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Rowan and David Cooper stared at their daughter in love and shock. They had been told after the ultrasound that they were having a boy, but it had been wrong. "We only had a boy name," Rowan complained to her husband.

"Joshua really isn't a good name for a girl," David agreed. He was now glad that the nursery was gender neutral. Mimi had insisted on it.

"I've always loved the name Alexandra," Rowan said. She had wanted the name Alexandra for a younger sibling, but that had never happened.

"Alexandra Mimi Cooper," David suggested. Alexandra was a pretty name. They could get several nicknames out of that.

"Our little Ally," commented the wistful and now exhausted Rowan. She had been in labor for twenty-seven hours. The long labor, combined with the hatred of her pregnancy, had Rowan deciding that this would be her and David's only child. Ally was enough for them.

"She's beautiful," David replied. This was his and Rowan's Ally. A little girl that they had created together.

"I can't believe we made her. We actually created life." This was one of the greatest moments of Rowan's life. She now understood why her parents had had so many kids.

"We're parents," David suddenly realized. He couldn't believe it had taken him this long to realize that.

"Do you agree that we're done?' Rowan questioned. She wanted to make sure before David went in before a vasectomy he had willingly decided to get.

David nodded. "We're young, but I know this is the right decision. Ally is our little miracle. We have a child. That's a really great thing."

Rowan, David, and Alexandra Cooper had just formed a family that would be together forever.

XXXXXX

Three weeks later, it was time for Jacob to propose to Isabelle. A lot of things had been occurring lately, and they had been so busy. He knew that it was the right time to ask Isabelle to marry him.

"Are you nervous?" Jake asked his son. He could hardly believe that this day had arrived. His oldest child was going to propose to his girlfriend. Jake really felt old now.

"I wasn't until now," Jacob told him. Why was his father trying to freak him out? Not cool at all. Stupid fathers who got you nervous.

Jake laughed. "Sorry, Kiddo. It's my job as a father to freak you out. And embarrass you, but you already knew that one." Jake had tended to embarrass his son when Jacob had been younger. That had made for some interesting pre-teen years.

"Stop doing that to him," Heather scolded, struggling not to laugh herself. Her husband was being an idiot, and that was not good for Jacob right now.

"You're growing up so fast," Emily wistfully told him. She could still remember the day that she had given birth to her son. She had ended up breaking Jake's hand, something he still brought up to this day.

"Mom," he whined. He was getting sick of his mother and Heather being emotional these past few weeks. New grandparents Stanley and Mimi had also gotten emotional, but Jacob blamed that on Ally. She had screwed up Stanley and Mimi's emotions in a big way. A happy way, but still a big way.

"It's my job to overreact," Emily said, trying to defend herself. She couldn't help it if she started crying over the fact that her son was potentially going to get married soon.

"It is," Heather agreed. Jacob wasn't even her biological son, and she wanted to cry herself. She really didn't want to see Jake's reactions when the girls eventually got engaged. He would most likely freak out.

"Can you guys just leave me alone?" Jacob pleaded. He would freak out less if everyone just left him alone. He'd feel better.

"I can't believe you're going to get married," Emily commented, starting to overreact again. Her son had been growing up so fast lately, and that was a tough thing to handle.

"You're really freaking me out!" Jacob cried. He needed to get out of the house right now. He got up from the chair and went to leave.

"Where are you going?" Donovan asked. He knew how excited and nervous his stepson had to be right now. Donovan knew the feeling. He had experienced it before proposing to Emily.

"I'm going somewhere to think," Jacob explained. He left the house slowly, but bolted out to the car. He peeled out of the driveway quickly.

"I think we scared him," Heather told Jake. He nodded in agreement. He and Heather had had a shotgun wedding, so there had been no time to really propose. They loved each other, but with the baby coming, had decided together to immediately marry. It had been a good decision. He and Heather were still happy.

"We're getting really old," Emily complained. Why couldn't she be younger again? Her teenage years had been horrible, but her twenties had been okay. She had been thirty-two when the entire world had changed, and that had not been a really great six months. There had been no power and there had been the battle with New Bern, which had resulted in Johnston Green's death.

"I like being older," Jake replied. He hurt a lot more, especially because o

of the accident that had nearly killed him, but he loved the fact that his and Heather's children were older. He loved being married so long to his wife.

"You would," Heather answered. Donovan and Emily began laughing. They appreciated how much Heather and Jake loved each other.

Change was still coming for the Greens.

XXXXXX

David and Rowan Cooper were visiting her parents and sisters with three week old Ally in tow. Mimi and Stanley couldn't stop holding their new granddaughter. "I remember when you and Isabelle were this age," Mimi told her daughter. She and Stanley had been exhausted and sleep-deprived when the girls had been three weeks old, but she still remembered that.

"She keeping you two up?" Stanley questioned his son-in-law. David looked at him sleepily, not really comprehending the question.

"We're exhausted," Rowan admitted. She couldn't remember the last time she had been able to sleep through the night. The end of her pregnancy had also resulted in sleepless nights. At least David had been able to sleep at that point.

"I can't think straight," David said, yawning. Wait, what he and everyone else been talking about? Stupid memory and nights without sleep.

"That's normal," Mimi told him, smiling when Ally stirred, but continued to sleep. She adored Ally so much, and also loved the name. Alexandra was such a beautiful name. She was glad that she and Stanley hadn't used it, however. They loved all ten of the names that they had chosen.

"What were we talking about?" Rowan questioned. She was so tired, and just wanted to go to bed. Sleeping was something she missed. A bed was fun too.

Mimi and Stanley exchanged an amused look. "Why don't you two go take a nap? Your father and I will watch the baby. We won't let anything happen to her," Mimi promised. She wouldn't mind taking care of the babies. She sort of missed having them around.

"Okay," Rowan agreed quickly. Stanley and Mimi left the living room, Stanley having taken the baby off of his wife, and the two new parents fell asleep rather fast.

"You remember right after we had Isabelle and Rowan?" Stanley asked his wife. He and Mimi had been new at the parenting thing, and it had been really hard to deal with sleepless nights.

Mimi nodded. "We had no clue what we were doing. I still can't believe we ended up having eight more. I'm glad we did, though." She didn't regret having ten children. That had never been a regret of hers.

"We messed up so much in those early days," Stanley remembered. He and Mimi had been so worried about messing up the girls, but all of them had grown up to be really good and nice. They had heard every single story Stanley and Mimi remembered of Bonnie.

Stanley and Mimi couldn't wait for more grandchildren. They would get them soon enough.

XXXXXX

Jacob Green was nervous. He really hoped that tonight went well. Jacob was taking Isabelle out to eat at the restaurant that they always went to. "I can do this," he whispered to himself.

"Are you talking to yourself?" questioned an amused Isabelle, coming up behind her boyfriend. Jacob nearly jumped, but managed to stay calm. He was proud of himself for that.

"No," he lied. Jacob wasn't about to admit that he was freaking out and wasn't sure what Isabelle's answer was going to be.

"So what are you going to order?" Isabelle knew what she was getting. She and Jacob had tried every single item on the menu, and switched their doers around sometimes. It was a really funny.

Jacob shrugged. If he ate, he would potentially throw up. That was not something he wanted right now. It wouldn't be good at all. "I'm not sure what I'm going to get, Belle."

Isabelle smiled. "I'm getting steak and French fries," she explained. Isabelle was in the mood for steak and fries right now, and she wasn't about to not listen to cravings.

Tonight could potentially change Johnston Jacob Green III and Isabelle Richmond's lives forever.

TBC