Disclaimer: I don't own anything or any rights. I don't work for Degrassi, and I am not writing this for profit. So don't sue me; I don't have any money anyway.
AN: This is it guys I decided to just put everything together into one long final chapter. I hope you enjoy!
"Well here we are." Jay said as he turned off the ignition to his car and watched Taryn look around.
"Isn't this Ms. Ellie, and Mr. Sean's house?" Taryn asked confused.
"Um yea. Well me and my girlfriend are staying with them for a while. Don't worry you have your own room though." Jay said as he got out of the car.
"Why don't you have your own place? Don't you work?" Taryn asked as she also got out of the car and grabbed her Spongebob bags.
"Of course I work. I fix cars but -um- we like it here, Alex and I. Plus we help them out with their daughter and all." Jay felt a little embarrassed as he watched Taryn shake her head and make her way to the front steps. "Um- Taryn why don't you let me carry your bags for you." Jay said as he ran up to her. Suddenly the situation had become tangible to him. Taryn was his daughter and she was going to be his daughter for the rest of his life.
"I only have two bags. I think I can handle it." Jay took a deep breath as he unlocked the door. This little girls attitude was ridiculous, but he was trying to be nice since it was a difficult situation.
"Sean, Ellie." Jay called out as he and Taryn entered the house. Taryn couldn't help but smile as the smell of the breakfast Ellie had made wafted in her direction. It had been such a long time since she had anything besides cereal for breakfast; maybe once a year when Amy used to be sober. "I guess they went to their doctor's appointment."
"That smells great!" Taryn said as she happily put her bags down. "Can we go eat?" It was the first time he had seen Taryn get enthusiastic about anything and that made him happy.
"Sure, the kitchen's this way." Jay said as he lead the way. Once again Ellie had done it. There was breakfast food to last for days and Taryn looked like she was in a dream.
"Oh my goodness it looks like you guys robbed an IHOP." Taryn said amazed as she grabbed a plate, causing Jay to chuckle. This girl really was just like him and that was bittersweet.
"Uncle Jay!" Mykel said happily as she and Alex entered the kitchen door a few minutes later.
"MAC! What's going on munchkin?" Jay said as he happily scooped Mykel into a hug. He didn't even notice the smile fall from Taryn's face at his actions. "Guess what MAC? You have a cousin now." Jay couldn't help but laugh as Mykel dropped her little mouth in shock. "This is Taryn. I want you to make her feel like home ok." Mykel nodded as she sized Taryn up before jumping off of Jay's lap.
"You can come play with me if you want." Mykel said happily.
"Oh that's a high compliment." Alex laughed as she looked in Taryn's direction. "We're really happy to have you here with us Taryn." Alex smiled.
"Sure you are." She said with an attitude as she slid off the chair and ran down the hall to a bedroom, slamming the door quickly behind her.
"Well that went better than expected." Jay said as he pulled out a cigarette. "I didn't even show her which room was hers." Jay laughed.
"I'm sure the streamers and welcome home sign that Ellie put up gave it away Jay." Alex said as she rolled her eyes. She knew it. The little girl hated her, and Alex for one didn't blame her.
"Oh my God Sean!" Ellie said emotionally as tears filled her eyes. "I had almost forgotten how amazing that sound is." Sean laughed as he squeezed Ellie's hand and kissed her forehead. He was once again overwhelmed with feelings. He couldn't describe it, he just knew he was in love all over again. He sat back and laughed as a single tear fell from his eye.
"It sounds, I don't know, harder; maybe more steady than Mykel's did." Sean said as he looked up at Ellie's doctor.
"Almost like horses galloping," Ellie laughed.
"Well they say that when the heartbeat is like that it could mean a boy." Dr. Mason smiled. "But of course we wont know until the second trimester if our predictions are true or not."
"A boy!" Sean beamed. He loved his daughter with all his heart, and could care less if he had another girl or a boy, as long as they were healthy, but the thought of a boy really excited him.
"Oh great Dr. Mason, why did you tell him that." Ellie laughed. "I can only imagined the amount of Nascar paraphernalia he is going to get now."
"Well hold out on that one tiger. We're not even into the second month yet. Ellie's 7 weeks along and as you saw from the ultrasound the baby is the size of a bean." Dr. Mason laughed.
"I know I- all of this is just so exciting!" Sean said as he kissed Ellie's knuckles happily.
"Well have you told Mykel yet." Dr. Mason asked curiously as he gave Ellie some towels to clean up.
"We were waiting for the right time we aren't sure how she's going to take it." Ellie said honestly.
"She's a smart girl and I'm sure she'll understand what is happening but it may be wise as you get closer to your due date for you all to enroll into one of the new sibling classes. It's going to be hard for her not being the canter of attention and we don't want her acting out." Dr. Mason said warmly.
"That sounds like a good idea Sean." Ellie said. "It's bad enough she is going to fight for Jay and Alex's attention now. We want her to handle becoming a sister well so she wont have to fight for ours."
"So what do you think of her?" Jay asked as he got up and walked closer to Alex.
"What's there to say, you saw what happened."Alex said as she finished washing the dishes for Ellie.
"I know, and I'm sorry. We had the most awkward ride over here. I mean Amy really sucked as a mom to her. She didn't have to say much but I could tell from what she did say." Jay said as he grabbed a soda out the fridge for himself and one for Alex.
"No- um- I can't have caffeine." Alex said as she pushed the can away.
"Since when?" Jay asked suspiciously as he put the can back in the fridge.
"I just can't. I don't like it anymore. Plus my doctor told me to stay away from it." Alex snapped.
"When did you go to the doctor? Are you sick or something." Jay asked a little concerned.
"No I'm fine it was just routine. No big deal. So we haven't talked about our plans to get out of here yet Jay." Alex said changing the subject as she put the last plate away and closed the cabinet.
"I can't think about that now Alex, We have to worry about affording Taryn." Jay said as he flipped through the mail that was on the kitchen table.
"Well when can you think about it Jay. I mean with Sean and Ellie having another baby they are going to need the space we are taking up." Alex said angrily.
"I know that Alex but they haven't said anything to us yet and we really can't afford it right now. I am going to try and get a second job or something and then maybe we can think about it." Jay said rolling his eyes.
"Jay I don't want to argue about this. Ellie isn't the type of person to put us out or let Sean put us out, but come on where is the baby going to sleep if we stay here with Taryn. I know this is a big house but damn. And if you think Mykel is going to share a room with the new baby you can forget that." Alex said as she sat down next to Jay at the table.
"Mommy and Daddy have a new baby?" Jay and Alex stared at each other alarmed praying that Mykel wasn't really standing behind them. They turned around slowly and sure enough, she was.
"Oh shit!" Jay sad under his breath. "Sean and Ellie are going to kill us."
"Taryn looked around the room as she tried to take everything in. She still couldn't believe her mother was gone. She couldn't cry about it, and while she hated her mother for everything she did to her, she still wanted her there. She sighed as she shook her head. That lady Alex seemed cool enough, and so did her father. Father it still sounded so weird in her little mind. She sat down on her new bed as she clutched her stuffed bunny tightly. She didn't know if she could ever bring herself to call him dad. After all, he left moments after he found out about her without any hesitation. He showed an obvious love towards Mykel, and Taryn was afraid that she could never compete with that. She doubted that he would have ever been involved in her life had things not happened the way they did. She smiled as she stood up. At least her new Aunt Ellie and Uncle Sean seemed nice enough. She barely knew them but everyone was trying to make her feel like home. She loved everything about their house down to the smell and she felt like her and Mykel would get along just fine. She smiled slightly as she picked up a picture of her best friend and her Uncle T. At least she would still see Justice all the time and she couldn't even describe how grateful she was for that. She shook her head as she looked at her hands and then up to the sky.
"I wish things could have been better Mama, but I think I might like it here." She laid back against the bed as a small tear rolled down her cheek. Maybe things were going to look up for her and maybe all of this happened for a reason.
"Look Kelly, you can't tell Mommy and Daddy we told you that you were going to be a big sister. They wanted to tell you themselves ok. You still have a long time before the baby gets here because it is still in your Mommy but you'll be the best big sister ever." Alex said as she hugged onto Mykel tightly. She knew that there was no point in bargaining with a three year old but she figured she would try.
"That's not going to work Lex." Jay laughed. "Look MAC, if you don't tell your Mom and Dad that we slipped and told you than we will take you to the carnival today." Jay bribed causing Mykel to shake her head happily.
"Ok my lits are eel!" Mykel said happily as she made a zipping motion across her little lips. "I like Taryn, I go play with her." Just like that she jumped off Alex's lap and ran back out of the room.
"Hey guys!" Ellie said happily as she and Sean entered through the kitchen door. They couldn't have had better timing.
"Hey, how did your appointment go." Alex said enthusiastically to everyone's surprise.
"It went great. I'm right on schedule at seven weeks and the heartbeat was strong and just wonderful." Ellie said melting.
"Yea and the baby looked perfect." Sean beamed. "Just like a kidney bean."
"Wow!" Jay laughed. "I thought you had gotten sappy before Cameron."
"Whatever." Sean rolled his eyes before looking around. "Where's Taryn?" Sean asked curiously as Ellie closely watched Alex move about the kitchen.
"She went to her new room and your daughter just forced her way in there. So I am assuming they are playing or whatever." Jay said as he got up to get some ham out of the refrigerated. Ellie was about to pull a exhausted looking Alex aside when she caught Jay fumbling in the back of the fridge out the corner of her eye.
"Jay what is that?" Ellie said as she watched him pull the dish from the back of the shelf.
"Just that ham you made last week." He shrugged as he pulled the plastic wrap off.
"Oh- ugh the smell." Ellie and Alex said simultaneously.
"I'm gonna be sick." Not Ellie, but Alex said. Everyone gasped as she made her way to the bathroom.
"No fucking way!" Jay yelled out as he looked at Sean and Ellie in shock.
"Aww, hell you guys are going to be living with us forever."Sean said as he sat at the table and shook his head. It all made sense now. Alex and Ellie were both pregnant at the same time. He had a three year old, and Jay's new child all in his house. Someone found joy in watching him suffer. He was convinced.
"Ok Sean. I know your thinking it and no." Ellie said as she rubbed his back lovingly.
"Jay throw that damn meat away." Sean said angrily. "Please Ellie just one little drink?" Sean begged.
"Daddy!" Mykel said happily as she and Taryn came out into the kitchen. Distracting Ellie from her answer. She looked up and smiled at Jay's beautiful daughter.
"Hey Taryn!" Ellie said happily as Sean pulled Mykel onto his lap. "Sorry we weren't here when you got here, but I hope everything was ok." Ellie said kindly.
"Oh everything was great. Breakfast was yummy and I love my room." Taryn said smiling.
"Mommy and Daddy, why come you didn't tell me bout the baby?" Mykel asked curiously.
"You told her!!!" Sean and Ellie both yelled.
"MAC we had a deal." Jay said shocked.
"Yeah but you were mean to Taryn so the deals off." Mykel said smiling. Jay looked at Taryn confused. He thought he had been trying pretty damn hard to be nice. The girl was half Amy so it only made sense that she was a drama queen.
"I've been mad about a lot. Like when you first found out about me, how you just left." Jay looked down as the memory came back to him.
"I am so sorry that you had to even see that Taryn. I was just in shock at the time and I am sorry." He walked over and picked her up so that she could see him eye to eye. "I want you here. I am glad that I found out about you and even though I was scared I have loved you forever Taryn. Hell you are like a mini me. I would be crazy not to love you."
Ellie hugged Sean tightly as tears came to her eyes." That was the sweetest thing you have ever said Jay." Ellie said as she picked up a tissue.
"Oh great, your hormones are acting batty already." Jay said as he rolled his eyes.
"You think her hormones are bad, wait until you see mine." Alex said as she slowly entered the kitchen.
"Alex!" Ellie said happily as she got up to hug her best friend. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Because I didn't want to get my hopes up to be let down again. And I didn't want to do that to you guys, especially to you Jay." Alex said quietly.
"Alex you and Taryn are my fucking world." Jay said as he hugged Taryn and put her down. "I will always miss the baby we lost Alex but this could be our miracle. I swear I'll get that second job. I'll do whatever I can to make sure this new baby stays healthy."
Alex looked at Jay and smiled. She knew at that moment that she had made the right decision in staying with him. He loved her more than anything and she felt the same. She placed her hands on her stomach as the realization finally set in. She pulled Jay's on top of hers so that he could feel the slight swell that was starting to form. He smiled as he struggled to catch his breath. His child was going to live this time and he was going to try and give them and Taryn the best life possible.
"So does this mean you two are getting married?" Ellie asked curiously, as she Sean and Mykel observed the entire situation unfolding before them.
"I still got the ring so if Alex wants it I guess we could or whatever. We could use the tax break." Jay said haphazardly.
"Shut up Jay and give me my ring." Alex laughed as she pulled him into a kiss.
"God we are so dysfunctional!" Sean said as he sat back in the chair.
"We pretty much put the func right in it." Alex laughed as she pulled up from the kiss.
"Well, how else would we function guys. We wouldn't know how to handle a picture perfect life." Ellie said as she pulled Mykel closer to her.
"For once Elle I agree with you." Jay smiled as he and Sean looked back and forth. This was their family and they loved every minute of it.
THE END!!!!!!!
... Wait
Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
"If Ellie wants to be with that poor two-bit loser than she can. I will just have to do everything in my power to make sure she is miserable, and that Sean is destroyed." Craig laughed deviously to himself as he flew down to Hawaii for a concert.
"Sir, exactly who are you talking to." Craig's butler said as he brought him out a glass of Brandy.
"What? Oh nobody Derek, I was just thinking of new lyrics to a song. Two bit loser... Two bit dolly... Two bit hole in my he-art. See."
"Whatever you say sir." Derek said as he raised his brow, noticing the crumbled picture of Alex, Jay, Liberty, Towerz, Justice,Sean, Ellie, Marco, Paige and Mykel on the ground. He always knew his boss Craig was crazy. He could only hope that insanity wouldn't make him do something that he would eventually regret.
A/N: I can't believe it's done! I am kind of sad lol. Fear not however; for I am working on a sequel. I know you all want to know what's going to happen with these guys as much as I do. I promise the sequel will be just as intense and just as much drama, with a little humor too lol. I just want to take this moment to thank every single person who reviewed this story, made this story a favorite and gave this fic a chance. You gave me the confidence to complete it. I of course will always be critical on myself as a writer but to know that people actually enjoy my writing makes it all worthwhile. I asked Santa aka my father for a laptop for Christmas so you can guarantee that I will be writing 24/7 come Christmas day lol. Thank you all again and I hope that you all truly enjoyed this fic.