Scene 10

May 2016 Charlotte and Cooper's five year anniversary

CJ(Cooper Junior) Three and a half years old.

Ella(Charlotte Elizabeth) Two years old.

Carter King Freedman (third child) is four months old.

Setting Hotel in Paris:

"Wow. Now that was a great day!" Cooper says as he lies down on the bed.

"It was." Chalotte lies next to him.

"What do you want to do tomorrow since it's out last day in Paris before returning home to Bedlam?"

"You mean the kids?" Charlotte asks.

"The kids and back to work and all the stress."

"I think tomorrow we should just relax, not run around trying to get in all the sites and shows." Charlotte tells him.

"Ah relax, a word I forgot all about." Cooper jokes.

"Really Cooper. I know it's the last day in Paris and you probably want to get in all the sites we haven't got to see yet but I think we need a day to just do nothing." Charlotte advises,

Cooper rests his head on his hands "I hear ya. I could get into doing nothing with you for a day."

Charlotte smiles. "We need to get away more."

Cooper agrees. "We need more alone time. This is nice being able to lie here alone and talk without being interrupted."

Charlotte nudges him."You're the one who wanted all those kids in the first place."

He looks at her. "I know but I also like being alone and uninterrupted with you."

"Being alone and uninterrupted with you is how we ended up with all those kids." She grins.

"But we had a lot of fun doing it." He kisses her neck.

"Are you going for number four?" She teases.

"Noooo!" He rolls back onto his back.

"I'm just kidding. Come back over here." She pulls him closer.

"You do have the birth control with you? Right?" Cooper asks.

"Yes." Charlotte answers "But what happened to the guy who wanted a big family with lots of kids?"

"Life." Cooper sighs. "With the three of them we're lucky if we have time to say hi to each other let alone do this." He kisses her and runs his hand down her body.

"We'll have to make time." She kisses him back.

"We can send the kids to my parents in Ohio for the summer." Cooper suggests.

"There a little young for that. Your parents would go bonkers." Charlotte jokes.

"I suppose your right."

"Ya know what I think?" Charlotte asks.

"What?" Cooper looks at her and gives her a little kiss.

"I think these years are going to fly by. I know things are crazy at home now with them being so young but one day we're gonna miss this."

"So we should enjoy them and all the crazieness that comes with them?" Cooper understands.

"Aha." Charlotte kisses him.

"Is that why you went part time at work?" Cooper asks.

"I'll go back to work full time when they're older but we'll never get these years back." Charlotte explains.

"You've really come around. You're the best mother our kids could have."

"Happy Anniversary." Charlotte tells him before she kisses him.

"Happy Anniversary." Cooper tells her before they celebrate alone in their hotel bed in Paris, the five years and three kids that have come since they got married.

End of Scene 10