Emily looked back, but all she saw was a hazyfigure. None-the-less she knew that voice anywhere "Greg!" she said as she ran up the isle he was coming down. He threw his arms around her and spun her around "How are you!" she said happily
"As good as a college freshman can be. What's the deal with you not telling me you were back, Sara had to tell me!" he said, putting her down
"I wanted to surprise you, but apparently Miss Sarah didn't understand that. John wanted me to be here for callbacks since I'm going to AD and choreograph the new show. I was planning on attacking you later" she said smiling
"Nice, still the same Em" he said laughing. 'whoa, whoa honey, relax you're going to break my arm off' they heard in the background "Can I meet Kaylie?" he asked
Emily smiled "Absolutely" she grabbed his hand and dragged him back to where Bradin, Callie and Lucas were standing. Kaylie was now in Callie's arms because she got all excited when she saw her "Kay honey" Emily said smiling
"Yeah mommy" she said, now squirming in Callie's arms
"Whoa Kaylie, you're going to break me and then Uncle Bradin wouldn't be happy with you" Callie said as she put her down.
She put her arms up to Bradin, but he shook his head "You think I'm crazy, you nearly broke your dad's arms and auntie Callie's, I don't want you breaking me!"
"Pleeeease uncle Brae" she whined, holding her arms up and trying to look cute
"Man, you're worse than your mother" he said as he picked her up
"I take that offensively" Emily said laughing "Kay are you being nice?" she said
"Of course mommy" she said, smiling
"Man, you corrupted her at such a young age." Greg said laughing "She's going to be a pain when she's a teenager"
"Let's not go there" Emily said laughing "Kaylie honey, this is Greg, he's my best friend, just like auntie Sarah"
"I remember you talking to him on the phone" Kaylie said looking at her mother "I'm Kaylie, but you can call me Kay" she said smiling "Can I call you uncle Greg?"
Greg smiled "Sure, is that what you call everyone, uncle or auntie?"
"No, only the people who my mommy likes, except for uncle Tanner, mommy doesn't like him very much, but she told me to call him that" she shrugged
"Honey, I like your uncle Tanner enough, I just don't like the decisions he makes. He's not very smart, your daddy got those genes" she said, smiling "I'll take her Bradin if you're getting tired"
"No, it's cool. I don't mind, she weighs like nothing" he said
Emily smiled "So, since I know how to cook now, do y'all want to come over for dinner? We could do something simple like a BBQ?"
"Sounds good to me" Callie said "I just have to run to my dorm and grab some stuff. Brae, you wanna come?"
"Sure" he said, handing Kaylie to Lucas "We'll meet you guys at your house at like 7?" he said
"Sounds good man" Lucas said as he cradled his daughter "Just don't tell the whole dorm, or we'll be having a house party with a 2 year old daughter"
They laughed "We won't" Callie said "See you at 7"
Emily smiled as they left, Greg a step behind "Life is pretty perfect, imagine that" she said smiling "How can it go wrong, I mean it has to, there's a law written somewhere that my life can't be perfect"
Lucas smiled at her and kissed the top of her head "There is no such law. You're allowed to be happy. You and theprincess over here make me very happy"
Kaylie smiled "Having a daddy makes me happy" she said with a big grin
"Well if you two are happy then so am I, I mean how can I not be?" she smiled too "Well, lets go home and get everything ready" the happy family walked toward the door and out into the parking lot. "Oh, I feel like ice cream, what about you two?" she said smiling
"YAY!" Kaylie screeched. The three walked to the ice cream place on the pier. "Ooo, mommy what can I get?" Kaylie said excitedly
"Whatever you want honey" she said smiling as she walked up to the window. As soon as the person turned around, she recognized them "Brittany, oh my God is that you?"
"Emily!" she said, and hugged her "The prodical daughter returns! Damn girl, where have you been?"
"I moved to New Orleans to raise my daughter, Kaylie"
Brittany looked at Lucas who was still holding Kaylie "Em, she's gorgeous" she said "She looks just like you, but she definitely has his eyes. You two are very lucky. Oh, Chris will be so sad he missed this"
"Chris works here too?" Emily said as Kaylie ordered
"Yeah, we all do, it's for the college. It's like a huge party, just like old times"
"Oh man, old times were nuts!" she said as Brittany handed her the ice cream
"They were. It's on the house" she replied as she handed her money "It's a welcome back to Playa Linda"
Emily smiled "Thanks Britt. I'll stop by later and catch up with everyone, but now I have to go make dinner for the family"
Brittany smiled "Dinner, ha! that's funny" she said laughing "See you soon. Good luck!"
The three sat in the house getting ready for the company "Wow, it just amazes me how much people can change in 3 years. It's insane!" Emily said as she walked next to Lucas
"I know, Chris is so nice, once we all got out of high school, everything evaporated. All rivalries died. We're actually on the CSC surf team together"
"Can I learn to surf daddy?" Kaylie said
"After you learn to swim we'll talk to Jay, ok?" Lucas replied, starting the grill. Emily walked over to him, so he quickly kissed her "I love you, you know that right?"
"I love you too Luke" she said smiling. Just then the doorbell rang "I'll get it" she walked to the door and opened it.
A petite blonde stood there, dressed in minimal clothes "Sorry, to interrupt, but is Lucas here, I need to talk to him" she said, in a southern twang
"Right this way" Emily said, eying her suspiciously. The two walked through the house into the backyard. The girl was obviously blown away by the magnitude of the house "Honey, somone's here to see you" she said, before she ran to grab Kaylie before she fell into the pool
Lucas turned around and looked at the girl "Hi Luke" she said
Lucas froze, not sure of what to do "Um, hi Allie" he said, still shocked