A/N: So this was suppose to be update two days ago but this ended up being A LOT longer than I had intended it to be. According to Microsoft Word this chapter is about TWELVE pages long and 6,365 words long. WHOA! so umm... enjoy =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or its characters.

There are a handful of significant life changing events: getting your first job (any fast food or retail place), graduating from high school, graduating from college, getting your first REAL job (I don't mean fast food or retail but something that can be called your career), getting married, buying a house, and having a baby. My first job was when I worked at the Busch Gardens in Tampa for a few months. I graduated from high school in 2006, graduated from college in 2010, got my first REAL job at 101.5 that summer, married the woman of my dreams by the end of that summer, I have a baby on the way, and currently January 2016 my friends and family are helping Beth and I move into our new home. Life is good, life is good.

"One of the few weekends I have off and I'm helping you move your crap in," Dylan says, complaining.

"You're helping because it's the nice thing to do," I tell him.

"And because you threaten to cut off our jewels if we didn't help," Marco says.

"Jewels?" Major asks. "What jewels?"

"Don't worry about it," I tell him quickly. "Jeez Marco can you please watch your mouth around my very impressionable little brother?"

"Either I can focus on carrying this dresser or watching what I say around your brother, I can't do both Jordan!" Marco yells.

Yeah so currently Marco and Dylan are carrying my dresser up the stairs to the master bedroom, because I am the master of this household, well at least when Beth's not here. Everyone is here helping Beth and I including Palex, well actually Paige and Alex are just sitting in the living room playing with AJ. Also here are Ellie and Craig, my parents, Major, Beth's parents and Simón, and Jay. Yep Jay is here. Him and Manny moved back to Toronto about a month ago after Manny signed on to do a new show that's being filmed and produced here. Everyone is very happy to have them back.

This is actually the second day of move-in. Yesterday we moved in all the first floor stuff, today is second floor stuff, and tomorrow is third floor stuff. See the move in process has been quite extensive. We officially got the house just a mere few days after we made our offer. The owners wanted to meet us and we explain why we wanted a home and about our careers and our future plans for our family and apparently they really loved Beth and me so we got the house. Shortly after we got the house it was time to make some changes, lay down carpet in some of the rooms, paint some of the rooms, and of course sound proof our music room on the third floor. Then after doing that we had to pick out furniture and that was loads of fun. Shopping for furniture really just consisted of Paige and Beth trying to pick out fancy stuff as Alex, AJ, and I twirled around in the chairs at the furniture store. AJ had loads of fun with that, unfortunately though I was frowned at because I'm a grown woman who was acting like a teenage, whatever. So finally almost two months after getting the house we're finally moving our stuff in and it's exciting.

"Sweetie I love you but if you don't pick up your side more I'm going to drop this thing on your foot," Dylan tells Marco.

"Yeah, I'd rather you not drop my nice new dresser," I tell Dylan.

"How aboot I drop it on you," I hear Dylan mutter.

"What was that Michalchuk?" I ask threateningly.

Dylan looks at me and I know he can see the fire in my eyes. He's trying to look tough but I can tell that façade is slowly crumbling. I see Dylan gulp.

"After the dresser I'll help bring in mattress?" he asks nervously.

I nod my head and smile. "That'd be great, thanks Dylan."

Marco rolls his eyes and sighs as they continue their journey up the stairs. I walk into the living room to see Alex sitting in the arm chair we brought from the condo, Paige sitting on the couch we also brought from the condo, and Beth is also sitting on the couch with a bouncing AJ in her lap.

"Nice to see you two working so hard," I say to Palex.

"I helped yesterday," Alex says. "Today is my day off and tomorrow I'll help again."

I roll my eyes at her and look at Paige. "And what's your excuse?"

Paige holds up her hands. "Hon, I just got a manicure," she says seriously.

"So pretty much you two are taking up space? Fantastic, just fantastic."

"It's your house," Alex says waving her hand, pointing at me. "Why should we help you move YOUR stuff into YOUR house?"

"Because my wife can't help me since she's about twenty-one weeks pregnant with my baby."

"Well Paige and I have a daughter to raise ya know."

"Oh you mean the daughter that is currently bouncing up and down and laughing her head off on Beth's lap?"

We all look over at AJ and Beth and sure enough Beth is bouncing AJ up and down on her lap while AJ is laughing and clapping her hands. I turn my head back and look at Alex.

"Oh yeah because I can tell you're putting a lot of energy in that," I tell her.

"Lexi stop being lazy and help the others," Paige says.

Alex does a mini gasp and looks at Paige. "Oh so if I'm not helping I'm lazy but it's ok for you not to help?" she asks.

Once again Paige holds up her hands. "Hon, nails just done," she says. "Plus I have to stay here and play with AJ."

Paige smiles at AJ and tickles her while AJ giggles. Alex groans and rolls her eyes but she gets up anyway.

"Whip-shh," I make the whipping sound.

Alex quickly turns around and looks at me with her eyes narrowed. She points at me and then slides her finger across her throat. Ya know I don't take threats very well and she shouldn't be threatening me.

"Jordan, shouldn't you be helping as well?" Beth asks me. "Alex did have a point. It is our stuff. We can't just expect our friends and family to do all the work for us."

I sit down on the couch next to Beth and place my hand on her stomach.

"I just want to spend time with my wife and our unborn child," I tell her and kiss her on the cheek.

Beth smiles. "Nice try missy," she says. "Now go help."

Beth pats me on the back. I groan but get up because I have learned that you should always do what a pregnant woman tells you to do. If you don't then you might get said pregnant woman yelling at you for about two hours completely in Spanish and possibly a hair dryer thrown at you. Let's just say that afternoon was quite eventful.

I go upstairs and walk into the master bedroom. I see that Dylan and Marco brought in the mattress. Brian, Major, Mr. Perez, and Simón are currently putting together Beth and mine's bed frame. Seeing the two dads and each of their sons working warms my heart for some reason.

"Make sure to turn it right," Brian says.

"I know Dad," Major says. "Righty tighty, lefty loosey. I got it."

"Simón make sure the frame is aligned," Mr. Perez says.

"Papi I'm eighteen and a man now," Simón says. "I'm pretty sure I know how to put a bed together."

I slightly laugh at the scene before me and continue my journey. I walk into the next bedroom that is going to be the nursery. We decided to paint the nursery forest green because one, Beth said red is not a good color for a baby nursery, two because we don't know the sex of the baby because Beth wants to be surprised, and three green just happens to be Beth's favorite color. I mean I REALLY wanted to paint the room red because red is my favorite color and red means strength but as many people pointed out since Beth is the one who is actually carrying the child she should be ever to make all final decisions on anything that deals with the nursery, which is why we have a state-of-the-art crib, whatever that means. I mean unless this crib comes with a satellite television built into it I highly doubt it's that state-of-the-art. We also have a bunch of paintings on the wall like child paintings that are suppose to bring peace to the baby, or at least that's what the sales person said. Yeah, Beth really went crazy with the nursery but that's ok because that means I get to go crazy with the music room and trust me, the music room is going to be TIGHT!

I walk past the bathroom where my mom and Mrs. Perez are decorating. I don't know how it happened but someone those two became in charge of my bathroom. Whatever, that just means there's less work for me to do. I walk past another bedroom which has been turned to a study. I figure by the time Beth and I have our third child the first one will be old enough to want to live on the third floor so when the third baby arrives we'll turn the first child's room into their room. Marco, Dylan, and Jay are currently working in the office. Jay is putting together the maple oak desk I bought while Dylan is moving the rest of the furniture into it and Marco is putting the furniture in their rightful spots and he's also putting the finishing touches on the decorating of the room. I told Marco that I want my office to look business like and sophisticated. So I gave him my credit card and I'm pretty sure he bought out half of Ikea.

I walk past the final bedroom which we haven't decided what to do with yet and then the arts and crafts room which we're also not too sure what to do with. Where the hell is Alex? I walk back to the office.

"Hey guys, where's Alex?" I ask them.

"I think I saw her go upstairs," Jay says.

I raise my eyebrow. "Thanks Jay."

I start making my way upstairs. Why the hell would Alex be up here? I bet she's hiding. I walk into the soon to be music room. It is hot in here. I don't mean literally of course, though the room does look like it's on fire. This room is one of the few rooms that I had absolute creative decorative control over. I decided I wanted this room to be cool and not like ANY of the other rooms in the house so when it came to the walls I decided to go with fire wallpaper. To match the hot walls I went with a fire red carpet. Yeah I'm pretty proud of myself. I don't see here anywhere in here though. Hmm…

I leave the music room and go through the lounge to the next room. We don't have anything planned for that room quite yet so we just decided to make it our storage room. Why is the door closed? I'm pretty sure I left it open. I open the door and there's Alex lying on one of the couches we're not too sure where to put yet and her feet are on it too!

I walk over to her and slap her feet off my couch. Alex bolts up and looks at me angrily.

"That wasn't very polite," she says, sounding annoyed.

"No, what's not polite is you sleeping in my storage room while everyone else is helping downstairs," I tell her.

"Can't I get a pass? Like a sister pass or something?"

I cross my arms and look at her. "Our eight year old brother is helping our dad and my father-in-law and brother-in-law put together a bed. A BED! You expect to get a pass when Major is helping? Psh, no way."

"Ugh," Alex groans. "Jordan you just don't understand."

I sit down on the sofa next to Alex. "What's wrong now?" I ask her.

Alex throws her head back and groans. "Paige is leaving soon, AJ still likes to wake up at random times during the night and scream her head off, and I have yet to find the right daycare for her," she says quickly and in one breath. "And I would like to spend at least one night with Paige but she wants to spend every night with AJ until she leaves."

I nod my head slowly. "Ok," I say. "Well there's nothing I can do about Paige leaving or AJ not sleeping through the night. I MIGHT be able to help you with the daycare situation but we'll discuss that later. I can and will help you with one thing."

"What?"

"Once we get this place all situated and there's more space than boxes Beth and I will take care of AJ for a night while you and Paige go out and have fun."

Alex looks at me. "Really?" she asks. "You'd do that?"

"Of course!"

Now she's looking at me suspiciously. "What's the catch? What's in it for you?"

I fake gasp and place my hand over my chest. "What would make you ask such questions? I am doing this out of the goodness of my heart and because I love my niece. Also I figured since Beth and I will have our own bundle of joy soon we should try to get as much practice in as we can."

Alex is smile and now she's chuckling. What the hell is so funny?

"What's so funny?" I ask her.

Alex is shaking her head. "Nothing," she says. She clasps her hand on my shoulder. "Thank you. I appreciate this and I'm sure Paige will too."

Alex stands up and stretches. "Come on," she says. "Everyone is going to start wondering where we are."

I get up off the couch. "Yeah let's go finish moving stuff in."

I start following Alex downstairs and she starts laughing again. What the hell is up with her?

Couple of Weeks Later:
I would just like to say that I am not usually impressed by homes. I mean yes I know when a house is nice and I will say so but usually to me a house is just a house. With that said… I would just like to say that my house is SPECTACULAR! Not just because of the size of it, or because of the many rooms we have but because of the amazing decorating. I will admit that without the help of others this might not have been possible.

It's been about two weeks since the initial move-in. Most of the boxes are in the storage room on the third floor. All the rooms we're using are decorated and furnished. Beth and I aren't entirely sure what to do with the lower level but we're thinking of turning it into a gym, but that's just an idea.

Beth and I are currently in the living room just hanging out, waiting for the arrival of AJ. Tonight Beth and I are babysitting AJ while Paige and Alex enjoy a night out together. Paige leaves for her Fashion Week tour in three days so Alex thought tonight would be the perfect night to take Paige out on an old fashion date. I think this might be the first time they've gone out together, just them, without AJ.

Beth and I are sitting on the couch. Beth has her feet up in my lap while I rub them. Hey the woman is carrying our child; the least I can do is rub her aching feet.

"Oo," Beth makes a weird sound and face while placing her hand on her stomach.

A sense of panic rushes over me. "Oh my God, are you ok?" I ask panic. "Is the baby coming? Oh my God it's too soon!"

"Jordan…"

I get up quickly. "Ok I'll get the bag and I'll call Dr. Robinson."

"Jordan!"

I look at Beth. "What?"

"I'm not having the baby right now you doofus," she says. "I still have seventeen weeks left. I felt the baby kick."

I sit back down on the couch. "The baby kicked?"

Beth nods her head. "Yeah." She makes the face again. "He or she is really kicking now."

Beth takes my hand and places it on her stomach. I can feel a little thump. Oh my God, this is so amazing. I can't help but smile at what I'm feeling. I look up at Beth and smile at her as she's smiling at me.

"Our baby is kicking," I tell her.

Beth nods her head. "Yeah he or she is."

"Do you know what that is?"

"What?"

"That kick, that's a Johnson kick right there," I tell her proudly.

Beth laughs and shakes her head. "I can only hope that this baby also inherits the Johnson confidence."

Ding dong!

I hop off the couch. I lean into Beth and kiss her on the cheek.

"Or trust me, this kid will have so much Johnson confidence even people who just stand near him or her will feel the confidence," I tell her.

I walk to the front door and open it. Standing in front of me is a very nicely dressed Palex and a smiling AJ. Paige is holding AJ while Alex is holding the giant diaper bag.

"Hola!" I greet them excitedly.

"Look AJ, Auntie Jordan is VERY excited to see you," Paige tells AJ.

"Hi AJ," I greet the smiling baby happily.

"Aajfj fdjkl," AJ greets me back and waves.

I move to the side to allow them to come inside. Palex and AJ go into the living room and I'm right behind them. Beth is still sitting on the couch with her hand on her stomach and a grin on her face. Beth looks up as Palex and AJ enter the room.

"The baby kicked," she tells them instantly.

"Oh my God, no way hon," Paige says happily.

Beth nods her head eagerly. "Come feel!"

Paige sits down on the couch and places AJ on her lap. Beth takes Paige's hand and places it where the kicking is coming from. Copying her mother AJ also places her hand on Beth's stomach.

"Wow hon," Paige says.

"I know right? It's so amazing."

Paige nods her head. "I remember when this one started kicking," she says and kisses AJ on the cheek. "Her favorite organ to kick was my spleen."

Somehow AJ can tell Paige is talking about her because she just looked up at her and smile.

"I felt the kick," I tell Alex. "It was a Johnson kick."

Alex raises her eyebrow at me. "Oh was it now?" she asks.

I nod my head. "Johnsons are known for being powerful kickers," I say seriously. "My baby is going to be a soccer star."

"Oh, not a basketball star or a musical prodigy?"

I scoff. "Please my baby will be so amazing he or she will be a super star at anything they try."

Alex rolls her eyes. She turns her attention to Paige and claps her hands. AJ mimics Alex and claps her hands as well and laughs.

"As much as I love standing here and talking about the kicking fetus in Beth's stomach," she starts. "Paigey we should get going. Our reservations are made for six and it's already five thirty."

"Oh, right hon," Paige says and stands up with AJ in her arms. She walks over to me. "So AJ already ate but if she gets hungry there are some mashed peas and diced apples in the diaper bag. I put PLENTY of diapers in there as well so you should be ok. We took her to the park today so she should sleep just fine and she should fall asleep pretty soon. In the bag I put a list of important contact numbers; the number of the restaurant we'll be at, Dr. Blake's number, poison control, my mother's number,-."

"Paige, this isn't out first time taking care of a baby," I tell her.

"Yeah I know that but this is the first time you're taking care of MY baby without either Alex or me here," Paige says sternly. "And I swear Jordan Johnson-Perez if I come back and see one hair out of place on my child's head I will severely hurt you."

Alex places her hands on Paige's shoulders. "Alright Mama Bear, calm down," she tells her. "Beth and Jordan are going to do an amazing job. They're going to do just fine."

Wait, why is Alex smiling like that? I don't like the smile she's giving me right now. It's the same smile she would have on in high school when she was up to something. I'm looking at her suspiciously now.

"Also sometimes when we're gone AJ can -"

"Paige, come on," Alex says. "We should really get going."

Paige says. "Ok," she says to Alex. Paige turns her attention back to AJ and holds her right in front of her. "Alright sweetie, me and Momma are going now. You be good for Auntie Beth and Auntie Jordan ok? Can I have a kiss?"

AJ opens her mouth and presses it against Paiges's cheek and makes the mwah sound. AJ still isn't one hundred percent correct with the kissing but she's close enough. Paige kisses her on the cheek and then hands her to Alex. Alex looks AJ in the eyes.

"Alright baby girl, I'll miss you," Alex says.

Alex brings AJ closer to her and whispers something in her ear which I think is slightly weird and possibly slightly suspect. You know what's also weird? It looks like AJ is intensely listening to Alex and it seems like she's really understanding everything that is being said to her. Alex pulls AJ slightly away and smiles at her.

"Can I have a kissy before I leave" Alex asks AJ.

AJ once again opens her mouth and presses it against Alex's cheek, making the same kissing sound as before. Alex kisses AJ on the cheek and hands her to Beth while giving me the diaper bag.

"We should be back at the latest by eleven," Alex says.

I nod my head. "Have fun," I say. "We've got this covered."

Alex chuckles. "Ok, sure you do."

"Bye baby," Paige says and waves at AJ who waves back.

I walk Paige and Alex to the front door. I open the door for them and they exit the house. Right as they reach the steps Paige turns around.

"Ya know we could get my parents to watch her and you and Beth could have alone time," she says quickly.

I put my hand up. "Hey we can handle this," I tell her. "Soon Beth and I will have a child of our own so we need to get use to having a baby around now. Besides I can take care of my niece for a few hours. I'm not incompetent ya know and I'm sort of like a baby whisperer. Babies LOVE me."

Alex grabs Paige's hand and practically pulls her off my porch.

"Good luck!" Alex yells when she and Paige reach the car.

Alex starts the car and now they're pulling out of the drive away. I turn around and head back inside. Good luck with what?

Hour Later:
"WAHHHHHH WAHHHH WAHHHHH !"

"AJ please stop crying."

"WAHHHHHH WAHHHH WAHHHHH !"

"AJ, cariño está bien."

"WAHHHHHH WAHHHH WAHHHHH !"

I look at Beth. "What would make you think that Spanish would stop her crying?" I ask.

Beth looks at me annoyed. "Because obviously English isn't working."

"AJ you want your dice apples?"

I try, once again, giving AJ some diced apples and shakes her head and practically slaps them out of my hands. I just don't know what to do. About five minutes after Palex left AJ started crying her head off. It's been an hour and I can't believe she's still going. Like how big is her lung capacity that she is still able to keep this going? I've tried EVERYTHING! She doesn't need her diaper changed, she's not hungry, even when I tried to give her her favorite toy she didn't want it. I just don't know what to do.

"Jordan, maybe we should call Paige or Alex!" Beth yells over the crying.

I shake my head. "Nu-uh," I tell her. "We can do this. I mean if we just call Palex then how will we be able to handle our own child when he or she goes crazy like this?"

"That will be different. With our own child at least we'll have some sort of idea what to do."

I sigh. "Beth there has to be something we're missing. I mean we've been around AJ almost every day since she was born. We can figure this out!"

"WAHHHHHH WAHHH !" AJ screams again.

I hold AJ close to me and start doing that bouncing thing that usually calms babies down. Sure I tried this before and was unsuccessful but maybe this time it'll work.

"Shh, come on AJ, it's ok," I say into her ear. "Everything is ok."

"Ok if you're not going to go Paige and Alex I'm at least going to call my mother," Beth says. "She's had two kids so maybe she'll know what to do."

I roll my eyes and groan. Beth would call her mother. Beth goes into the kitchen to call her mom as I continue my bouncing and AJ continues her ear wrenching screaming.

"AJ what's wrong?" I ask. "You have never acted like this before. Are you just tired? Do you just need to sleep?"

I take AJ upstairs with me and we go into the nursery. I leave the lights off because I heard somewhere that when trying to get a baby to sleep you should keep them in a dark room. I sit down in the new rocking chair Beth and I bought and start rocking back and forth slowly, hoping the movement of the chair will calm AJ down. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working.

Woo-hoo text message!

I maneuver myself and get my phone out of my pocket as AJ continues her wailing. Why is Alex sending me a text message with a sound clip attached to it? I click on the little envelope to open the message.

If you're trying to get AJ to sleep then play this.

Hmm… I clip on the little symbol of the sound clip to open it.

"To my sweet little angel," Alex's voice comes from the phone and AJ's crying starts to calm down. "Remember that Momma loves you and not a night goes by that I'm not dreaming aboot you."

A guitar starts up and music begins to play.

When you close your eyes and go to sleep tonight,
I'll be right outside your door,
dreams will come and they'll take you away,
let them bring you back to me

And tomorrow when you wake I'll be next to you,
the protection from the day,
when the tears fall down your face like morning dew,
I'll be there to put a smile on your face,
and I'll say

I don't wanna live this life without you,I don't wanna spend the night without you ,I don't wanna know what it's like,
I can't dream without you. I can't dream without you.

AJ's cries have turned into whimpers as the song continues to play.

Let your fire burn bright for the world to see,
you are the better part of me
when you hold my hand I swear that I believe,
I'm living in my wildest dreamsand I see

I don't wanna live this life without you,

I don't wanna spend the night without you,

I don't wanna know what it's like,
I can't dream without you.

Flowers for your hair,
rainbows for your eyes to see,
your dreams are everywhere,
to carry you away from me,
away from me someday,
away from me someday

I don't wanna live this life without you,
I don't wanna spend the night without you,
I don't wanna know what it's like,
I can't dream without you.
I don't wanna live this life without you,I don't wanna spend the night without you,I don't wanna know what it's like,
I can't dream without you.

The song ends and the crying has stopped. I look down at AJ and her eyes are closed. Wow, I don't know what to say except thank God the crying has finally stopped. I get up from the rocking chair and place AJ down in the portable crib Palex bought for her whenever she's at someone else's place. I quietly leave the room and close the door behind me. As soon as I close the door Beth appears in front of me.

"So my mother said we should try giving her some warm milk to calm her down," she says.

"Not needed," I tell her. "She's asleep now."

Beth's eyebrows rise in surprise. "Really?" she asks. "How'd you do that?"

"Actually it wasn't me, it was Alex. Alex sent me a sound clip of her singing a song and AJ fell asleep."

"Oh… I vaguely remember Paige telling me aboot Alex writing AJ a lullaby."

"Hmm… you think it would have been helpful if Alex told us that before her and Paige left."

Beth shrugs her shoulders. "Well even if they had told us what could we have done? Sometimes a child just needs to hear their mother's voice."

I kneel down on the floor to get on eye level with Beth's stomach.

"Well little one, if you want I'll write you a lullaby and it will be super fantastic," I say, as if I'm talking directly to the growing baby.

Beth puts her hand on her stomach. "I'm sure you will," she says.

I stand up and smile at her. "We should go downstairs now and try to enjoy this peace and quiet before AJ wakes up and tries to make our ears bleed again."

Beth nods her head and we go back downstairs to enjoy the rest of our night.

o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Airports are very interesting places. A lot can happen at airports. A lot of hellos and goodbyes happen at this airport. How do I know this for sure? Because I'm pretty sure that just within my circle of family and friends alone about a thousand hellos and goodbyes have been said and we're here once again to say goodbye.

It's time for Paige to leave to start her Fashion Week tour. Her first stop is Montreal so it's not too far but then after that it's off to New York and then across the pond to London. I can tell Paige doesn't want to leave. Anyone could tell by just looking into her eyes. But we all know that this is part of her job and that she'll be back.

Paige and Beth hug and Paige is also giving some pregnancy advice to Beth. And now it's my turn.

"Have fun out there Paige, but not too much fun," I tell her.

Paige laughs. "I'll try not to Jordan," she says. "Look after my wife and daughter. If I come back and see anything is out of place I will hurt you."

I nod my head. "I believe you."

Last but of course not least Paige stops in front of Alex and AJ. I don't think AJ knows entirely what is going on because right now she's just sitting in her stroller playing with her stuffed bunny but I'm sure pretty soon she'll figure it out. Paige is just looking at Alex and her eyes are shining which means tears are soon about to fall.

"I love you," Paige tells Alex.

Alex smiles. "I love you," she says. "And I know that you are going to rock all the fashion weeks because you Paige Michalchuk-Nuñez are a rock star when it comes to fashion."

Paige puts her arms around Alex's neck. "And you are the best wife ever."

Alex shrugs her shoulders. "I like to think so."

Alex pulls Paige into a tight hug and now they're sharing one of those loving goodbye kisses with one another. Paige pulls away and Alex wipes a tear from her face.

"You'll be back in no time right?" Alex asks.

Paige nods her head. "As soon as this tour is over I'll be back home you and AJ."

Paige kneels down and takes AJ out of her stroller. I can see that the waterfall of tears are about to descend any minute now.

"You be good for Momma ok?" Paige asks AJ. "Make sure not to give her any problems. And try not to start walking or talking until I get back." And cue the tears. "I love you sweetie. I'm going to try to skype everyday so I can see your beautiful face."

AJ is just looking at Paige. She looks slightly confused with everything that's going on.

"Can Mommy have a kiss please?" Paige asks.

Once again AJ gives Paige one of her AJ kisses and makes the mwah sound. Paige kisses AJ on the cheek. It looked like one of those kisses that are so powerful it actually hurts your cheek. Paige gives AJ to Alex.

"I love you both," Paige says. "Be good while I'm gone."

Alex smiles. "Of course we'll be good," she says.

Paige walks to where Kelly is waiting for her with her luggage. Paige turns around and waves goodbye to us. The rest of us wave goodbye. I look over at AJ and I can see her face turning from confusion to sadness as she starts to realize what's going on. Uh-oh…

"Waahhh!" AJ cries. "Waahh! Mama!"

Holy crap! Paige literally just dropped the bag she was holding like the rest of our jaws just dropped. Did AJ just talk?

"Mama!" AJ cries out again as she leans forward against Alex's arms with her tiny arms outstretched.

Paige comes running back to us and AJ practically launches herself into Paige's arms. Paige is hugging AJ tight while AJ had her arms around her mother's neck. Paige pulls AJ away from her to look at her.

"Hon, you talked!" Paige says excitedly. "You talked hon, you talked!"

Paige kisses AJ's forehead and starts hugging her again.
"You talked," Paige says again.

And the waterfalls have begun descending down Paige's face. Alex walks up to her family and hugs them both. Ok, I'm pretty sure I'm about to cry. I look over at Beth and she's already crying. Of course Beth is crying though, she's pregnant which means her hormones are all over the place so even the simplest thing can make her cry. Though the scene in front of us isn't simple, it's sweet, loving, and kind of sad.

Kelly approaches the group slowly and carefully. "Paige," she calls out Paige's name. "I'm sorry but we have to go."

Alex is the first to pull away from the hug. I see Alex wipe away some tears that were falling down her face.

"Paigey you have to go," Alex says.

Paige is shaking her head. "I can't," she says, her voice cracking. "AJ just said her first word and she doesn't want me to go."

"Paige, we discussed this," Alex says. "You'll be back before we know it."

Paige looks up at Alex. "You promise to skype me every night?" she asks. "No matter where I am and no matter what time it might be where I am."

Alex nods her head. "Every night you will see AJ and my beautiful faces on your computer screen. Now go before you miss your flight."

Paige nods her head. She kisses AJ on her forehead and puts her back in Alex's arms, much to AJ's protest.

"I'll be back soon sweetie," Paige tells AJ. "Be a good girl."

Paige walks back over to Kelly and her luggage. AJ has begun her crying again but now she's crying into Alex's shoulder while Alex pats her back and tells her everything is ok. Paige and Kelly make their way to security. Paige turns around and waves goodbye to us one last time. We all wave back until we can't see her anymore.

I hear the sound of crying beside me. I turn and look at Beth and she's still crying.

"Beth," I call out my wife's name slowly. "Are you ok?"

Beth wipes away a tear. "AJ called out for her mom as she was leaving," she says. "That was so sweet!"

"Alright let's get you home before you flood the airport."

Alex is still holding AJ and patting her back so I decide to push the stroller for her. We're on the escalator, going down the stairs to leave the airport. AJ's crying has calm down a bit but you can tell she's still upset. Alex is whispering in her ear and it seems to be keeping her a bit calm. We reach the ground floor and start making our way out of the airport, or at least we're trying to. There're a lot of people down here for some reason. A flight must have just come in like ten minutes ago and these must have been the people on the flight. Alex's whole focus is on AJ that she's not even really watching where she's going.

"Alex, watch out," I tell her.

Just as I yell out my warning Alex bumps into someone.

"Sorry," Alex quickly says.

We continue our path to the door.

"Alex?" a person behinds us yell.

We all turn around to see who called out Alex's name. Some woman with dark hair is looking at us slightly surprised. Wait…is that?

"Sage?"

A/N: OH SNAP! SAGE IS BACK!