Epilogue is here :lol.
Three months later.(July)
"Chloe!" Brady called from downstairs. "What in G-d's name are you doing up there? We have to be at your parents in fifteen minutes! I'm starving!" He bolted up the stairs.
Chloe pulled a lavender tank top over her head and eyed herself in the bathroom mirror. She had yet to put her jeans on, as her mind was focused on something else. "When are you not starving Brady," she muttered.
"Hey, I heard that." Brady wrapped his arms around her from behind and nuzzled her neck.
"Yeah, yeah," Chloe leaned back onto his chest.
"Get dressed baby. I got the steaks and coleslaw out of the fridge and they're going to go bad if we don't get a move on. Besides, I want to help Craig with the grill we just bought them. He's not exactly a whiz when it comes to using grills and mowers and all that."
"I don't even know what I'm going to wear." Chloe sighed.
"J-sus, Diva, you must have something here." He lightly patted her bottom and walked into their room, looking through the closet for Chloe's jeans. "Now, let's see here. We ought to be able to find you something." He wore a light blue t-shirt and light blue jeans. "Don't you have a pair of jeans the same color as mine, Chloe? I could have sworn you did. Hmmm.oh look Noah's Blue's Clue's shirt is in here. I was looking everywhere for it this morning."
Chloe eyed the pill in her hand as if it were the most intriguing thing she'd ever seen. "Brady," she murmured, still eyeing the pill.
"Yeah, baby?"
"Brady, do you want another baby?" She fingered the birth control pill pack slowly.
Brady continued to look through the closet, completely oblivious to Chloe's actions. "What, now? No way. Noah's a little devil himself. You want another monster running around, right now? .Chloe? .Diva?" He craned his neck around to look at her inside the bathroom, a pair of jeans in his hand. She was staring at him with round eyes filled to the brim with sadness. "Oh, baby," he breathed. "I.I mean.hey why not? I would love to have another child with you, Diva."
Chloe smiled, her whole face lighting up with hope. "Do ya mean it?"
"Of course," Brady swallowed.
"Oh Brady," Chloe giggled and tackled him on the bed. Sloppily, she laid wet kisses all over his handsome face.
"Ah, Chloe, you're tickling me!" Brady shouted, laughing and wrestling with her on the bed. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* At the picnic.
Chloe brought the empty dishes inside the house, leaving Nancy, Craig, Brady and Noah out in the backyard talking and filling the kiddie pool with the garden hose. Thoughtfully, Chloe watched them from the kitchen window as she washed the dishes. Brady spotted her out of the corner of his eye, waved and mouthed 'Hey, Momma. I love you.' He even lifted Noah's hand repeating the action as he held him. Chloe laughed to herself. Her two boys were so nutty. Nancy left the three men outside and made her way into the kitchen, bringing the near empty bowl of coleslaw inside to Chloe and the kitchen sink.
"Hey, Chloe honey. Need some help?"
Chloe smiled warmly at her mother and looked back out the window as she washed the dishes. "No thanks mom, I'm fine."
Nancy followed her daughter's gaze and smiled. "So, you and Brady have virtually been bums for three months now. Either of you ever going to go out and get a job?"
"You know I applied for the professor of music position at Salem U and Brady has been engrossed in Basic Black's humanitarian projects," Chloe said almost distractedly.
"Well, I think if you two took that trip to England like you planned before.." Nancy droned on and on. Chloe was oblivious as she watched her father, husband and son play around in the backyard. Craig was spraying Brady and Noah lightly with the garden hose, the job at filling the kiddie pool having been virtually abandoned. "Chloe...Chloe?"
"What...huh who?"
Nancy furrowed her brow. "Chloe honey, where were you just now?"
Chloe looked at her mother, a radiant smile upon her lips. "The moon." She ran out on the kitchen through the back door and out into the backyard as she joined her impish family.
Nancy smiled and shook her head disbelievingly. "Figures."
"Chloe!" Brady called from downstairs. "What in G-d's name are you doing up there? We have to be at your parents in fifteen minutes! I'm starving!" He bolted up the stairs.
Chloe pulled a lavender tank top over her head and eyed herself in the bathroom mirror. She had yet to put her jeans on, as her mind was focused on something else. "When are you not starving Brady," she muttered.
"Hey, I heard that." Brady wrapped his arms around her from behind and nuzzled her neck.
"Yeah, yeah," Chloe leaned back onto his chest.
"Get dressed baby. I got the steaks and coleslaw out of the fridge and they're going to go bad if we don't get a move on. Besides, I want to help Craig with the grill we just bought them. He's not exactly a whiz when it comes to using grills and mowers and all that."
"I don't even know what I'm going to wear." Chloe sighed.
"J-sus, Diva, you must have something here." He lightly patted her bottom and walked into their room, looking through the closet for Chloe's jeans. "Now, let's see here. We ought to be able to find you something." He wore a light blue t-shirt and light blue jeans. "Don't you have a pair of jeans the same color as mine, Chloe? I could have sworn you did. Hmmm.oh look Noah's Blue's Clue's shirt is in here. I was looking everywhere for it this morning."
Chloe eyed the pill in her hand as if it were the most intriguing thing she'd ever seen. "Brady," she murmured, still eyeing the pill.
"Yeah, baby?"
"Brady, do you want another baby?" She fingered the birth control pill pack slowly.
Brady continued to look through the closet, completely oblivious to Chloe's actions. "What, now? No way. Noah's a little devil himself. You want another monster running around, right now? .Chloe? .Diva?" He craned his neck around to look at her inside the bathroom, a pair of jeans in his hand. She was staring at him with round eyes filled to the brim with sadness. "Oh, baby," he breathed. "I.I mean.hey why not? I would love to have another child with you, Diva."
Chloe smiled, her whole face lighting up with hope. "Do ya mean it?"
"Of course," Brady swallowed.
"Oh Brady," Chloe giggled and tackled him on the bed. Sloppily, she laid wet kisses all over his handsome face.
"Ah, Chloe, you're tickling me!" Brady shouted, laughing and wrestling with her on the bed. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* At the picnic.
Chloe brought the empty dishes inside the house, leaving Nancy, Craig, Brady and Noah out in the backyard talking and filling the kiddie pool with the garden hose. Thoughtfully, Chloe watched them from the kitchen window as she washed the dishes. Brady spotted her out of the corner of his eye, waved and mouthed 'Hey, Momma. I love you.' He even lifted Noah's hand repeating the action as he held him. Chloe laughed to herself. Her two boys were so nutty. Nancy left the three men outside and made her way into the kitchen, bringing the near empty bowl of coleslaw inside to Chloe and the kitchen sink.
"Hey, Chloe honey. Need some help?"
Chloe smiled warmly at her mother and looked back out the window as she washed the dishes. "No thanks mom, I'm fine."
Nancy followed her daughter's gaze and smiled. "So, you and Brady have virtually been bums for three months now. Either of you ever going to go out and get a job?"
"You know I applied for the professor of music position at Salem U and Brady has been engrossed in Basic Black's humanitarian projects," Chloe said almost distractedly.
"Well, I think if you two took that trip to England like you planned before.." Nancy droned on and on. Chloe was oblivious as she watched her father, husband and son play around in the backyard. Craig was spraying Brady and Noah lightly with the garden hose, the job at filling the kiddie pool having been virtually abandoned. "Chloe...Chloe?"
"What...huh who?"
Nancy furrowed her brow. "Chloe honey, where were you just now?"
Chloe looked at her mother, a radiant smile upon her lips. "The moon." She ran out on the kitchen through the back door and out into the backyard as she joined her impish family.
Nancy smiled and shook her head disbelievingly. "Figures."