The rover came to a stop and immediately Maddy recognized where they were. Mark got out and walked around the rover to open the door for Maddy and Zoe. Once Zoe saw the place she had been taken to she took off running. Mark laughed and grabbed Maddy's hand, intertwining their fingers together.

"I should have known this is where you would take me for our first big anniversary," Maddy said walking towards her sister, who was now spinning in circles with her arms spread out wide looking up at the sky, "but you do realize now Zo is going to want you to bring her here all the time, right?"

"Yes, but I couldn't resist bringing her. It can be our little secret: mine, yours, and now Zo's." He said laying out a blanket and some food. Zoe came skipping over with a huge smile on her face, "Mad what kind of flower are these? Mark, how did you find this place? Have you been here before? This is my new favorite place to be!"

The two teenagers just laughed at the overly excited little girl. Soon Maddy spoke up, "They are dayflowers Zo." Mark smiled when Zoe looked at him wanting him to answer her questions to him now. "I just came across it one day when I first came though the portal. And yes, we have been here before. You remember when the meteor came and knocked out the power?" he stopped for her to respond. She just nodded wanting him to finish. "Well this is where I brought Mads. But no one knows about that or this place so if you can keep it a secret, it can be our secret place when you,me, and Mads want to get away, ok?"

"Yeah, yes! I will keep it a secret. Do you promise me though that you will bring me here when I want to get away?" Zoe asked so excited she could barely get the question out. "Of course Zo. Anytime I'm off, because I don't want you and Maddy out her without me. Now do you want to sit down and eat?" Mark asked her. "Yes I'm starving! And I promise I won't ever come out her without you." She sat down beside Maddy and they started eating. It was a quiet dinner because the food was so good no one wanted to waste time and talk.

As soon as they were done Mark cleaned off the blanket and took the picnic basket back to the rover while Maddy played with Zoe in the field. He came back to find Zoe trying to outrun Maddy but Maddy was too fast and caught up with her. She picked up her little sister and spun her around before putting her down and watching her run through the flowers. Mark saw this as an opportunity and took off running after his girlfriend. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her up, spinning her around. "Mark!" she yelled as she held on tight to his arms.

He stopped spinning her long enough to turn and check on Zoe before carrying Maddy over to where the blanket was and put her back to her feet. She wrapped her arms around his neck while his arms stayed around her waist as she turned around to face him. He reached to move her hair out of her face before she finally kissed him. It caught him off guard but it didn't take long for him to return the kiss. They slowly broke apart a few minutes later and just put their foreheads together and stared into each other's eyes.

"I love you, you know." Mark finally broke the silence. "I love you too, so much." Maddy said kissing his cheek. Mark sat down on the blanket and grabbed his girlfriend's hand and pulled her down to him. She fell onto his lap but moved to lie down and put her head in his lap. She turned her head a little to check and make sure Zoe was still playing and she glanced up to see her boyfriend staring at the little girl admirably. He felt her staring at him and he looked down to catch her gaze. She looked into his amazing blue eyes and just smiled at the way they made her melt.

"Why are you staring at Zoe like that?" She asked curiously. "I don't know. Just looking at her, how happy she is, I just would never want anything to happen to her, you know? I feel like if I had to choose between my life and yours and her happiness I would choose you two everytime. No doubt in my mind." He said running his fingers through her hair. She closed her eyes and thought through his words.

"You don't mean that. And besides imagine how much it would hurt me and Zo if anything happened to you." Maddy said soothingly. Mark just smirked and laughed a little, "No Mads, I would in a heartbeat, but you do have a point," he smiled as he looked at the smile on Zoe's face as she played with her dinosaur doll in the flowers,"I have never thought about what it would do to you two and I would hope that you two care that much for me but I would never want to cause you that pain, just as I couldn't go through it either."

"You are going to be a great father one day babe." Maddy blushed as she finished what she said, not meaning for it to be said out loud. But she looked up to him to see him with a big smile on his face looking at her. "Thanks sweetie. And you know I watch the way you are with Zo, you will be a great mother. Any kid would be lucky to have you as a mom just like any guy would be lucky to have you as a wife." He said as he leaned down to kiss her forehead.

"Well you know any girl would be lucky to have such a handsome, strong, loving soldier like you as a husband. And you I watch you with Zoe too, you are better than me sometimes at calming her down." She said as she turned to watch Zoe again. Zoe started walking over to them, yawning.

She laid down by Maddy and put her head against Mark's leg and her sister's shoulder. "Are you tired sweetheart?" Mark said reaching his other hand around Maddy's chest to play with Zoe's hair a little. "Yeah. But I don't want to leave yet. I want to see the stars for a little while." Zoe responded reaching up to hold his hand, feeling safe doing so. Mark gently rubbed his thumb over the small hand that had taken his and replied, "Ok Zo, but we will have to leave soon before your mom gets worried."

Then Mark laid down while Maddy moved to have her head on his stomach, and Zoe moved between Mark's arm and Maddy's shoulder. Mark wrapped his arm around his two favorite people in the entire world and looked up at the stars, but then an idea dawned on him. "Wait girls," he said as he grabbed his tags and held them above them to take a picture, "smile big." Maddy and Zoe got closer to mark and they all three smiled as he clicked the button to take the picture. Ten minutes later the sky had darkened more and it was really time to go. He turned his head and saw that both Maddy and Zoe had fallen asleep. He couldn't resist he took another picture of just the two of them this time, sleeping peacefully.

He moved slowly trying not to wake either of them, but Maddy stirred and woke up. She looked at Zoe who was sleeping so well and just smile. "Sorry." He whispered to her. "it's fine." She mouthed back. Mark carefully picked up Zoe and Maddy got the blanket and they walked back to the rover to go home.

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