A/N: Hey guys! I know this is really short notice but…this is the last chapter. I'm sorry guys! I'm also sorry that it's SO short, but it is the end


Things with Steve had gotten better after the almost kiss in the hospital. We hadn't talked about it and we weren't planning on talking about it. He had kept his distance, even though we were living in the same house. Actually, he was a lot of help with Audrey. Some nights when she would cry incessantly, he'd offer to try to calm her down. Speaking of Audrey, she was now three months old and she was doing great. God she began to look more and more like me, which surprised us all. I thought she would look more like Soda.

I switched Audrey to my right arm as she grew tired. I was happy to see that she was finally falling asleep; she had been up for hours and hours and hours…DING DONG! I cursed as Audrey began to cry.

"Steve, could you please get the door?" I called.

"Yeah sure!"

I sat at the kitchen table as Steve left the room to go get the door. I heard Steve curse and then he laughed loudly before hollering.

"Steve, shut up! I'm trying to get Audrey to sleep!"

"Mackenzie, come out here. Right now," he said.

I rolled my eyes, but walked out to the living room anyways. I began to ask Steve what he was so excited about when I saw him. Soda. He was standing in the middle of the room, leaning on his right leg, but he was standing there.

"Soda…Is…are you really here?" I asked, tears coming to my eyes.

He nodded. "I'm here, Kenz…I'm right here."

"But you...I-I thought you were supposed to be in Vietnam?"

"Well…I kinda got shot in the leg."

"Are you okay?" I gasped.

He smiled, nodding. "I'll be alright."

I smiled for the first time since he had gotten home. I couldn't help but start crying and hug him tightly. He hugged me back, kissing my head, mumbling how much he missed me.

"God, I missed you too, Soda. I missed you so much."

He pulled back slightly, looking at Audrey and I, his eyes fixating on Audrey.

"You want to hold your daughter?" I asked, smiling.

He nodded and slowly, but surely, took Audrey into his arms. He cradled her and looked down at her with such a loving look that I started crying again. Seeing Soda and Audrey together for the first time was one of the most wonderful moments of my life. I was finally getting to see Soda as a father.

"Hi, Audrey," he said quietly, "I'm your daddy…"

Audrey gurgled and looked up at him with a small smile on her face.


"Soda, man you don't know how great it is to see you again," Steve grinned as we all sat in the Curtis' living room.

"You don't know how great it is to be back," Soda replied.

"Well you have to be exhausted, Soda," Darry said, "Why don't you go get some sleep?"

I nodded. "He's right, Soda, you need some sleep."

Soda nodded in agreement. "Yeah, alright. I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?"

Soda, Audrey, and I went back to our house and I finally got to lay with Soda for the first time in over a year. It felt amazing to be honest, just knowing that he was there with me and that I wasn't going to lose him.

I looked over at him, watching him lie on the pillow and sigh in contentment. It must have felt good for him to lay in an actual bed with fluffy pillows.

"How's your leg?" I asked, for about the hundredth time.

"I told you, it's okay. I'm just a little sore."

I nodded, rolling over on my back. "I've missed you so much…"

"I've missed you too, beautiful. And Audrey…god she's perfect."

I looked at him and smiled. "She really is though."

He leaned over and kissed me softly, his hand resting on the small of my back. I loved feeling connected with him. It was probably the best feeling in the world, next to seeing Audrey for the first time.

"Soda…I…I can't believe you're home."

"Trust me, I can't believe it either."

"You know…Steve has been really great with Audrey. Maybe he can babysit for us while we get reacquainted."

He raised his eyebrows, smiling softly. "Reacquainted, huh?"

I nodded. "I just want to be with you and lay with you…Just knowing you're here and safe makes me feel great."

"I have missed you like crazy, Mackenzie, and no offense but the last thing I want to do is just lay here."

He kissed me again, rolling me onto my back. I smiled and ran my hands through his short hair. I had to get used to his cropped hair, instead of the long sort of mess it used to be.

"Fuck," he groaned, "My leg…"

I thought for a minute then pushed him gently onto his back, straddling him.

"See, sometimes I have to be in charge."


A/N: So yeah, that's where it ends haha. I thought I'd end it on a sort of funny note. Don't worry though, that's not the end of Soda and Mackenzie's story…but you guys will have to wait and see what I do with that :) Bye bye for now!