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THREE YEARS LATER
November 3rd
Seth ran around the house blowing up balloons and putting up streamers. Little Allie was turning three years old and he did this every year. Marissa had taken Allie and her own, Jenn, shopping. Jenn was Ryan and Marissa's first baby and she was 2. Seth, Ryan, Marissa, and their kids moved out of their parents homes. They found a nice house in the numbered streets and decided to all live in it until they found decent paying jobs. The parents helped them with the bills and to Seth's surprise so did Mr. Roberts. Ever since Summer left Mr. Roberts had still been around because of his granddaughter. The day Seth told him she left Neil helped to watch Allie grow up. As Seth was setting up the balloons and streamers, Neil was there with him.
"You know Seth…I'm surprised at you."
"What do you mean?"
"If it were any other guy I swear that the other would have left the baby."
"I'm not like that."
"You sailed away didn't you?"
"Yeah but that was a completely different story. I didn't leave because of Summer, I left because Ryan left and I was just worried that this place would go back to being a hell hole for me."
"You need help with those balloons?"
Neil looked at Seth. He was having a difficult time putting the balloons up.
"Sure. I'm gonna go get the stuff for the barbeque ready."
Neil was left there to blow up balloons.
10 minutes later Marissa, Jenn, Allie, and Ryan came into the house. Allie ran into the kitchen to find her daddy.
"DDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYY"
"Hey honey…Happy Birthday."
"Daddy look at what Aun Mawissa and Uncle RyRy got me."
She ran into the hallway and came walking back in with a skateboard.
"Already? I thought I said not til she was 5."
"Yo mad at me?"
She looked at him with little puppy dog eyes. He knelt down to her.
"No…no baby of course not. I just don't see how you're gonna be able to ride this at your age. You're still pretty young. I tell you what. You wait to ride this skateboard until you turn 5 and tomorrow daddy will take you shopping and we will buy you whatever you want okay?"
A smile came to Allie's face.
"Okay daddy."
Allie looked around and saw Neil standing there.
"GWANDPA."
Neil spun around and saw his granddaughter charge towards him. He picked her up and she gave him a big hug.
"Hey princess…how are you?"
"Happy"
She gave him a big smile and Neil's expression softened. Allie had Summer's smile and at that moment Neil put Allie down and lowered himself to her and gave her a kiss on her cheek. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little box.
"Happy Birthday Allie."
"Thank you Grandpa."
Neil, Seth, Marissa, Ryan and Jenn watched as Allie opened her gift. After the wrapping paper was a small box. Allie looked puzzled. She tried to open the box but was unable to. She looked at her grandfather and Neil kneeled down and opened the box for her. Inside the box revealed a necklace. Neil put it on Allie.
"This princess was your mommy's. I fond it in her old room before she left. She loved it and I hope that you do too."
Everyone looked at each other with discomfort. Saved by the doorbell.
"I'LL GET IT!"
Marissa ran to the door to find Sandy and Kirsten there.
"Hey Marissa."
"Hey guys c'mon in."
Allie sprang to the door.
"Gwandpa, Gwanma."
Sandy and Kirsten kneeled down to the little three year old.
"Hey honey."
"Hi Allie. Here…Happy Birthday!"
Allie took the exceptionally large gift and ran into the family room where her cousin and Ryan were. Sandy and Kirsten walked through the hallways and came into the kitchen to find Neil. The greeted each other. Kirsten went into the backyard and gave Seth a hug.
"Hey sweetie…how you holding?"
"I'll be okay. Where's dad?"
"Right here son. Wow I gotta tell ya Jenn is getting really big."
Kirsten practically ran to find her other grandchild.
Sandy chuckled.
"Anything you say she still runs for it."
"Yeah."
"You need some help here son?"
"Yeah uh could you keep an eye on this while I get the burgers ready?"
"Yeah sure."
Seth made his way back into the house.
Meanwhile, in the family room, Kirsten sat on the carpeted floor with Jenn, Allie, Ryan and Marissa.
"I can't believe how big she got. Ryan what do you feed her?"
"Baby food."
Seth came into the room.
"Ryan man I need you outside in the back."
Ryan got up and left the room. Kirsten turned to Marissa.
"So…how are you guys doing here?"
"We're good although I can't say the same for Seth…November isn't exactly his favourite month anymore."
"Yeah I know. It came as a shock to all of us."
"Yeah…it hit me hard but I think that it hit Seth the hardest even though they only knew each other like really good for a couple of years. He's still struggling because Allie looks like Summer a lot."
Sandy came into the room.
"Dinner's ready."
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After dinner everyone gathered around the table. Marissa was at the counter lighting the candles and Allie sat on top of Seth's lap.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALLIE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU."
"Okay Birthday girl…make a wish." Whispered Seth.
"What's a wish daddy?"
"It's something that you want to happen. But don't tell anyone."
"Okay daddy."
Allie closed her eyes and thought hard. She thought of the one thing that would make her and her daddy happy then she said to herself:
'I wish mommy would come home.'
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Later that night, Seth tucked Allie in and gave her a kiss on her temple.
"Daddy?"
"Yes honey?"
"Can you tell me a story?"
"About?"
"About mommy."
Seth sighed and sat on Allie's bed.
"Which one?"
"About you and mommy's fust kiss."
Seth sighed and lightly chuckled to himself.
"Okay hun…well it was Great grandpa Caleb's birthday and mommy and I had just started to be friends because Uncle Ryan and Aunt Marissa liked each other. So mommy and me went together because I was Uncle Ryan's best friend and mommy was Aunt Marissa's best friend and mommy made me go with her.
He saw Allie smile.
So when it was time to go to the party I was mad a mommy because she was ignoring me."
"What's inoring?"
"When someone you know and you talk to doesn't pay attention to you."
"Oh."
"Anyways I went and sat by myself and then she was looking for me to meet a rich and older guy but then I told her how none of those guys care about who she is and then I told her how none of those guys were there when she was in grade three and she shared her lunch with a squirrel who kept getting his nuts stolen by another squirrel. Also how none of the other guys were there when she had to read a poem to the class in grade 6 and she was scared because she cared about what the other kids thought. She then was surprised because it was so long ago. Then I told her the poem and she must have been really happy because she gave me a kiss."
When Seth was finished, he noticed that Allie had dozed off. He smiled and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He then left the room and entered the kitchen where Ryan and Marissa were cleaning up.
"You guys didn't have to do that."
"Oh and who would've if we didn't?"
"GP."
"What?" Asked Marissa
Ryan replied. "Good point."
"Oh…so what was the bedtime story tonight?"
"(sigh) She wanted to know about mine and Summer's first kiss."
"Ouch…are you okay man?"
"I'll be fine."
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Well there you go…okay I'm gonna try to get one more chapter up before I go to Italy…please review and to tell you the truth this chapter turned out better than I thought it would.
