Late in the morning of the anniversary day.

I move a little as I wake up slowly. I open my eyes and turn my head. I look at the ceiling of my tent as I think of last night. I heard her slow and steady breathing. I move on my back and look at her peaceful sleeping face. I smile as I feel the butterflies. I turn on my side and carefully push some hair out of her face. She moves her head a little. "You're so beautiful." I whisper. She moves again and I see a little smile appearing on her face. Her hand goes to my chest. I hold my breath as I feel her fingers softly brushing down to my abs. My eagerness is growing as I look at her body. We're both naked, the tent is half open. I do remember how great it was last night. She opens her eyes and looks down.

"Hmm…" I watch her biting her lip. She looks in my eyes. "I love you." I whisper as I push some hair out of her face again. I want to kiss her when I see her teasing smile. I hold my breath when I feel her working me down there. I move myself closer to her and start to kiss her. I grab her and roll over. She giggles as I lift my head up a little so I can look in her eyes again. She lays her arms around my neck and I give her a sweet kiss on her nose. "I'm so happy." She whispers. "Is that so?" She smiles and nods. "You… just you, Johnny, you make me so happy." I look down at her body and then back up. "You like what you see?" I kiss her and close my eyes. "I love what I see." I whisper when I kiss my way down. "I love you, Johnny." I smile as I kiss further down.

"When I wake up and I see your gorgeous face." I lay my chin on her belly as I look at her face. She looks in my eyes and let her hands play with my hair. "I just know that my day will be good. That I know I'll be coming home to you at the end of the day. Falling asleep next to you..." She pauses a little. I smile happily. "Is like you reassuring me that you'll be protecting me in my dreams." She inhales deeply as my fingers softly caress her waists. "I never thought that I ever would lay like this with you." I press my lips on her stomach and close my eyes. "No one else has ever given me the feelings you're giving me, and I know I'll never be able to feel like this ever again if you would step out of my life."

I move myself back on top of her. She smiles and lays her hand on my cheek. "I love you so much, even if you would let your beard grow very long." I chuckle about it and kiss her once. I feel a little overwhelmed. "You're my world, Baby, I haven't realized that until I came back here and saw you again." She smiles and I inhale deeply. "Ever since the first moment I saw you walking to the doors at school." I lick my lips a little. "I knew that you're the one I've been looking for. When I went to Juilliard, I had for a very long time a real empty feeling here." I push myself on one elbow and lay my hand on my heart. She lays her hand on mine. "After Juilliard I started to try to fill up that void. When my son was born, I thought that this was all I needed in life, just my son and I."

"Your son is amazing." I smile. My heart fills with pride for my son. "He's the best thing I've ever accomplished in life. When we arrived here, I thought I had everything I needed in life. You know, a good career, good money, a family. My family saw straight through Britney the moment she stepped out of the car. But it was when we stepped out of the plane, maybe even earlier, that I started to realize that she's not the one I want to spend the rest of my life with." "Come here." She whispers as she grabs my head. I'm feeling sentimental now. She pulls me in, and we kiss. I move a little and press myself against her. She holds her breath as I kiss her deeper.

Mom looks outside the window at the tents as she thinks. Dad came inside and smiles at her. "You've seen Johnny awake?" She asks. "I don't know, but why don't you leave him be? After a night like last night, I can imagine he needs the sleep." Mom chuckles as she looks at him. "It was truly good to see him like that again, I'm so happy he has changed back." Dad gives her a kiss on her temple and turns to the fridge. "Can you check on them? It's almost lunchtime and there's only one plane going to LA today." Dad opens the bottle and looks at her. "I'll go check then. Will you make me some eggs?" She turns her head. "You want them with bacon?" He smiles and gives her a kiss. He went outside and walks to the tents. Bryan and Sean came inside and sit down. "Want some juice, boys?" Mom looks at them. "Thank you, mawmaw, I would love to." Bryan replies. "Me too, mawmaw." Mom looks at Sean and sees his smile. "Oh…" She lays her hand on her chest and starts to smile.

Dad walks to my tent and stops when he hears the noises. He smiles and turns to go to the field to have a look at Jamaal. Jamie is there to help his brother, they told dad that today is a day of celebration and that he shouldn't be working. We're so into deep with each other that we didn't notice Bella coming inside. She sits down and watches us. Rosco is laying outside. I made Frances moan deep and loud. Bella moves her head a little. I pant as I lay with my cheek on her chest. I open my eyes and see Bella. She starts waggling her tail. I chuckle a little and Frances turns her head.

I push myself up on my elbow and reach out to Bella. She came closer and licks my hand. "Hey, little one, you had a good view?" Frances starts to giggle. Bella barks once and came closer. She starts to lick my face. Frances smiles as she watches us. "Will you take her with you to my place, or will you leave her here at the ranch?" I look at her and smile. That reminded me that I need to take care of the Britney matter. I give her a kiss and got off her. I put my jeans on and see them both looking at me. I chuckle as I put my boots on. "I need to take care of something. I'll see ya later." Frances mouth 'I love you' and I mouth it back. I went outside and see Rosco. I smile and stroke his head once.

Frances looks at Bella and caress her little head. "You're cute." Bella pants and lays down on her back. Frances watches her and starts to frown. "Hmm… is there something you want to tell me?" She lays her hand on Bella's stomach and it feels hard. "You're having babies inside?" Frances whispers. Bella starts to waggle her little tail. Rosco stands up and sticks his head inside. Frances tilts her head up to look at him. "Are you for real, Rosco?" He barks once and starts panting. "It's time you're gonna lose them balls." Frances pushes herself up and takes her bra. "I'll ask Ben to have a look at you missy." Frances dresses herself.

In the meantime, I walk to the house and went inside. I see my son and Sean and sit down at the table. They look at me as mom gives me some juice. "You want eggs or something?" She asks, making me look at her. "No, I need to do something first." I look back at my son. "You're ready for this, son?" He nods and stands up. "Let's do this, dad, the sooner, the better." Bella passes Frances and runs inside. Frances walks inside with a smile. She watches me lifting Bella up. "Take it easy with her." I look up at her and smile. "Why?" Mom asks. "If this is what I think it is then she's pregnant." I look back at Bella and see her panting. I put her back down. "From Rosco?" Mom asks. "You need to ask?" I chuckle a little. "I'll ask Ben to check if she is. I wouldn't lift her up too much now." I nod with a smile. "I know Rosco is old, but maybe it's time you should consider castrating him." Mom starts to laugh. "He's too old for that." Mom says and gives Frances some juice. "I'm going upstairs."

I went to the stairs and look up. It's very quiet up there. I walk to my room and knock once. I didn't get an answer, so I inhale deeply and open the door. Britney turns and looks at me with an angry expression. She's holding my favorite shirt. "How did you got my shirt?" I went closer to her and try to grab it. She steps back and pulls her hand away. "I found the shirt on the porch. You want to tell me what's going on?" I frown as I look at her face. "I want my shirt." She walks to her trunk. I look around and it's an even bigger mess than the last time I was in here. I also see she has packed the trunk and the suitcases, including mine. "You've packed already?" "Don't act so surprise. I told you several times that I want to go back home." "Your pills are working?" She looks at me with little eyes. "Don't you dare." She points at me. I look at her face and then at my shirt. "I know what you did last night. I know exactly why you wanted me to stay here, that's why you stole my pills."

"I didn't stole your pills." "Oh, really? Then how did you got them?" She crosses her arms. "I came to my room a few days ago to get clean clothes before I went for a shower. The bottle stood on the desk, I kicked it off on accident and when I picked it up, I've put it in my pocket. Why you've been destroying my stuff? Look at my room, it's a total mess." She snorts. "So what? When we're going back to LA, you don't need to come here ever again." I look back at her and the anger is boiling inside of me. She looks at me up and down. "Please change your clothes and leave those boots here. It's time to move forward." "I don't want to leave my old stuff here, and especially not my shirt."

"Oh, this you mean?" She holds the shirt up. I see her face. Her mean grin appears. "Come on, Brit, not the shirt." I watch as she takes it in both her hands and starts pulling on it. I hear the cloth ripping. "Stop it, Brit!" I move and pull the shirt from her hands. She starts to laugh about my face. I look at my shirt and became really angry. I got this shirt from Frances a week before I left for New York. Everyone was giving me all sorts of presents, but Frances thought it would be nice for me to have something to wear and to be reminded of where I come from. I sniff once as I look at Britney. "Oh, boohoo, stop crying, it's just a shirt."

"Go to the car, take your suitcases with you. I'll bring the trunk down." "You want to go home now?" I nod and she starts to smile. "I'm glad you start to see reality again. I'll be waiting at the car. Can you get Beebee for me as well?" I only nod again. She takes her suitcase and beauty case. "You mind taking your own suitcase as well?" I shake my head no, as I keep looking at my shirt. I close my eyes and inhale deeply when I hear her walking downstairs. I'm trying to calm down. I lay my shirt over my shoulder and lift the trunk up on one side and drag it with me downstairs to the hallway. I went to the kitchen and mom sees my face. "Sweetie, what's going on?" The boys look at me as well.

I start to cry and grab mom into a hug. "Shh. Shh. You want to tell me what happened?" Mom rubs my back. I close my eyes. Bryan came to me and watches me. "Dad?" I open my eyes and look at him. I never felt so angry before that I needed to cry because of trying to control myself. I let mom go and take the shirt from my shoulder. She takes it and looks at it. "What happened?" "She ripped it. Ma, I'm so angry that I want to hurt her so badly, but I don't want to go down that path." I rub my tears away and she looks at my face. She lays her hand on my cheek. "You're better than that, son. There's no shame in crying from the frustrations." I inhale deeply and exhale slowly.

"I can fix this, it's not too bad." I nod and give her a kiss on her cheek. I look at my son, then at Sean. "Where's Baby?" "She got a phone-call, it was an emergency. She wanted me to tell you that she loves you and can't wait to have a dance with you at the party." I look back at mom and I see her smiling again. "I'm glad you're with her now, son." I try to give her a smile. "Let's go, dad, before she comes inside and starts huge drama." I look at my son and nod. "Where's Beebee?" I hear a bark and see Bella coming inside. I kneel and she came to me. "You're ready to fool her?" Bella barks again. It's like she knows what I'm up to.

I stand straight and give mom a kiss on her cheek again. Bryan did too. We went to the hallway and my son helps me with the trunk. Bella follows us. We walk outside to the car and I see Britney waiting. "Finally! We need to hurry now. The plane will be leaving in an hour. I've checked that out online." I unlock the car and she steps in at the passenger side. Bryan helps me putting the trunk in the car. I take Britney's suitcase and beauty case and put them on top of the trunk. "Step in the car, son." Bryan steps in and sits on the back seat as I close the trunk. I turn and look at Bella who sits there, looking at me. "You're ready for this?" I open the back door and she jumps on the back seat next to Bryan. He smiles and caress her head a little.

Britney turns a little and looks at Bella. "There you are, Beebee. You're happy we're going back home?" Bella barks once and went closer to Bryan. I step in and start the car. Mom came outside with Sean and they look at us departing. "Are they really coming back?" Sean asks. Mom looks at him and lays her arm around his shoulder. "Yes, don't worry, they'll be back soon." I look at the traffic. Britney is looking at me. "Couldn't you just put a shirt on?" "I will, later, not now." She snorts and shakes her head. Bryan is watching her while his hand caresses Bella's head a little. "Why do we need to go back home today? It's the anniversary." He says in an annoyed tone.

I look in the rearview mirror and see his face. He winks at me and I nod a little. "Because it's time we're going back, son, our lives is there and not here." Britney smiles wider now. "Now you're talking. I'm glad you're getting back to the Johnny I know." I look at her and give her a fake smile. She smiles coyly at me. "When we get back in LA, we'll be starting on the wedding plans. I want to marry on the fifth, so we need to prepare a lot." She tells us. "We're gonna invite so many people, I want a big wedding." I look back outside and didn't react to it. "I need to make sure my family can come. I want them there." Bryan sighs and looks outside. "What about my family?"

"Honey, you just told me that it's time to go back home." "It doesn't mean I can't have my family at my wedding." "They're probably not going to come anyway. They will be too busy with what they call working." "If I want my family there on my wedding day, then I'll be inviting them and making sure they can come." "Oh, honey, don't bother too much. We can hire actors." I look at her for a second and then back outside. I swallow once and take a deep breath. "Actors? You want to hire actors to play my family?" She chuckles about it. She must be really messed up in that head of hers. "Why not? No one will notice that they are actors."

I look outside, deciding not to reply to this stupid idea of hers. She looks at me when I turn right to drive onto the main street. "You need to shave." "Soon I will." She looks back at Bryan and Bella with a smile. "Beebee looks really happy to go back home." Bryan looks at Bella who is shaking a little. "You know, I even forgive you for what you did to me." I start to frown. "What do you mean?" And when I think she will start about the damn pills again. She takes her phone and unlocks it. She holds up the phone so I can look at it. I stop at the traffic lights and watch the video. It's from last night. I watch how Frances and I are dancing and kissing. I look at her face and she her impatient pout.

I look at the lights and they turn green. I step on the gas and drive on. I wonder who has been filming Frances and me. I turn left when it hits me. Philip. He was standing at the side of the room with his phone the whole evening. What an asshole! "I know you must have gone through a lot of feelings the last days and Baby clearly wanted an adventure with you. She thought she could steal you from me…" Britney starts to laugh about her own amusement. "Oh, she's so wrong!" "Steal? What in the world are you talking about?" Britney looks at her phone and starts an audio recording. I listen to it. It's mom, Franny and Frances talking about me. "When was this conversation?"

Britney stops the recording and puts the phone in her purse. "Oh, from the first day that she came to the ranch. I told them I was going upstairs, but I sat on the stairs and heard everything." I park the car at the kiss and ride. I look at her face. I step out and Bryan does too. "Help me, son." I open the trunk and take the suitcase out. Bryan takes the beauty case. We put them on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. We take the trunk out and put it down next to her suitcase. I close the trunk as Britney steps out. She smiles and closes the door. I put my hands in my pockets and look at her. Bryan stands next to me, looking at Britney as well.

She looks at her luggage and sees it's only hers. "What's this? Where's your suitcase? Or Bryan's?" She looks back at me. "You're going back alone." I see her face changing. "Why?" "Because I'm done with you." She gets confused. "Done?" "Yes, you heard me, I'm done with you." She gets angry again. "You can't do this to me! I even forgave you for cheating on me!" She starts using her high-pitched voice again. "I'm tired of you, and the way you try to manipulate things. Besides, I know you've been cheating on me as well these last days." "I never cheated on you!" "What about Philip? And Kevin? Huh? You really think I'm that stupid not to see what you truly are? God knows how long you've been cheating on me."

She starts to growl in frustrations. "Safe your tyranny for something else. Like I said, we're done, it's over. You'll get over it. Now, my son and I are going back to town. I want a relaxing afternoon with my son before the anniversary party starts." Bryan looks at me with a smile. I look at him. "Step in, son, we're going." Bryan nods and steps in at the passenger side. Britney growls and takes her ring off. I look at her when she throws it against my chest. I look down and see the ring. "You can keep it, if you pawn it, you can pay off your debts. I know all about it, and how you need my money, but you ain't getting any." I turn and want to walk around the car.

"Give Bella to me!" I turn my head to her. I move and open the back door so Bella could jump out, but she didn't. "Beebee, come to mommy, we're going back home." Bella starts to growl at her. Showing Britney her teeth. "Come on, Beebee, you don't want to stay in this stink hole." Britney moves closer to the car, trying to get her out but Bella's growl goes deeper and then she snarls when Britney tries to lift her up. Britney let her go in an instant. "Seems like Beebee has chosen her team." Britney stands straight, looking really angry at me. I smile at her and close the door. "You're not getting away with this!" "Watch me." I walk around the car and step in. I look at my son who nods. I accelerate and drive away from the airport with squeaking tires.