Hello everyone! I hadn't expected to get this one done so quickly. As for the next chapter, it will take me a little bit longer to write, as I need to do a bit of research for it.

This chapter takes place 3 years after the last one.

Enjoy!

"How many times are you going to double-check that list of yours?" Wade asked his wife, sipping on his cup of coffee. He's been watching his wife work herself into a frenzy for the better part of the last hour.

"I don't want to forget anything," she told him. "I did that with Sofia on her first day of school, I don't want a repeat with Jack," she informed him. They had been prepared for Sofia's very first day of Kindergarten, and when they left the house with time to spare, they somehow forgot Sofia's barbie backpack at the kitchen table.

"Doc, relax," Wade told her, pushing a cup of tea across the counter. The tea he's certain has gone cold on her since she made it roughly 45 minutes prior. "If we forget anything we can take it when we pick him up or he can take it with him tomorrow, it's not a big deal," he tried to assure her.

"You might be right," she sighed, picking up her tea and taking a sip, making a face at the way it tastes now that it's gone cold on her. "Do you have Jack this morning?" She asked, pushing her cup of tea away from her.

"I don't see any problems with getting him up," he nodded, downing the last dregs of his coffee. "I'd rather handle a rowdy 5-year-old, than a nervous 11-year-old," he commented, standing up.

"It's a scary time for her," Zoe sighed. "I can remember what it's like," she informed her husband.

"I'll never get it," he told her, shaking his head, letting her go before him.

"Of course not," Zoe smiled, heading upstairs. "As long as you had your friends, everything was good," she remarked.

"I had you as my friend, that is all I needed," he told her. "And sports," he tacked on as an afterthought. Turns out football wasn't what mattered to him as he had once thought back then.

"Funny how that is after how things started out between us," she commented, knocking on her daughter's bedroom door. Not hearing Sofia she opened the door to see her daughter still in bed, sleeping. Snooze having been pressed on the alarm.

"It's a good tale," Wade chuckled, entering Jack's room to get him up and ready for school.

20 minutes later they were out the door, Jack skipping ahead close to Wade. Zoe hung back with Sofia as they walked the short distance to the school. Sofia had been awfully quiet when Zoe went in to get her up for school. Sofia hardly ate anything over breakfast, instead, she sat playing with her food.

"Mom," Sofia said softly, gaining her mom's attention. "It's not going to be bad is it?" Sofia asked, looking around seeing that none of her friends were around on their way to school.

"Oh sweetie," Zoe said, pulling her in for a side hug as they walked. "It's not going to be bad at all. And you'll see that very little has changed. Your friends are still going to be your friends," she assured her daughter.

"It's just that," Sofia sighed, trailing off.

"I worried too," Zoe told her. Sofia looked up at her mom with a really look on her face. "Yes," she chuckled. "And there wasn't anything to be afraid of or worry about, because I still had my friends and they had made everything easier. You'll see when you get to school and see your friends, it'll be like nothing happened," she assured her daughter.

"Maybe," Sofia shrugged, her smile growing seeing a group of her friends. "Can I?" She asked her mom.

"Have a good day at school, listen to your teachers, and remember come to the practice after school," she told her daughter, letting her go join her friends. Zoe laughed as Sofia said she would as she raced ahead to where her friends were at.

Zoe sped up her pace, slipping her hand into her husband's hand, as Jack started to jump rather than skip as they made their way to his school. They walked in silence keeping an eye on Jack as they walked. Sofia is ahead of them walking with her friends, her nervous about starting the 6th grade all but vanishing with her friends.

"I did bring a few tissues if you want to cry over your son starting school," Wade told his wife, Bluebell elementary coming into view.

"You keep them, you'll need them more than I will," she told him, smirking. "Jack come here, please," she called for her son. Jack turned around and ran into his mom's waiting arms. "Be a good boy and listen to Mrs. Bailey," she told her son.

"Yes, mama," Jack nodded.

"I love you," she told him, kissing his little cheek. Jack replied the same sentiment in his little voice, going to his father as Zoe handed him over.

"Be a good boy and have a good day, I'll be here when school is over to get you," Wade told him, placing him on the ground, Jack nodded. "I love you," he told him, ruffling his hair up. Jack scowled at his dad for messing his hair up, making Wade laugh louder, as he set about fixing Jack's hair.

Jack held his mom and dad's hands as they walked him to where his teacher was waiting for them on the playground. Before Jack ran off, he gave his parents hugs, telling his dad he loves him and running off to play. With Jack on the playground playing with the other kids his age, Wade and Zoe made their exit.

"Is that a lone little tear I see?" She asked her husband as they walked towards the practice.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I've got some dust in my eye," he lied, reaching up to rub his eye.

"Okay, buddy," Zoe smiled, slipping her arm around his waist. "You're secret is safe with me," she told him. "Are you sure that you have Jack after school is over with?" She asked her husband.

"Yes, if something comes up, I will call you," he told her. "But I have my whole afternoon off," he reminded her, pulling her in front of him. "I love you," he said, caressing her cheek.

"As I love you," she whispered, closing the space between them to kiss her husband.

"Jesse," said a shocked Zoe entering the waiting room of the practice. She's the only one working the morning shift. She doesn't mind. Over the years she has come to love being the only one at work. "I didn't know that you were going to be in town," she said, hugging him. Wade hadn't mentioned anything about Jesse being in town. For all, she knew he was frying in the desert sun, or freezing in the subzero temps near the arctic.

"No one does," he chuckled. "This is our first stop," he told her, holding his laughter in at the confused look she's given him over the use of 'we'.

"What do you mean, we?" She asked, looking behind Jesse to see a woman with a round face, her hazel eyes shining behind a pair of red oversized glasses. Her long honey brown hair pulled into a high sleek ponytail. "Hi," Zoe told her.

"Hi," she smiled, stepping forward. "Jesse has told me all about you, Doctor…" she was in the process of saying when Zoe cut her off.

"Oh no, it's Zoe," she quickly told her. "Unfortunately, he hasn't told anyone about you," she said, giving Jesse a very pointed look. She would have liked to know that Jesse was seeing someone, and just have him show up out of the blue to make introductions.

"How else could I surprise you all?" Jesse asked with a laugh. Zoe said nothing, staring at him. "Okay, I didn't tell anyone because my dad, Wade and you would have wanted us to come here so you could meet her, and I wouldn't have heard the end of it until I did so. It was easier this way," he confessed.

"There might be a few truths to what you're saying," Zoe sighed. "And now I would like to be introduced to your…" Zoe stopped looking between the two of them, not sure what they are to each other.

"My wife, Elsa Victoria," he smiled, catching the frown on Zoe's face. "It was a quick little ceremony, a spur of the moment thing," he explained to Zoe.

"It's nice to meet you, Elsa," Zoe smiled, hugging the other woman.

"What is going on in here?" Wade asked, entering the practice, dropping off some food for when Sofia shows up after school.

"More than you'll ever guess," Zoe told Wade cryptically, sharing a quick kiss with him. "As much as I enjoy having you all here, this is my place of employment and I need all forms of yelling to be taken elsewhere," she informed her husband.

"Why would I yell?" Wade asked, confused, looking around the waiting room of the practice. "You didn't do something stupid did you?" He asked his older brother.

"If marrying the woman you love is that something stupid, then I did," Jesse answered with a bright smile on his face.

"Married?" Wade asked, looking between his brother and his newfound sister-in-law. "Welcome to the family," he told her. "I assume you have a love of seeing the world like my brother here?" Wade asked, looking at her.

"Oh yes," she smiled. "That is how we met," she nodded, coming to stand next to her husband. "We found that we liked traveling together, as doing so alone, wasn't all that fun," she laughed.

"And dangerous," Jesse gruffly added on.

"Why don't you guys fill me in on everything, while we walk to the school as it's almost time for Jack to be done," he told his brother, kissing his wife goodbye, as Jack only has a few more minutes of school left.

Wade had no reason to be mad at his brother for running off to get married. What his brother does with his life, is completely up to him. The more he gets to know Elsa, the more he likes her. By the time Jack is done with school and sleepy on the walk home, Wade has decided on having a family get-together to celebrate the newlywed couple. Earl over the moon to learn that he has a new daughter.