Epilogue

The Oceanside Wellness doctors packed into Addison's house, some spilling onto her back terrace, laughing, the sun setting as Sam handled the grill.

"I like mine rare!" Charlotte called out from her lawn chair, wine in hand.

"I heard you the first fifty times, Charlotte," Sam called back.

Naomi laughed, rubbing his back before he smiled up at her, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"What time do you say they were coming?" Cooper asked Addison from his seat as she walked out of the house holding two new bottles of champagne.

"Mark said they were just coming off the exit just a little while ago." Addison answered as Naomi freed her of one of the bottles.

"Can you believe how long it's been?" Violet asked Pete as she leaned into him. He rubbed her back as she rested her head against his chest.

"Yeah, but I'm happy for him," he answered.

"Me too."

They all looked at each other as the door bell sounded, their excitement palpable.

"That's them!" Addison yelled, setting her bottle on a table and headed back into the house. Naomi and Charlotte joined her, making their way through the kitchen and living room to get to the front door.

"Oh my god!" Charlotte spoke excitedly. "Look how big you are! We're gonna have another one in the group."

"God, Charlotte," Naomi scolded, giving Mark a big hug before waiting her turn to hug Callie as Addison hugged her.

"I know! I just blew up," Callie said with a laugh, her hand rubbing over her extending belly before hugging Naomi.

"You look like you're ready to pop. You sure you're only six months along?" Charlotte asked, patting Mark on the shoulder.

"Yes, we're sure." Mark answered as he hugged Addison. "Where is everyone?"

"They're all in the back," Naomi informed them as they stepped through the door. "You have bags?"

"Yeah, I'll get them later." Mark said.

"Hey! Look who it is!" Sam greeted Mark as he stepped out onto the terrance. "Where's the wife?"

"Using the bathroom. We would have been here sooner if we didn't have to stop every fifteen minutes." Mark said as Sam set down spatula and pulled him into a hug.

"Ah, yes. I remember that well."

Cooper handed Mark a beer as he headed further onto the terrace, taking a seat next to Pete.

"Thank you."

"You look good, man. Got a little pale though," Pete teased before bumping beer bottles with him.

Mark laughed, taking sip from his.

"What are you having?" Violet asked. "Do you know yet?"

"I want to know, but she wants it to be a surprised. She's calling it a boy today."

Violet laughed, raising herself off of Pete to take a drink from her champagne. "I remember that."

"There she is!" Cooper announced as Callie, Naomi and Charlotte came out of the house.

Callie gave Sam a hug before waddling over to the others.

"You're only six months?" Violet gasped.

"Can you believe it? And Cooper wants to put one of those in me." Charlotte said.

Cooper laughed as he rolled his eyes and took a drink from his beer.

"Pregnancy will look amazing on you Charlotte. Just as it does Callie."

Charlotte rolled her eyes as Callie kissed him on the cheek as a reward.

"He's kicking, do you wanna feel?"

The question was meant for Cooper, but Naomi, Addison, Pete, Charlotte and Cooper all placed their hands on her belly to feel the kick.

"Ohhhh!" They all awed at the same time.

"That's a soccer player in there!" Cooper announced.

"Now, why does it have to be a soccer player? That's racist!" Charlotte stated, swatting her husband. "It could be a football player or a doctor even."

Callie laughed as she looked at Mark who rolled his eyes before kissing her on the lips. Naomi rolled her eyes as well, going back over to Sam.

"Okay!" Sam yelled out. "Let's eat!"

Candles decorated the terrance as the porch light kept it well lit as the sun finally set. They all ate and laughed merrily, playing catch up on the events that occurred over the past six months.

"Africa's a long way to go to escape getting your heart broken." Charlotte said as she set down her fork and leaned back against Cooper.

"She always wanted to be there, though. I mean she only came back because... She's doing really amazing things over there." Callie said solemnly, looking down at her plate.

Mark rubbed her back with a smile. She turned to him with a small pout before smiling back at him and placing a kiss on his cheek.

"Africa needs good doctors over there. I really enjoyed my time there," Pete said.

"God bless," Charlotte cooed.

Sam's plate tinged as he dropped his fork, sitting up straight.

"Okay! It just got too serious. The volleyball net is set up. Let's play!" Sam stood, pulling Naomi and Addison with him.

"It's dark!" Called scoffed as Pete and Cooper stood as well.

Charlotte waved her hand. No way was so playing!

"Makes it even more fun." Sam said, walking toward the house to grab the volleyball that sat on just the inside of the sliding doors.

"Are you playing?" Callie asked Mark as he stood.

"It'll be fun. You'll have to be the odd man out," he answered, raising his hands to catch the ball Sam threw to him.

"How exciting," Callie responded dryly.

"I'll sit out too. I just got my nails done." Charlotte announced.

Cooper shook his head. His wife, ladies and gentlemen.

"Then we won't be even," Addison said, putting down her glass of wine.

"Then I'll sit out too," Violet volunteered.

"A bunch of party poopers we're married to," Cooper said, earning a swat to his rear from his wife.

"Ooooooo!" Callie and Violet cried out after Naomi served the ball over the net to Cooper whose attention was elsewhere. It smacked him square in the face.

They sat in lawn chairs, draped with blankets along with Charlotte as Naomi, Mark and Sam played on one team and Addison, Pete and Cooper played on the other. Charlotte clutched her stomach as her mouth opened wide, silent for only a moment before a hearty laugh escaped.

"Thanks for the support, honey!" Cooper cried out, his hand holding his nose as he bent over.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" Naomi asked running over from the other side of the net.

Charlotte's laugh continued to ring out. Violet pushed her shoulder which only made her laugh harder. Callie bit down on her lip to stop from joining her as Cooper held up his hand to signal that he was all right, though he remained hunched over.

He straightened for Addison, his nose pointing in the air as she looked at it.

"Oh, he'll be fine." Pete said as he slapped him on the back.

"Ow!" Cooper whined.

"Stop being a baby!" Charlotte called out as her laughter died down.

"You come out here and play then!" He called back.

"This was not my idea! I'm fine where I am." Charlotte settled back into her lawn chair, adjusting the blanket as she smirked at Violet and Callie, raising her glass of wine to her lips.

Naomi rubbed his back apologetically as Sam rolled his eyes, tossing the ball into the air and then catching it.

"Are we done? Are we ready to play again?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, yeah." Cooper answered, his hand back on his nose.

"You know, I could fix that up real good for ya," Mark teased as he took a look.

"What? It's not broken."

"No, but I can still fix up for ya."

"My nose is fine," Cooper said indignantly. "Charlotte! Tell them my nose is fine!"

"His nose is fine! Just like his ass!" Charlotte yelled, eliciting laughter from Violet and Callie.

"Okay, your nose if fine. Can we play now?" Pete asked getting back in his position.

"I'm done." Addison said, tossing her hands in the air.

They all looked after her dumbfounded as she walked off, heading over to the benched ladies.

"Violet, get in there." Addison said, pulling the blanket off of her.

"I don't want to!" she said as she begrudgingly stood.

Addison took her seat as Violet made her way down the sand to join them. The game resumed after a short argument about how unfair the teams were, getting her way when Mark and Cooper switched teams.

"It's so nice to have you back here," Addison said to Callie after a bit.

Callie gave her a wide smile as she took her hand.

"It's nice to be back here."

"You guys look happy. Are you? Are you happy?"

"Yes, we're happy. And excited for this one," she confirmed as she rubbed her belly.

"I can't believe I'm going to be an aunt again."

Callie laughed, "Sometimes I can't believe any of it. I mean if you would have told me when we first met -"

"Yeah, but he's changed. You both have. I'm like a proud mama."

"Barf!" Charlotte gagged as she sipped her wine.

Addison turned her head to her with a scowl. "Sourpuss!"

The game ended after another half an hour. They bickered back and for over having forgotten to keep score. Sam was adamant that his team had won but Mark wouldn't go for it since he was forced to switch sides. Naomi and Violet finally announced that it had been a tie, shutting the men up though pouts where still on their lips. Mark wrapped his hands around both sides of Callie's lawn chair bending down as she leaned her head up to capture his lips.

"Awwww." They all cooed as they watched.

"Jealous," Mark said, his eyes fixed on Callie. "Just good old fashioned jealousy."

She giggled as she wiped lipstick from his mouth.

"I need a shower." Pete said as he finished off his bottle of beer.

"You all do! You're all disgusting." Charlotte said, pushing Cooper away as he went in for a kiss. He kissed her anyway, wiping his sweaty check on hers. "Ew!"

"I guess we'll call it a night then," Sam stated.

Addison, Charlotte and Callie stood from their chairs, heading back with the gang toward Addison's house.

"That was a good game, baby," He said to Naomi as she wrapped her arm around him.

"We actually won, you know that right?" She whispered back to him.

"I know."

"Breakfast tomorrow, anyone?" Addison asked.

"I'll be over," Charlotte answered quickly, followed by everyone else before thanking her for playing hostess.

Mark and Callie settled into the guest room, showered and refreshed. Callie wore a pair of Mark's boxers with an over sized sweat shirt as she leaned back against the bedpost watching as Mark tugged on a pair of sweats.

"It's nice here isn't it? I almost wish we would have stayed." Callie said.

He looked back at her, eye brow raised.

"I said almost."

He gave her a toothy grin, climbing into bed on his belly beside her.

"We'll just have to find ways to visit more," he said with a kiss.

"You know you're team won though, right?"

"I know." Another kiss.

"You were so sexy with that ball." Callie said with a low voice.

"You have such a fascination with me and balls," he said, his heart a flutter.

Callie laughed out, putting her hand over her mouth.

"Don't make me wake Addison," she scolded.

He grinned, shifting to lay on his side, his hand going to Callie's belly. He leaned down, his mouth hovering over it.

"Mommy likes balls," he whispered.

"Mark!" she said with a smack.

He looked up at her.

"It's okay. I like that mommy likes balls."

She shook her head, trying unsuccessfully to hide a grin.

"You know," Mark began, "We can have Addison tell us if this little one will have balls."

"Mark!"

"We should find out."

"Would it matter?"

Mark paused, kissing her belly before scooting up and looking at her.

"No."

Callie smile, her eyes glistening as loved filled them.

"But I would like to stop calling it an it and start calling it Mary or John."

"Mary or John?"

"What? I like those names. They're strong names."

"I will not have a baby named Mary or John."

"What's wrong with Mary or John."

"Nothing, they're just boring and a little too biblical. Not that there's anything wrong with that."

"Okay, so what are your names?"

"Teo Marcus Sloan if he's a boy."

Mark nodded, letting the name play over and over in his mind. "Teo Marcus Sloan," he said slowly, trying to copy Callie's accent when saying Teo. "I like it. This is my son, Teo. Haha! I like it!"

"Yeah?" Callie laughed. That was easy.

"Yeah. Okay, what's the name for a girl?"

"I haven't worked out the middle name yet," she warned.

"Okay," he said, excited at hearing the name.

She smiled, planting a kiss on him before leaning back to look at him.

"For a girl, I like the name Sofia."

Mark smiled wider, he looked like a little boy with his excited blue eyes looking up at her.

"Sofia Sloan. That's perfect."

"You're perfect." she said, her hand running through his graying hair.

He sat up, one leg going over the other side of her, hovering as his head dipped to kiss her gently.

"We're perfect," he corrected before widening the kiss. "You, me and Teo. We'll be perfect."

"Sofia."

"Hmm? You said it felt like a boy today," he said, his mouth just above hers.

She grinned, her tongue going over her bottom lip. "I change my mind. It feels like a girl now."

"Okay," he said kissing her again. "You, me and Sofia will be perfect."

She nodded, their kiss deepening as she leaned back with him partially on top of her.

"Perfect."

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