Chapter 9: Reunited

Dana was putting the twins down for bed when she saw her son looked just like Carter. She touched her boy's face with a sigh. "You just like your father," she murmured. She placed a kiss on the top of her son's head. She placed a kiss on her daughter's forehead before leaving.

Dana took a shower and then she pulled on her pink, silk nightgown. She pulled on her robe and pulled her hair in a braid. Her hair was now three-inches past her shoulders. Dana sat down in her living room and pulled her book out. She sighed as she started to think about Carter again. She then remembered that day all those months ago. She felt a tear fall down her cheek and quickly wiped it away. Dana jumped when she heard a knock on her door. She put her book down and went to answer the door. She opened the door and got the surprise of her life. "Carter," she whispered.

"Hi, Dana," Carter greeted.

She stepped back and crossed her arms over her chest. "What are you doing here? And how did you find me?" She asked. Carter sighed as he walked in and closed the door.

"I came to see you," he replied.

"How did you find me?"

"Your father told me."

Carter had her sit down and sat across from her. "How's she?" She asked. Carter sighed and looked at the floor.

"Whatever you thought when you saw that girl on me, you're wrong. I didn't kiss, Laura, she kissed me," he insisted.

She clasped her hands in her lap and looked at him. "How can I believe you, Carter?" She asked. She watched as her former leader got down on his knees and grabbed her hands.

"Dana, you know me. Laura was just a high school crush, you're my future," he replied.

He touched her face. "Dana, you have to believe. Look into your heart and search for he truth," he insisted. Dana looked down into her heart and knew that Carter was telling the truth.

"What happened to the girl?" She asked.

"I sent her away the next day when I saw her," he replied.

Tears fell down her face and she hugged him. "I missed you so much," she whispered. He hugged her back and breathed in her scent again.

"I missed you too, Dana," he answered.

Just then, a baby started to cry. Dana let him go and stood up. Carter followed her to the extra room to where the sound the baby.

Dana walked over and picked Callie up from her crib. Carter's eyes widened in disbelief. He took a couple of steps back at what he was seeing. The love of his life was holding an infant. "Dana, what's going on here?" He asked. Dana calmed Callie down and placed her back in her crib.

"We have a lot to talk about," she murmured.

She grabbed his hand and led him out of the room.

Dana poured Carter some coffee and had him sit down. "Who's child is that?" He asked. Dana sat across from him.

"That was Callie and she has a twin brother named David," she started.

"Whose children are they?" He asked.

Dana reached across the coffee table and grabbed onto his hand. "Carter, the day I left I had just found out that I was pregnant," she replied. Carter's eyes widened in disbelief.

"So, they're mine?" He asked.

"Yes, they're both yours. David Carter Grayson and Callie Kelsey Grayson," she replied.

"You gave them my last name?"

"Yes."

Dana then sat next to him. "I'm so sorry that I didn't contact you about the twins, Carter. I was upset and confused," she apologized. He touched her face to calm her down.

"Day, it was my fault. I didn't go after you when I had the chance," he insisted.

She touched his hands with tears falling down her face. "I still love you, Carter," she confessed. She then hugged him tight with a sigh. Carter hugged her back and ran circles on her back.

"I love you too, Dana," he whispered.

Before they both knew it, they had fallen asleep on the couch with his arms still wrapped around her.