Beck leaves to go back to Madrid the following day, just like he said he would. He returns a month later as soon as he's completed his obligations for the film. He doesn't stay for the wrap party, and he doesn't spend the weekend in Ibiza like some of his other co-stars choose to. He goes right back home to his wife and daughters.

There's still some hesitation and trust issues from Jade, which Beck understands completely. He knows that what he did, while accidental, could have potentially been detrimental to their relationship. So he takes every opportunity that he can to remind his wife how much he loves her, how much she means to him, and how thankful he is to be married to her and have her in his life.

Jade can't help but be cynical at times, and there's instances where she wonders if he really means what he's saying to her or if he's only telling her what she wants to hear. But then she reverses the situation and wonders what she would be saying to him if it had been her to do something stupid instead of him. Even though she would never be stupid enough to do what he had done, she would be saying the same things to him. And she would mean them. Beck returns home when Hazel and Sutton are five months old, and by the time they're six months he and Jade are in a better place than they've ever been.

Jade finds life to be so much easier now that Beck is home with them again. Not only is he an extra set of hands to help when the kids get crazy, but he always knows exactly what to say to her when she starts feeling a little crazy. He's always been able to do that, to bring her back to Earth when she starts floating away. No one else has been able to understand her the way that her husband does, not even her parents or her best friends. It's like he's become an irremovable part of her, and she's thankful that they were able to resolve any issues that they had before it got to the point where she might have to experience what it was like to have that part ripped out of her.

Lennon starts kindergarten in the fall, and goes to school all day. Charlotte also starts pre-school in the mornings for half the day. It's an emotional time for Jade, and Beck as well but mostly Jade. Her postpartum hormones can still sometimes be out of whack, she's had a rollercoaster of emotions over the past few months or so, and now her babies are growing up and starting to venture away from her just a little bit.

"First it's kindergarten and then what?" Jade tears up a bit as they drive home from dropping their daughters off "College? Moving out? Getting married?"

"Jade..." Beck chuckles, reaching across the center console to grab her hand and squeeze it tightly "She's not even six years old yet. We have years before we have to worry about any of that."

"Well, it feels like she was just born yesterday." Jade sighs "Look at how quickly five and a half years went by. Imagine how much quicker the next decade will go."

"We're just going to have to enjoy every minute of it while we still can then." Beck shrugs "We knew they'd grow up, that's how it works."

"I know..." Jade says, turning around to look at Sutton and Hazel in the backseat "I just didn't think it would happen so quickly."

Neither of them take any jobs for the rest of the year. They want to be present and home to focus on their family and to focus on each other. It's nice, and almost feels normal if it's possible. This is what their lives would be like without the industry or the awards or the screaming fans. Then again, it's not entirely normal either. They still get recognized almost every time they go anywhere in public, Mona still calls from time to time to keep them updated on things, and they're living in a multi-million dollar home in a private gated-community along with lots of other people who also live in multi-million dollar homes. It's...abnormally normal.

But then awards season rolls around and things start to get busy again. The movie that Jade made when she was pregnant with the twins has her nominated for both Golden Globe and Oscar awards. It's not the first time she's been nominated for a major award, she has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy already, not to mention her Tony, but it's the first time she's ever been nominated for an Oscar. It's a big deal, even just having the nomination and not necessarily winning.

Jade wins her Golden Globe. It doesn't necessarily mean that she'll win the Oscar, but it definitely makes her chances look better. Every time she accomplishes something major like this, Beck doesn't think he could ever be prouder of her. But then she goes and does something else that proves her wrong and starts the cycle all over again. He knows how lucky he is to have her, and how much better she makes his life every day simply just by being in it. She's offered him all of her love, support, and even forgiveness since the day that they met. Not to mention the four beautiful little girls that she's given him as well. He knows that people often say it's impossible to have the perfect life, but Beck truly believes that because of Jade he does. Beck isn't perfect, but he knows that Jade is...and that makes his life perfect by default.

"Remember when we came here for you?" Jade asks him, squeezing his hand tightly in the back of the limo as they drive towards the Oscars red carpet

"Which time?" He smirks

"The first time."

He's been nominated for a total of three Oscars over the course of his career and won two of them. But he knows that the first one that he won, right after Lennon was born, will always be the most special.

"I do." Beck smiles "You wore a black dress, and you had your hair up."

Her dress is red this time, and her hair is down and curled so that it frames her face.

"Yeah, I did." She nods with a laugh "I thought it would make me look older. If only I could go back now and look that young again."

"Are you trying to insinuate that you somehow look old?" Beck asks her "Because you don't. You look gorgeous."

"I never said I didn't look good." Jade chuckles "But I do look older now. Six years, four kids, and a lot of lost sleep will do that to a person."

It's true, she does look a bit older now, or at least a bit more mature. They both do. There's lines on their faces that weren't there before, and their eyes know wisdom now that they didn't when they were younger. They're still considered one of the hottest couples in Hollywood, people still either want to be them or be with them, but there's a difference between twenty-five and thirty-one...even if it's small.

Their limo stops in front of the entrance to the red carpet, and a worker from the event opens the door for them. Beck steps out first and buttons the jacket on his suit, then reaches back into the car to help Jade step out. He watched her get ready, and he sat next to her in the car...but watching her step out onto the carpet, illuminated by the flashbulbs and the bright lights...she takes his breath away.

"You alright?" She laughs

"Yeah." He assures her "You just look...wow."

"You look pretty good yourself there too, handsome." She smirks

They share a brief kiss, which causes the crowd to roar even louder than they had when the couple stepped out of the limo, then make their way to the carpet to take pictures.

Jade has never loved red carpets, even the small ones. There's too much going on, she never knows where to look, and someone is always trying to talk to them. But having Beck by her side makes her feel better, safer even. He knows how to work the camera, and just what to say to make the reporters interested. Unfortunately tonight, her urges her to do most of the taking. It's her project, and he knows that she's proud of it, and he wants that to show.

"This movie deserves to win every award that it's nominated for." He tells her as they take their seats inside the theater "Seriously, Jade, I'm not just saying that because I'm married to the lead. I'm saying that because it's a truly phenomenal piece of cinema and no matter how this thing plays out, I want you to know that I'm really proud of you and that you should be proud of yourself too."

"Thank you, baby."

"I'm serious." He repeats "I mean not just your performance but everything that you were going through while you were filming it, with the pregnancy and the morning sickness? And then coming home to two other kids and taking care of them? And taking care of me? I couldn't have done it. You're a super hero."

"Well, thank you." Jade smiles "Hopefully the academy agrees with you."

"They'd be stupid not to."

"Be careful how loud you say that." Jade warns him, looking over her shoulder "You never know who's around."

Jade feels significantly less nervous sitting through the ceremony than she ever has when they've attended because of one of Beck's nominations. She's always wanted him to win so badly, so much so that there were times when she felt sick to her stomach. But now? She's almost at ease. An Oscar nomination is nothing to be ashamed of. Recognition is recognition. But so far her movie has been sweeping up wins left and right. Best director, best original screenplay, best supporting actor, and best supporting actress. Jade's chances don't look half bad, but she remains calm until the previous year's best lead actress walks onto the stage with an envelope and starts reading the nominees. Then she feels her heart start to beat a little faster.

Beck notices that she tenses up and reaches over and squeezes her leg reassuringly, offering her a look of encouragement without saying any words to her at all. She smiles at him a bit, removing his hand from her leg and interlacing their fingers together so that they can hold hands. Both of them squeeze the other tightly as the actress on stage opens the envelope to read the winner.

"And the Oscar goes to..." She smiles "Jade Oliver, The Innocence Story."

Beck is on his feet and cheering before Jade can even really register that she won. He reaches down and cups his face in his hands, kissing her as she stands up from her seat. After the kiss, the two of them hug briefly before Jade starts making her way down the center aisle towards the stage, trying not to trip over her dress or over her own feet.

"Wow, thank you so much!" Jade grins as she accepts the statuette "I'm not going to lie, I didn't really have anything prepared so if it sounds like I'm rambling it's because I am. Thank you first to the academy, of course. The recognition was amazing on it's own, but to win...thank you. Also, movies don't get made by themselves, so thank you to everyone who was apart of making this one. Natalie, our director, my wonderful co-stars Keith, Julie, and Hailey, you guys are such rockstars. Uh, we were really proud of this movie and getting to tell this story. Thank you to everyone who went to see it, and told their friends to see it or tweeted about it or anything. We don't make movies for ourselves, we make them for you, for the fans. So thank you for the support. Uh, thank you to my husband. We've had our ups and downs, but at the end of the day...you and I are in this together and forever. I've never had a bigger supporter, and that means more to me than anything ever could. I love you. And to our four perfect little baby girls at home...Lennon, Charlotte, Hazel, Sutton...Mommy loves you more than you'll ever know, and I can't wait to get home to you. Thank you, everybody."

The music that signals the end of Jade's speech begins to play, and she's escorted off stage and back into the holding area behind the scenes. It's there that her statuette will be engraved with her name, category, and the year. They never engrave them before hand, so that there's absolutely no way anyone can find out who the winners are before they're announced, and also so that the winner gets to have a part in the process.

"Be careful with it." Jade says as she hands the statuette over to the man behind the desk "It's my first one."

"Of course, Mrs. Oliver." The man nods "J-A-D-E O-L-I-V-E-R?"

"That's right, yes." Jade tells him

It's actually a plaque that gets screwed on to the base of the statuette that gets engraved. Jade watches anxiously as the man punches a few things into a computer and then a small laser begins carving her name into the plate of metal.

Academy Award

To

Jade Oliver

Best Actress

"The Innocence Story"

2027

Jade feels like she's floating as she carries the award back to her seat with her. They make her wait in one of the wings until a commercial break, and then she makes her way back to her husband.

"Look at this." Beck smiles, taking the award for her so she can adjust her dress underneath her as she sits down "The first of many."

"I don't know about that..." Jade chuckles as she looks over at the award "But it's pretty special nonetheless."

She's not even back in her seat for five minutes when the time to announce best picture comes up in the program. Having won every other category it was nominated in, it doesn't come as much of a surprise to anyone when Jade's movie wins. She accompanies her director, producer, writers, and co-stars up to the stage, but this time lets the director give the speech. Not having to worry about speaking, Jade is able to look out at the audience and see her husband standing and clapping for them along with everyone else. She smiles and blows a kiss to him, and he smiles and sends one back.

"It's so shiny!" Charlotte remarks as she watches Beck place Jade's Oscar into their award case "I want one!"

"Maybe one day." Jade encourages her, rubbing her back with one had while she holds Hazel on her waist with the other "If you set your mind to something, you can definitely achieve it."

"Len, do you want to go play?" Charlotte asks her sister, obviously now bored of her mother's award

"Sure." Lennon shrugs "Let's go."

The two girls run off into another room to play together, and Beck picks Sutton up off the ground where he had set her down to move the award.

"Look at that." Beck smiles, shifting the baby to his hip so he can wrap an arm around his wife "An Emmy, a Tony, and now an Oscar. All you're missing is the Grammy and you've got yourself that EGOT."

"I'm never winning a grammy." Jade chuckles "I have no desire to win a grammy."

"Not even for the sake of having an EGOT?"

"No." Jade assures him "I would have to force myself, and I don't want anything to be forced."

"That's fair enough." Beck agrees "You're just going to have to settle for having a TOE instead."

"Well when you put it like that..." Jade laughs

"Toe!" Sutton exclaims with a giggle, which causes Hazel to giggle as well

"Aw, that's cute." Jade smiles, blowing a raspberry on Hazel's cheek "Are you two being silly little girls?"

"They're always being silly." Beck chuckles as he tickles Sutton's tummy

This causes the baby to laugh, which in turn makes her sister laugh, and causes their parents to laugh too.

"We could win all of the awards there are to win in the industry...but nothing could ever compare to them." Jade admits, looking to her husband "Or our family. Screw everything else. This is all I need."

"Yeah." Beck agrees, leaning over and kissing her "I agree."

"I love you."

"I love you more."