"When did we get here?" Olivia asked opening her eyes and turning her body toward Elliot.

"This morning," Elliot smiled, "You didn't even wake up when I carried you in."

Olivia chuckled, "I guess I was pretty tired."

"I guess you were," he agreed, "We should get up though. We have reservations for brunch."

Olivia groaned and wipe her eyes with the back of her hand, "I haven't had brunch since we first started dating."

"Me either."

Elliot smiled stupidly at the memory. It was they day he realized he was in love with Olivia and they had gone to lunch because they had the day of from work. When they got there they both ended up ordering breakfast so they decided they would call it brunch. He could remember the smell of the sweet syrup from Olivia's pancakes and the smell of grease from the bacon that rested on his tray.

"I'll go wake Julie up," Olivia said pushing the covers off of her and climbing out of bed. "You take longer than I do to get ready anyways."

She walked up the stairs to the room where Julie was staying in and pushed the door open gently. She smiled at the bittersweet moment in front of her. Julie was lying with the blanket half on her and halfway to the floor and she was sprawled out all over the bed. Olivia remembered when her and Elliot had spent their first night with Julie.

"She's so beautiful," Olivia said with happy tears in her eyes, "I can't believe she's actually here."

Elliot reached his arm around Olivia's waist and pulled her closer to him as they peered over the baby crib and watching as the tiny little girl slept.

"We did it," Elliot said kissing her temple, "We did it."

"I don't think I've ever been happier," Olivia said with the first tear streaming steadily down her cheek.

"I think our lives turned around for the better," Elliot whispered, "So much better."

"Like they say, life begins at 40."

"Neither one of us are quite there yet," he said, "We still have about five years."

"She's perfect," Olivia said turning her attention back to Julie, "Absolutely perfect."

Elliot smiled and turned his head so he could get a good view of Olivia's expression when he said, "Just like you."

"Mom?" Julie mumbled bringing Olivia back to reality, "What are you doing?"

"Uh, nothing," Olivia smiled, "I was just coming to wake you up. Time to get ready for brunch."

Julie yawned and stretched her arms above her head before swinging her feet over the side of the bed and stretching again, "I'll be down in a second."

When Olivia got back downstairs Elliot was brushing his teeth and she walked up next to him by the sink with her hair brush in hand.

"I'm the one who takes forever?" Elliot teased.

"Uh-huh."

Olivia took the brush to her hair and ran it through one time before stopping and dropping the brush to the floor. Elliot saw what happened and he wasn't quite sure what to say.

"I wasn't expecting to lose it so soon," she said staring at the hair that was now lying in the sink, "It was just getting long again."

"It's just hair," Elliot said trying to lift her spirits a little, "It'll grow back."

Olivia sighed and sat down on the toilet seat. "I can't go like this to a fancy place," she said, "What am I suppose to do now?"

Julie, who was now sitting on the steps with her hair up neatly in a half pony tail and a nice dress on, had heard the conversation her parents were having. She knew how much her mother loved her hair, she talked about it a lot. She also didn't think about how hard it was for a woman to lose her hair. Her hair was a part of what made her her.

"Mom," Julie said slowly walking to the bathroom, "I want to shave my head."

Olivia and Elliot both gave Julie stunned looks, "Jules," Olivia said , "You don't have to do that. You love your long hair."

"I love you more," she said choking on her words, "I want to do it. Please."

"I can't let you do that," Olivia insisted, "I'll be fine."

"I want to," Julie argued, "Dad?"

Elliot bowed his head, not wanting to get in the middle of it.

"How about we just fix Mom's hair up really pretty? That way nobody will even know."

Julie smiled, "Okay."

Elliot and Julie carefully pieced Olivia's hair up into a clip and it looked as fancy as ever.

"I like it," Olivia smiled into the mirror, "And I adore the people who did it."

Elliot looked down at his watch to see that it was a quarter passed ten, "We better get on the road," he said, "Don't want to get lost on the way and miss our time slot."

When they arrived at the place for brunch just on the skirts of town, the waiter was all smiles and helped them to their table. He took their orders and told them that their food would be out right away. Olivia was always one for a light breakfast, especially since she had been on chemo again. She settled for the meal that came with two plane pieces of toast, some potatoes, and a piece of ham. She didn't plan on eating the ham though because she didn't know if she could keep it down. She would give it to Elliot and he could add it to his pile of ham and potatoes. Julie was the last one to take her order and she was always so indecisive when it came between choosing things. She ended up settling on the same thing as Olivia.

"This is nice," Olivia said after the waiter had brought out their plates, "To not have to worry about work or anything."

"It is nice," Elliot added, "So I was thinking after here we could go walk on the trails behind the cabin?"

"That sounds nice," Olivia said taking a sip of her coffee.

Julie was quiet.

"What do you think Jules?" Olivia asked.

Julie shrugged, "I don't want to," she mumbled.

Olivia and Elliot were both surprised by Julie's answer. Usually she loved to do things outdoors with them.

"Why not?" Elliot asked.

She shrugged again, "I just don't want to."

"There's got to be a reason, Sweetie."

Julie shook her head no as she dragged her fork around the potatoes that had yet to be touched on her plate.

"Julie, what's wrong?" Olivia asked.

Julie looked up from her plate and her eyes were turning pink and glossy, "I don't want to make memories."

Olivia took a deep breath, "What are you talking about?"

"I thought about it last night," she explained, "Why we came up here during winter break and why you were both willing to let me miss some school. You want to make happy memories," she said choking on her words, "But we don't need to do that because you aren't going to die."

Now Olivia understood where Julie was coming from. "You want to take this one?" she asked Elliot.

Elliot wiped his mouth with a napkin and cleared his throat before he started talking. "Your mother and I wanted to come up here because we thought it would be a good place to spend Christmas. Somewhere away from the city. We thought you would have a good time."

"I am," Julie said.

Olivia smiled, "Then that's all that matters."