We're in Ohio.

I gotta admit I kinda missed it here.

Not so much the life I had with Troy, but just my friends and family here.

We get settled into our hotel room them head over to my dads.

"Hey dad." I greet him as we enter the house.

"Hey sweetie, hello Ashley." He says hugging her. "And where are my gran-"

"Grandpa!" Megan and Troy yell as they jump into my dads arms.

"Wow." My dad says barely able to hold the both of them up. "You two have gotten so big. What are they feeding you out there in California." He smiles at Ashley and I.

"You know. All the good stuff." Ashley smiles.

"I bet."

"Megan, Troy go see what Bobby is up to upstairs while Ashley and I talk to your grandpa."

"Okay mommy." They yell as they make their way up the steps.

"So what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected visit from my favorite daughter?" He asks as we make our way into the living room.

"I'm your only daughter dad." I say as we sit on the couch.

"Right." He smiles.

"Mr. Carlin." Ashley starts.

I didn't know she was gonna do it.

"I wanna ask you something."

"Okay." He says directing his attention to Ashley.

"I love your daughter." She starts, eliciting a smile from me. "I love her more than I've ever loved anyone in my life. And I have since I can remember." This causes my dad to smile. "I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else. And those kids. I love them so much in such a short amount time that I can't imagine not having them in my life either."

"That's the one thing Troy got right." I interject. Getting a laugh from my dad and Ashley.

"Mr. Carlin, what I'm trying to say is, I don't want to think about being with anyone else cause I'm happy right here with Spencer, TJ and Megan and I wanna be this happy forever. So I wanted your permission and blessing to marry your daughter sir." Ashley finishes with the release of a deep breath.

Aww. She was nervous.

My dad is smiling at her.

I guess he expected this.

"You know." He starts, getting up and walking towards his book case. "I always knew about you two." Ashley and I share a look. " I knew that one day Spencer would come to her senses and realize that trying to be someone she's not just to please society... and her mother wasn't a life worth living." He pulls a picture out of a book. "I've had this since you and Spencer were in the eighth grade." He said handing us the picture.

"Oh my God." I say looking down at the picture. It was a picture of Ashley, Aiden and I before our eighth grade prom. My mom insisted we take a million pictures before we could leave. She was convinced that we'd all come home with stains all over out clothes.

"Okay this is the last one." My mom says as we all pose for yet another picture.

"Mom." I know Ashley and Aiden were sick of posing.

"It's okay Spence. She just wants to remember this moment forever. "We all do." Ashley says looking directly in my eyes.

"Okay, say cheese." My mom says. But Ashley and I didn't hear her.

We were in our own world.

*SNAP*

"Oh no we have to take that again. Spencer, Ashley, try looking at the camera this time."

"Okay mom." Ashley and I say.

"What were you thinking?" I ask Ashley.

She takes the picture outta my hand and looks at it.

A smile appears on her lips.

"I was thinking how beautiful you looked. And as much as I loved Aiden, I wished it was just us going to prom."

I smile.

"I knew that you two would come to your senses. And I'm glad. I've never seen you so happy Spencer." My dad says.

Oh shit.

I forgot he was even here.

"So yes Ashley. I give you my blessing to marry my daughter. Under two conditions."

"Okay."

"I get to walk both of you down the isle. And you promise to always take care of Spencer, TJ, and Meg no matter what happens."

"Ofcourse." Ashley smiles. "I promise."

"Good." My dad smiles. "Now the both of you get over here and give this old man a hug."

Everything is so perfect.

I've never been in a better place in my life.

Now to tell Troy.

I waited until the very last day of our trip to tell him.

Not sure if it was because I wanted to make sure I'd be getting on a plane directly after telling him or because I just didn't have the guts all week.

I don't know what I'm so nervous for.

I love her.

And nothing can change that.

I guess maybe in the back of my mind I'm thinking about how hard Troy could make it for Ashley to adopt TJ and Megan.

"You think I'd have expected this." Troy said taking a seat on the couch looking dejected.

"I love her Troy. And I'm sorry about how things happened between us. But I love her so much."

"I can tell." Wait what.

I've just come to the realization that he's not yelling.

He's actually talking to me like I'm a human being.

"I would really like it if you'd come." Would I, really?

Is that asking a little too much of him?

"I don't know Spencer." He tells me standing up. "You know, I loved you from the first moment I saw you." He starts, walking over to me and placing a hand on my cheek. "I just knew I had to have you. That I had to make you my wife. And I did. I got the prettiest girl at Ohio State to go out with me."

Troy and I met at a party my Junior his Senior year at Ohio State.

He was popular, handsome, smart, funny, well liked, when you think about it he was the perfect guy.

Just not the perfect guy for me.

"Troy-" I start.

"Wait let me finish. I never imagined that you'd say yes when I asked you out that's why on our date I was a stumbling fool. I was so happy to just have you, even if we didn't go out again after that I was happy with having you for that one night. But we did go out again, and we got married and we had two beautiful children. And now you're telling me that you wanna marry someone else and you want me to be there watching while you do it. Does that seem fair to you Spencer?" He asked in a calm voice.

"No. I suppose not." I look down at the ground.

I never thought about it that way.

"I'll come." He says suddenly. I look at him. He's not mad or happy or sad. I'm not really sure what emotion he's showing right now. "But not for you, well not you entirely. I wanna see Megan and TJ in the wedding. Since they weren't born when we got married."

I give him a small smile.

"Thank you."

He smiled and hugged me. "You're welcome."

I guess this means we'll be civil from now on.

It feels good to know that.

A/N: I wanted to make this the last chapter but decided I wouldn't throw the wedding in with it. So the wedding will be the next chapter. Thanks for seeing this story out. It means a lot.