The audience roars with applause as the doors to the time clock at the back of the stage slide open and both Jade and her co-star, Ava, run forward to take their final bows at curtain call. Tickets to this show in particular had been a hot commodity and sold for hundreds of dollars each. After all, it was Jade West Oliver's final performance as Elphaba after a year of playing the part, and the theater community could barely stand to see her go.

Jade stands to the side and allows Ava to take her bow, and when Ava motions for Jade to take hers, the applause inside the theater seem to multiply by almost a thousand. Both women look at each other and laugh, Jade because she thinks its absolutely ridiculous how much attention she's getting, and Ava because she thinks it's absurd that her co-star doesn't feel worthy of the praise she absolutely deserves. Ava was the third actress to play the Glinda to Jade's Elphaba and even though they had only spent about three months opposite of each other, she is amazed at just how much talent Jade possesses.

"Mom!" Jade hears a voice yell

She looks down to see Valerie at her feet, wrapping her small arms tightly around her legs.

"How'd you get out here?" Jade grins, picking Valerie up and resting her on her hip

"Look!" Valerie points off-stage

Jade turns to see Beck walking towards her with a very large bouquet of flowers in his arms with a huge smile plastered across his face. The presence of both Jade's husband and daughter earns a chorus of 'aw's and 'oh my god's from the already enthusiastic audience, but when Beck steps forward and presses a kiss to Jade's lips before placing the flowers in her free arm, everyone in the room loses their mind.

"I'm so proud of you!" Beck says to her loudly, trying his best to be heard over the noise

"What?" Jade laughs

"I said, I'm proud of you!" He repeats

Jade doesn't know how to respond, she's never been great at taking compliments from anyone, so she smiles and kisses him again. They both wave to the audience, and show Valerie how to as well. Eventually, the curtain begins to close and Jade's time as Elphaba officially comes to a close.

"That was really loud." Valerie remarks as Jade passes her back to Beck

"Yeah?" Jade chuckles "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Valerie shrugs "They just really like you."

"Mommy is pretty good at what she does, huh?" Beck asks the little girl

"Oh, she's very good." Valerie agrees, causing both Beck and Jade to laugh

The three of them exit the stage and head back to Jade's dressing room. A few of her co-stars stop to hug her and congratulate her and say goodbye, and finally she's able to change and take off her green make-up. There's a bittersweet feeling in Jade's heart as they leave her dressing room and turn off the lights. She'll be back in the morning to collect all of her things , but never again will she sit in the makeup chair and transform into the character that had become almost a part of her.

They're met at the stage door with hundreds of fans and paparazzi just like every performance. Valerie hides her face in Beck's shoulder, as she's been instructed to do when she catches a stranger trying to take her picture, while Jade signs Playbills and takes pictures with as many people as she possibly can. Eventually though, she does have to leave. It's getting late and Valerie is up way past her bedtime, so security ushers all three of them into a waiting car and closes the door behind them.

"Where to guys?" Their driver asks them

"Home, please." Beck tells him, carefully placing Valerie into her carseat

"Sure thing."

It's about a fifteen minute drive to their home in Tribeca, just long enough for Valerie to fall fast asleep. Beck and Jade talk about the performance in hushed voices, careful not to wake her up. When they arrive home, Beck thanks the driver and runs ahead to unlock the door while Jade unbuckles Valerie from her carseat and carries her inside.

"Mommy?" She says groggily

"Shhhh..." Jade rubs her back gently "We're home now, it's time for bed."

"Okay..."

Valerie is barely conscious as Jade changes her out of the dress she had been wearing and into a pair of pajamas. The little girl crawls right into bed with no arguments, and Jade kneels down on the floor next to her bed to say goodnight.

"I love you, Valerie." She smiles, brushing her daughter's curls out of her face

"I love you too." Valerie yawns "See ya in the morning?"

"Of course." Jade assures her, pressing a kiss to her forehead before standing up "Sweet dreams."

She creeps out of Valerie's room quietly, closing the door behind her before making her way into the master bedroom to meet Beck.

"God, I'm so tired!" She exclaims, walking into her closet to shed her street clothes and change into a pair of pajamas

"I can imagine." Beck chuckles "It's a good tired though, right?"

"Definitely." Jade answers

By the time she's finished changing, he's already in bed. So she turns out the lights and climbs in next to him, laying on her side so the two of them are facing each other.

"You think you're going to miss it?" He asks her

"I will for sure." She sighs "But nothing lasts forever, right? It was time for me to go."

"Wasn't there a guy who played the phantom for like ten years?" Beck chuckles "If you want to stay, Jade. I'm sure they'd love to keep you."

"I'm sure they would." She rolls her eyes with a smile "But it's time to give someone else a turn. And it's time for me to move on to something else too."

"Oh yeah?" He raises an eyebrow at her

"Yeah."

"Tell me..." He smirks, wrapping an arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him "What's next for Jade West Oliver?"

"I think some time at home would be nice." Jade smiles as her husband kisses her neck

"I like that idea a lot."

"Me too." Jade laughs, grabbing her husband's hand "Hey Beck?"

"Hm?"

"I'm pregnant."

"What?" He's suddenly alert, a huge grin plastered across his face "Really?"

"Really." She nods "Six weeks."

"That's amazing!" Beck exclaims, pressing a kiss to her lips "We're going to have a baby!"

"Yeah we are."

"God, I love you so much." He tells her

"I love you too."

"Are you sure they're both brothers?" Valerie sighs, resting her chin on Jade's stomach

"Yeah, I'm sure." Jade chuckles, running a hand through her daughter's hair to brush the curls out of her face "I'm sorry, baby."

"It's okay."

Jade and Beck lay on top of their bed with Valerie in between them. Jade's shirt is rolled up to her chest, exposing her stomach but still covering everything else. When they had gone to Jade's first doctor's appointment and found out they were actually expecting two babies instead of one, they had been a little scared at first but with time grew more and more excited about the idea of having three children. Valerie was excited too, she really wanted a little sister more than anything. She told Beck and Jade that she was hoping both babies would be girls, so she could have two sisters but if one of them had to be a boy 'then that would be okay too, I guess'.

They had been to the doctor's earlier that day and much to Valerie's dismay, her parents would be welcoming twin boys in a few months. Both Beck and Jade are thrilled though. Beck because after almost four years of being outnumbered he was finally going to have not one son but two, and Jade because she knows that being the only females in the house, at least for the time being, will only help her bond with Valerie grow that much stronger. She worries that if she were to have a daughter that is biologically hers, Valerie would feel as if she would love that daughter more than her, even though it certainly would not be the case. Besides, they've already had a baby girl, and she wants to experience what its like to raise a boy...or two boys, in their case.

"It won't be so bad, bug." Jade assures her daughter "Besides, when the babies come you and I are going to have to stick together, we'll be outnumbered."

"What does that mean?"

"It means there will be more boys in this house than girls." Beck explains "Mommy is going to need you, believe me."

"Yeah, I might go crazy." Jade chuckles

"Don't worry, Mommy." Valerie tells her "I got your back."

"Thank you, Val." Jade chuckles, kissing the top of her daughter's head "Oh! Here you go, put your hand right here."

Valerie had been waiting very patiently all evening to get to feel one of her brothers kick. She thought it felt weird but always loves when Jade gives her the opportunity to feel. It helps her solidify the fact that the babies are actually there, even though she can't see them.

"That's weird!" Valerie shrieks, pulling her hand away

"Imagine how I feel." Jade chuckles, rolling her shirt down "They don't like to sleep much."

"It's because it's always dark in there." Beck whispers to Valerie, making her giggle "They get confused."

"Was I confused too?" Valerie asks "Did I sleep normal?"

"Uh..." Beck hesitates, looking to Jade

They knew this day would come eventually, it was only a matter of time. They're still not entirely sure how to address it either. But they know they can't just lie, that wouldn't be fair to anyone. They made a promise to Cat that they would be honest from the very beginning, that her daughter would know who she was.

"Y'know...kiddo, I'm not really sure." Jade tells her "You didn't grow in my belly, you grew in someone else's."

"Really?" Valerie scrunches her nose up "Why?"

"Do you want me to-"

"No, I can do it." Jade assures her husband "You see, Val...when I was a few years older than you, I met a very, very nice little girl named Caterina and-"

"Caterina is my middle name!"

"Yes it is. I'm getting there." Jade smiles "Caterina liked to be called Cat and-"

"Meow!"

"Aright Val." Beck pulls Valerie into his lap "Let's listen to Mommy tell her story okay, you can ask her questions when she's finished."

Jade mouths a quick 'thank you' to her husband before continuing her Valerie-friendly explanation.

"Cat was my very best friend for my whole life. And one day...a few months after Daddy and I got married actually...Cat found out she had a baby in her tummy, just like I do. Except she only had one, not two. And she was so excited to meet that baby, but there was an accident and she had to go to heaven before she could."

"Did the baby go to heaven too?" Valerie asks

"No." Jade shakes her head, brushing a tear away from her eyes "The baby was healthy and perfect and beautiful, she just didn't have anyone to take care of her...so me and Daddy said that we would, that we would take care of her."

"You're the baby, Val..." Beck adds quietly

"So...I didn't grow in your tummy?" Valerie asks after a few quiet moments "I grew in your friend's tummy?"

"That's right."

"But she went to heaven...so I never met her?"

"No, but I really wish you could have." Jade sighs "She would have loved you, and you would've loved her."

"Mommy, you're not going to go to heaven when my brothers are born, are you?" Valerie begins to cry "Because I don't want you too!"

"No no no, sweetie. No." Jade assures her "No, I'm not going anywhere. I promise."

"Yeah, don't worry about that kiddo." Beck wraps his arms around the little girl and hugs her tightly "Like Mommy said, Cat was in an accident, that's why she went to heaven. Not because she had a baby."

"O-okay." Valerie stammers

"C'mere, baby." Jade opens her arms

Valerie crawls off of Beck's lap and into Jade's. Jade wraps her arms around the little girl and hugs her as tight as she can, kissing the top of her head softly. This isn't exactly how she had imagined having this conversation, but there's only so much she can say without confusing or frightening Valerie. They'll tell her more as she gets older, not just about how she was adopted but about how amazing her birth mother was as well.

"Listen to me, Valerie Caterina Oliver." Jade says softly to her "Daddy and I love you so so much, it doesn't matter if you grew in my tummy or not. You are our baby girl, and nothing is going to change that ever. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Valerie sniffles "I understand."

"Don't leave me out!" Beck exclaims as he crawls across the bed, wrapping both his wife and daughter up in a tight hug "I want some love too."

"Oh, so much love!" Jade laughs "Are you okay, bug?"

"I'm okay." Valerie nods "Thank you for taking care of me."

"Thank you for letting us." Beck tells her "We love you."

"I love you too." Valerie smiles "Can we watch Moana now?"

"Yes." Jade laughs, looking from Valerie to Beck "Of course."