Chapter 10

Juli stood in front of George's grave. They had buried him yesterday. It had been almost three years since her and Ted had gotten married. As a man of his word nothing had changed between the two of them. The problem was even though she knew this was coming her heart still felt broken.

"I'm trying to go on but it's so hard my love. I didn't realize how much it would actually hurt." She wiped her tears. "Everytime I look at Stewie I see you and I start crying all over again. You gave me so much that even when I said thank you it wasn't enough. Ted's been great he's been everything you said he would be. Stewie miss you. He keeps asking where you are. I don't know how to explain it to him, so for no I just change the subject because he still sits in the window waiting for you to rid home on your motorcycle." She paused and wiped her nose and eyes. "I'm not even sure talking to you here that you can hear me but it's the only place I can come and talk to you where it's just you and I. I guess you could say I miss that the most. Our time. When you made me feel like you and I were the only ones that existed in the whole world. I love you, George and I will love you until the day I die. Muah!"

A few months later…

"Mommy when is daddy coming home?" Stewie asked her.

"He'll be home in a few hours honey."

"No, mommy, I mean my first daddy."

She looked at her son, "Come and sit on mommy's lap Stewie." He crawled into her lap and gave her his full attention. "Stewie, daddy, well daddy died."

"Oh, so he went to heaven?"

"In a sense, yes dear," she said nodding. "See daddy was very sick for a long, long time and he was called home."

"So, I won't ever see him again?"

She pointed at his heart. "Daddy will always be in your heart and as long as he is there he will always be close to you."

"Mommy, I don't ever want to forget daddy. Can you make sure that you always remind me of him?"

"She kissed her sons forehead and pulled him into her arms. "I won't ever let you forget him just like I won't ever forget him. I will think of him every time I look at you."

Two years later…

"Baby?"

"Yes, Ted?"

"Why are you so beautiful?"

She blushed. She hadn't blushed like that since George use to say that to her. "Thanks." She said quietly.

He tilted her chin up so that their eyes connected. "Why are you blushing?"

"I don't know."

"You've never blushed like that before when I've told you that. Why is it different now?"

"Ted, I love you."

"Well, I love you too but you tell me that all the time."

Juli knew it was because what George told her was happening. She did love Ted. She loved Ted for who he was and it was all different from how she felt about George. "It's hard to explain."

"Why don't you try me?" he asked her.

She kissed him softly on his lips and he pulled her into his arms hugging her tightly. Just then she heard George's voice loud and clear in her head. "I told you I'm always right." She smiled at the sound of his voice. How she had missed it. "I know." She replied to him. "I love you George." "And I love you too Juli."

"Mom! Dad!" Stewie yelled coming into the room.

"Yes dear?" Juli said pulling away from Ted to look at her son.

"There is a new Batman movie coming out."

"That's awesome," Ted said excitedly. "Guess we'll have to go see it."

"We can? Yes!" he yelled excitedly running back into his room.

"He's so much like George," Ted said.

"I know," Juli said nodding in agreement.

"It's him, isn't it?"

"What?" she asked looking at him surprised.

"George. He really is Stewie's father, isn't he?

She nodded because it was the right thing to do even if he walked away from her.

"I'm not mad. I've had it figured out for a long time. I was always jealous of him even though I tried to hide it very well."

"I never had any idea," she said looking at him intently.

"Everytime you looked at him it was never the way you looked at me. Until tonight that is. When you blushed you looked at me the way you use to look at him."

"Ted, I-"

He cut her off with a finger on her lips. "It's fine. I don't want to know full details or an explanation. I love you, Juli, with all my heart and I've always looked past all of it waiting for the moment when you looked at me that way because that was when I would know that you fully let me into your heart," he kissed her cheek.

She smiled. "I love you too. I honestly do. Thank you."

"For what?" he asked confused.

"Not walking out on me when you realized."

"Baby, I would never ever. You're stuck with me." He smiled. "Unless you want me to call Cody."

"For what?"

"Oh you know, I was going to let him have you."

"Pffttt, that'll never happen," she smirked. "I kind of like you harassing me."

"Yeah, I figured you would. Since George isn't around to do it anymore."

She threw her arms around him and held her tightly to him. "I miss him every day. Every time I look at Stewie."

"I know you do. Honestly, I miss him too. I may have been jealous of him but he was still a great guy."

She kissed Ted's cheek as the tears poured out of her eyes. He let her cry in his arms. He let the woman that he loved cry because sometimes you may love someone show is very important to you but sometimes there is someone around the corner that will love you just as much as the other person but in completely different ways.

THE END