I thought about writing a short epilogue but there's a bunch of ideas I have so it's going to be a little longer than I thought when I started writing this.
Mistakes are mine
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Penelope smiled as she looked at her sleeping babies in the airplane. She was so thankful Grace decided to come with them to help for a few weeks. Penelope started to think about her amazing time in Australia and how she definitely was going to miss it. She didn't know how she made it living in that tiny flat for five years with her four babies but they made it work. Maybe she always knew that someday she would go back to the states and maybe deep down that's why she always saved up money. She was very lucky she made good money as a Nurse Practitioner and her flat wasn't that expensive to she didn't spend a lot of money even with her quads.
Now she was excited to find the perfect home in the states and that would be her forever home. She had an idea what she wanted and what her kids would love, so she hoped she'd find their perfect home.
19 hours and 11 minutes
It was going to be a long flight but Grace and her had ideas to entertain the kids.
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7pm
Penelope, Grace, Emery, Zander, Oliver and Kenzi arrived at the Orlando airport and waited in the baggage claim for their luggage to come out. Penelope texted her parents they had arrived. The kids were on the floor sleepy. Penelope's phone went off and she saw it was Alvez so she answered. "Hey."
"Hey Pen. Did you guys land?" Alvez asked.
"Yes. We're waiting for the luggage now. Mom and dad are on their way to pick us up."
"That's great. Text me when you get to the house."
"I will."
"Bye Penelope."
"Bye."
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9am
Penelope walked into her parent's kitchen and smiled seeing her grandparents talking with her children. Antonio and Sandra were cooking breakfast and interacting with them as well. This is what she should have done sooner. Family is very important and having made the move now was the right thing to do. She missed Australia but she knew she would visit again someday.
Grace walked in a few minutes later. "You ready to go?" Grace asked Penelope.
"Yes." Penelope said as she grabbed her phone and purse.
"Are you guys meeting realtor today?" Sandra said surprised.
"Yes. As much as I love you guys. We can't stay here too long or we'll drive each other crazy." Penelope smirked and Sandra laughed nodding.
"Okay."
"Grace is leaving the day after tomorrow so hopefully I'll have a house picked out by then." Penelope said and kissed her kids.
"Don't get disappointed if you don't find a house that soon." Sandra said worriedly.
"Yes mom. See you later guys. And listen to grandma and grandpa." She told her kids.
"Yes mami." The quads said.
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10:45am
Penelope and Grace met with the realtor, who already had houses lined up to see that day that Penelope had seen online. There were a lot of good houses but they weren't quite what Penelope was looking. She wanted at least 2 or 3 acres of land fenced, five bedrooms, four full bathrooms, maybe a horse stable, definitely a pool, open floor plan, etc.
The second day, they still didn't find anything.
"Ugh we've seen so many houses I can't remember which is which." Penelope groaned as she lied in bed.
"Yea 16 houses in two days. Wow. And I'm impressed with what you can get here for your budget than back home."
"I know. That's why I'm excited and picky with what I want." Penelope grinned.
"I might just move here too." Grace grinned.
"Oh my God Mark would die but the kids would be really happy." Penelope smiled.
"Don't temp me. Let's see what happens." Grace smiled.
"Don't get our hopes up." Penelope grinned.
Grace laughed.
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The next day, they went to a house where it had 4 acres, 5 bedrooms, 4 and a half bathrooms, three horse stable, an incredible entertaining backyard with a big pool and outdoor kitchen, and most importantly an open floor plan.
"This is it." Penelope smiled as she looked around the opened floor plan and smiling at the big island in the kitchen.
"Wait what?" Grace asked.
"This is my home."
"We literally just got here." Grace said.
"Babe I can feel it." Penelope smiled.
"It's recently renovated too. Come on. Let's see the rest of your home." The realtor said.
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6pm
"You found the house?" Sandra asked in shocked.
"Yes." Penelope grinned. "I already filled the papers out and now the realtor is working her magic."
"I guess I was wrong." Sandra chuckled.
"Trust me I thought I wasn't going to find one. Looking at houses is exhausted."
"I'm happy for you dear." Sandra smiled.
"Thanks mom."
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Penelope drove towards the gate and smiled as the kids gasped seeing the gate open and Penelope drove the long driveway to the house. "This is our new home."
"Mami wow!" "That's so cool!" "It's so big." "It's so pretty."
Those were some of the things that the kids said as they got out of the car.
Penelope closed the car door and went to open the front door. The kids ran around the empty open floor plan looking at the kitchen and living room. The house they were moving into was ten times the size of what they were used to living.
She knew it was going to be an adjustment.
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The five of them went outside to the backyard and the kids were impressed.
"So are we gonna get a horse?" Emery asked.
"And a pig?" Zander asked.
"And chickens?" Oliver asked.
"Dogs?" Kenzi asked.
Penelope laughed and nodded. "Maybe. Not all at once but we will get animals eventually."
"Yay!"
"When is daddy coming?" Zander asked.
"He'll be here this weekend to help us move in furniture." She said and her kids were happy to hear that.
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9am
Alvez drove through the gates and smiled when he saw his kids running around the yard.
"Daddy's here!" Emery yelled and the quads ran towards him when the car stopped.
"Hi guys!" Alvez smiled. "You all got so tall!" He said as he hugged them.
"I'm so happy you're here daddy." Kenzi said.
"Me too pumpkin." Alvez kissed her head.
"Are you going to come here a lot?" Zander asked.
"Yes. I'm going to come twice a month."
The quads gasped in excitement and hugged him again.
"Can you come more than that?" Oliver asked.
"I wish I could Ollie but I can't. I live in New York City." Alvez said as they all walked inside.
"Mami he's here." Kenzi smiled.
"I see that." Penelope smiled at her kids and then looked at Alvez. "Hey."
"Hi Penelope." He smiled and kissed her cheek.
Penelope walked towards the counter bar and grabbed a single key. "Here is the key to the house and you already have the gate code. You and I have a different code than everyone else. Every time someone enters a code my phone lets me know."
"Wow that's really good and very safe." Alvez smiled.
"Yes it is." Penelope said and went back to baking cookies for the kids. "Hey you wanna show dad the house and the outside?" she asked her kids.
"Yes!" The quads said and pulled him to show him the house.
Penelope loved how happy her kids were to have their father there but she honestly didn't want him near her. She knew she couldn't control her craving for him even if she was upset with him for missing half their kid's life mostly due to Dawn. That was what really peeved her. She was so lucky that she had a guest bedroom where he would sleep far away from her.
12pm
After lunch, one big truck arrived with Penelope's furniture. Antonio, Sandra, Penelope, Alvez started putting things inside with the movers help. Pamela entertained her nieces and nephews in the pool. It took them till 10pm to put the furniture where Penelope liked and a few decorations in its perfect place. While the kids were passed out in their rooms, the adults ate pizza once mostly everything was unpacked.
"Thank you guys so much for helping me with the furniture." Penelope said as she took a bite of pizza.
"It was fun. The house looks great." Pamela smiled.
"I think it's still too big for you guys." Antonio said.
"Dad, I told you I'm considering going into foster care in the near future." Penelope explained.
"Have you talked to the kids about that?" Sandra asked.
"Yes. I've explained some but they still don't quite understand. Once everything starts coming together then I'm sure they'll get the picture." Penelope said.
"How do you feel about that Alvez?" Antonio asked.
"I'm okay with it. I know it's something she's always wanted to do so I'm behind her 100%." Alvez smiled.
Penelope smiled back and took another sip of her wine. That smile of him made her body tingled and she needed to walk away from him soon. They all ate the pizza pie and then Antonio, Sandra and Pamela said goodnight and left leaving Alvez and Penelope cleaning the kitchen.
"Are you happy with your decision?" Alvez asked softly as he put the dishes in the dishwasher. "I know you must miss Melbourne."
Penelope sighed. "I do miss it a lot. It has a lot of memories. It's where our kids were born." She said as she wiped the counter. "But I am very happy with the decision to move back. Our kids need to be around family. And yes Grace and Mark had become their family but…"
"I understand what you mean Penny." He said.
"Yea."
Alvez finished in the kitchen and wanted to say something but he decided not and cleared his throat. "I'm heading to bed."
"Night. See you in the morning." Penelope smiled.
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8am
The next day, Penelope woke up with the smell of pancakes and bacon. She groaned because it smelled so good and she wanted to watch her weight. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
Alvez was making small conversation with his kids while he cooked breakfast. Each kid got a plate and watched their father served two small pancakes with four pieces of bacon and a side of fruit with a glass of milk.
"Buenos Dias." Penelope said as she kissed each kid on the forehead. "Did you thank Daddy for cooking?"
"Yes." The quads said.
"You want a plate?" Alvez asked as he got a plate for him.
"I shouldn't but it smells so good."
Alvez chuckled and got a plate for her. The six of them sat on the table enjoying the morning.
"So what would you like to do today?" Alvez asked.
"Can we go see animals?" Kenzi asked.
"Of course." Alvez said.
"Just to see." Penelope added.
"What if we fall in love with one of them?" Alvez asked.
"You sir, are supposed to be on my team." Penelope glared.
"P you know I'm in your team." He winked at her and grinned.
"Ugh you guys are gonna be the death of me." Penelope groaned and the kids laughed.
"Go change and we'll be ready to go in an hour." Alvez added.
The quads ran towards their rooms.
"Fuck." Penelope chuckled.
"You know you're going to end up bringing something home." Alvez smirked.
"Yep. I was hoping to wait a couple of months. We literally just moved here."
"Maybe it'll be good for them." Alvez said.
"Maybe." She smiled and stood up to put the plates in the dishwasher.
"Penelope you look really sexy." Alvez said eyeing her ass and legs in those shorts she wore.
"Stop it Luke." She said but couldn't help and smile. Luckily he didn't see that.
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TBC