A/N: So, this chapter exists for three reasons:

1. If you like my story and you don't know who Laura (Lovin_LizEgan on Twitter) is, you probably should. She's not only the reason that this chapter exists, but why Eclipse exists. She convinced me to keep writing and she is constantly a source of inspiration. Laura, this chapter (which has actually taken the place of my new favorite) is dedicated to you.

2. Happy New Year! This very long and fun chapter is my gift to all of you.

3. When I started writing this story, I didn't think many people would bother to read it, much less review it. On the last chapter, I got TWENTY reviews. I cannot even express how humbled I am by that… Every single one brought a huge smile to my face. To those of you who review this story: this chapter is me saying thank you so, SO much. Enjoy!

"Uh... I don't know."

"Please, Tori? Pleeeeeease?"

"Cat, that could be really…um…awkward…for me. Andre and I aren't even really talking right now; the last thing I want to do is get stuck in a car with him for eight hours."

"But it's not just you two! It's all of us! It'll be so fun, I promise! Don't you want to see the snow?"

Tori lets out a long breath as she drops the hand holding her phone against her leg. After a few seconds of contemplation, she replaces the device to her ear. "Okay. Fine, I'll go. I don't really have anything to lose, I gue—"

"Yaaaay! Great, I'll see you Thursday!" Before Tori can say anything else, Cat ends the call.

...

"Two words: fu—"

"Jade," Beck interrupts, shifting Shiloh to his other hip.

"Come on, it'll be so much fun!" Cat begs as she plops down on the chair in their apartment.

"Why on earth would I put my one-and-half-year-old in a car seat in a car with six people for eight hours?" Jade quips.

Although Beck isn't too fond of the idea of road tripping to Lake Tahoe for the weekend either (considering Andre is probably going), he figures Jade's fighting this battle for the both of them so he stays quiet.

"But everyone's going!" Cat whines.

"Exactly," Jade counters.

"Wait," Beck cuts in, "is Andre going?"

Cat almost admits that she's calling to ask him as soon as she leaves, but she decides to take her chances with her answer. "Yep!"

Beck thinks it over for a second as he looks between his wife and daughter. A weekend away with the gang would be the perfect opportunity to prove to Andre that he's gotten his family back—thereby hopefully deterring him from ever trying to step into Beck's place again. "Yeah, we'll go," he says impulsively.

"What?!"

"Yay!"

"No!" Jade immediately retorts. "Are you insane?" She asks, turning towards Beck.

"Aw, come on, Babe. Shiloh's never seen snow, and it's the perfect mini vacation to take her on."

"She's going to hate being in her car seat for that long. She's gonna scream and cry and drive everyone nuts, and—"

"We'll make stops!" Cat announces. "Every two hours or so… Please, Jadey? It won't be the same without you guys."

...

"Are Beck and Jade going?"

"Yes! You're the last one, and Robbie and I really want you to go!"

"I dunno, Little Red. I—"

"Robbie's uncle's cabin is super nice! It has lots of TVs, a hot tub, and all kinds of cool stuff."

Andre sighs as he begins to think. This could be the perfect opportunity to shove in Beck's face just how close he'd gotten to Jade and Shiloh while he was away. "Alright," he says, "I'll go. You got an idea for how we're gettin' there?"

"Well…" Cat teases, drawing out the word.

"You need my Denali?" Andre's new seven-passenger SUV is the only car among the group's vehicles that could possibly carry all of them.

"Yes!" Cat shrieks.

"Alright, I'll drive," he offers.

"Yay! See you Thursday!"

...

"Is everyone excited?!"

"Ugh," Tori yawns, "it is way too early for you to be using that high-pitched voice."

Cat frowns. "But…that's just my voice."

"That's the point," Jade interjects before turning towards her husband. "Did you get the car seat strapped in?"

"Yep. You and Shi can sit in the captain chairs, and Cat, Robbie, and Tori are in the back."

"Okay." As far as Jade knows, everything's fine between Beck and Andre, so he's not surprised when she doesn't question them sitting in the front seats together.

"Remind me again why we have to leave at eight o'clock in the morning," Andre moans as he shoves another bag into the trunk.

"We don't wanna get there too late," Robbie answers. "It's an eight hour drive, not including stops for food and stuff; it's best to get on the road as early as possible."

"That's the last of the bags," Beck announces as he closes the back. As he and Andre walk around the side of the car, Beck stops in front of the door where Jade is buckling Shiloh into her car seat. When he's sure that Andre's looking, he grins at his wife and plants a kiss square on her mouth before opening the passenger door and getting in.

Andre rolls his eyes as he hops into the driver's seat. "Everybody in?" After confirming everyone's presence in the car, Andre pulls out of his driveway and turns on the GPS to map the route to Lake Tahoe.

"So, Robbie," Tori starts, "tell us about your semester! How was Colorado?"

"It was incredible. I missed you guys a lot," he admits, wrapping his arm around Cat's shoulder and kissing her temple, "but I learned a ton about filmmaking. I got to be on the crew for a few independent films, which was awesome… Reading about it in books is just nothing compared to actually being in the middle of it."

"Exactly. It's amazing," Beck chimes in.

"How'd your movie go?" Robbie replies.

"It was an experience of a lifetime," he answers, "but there's nothing like being home with my family." As he finishes his sentence, he reaches his arm back to rub Jade's leg affectionately—prompting Andre to silently fume with jealousy.

"Shiloh grew so much," Andre adds, turning his head back just for a second to grin at the eighteen-month-old. "She had so much fun at the park and she learned so many new words…" As he speaks, a tone of awkwardness sifts throughout the car. He continues anyways. "Shi, can you say Andre?"

"Ahn-day!" The toddler hollers.

"She knows tons of words," Beck brags, egging on the competition. "Shiloh," he coos as he turns around to tickle his daughter, "who'm I?"

"Dada!" She squeals in reply.

"That's my girl," he says proudly.

"Well my name was her fifth word!" Cat exclaims, trying to settle the Beck vs. Andre-ness that's not failing to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

"She loves her Uncle Andre, though," Andre rebuts. "Don't you, Baby Girl?"

"Can someone turn on the air?" Tori requests from the backseat. "It's really stuffy in here…"

"Do you love your Daddy?" Beck asks in a baby-directed voice towards the toddler, pretending not to hear Tori's complain.

"It doesn't matter whose names she can say," Jade interjects. "She only ever says one."

Right on cue, Shiloh excitedly kicks her feet to get Jade's attention. "Mama, chi-chi," she asks, reaching her hand out in a grabbing motion.

Jade has the Cheerios ready in a little ziplock bag, and she hands it to her daughter to appease her. The toddler's happiness lasts for a few hours, but by 11:30, everyone's getting antsy.

"I'm not apologizing," Jade admits over the little girl's cries. "I told you that if we came, this would happen."

"When can we stop for lunch?" Andre asks loudly.

"Next patch of restaurants isn't for another ten minutes," Robbie answers.

As Shiloh kicks and screams, she bangs her head against the back of her car seat. "Wow, Jade," Tori comments (also in a louder-than-normal tone), "she really is your daughter."

Jade smiles smugly. "What can I say? I'm a proud parent."

"Isn't there any way to get her to stop?" Cat whines.

"If I could, I would. She likes to move around; she's just been in her car seat for too long and she wants to get out."

"How is this not driving you crazy?" Robbie questions as he plugs his ears.

"My child is half-Jade," Beck chuckles. "I expected nothing less."

"Uh, I think she's a little more than half."

By the time they park at the restaurant, Jade is already pulling Shiloh out of her car seat. "Out, Mama, ouuuut!" She hollers.

"I think it's cute," Andre contributes with a smile.

"Of course you do," Beck mutters before slamming his door shut.

Only five more hours to go…

...

"We're here!"

It's six thirty in the evening when Andre's Denali finally pulls into the driveway of Ted Shapiro's mountain lodge. The three-bedroom cabin boasts a fully stocked kitchen, wrap-around deck, hot tub, and tasteful interior decor. After the guys unload the bags, they all head inside and congregate in the living room.

"Alright," Robbie begins, "so we figured that Beck and Jade can take the master because they'll need the extra room for Shiloh. Cat and I will take another bedroom, and…"

"I'll take a couch," Andre pipes up, prompting everyone to silently thank him for cutting what could have been a very awkward silence.

"Perfect!" Cat squeals. "I'll order pizza while we all get settled in."

Beck is carrying his, Jade's, and Shiloh's bags (plus the pack-n-play) as he leads them into the master bedroom.

"Beck," Jade says as she starts changing Shiloh into her pajamas, "is everything okay?"

"What?" He asks, setting up the pack-n-play. "What do you mean?"

"I've been waiting 'til we were in private to bring it up, but you and Andre seemed…tense in the car. It was weird."

"Tense? Nah."

"So there's nothing going on between the two of you?"

"Babe, trust me," he says before walking over to kiss her. "Everything's fine."

...

"Look, Shi. This is snow. Can you say snow?" The second Beck places a bit of it into his daughter's mitten, she screams and flings her arms around.

"You like that?" Jade asks through a smile. "Say snow."

At this point, Shiloh has squatted down and is playing intensely with the snow, completely fascinated by it. "Say it, Shi," Beck encourages. "Snow!"

"Sa-no," she repeats.

"Good!" Beck and Jade simultaneously cheer.

"Sa-no!" She yells again, clapping her hands together.

...

"Snowball fiiiiiiight!"

Robbie's declaration of war is met with the throwing of snow in all different directions—and lots of screaming.

As soon as Jade comes out of the house from putting Shiloh down to sleep, she pelted by a snowball from who-knows-who. She has no problem partaking in the fight, which quickly escalates when Andre slams one into Beck's face (by accident?).

Although Beck laughs it off, he "playfully" responds with a hardball straight into Andre's gut. While the rest pretend not to notice and carry on with the game, the boys continue throwing aggressively until everyone's worn out and ready to go back inside.

By the time Shiloh wakes up from her nap, Jade is already walking into the bedroom in anticipation. "Mama!" The toddler shouts.

"Up you go," Jade replies as she pulls her daughter into her arms. "Let's go get a snack." When she walks into the kitchen, she sees Beck and Robbie outside having a chat. Tori is on a walk and Cat is taking an afternoon snooze, so Jade is content to sit on the couch with Shiloh.

"Shiloh, do you want animal crackers?"

"No!

"Goldfish?"

"No!"

Jade rolls her eyes. "My picky, picky child… What about strawberries?"

"No!"

"Fine, then we're not having a snack."

Shiloh immediately stomps her foot against the ground. "Mamaaaaa! Tuh-tee?" She pleads, pointing to the jar of chocolate chip cookies on the counter.

"No, Shiloh, not right now."

"Mama," the toddler begs, looking up at Jade with her big, blue-green eyes. "Pease?"

Jade can't believe the effect that her daughter has on her, but she knows it's going to be impossible to deny her the cookie. She lets out a sigh. "One," she says, holding up her index finger. "You can have one cookie."

It's worth it to see the grin that lights up Shiloh's face, the one that so matches her dad's irresistibly charming smile.

"What do you say?" Jade asks as she carries Shiloh into the living room, prompting the toddler to mumble her own version of "thank you." It's somewhat ironic how Jade actually puts effort into teaching her daughter manners, but she's always been one to hate rude kids—and Shiloh will not be one of them.

As Jade sits on the couch, she watches her daughter happily enjoy the cookie. The alone time doesn't last long.

"Jade?"

When she looks up to see Andre, her heart skips a nervous beat. "Uh…hey. What's up?"

"Mind if I sit?" Jade shakes her head slowly.

"I'm…just gonna get this out right away… I'm sorry."

"You're…"

"I'm sorry," Andre repeats. "I really screwed up... It wasn't right for me to try to kiss you that night, and—"

"Oh," Jade says, a faint blush tinting her cheeks.

"Yeah," he mutters awkwardly. "I let my feelings get the best of me, and I feel really bad about it. You were vulnerable, and I tried to take advantage of it…The last thing I want is to screw things up with my best friend, which I sorta already did, and—"

"Wait, Beck…knows?"

"Yeah," Andre admits sheepishly. "He came over after he got home from New York, and everything just sorta came out."

Jade lets out a long breath. "He," Andre continues, "hasn't said anything to you about it?" She shakes her head. "Damn… He's… a really good guy. I'm really sorry, Jade."

"I know you are. Let's just…forget about it?"

"Perfect," he agrees. "Thanks."

When he gets up to walk away, Jade sighs a breath of relief. She doesn't know how Beck has managed to keep his anger about Andre inside, but she does know how hard he's been working to get himself back into his family's life. She doesn't have long to contemplate it before her thoughts are interrupted once again.

"Hey, Jade. Are you…busy?"

She looks up this time to see Tori standing before her, a serious look on her face.

"Not really," she replies. As soon as the words leave her mouth, Shiloh scoots off of Jade's lap and begins walking around. When Tori seems hesitant, Jade rolls her eyes playfully. "Take a seat, Vega. Apparently everyone wants to talk today."

"Huh?"

"Nothing."

"Okay…Well… Can I talk to you about something?"

"Um…I guess so?"

"If you don't want to, I can—"

"No, it's fine... Talk."

"You might think I'm crazy."

"I already do."

"Well, okay then. I, uh…I really…want…" As she speaks, she glances at Shiloh, who's exploring every aspect of the living room. "I really want to be…a…mom."

Jade's face is blank as she processes what Tori's saying. "You want to…get pregnant…again?"

"I just… Ever since the miscarriage, I've felt really…empty. I feel like something's missing, and I just know that it's the hole in my heart from the baby I was supposed to have. It was messy and complicated and confusing, but I really did want it and I still do."

As Jade listens to Tori's thoughts, she keeps an eye on her curious daughter. "Listen, Tori… I'm not gonna say I know how you feel, because I don't. I don't know what it's like to have a miscarriage; I can only imagine… What I do know, though…is that I think it's just been a really rough month for you. The breakup with Andre...maybe it's making you feel lonely; I dunno. Just…don't do anything drastic. Believe me when I say that, as fun as she is," Jade pauses to nod at Shiloh, "she's a handful. It's a lot of hard work."

Tori sighs before remaining silent for a little while. "How did you end up with such a perfect life?"

"I...um…"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to come off like I'm not…happy for you, or something."

"Tori, I—"

"No, I shouldn't have said that. I'm just gonna—"

"Tori," Jade repeats. "Sit down. It's fine—Shiloh, no no. Don't get close to that." When her daughter doesn't move away from the fireplace, Jade quickly hops up and scoops Shiloh into her arms. "Uh-uh. Momma said no." The toddler initially squirms in Jade's arms, eager to see more of the fire, until Jade pulls out her pearphone for her to play with.

Tori smiles at Shiloh, but Jade can tell it's not easy. "Look," Jade says, "I didn't plan for…any of this. I mean… If you would have told me three years ago that I'd be married with a baby by the time I'm nineteen, I would have pulled for my scissors and—"

"Right," Tori finishes. "I get it… I just…don't know how I seemed to lose everything all at the same time, you know? One minute I have the best boyfriend in the world—someone I could totally see myself getting married to and having a family with—and then everything got all screwed up and I ended up with nothing but an ache in my heart. I regret ever laying my eyes on Ryder, but I just feel like that one mistake shouldn't dictate the rest of my life…"

Jade holds Shiloh a little tighter as she replays the day Tori'd had her miscarriage. "Tori… Why are you telling me all of this?"

The brunette looks confused, and even somewhat embarrassed as she mulls over Jade's question. "Um… I… I guess I…trust you?"

Jade raises her eyebrows. "You…what?"

"I know we fought a lot in high school, but I think we've…been through a lot, and we've always been there to help each other out. I just had to tell someone all of this stuff that's been weighing me down," she says, the words beginning to pour out of her mouth, "and I'm sorry to have to burden you with it because I know you already have a lot on your plate but I just needed to get it out… Sorry," she mumbles.

Jade is quiet for a few minutes, and the only sounds coming from where they're sitting are from Shiloh's babbles. "You're right."

Tori furrows her eyebrows and her mouth drops slightly open. "I'm…what?"

"Don't look so surprised. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for you, and I know you can say the same. So…yeah. You're right."

"I… Tori stammers, completely speechless. "Thanks?"

"Listen," Jade says, "your next move is simple: tell what you just said to me to Andre."

"But he just told me last week that he was crushing on another girl; it's not fair for me to just—"

"Tori," Jade sighs, "trust me, nothing's going to happen with that other girl. He's confused and wonked out and acting like a di—bad person," she censors herself for Shiloh. "Just tell him. What've you got to lose?"

Tori nods her head. "Okay. Okay, I guess I can do that… Thanks, Jade."

"Yeah, yeah. Don't mention it."

Just as the she's about to respond, their bubbly redhead friend strolls sleepily into the living room. "Best nap ever," Cat says, flopping into a chair before noticing that the two of them had obviously been having a conversation. "Are you guys…"

"Just talking," Tori interrupts.

"Like friends?" Cat asks the frenemies.

Jade and Tori look at each other funny, and Jade nods her head at Cat. "Yeah. Like friends."

Cat smiles brightly and sits up in her seat. "Good. Because I have something to say to both of my friends… I know I said thanks before, but… I really, really mean it when I say thanks for saving me. Jade was right all along about Fisher, and I was…not so smart…to go to his apartment. I don't know what would have happened if you guys hadn't shown up."

Tori smiles. "That's what friends are for, right? …I'm lucky to have two good ones."

…

"Where do I put this?"

"Just set it on the corner where it won't get wet," Jade answers, prompting Beck to set the baby monitor right on the ledge of the hot tub.

Lucky for him, he pulls his long-sleeved t-shirt off just in time to see her undressing. Once he's in the water, he helps Jade—who's sporting her favorite black bikini—step inside. As soon as she's standing with him, he wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her into a long kiss. He's grateful for the lights inside the hot tub, which allow him to see her body amidst the night's sky.

"You are way too sexy for us to still be wearing swimsuits," he teases between kisses as they sit down together. When everything but their necks is under the water, Beck tugs on the tie behind her back, effectively pulling off her top. While she links her arms around his neck, he continues kissing all over her neck and chest—repeatedly telling her how beautiful she is as he does.

It's not long before any clothes they came in with are off, and they're trying (sort of) to keep the volume down so no one comes outside. It's their first time since Beck's been back, though, and they find it increasingly hard to stay quiet. After about twenty minutes and plenty of success, they draw apart and break into laughter. He pulls her onto his lap and kisses her again. "You have no idea how much I missed that."

She raises her eyebrows. "Trust me, I do."

Beck chuckles and squeezes her in close to him. "I love you, Jade Oliver."

She sighs, fully aware of the fact that he won't let her get away without saying it back. "I hate how mushy you are…but, Iloveyoutoo," she mutters.

"How did I get so lucky?"

"Your hair," Jade replies. "As much as I love you," she teases, running her hands through his thick locks that her daughter had inherited, "I think I love this hair even more." She kisses him fully on the lips, turning him on all over again. "Down, boy," she whispers into his ear before standing up in front of him. "I'll see you in the bedroom in a bit."

She quickly wraps a towel around herself, grabs her swimsuit, and slips into her snow boots to walk back inside. He watches her until he can't see her anymore, and then dips underwater to let all that has just happened sink in. The grin doesn't come off of his face until he sees another figure walking towards him. He can't make out who it is, but he quickly pulls his swim trunks on just in case.

"Hey."

"Need something?"

Andre shrugs a shoulder. "Can we talk?"

He's lucky that Beck's in a good mood after his fun with Jade. "I guess so."

Andre's sporting a hat and sweatshirt to keep him warm as he pulls his boots off and gets the bottom of his legs in the hot tub. As he sits on the ledge outside of it, he rubs his hands together to make heat. "Look… I just wanna apologize."

Beck remains stoic as he waits for Andre to continue. "It was wrong of me to try to…move in on Jade… I know she wasn't interested in anything more than friends with me, but I think we were both just kinda lonely and I took advantage of that." He takes a deep breath. "The night you came home, I… I tried to kiss her. But before you say anything, just know that it was completely impulsive and it didn't actually happen and I could tell it made her feel uncomfortable… but I was being selfish. You have no idea how sorry I am, man… I was trying to get over Tori, and Jade was there and I just…got caught up in it."

There's a long silence while Beck weighs his options of how to respond. Andre's been his best friend since freshman year, and he seems genuine about his apology. Besides, it's not as if (especially after what had just happened in this very hot tub) he and Jade are experiencing any relationship issues.

"Thanks."

Andre shifts uncomfortably on the ledge. "Thanks?"

"For being honest," Beck explains. "I knew I could count on you for that."

…

"Beck… Beck… Beck, stop it!"

He can't help but laugh as he continues kissing all over Jade's face, effectively waking her up. When Shiloh squeals from where she's standing in the pack-n-play, both of her parents turn their heads to look at her.

"Look who's awake," Beck says, rolling out of bed to get his daughter out.

"Dada!" She shrieks, eagerly reaching her arms up for Beck.

"Hi, Princess." When she's in his arms, he kisses her cheek and carries her over to the bed. As he gently tosses her onto the mattress by Jade, he makes a playful monster noise that causes Shiloh to burst into giggles.

"Mama!" She shouts, throwing herself onto Jade so that she can hug her mom.

"Good morning, Shiloh," Jade replies through a laugh. When Beck is back in the bed, he and Jade cuddle their daughter between them.

"Boo!" She yells in Jade's face, prompting her to have to pretend to be scared. When Jade fake screams, Shiloh giggles upon having "scared" her mom, and Jade can't help but laugh alongside her.

"I love your smile," Beck gushes.

"Stop it," Jade says, trying to wipe the remnants of it off of her face.

"I mean it. And I love my little girl," Beck announces as he tickles Shiloh's stomach, "for always being able to bring it out of you."

"She's my baby, Beck. Of course I'm going to smile at her."

Before Beck can respond, a shout from Shiloh takes both of their attention.

"Sa-no!" She's pointing at the window behind their bed, where flurries of snowflakes are falling outside. "Sa-no!" She exclaims again.

Beck and Jade turn around to see that it is indeed snowing. "How romantic," Beck teases before kissing his wife again. "Come on, let's go get breakfast."

When the three of them arrive in the kitchen, everyone else is already enjoying their coffee.

"You guys, uh…have fun last night?" Tori asks, looking up from the magazine she's flipping through.

Beck turns red as an inevitable smirk appears on Jade's face. "Was all that noise coming from your room?" Cat asks innocently. "I thought someone was watching a crazy movie or something…"

Robbie scratches his head awkwardly. "It was…a little loud."

"Sorry, guys," Beck mutters as he pours himself a cup of coffee.

"Oh, please. We didn't even wake Shiloh up."

"Jade," Tori counters, "you slept through a war… Your daughter's obviously the same way."

"Oops?"

"Anyways," Robbie interjects, "I figured today's a nice to take a walk. There's a light snow drizzle and some really great paths out there… If we dress warm, it could be really cool."

When everyone seems to agree, it isn't long before they're all decked out in their warm clothes and ready to take a stroll. As they walk along a path outside together—all six of them (plus Shiloh)—they enjoy the company for a little while before agreeing to split up for a while.

"I love the snow," Cat comments as she keeps a firm grip on her boyfriend's hand.

"I love you," Robbie replies before kissing her.

"Robbie," Cat giggles, "you're so silly. And, I love you too. Even more than the snow."

He smiles and continues leading her to the designated spot. "There's something I wanna show you," he says.

Cat gasps when she sees it. "A snowman! Robbie, you built me a snowman? That's so romantic!" She kisses him again before running over to it. "He's so cute! Look at his little button eyes and candy smile…and he…he has a…sparkly nose? How did you get his nose to…sparkle?"

As she touches the object in question that Robbie had used for the face, she picks it off and sets it in her hand. She can't even begin to form words, so it's a good thing when he starts to fill the silence.

"Cat… You know I've been in love with you from the second I met you… I was worried about us spending the semester apart, because I feel like we've been attached at the hip since I first asked you out three years ago. We proved everyone wrong, though… We stayed together and connected and everything was just like it had always been." He smiles at her and takes the ring from the inside of her palm.

"I know that I want to be with you for the rest of my life," he says, getting down on his left knee, "so… Caterina Valentine…will you marry me?"

As if she hadn't been expecting it, Cat gasps once again and lets her hand cover her open mouth. "Yes! Yes, I want to marry you!"

Meanwhile…

"Tori," Andre calls after his ex-girlfriend, "wait up." When she turns around to see him hurrying after her, he sees the confused look on her face. "Can I walk with you?"

"Oh," she sighs, "sure."

They're quiet for a few minutes as they walk in the snow, but Andre's first to break the silence.

"I'm really sorry that you lost the baby." Tori keeps her head down as she listens to him talking. "I'm not trying to make you feel worse about anything, but… for the ten seconds between you telling me that you were pregnant and then saying you weren't sure if it was mine, I… I was the happiest guy in the world."

She's shocked to hear his words, and she looks up to see him staring at her. "I was so in love with you, and in that moment I couldn't care less that we were nineteen… I would have given up everything for you and that baby."

Tori tries to hold her tears back as the realization of just how much she'd screwed up sinks even further in. "I'm really sorry," she chokes out. "I… I wanted the baby, and more than anything, I wanted it to be ours… You have to know that what I did with Ryder meant nothing. I was frustrated with you for dumping me and I did something stupid and it's all my fault. I'm sorry, Andre," she says, catching a tear on her cheek. "I'm really, really sorry."

He stops walking and turns her toward him, and after looking into her eyes, pulls her into a hug. As she cries into his shoulder, he runs his hand through her curls and holds her tightly. "You've always been the girl I love," he says, just loud enough for her to hear. "I'm tired of fighting and not being together... I'm tired of not being able to kiss you whenever I want… I just miss you. I've tried to fill the hole in my heart but I can't," he says as he pulls apart. "Think you can help me with that?"

Tori doesn't even have time to nod her head before they enter into a passionate kiss. They don't even care that everyone will comment on the crazy amount of PDA that'll be happening for the rest of the trip.

Meanwhile…

"Dada, sa-no!"

Beck laughs as Shiloh intentionally falls to the ground just to be surrounded by the snow. He's got his arm wrapped around Jade's body to help keep her warm, and every few minutes he kisses her lips or cheek.

"Can you believe this is our life?" He asks as they watch their daughter play in the snow.

"I think about that almost every day," Jade admits.

Beck can't help but kiss her again. "I don't mean to sound like a broken record... I just don't know how I got lucky enough to end up with a life like this... I'm nineteen and I have the most beautiful wife in the world, and an adorable daughter... Sometimes I think back to freshman year, when I was a self-absorbed, emotionless ass, and I just can't believe that—five years later—I'm a husband and a dad."

Jade leans her head on his shoulder as her way of letting him know she's proud of him. "Mama!" She hears her daughter say as she walks over to her parents. She holds up her mitten and offers them the little pile of snow she's collected, which they gladly take from her.

"Thanks, Shi," Beck says through a grin when she looks pleased with herself. "Come on, let's walk. Hold Mommy and Daddy's hands."

The giggling toddler jumps in between him and Jade before taking their hands and starting to walk. "Let's swing her," Beck suggests, to which Jade agrees. "Ready, Shi? One, two, threeee!"

On the last word, they use their arms to swing Shiloh up for a second or two before her feet land back on the ground. She's squealing repeatedly as she stomps her feet excitedly. "Ah-den!" She shouts, begging for them to do it again. "Ah-den!"

Beck kisses Jade over his daughter's head, and both of them pull back in a smile. "I'm really glad we decided to come on this trip," he says as they swing Shiloh another time.

"Yeah," Jade admits, "me too. Only because we got to have slutty hot tub sex again, though."

He grins. "Speaking of that…you up for Round Three tonight?"

Jade kinks her eyebrow. "It's a good thing she sleeps like a rock."

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope the chapter made your day a little brighter.