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CHAPTER 5

Anya opened the front door that night to allow Lucie and Rio in. Lucie's arms loaded down with snacks and drinks and movies. Rio wandered in behind her carrying two pizza boxes. Lucie dumped everything down on the kitchen table and rubbed her arms "Some guy he is" she shot at Rio giving him a dirty look.

Rio chuckled and put the pizza boxes down on the work surface "What?" he asked innocently.

Anya sat down at the table and started looking through the movies "So what do you wanna watch?" she asked.

Lucie sat next to her and picked up a movie "I don't know, I don't fancy something scary"

"Not even if it means you get to snuggle up to Taj?" Anya teased.

Just then Keira and Jak walked in and smiled at the kids "Where's your brother?" Jak asked Anya.

Anya shrugged "He took Damas and Tex down to the beach, I think he's trying to tire them out so they'll go to bed early"she giggled.

Keira slipped her pumps on and picked her purse up taking out some money, she tossed it on the table "For the pizza and stuff" she explained "Now where's Lexa?" she said wandering out the kitchen.

Rio watched her open-mouthed "Wow" he muttered.

Jak frowned "You checking out my wife Rio?" he asked folding his arms across his chest.

"No, I mean yes, I mean..." Rio blushed and put his head down.

Jak laughed "Don't worry about it Rio, I know how hot my wife is" he said turning as he heard Lexa running into the kitchen, he lowered his arms to catch her as she ran into them.

"Can I come daddy?" she asked excitedly

Jak shook his head "Not this time baby girl, you stay with Anya and Taj, I want to take Mama out" he looked at his daughters sad deep blue eyes, she was so much like Jak, his eyes, his nose, his hair in fact her and Taj looked more like twins than Taj and Anya did "Now baby, don't be sad, we'll be back soon and you get to play with Lucie and Rio and Tex" he said softly.

Lexa nodded as Keira came back in and kissed her cheek "You be good for your brother and sister" she said smiling at her.

"I will Mama" she smiled.

Jak kissed her forehead "Thats my baby girl" he smiled putting her back down "We'll walk along the beach and see the boys on the way".

Keira nodded and looked at Anya "Don't let them eat too much junk" she said.

"I won't Mama" she smiled getting up and hugging her parents "Have a good night" she said.

Jak kissed her cheek "We will angel, be good" he smiled opening the back door for Keira and watching her as she walked out.

"God daddy, can you stop looking at Mama's ass" Anya said sitting back down.

Jak heard Keira laugh and chuckled "I can but why the hell would I want to" he said following Keira out.

Anya rubbed her eyes as Jak closed the door behind him "God they're so embarrassing" she moaned.

"You should be glad your parents still look at each other like that, my parents can barely be in the same room" Lucie said.

Rio nodded "Yeah, and your mum sure is hot" he chuckled.

"And your dad" Lucie added.

Anya groaned and looked up as Taj, Damas and Tex came in the back door "Whats with you?" he asked looking at Anya's screwed up face.

Lucie laughed "The way your dad looks at your mum"

Taj chuckled "You mean like he wants to rip her clothes off?"

"Taj don't say that" Anya snapped.

He laughed "What, it's not like its anything new, you'd soon be complaining if all they did was argue" he picked up a movie and looked at it "What we watching?" he asked.

Anya got up and walked over to the cupboard, taking out plates and glasses "It'll have to be something the kids can watch while we have dinner, we can watch something else when they've gone to bed" she said carrying the plates and glasses into the lounge, Lexa and Lucie following behind her.

Taj leaned on the counter next to Rio "Seen Marissa today?" he asked.

Rio looked at him "You've got it bad haven't you?"

He shrugged "She's hot"

"Hotter than Lucie?" Rio asked.

Taj chuckled "Different kinda hot" he said leaning back up and going into the lounge, Rio following behind.

An hour later Jak and Keira sat in a booth across from Sig, Daxter and Tess in the Spargus Ottsel, Jak took a swing of his beer and wrapped his arm around Keira "It's so nice to have a child free night"

Keira laughed "You're the one who made so many of them" she giggled.

"I didn't here you complaining at the time, in fact I seem to recall you begging for it" Jak teased.

Keira nudged him and giggled "Well don't try making any more "

Sig smiled at the couple "I can't believe its been fifteen years, I remember you first bringing Keira to the palace" he said.

Tess nodded "Yeah, I remember you two sneaking, I don't know how the hell you managed to keep it quiet, I mean the heat that comes off you two is amazing"

Jak grinned "Anya's not right pleased about it, gave me a telling off for checking out Keira's ass on the way out"

"Well it is quite an ass" Daxter nodded just before Tess nudged him "What, I mean your ass is hot too, I was just saying"

Tess shook her head and looked back to Keira and Jak "How was Tex when you left?" she asked.

"Great, she was playing with Taj and Damas on the beach" Keira said.

Jak nodded "Has she mentioned anything about Damas?" he asked

"Not really, I don't think she's really been around when its been happening, bullies are good at that, bullying when no one else is around" Tess said.

Sig nodded "I could pull some strings you know"

Keira shook her head "Thanks Sig but we'll sort it" she smiled as Jak pulled her closer to him and she snuggled into him.

Anya sat on the edge of Lexa's bed reading her book to her, she looked up at Lexa and smiled at her little sister sleeping soundly. She closed the book and placed it on the bedside cabinet, kissing her sisters cheek she whispered "Love you little sis" she said getting up and moving towards the door.

"Love you back Anya" Lexa said back snuggling into her bed.

Anya smiled and walked back down stairs, looked at Taj and Lucie sat on the couch and smiled at how close they were. She wandered into the kitchen spotting Rio sat on the back steps, she walked out and sat next to him nudging him playfully with her shoulder "Hey, what you doing?" she asked.

"It's really beautiful out here, you're so lucky to live here" Rio smiled glancing at her "I'm sorry I said your mum was hot" he said.

Anya shook her head "You don't need to be sorry, I'm well aware at how good-looking my parents are" she smiled.

"What I mean is your mum is hot, but so are you, I mean you look just like her" Rio blushed.

Anya giggled "Thanks" she said looking up at the stars.

Rio turned to her and smiled "I really like you Anya, I mean really like you".

"I like you too Rio" she blushed.

Rio raised his hand and gently cupped Anya's face "Your not like most girls, your smart and talented and beautiful"

"Anything else" Anya smiled

Rio laughed and threw his head back "Of course there's something else...geez Anya you're the most amazing girl I've ever met and..."

Anya placed her hand over Rio's mouth "Rio, you can kiss me now" she whispered removing her hand.

Rio smiled and moved closer to her, gently pulling her face towards his, he smiled again and moved some hair out of her eyes and pressed his lips gently to hers. Anya sighed into his mouth and pulled herself closer to him, her hands moved up his chest and wrapped around his neck, their lips moving perfectly over each others.

Rio pulled away and smiled "I can't tell you how long I've wanted to do that" he breathed.

Anya giggled "I can't tell you how long I've wanted you to do it, so are we officially together now?" she asked

"Anya Mar will you be my girlfriend?" Rio asked

She smiled and nodded "I've never wanted anything more".

He smiled and kissed her gently again "We should get back inside" Rio said taking Anya's hand and getting up.

Taj sat on the couch with Lucie watching the T.V, he looked around and frowned "Where did Anya and Rio go?" he asked looking at Lucie.

"Dunno" she shrugged and looked down at her hands on her lap "So you like Marissa huh?" she asked.

Taj grinned "Jealous?" he asked raising an eye brow

Lucie nudged him "No I mean, maybe a little, I just don't know what you want from me" she sighed

He turned to look at her "Luce, I like you, you know that but I just wanna have fun, were young Lucie we don't need to be so serious about it" he said.

Lucie nodded "Maybe"

Taj gently picked up Lucie's hand and squeezed it "Just wait for me okay" he smiled.

Lucie smiled and nodded "Just don't take too long about it Taj, someone else might come along"

Taj pressed his lips to hers and kissed her deeply, Lucie pulled away and smiled "Someone who can do that just as good?" he said cockily

Lucie pushed him back and laughed "Your full of it Taj Mar"

Taj laughed "You hot" he said leaning back and pulling Lucie to him.

Anya and Rio wandered in and looked at Taj and Lucie kissing on the couch. Anya sighed "Can't be left alone for two minutes can they?" she said.

Rio grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the kitchen "Gives us time to ourselves " he said sitting down and pulling Anya to his lap.

Keira leaned back into Jak's arms as they sat on the beach overlooking the ocean, Keira smiled and sighed contently as Jak's arms tightened around her.

"Happy?" he asked

Keira nodded "Of course, I don't think I could get any happier" she breathed.

"I love you Keira Mar, I've loved you since the first time we met and I'll love you until the day I die" Jak said resting his chin on her shoulder.

Keira smiled and turned around wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck "And even after that"

Jak smiled and pulled her closer to him before pressing his lips to hers. Keira pulled away and stroked Jak's face "We should get back to our incredible family".

He nodded "Just stay here with me a little longer" he grinned.

She smiled and nodded pressing her lips to his again deeply.

Anya climbed into Taj's bed next to him and folded her arms across her chest "What happened with Lucie?" she asked.

Taj shrugged "I asked her to wait for me".

She nodded "Do you remember when daddy got shot?" she asked suddenly.

Taj looked at her and frowned "Why have you brought that up, it was ages ago?" he asked.

"I know but I just think about it sometimes, we're so lucky he was okay" Anya said.

Taj nodded "And if he hadn't been shot we wouldn't have moved here and we'd never get to spend anytime with him" he said "So what happened with Rio?"

Anya smiled "He asked me to be his girlfriend"

"And you said yes I presume" Anya nodded and Taj sighed "I'm not happy about this Anya, but if he makes you happy what can I do, just don't come complaining about him to me" he said looking up as their parents arrived at Taj's bedroom door.

"Hi kids did you have a good night?" Keira asked moving over to the bed and sitting in the edge.

Taj smiled "Yeah, the kids were great, you?" he asked.

"It was nice to get your mother alone for a while" Jak grinned "So what you to talking about?" he asked

Anya smiled "We were just saying how lucky we are that your still here, I was remembering when you got shot"

"Oh angel" Jak said opening his arms for Anya, she got out of Taj's bed and moved into her fathers arms, he wrapped them around her and hugged her tight "Everything worked out okay, I'm okay, we're okay" he said.

"I know daddy but it was scary" she sniffed

Jak moved her and looked at her "I will always be here for angel, always even if I can't be with you in person, I'll always be in your heart"

"I know daddy" she smiled.

Jak smiled and pulled her back to his chest "I love you my little angel".

"Love you back daddy" Anya giggled.

Taj rolled his eyes and looked at his mother "So what did you do?" he asked.

"Just had a few drinks with Uncle Sig, Uncle Daxter and Aunt Tess, then we sat on the beach for a while" Keira said "Right you two bed time" she said getting up.

Jak let go of Anya and she went to hug her mother "Night Mama" she smiled.

"Goodnight angel" Keira smiled hugging her back and watching as she left the room, she moved over to Taj and kissed his forehead "Goodnight my baby boy, love you" she said.

"Night Mama, love you both back" Taj said moving further down his bed.

Jak smiled and followed Keira out, turning at the door he smiled at his son "Love you son".

"You too dad" Taj grinned closing his eyes as Jak turned the light out and closed the door.

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