When the concert was over a teacher came onto the stage to tell parents that if they stayed in the large hall, they were currently in that the kids would be joining them in a few minutes to go home. Maggie felt Jubal remove his arm from around her as she stood up, but he held his hands out to her which she took straight away and smiled when he kept one of her hands in his entangling their fingers as Gina and Dan stood up to join them. They all moved from their seats to stand out to the side to where they had more room, Jubal kept Maggie as close to him as possible.

"Can I just shout over and tell them to stop staring already, God we are not back in high school" Gina rolled her eyes as Sam and the few friends had gathered in a huddle again making it obvious that they were watching Maggie, Jubal, Dan and Gina.

"You know I think part of them would love for you do that... It's much better to just ignore them" Maggie smiled softly squeezing Jubal's hand gently.

"I wish I could say that it surprises me but Sam hasn't exactly been supportive of my relationship with Maggie"

"Hey man that's just because she can see how happy that you are and hates that it's someone else making you that happy…Doesn't help her that Alan didn't show up today yet an FBI agent could get time off to come" Dan was always one to speak to the truth.

"I think I love you even more now" Gina joked kissing her husbands cheek

"I see Gina's honesty is rubbing off on you a little there Dan" Jubal laughed shaking his head, he was so thankful to have Gina and Dan standing with them. "If she's acting badly now wait until she finds out where I'm taking the kids after"

"Oh see now you have to tell me" Gina raised an eyebrow

"We are taking the kids to meet Maggie's family who is in town for a couple of days"

"Who is only in town because he surprised me by flying them here yesterday evening" Maggie smiled looking at Jubal

"That is one of the sweetest things I've ever heard… Dan take notes" Gina nudged her husband playfully "And I'm calling front row for you telling Sam".

Jubal was about to reply when he heard Abby shouting 'Daddy', he turned his head to see her coming running towards him, Sam had called Abby's name, but she ran past her mum straight to her Dad. Jubal smiled hunkering down to lift Abby into his arms.

"Hey baby girl" He hugged Abby as he stood up straight standing close to Maggie

"Hi Daddy" Abby smiled brightly hugging her dad, she then reached out one arm pulling Maggie into a hug with her and her dad, "Hi Mags"

Maggie chuckled as she was being squished into the hug by Abby, "Hey Abby… You were so good up there" Maggie smiled when Abby let go, but she stood close to Jubal as they both looked at Abby.

"You and Daddy made it, just like you promised last night" Abby was so full of joy which was just making Jubal smile so much

"I told you that Mags and I don't break our promises" He smiled kissing her cheek, "I think mummy wants you baby girl" He nodded over at Sam who was staring at them

Abby tightened her arms around her dad's neck "I want to go home with you"

"You are, Maggie and I are taking you and Tyler with us... But go and say goodbye to mummy before she has to go back to work" Jubal sat Abby down on her feet.

"You want me to hold on to your bag until you come back over?" Maggie hunkered down in front of Abby to be the same height as her.

"You'll hold on tight to my bag?" Abby took her bag off holding it in front of her.

"Don't worry I'll make sure that Sparkles is safe" Maggie spoke quietly to Abby knowing that Abby had her unicorn teddy in her bag as she took it when going to spend time with her Dad in case she got tired in the car or at his house.

Abby threw her arms around Maggie's neck hugging her tight "Thank you Mag's" She handed her bag to Maggie.

"Go say bye-bye to your mummy… Me, Daddy and Sparkles will be right here waiting" Maggie ran her hand over Abby's hair and smiled standing up straight as the young girl ran over to her mum.

When Maggie stood up straight Jubal wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek "Thank you for being so patient with Abby and getting her to go say bye to her mum… Do you want me to hold the bag?"

"You never have to thank me for that babe, you know that I love Abby" She smiled leaning into Jubal a little, "I told Abby I would look after Sparkles, so I'll hold on to it"

Jubal wasn't sure he could love Maggie anymore than in this moment, he knew she was nervous at the start about being around his kids, but she was such a natural with both Tyler and Abby. The way that she was so patient with Abby and happily agreed to protect a cuddly toy like it was the most important thing in the world.

Gina couldn't help but watch the interaction between Maggie and Abby "I can see why Jubal was worried you were Abby's favourite you are so good with her... She's usually so quiet when we are around".

"She's an amazing kid" Maggie had such a large smile on her face talking about Abby, "Impossible not to love her"

"Yeah she had Mags quicker than I did" Jubal joked playfully

"I may have wanted to take a picture of Samantha and her loyal idiots as they stood watching you two with Abby... You know part of their problem is they have no reason to hate you, anything I've seen today has been nothing but respectful from you towards Samantha... And that can't be an easy thing when she clearly isn't showing the same back" Gina may have started out joking, but by the end, she was being serious.

"She's Abby's and Tyler's mum I will always respect that, I mean I may not understand it since you know she is living with Alan and has been with him for years so, it's not like I took Jubal from her" Maggie shrugged, "But I'll always show her respect for the kid's sake and Jubal's"

"Until you came along Samantha was convinced that Jubal would never bring anyone else around the kids... Now she can see him setting up a life with you and that he and the kids adore and love you... But you two seem strong enough to withstand anything" Dan wasn't always one to be so genuine, but he felt that Jubal needed to hear it.

"Thanks, Dan, I appreciate that… and Mags will tell you that I have asked several times why she hasn't run yet" Jubal laughed softly kissing Maggie's temple holding her close to him "But for whatever reason, she has decided to stick around and I'm not letting anything or anyone screw that up"

"I think the reason is called Love" Gina smiled honestly

"Gina is right... And I'll keep reminding you every single day if I have to that no matter how hard this might get I'm not going anywhere" Maggie smiled stealing a quick kiss from Jubal before feeling arms wrap around her legs, and she chuckled softly looking at Jubal, "Hey babe, I think Sparkles might have grown, crawled out of the bag and is wrapped around my legs".

Jubal couldn't shake the smile on his face as the sound of Abby giggling was filling his ears, yeah no matter what happened he was never giving up on Maggie she was his future. Abby pulled her head back from Maggie's legs looking up at her.

"It's not sparkles" Abby was now giggling so hard "Guess…"

"Hmm, it's not sparkles, can talk and really likes giggles… I can't think of anyone that it could be" Maggie was smiling, she didn't think she could ever be this silly but Abby brought it out of her every time they were together. Maggie reached her hand down and started tickling Abby making her laugh even more and squeal, 'daddy help' "Oh calling you daddy? That means it has to be Abby".

"Yes" Abby laughed as she was trying to escape Maggie's tickles while laughing so much before Maggie lifted her into her arms and Abby wrapped her arms around Maggie's neck "It was me"

If someone were to ask him right now there was no way that Jubal Valentine would be able to find the words to explain just how much he loved the woman holding his daughter. To see Abby laughing, smiling, so full of joy, and it is because of Maggie, that was something that was making it hard for him to keep his emotions together. He had no idea what he had done to deserve this life, but he was so dam thankful for it.

Maggie could feel Jubal's arm tighten around her waist, and she looked at him about to ask was everything okay when she heard Sam's voice.

"You can take the kids back to mine and stay for dinner and put them to bed tonight if you want... If you can be apart from your girlfriend that long" Sam looked at Jubal while talking.

Maggie could see Gina's jaw tightening out of the corner of her eye, and Jubal now almost had a grip of Maggie's shirt at her side as he looked at Sam.

"I'm going to take the kids with me to ours, Maggie's family are in town and want to meet Abby and Tyler"

"And when were you going to ask me?" Sam was keeping her voice low not to draw attention!

"I don't need your permission to take the kids to my home Sam and I'm not introducing them to just random strangers"

"Have you even bothered to ask the kids if it's what they want? You know how shy they both can get" Sam was smirking as she was convinced that her daughter would find it too much.

Abby didn't really understand what was going on she was too young, she looked at Maggie when she heard about her family, "Is your house full of people?"

Maggie shook her head "No sweetheart, it's just my parents and sister... But if you don't want to meet them you don't have to, I promise that nobody will be mad if you say no".

"You and daddy will be there the whole time?" Abby looked at Maggie and her dad.

Jubal nodded smiling "We will baby girl, like Mags said if it's too much then, we can change things and you will still get to hang out with me"

"They want to meet me and Tyler?"

Maggie smiled "They do, they want to meet the person that created their favourite Christmas Card".

Abby titled her head to the side as if thinking about her answer, and then smiled "I'm okay with meeting them" She lay her head on Maggie's shoulder as Gina had to put her hand over her mouth to hide her laugh.

Tyler came over at the end of the conversation and stood by his dad who had wrapped his arm around his shoulder, "Who are we meeting?"

"Your dad wants to take you to meet Maggie's family... But you just say the word Sweetheart, and you don't have to go. Dad can take you and Abby home to ours until I get home from work" Sam was facing Tyler focusing on him as she spoke.

Tyler looked at Jubal listening to his dad speak "Your mom is right buddy, there is no pressure you don't have to meet them"

"I'm okay with meeting them... I want to thank Maggie's sister for giving us their soccer file" Tyler smiled as he looked at his mom, "Can we stay with Dad tonight? We don't have school tomorrow"

"I'm sure that your dad has work tomorrow, so won't be able to look after you"

Jubal looked at Maggie to make sure that she was okay with what he was about to suggest, she knew him well enough to know what he was thinking. It was like Jen had said when she first met Maggie, they could have a conversation with their eyes and not say a word. Jubal turned his head to look at Sam.

"I only have to go in tomorrow if I get called in and even if I do Mag's is off and will be happy for the kids to hang out with her for the day"

"I'm sure that your girlfriend has better things to be doing with a day off" Sam still wouldn't look at Maggie

"I would love for the kids to hang out with my family and me tomorrow... I couldn't think of a better way to spend my day off" Maggie looked at Sam as she spoke, "But it's up to you, you are their mom".

"Mummy please?" Abby asked looking at her mum.

Maggie knew that if Sam said no to both kids that it would be obvious to them that she was only saying no because of Maggie, there was no other reason for her to say no. Maggie had caught the facial expression Gina was wearing and had to try hard not to smile as they waited for Sam to give them an answer.

"I guess then you can stay with your dad tonight, but if either of you change your mind just get your dad to call me and I'll come to pick you up" Sam still wouldn't look at Maggie, now she wasn't even looking at Jubal either.

"We will be fine mum" Tyler smiled hugging his mum thanking her for letting them stay.

Abby reached out a free arm to hug her mum and kiss her cheek, which brought Maggie and Sam much closer than either of them wanted to be. Maggie decided to look at Jubal who was still gripping her hip a little. Sam said goodbye to the kids and walked away without looking at Jubal and Maggie. The minute that she walked away Maggie could feel Jubal's hand starting to relax.

"I guess it's a sleepover in ours tonight then" Maggie smiled looking at Jubal and the kids.