his dad sitting on one of the comforters by the pool, as he headed into the kitchen he smiled at his mum who was cooking breakfast she smiled at him.

"Hey honey happy birthday." she said to him.

"Thanks mum happy Christmas." Troy replied kissing her cheek. "No one else up?" he asked.

"Your dad is out on the patio." Sarah said to him Troy nodded looking out on to the patio to find his father staring into the pool. "You say something to him?" she asked.

"No I was really only talking to Matt out there that's probably why his brooding." Troy said to his mother. "Probably wondering the same thing I was this morning and have been thinking about since the day I came back from here the last time." Troy said to her.

"And what is that?" Alex asked him from the doorway.

"What Matt would be like now! What we would both be like if it weren't for the accident." Troy said. "We'd be celebrating our eighteenth birthday together this morning." Troy said as his brother hugged him.

"I know, it doesn't seem fair." Alex said.

"No not really, I can't live on what might have beens I know that but it doesn't stop me wondering." Troy said to his brother his mother smiled.

"That's true, his your twin after all. How do you feel about your grandparents being here?" his mum asked.

"Its nice I haven't seen them since I was nine, I kind of missed them." Troy said his mother smiled in understanding. "I get that you and dad haven't really gotten on with them since it happened but when we go back I am going to keep in contact with them, they don't deserve to be punished for someone else's crimes any more." Troy said to her.

"No they don't." his dad said from the door way.

"What happened?" Troy asked.

"They accused us of being bad parents, said we should have been home watching you three instead of leaving Alex in charge, they were right of course but at the time we were so angry with them that we cut ties." Jack said.

"Lets not dwell on the past." his grandfather said from the doorway. "We all said things we didn't mean that night, you were right as much as you were wrong Jack, and we were in exactly the same position, we were all grieving the loss of one of our own." he said. "Happy birthday Troy." he added.

"Thanks gramps." Troy said as Ryan appeared in the doorway with a smile on his lips.

"You let me sleep in." Ryan said to him.

"I woke up early, I didn't want to disturb you. I wanted some time to myself to think this morning." Troy said to him Ryan nodded.

"Matt on your mind." Ryan said Troy nodded. "Understandable." he said kissing Troy. "Happy birthday, birthday boy." Ryan added between kisses.

"Ryan my family is in the room." Troy said sheepishly.

"That didn't stop you in the shed at home." Jack teased him Troy turned bright red.

"You walked in on us in a compromising position well it was almost compromising." Troy said his father laughed.

"You nearly caught them doing the dirty?" his grandfather asked.

"Yeah almost." Jack said causing them to all laugh bar Troy and Ryan who both were as red as tomato's.

"Dad when are you going to stop trying to embarrass me with that story." Troy asked his dad.

"When your fifty." Jack said Troy snorted.

"If you plan to live that long you may want to stop using that one." Troy said to his dad chuckling.

"You want to go open your presents for your birthday you can open the rest after dinner there are two separate piles." Sarah said.

"I get two piles that is so not fair." Troy pouted as he entered the living room.

A pile of presents that were wrapped in Christmas paper but birthday paper adorned the sofa nearest the tree.

"Where is yours Ry?" Troy asked.

"At the top." Ryan said to him Troy picked up the small box and place it to one side. "Not going to open that first?" he asked.

"No last." Troy said to him.

"Do you know what you got?" Ryan asked.

"I am hoping that one of these is my new laptop." Troy said to him as he started to open presents in order of where they lay on the pile. "You needed a new laptop?" Ryan asked.

"No not needed so much as wanted a new laptop with all the latest specs." Troy said.

"You may be a jock honey but you're a nerd deep down in side I can see that clearly now." Ryan said to him Troy snorted. "So what we got so far." Ryan asked.

"Vouchers lots of vouchers." Troy groaned.

"What for?" Ryan asked.

"Clothes, books for university, computer shops. Aha Aunt Maddy sent me a cheque, shows me she loves me at least once a year of course I haven't seen her since she dumped Alexis on nana's doorstep so she could go of with her latest fad man." Troy said to Ryan in a growl. "She treats him like an accessory when she wants him for something the rest of the time she shelves him." Troy snarled as he placed the cheque for five figures well out of reach.

"You don't like her much then." Ryan said Troy snorted.

"Not particularly, I don't think I even bothered sending a Christmas card this year, which means my mum sent one for me of course." Troy said to his boyfriend. "Aha this is it." he said to him with a grin as he grabbed a hold of the first large present which had a set of keys on it. "Dad brought me a car which is probably back home." Troy said dangling the car keys around in front of Ryan.

"Yes its at the house, your mum and I had to work hard to get that one as well its not exactly the easiest of cars to get." Jack said from the door way.

"You finally got me the Ferrari you have promised me since I past my test." Troy said shaking his head amusedly. "I'll leave which one for the surprise when I get home, I wonder whether Chad would like the Mustang." Troy said to Ryan who smirked.

"Your going to give your prized car to Chad?" Ryan asked.

"Ry… this is a Ferrari honey and not a classic either going by the keys, I only have room for two cars in the garage so it's the mustang, as I am not giving up my Aston to anyone." Troy said. "You already have a car Chad doesn't." Troy said to him.

"I happen to love my car." Ryan said pouting.

"Is it pink like your sisters?" Troy teased him Ryan growled.

"You know its not." Ryan said.

"I know you love pink, I've seen the amount of pink you have in your wardrobe love. That is without the pink underwear." Troy said as Ryan slapped his arm. "Battery, no beating on the birthday boy, or you won't get any cake." Troy said Ryan pouted.

"You'd deny me cake." Ryan said mock angrily Jack was laughing.

"Your trying to bruise me and my perfect body so yes." Troy said Ryan growled.

"If their were breakables in here somewhere I would tackle you for that." Ryan said.

"No getting randy with my dad in the room I'm sure he doesn't want a show." Troy said to his boyfriend as his dad practically ran out of the room.

They sat opening Troy's present for a good half hour, Troy was probably one of the hardest people to buy for so mostly he ended up with vouchers for obscene amount of money. Ryan pulled his present to Troy over handing it to Troy who was obsessed with his new lap top and booting it up, "Mine for you." Ryan said Troy looked up and slapped a hand to his head.

"Sorry baby." Troy said taking the present from his boyfriend opening it in his usual fashion. "Tell me why do people wrap things like this, I mean seriously it gets ripped of by just about everyone." Troy said Ryan laughed as he placed his head on Troy's shoulder. Troy opened the case and inhaled sharply looking down at the ring.

"Its your birth stone." Ryan said to him.

"I know, thank you." Troy said as he slipped the ring on one of his fingers. "You got my details from my mum didn't you." Troy said to him he smiled but nodded. "Thank you baby." Troy said wrapping his arm around Ryan's shoulder.

"So do I get your old laptop?" Ryan asked Troy laughed.

"You want it?" Troy asked.

"Yes I have a computer at home but I have been after a laptop that I wouldn't have to share with my sister all the time, which means I can actually use it." Ryan said Troy laughed.

"Sure you can have it." Troy said Ryan smiled. "I'm going to change then I am going for a run you can join me or stay here with the family, this thing needs a while to boot up properly." Troy said to Ryan who smiled at him.

"I'll come with you, but you should take it easy on me." Ryan said troy nodded as they headed up stairs to their rooms, Alexis came into their bedrooms as they were finished changing. "Hey Lex you okay?" Ryan asked him.

"Yeah I was wondering if I could join you guys." Lex said Troy stuck his head out the bathroom.

"What happened?" Troy asked.

"She's come for the christening." Alexis said angrily.

"Who is she?" Ryan asked.

"His mum my aunt is here, she had the gall to show up for Lucas' christening even though Alex hates her." Troy said shaking his head. "Probably using the moment to get on nana's good side, is she marrying again?" Troy asked his cousin who nodded. "Yeah she's looking to get on the good side of my grandparents so that when she brings the next jerk to meet them they won't kill him." Troy said to Ryan as Alexis laughed.

"Do you think that she might have changed?" Ryan asked Alexis.

"No she's trying to make me in to her mascot again." Alexis said Troy actually growled.

"That woman should never procreate again, I'm sorry Lex but she is an unfit mother." Troy said softly.

"I'm not arguing, I love living with nana and grandpa." Alexis said to him.

"Come on then I need a run." Troy said as he exited the bathroom in a muscle shirt and shorts showing of his tanned skin which was a dark bronze even after less than a week, they had been spending most of the holiday on the beach or in the ocean. Ryan had picked up surfing and was currently under pressure to change his hair style to be more retro from Nick.

Once Nick had over come the initial shock of finding out his crush was not only gay but engaged to a guy so soon after refusing his own advances the three of them had been getting on like a house on fire.

As they walked down the stairs into the lower level of the house they could hear shouting from inside the kitchen, Troy recognized his dad's voice and his aunts and Nan's he knew his grandfather never shouted. Troy walked to the kitchen to look at his aunt for the first time in years and noticed token husband next to her.

"Jesus you know how to pick um." Troy said from the door way.

"Hello Troy." Maddy said to him.

"Hello Maddy, I don't know what your playing at but either you shut up with the shouting or you fuck of this is my birthday and I sure as hell want to enjoy it, no one and I mean no one wants you here or your husband what is this number five or six." Troy snarled at the woman who grew angrier by the second.

"I am here to see my son." she roared.

"Funny that you haven't wanted to see him in a while, you get your self a new token husband and all of a sudden you want to show of your pride and joy, his nineteen Maddy and guess what he doesn't want to know you or your husband. Your not welcome here so leave, you burned way to many bridges with your last stunt." Troy snarled back at her.

"I will not be spoken to like that you little brat." she screamed stalking towards him.

"Go home Maddy." his grandmother said to her. "Troy probably could have said it a lot better than he did but his right, you cannot pick and choose when to be a mother to your now grown up son." she added the woman shook all over as she stormed past Troy her husband in toe Troy heard more than saw the slap that hit Alexis but the gasp from his cousin told him it was Alexis who had been hit by the woman Troy rushed to his cousins side to check him over before stalking after his aunt.

"You want a reason for why we treat you like trash Maddy, you just slapped your son for no good reason, you were a terrible mother all those years ago and now your still a terrible mother, but I am pretty sure your son hates you." Troy said as the car started up.

"This is none of your business you in bred brat, you should have died with your bastard of a twin." the woman screamed at Troy who stood stunned as she drove of into the distance and out of site Ryan's arms came around his waist.

"She didn't mean that." Ryan said.

"Yes she did." Troy said pulling away from his boyfriend and walking up the drive away from them all Ryan took of after him with his dad.

"What the hell did she say to him?" Sarah asked her mother in law who repeated what had just been said to her Sarah looked livid. "I'll kill her, could she be any more spiteful to him by bringing his dead twin into this." she demanded.

"She wanted to hurt him and succeeded, he hurt her by telling her some home truths about herself, she couldn't use anything new since she doesn't know anything new about him so she went for what she knew would hurt him the most." her mother in law told her.

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Troy walked down to the beach before he realized that Ryan and his dad had followed him down, Troy finally stopped in front of the sea kicking of his shoes he walked into the ocean letting it cool his feet on the red hot sound below. Ryan followed him in while his dad picked up their shoes and walked over to the seating area at the back of the beach.

"Troy." Ryan said to him Troy looked up in surprise to look at his boyfriend. "We followed you down here." Ryan explained.

"Sorry I wasn't really paying attention to what you were doing." Troy said to him.

"I could tell." Ryan said. "Your dads sitting on a bench over there." Ryan said to him.

"Great Christmas this turned out to be." Troy growled.

"Hey you didn't screw it up she did, don't let what she said spoil your birthday." Ryan said folding his arms around Troy's waist. "She had no right to bring Matt into it the way she did." he added Troy sighed.

"Thank you." Troy said.

"We've been having a great time haven't we, lets not let her spoil our holiday." Ryan said to him. "Lucas is being christened in a couple of days, then we fly back after new years. Lets create some memories good ones of this holiday, our first as a couple together." he added Troy nodded.

"I usually go snow boarding in the winter holiday did you know that?" Troy asked.

"You're a jack of all trades aren't you." Ryan said Troy laughed nodding.

"It is the only sport I can do where for the time I start and when I finish its just me." Troy said to his boyfriend. "I like the isolation it offers for the duration of a tournament run." Troy said to his boyfriend. "Probably why I like surfing as much as I do." Troy said.

"Yeah I can see that you like surfing not sure I can agree on it being fun I fall of way to often." Ryan said to him Troy laughed. "My bum doesn't agree with it." he said.

"Your bum doesn't agree on anything that involves bruising it honey." Troy said as they stepped out of the surf and headed back up the beach hopping up and down on their feet to get away from the heat that it radiated. "Hey pops." Troy said as he sat down next to his dad hugging him.

"You okay?" Jack asked his son.

"I'm good now, I just needed a little while out of the house. I'm not going to let what she said spoil my holiday or my time with Ryan or my birthday for that matter." Troy said to his father who nodded in understanding. "She isn't back at the house is she?" Troy asked his dad.

"Not that I know of your mum would have chewed her out." Jack said to him.

"What she said is partially true." Troy said to him.

"Troy no it isn't." Ryan said to him.

"I wanted to go with my brother when it happened, I couldn't see past my brothers death for a long time." Troy said to him.

"TJ your twin had died some part of you went with him that day, its called grieving son and we are all allowed to do it when we lose someone close to us. None of us put a time limit on your grieving period, it's the reason we got you to go see a councillor who knew something about twins left behind." Jack said to him. "Lets get back up to the house." he said to his son.

"I could use a beer." Troy said with a grin.

"You could but you had better… I can't say that to you here in Aus now." Jack said Troy laughed.

"Dad I was kidding." Troy said.

"I guess we should share a bottle in celebration." Jack said to him Troy smiled.

"Sounds good to me." Troy said.

"Ryan will have to wait until his birthday before that happens." Jack said as Ryan was about to say something.

"I'll share mine with you." Troy said to him Ryan smiled.

"Thanks." Ryan said kissing him.

When they got back to the house his mum dragged him into a hug, "I was worried, don't you dare run of like that again TJ or I will hurt you." his mum growled in his ear.

"Since when did I say that I was okay on you guys calling me that." Troy asked with a smile.

"Your going to let Ryan call you it but not us, I think not mister your laptop is on the kitchen counter." his mum said Troy laughed. "Your aunt as not come back but she did call to apologise." she added.

"Do I look like I give a damn." Troy snarled stalking into the kitchen.

"Yeah I guessed that would be his answer I told her as much." Sarah said to Jack.

"Of all the things she could use against him she used that." Jack said. "I am disgusted to say that she is my younger sister." Jack added angrily as he walked into the kitchen Troy was working his new laptop. "I wondered how long it would be till you started to play on that." Jack said to him.

"I don't have half the programs I would like to put on it here." Troy said to his dad.

"You can do that when you get home, all that matters is that you have it now." Jack said.

"True." Troy said to him with a smile on his lips. "I'm going to change in to my shorts and jump in the pool." Troy said to Ryan. "I'll sort the laptop out for you later, I brought most of my games with me so I can put them on to the new one." Troy said to his boyfriend who smiled a lot at that. "Its among my presents to you." Troy said.

"Oh like." Ryan asked.

"Your have to wait until later to find out, we don't open presents in the house until after dinner, it allows me to have my presents for my birthday first." Troy said. "Dumb rule if you ask me but I have never argued with it." Troy added to his boyfriend who sighed in defeat.

"My mum and dad don't care when we open our presents on Christmas day, but I guess you should be able to open your birthday presents before your Christmas ones." Ryan said to him with a grin on his face.

"Come on we can have some fun with the ball in the pool." Troy said as he walked out of the house to the back garden pulling his t-shirt over his head and pulling his shoes and socks of his feet.

"You still have your underwear on." Ryan said.

"That's easy to change when I get out." Troy said to him with a mischievous smile. "I may even have to get your help." he said with a wink as the blond blushed before he dived into the pool.

"That's not fair." Ryan groaned as he pulled his own attire of down to his shorts and jumped in right after Troy. "Your pretty happy again." Ryan said as Troy jumped up next to him breaking the water covering the blond in water. "Hey that is not funny." Ryan yelped.

"You don't like water in your face?" Troy asked playfully.

"Not really." Ryan smiled as Troy pushed hair out of his face.

"You really enjoying yourself from here." Troy asked him with a grin on his face.

"God yes, this is the first holiday I have had without my sister dictating everything that we do, here I have a choice of doing what is suggested doing something else or staying back that usually isn't an option for me on holiday I love it. Your family has done everything it can to make me feel apart of everything here." Ryan said.

"That may have something to do with the fact that your engaged to me dufuss." Troy said to him with a grin on his face. "They love you, my grandparents love you both sets by the way." Troy said to him with a grin.

"I know." Ryan said. "Its okay for me to be nervous though right?" he asked Troy nodded.

"We're of to university next year." Troy said to him. "I'm looking forward to it what about you?" Troy asked his boyfriend.

"Yeah I am pretty excited, I have easter down for when we can go see the university dorms." Ryan said.

"You remember Tom is coming to stay that fortnight right." Troy said to him. "I was thinking about half term break, the next one that is." Troy added to Ryan, Ryan looked pensive for a moment before nodding.

"That sounds like a plan, it gives us a chance to check of campus houses if the dorms are not up to our standards." Ryan said Troy snorted.

"You mean that the spoilt blond thinks he can't rough it for a year?" Troy teased him Ryan growled but got dunked before he could react the blond splashed back to the surface and a war broke out between them to see who could get who to submit first.

"Boys what are you doing?" Sarah asked.

"Water fight." Troy spluttered before being dunked by Ryan.

"His losing badly." Ryan said to Sarah.

"I think his letting you win honey." Sarah said to him.

"Yea I think your right, thanks for letting me come with you Sarah." Ryan said to him.

"That's not entirely appropriate to call me now." Sarah said. "I'd like you to call me Mum please." she said. "Your engaged to my son I think its more appropriate." she added.

"Thanks mum." Ryan said as Troy wrapped an arm around his waist. "Where did you go?" Ryan asked.

"To get a drink yours is next to the lounger at the other end of the pool by the way." Troy said kissing his neck. "Hey mum, you stop chatting my boyfriend up please you have dad." Troy said teasing his mum his dad chuckled. "I know my man is better than yours but that's because his a blond." Troy said his mum laughing her head of now.

"You two having fun?" Jack asked.

"Yeah we are, did Ryan show you what he brought for my birthday." Troy asked his dad.

"No he didn't, he was rather secretive about it." Sarah said to her son as Troy pulled himself out of the pool Troy sat down next to his mum but on the floor showing her his hand.

"I didn't think you like jewellery Troy." Jack said to him as he took a look Ryan sat between Troy's spread legs.

"Generally I don't but Ryan brought it for me so I'll wear it." Troy said.

"But not if someone else brought you something." Sarah asked Troy shook his head. "Would you like the chain your brother wore extended so it will fit you?" Sarah asked him.

"I… yes please." Troy said.

"We'll sort it out when we get home." Jack said to him.

"Thanks." Troy said to him.

"We should have given it to you a long time ago." Sarah said.

"I probably would have thrown it back at you before this year." Troy said to her she nodded. "Matt is always going to be a sore point for me, we all know that but I really feel like its time for me to start over you know." Troy said to his parents and his boyfriend who gripped his hand to let him know he was there.

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Two days later and Troy found Ryan in their bathroom fixing his hair, "Hey gorgeous, you ready to go yet. We are meeting our family at the church and I don't want to be late for our godsons christening." Troy said to him with a smile on his face.

"His technically only your godson." Ryan said.

"Alex see's you as family Ryan and your engaged to me, so although your not his godfather you are an uncle of his now." Troy said Ryan grinned. "You forgot your engaged to me, my family accepted you in to itself you're a Bolton and McIntyre now." Troy said to him.

"Your mums maiden name?" Ryan asked Troy nodded. "I'm ready." he declared.

"I have the car ready to go, so move your blond butt before I take my wicked way of you." Troy said to him Ryan laughed a lot at that as they headed out of the door towards the car waiting in the drive already started.

They arrived at the church ten minutes before the service was due to start, Troy was anxious as he approached his brother and family. Taking Lucas into his arms for a hug, "Hey gorgeous I bet you've had all the girls swooning over you." Troy said to his nephew who giggled at him. "You mister are in big trouble if you haven't found me a replacement boyfriend." Troy said poking him in the chest his brother and Ryan laughing as the baby smiled.

"What took you two so long?" his mum asked.

"Ryan decided he needed more time to get his hair ready." Troy said to her she laughed. "He can't wear a hat and he was having a bad hair day, I offered to shave it all of for him but he was quite rude to me for suggesting it." Troy added his parents were laughing as Lucas held his arms out to Ryan.

"Lucas wants a cuddle from his uncle Ry." Troy said to Ryan as he handed Ryan his nephew.

"Your getting heavy." Ryan said to Lucas who blew him a raspberry. "Oh you think your cute do you we'll see when it comes to birthdays mister, we are talking coal and onions." Ryan said as Troy rolled up beside him with Alex.

"And you were worried about if you could handle kids Ryan." Alex said to the blond. "Your doing just fine." he added.

"You mister are going to make a great dad some day soon." Troy said to him kissing his cheek before they had to walk into the church with the other family who would be a part of the ceremony.

It was a pretty quiet ceremony, Troy watched with amusement as Lucas puked all over the vicar who herself was highly amused by the whole thing. "That would be my partner throwing him about earlier." Troy said to the vicar.

"Who would that be?" she asked.

"The blond in the front row on my families side of the church." Troy replied.

"I'll speak to him later." she said amused by the whole thing. "Lucas Matthew is a lovely name." she said to him.

"His named partly after my twin." Troy said to her.

"Oh where is he then?" she asked.

"He died when we were eight," Troy said to her she looked quite stricken. "Don't worry about it you didn't know about it, he was killed by a drunk driver outside our house." he explained.

"I am sorry." she said smiling sadly.

"Thank you, but that is who Luc is named after." Troy said to her.

"Are you and the blond serious?" she asked.

"He gave me a ring so I guess that would make us serious." Troy said to her.

"I have nothing against same sex marriages Troy, I remember you when you were just a baby, you and your twin its been a long time since you came here though." she said to him.

"Christmas service when I was five we came here." Troy said to her.

"That's right." she said.

"I happen to remember causing headaches all the way through the service with Matt." Troy said to her she laughed.

"You planning on marrying him?" she asked.

"Yes ma'am." Troy replied to her.

"I can't marry you Troy but I'd be happy to do a blessing for you both." she said to him. "When your ready that is." she added.

"I'd like that." Troy said to her.

"Troy may I ask did you lose your faith?" she asked he grimaced.

"For a while their, I saw my twin killed in front of me I was angry, hell I felt like my world had ended." Troy said. "I blamed him for a lot of things." Troy said to her.

"I can understand that from a young boy who had lost his twin." she said he laughed.

"It was hard I still struggle with my faith some times." Troy said to her.

"We are all tested at some point in our lives." she said Troy laughed at her.

"Thank you for your words vicar, it was a lovely service." Troy said to her she nodded.

"Troy your be in my prays tonight." she said to him as he walked back to Ryan he smiled at the vicar briefly while Alex looked at him surprised.

"You haven't spoken to a vicar for a long time what changed today." Alex said to him.

"My nephew was christened that and she was nice." Troy said. "She said when we are ready she'd be happy to bless our relationship." Troy said to Ryan changing the subject.

"She did, I didn't think that the church did that sort of thing for the gay people." Ryan said.

"Generally they don't, some do it depends on the vicar." Troy said to him.

"Is it something you want?" Ryan asked.

"Ryan I know your not religious but its something I would like if your game." Troy said to him.

"Then we'll do it, some way down the line." Ryan said to him. "I may not be a Christian, but I know your faith is important to you so that is good enough for me." Ryan said as they headed out into the sun. "She really got to you didn't she?" he asked Troy smiled.

"I was left with something's to think about." Troy said to him.

"That's really good." Ryan said to him.

"I didn't expect my believes to be challenged here but they have been, that and my believe that what is happening here with us both is the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. She asked me whether I was going to marry you today, I realized something for the first time as well I meant it, I mean I really meant what I said to her." Troy said to Ryan who stared at him in shock for a moment before leaning into kiss him. "Your going to be Mr. Bolton-Evans one day." Troy said to him kissing him again. "I like the ring to that." Troy added Ryan laughed.

"I like the sound of that to." Ryan said to him as they climbed into the car.

"You like the sound of Uncle Ry?" Troy asked him. "Or dad." he asked.

"God yes." Ryan said as his hands reached for Harry's. "I want to have kids with you one day, our kids from a surrogate." Ryan said to him.

"So would I, you looked really good with Lucas today." Troy said to him Ryan smiled.

"Is it normal to be in love with a baby?" Ryan asked Troy snorted.

"Watch it that's my nephew your talking about and my godson." Troy said to him the boy snorted. "Yeah its pretty normal, I happen to love the little devil." Troy said as they pulled into the house driveway.

"I can't believe this holiday is almost over its not fair you know, it seems like it just started." Ryan said to him.

"Its always the same, you love this place don't you." Troy asked him.

"Yes like you said I would." Ryan said to him.