A/N: sorry it's been awhile so I made it a bit longer hope you like.

Ashley pulled up to Kyla and Todd's place, it was a small one story three bedroom place but it had a large backyard and was close to one of the best elementary and junior high schools in the district not to mention close enough for the kids to attend King High when they got old enough.

Spencer climbed out as Ashley shut off the car, "Wer mommy going?" the little girl asked trying to stare out the window and crane her neck to keep her mom in her line of view.

"She's getting your cousins Matt and Liz."

"Matt and Liz coming too?" AJ squealed she loved all her cousins; she was a very happy child and was affectionate toward everyone she knew.

"Yea we all are going," Ashley undid her seat belt turning in her sister to stare at her daughter.

"Aunt Kywa and Uncle Ton too?"

"They are coming up later that's why we're here to pick up the twins."

Just then the back door slid open and two hyped up kids bounded in. The two of them are identical except that Liz had longer hair than her brother, they both had dark brown hair matching both their parents and their eyes ranged from a dark chocolate to a warm hazel depending on their moods.

"Hi Aunt Ashley," the two said at the same time as they stood next to each other as Spencer got their booster seats ready.

"Hey guys are you excited?"

"Yeah!" the two replied with giant smiles. Ashley had to admit that the two were very handsome and pretty, they'd grow up to be heartbreakers for sure and if they had the Davies' charm in anyway their partners were in trouble. Ashley chuckled to her self at the thought.

"Okay guys in you go," Spencer spoke allowing the two to plop down in and she buckled them into the seats before sliding the door shut and putting their luggage in with the rest than sitting in the front seat.

"Ready?"

"Yep," Spencer smiled, "Oh Kyla said hi but she was running late and hopped in the shower."

"She's always late," Ashley smirked before pulling out of the drive way and heading toward Paula's house.

XXXX

"Arthur stop it right now," Clay scolded. The little boy wanted to stay home by himself and go to one of his friend's birthday parties in which he was invited but was told 'no' as this vacation had been planned months in advance so know he was refusing to get dressed crying his eyes out and stomping his feet.

"There will be other parties," Paula smiled gently, remembering every argument she'd had with her own children regarding matters like this, it still didn't get easier with grandchildren, "Now go get dressed."

"NO, I want to stay here." He whined.

Clay was starting to lose his patients, "And I thought the terrible twos was bad." He sighed to himself making his mom laugh under her breath.

"Wait till he's a teen," Paula patted her son on the back and walked off leaving Clay with several mental images where his son turns out like Glen...shaking it off he returned to the argument at hand.

Paula entered the kitchen with raised eyebrows. Jessica was picking at her eggs sullenly, sighing every once in a while, "What's wrong Jess?" she asked sitting down next to her granddaughter.

"Nothing," the words lost in her plate since she refused to look up.

"Jessica?"

Jess glanced up, her brown eyes matching her sandy blond hair, she looked a lot like her husband and it always made her heart melt when the little girl glanced at her, "Daddy is going away." She spoke quietly with tears threatening to fall.

"What do you mean?" Paula asked a bit afraid of the answer.

"Jess sweetie why don't you go help Aunt Ashley and Spencer out," Madison spoke from the door way earning her a nod from her daughter who rushed from the room and confused look from her mother-in-law.

"What did she mean Glen is leaving?" Paula questioned.

"Glen was just assigned to go back to Iraq," Madison sat down taking a deep breath.

"They can't do that can they?"

"Apparently so he ships out two months after we get back."

"But what about the baby?" Madison was three months pregnant with their second child but lucky for her this time she was barely showing at this stage.

Madison shrugged, "It'll be the same as when Jess was born. Hopefully he'll see it in person instead of the tape we'll have to send like we did with Jessica's birth."

"Hey guys," Spencer huffed into the room finally out of the chaos of hugs and erratic talking of the small children although sacrificing her wife to the masses was a necessary loss she was willing to take to escape, "What's wrong?" she asked immediately sensing the tension in the room.

"Glen..."

"...will be right down and we can go." Paula cut Madison off.

Spencer hugged her mom than Madison, "Man Madi you're barely showing. I'm jealous!" the women giggled.

"You didn't look that big with J,"

"Please I was a house and you know it. I was lucky we had a personal trainer or I'd never get off my ass to shed those pounds."

"Lucky is right I had to do it the old fashioned way, by my self and that's after two kids," Paula reminded her.

"Gwanma!" A.J squealed barreling into the room almost tripping and falling but caught her self in time; her hat was on a bit sideways due to the commotion in the living room.

Paula grin couldn't get any bigger if she tried, "It's my Care bear." A.J giggled at the nickname the older woman had come up with. The name surfaced when A.J was only three months old, it was unusual but the little girl seemed to smile all the time although the nurse assured them it was only gas, what do doctors know anyway, but it reminded Paula of the sunshine bear off the Care bear movie she'd had to endure when Arthur was around one, the boy couldn't get enough of them at the time.

"Mommy mama want you,"

"Thanks," Spencer turned on her heel and went back into the living room. She knew her mom was covering something up but wasn't sure what; she'd ask Glen about it later. When she entered the living room she had to stop and take it in, Ashley was sitting on the couch with Jessica in her lap and Liz on her arm while Matt and Arthur, who seemed to be dressed and ready to go by now with the little bribe of going to the carnival from his father that his mother will hopefully never find out about, played with legos on the floor.

Ashley was talking to a older couple along with a younger couple, "Oh Spence there you are..." her wife waved her over, "This is William and Rose Kilter Todd's parents and this is Betty Todd's sister and her husband Gary Summers." Ashley introduced everyone from the couch seeing as she was still tangled up in kids.

"Nice to meet all of you," Spencer smiled.

"So where's the lucky man?" William asked politely.

"Excuse me?"

"Your husband, the one to give you that ring?" he inquired. Both Ashley and Spencer raised an eyebrow to this, did Todd or Kyla tell them that the two were gay and in love.

"I don't have a husband," Spencer replied kindly unsure on how to act.

"Mommy," A.J cried running into the room. Spencer scooped her up into her arms brushing some tears away and asking what's wrong, "I fall down." She cried.

"You fall down," Ashley asked getting up from the couch reaching out for her daughter, Spencer gladly handed her over, secure in the brunette's arms the little girl nodded indicating she indeed fell down, "Does it hurt?"

"Yes," she nodded again.

"Where?" Ashley wondered although she was pretty sure the girl was fine. A.J pointed to her palm, Ashley grabbed the soft little appendage and kissed it lightly, "All better?"

"Tank you," she smiled the pain forgotten.

"If you're not married than how do you explain her?" Rose motioned toward the two year old in Ashley's arms.

"Well see I don't have a husband I have a...a wife." Spencer nervously told them, already planning revenge on Kyla and Todd, probably the reason they had to 'work' now and would meet up later.

"A...a...wife, did you say wife?" William coughed out.

"Yes sir I did, Ashley...is my wife." Spencer took a step back wrapping her arm around Ashley's waist to make her point.

"And the girl?" Gary broke into the conversation.

"Is both Ashley's and Spencer's," Betty cut in, "And there is no problem with that right?" she eyed her husband and parents.

"No...Oh God no sorry to sound, you just caught us off guard with it, Todd nor Kyla mentioned anything." Rose apologized not wanting to come off as prejudice.

Ashley, Spencer and Betty glanced at William who held his hand up, "Don't look at me...I'm Bi."

Betty's mouth dropped open, "You're what?"

"Bi sweetie," William chuckled, "Remember Charlie?"

"Friend of the family but we call him Uncle, sure?"

"He was actually my boyfriend before your mom came along and stole me from him." Betty's mouth dropped down even further than before.

"Okay I didn't need to know that," she choked out before turning to her husband, "Gary?"

He stared at the two women for a moment before glancing back to his wife and parent-in-laws, "No...No problem here." He smiled

"You guys made it!" Glen came down oblivious of the tension he just avoided.

"Uncle Gwen," A.J shouted reaching for him.

"It's Glen...G-l-e-n," he spelled out hating that every time the small child spoke his name it always came out girly sounding.

"Otay Uncle Gwen," she nodded sure she got it right this time making everyone laugh and Glen groan as he took her from Ashley and swung her around.

"Glen careful she had a bottle in the car," Ashley warned not wanting to deal with A.J if she threw up that was Spencer's job. He nodded and continued to play with his niece.

"This is Mike," Betty introduced her son who'd just come down from the bathroom.

"Hi," he waved shyly. He looked a lot like his father but had his mother's nose and personality.

"Well are we all ready to go?" Paula wondered coming into the living room with Madison. Everyone nodded their heads and hoped into their respective vehicles and started off planning to stop for lunch at noon.

TBC.