Chapter 10: Timeline

Heart... swollen... can't... move... LOL But seriously though, you guys are epically awesome! I never imagined I would have such wonderful fans! I hope you continue to enjoy!

Alrighty then, again we will play the catch up game. It is six weeks later, making it mid-May. Nacho and some of his buddies sabotaged the project site without Daphne's help. This causes Wes to abandon the project and move on to Hawaii. Daphne's injuries are now completely healed. She has been grappling with a decision she must make before graduation day, which is fast approaching. Emmett has been slowly moving things over to the Kennish house to prepare for his big move. He has done well with all the changes thus far. Bay is now about 5 ½ months along, meaning she is definitely showing. She has been slowly gaining a customer base for portrait commissions and she's been making decent money at it. Emmett picked up more hours at Chrome and they are both doing well saving up money for when the babies arrive. What will happen next...

Daphne sat next to Bay and Emmett at their usual lunch table. They both watched her slam her head down on the table and then look back up at them, misery evident on her face. Bay looked over at Emmett for an explanation.

"Don't look at me," he mumbled, "she's your sister..." He then proceeded to take a sip of his drink and ignore her, playfully.

"Ha... ha... ha..." Bay responded. She looked back at Daphne and asked, "What's wrong?"

"2290. That's what's wrong."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"2290. SAT score. 22 freaking 90. 'Get a high score' they said. 'It'll help you get into a good school' they said... Well all it's done for me is give me too many damn choices! Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, all with fantastic pre-med programs! Then there's Gallaudet, which I've been dreaming about since I was a kid and Melody's new program that would allow me to stay close to everyone for a few more years... GAH!" She slumped her head into her hands and looked utterly defeated.

Bay laughed. "I'm sorry... you got into all of those schools?"

"Yeah..."

"And you're pissed because you can't decide which one to choose?"

"Yeah..." Bay literally starting slapping her leg while laughing. "What is so funny, Bay?"

Emmett waved his hand to get Daphne's attention. "It's funny because you are the only person on this planet who is mad about having too many colleges to choose from."

"Yeah. What he said..." Bay said between giggles.

Daphne's face fell. "Oh... God! You guys I'm so sorry! I wasn't even thinking about it that way! I just don't know for sure I want to be 2,000 miles away from everyone right now. I mean... Angelo's only been gone a few months, my mom is currently out of work, again, and the old neighborhood hates her guts, Melody's program is so amazing and I really want to see it get off the ground and be a part of that, and then... your babies will be here. I want to be here to see them, get to know them. How can I do that if I'm in Chicago or Baltimore or D.C.?"

Emmett looked over at Bay. He knew exactly how she felt about this subject. She did not want to be the one to keep people from their dreams and goals just because she was having babies. They had discussed it at great length the last several weeks since discovering they were having twins. The Kennish's promise of support has helped ease her mind greatly, but he could still see that she was teetering on the edge of breaking behind those lovely eyes he adored so much. He wasn't sure what else to do that would help keep her stress level down. It was beginning to take its toll on him as well.

"Hey, if you think you should go to Chicago or wherever then you should go. If that's where the best doctors are made then that's where you need to be. Don't let us influence your decision." Emmett stated, hoping that would stave off any Bay rampages.

"It's not just about you guys, though! I can become a great doctor no matter what school I go to... In fact, I've never been one for those pretentious schools anyway. What was I thinking even applying to them? I don't want to be some know-it-all doctor..."

"Aren't you already a know-it-all?" Emmett asked her, smiling.

Daphne smacked his arm.

"Emmett's right, Daphne. Go to D.C. or wherever. That's where you should be." Before anyone could say anything to her, she stood up, rather quickly in her inflated state, and stormed off. For a girl who was over five months pregnant she could really move when she wanted to. When Emmett finally caught up to her, she was leaning against her locker, crying.

She looked up at him when she saw him approaching. He took both of his hands and gently wiped away at her tears. When her dark eyes came up to meet his own, he felt a shiver run up his spine. From the moment they had met she had affected him that way. But he hated seeing her so upset. Gently, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down the hallway.

Waving her other hand at him, Bay asked, "What are you doing?"

"Getting you out of here."

"But what about school?"

"Fuck it. You need a break," he said as he pushed open the doors that led to the student parking lot.

Bay allowed him to ease her into the passenger side of her own car and watched as he climbed into the drivers seat and peeled out of the parking lot at an almost dangerous speed. After a few minutes, she just sat back in the seat, closed her eyes, and allowed the wind to whip across her face, through her hair, through her very soul to take away all the fear and doubt, atleast for a while.

Soon, she felt them coming to a stop. She opened her eyes to see him staring at her. "What?" she asked.

"Nothing. You're just so beautiful."

"Yeah. Right," was her sarcastic reply.

He rolled his eyes at her then opened the door. "C'mon. I have a surprise for you."

She looked at him quizzically but followed anyway.

Emmett stood in her way talking the whole time. "I was going to wait until graduation to show this to you. It's not finished yet but I thought it might cheer you up if you saw it..."

"Emmett, what are you talking..."

Bay never got to finish her sentence because as they rounded a corner it came into view. What stood before her was an abandoned warehouse. But this wasn't just any abandoned ware house. This warehouse was special. This warehouse had their new timeline on it. All of the old events were there, first meet June 2011, first kiss September 2011 and so on through the cheating and Bk + EB Forever, but then it continued.

"Catfishing made it?" She asked him when she saw 'Emmett gets catfished'.

"It led me back to you," was his simple response.

The next event made her want to cry all over again. 'E+B create 2 new beautiful lives'. The line continued but it wasn't complete. She looked back at him. "What's the next event?"

Emmett took her hand and pulled her back to sit in the car. "Can't tell you." He finally said. "Won't be a surprise if I do."

Bay glared at him with fake pursed lips. She watched as he leaned in and kissed those lips. When he pulled away she looked at him with a slight angry glare in her eyes. "How could you possibly want to kiss me when I look like this..." she gestured at her protruding belly.

"Bay, you're always beautiful to me. I always want to kiss you." He smiled and kissed her again to punctuate his statement.

Somehow, in that moment, nothing else mattered to Bay. Not her eminent graduation, not her whole life plan going out the window the moment she slept with Emment, not the over dramatic hormones coursing through her body, not her constant worry over what could possibly be wrong with her children. The only thing that mattered was her and Emmett, now, in eachother's arms and so in love.

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