Riley stood in her bathroom naked as she stepped into the shower and turned it on. Riley closed her eyes as she began to feel the hot water go down her body. Suddenly Megan sneaked into the bathroom quietly, took off all her clothes, and got into the shower with Riley. Megan then squeezed Riley's butt with her two hands quickly as she said, "Hey beautiful." A scared Riley jumped and crossed her arms as she put her hands on her shoulders. Riley immediately calmed down when saw it was Megan and said, "Megan. I told you it scares me when you do that." Megan then put her hands behind her back as she said, "I know. But then I remember doing it really turns me on so I repeat." Megan then wrapped her arms around Riley's stomach as she rested her head on Riley's left shoulder and said, "Thank you for not being mad at me for getting my new job in California. I was a little worried you'd be upset about us having to do a long distance relationship." Riley then said, "Megan, we've been through this before. We love each other, but we can't stop the other from following their dreams. I'm glad you got a job in the Hollywood film industry. Plus, the job won't take you away from all year long. You have a gift Megan that needs to be shared with the world."

Megan then moved her arms up around Riley's still crossed arms as she said, "Well I can't begin to tell you how much that means to me. But the thing is Riley... you're my greatest dream. And I don't want to spend months apart from you. So I've already decided. I'll do my job Mondays through Fridays every week, and take a plane home to spend every weekend with you." A surprised looking Riley then said, "But Megan. I can't ask you come here every weekend just to cuddle with your girlfriend." Megan then moved her hands near Riley's face, both were clasped together, as Megan said, "I know. But I won't be flying on a plane every week just to see my girlfriend. Instead, I'll be flying home to see... my wife." Megan then opened up her hands to show she was holding a diamond ring. Riley's mouth opened up and then she moved her hands to her mouth to cover it as her eyes widened in amazement. Megan then nestled her head against Riley's and said, "Riley Matthews... will you marry me?"

Riley then turned her body around so she was looking right at Megan and said, "Yes Megan Zimmerman. Yes, I will!" Riley and Megan then wrapped their arms around each other and kissed for a long solid minute. Once their kiss ended, Riley then took the diamond ring from Megan and put it on her ring finger. As Riley looked at it she said, "It's beautiful. Wow. I... I'm sorry I didn't get you one or..." Megan then suddenly held up another ring as she said, "I already got one for myself. Wanted to make sure we definitely had a matching pair." A confused looking Riley then said, "What the? Megan, where were you hiding that? You're naked." Megan smirked as she said, "Between my butt cheeks. You can hide a lot there if you just clench them the right way." Riley giggled as she said, "Oh my gosh. You know for the rest of our lives, people are gonna ask about how you proposed to me, and I'm never gonna be able to tell them the truth." Megan giggled too as she and Riley embraced the other and began to kiss again.

Maya walked into her apartment as she said, "Hannah, you home? Hannah, where are you?" Maya then heard the sounds of crying from the nearby bathroom. Maya then stepped into the bathroom and saw Hannah sitting on the floor in just her underwear crying. Maya then got on the floor looking worried as she said, "Hannah, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Hannah then pointed to some torn clothing on the floor near her as she had tears in her eyes while saying, "I… I just wanted to play outside a bit in my new dress for a bit, but I… I tore it while climbing a tree. I tried fixing it but I ripped it even more. I ruined my new expensive dress and… and now I'm not good enough to wear any clothes!" Hannah began to sob, as Maya held Hannah close and said, "Shhh. It's okay Hannah. You're feeling bad because you know I spent a lot of money on that dress. And well… you should feel bad for doing that. But not this bad. You're not a horrible monster that tried to hurt anybody. You're just a girl who made a mistake; but just know I still love you. Now come on. Let's get some clothes on you and see what we can do about this dress."

Riley and Megan sat in the kitchen full clothed as they looked into each other's eyes, while a happy Riley said, "So this is happening? We're really doing this?" Megan nodded and said, "Yeah. We are." Then Riley touched Megan's hands as she said, "I've wanted this so much, but… we do have to make sure we want the same things. So… do you still want kids?" Megan took a deep breath, nodded, and then said, "Yes. It's been hard to get to this point, but… I do." Then Riley said, "And we're both willing to stay home with them. I will since you have the higher paying job, but if your new job falls apart, would you be willing to make the shift?" Megan nodded and said, "Yes. I don't ever expect you to do anything alone Riley. I don't know for sure now what either of us will do. If one of us will cook more, or if one of us will stay home more with our kids. I don't know. But I'm willing to take on any role it takes to make this family work. Are you?" Riley nodded and said, "Yes. I'm willing to make it work for the kindest and sweetest person I've ever known. I respect you and love you so much Megan." Riley and Megan then both leaned in and kissed one another. Riley then took a deep breath and said, "Well… it's a good thing you're about to meet my best friend Maya for the first time today. She can be the first to hear the good news." Megan smiled as she said, "Looking forward to meeting her."

Maya was using some tools to stitch up and repair Hannah's new dress, while Hannah sat next to Maya while wearing an over-sized t-shirt. As Hannah watched Maya work she said, "Wow. You're really good at fixing shirts. Did you take a class on how to do this?" Maya while working said, "Eh, just learned a lot from watching my mom fix my clothes when I was a kid. Growing up it was just me and her, and we didn't have a lot of money. So we had to improvise." Hannah then said, "Wow. I… I guess it was hard for you then… not having a money, I mean." Maya nodded and said, "Yeah. It's tough having little. Which is why I promised myself that if I ever had more one day, I'd share all I could with someone else." Hannah then innocently asked, "Like me?" Megan simply made a warm smile as she handed Hannah the fully repaired dress. Hannah took off her over-sized t-shirt and then put her new dress on. Hannah stood up with a big smile on her face. Then Hannah jumped into Maya's arms and hugged her as she said, "I love it. Thank you mom!" Maya suddenly had a surprised look on her face as she said, "Did you say mom?" Hannah then glanced over at a framed picture of her birth mother as she said, "Well… I'll always have a special place in my heart for my birth mother, but… is it okay if I call you mom from now on?" Maya then hugged Hannah tightly as tears appeared in her eyes as she said, "Yes Hannah. That's totally okay."

Riley and Megan were walking into an apartment building as Megan said, "So Riley, why has it taken us so long to meet your best friend Maya?" Then Riley said, "Well I wanted to give her some space since we only started dating around the time she had just taken in her two new adopted kids. Plus… Maya is like a sister to me. You've met my family, but I didn't want you to meet Maya until I was 100% sure this was real." Then Megan said, "Well any friend of yours Riley is a friend of mine." Then Riley said, "Yeah. Plus we could probably ask her some advice on how to go about the adoption process." Megan nodded and said, "That sounds nice. I've lost my own children already, so I'd definitely love to get any help possible at gaining some new ones."

In the apartment, Maya was cooking some food as Hannah stood near her. Hannah then said, "When is Aunt Riley and her girlfriend gonna get here?" Maya then said, "Any second now." Then the two heard the door-bell ring. Maya then said, "Shoot. Chicken just finished. Hannah sweety, get the door for me." Hannah nodded and said, "Okay." Then Hannah rushed over to the door and opened it to see Riley and Megan. Then Hannah made eye contact with Megan and gasped. Megan then looked into Hannah's eyes with shock as she said, "Oh God. Are you… Hannah?" Hannah then looked at Megan with shock as she said, "Mom?"

TO BE CONTINUED…

*Author's Note – First off. Thanks to author "Just a Complicated Person" for helping me with the dialogue and one of the scenes for this chapter. Also, shout out to reviewer "Nork" for guessing the connection between Megan and Hannah ahead of time. This revelation was a long time coming, so props to anyone who guessed it ahead of time. So what did you all think of this next game changing chapter? Any questions you wanna see answered next time? Anything you want to see happen? Just leave a comment or message, and maybe it'll happen. ;)