It had been a few days since Emma had made it known to Zack she wanted a divorce, with the help of Sami and Bayley she had sat down Tenille and Matthew and told them what she was doing it as well as explaining her reasons for doing it. To her surprise they had taken it better than she thought they would, both of her teenagers remaindering her they weren't little children any more but almost adults. They had hugged her shortly after, collecting their new house keys and heading upstairs. Tenille had mentioned in the previous week she was going to go out with Alex, Morgan and Phil, where as Matthew had arranged the gaming session with some of the others he called friends.
At this moment in time Emma was with her solicitor going through the details of the divorce. She had informed them she hadn't tried marriage counselling nor did she see the point of it, as he marriage was broken beyond repair since her husband had a mistress for the last fifteen years, effectively living a second secret life. Angelina her Solicitor has listened to her and informed her of several details, including the potential scenario that she would have to compromise with Zack on a few things. She had however got the divorce papers Emma had requested sending them over to her, she knew Emma wanted to hand them over to Zack on her own face to face. An act she intended on doing today.
She had his new address since she hadn't stopped either Tenille or Matthew from seeing their father, she loved them more than anything and knew they should be the ones to choose whether they seen him or not, a choice they appeared to be thankful for as she had tried to keep them out of it as much as possible. Considering the talks over who would get what quickly turned from simple to messy. Tenille figuring all her mother wanted was to be happy, by now having figured her father had done more damage than good when he never told her he was unhappy with their relationship and instead decided to lead a secret life. For that reason alone Tenille had wrote a letter to her father and hand delivered it to him, making her decision known to stick with her mother.
"Zack" called Emma, she had entered the apartment block he was now living in, noticing it was in a run down part of town. She was currently stood outside his door, knowing full well he was now living with his mistress and son. It wasn't long before he answered the door, a small smile on his lips at seeing her there, he though he knew why she was there, but that all turned to dust when she handed him a thick sealed brown envelope. "The divorce papers, read through them and sign them, if you don't like something in there then have someone contact me. The sooner this is over with the sooner you can marry you mistresses and I can put my life back together and move on" added Emma informing him of what was in there and what to do if he didn't like something in there. She turned on her heels after that and walked back down the stairs she had walked up to get to the apartment door in the first place. Zack on the other hand looked at the envelope in his hands and to where Emma had walked, for the first time realising she was serious about the divorce.
"Was that your wife?" asked Laurel, she had been in one of the other rooms when Zack had answered the door, she soon seen him nod to her question. "What did she want?" again asked Laurel presuming she had come to tell Zack he could go home, so she was slightly surprised when he held up the envelope the other blond had given him before she had walked away. It was clear to Zack, Laurel didn't have a clue what it was he was holding up or the reason why Emma had dropped by in the first place.
"She hand delivered the divorce papers. Saying to read over and sign them, if I don't like something in there then have someone contact her about it. Looks like we are going to be stuck here for a while and Lance is going to have to continue taking two buses to school" responded Zack, revealing things weren't going to go how the pair of them had hoped and Emma wasn't gonna let him back in the house any time soon if ever. He could remember how happy he was when Laurel had moved to Tampa with their son Lance just to be closer to him, he had promised then they would live together in the house he shared with current wife but he could see that wasn't going to be as easy as he thought. He could see now he was going to have a fight on his hands. "This isn't gonna go to well. My daughter hates me, I haven't heard from Matthew since Emma informed him of the divorce, I'm fairly sure Lance is pissed that he left everything he knew to come here and nothing is how he expected it" spoke Zack after a few minutes of silence between Laurel and himself, she knew he was right although she didn't say anything about it.
At this moment in time, Becky was with Finn and Sheamus, at Jefferson High where her youngest with Finn was currently getting ready for the small kind of theatre show. As a whole the class he was part of had decided to do a theatre performance to raise money for a charity of their choosing along with doing cake sales and other things such as a fun fair. The fun fair had taken place the day before hand and the cake sale a long with the theatre performance was set for the afternoon. There was two different performances to take place, one the boys had chosen to do, the other what the girls had decided upon. Prince smiled when he thought of his parents reaction to the boys one, as it was something that was a big part of their lives and his own.
"Welcome everyone to Jefferson High Theatre afternoon and cake sales. Everyone of the students here would like to thank you for purchasing the tickets and attending this special afternoon. These students have been rehearsing for this since they decided on at the start of the school term. As you have been informed the girls have created and written their own musical performance and the boys have found something they had in common and turned theirs into a tribute to those who have inspired them. All money raised over the last two days will be donated to Connor's Cure a charity all of them together chose. Thank you" spoke Mrs Allen the school's headmistress, she knew part of the boys one would stick with some of them, just as she smiled when she seen one or both parents of each child in attendance as well as some of them with camera's ready to film the entire event.
Shortly after the lights went down, and the girls come on stage. Each of them dressed as Disney, Pixar and Marvel characters, there was even Padme Amidala and Princess Leia among them. As a group they bowed and then returned backstage before the music began. The girls dressed as Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty appeared, singing along to the song that played in the background, while trying to remember the steps they had rehearsed for the dance. Some of the boys dressed as the Prince's appeared too, making the performance all the more special. Shortly after they went of stage, another two girls come on, this time dresses as Mulan, Ariel, Belle and Merida appeared, each with smiles on their faces, and each singing their song, well acting as if they were the life like versions of the Disney Princesses. The music soon turned to the Star Wars theme, the girl dressed as Princess Leia come out with two boys one dressed as Han Solo and the other as Luke Skywalker, as the music continued a girl dressed as Padme appeared as did another one as Rey. Prince appeared dressed as Anakin Skywalker, where as two of his classmates appeared as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kylo Ren. The show come to an end with all the girls stood together to sing the final song they had prepared, while the boys got ready for their own show. The girls finished off with We Are One from Lion King.
Sheamus smiled as he watched the show, clapping with the rest of the parents when the girls left the stage bowing before they did. They had done a cross over show with all the things they could think of for Disney. Finn whistled as he knew the boys performance was next, and how much Prince was looking forward to it. He smiled during the girls one as he had seen his son as his favourite Star Wars character. Anakin Skywalker. Becky had tears in her eyes but mainly because she remembered some of the things Stephan and Britini did when they raised money during their final year of junior school. There was a short break so adults could get refreshments and the boys could finish yet ready if they needed to. When the parents returned Mrs Allen the headmistress was once again on the stage a small smile on her lips.
"So the next performance is by the boys of the year, with some of the girls making a few appearances here and there. They have decided to do theirs on wrestling, each of them dressing up as a wrestler who inspired them" spoke Mrs Allen before walking of the stage and once again taking her seat. She watched as the boys come out, taking a bow like some of the girls did, they turned to the side and waved for someone else to come on stage as well, the girls joined them shortly after also dressed as a professional wrestler. The lights went down once more leaving only three on stage when the lights focused on the stage.
"Ambrose" spoke one of the boys in swat gear, complete with the shield dog tags around his neck. "Rollins" added the boy next to him, like the other dressed in swot uniform with the dog tags and appearing to hold a dummy hand held camera. "Reigns" continued the final boy, dressed as the others but having a long black wig on to complete his look. "Welcome to the Shield of Justice" added the last boy before doing a roar, trying to impersonate the man he was dressed like. "Nobody ever said justice was free" spoke the first boy, where as the middle one kind of game the evil to the camera. They soon disappeared from the stage, where as a few other boys replaced them, one of them had fake tattoos on his arms and chest, another had his haired gelled upwards in a Mohawk type of style, where as another joined up on the make shift ring and the other did party dances.
Becky couldn't help but chuckle when she noticed who each of them were impersonating. The first three were Dean, Seth and Roman, where as these four appeared to be Punk, Sheamus, Sami and Adrian. The boys acted as if they were in a wrestling match, with another acting like a referee. That was when familiar music began, causing Beck to smile again when she seen the girl who acted as Merida earlier come out dressed as her, and help the boy impersonating Sheamus, she was shortly followed by Prince, dressed as the Demon King, complete with the hair and arm bands as well as the face paint. The others besides three left the stage. The three in the ring looked at each other before counting to three.
"The Irish Connection" they said together, leaving the stage shortly after. The three who were the shield earlier come back still dressed as them, this time with three girls following behind them. Two with dark hair and the other blond. When the boys turned they spotted the girls dressed as Summer, AJ and Paige. The girls putting their fists together in the Shield signature pose.
"You boys say you correct the injustice in this company" spoke the girl dressed as Summer, complete with the dance outfits she used to wear to the ring. "But you missed the biggest injustice of them all. The diva's division" spoke the girl with the dark brown hair, clearly acting like AJ compete with the Chuck Taylor's and denim shorts. "Never send a man to do a woman's job" added the final girl, wearing a raven black wig, and doing her best to impersonate Paige. By the end of the show, each of them stood on the stage, in the costumes they had worn and still acting like their character.
"Be next. Be NXT. Be different. Beware. Be huggers. Be fireflies. Be mohawks. Be beards. Like no one. Like nothing. Like whatever. Like this. Like Asuka. Like Charlotte. Like Becky. Like Bliss. No tap outs. No count outs. No three counts. No friends. No stopping. Nostalgia. No now without No then. One shot in. One million. One vs all. One team. One Finn. One Balor. One Demon. One King. Be hated. Be vacant. B R A Y. Like Jimmy. Like Jey. Like even this guy. No divas. No mud fights. No thanks. One princess. One knight. One name. Paige. Be heard. Be seen. Like Dolph. Like Dean. No guts. No glory. One shot. One story. Be you. Like now. No time. One run. BE LIKE NO ONE." spoke the students, each dressed as one of the many misfits. Each tapping their foot on the stage as to make a beat for what they were saying, knowing only a few who were in attendance would know what they were saying or at least know what it was from. Sheamus had filmed the whole thing while also chuckling on a few occasions especially at how sweet he thought the kids were being when trying to act like those they were impersonating.
"Prince was right. We have inspired an entire generation" spoke Becky from between Sheamus and Finn. She didn't really take her son seriously when he said she and the rest of her school friends were an inspiration to so many kids out there, yet now she could see just how much he was right. "Remind me to show this to the others, the mini Shield isn't something we can't not show the boys. Same with the mini Psycho's tag team" added Becky, she knew the others would want to see the video, especially how realistic they had tried to make themselves. Trying to recreate the ring gear as best they could with the clothes they had in their wardrobes, some even by wigs to play their part. It wasn't long before Prince joined them, a huge smile on his lips and keeping the demon king things on. Sheamus smiling as Prince was basically a mini Finn .
"That was awesome lad. You really are like your pa there" spoke Sheamus giving the ten year old a high five. Smiling as he did so. Becky hugged her son congratulating him on the sequence of events they had portrayed and how realistic they were. "We're gonna show the others this. I'm sure the Shield boys would be interested in seeing the female version of the Shield" added Sheamus seeing Prince smile up at him and nod in agreement, that was his favourite bit as well, as it was part of history that was planned but never happened. The four soon left the school building once Prince had collected his belongings, returning to the two separate cars. Since I would be the weekend Prince would be staying with Becky and Sheamus, returning to Finn on Sunday afternoon.
"Bye dad, love you" said Prince, hugging Finn tightly before getting into the back seat of Sheamus and Becky's car. He watched them leave waving as they passed him before getting into his own car and heading back to the home he shared with Prince. Once he got home he noticed Prince had left the one thing he couldn't go anywhere over night without. He quickly put his shoes back on and headed to the door, grabbing his car keys as he went. He knew Prince would complain and not likely to behave or sleep until he had it in his procession once again.
Summer had gone into labour and was now in the maternity ward at the local hospital. Dean had taken her to the hospital when she said the contractions were getting close together, surprising him as she hadn't even mentioned her water broke. Once arriving at the hospital Summer was placed on a bed and wheeled to the first room available on the ward. Dean had followed behind quickly phone Seth and Paige to inform them of what was happening, and asking them to bring Jon and Danielle as well as Tyler and Saraya-Jade. Something Seth said he would do before hanging up and going to find the other residents of the house. Dean had also sent text messages to the others informing them the event they had all been on their toes about was now happening.
Dean was now in the room with Summer, like he had done fourteen years before. He held her hand and willed her to carry on, giving her the encouragement she needed but never once said she was hurting his hand with how tightly she was holding it, as he knew she was going through a pain he could never imagine. He took the wet cloth the nurse gave him, gently patting her forehead with it, placing a soft kiss there seconds later. He hated to see her in pain but knew she was adamant about delivering their son naturally. Something he wasn't going to argue with her over, as he knew this was her choice, all he could do was be there with her and give her his support and encouragement when she needed it the most.
"Summer Ambrose" spoke Paige upon reaching the reception desk. The red head behind the desk smiled and tapped the name into the computer before replying she was on the third floor in the maternity ward, quickly giving the instructions on how to find the ward. Paige smiled in response just realising Jon and Danielle were behind her, where as Seth was just entering the hospital with her own set of twins. "Third floor maternity ward, lift two will be the best one as its around the corner from the ward" said Paige when Seth finally reached her, he smiled before heading to the lift Paige had mentioned, remembering the times when he was in a hospital with Paige.
"Is it daft to say we are getting excited and nervous about being older siblings?" quietly asked Jon, you could hear a pin drop in the elevator, hence why he was quiet but even that sounded like he was shouting. Tyler turned to Jon and shook his head, knowing how the other teen was feeling due to going through that himself when he was five years old. He could always remember Dean and Summer taking Danielle, Jon, S-J and himself to the hospital, explaining on the way the time had come for them to be older siblings. A role in which they had taken seriously, and one they were proud of. To an extent they were still proud to have been older siblings plus it was there experience that was now helping Jon and Danielle.
"Colby Prince Ambrose" spoke Danielle as the small group exited the lift and turned the corner, once there, Seth kindly asked a nurse on the ward where they could find Summer Ambrose, to which the nurse politely responded, she was currently in labour, so they would have to wait in the waiting area. Due to there be a policy about children under the age of eighteen not being in the room at the time. Seth smiled and lead the others to the waiting room, knowing it was an anxious time, especially for the two who were about to become older siblings and for Dean. Paige looked to the four teenagers, smiling when she seen Tyler and Danielle sat next to each other talking about random things, Jon seemed content on playing on his phone where as S-J was looking around, remembering what happened on the last two occasions she was in the hospital.
"I hate hospitals" suddenly spoke S-J, turning to her parents and noticing both of them were looking at her, almost like they were asking her to continue without actually saying anything. Paige held out a hand to her only daughter, gesturing her to come over to them, to which she did but slowly. "I meant the last two occasions I've been here. The attack by Rhys and the school fire and then Colby. It just gives me a reason to hate it here because of all the bad things that happened" added S-J explaining to her parents what she had meant and finishing her trail of thought. Seth smiled when he heard that seeing the confusion appear in his little girls eyes, and the matching one Paige sent his way.
"You're more like your mum here than you realise" responded Seth, in his own way explaining why he was smiling about the words his daughter had spoken. "You have her hair, you look like her, her sense of humour, style, music taste, her personality and her hatred for hospitals" explained Seth, seeing Paige shake her head from the corner of his eye. "Your mini me version of your mum just like Tyler is off me" finished Seth seeing S-J smile that familiar grin, the one that was almost identical to that of Paige. He pulled her closer for a hug after, feeling as she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck in response.
"Wait mum has a hatred for hospitals?" asked Tyler, having heard part of the conversation. He was intrigued about this new piece of information he had learnt about his mum, especially when she was the strongest woman he knew. Paige just smiled slightly and nodded, remembering her baby boy, and the time before that when she was at the hospital. "Care to share a little more information on that one. You know other than Col?" asked Tyler calling his little brother by the short version of his name, seeing S-J smile at him and noticing Jon had put his phone away, the topic at hand clearly more interesting to him, even Danielle was interested to know why the woman she called Aunt hated hospitals.
"Well the time before Colby being here, I had to come and see Roy, he was the only survivor of the accident that killed my parents. And when I was seventeen I was involved in a car accident, along with AJ, Emma and Summer, Summer's car was ran off the road which resulted in all four of us being admitted here" responded Paige, just remembering neither of the four teenagers knew of the car accident, although her hospital wristband was in the scrapbook she made that year. Something that S-J always loved to look through, seeing how her mum had transitioned from no knowing her place in school to finding friends that became like family.
"Car accident? Mum never mentioned she was in a car accident before" spoke Jon, making it known neither Dean or Summer had told them about the incident, as well as making it obvious they either hadn't seen her scrapbook or the wristband wasn't in the said book. "Care to give a little more information on that?" asked Jon, curious as to what the accident was about. He knew it was a car accident now and his mother, aunts Paige, AJ and Emma were involved in it but he didn't know any more than that, considering this was the first time he was hearing of the event. He watched as Seth and Paige looked to each other, not sure whether to inform the four about it.
"It was during our senior year at school. After we had done our part at the open day, Summer and Paige went with Emma and AJ to the mall so three of them could get their prom dresses. Paige here just got accessories for her dress since it was on order. On the way back from the mall, another car ran into Summer's Nissan, resulting in the car tumbling down a hill and into the ditch at the bottom fo it. Emma was the only on conscious at the time, she had a head injury and a few broken bones, Summer was placed in a medically induced coma due to the swelling of her brain, but she woke up a couple of hours later. AJ she had to have surgery and had slight memory loss but remembered most of it, she woke up just over two weeks after the accident. Where as Paige here got the worst of it, she woke up three weeks after the accident, and couldn't remember moving to Florida let alone the accident itself. When she was released we spent a few hours re-joying her memory" explained Seth, never actually telling the full extent of the injuries the girls suffered. That was one event he would rather stayed forgotten.
"That's where the huge teddy bear came from. The one you two played with when you were younger" spoke Paige, seeing S-J and Tyler smile when they remembered the almost four foot white fluffy teddy bear with the black ribbon. "That also why I won't listen to Mortician's Daughter by Black Veil Brides, as that was the song playing at the time of the accident. It's a permanent reminder of what happened, and how different things could have been" added Paige, revealing why she never listened to that one particular song. Seth smiled slightly, he loved that song as it help re-joy her memory of moving to the country and their friends but he hated it as well as it was almost a permanent reminder to that fateful day.
A few hours later seen Dean appear in the waiting room, he smiled when he seen the four teens asleep on the chairs, the girls were to the left of Paige, where as the boys were to the right of Seth. Paige appeared to be asleep as well where as Seth was content on watching the five of them, that was until Dean come and stood in front of him, a smile on his lips. When Seth stood up Dean pulled him into a hug, just happy that Summer had gotten through the labour period and delivered a healthy baby boy.
"Colby Ambrose was born at eight fifteen pm and weighed in at eight pound twelve ounces" spoke Dean informing one he seen as a brother, that his third child and second son, was born healthy and the exact time as well as how much he weighed. Seth smiled and congratulated him on once again being a father, he knew Dean loved being a dad and took the role seriously as he did with being Uncle Deano. "How the twins been?" asked Dean, turning his attention to his oldest pair, he looked either side again, seeing how Danielle appeared to be using Saraya-Jade's legs as a cushion while lying across at least three of the waiting room seats.
"They've been okay, they found out about the car accident with Summer, Paige, AJ and Emma. And the reason Paige hates hospitals. They were getting nervous earlier on about being older siblings admitting they were looking forward to it but afraid they were going to fail at being an older sister and brother. S-J and Tyler but their minds at ease though" explained Seth revealing what they had been doing over the hours they had been waiting to hear something about Summer and the couples new born son. Dean smiled once again, remembering how Summer had told him something didn't feel right during the course of her labour as well as what the doctor said before he had left the room. He found it worrying but knew it would be okay.
"Summer's just getting checked over then we will be allowed to leave, with our little guy. She said something didn't feel right, so they are checking her over to make sure everything is okay" added Dean before walking over to where Jon was asleep, gently shaking him awake hugging him when he did wake up, doing the same with Danielle when she finally woke up. "Your mum's fine, we'll be able to go soon, she just wants to see the pair of you" spoke Dean when both of them were awake and realised who it was that woke the up. "Say goodbye to uncle Seth" added Dean before leaving the room, leading the pair of them to the room their mother and brother were in. once they had left Seth woke up Paige and his own set of twins, taking them home. Explaining to Paige what Dean had told him on the way to which she smiled. When she looked to the twins she noticed they were once again asleep, although she was sure something was wrong with her daughter.