I was hit with the urge to update this since it's been a little while since I last touched it and all.

As always: THANKS!

On I go...


It was now three months later- fourth Saturday in February. Katherine and Rocky'd gotten married, as planned, in November, Caitlin was currently being handled by the proper authorities, Katherine had been working as a receptionist for the last couple months and Rocky and Katherine'd discovered they would be greeting a baby daughter in two months. Life'd been going pretty well.

On this particular morning, Rocky was in the kitchen, preparing a scrumptious breakfast for his wife and himself. Katherine was still sleeping as far as he knew. He began whistling as he flipped the pancakes. 'Maybe we should go out to lunch today. To that place that just opened up in Reefside,' he thought.

"Morning," a sleepy-sounding, feminine voice said from behind him.

He turned and smiled. "Morning, ballerina."

She smiled and made her way up to the stove. "Smells wonderful."

"Wouldn't settle for anything less," he said- causing her to chuckle. "Now, why don't you take a seat and let me finish making this amazing meal?"

"I could help-" she began.

"Or you could sit down. Personally, I like option B," he said, winking.

"Yes, Your Greatness," she said, giving him a mock salute. Then, she turned and headed to the table. She looked around the room after sitting down and a sigh of contentment escaped her lips. "Rocky, I know I've said this a lot lately, but... I am so happy. About everything. It feels like it's all... just right. Like it's the way it's supposed to be."

"I hear ya. It's like... the puzzle's complete now. Well, actually, it won't really be complete until my little princess makes her first appearance," Rocky said.

"Speaking of the little princess, what are we gonna name her?" Katherine asked.

"Your department, Mrs. D," he said.

She smirked. "Typical. Guys have it so easy. You all have key phrases that can get you out of doing pretty much anything."

"Ain't it the greatest?" he quipped.

Katherine rolled her eyes and laughed, then, sighed again and sat back. A thoughtful expression appeared on her pretty face. "Names, names, names. Let's see now..." Her eyes lit up several moments later. "How about Karina?"

"It's pretty- just like she's gonna be- so... Karina it is," he said.

"Great. Now, middle names," Katherine said.

"That-" he began.

"Is my department. I've heard," she said, smirking at the back of her husband's head. "Rose. Karina Rose DeSantos."

"Nice ring to it," he said, nodding.

"Definitely. I think this is probably the fastest anyone's picked out a name for their kid," Katherine said with a laugh. He laughed in agreement. Sometime later, the couple were sitting at the table, eating the delicious breakfast. Katherine looked up. "I love you."

Rocky's head snapped up. He wasn't really shocked since things had been feeling different between them for awhile now. But to actually hear the words... wow.

"And I'm sure you know that I'm not just talking friendship. I'm in love with you. I'm so in love with you," Katherine said seriously. It really felt good to hear herself say the words. It made her feel almost giddy. She loved Rocky.

He put his fork down and smiled at her. "I'm so in love with you, too, Kat." Then, he pushed his chair back, stood and walked over to her. She looked up, he leaned down and they shared a deep kiss. They grinned at each other when it ended. "I love my wife and she loves me. Somebody contact the media," he said- causing her to laugh.


"You really didn't like the place?" Rocky said several hours later.

"I really didn't," Katherine replied.

The two of them were walking down an aisle in the supermarket- with Rocky pushing the shopping cart. They'd had lunch at the new place in Reefside almost an hour earlier- both had different opinions of it.

"Kat, did an invisible alien steal your sense of taste before we got there or something?" Rocky said, laughing.

She laughed as well. "I should be asking you that! That burger was horrible. So were those fries. And the lemonade tasted like dishwater."

"I don't get it. My food was pretty decent," he said.

"Maybe they liked you better," Katherine teased.

"Like you can blame 'em. I'm more delightful than you," he said, mock serious.

"Not even in a dream, Rockford," she said, her eyes dancing. He laughed. "Cereal. We need cereal," she said, nodding.

"And pickles. Ice cream, chips, strawberries, soda, frozen pizza, cookies, brownies-" Rocky was saying.

"Or we could just find the owner and make him an offer on the store," Katherine joked.

"Best idea I've heard in weeks," Rocky said before kissing her cheek.

"I love your insanity, Rocky. Keep it," she said, looping her arm through his.

"Whatever m'lady desires," he said as they turned a corner. "You know, to tell the truth, buying a grocery store is a pretty good idea. We should do it one day. Or we could just build our own. That'd be sweet. I mean, think about it. We'd always-"

Suddenly, Katherine stopped in her tracks. "Rocky!"

He stopped as well and looked at her in concern. "Are you all right? Is it the baby?"

"No. No. I just... I thought I saw..." Katherine's voice trailed off.

"What?" he asked.

She looked at him. "Cait. I thought I saw Cait. I know it's silly, but-"

"It's not silly. It's natural. The woman tried to ruin our lives and she's nuts," he said. "You can't just completely forget about her. I'm sure there are gonna be plenty of times where we think we see her, but, we've gotta remember that she's being taken care of."

"You're right. You're absolutely right," Katherine said. She knew that Caitlin wasn't exactly available to cause any trouble for them at the moment.

"Yeah. She's outta our lives and, hopefully, she'll get the help she needs," he said.

"I actually miss ditzy Cait. She was kinda annoying, but, that's a hundred times better than psychotic," Katherine said, shaking her head.

"You got that right. I'd take- wait a second," he said, his eyes widening.

"What is it?" Katherine asked.

"I think we're both seeing things now!" he said, then, headed off before he could stop himself. Katherine frowned, but, followed her husband. She gasped when they reached a brunette woman.

"It is her!" Katherine exclaimed. The woman blinked.

"What are you doing out?" Rocky demanded.

"Huh?"

"You're not supposed to be out! Not now!" Katherine said, her own eyes wide now.

"What the hell are you talk-"

"Forget it," Rocky snapped. "I can't believe this!"

"What are you guys- a couple of loons or something? Get away from me."

"You just stay away from us," Katherine snapped.

"No problem there, Blondie."

"What did you do, Cait? Huh? How'd you manage to get out?" Rocky demanded.

"Cait? Oh, my- this happens all the time, but, it'll never stop being annoying."

"What are you talking about?" Rocky and Katherine asked in unison.

"I'm not Cait. I'm Stacy- her twin sister."