Okay so now it's officially all done. I hope you have enjoyed the story. On a side noge just becuase im done doesn't mean I wont take critiques into consideration. I am more tham willing to tweak the story if it needs it. (and it does, it's far from perfect.) Anywho thank you all you loyal readers and enjoy, as always.

Gaara used the windowsill to steady himself.

He felt nauseous, and his head was a jumble of emotions. Scarlett left him for almost five years without a word and then suddenly appears out of the blue claiming he's the father of her child. He wasn't sure how he was supposed to respond to that.

"Are you okay?" Scarlett asked watching Gaara go pale and then light green.

"Why…why now? Why did you come back?" Gaara stuttered out through gritted teeth.

"Because I could." Scarlett replied as if that was the most obvious answer in the world. Anger flashed through him and he turned an icy stare on her.

"That makes it ok?" he asked and Scarlett stared at him half scared half confused.

She just couldn't figure out what he was angry about. Gaara went over to the bookshelf and yanked a book down he opened it and threw a faded piece of paper at her. He took his place by the window again without another word.

Scarlett gingerly picked up the paper and read it; she fought back her tears as she remembered the night she wrote it.

"Gaara, you don't understand." She whispered.

"What is there to understand." Gaara said refusing to look at her.

He could hear the tears in her voice and he wanted her to suffer. He wanted her to feel the same pain he had felt these past years. But he knew he would break he saw her crying so instead he watched a small dirt devil swirl in the streets outside.

"I didn't want to leave you, you have to believe that." She tried again, a small humph was all she got as a reply. She took a deep breath and continued on.

"That night, the night I left. I hadn't meant to complicate things. I had only come to say good-bye, but then I couldn't, I couldn't tell you I was leaving, so I told you I love you instead. I meant it but I hadn't meant to cause you pain by saying it. After that night I wanted to leave even less than before, but there were many reasons that I needed to leave. I had to take care of things in my world before I could even think about leaving it. Henery may not be my biological brother, but he was a brother to me none the less and I knew he would drive himself insane looking for me. Think about it, while you were gone not only your siblings were looking for you, but your entire village was. Things with the leaf village even became shaky because a lot of the Village blamed them for your disappearance."

"Why did you take so long to come back then." Gaara said feeling his anger fade.

He wanted to stay mad at her but at the same time he just wanted to hold on to her and never let go.

"Why do you think?" Scarlett asked instead of answering.

Gaara shook his head after a moment not sure what he was supposed to think.

"I found out I was pregnant." Scarlett finally said."It wasn't safe for me to travel between worlds then. If you remember I have enough trouble doing it with just me. I wasn't going to put our child at risk like that. After she was born I had to wait until I was sure she would be okay to make the trip."

Scarlett got up and walked slowly over to Gaara. She rested a hand on his arm. When she met no resistance she said softy.

"I came back to you as soon as I could and I still love you. I understand if you don't feel the same."

Gaara said nothing and with a heavy heart Scarlett began to walk away. She had explained herself the best she could, it was up to him whether or not he would forgive her. That was all she could ask for even though she hoped for more. Gaara kept hearing 'our child' ring in his head. He had never dreamed he would be a father, at the same time though he had never expected to fall in love with someone. And after all this time of wanting her back was he really going to just let her walk out the door and disappear again?

"What's her name?" Gaara asked before Scarlett could reach the doorway.

"I named her Iris." Scarlett replied.

"It's…pretty." Gaara said.

"I thought so too." Scarlett agreed before reluctantly adding. "We should probably be going, it's getting late."

She started for the door again but suddenly Gaara was there blocking her path.

"Never leave me again." He said and kissed her.

Iris was accepted into the Sand Siblings household with little resistance.

Temari was already in love with her, and once Kankuro found out who she was he the happiest Uncle that ever existed.

The Village elders had trouble accepting Scarlett back and even more trouble accepting the fact that Iris was Gaara's child. Discussion of the matter went on for a week with exile looking to be the outcome for Scarlett and Iris, until Gaara announced his intentions to marry Scarlett.

Months later Scarlett tried to sit still as Temari curled her hair. Her mother, Clover, sat playing with Iris and Belly stood in front of a floor length mirror frowning at all the fabric she had to wear. Scarlett had of course agreed to marry Gaara and an elaborate wedding was planned out between Temari and Clover, Scarlett only being able to pick out certain things, like the guest list.

Scarlett had refused to get married without Henery and her extended family present. So an elaborate scheme was concocted to get Henery and the gang to jump worlds without having to explain about the Adam and Kole mess. Henery still wasn't fond of Gaara but he tolerated him because his sister and niece asked him to.

"Why did you choose dresses with so much length? We're in the desert. You can get away with showing a little skin you know." Belly said tugging and her dress skirts again and making a face.

"I like them, and so does Scarlett." Temari said before putting her curling iron down and admiring her work. "There now. What do you think." She added with a satisfied grin.

"Beautiful." Clover said.

Iris crawled up in to Scarlett's lap and stared intently into her mother eyes.

"Yup. That's still my mommy." She finally said making the room laugh and getting wrapped in a hug by Scarlett.

Gaara stood fidgeting as he watched people file in and take their seats.

He didn't like having so many people around. The wedding was being held inside a large tent that was set up a few miles outside of Sunagakure near one of the few oases. Extra guards were set up on patrol from both the Hidden leaf and Sand village and special measures were taken inside the tent to keep the heat from suffocating everyone. Gaara knew Scarlett was nearby in one of the other tents, but even thinking about her wasn't helping, large crowds always made him nervous.

Suddenly Naruto clapped a hand on his shoulder and gave him a reassuring smile.

"You'll be okay. Just think as soon as this is over it can just be you and Scarlett again. Oh and I guess Iris too."

Gaara nodded and tried to relax. He had asked Naruto to be his Best Man considering that Naruto was his only actual friend. The fact that he was also the Hokage of their ally the Leaf Village didn't hurt things either. Naruto had been all too happy to accept and had taken the fact that Gaara had a girlfriend and a four year old daughter that he never mentioned before, in stride. He had helped Gaara keep his cool through the wedding planning stage and was now here helping him keep calm in the face of the actual wedding.

"Naruto, your tie." A soft voiced girl with dark blue hair said coming up next to him. Hinata was Naruto's current girlfriend and from the way they looked at each other even Gaara could tell they adored each other.

Suddenly the music started and it was time for the ceremony to begin. Hinata went and sat down next Sakura and a few other leaf ninja who had come to attend the wedding, including Rock Lee, and a guy with a spiky pony tail that had to be awoken from a nap by a sharp jab in the ribs from Sakura.

Naruto gave Gaara a quick smile before slipping out to take his place with the wedding precession. The entrance to the tent opened and a little girl with red hair began skipping down the aisle throwing flowers at the ground happily. Gaara smiled as he little girl came and stood near him beaming brighter than the sun.

Kankuro escorted Clover down the aisle and deposited her in her honorary seat at the front, and then the Groomsmen and bridesmaids came after.

Matsuri, who had reluctantly agreed to be in the wedding, came first in the arm of Scarlett's adopted brother Chris, and then Temari came with Scottie Boy. Naruto was up next and grinned goofily as he escorted the Maid of Honor, Belly.

The music paused for a moment and began again as the wedding march. Scarlett entered then, Henery guiding her to him.

When they reached the end Henery kissed Scarlett's forehead and smiled stiffly at Gaara before relinquishing his hold on his sister.

Scarlett blushed as Gaara smiled at her and in that moment it didn't matter that he was in a room full of people.

All that mattered was Scarlett was now his forever, and she always would be.