I know I said prologue before but I meant epilogue so here it is I got an overwhelming majority so here you go!
Whitney POV 15 years later
It was Thanksgiving and my family was headed to my parents house. My mom had gotten married to Zach 10 years ago and we happily living in a town near Blackthorne.
The wedding had been fantastic I was the maid of honor with Bex, Liz, and Macey as bridesmaids and Payton was the best man with Michael, Grant, and Jonas as the other grooms men.
My moms finally happy and so is Zach. Two years later I had my own wedding and three years after that so did Payton. "Mommy!" I heard my five year old son, Jack, call.
"Hey buddy you ready to go see granny?" I asked him in an exciting tone.
"Yeah!" He exclaimed jumping up and down if I said anything in an exciting enough tone he would be into it.
"Will Pee Pa be there?" Jack asked. Payton was the first one to have kids so he got to come up with what our kids would call Zach and Cammie. To mess with Zach he came up with a complete joke that actually became that they called him.
"Hey Whit," Michael smiled kissing me on the cheek as he walked past, "You ready to see everyone?"
I nodded, "Everyone's going to be there right?" By everyone I meant Chelsea, Adam, Kate, and Nate plus my family.
"Yep hey bud let's get your shoes," Michael took over the shoe project as I called it. I got the responsibility of potty training he got tying shoes and teaching them to drive.
"Remember we put the bunny through the loop," Michael stayed patient as he repeated himself for the hundredth time well actually the sixty-eight but you know.
I headed into the kitchen and found my three year old daughter, Lily, playing with her dolls, "Sweety let's get your princess shoes on," I handed her the velcro.
"All done!" She declared but it sounded more like all duwn.
Jack ran into the kitchen now that his shoe lesson was over. "Do you want to get the snacks or put them in car seats?" I asked Michael.
Michael debated a bit, "I'll get the snacks,"
"Don't forget to get the princess and power ranger cups!" I called as I headed towards the car with kids in tow.
The doors to my red mini van were pulled open and each kid was set in their seat. The interact design of strapping a kid in always got me though.
"Mommy is Luke coming?" Jack asked. He was referring to Payton's son. They had become good friends.
"Yes he is,"
"Yay!" He yelled.
"Remember what I told you what type of a voice do we use in the car and in the house?"
"Our spy voice," Jack pouted his face falling.
"Good job," Only kids with parents like me would answer like that.
Michael hopped in the front and we headed towards their house. We lived three hours away so it wasn't bad but they couldn't spy on us easily and use us in each demonstration at the school.
The whole ride I heard Jack's endless chit chatter with my daughters TV show in the background.
I pulled the doors open and released my kids from the straps. My son went bolting out towards Luke, "Wuke!" he called or should I translate Luke!
I laughed and held my much calmer daughters hand and walked towards my brother. "Hey Whit," He smiled giving me a hug.
"Hey Pay,"
"Whitney!" Ali embraced me.
"Al!"
After greetings we watched our kids play; our sons kicking a soccer ball and Lily on the swings with my mom pushing her.
I saw another boy run in my vision it was Adam and Chelsea's son. He was handsome but pretty crazy. "Hey Steinweg come play with the boys," the boy called to Lily. I always thought it was interesting that he wouldn't call her by her first name but she hopped off the swing anyway and ran towards them.
"Adam, Chelsea how have you been?" I greeted them with a hug.
"Great he's been keeping us busy though," Chelsea motioned to her son.
I laughed, "I know the feeling,"
Adam grabbed 3 beers one for himself, Michael, and Payton before sitting down and talking with us. "I never thought kids would be so much work," Adam commented.
"Yeah it's not bad work though," Ali stated.
"Not at all I love my little guy it's so worth it but he runs me on low and is the only person who can get away with that well and Chelsea but you know," I had never imagined sophomore year that Adam would be so committed to a family. He was a great dad for that kid.
"Mommy," My daughter ran up to me.
"Yes honey?"
"Jack won't let me play with them he said no girls allowed," She pouted.
"Jack!" I hollered.
"Tattle tale," Jack accused after he came to me.
"Am not,"
"Am too,"
"Not,"
"Too,"
"Not,"
"Kids stop now, Jack it is never ok to exclude people that includes your sister," I ordered
"But mom I'm with my friends," He reasoned.
"They're my friends too," Lily exclaimed.
I stopped them before they went into another argument like before. "Final word Jack you are including Lily,"
"Fine," He said unhappily, "Come on Lil,"
"This is why I only have one kid at the moment," Chelsea laughed.
"I love having them both but any siblings argue I know it's hard to believe but Payton and I did," I pretended to gasp.
"Hold up you guys had arguments!" Adam sarcastically responded, We all laughed.
"Am I missing out on a joke?" Katie smiled.
"Katie!" I jumped up and gave her and Nate a hug.
Katie's daughter hugged her mothers leg trying to hide behind it. "Lily," I called. They normally got along pretty well.
Lily hopped up the steps somehow getting Katie's daughter to leave her mothers side and go inside to play with some of my old dolls that my mom had kept.
"She's getting better believe it or not," Katie gave a small smile.
"It only took ten minutes to get her to unattach on the first day of preschool whoo!" Nate laughed.
Twenty minutes later my mom came outside, "Dinner,"
The boys raced inside but were soon claimed by each parent so they could make their plates. "I call Lily!" I exclaimed.
"Come on that's not fair I had Jack yesterday," Michael complained. Jack was insanely indecisive. It could take him ten minutes to decide if he wanted mashed potatoes or not. Michael somehow managed to live through it and we brought the food to the kids table.
Well the table was actually the boys plus Lily. Katie's daughter wouldn't leave Katie or Nate. "Zach how's teaching are they as good as us?" Michael asked.
"Not nearly," Zach laughed, "Actually there are two really good guys the rest need some work and no worries I will perfect them,"
"I have faith in you I mean look at what you did for these striking men," Ali joked.
Each of the boys stuck a pose- Nate with a finger to his forehead pondering, Adam had his thinking face on, Michael had a hand behind his head looking off into the distance, and Payton made a monkey face.
"I am so proud especially of my own son who I spent so much time on to have turn out to be a monkey." Zach nodded. Laughter broke our across the table.
"Everyone I have an announcement," Ali began glancing at Payton, "I'm pregnant,"
"Yes I get another neice/nephew to spoil!" I exclaimed, "But honestly I'm happy for you guys,"
Everyone expressed their congratulations. It was odd now knowing what I went through as a kid and trying to prevent all of it. I had started off on a good foot of not being a single mom and I was going to keep going on that track until my kids were in the position I am today.
The official finish this is the first story I have ever followed all the way through with it feels a little weird to not have to be coming up with ideas and writing for it but I'll start a new story and get a new project thanks for sticking with me through this!