"Hello Princess" Chel says as Ruby runs into her almost knocking her off balance as Dave follows in behind her with her bags, Chel had always had a special bond with her youngest granddaughter, since she had been in her life since she was born, while her other three grandchildren had grown up before she met them
"Hi Chel, how was your flight?" Julie says as she walks down the hall following her daughter as she gives Chel a hug
"It was fine" Chel says as her and Julie pull apart "A two hour flight is nothing compared to the ones I use to take from India" she says referring to her flight from Queensland where she had lived since she had came back from India almost two years earlier
"So how is everything going with you Grandma?" Ruby says grining at Chel before looking back to see Julie giving her a look "What I want to catch up, it's a study break"
"What's going on?" Chel says looking at Ruby and then at Julie knowing something is up
"I have to finish up a reading list over school break" Ruby says as she gives a disgruntle look, starting in the new school year she would be attending the same private school as Nathan, being just as devoted to building herself up just like her brother
"Well I tell you what, why don't you go work on you reading list and i'll catch up with you at dinner with your brothers and sister, and i'll give you the gift I bought you" Chel says as Ruby lets out a groan before turning around walking back to her room
"So how is everything going with the rest of my grandchildren, Nathan and Sammy?" Chel says looking at Dave and Julie "Do they know the sex of my new great grandbaby yet?"
"Sammy and Nathan are doing well, and yes you are going to have another great granddaughter" Julie says as she gets up from the table taking their coffee mugs over to the sink "which Edward is convinced is a comspericey since he and Marcus are out numbered to the girls"
"Oh I've missed him, of course those precious twin's as well" Chel says smiling at them before getting up to help Julie empty the dish washer
"Well those twins are keeping Rachel and Jake pretty busy" Dave says getting up from the table to join Julie and Chel "And you will get to see them all tonight at dinner"
"Does that include Emily?" Chel says giving Julie and Dave a suspicious look, as they had mentioned Emily in emails on occasion
"Yes you'll get to meet Emily" Julie says smiling at her "And Ben's really came a long way, I havn't seen him look the way he does at Emily since Mel died"
"Well I'm just glad that he's happy, I don't say it very often but that's all I want for them and I can't wait to meet her" Chel says smiling at Julie
"So do you have any names picked out yet?" Chel says later as she sits on the couch with Sammy and Nathan as Edward giggles as he sits on her lap
"Well we're between Maddison Julie Rafter or Isabelle Harper Rafter" Sammy says looking at Chel "though we're leaning towards Maddison"
"Nanny personaly like's Maddison Julie the best" Julie says as she walks by the couch "Nathan are you okay?" she says noticing Nathan looks a little distracted
"Yea I'm fine, it's just been a long day" Nathan says looking at Julie giving her a reassuring look
"I finally got done with my reading for today" Ruby says coming into the living room as she flops into a chair near the couch
"You know sometimes I wonder what she got from me, but there I am" Nathan says with a smile as he puts his arm around Sam as he looks at Ruby "Sis I hate to break this to you, but it only gets worse, I was a nervous wreck by my last year"
"Your not helping" Ruby says giving her brother a look as Sammy also gives Nathan a look
"But I mean, it was all worth it in the end" Nathan says looking at them as he trys to defend himself
"What hole have you dug for yourself this time?" Rachel says as her and Jake come into the living room with the twins as Rachel leans over to give Chel a kiss on the cheek noticing Ruby and Sammy still looking at Nathan
"I didn't dig myself a hole, and besides it's not important" Nathan says looking at his older sister as he brushs off the situation
Later the family is sitting around the dinner table as the door opens followed by Emily coming into the kitchen holding Melissa "Sorry we're late, we had to work later" She says as she takes a breath "Carbo and Retta send their apologies, Carbo got the chance to go to a big car show for a couple days so they just made a trip of it, so we have the girls for a couple days"
"That's fine Emily, this is Ben's Grandma Chel" Julie says as Emily and Chel greet each other "So where's Ben at, and Sadie?"
"Their right behind me, but just a heads up Ben didn't have a great day at work so I wouldn't do anything to tick him off" She says as she puts Melissa down as she sits down at the table "It was Lexi's first day back at the boat club too"
"Oh Lexi wasn't the main reason for my day being bad" Ben says walking into the kitchen with Sadie as he leans over to give Chel a kiss on the cheek "But it didn't help that she not picking back up on the job very quick"
A little while later as everyone is finishing their food Chel speaks up "So while everyone is together I have a bit of news" she says as she gets concerned looks at first, with her family knowing about her past medical issues "No it's nothing bad, it's actually really good news, I've decided to sell my house in Queensland and move here" she says smiling as she continues "In fact I've already found a place"
"I didn't know you had been to see any places around here" Dave says looking at her as he stands up to start clearing some of the dishes
"Well I havn't, I teed it up from Queensland, I made an offer on a place and it's been accepted" Chel says looking at Dave and then back at the rest
"From working in real estate, you can't always go by what's on the internet" Nathan says looking at Chel "It's really better to see the place first hand"
"Well I've actually already been in it" Chel says as they all give her a confused look around the table as she hands Dave the real estate paper as Julie lets out a gasp looking at it
"What is it?" Ben says as they look at the three in curiosity
"It's our old house" Julie says looking at them "But what about the other owners?" Julie says as she gives Chel a curious look before looking back at the sheet of paper
"Well from my understanding, apperently the father got a job in another city, so they had to move" Chel says looking at them "And it has plenty of room, for everyone, and for those great grandbabies who I fully expect to see often"
"I knew we hadn't seen the last of that place" Rachel says as everyone starts celebrating Chel moving back, and her purchase of the house