I am in a surprisingly good mood tonight; which is why you get a suprisingly un-angsty chapter. I hope there are still people out there reading this. If you are still reading I would greatly appreciate a review, but if not then that's fine. I don't plan to stop writing any of my stories just because I'm not getting reviews. As long as I know people are reading, then it doesn't matter. But reviews do help. And thank you to those who are still reviewing. I greatly appreciate that.

Chapter 26

"Are you asleep?" Taylor asked turning on her side in the dark bedroom.

"Not yet." Her husband says keeping his eyes on the ceiling he was staring at. He had already been in bed when she got home from his brother's house.

"Oh, well do you want to talk?" She asks like they hadn't had an argument earlier.

"I thought you were angry with me." He says still not looking over at her.

"I just miss you around the house." She sighs scooting a little towards him. She wanted to feel his body against hers but she had felt too bad about her previous behavior. She knew things were hard on Ryan. There had been so many changes around their house, with Sophie and Kaitlin moving in. Even having Caden was getting to him. "And I'm sorry, very sorry." She says scooting closer to him now.

"Don't worry about it." He says still keeping his eyes glued to the ceiling.

Taylor had enough of him not looking at her. She made a bold move and positioned herself so she was now straddling her husband.

"Now you look at me." She smirks staring into his blue eyes.

"Kind of hard not to when you're sitting on me like that." He says trying to hold back a groan.

"Am I still sexy to you?" She asks suddenly. Ryan gives his wife a strange look before placing his hands on her hips.

"Of course I do, Taylor. I was just thinking a minute ago." He tells her. "We're about to have another kid around here and that's why I've been working more. I mean I don't know if we'll be able to afford it."

"Sure, money will be a little tight once Kaitlin's baby is born but we still have so long to worry about that." She tells him leaning down and kissing his bare chest.

"Five months." He closes his eyes.

"See, a long time." She grins looking up at him. "Now, are you really going to talk about this right now?"

"No." He shakes his head before flipping them both over so he was hovering over Taylor. "No more talking."

"I like that idea." She giggles before he places a finger over her lips quieting her.

-

"I need coffee." Kaitlin exclaims entering the kitchen the next morning. Taylor raises an eyebrow at the girl hoping that she knew coffee was completely out of the question.

Kaitlin ignored the look on Taylor's face and poured the dark liquid into a mug. She was about to bring it up to her lips when she felt the cup being snatched from her hands.

"Are you stupid?" Taylor shrieked. "Coffee's bad for the baby." She tells a now pouting Kaitlin.

"But it just smells so good."

"Don't care. How about some decaf." Taylor tried but Kaitlin shook her head.

"Not the same." Kaitlin told her and then turned her attention towards the kitchen table where Ryan was chuckling at the two lightly. "And what exactly are you laughing about?"

"Nothing." He shakes his head.

"Whatever. Wait, what are you doing here? It's almost 8 o'clock." Kaitlin says remembering that Ryan usually left early for work in the mornings.

"Just slept in a little." He says turning his attention back to the morning paper.

"Oh God, you two made up didn't you? That is so gross!" She wrinkles her nose as Ryan and Taylor both choke on their coffee.

"That is none of your business." Taylor tells her.

"Fine, by the way I'm going over to my mom's tonight. She wants me to watch Colton while she goes out with Frank. I'll probably just stay over there tonight."

"Alright." Taylor nods happy that Kaitlin didn't keep on the previous subject.

"Shouldn't you two get going? You're going to be late for work, and Sophie's going to be late for school." Kaitlin reminds them both.

"You're right, we should get going."

"Hurry so I can invite totally random people over. I'm missing my partying days."

"I hope you're joking."

"You never know." Kaitlin grins ready for them to leave already. She wanted to lounge on the sofa and indulge herself in chocolate all day. While keeping an eye on Caden of course.

"I'll take Sophie to school, it's on my way to the office." Ryan tells Taylor once they exit the kitchen.

"Thank you." She smiles. "And you know today is Friday, right?"

"Of course." He nods unsure of why that matters.

"Seth picks Sophie up from school on Friday's and she spends the weekend with them. And with Kaitlin staying over at Julie and Franks…we pretty much have the house to ourselves." She steps close to him to wrap her arms around his waist.

"We still have Caden." He reminds her.

"Who will hopefully be sleeping later. Last night just reminded me that I miss you, in more ways then just one."

"I'll be home early." He gulps.

"Perfect." She reaches up and kisses him square on the lips. "See you tonight."

-

"Hey, Sophie." Summer grins seeing her husbands little sister enter her house. Sophie's got this goofy grin on her face and Summer instantly knows that the two of them are up to something.

"Hi!" Sophie giggles. Now Summer definitely knows something is up.

"Where's Seth?" She asks noticing Seth didn't follow Sophie in the house.

"He's outside, but he said for you to stay in here. He has a surprise for you." Sophie's goofy grin is now a toothy one.

"A surprise?"

"Yupp, where's Delaney?" Sophie bounces.

"He gave you sugar didn't he?" Summer groaned.

"Of course not, Summer!" Sophie lied through her teeth.

"You know if you eat all of that sugar your teeth are going to rot." Summer crosses her arms.

"They are going to all fall out anyway." Sophie rolled her eyes itching to find her little niece.

"Delaney's upstairs in her bedroom. She should be up from her nap by now." Summer said knowing she wouldn't get through to Sophie.

Once Sophie was out of the room Summer took to tapping her foot. She was getting impatient, and a little worried that she wasn't going to like the surprise her husband was going to have for her.

"Now don't get mad." Seth has the door barely open.

"Oh God." Summer said really worried now. She could tell that her husband hadn't opened the front door fully because he was hiding something behind it. Then she heard a bark. "Please tell me that is not a dog, Seth." She closed her eyes.

"I saw her on the side of the street, I couldn't just let someone hit her." He said opening the door to reveal a golden retriever.

"Take it to the pound!" Summer quickly said not wanting that dog to step a paw into her house.

"If I can't find her owner, I was thinking we could keep her." Seth ignored Summer's demand.

"No, we can't keep her! We don't need a dog, Seth." She lowers her voice a little hoping he will give in and take the dog away from their house.

"If you don't keep her, can I ask Ryan if we can keep her?" Sophie suddenly runs down the stairs after hearing their conversation.

"I don't think that's a good idea, sweetie." Summer looks back at her.

"It wouldn't hurt to ask." She shrugs walking over to the dog and patting her on the head. The dog then starts to lick Sophie on her face making the eight year old giggle. "I think she likes me."

Seeing that sight Summer knew that Sophie was right, it wouldn't hurt to ask Ryan. Just as long as that dog didn't stay at her house.