Here it is guys chapter twelve, enjoy!

Meeting the Family

"Anna listen to me please. You behave for these guys, they've been nice enough to take you out with them today, the least you can do is behave and do what they ask when they ask, you understand?"

"Yes Mummy."

"Gabi give her a break, she loves us too much to misbehave, right Anna?"

"Yep, I love you Auntie Katie and Bella, not Uncle Alex and Cam though."

"Hey, be nice little missy, I'm the one driving today, so unless you want to walk home later on, be nice to me."

"Quick Anna, say bye to you're the others and come get in the car, before Uncle Alex makes you walk all the way there as well."

Anna ran off to say goodbye to Troy and the twins before running back in and kissing Gabriella and then quickly taking Bella's offered hand and headed out to the car before Alex had an opportunity to say otherwise.

Gabriella laughed as Katie picked up Anna, held her upside down and spun her around before taking her to Alex's car to strap her in. Bella just sat in the passenger seat, her feet hanging out of the open door, clearly amused by the commotion around her.

"Boys." Gabriella said, as Cam and Alex were about to join the others. "Katie's worried about tonight, it doesn't matter how much you tell her your parents will love her, she's still worried."

"I know she is Mrs B, but I've got a secret weapon up my sleeve, this," Cam said, as he took his phone out of his pocket to show Gabriella his wallpaper, "is Tabatha, she's two and she is the most gorgeous little sister anyone could ask for. I haven't told Katie much about her, she knows she exist but that's about it. If Katie can get herself in Tabby's good books, then she'll fit in at home right away."

"Okay, just as long as you both know, now go have fun, and you've got my number if you need me?"

"Yes Gabi, now go and have fun with the little ones, and Troy, we'll see you later."

Gabriella stood at the door and waved, as the boys climbed into the car and Alex started the engine before backing out of the drive and heading towards the shops.

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"Okay Anna, where first?"

Anna looked thoughtful for a minute before answering. "Toy shop Uncle Alex, toy shop, please?"

"I don't know Anna, how about we do some other shopping first and then if you're good I'll buy you a little treat from the toy shop, deal?"

"I guess, but will you treat me to my lunch as well?"

"Nope, you're only aloud one present today."

Anna pouted and turned to Katie for back up but, she was deep in conversation with Cam ,so Anna turned to her next best bet the person who could always win Alex over; Bella.

"Don't worry Anna I'll buy you your lunch, 'cause it's my turn to buy Uncle Alex lunch today anyway."

"Okay, thank you Bella."

"Sorry guys I know you've just told Anna otherwise, but we need to go in the toy shop and we need Anna's help seeing as she's the youngest here, is that okay?" Cam asked, breaking Alex's pouting session.

"Really you need my help, wow, no one ever asks for my help, please Uncle Alex, let me help them."

"Fine okay, let's go." Alex huffed.

"Quick Anna let's go!" Cam said, as he held his hand out for Anna to take. "Before your Uncle Alex changes his mind."

Cam and Katie headed off with Anna towards the toy shop while Bella tried to persuade Alex that his niece did still love him.

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Anna sat and quietly coloured in her new colouring book, which Cam had brought her, while she waited patiently for her lunch.

"Anna, can you start putting your things away? Bella and Uncle Alex are now coming with lunch." Anna did as Katie had asked her and then took her lunch from Bella when she handed it to her.

"Anna banana help me out here, tell your Auntie Katie that Tabatha will her new dolly because you helped to choose it."

"She'll love it Auntie Katie, you and me choose it and Bella likes it as well, and Cam says Tabatha will love it because he knows her the bestest."

"She's right Katie; Tabatha will love her new doll, just like Cam's parents will love you, right Cam?"

"Exactly right Bella, my Mum and Dad, who say you have to call them Jackie and Bill by the way, already love you and they haven't even met you yet, believe me babe, you've got nothing to worry about." Cam reassured Katie, as he wrapped his arm round her shoulders and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Fine I'll stop worrying, but you can't stop me being nervous tonight, okay?"

"Okay." Cam agreed, giving Katie's shoulder's a quick squeeze, before pinching one of Alex's French fries and giving to Anna, just for the fun of it!

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Agreeing to the fact she'd stop worrying seemed a good idea at the time, now she wasn't quite sure.

Gabriella and Lucille had told her she looked great, in her jeans and long flowing top, with flats to match. Troy and Jack had both met Bill and told her he was a great person, and they were sure that Jackie was just as nice. Anna, Ebonnie and Oscar had all given her an award winning Bolton hug, but she still wasn't sure she'd made the right decision about meeting Jackie, Bill and Tabatha.

"Katie, oi, world to Katie, will you stop worrying and being nervous, Cam's here."

Katie picked up the cushion her brother had just thrown at her and threw it back in his direction, before taking a deep breath and walking over to where Troy was talking with Cam.

"Hey babe, you ready?" Cam asked, as Katie approached and he and Troy finished their conversation.

"As I'll ever be."

"Katie seriously, stop worrying." Troy said, as he gave her the bag with Tabatha's doll and some flowers for Jackie in. "Dolly here is great and all women are won over with flowers, you'll be absolutely fine."

Katie took the bag from Troy and took the doll our before handing the bag to Cam. She held it at arm's length and surveyed it. Dolly had a pink dress on with little daisies spotted all over, she had white frilly socks on with pink shoes and her brown hair was shoulder length and divided into two plaits.

Katie smiled. "Okay, let's go, before I get the chance to change my mind."

Katie said a quick goodbye to the others, before taking Cam's offered hand and allowing him to lead her over the road.

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In her two years of life Tabatha had always looked up to her older brother and when he wasn't around she really missed him, even when he was gone for a short amount of time.

So it was understandable that when the front door opened and her big brother walked in with a girl she didn't know, Tabatha ran straight to greet him.

"Cam, I missed you."

"Tabby I was only gone five minutes you silly thing. Do you want to meet my friend?" Cam asked, as he picked her up, to bring her up to their height.

Tabatha wasn't too sure, but nodded her head all the same. "Tabby, this is Katie my girlfriend, Katie this little cutie here is Tabatha, she's not normally this quiet, are you?" Cam asked Tabatha, as he tickled her tummy making her laugh.

"Hey Tabatha, it's nice to meet you, would you like to see what I've got in my bag?"

"Yes pwease."

Cam put Tabatha down so she was back to her normal height, then he and Katie bent down to her.

Katie took Dolly from the bag and handed her to Tabatha. "Do you like her?" Katie asked.

Tabatha nodded. "She's pwetty."

"She's yours Tabby, what do you say to Katie?"

"Thank you." Tabatha said, as she jumped on Katie and gave her a big hug, before she ran off to play with her new dolly.

"One down, two to go, and now that you've won Tabby over, Mum and Dad will be easy."

Katie smiled nervously, but took Cam's offered hand as he pulled her up and led her through the house to find Jackie and Bill.

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The night had been going well, too well and Katie was just waiting for something to go wrong, but when something did go wrong, it wasn't what she'd expected it to be.

Dinner was amazing, Bill had done a BBQ and it tasted fantastic. As predicated Jackie and Bill loved Katie and told her she'd made Tabatha a very happy little girl because not once that evening had Tabatha put her new dolly down. She'd named the dolly Daisy because of the ones that were on the dress.

Tabatha had been taken up to have a bath and get ready for bed an hour or so after dinner was finished. Now Katie sat in Cam's arms on the family's couch with Jackie, while they listened to the many rambled reasons as to why Tabatha thought she couldn't go to bed.

"Mum, care to translate? 'Cause I have no idea what she's running on about up there."

Jackie chuckled. "Sorry guys can't help you there 'cause I have no idea what she's talking about as well and I doubt your father knows either."

Jackie put her cup of coffee down before making her way upstairs to see if she could give her husband a helping hand.

"Babe calm down, they love you, just like we told you they would."

"I am calm believe me, a lot more calm then I was earlier anyway."

"Yeah I know that, but you're al tensed up, settle in, make yourself at home. This place is like yours is to me, a second home, or in your case a third home, but you get the point."

Katie laughed before turning round to place a kiss on Cam's jaw. "I think Cameron, that I may me starting to love you."

"Well that's alright then, little Miss Montez, 'cause I may be starting to love you too." Cam responded, as he leant his forehead against Katie's.

The pair laughed at their cheesiness before sharing a short but sweet passion filled kiss.

They pulled back just in time because footsteps were heard and Bill appeared on the stairs.

"Sorry to interrupt guys, but Tabby reckons she can't go to sleep unless you two come up and tuck her in, so would you?"

Katie and Cam shared a knowing look before untangling themselves from each other and following Bill as he made his ay back upstairs

One thing was for sure, Katie was already becoming a part of this family.

TGTGTGTG

Troy had run Gabriella a relaxing bubble bath and told her to take some time out while he took charge of putting the children to bed. Now they sat cuddled up on the couch watching some real life documentary, as Troy's warm hands tried to rub away the aches and pains in Gabriella's knee. The aches and pains she insisted weren't there, but her face had told Troy different.

When a key turned in the lock and Katie walked in they immediately turned their attention away from the telly.

"So?" Gabriella asked, as he little sister tried to sneak past without the twenty questions.

"So what?" Katie asked back.

"So how'd it go, it can't have been to bad if you aren't crying and Cam walked you back over here, we heard your voices outside."

"Yeah it was good, Tabby is gorgeous and once she was happy I wasn't gonna completely take Cam away from her she loved me, especially 'cause I gave her Daisy, that's the doll by the way."

"Figured." Troy answered. "So how were Jackie and Bill? Big and scary?"

"Ha ha, very funny Troy, no like you guys all said they're lovely, they really made me feel like part of the family. Your knee playing up Gabs?"

"Whatever she's now gonna tell you is rubbish, it's really hurting her, I can see it in her face, she's just pretending it's not." Troy answered before Gabriella had the chance.

"I am not!"

"Gabs I bet you are, you don't like being in pain, so you'll just say you aren't. If Troy's prepared to look after you then let him 'cause he's one of the good ones, not many guys would do that you know?"

"Yeah, I know."

Katie said a quick god night before heading upstairs to her bed for the night.

"She's right you know?"

"Huh?"

"I said, she's right, you are one of the good guys, you do a lot for me and the little ones, you do a lot for everyone actually, thank you."

"Brie I don't need you to thank me, it's in my job description, and I don't mean the one that makes me a coach, I mean the one that makes me your husband. I love you Brie, that's why I do all this, not because I feel I have to, but because I actually want to. I've loved you since I was eighteen and everyday I love you even more, you're my world Brie."

"Are you trying to make me cry?"

"No of course not, I just want you to know how I feel." Troy replied, as he stopped massaging her knee to pull her closer.

"Whatever you say babe, but I do love you too."

"Good, 'cause I wouldn't want things any other way."

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There it is guys, chapter twelve, did you like it?

I want to bring this story to an end within the next couple of chapters because I've got another chapter running through my mind, but I need I ideas. I want the ending to be just as good as All We Have is Each Other, but for that I'm gonna need your help. The end for that just came straight from my heart but I'm not sure what I can put in this time, which will have the same affect. Ideas are gladly welcomed :)

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