Melody sat by MacTavish and thought about the way things had changed partially. Their was new members to families and she was still finding it hard to believe that almost all of her children were going to be in school next semester. Jamie would be going into second grade, Beckham and Christopher in kindergarten, and Gracie was going into preschool. That left her alone all day with Noah, Jamie's cat Lenny and her four brand new kittens, and Gracie's black puppy that she called Spots because the light brown spots on his ears.
Melody still couldn't believe that MacTavish agreed to Spots staying. She thought he'd sooner snap his neck then let him stay. I guess they were all really changing. That or he just couldn't say no to Gracie's 'Please, Daddy' eyes. Melody was leaning on option number two.
Melanie continued to look down at their newest member of the family as Melody looked around and spotted a round Becca. She grinned at the sight.
Leaving MacTavish to deal with Noah if he were to suddenly scream, she stood and walked over to Becca who was swatting Dunn away with a cardboard box that used to hold something.
"I see you're already beating your husband," Melody said with a grin, folding her arms across her chest.
Becca looked up, surprised to see someone appear by her side, then softly grinned, "He's like a pest. No matter how many times you find ways to get rid of 'em they always come back," She joked elbowing Dunn slightly and he just rolled his eyes.
"I know how that is. When I was still pregnant with Noah, I mentally made plans to kill MacTavish. Which was weird because I was never like that with the rest. I guess, Noah just made me violent," She said shrugging.
Becca laughed once and finally made Dunn leave with the chore of making sure Mikey didn't end up putting one of the girl's in a cast.
She turned to Melody and placed a hand on her hip, "So, has MacTavish really considered his 'surgery'," Becca said with a grin, airing parentheses with her other hand.
Melody blushed softly at first at the idea of her friend knowing, but shook it off, "Yeah. He keeps saying he's going to put them in a jar like they do with dogs. I've told him no," Melody said quietly with a smile.
Becca laughed, "He's just like Michael. Although, Michael says that if we were to consider that, I was the one who did it. He's such a gentleman," She said sarcastically looking over at Dunn who was walking towards the trampoline, leaning against one of the posts, while Mikey told him all about what he was doing or what he was going to do on the trampoline.
Melody smiled, "Definitely. So, as Diamond would say, is this one going to be the last Dunn product?" She asked looking down at Becca's round stomach.
She just shrugged and grinned, "I don't know. I would like one more, but I'm afraid I'm going to end up like you and John and be surprised with triplets or something," She teased lightly.
Melody grinned, "Yeah, the boys were a surprise, but after a while you learn to live with it. Besides, we're definitely not going to have any more surprises after Noah. I mean, I've had more kids and pregnancies than my grandma. Both of them," She said still shocked at the realization.
"What do you mean?" She asked, clearly shocked at what she had said.
"My grandma and grandpa on my Mom's side four kids together and my grandma alone had five kids. My grandma was only pregnant once and that was with Dad and my aunt Britney, since they were twins. I've been pregnant about... five times and if Grace had been born nearly ten years ago I would have had six kids. More than my grandparents. I think big families skips generations in my family and of course they couldn't have skipped me. But, I guess it isn't so bad," Melody said counting them out on her fingers.
"Wow, I'm glad small families are in my family," Becca said with a grin.
"Now you're just teasing me," She said with a sarcastic, serious face.
Becca just grinned and turned when she heard Dunn behind her and excused herself as she went to her answer her husband's call.
Melody turned and looked over to her husband who was managing to calm a crying Noah. She just giggled at the sight that she was so familiar with now. She pushed herself off the table she had been leaning against and made her way towards him, smile on her face.
After Becca's baby shower, Melody was in Noah's room that had been a playroom before. She was sitting in the old rocking chair that Melanie gave her that used to belong to her grandmother, Jesse. Melody loved it dearly and rocked each child she and MacTavish had in the same chair, that was usually the only thing she used it for.
Noah had just fallen asleep, but she was afraid that if she tried to lay him down now he would wake up in a screaming fit again like he had done minutes ago. She was tired from the day she had with the boys and she took notice of each hour that passed. Now, it had been five minutes past midnight and this was the fifth time that Noah had cried when she had tried to go to bed nearly two hours ago. She almost worried that Noah was having trouble sleeping, but as she held him now, he was much like Jamie and Gracie was. They liked to be held as they slept.
But Noah was slightly different, besides curly chestnut brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, he had shared many characteristics with his mother before him. He liked to be held close to someone's chest so he could listen to someone's heartbeat as he fell asleep. Melanie told her that she had been a very restless baby and stubborn like Noah was now. Melody was still figuring out if that was a good or bad thing.
But, he did have some of MacTavish, of course. His features were like an exact replica of his, confirmed by Jamie when Noah was born. He also smiled and kicked a lot like Jamie had said MacTavish did. It still made Melody grin thinking about it.
He also shared some mischievous traits from his older brother Christopher. He had gotten into the habit of throwing things. Chris himself thought it was hilarious until he threw a soft, bean bag at him and hit him in the nose which made Noah laugh hysterically. Chris was still holding a grudge against him for that that.
Melody sighed as she stared down at her youngest child's sleeping face. It was still hard to believe that he was there, almost like a gift when everything seemed to be tumbling around her. She found out she was pregnant with him almost two months after finding Beckham and keeping him in the hospital for nearly three months. She remembered the slight fear, nervousness, and shock she had felt when she found out. She had no idea what she was going to do until she told MacTavish. Things were partially easy for her after that, but she was still nervous and tried to focus on Beckham and the others while also making sure she didn't do something that would risk Noah's life also.
There were some miscarriage scares throughout the pregnancy for she had too much stress. After their first scare and after the doctor's order to calm down and relax, MacTavish tried to take over, but Melody still got around and tried to put herself into something. MacTavish thought he was going to go insane.
When Noah had finally been born, stress was definitely relieved from nearly all of their shoulders. Jamie-Lynn had feared for her mother and the baby for she had been the only one with her when the first scare had happened. Since then she has always been trailing behind her making sure that everything was okay and seeing if there was a chore that she could do while she just focused on the baby.
Melody worried about her in return for this was far more than a normal six, almost seven, year old should be stressing about. She was scared that she was going to grow up too soon like Melody had been forced to when she was about her age. She was glad that Jamie wanted to help, but she was scared about what would happen later in the future since everything crumbled around Melody when she had been forced to grow up.
Thankfully, things had been settling down by now. Though she was usually with Frost and busy with him, Diamond still managed some time with the kids and took care of them while Melody focused on Noah. It helped her relax some knowing that Diamond, and sometimes Frost, would occupy Jamie, the boys, and Gracie while she tried to clean up and watch Noah.
As Noah's arm suddenly gave out and fell to his side, Melody knew he was completely out of it. She smiled and ever-so-slowly stood up to place him in his crib. Thankfully, he didn't really notice that his mother had moved him any and continued to sleep as he was laid down.
She stood there for a second more, tucking in the blankets around his arms and legs, softly stroking his brown curls as if they were in his face though they were still short.
As she slowly exited Noah's room, she was met with MacTavish in the hallway directly behind her. She jumped and immediately clasped a hand around her mouth, careful not to wake anyone up, especially Noah who had just fallen asleep.
He just grinned and tried not to laugh as Melody then began to glare at him.
"God, John, don't do that!" She said releasing a breath and slapped his arm.
He just chuckled silently and looked down at her, "Oh, come on, I know you love it when I do that," He said pulling her close to him and playing with the end of her braid.
She just rolled her eyes, "Yeah, sure," She said sarcastically.
"Was there something else that you wanted or did you just wake up to be slapped?" She asked looking up at him, playful grin stretching across her lips.
He gave her a wry, crooked smile, "Well, there is something, but I don't think I should really say it aloud so close to the kids' bedroom," He joked leaning closer towards her.
Melody just laughed and pushed him away, "You can just do it yourself! I'm going to bed whether you like it or not," She said with a playful smile and began to walk towards their bedroom.
He just smiled and began to walk towards her. Things may have finally gotten to normal within their house.
A/N: Well, there you have it. The very last chapter of my Melody/MacTavish series. I'll most likely finish the sequel I'm redoing and try to get to work on the one just about Melody and her time with Ronan, Steven, Shaun, and Mallory, but for anything really new with them, is done. But, you never really know with me so who knows what I'll do.
First off, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has read the story and stayed with me through this little series. It really does mean a lot for I wouldn't really be doing this if you guys hadn't been there, so I really appreciate it all.
Also, sorry for making this one a little crappy. I wasn't very happy with how this turned out, I would've liked for it to be longer, but I guess I really didn't have it in me to make the very last chapter. It's going to be hard to press 'Complete' after this because it seems like I've been working on this story forever and the characters have definitely been in my mind forever. But, maybe I'll be able to work on new things. Guess we won't really know until it happens.
And, I've put the link on my profile now. I was going to do it the night I updated the last chapter, but it was a school night and I was busted :P Friday & Saturday I was with my five best friends for my very first all-girls sleepover (not counting times with my cousins) and things got violent (basically when we started playing some games and not like 'I hate you so eat my fist!' moments, but I'm not going to lie, there was some body slamming, wrestling, fighting, and pushing over :D) So, yeah, I got a little side-tracked.
I finally updated though, and consider this story FINISHED! Thanks again for everyone who stuck with me and read whether you liked it or not. Still appreciate you actually clicking the story.
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