Beyond the Sun

by Jeck and Raxsah Inc

Action, Drama, and Romance. Just a typical day on the Enterprise, and life for Ryan and Claire Conaway. M for language, adult humor, humor all around, violence, and strong sexual themes. Rants and Fluff included. KirkxOC.

29. Epilogue Part 2: At The Beginning

Raxsah: Oh snaps, when's the last time we was on fan-fiction?
Jeck: Ummm, before finals? And before I went back to college?
Raxsah: Ugh, Finals suck. But yeah. We know you guys have been waiting forever for this…. But I can't say I'm totally sorry that we made you wait. We was busy as shit!
Jeck: And it prolonged the ending of our great story sage. There will be more, just not of this particular story. Well, unless you win our contests.
Raxsah: Or unless we get So bored that we wanna write something else like this. Chances of that happening… slim to none. Don't hold your breath.
Jeck: We enjoyed it while it lasted, but it's over now. Like good sex.
Raxsah: After a while you just get tired of it and you need to find something better.
Jeck: Anyway, let's wrap this thing up, shall we?
Raxsah: Yes, enjoy this last (No, we're legit, it's totally the last chapter now) of Beyond the Sun

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Epilogue Part 2: At The Beginning

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Jim walked into sickbay and grimaced at the sight of Alex and Liam sucking face.

"You guys have been married for a little over a year, you'd think you'd be done sucking face," he muttered. Alex pulled away and began to head back to work. Liam gave a heavy sigh before turning back to Jim.

"What do you want? You totally ruined my evening," he muttered.

"I'm here to see my wife, have you seen her?" he asked.

"With a patient, surprisingly she's doing better." Jim smiled and watched as Claire pushed back a curtain and walked toward the medical station. Jim smiled at her and looked down at the small baby-bump she was showing. She was coming up on four months pregnant, though, she looked a lot bigger than he remembered her being with Natalie. Claire said that it was typical, women who went through more than one pregnancy had a tendency to show earlier.

"Hey, sweetie," she said, leaning over and kissing him. Jim kissed her back before pulling away and kissing her forehead.

"Hey, baby… how you feeling?" he asked.

"Better, I don't want to kill you anymore," she confessed. He chuckled and pulled her into a hug. The first couple of months had been extremely difficult, if it was possible, her morning sickness was worse than it was with Natalie. That's how Claire knew she was pregnant. Sadly, she told Jim in the morning, and after he had hugged her tight and practically picked her up and swung her around, she spent the next few hours in the bathroom.

"Here, we should get the ultrasound done. You ready?" Alex asked. Claire nodded and looked at Jim.

"You mind?" she asked. Jim nodded and followed her and Alex into a back room, where the ultrasound was.

"So, how has your pregnancy been so far?" Alex asked, getting everything set up.

"Fine, the symptoms are a little worse than usual, but I figured that might just be karma's way of fucking with me," Claire said, laying down on the bed. Jim sat next to her and kissed her hand.

"I love you," he told her.

"You better," she muttered. Alex rolled his eyes and lifted Claire's shirt up. She gave him a hand a jumped when he put some of the jelly on her stomach.

"Well, it might just be a tough pregnancy, but we'll monitor it carefully…" he paused and typed a few things into the computer. Claire tried to turn to see the monitor, but gave up and just laid back.

"Will you be able to tell if it's a boy or girl?" Jim asked.

"Possibly, it's kind of hard to say. Let me just find your heartbeat…" After a minute, Claire's heart beat was heard and then disappeared as Alex moved the device across her stomach. He eventually found a faster heartbeat, but then suddenly paused. After a minute, Claire froze too and looked at him.

"Alex… that heart beat is way too fast," she told him.

"No… it's not," Alex replied. Jim raised an eyebrow and looked at the two of them.

"What's wrong? Is the baby sick?" he asked. Alex took a deep breath and typed a few things on the computer.

"Nope, both heartbeats are strong…" Alex replied. Claire's jaw dropped and she seemed as if she was in shock. Jim just gave them a confused look. He knew nothing about medicine, and he sure as hell knew nothing about pregnancy, except that it made women crazy and sick.

"Isn't that good? The baby and her heartbeat?" Alex sighed and turned the monitor.

"You see this? This is a baby's head," He said, pointing it out.

"Okay?" Jim said, nodding. He hated being talked to like he was an idiot. Alex gave a small nod and moved his hand so he was pointing to something else.

"And this… is a baby's head as well," he stated. Jim looked at the screen before looking at Alex, his eyes wide.

"Twins?" he asked. Claire put a hand over her mouth and took a deep breath.

"Oh my god…" she muttered.

"Congratulations… from what I can tell, they seemed to be identical. I can't tell the sex of the babies yet though." Jim ran a hand over his face and took a deep breath. He was ecstatic that he was having another kid, however, he was only expecting one. Claire, was in complete shock. Of course she was happy that she was having another child, but twins?

"Wow…" Jim muttered.

"Claire, you still alive?" Alex asked.

"I'm… shocked. I mean… I'm happy but… twins?" she asked softly.

"It's not a bad thing, just not what you expected," Alex explained. Claire nodded and grabbed a tissue to wipe the jelly off her stomach.

"I know, I know. I'm happy, or I will be once I process this." She turned to Jim who was looking at the screen. "Are you happy?" she asked. He looked at her and smiled before taking her hand in his.

"I am happy, just shocked, like you. We're going to have twins," he said. She nodded and kissed him lightly before turning to Alex.

"I want a Caesarean section, I am not having twins naturally," she told him.

"Alright, I'll put in the request. However, you know how babies work, they come when they want, how they want." Claire rolled her eyes and stood up, rolling down her shirt and turning toward her husband.

"So… dinner?" she asked. He nodded and leaned down to kiss her.

"Definitely."

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"So that brings the total up to six now, doesn't it?" Dr. Doyle asked with a smile as he showed Ryan and Anna their twins.

"We're having twins?" Anna asked for what felt like the millionth time. Twins were very rare in her family and she hadn't even considered the possibility of having twins herself.

"Somehow I should have seen this coming…" Ryan mumbled, but smiled. If they were having twins, that would be double the chance of him having a boy!

"It appears as if they're identical twins too, but it's too early to tell what gender they are. Are twins common in your family, Captain?" The doctor asked. Ryan nodded.

"Claire and I have three sets of identical twin cousins. They seem to run in the family, so to speak," he said with a chuckle, but Anna shot him a glare.

"Don't you think five was going to be enough?" She hissed. Ryan shrugged.

"I wasn't thinking. We hadn't had any twins so far, and I wasn't thinking, I suppose," he said bashfully. Anna continued to glare.

"We'll talk about this later. Thank you, Dr. Doyle," Anna said as he removed the ultrasound machine and smiled.

"Don't go too hard on him, Anna. You both wanted a boat load of kids, so here's another opportunity for you," he said, trying to come to Ryan's defense. Ryan smiled, in hopes that his wife would listen to the doctor, but she merely sighed.

"I know, but two more kids at once is big. I feel bad enough that the girls are starting to get jealous of each other," she admitted, giving Ryan a sad look. He nodded and sat down next to his wife.

"Anna, if it comes to it, I'm willing to step down as captain of the Ivory to raise these kids with you full time. You and the kids are my everything," he told her, planting a kiss on her forehead.

"That's true love if I ever heard it," Dr. Doyle said, wiping away the ultrasound goo from Anna's stomach.

"Don't you have other patients?" Anna snapped. He held his hands up in defense and left the couple alone.

"Anna-"

"I don't want you to step down from the Ivory. We'll work this out. We always do…" he sighed and kissed her forehead.

"I guess we better start picking out names."

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"We've opened a channel to the Enterprise," Dr. Doyle said, positioning a computer screen next to Anna's bed. Anna looked less than thrilled as she lay in bed, but Ryan was completely ecstatic.

"Ryan? Anna?" The face of Alex popped up on the other side of the computer.

"Hey! How's Claire?" Ryan asked, scooting closer to the screen, but still holding onto his wife's hand.

"She's been in labor now for five hours," he said, redirecting the camera on his end to point towards Claire and Jim.

"That's not too bad. Anna's only been in labor for four," he said, sparing his wife an excited glance. She rolled her eyes as Dr. Doyle smiled.

"Just stay calm and relaxed," he warned her. Anna nodded and sighed.

"We've been through this four times now, I think I know the drill," she mumbled. Dr. Doyle nodded.

"Your girls are out in the waiting room with Oliver and Rupert now," he informed her. She nodded.

"Well, I'm glad she's in good hands."

"How are you holding up?" Claire asked from over the computer. Anna turned and gave her a weak smile.

"Ready to pop out the fifth and sixth," she said. Ryan got up from his chair and moved to sit next to his wife.

"How about you, Claire-bear?" He asked. Jim and Natalie sat next to his sister, Natalie licking an ice cream cone.

"I thought I was done with one, but ready to go again," she said, ruffling her daughter's hair. Natalie scrunched her nose, but smiled into her ice cream. A thin layer of the frozen vanilla cream coated her mouth.

"She's amazing, isn't she?" Jim said, turning and smiling at his wife. For the past eight months, Jim had been there almost every minute to be there for his wife. The fact that she agreed to have one more kid still made him so excited. When they found out they were having twins, he had been nervous, but still excited. Natalie was old enough to pretty much be left alone, she only required being looked after so she stayed out of trouble, and being fed and all that. She was very excited for the prospect of either brothers or sisters. Jim just smiled and took his wife's hand. The possibility for a son was still there, and he couldn't be more excited..

"Most definitely, but you've got to give Anna props here. Six kids?" Ryan pointed out. Anna pinched his arm.

"We're only having these kids for you two. You both wanted boys, so this is your last shot at it," she snapped. Claire nodded.

"Fuck yeah, you think I'm having another kid after this, you are sorely mistaken. This fucking sucks," she muttered. Natalie's eyes went wide and Liam covered her ears, making sure she only caught a fraction of what her mother was saying.

"I hate to break this up, but we're going to have to start prepping," Doctor McCoy said. Anna nodded and smiled at her in-laws.

"We'll call you after?" she asked. Claire nodded and cringed when she felt a large contraction.

"FUCK!" she hissed. Again, Natalie's ears were covered and Jim frowned. Ryan also flinched but knew that he had to pay attention to his wife.

"Good luck," Ryan said. Jim nodded.

"You too…" the screen turned off and McCoy turned to Claire.

"Claire, there is a problem," he said. Jim and Claire both looked a little worried.

"What's wrong? Are they okay?" she asked.

"They are fine, but we aren't able to put you into surgery. Doctor Giles apparently threw a party the night before and the whole place is contaminated. You're going to have to give birth naturally." Claire's eyes went wide and turned to Spike, who was holding her chart.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" she hissed.

"I'm-"

"Get out, please… take Natalie with you," Jim said. He set his daughter on the floor and she looked up at him.

"I want to stay with mommy," she protested.

"Mommy needs you out in the waiting room, that way Uncle Bones can take the babies out. You don't want to see all those blood and guts, do you?" Natalie shrugged.

"It's just blood." Jim sighed and shook his head, sometimes he really didn't understand his daughter.

"Come on, Nat… let's go find Rocky and put some peanut butter on his nose," Liam suggest. Natalie giggled, probably from remembering the last time she had tired that.

"Okay!" Claire sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"I hope Anna is doing better than I am," she muttered.

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"Ow, that one kind of hurt," Anna hissed as she scrunched her face up. Ryan looked up from his book.

"Jeez, this is like nothing for you now, isn't it?" He asked. Anna rolled her eyes.

"The beginning contractions aren't so bad. It still hurts like a bitch pushing a baby out. I can only imagine how bad it's going to hurt pushing two out in a row," she mumbled. Ryan nodded.

"At least you're not having triplets or quadruplets," he told her, trying to be positive. She shot him a glare, which he was slowly starting to get used to.

"Triplets common in your family?" She asked, her words like venom dripping from her mouth.

"Not common… but there was our cousins Greg, Josh, and Steve. That's it though," he said, trying to remember if there were anymore triplets in their family.

"Jesus Christ…"

"How are those contractions?" Doyle asked as he reentered the room.

"Just fucking fantastic, Dr. Dumbass," Anna snapped, startling both Dr. Doyle and Ryan.

"Man, I'm really glad the girls are with Rupert and Oliver right now…" Ryan mumbled.

"Shut the fuck up, all this is your fault!" she hissed.

"We're going to do an ultrasound and make sure the baby's are in a good position, okay?" Doyle muttered.

"Good position? What might be wrong with them?" Ryan asked.

"Sometimes one twin doesn't turn, while the other does. Nothing to worry about, we'll take care of it." Anna nodded and took a hold of her husbands hand.

"Ryan…" she said softly.

"It'll be fine… I'm here." She nodded and squeezed his hand when another contraction hit.

"These kids better come soon, or I might have to kill you."

"Good to know."

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Claire let out a loud scream as a strong contraction hit her. Sixteen hours of labor and she was ready to shoot someone. She looked around the room at the small group of people who had accumulated. Spike had come in to help Doctor McCoy, while Liam left to watch Natalie.

"Alright, Chambers and I will deliver the children, since they will be delivered naturally." Claire nodded and looked over at Spike, who was looking over her chart.

"Get the fuck out of here! There was a reason I kick you out!" she snapped.

"Claire, I'm a doctor. I've never witnessed a childbirth, it's a learning experience." Claire grabbed a plastic cup off the table and chucked it at him.

"Get out! I don't want you seeing anything below my waist!" she hissed. He rolled his eyes.

"Please, everyone in this room has seen what's below your waist at one point or another, why am I excluded?" he asked. The room turned silent before Jim stood up and glared at him.

"Just leave," he snapped. Spike paused before leaving the room. Claire sighed but let out another yell when a contraction hit her.

"I'd say a few more minutes and we'll be ready to push." Claire gave a frustrated sigh and fell back on the bed.

"Can I just push the little beasts out now?" She mumbled.

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"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" Anna cried out, tilting her head back as another contraction shot through her whole body. Ryan flinched as the death grip on his hand increased tenfold.

"Come on, honey. You're doing good. Just stay calm," he said, trying to soothe his wife. Anna yanked his arm and pulled him so he was practically nose to nose with her.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!" She bellowed. Ryan cringed, but nodded.

"Of course it is, baby. You're doing great!" He said, ignoring her harsh comment. He'd been through the verbal abuse four times now and he was used to it. Besides, the moment they got to stare down at their babies, he knew it was going to be worth it.

"Okay Anna, I need you to start pushing now," Doyle instructed as he placed himself in front of Anna. He hated to say it, but it was becoming a familiar spot.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I'VE BEEN DOING? GET THESE BRATS OUT OF MY WOMB!" Dr. Doyle ignored her and waited for the first baby's head. Anna gave a loud yell and gripped her husbands hand. Ryan held back the small cry of pain and watched as Doctor Doyle took hold of a small baby and handing it to the nurse.

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's a girl. Congratulations, you have two baby girls," he said. Ryan tried not to groan in protest and turned back to his wife.

"Come on, just one more. You're doing great," he said. Anna shot him a nasty look.

"You shut the fuck up! I am about two minutes from ripping your balls off!" she hissed. Doctor Doyle looked over as the nurse brought the first girl over to the parents.

"Do you have a name?" she asked.

"Erin Katherine Conaway," Ryan said, smiling down at the small baby girl. Anna smiled as well and lightly traced her cheek with her finger.

"Hi Erin…" The nurse smiled and took the girl away to clean her up. A couple minutes passed before Doctor Doyle looked back up at them.

"Okay, we're ready for the next one." She nodded and pushed when she felt another contraction.

"AHHH, I HATE FOR THIS, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Anna screamed. Ryan frowned and just squeezed her hand back.

"I know, babe. I'm horrible. I'm going to rot in hell for this," he muttered.

"DAMN FUCKING RIGHT YOU ARE! AHHHHHHHHHH!" a loud scream entered the room, and Doctor Doyle smiled at them.

"Girl number six! You have a name?" he asked, handing her over to a nurse.

"Jessica Sarah Conaway," Anna replied, smiling at her daughter. Ryan nodded and let the nurse take her with her twin sister. After a minute he turned toward Anna and gave her a kiss.

"They are beautiful," he whispered. She frowned.

"Ryan…" He shook his head and wiped a few strands of sweaty hair out of her face.

"They are perfect… thank you for giving them to me." Anna nodded and watched as the nurses brought the two of them in, placing on in each of their parents arms. Anna smiled down at her oldest daughter, checking the small bracelet before turning back to her husband. Ryan smiled down at their youngest and caressed her cheek.

"Well, this will be interesting," he confessed.

"How will tell them apart?" she asked. Ryan paused before looking over them and shrugging.

"I honestly have no clue."

"Awesome."

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"Okay, I can see the head now," McCoy said as he crouched above Claire's exposed vagina. Jim wanted to smile, it was such a beautiful moment, but he found it hard to do with both of Claire's hands squeezing the life out of his arm.

"WELL RIP THE LITTLE BUGGER OUT OF THERE!" She wailed. Jim scrunched up his face as Claire's nails pierced the skin, but he reminded himself that it would all be worth it.

"PUSH CLAIRE!" Alex said, watching from over McCoy's shoulder. Claire glared at him, flames practically forming in her eyes.

"AND WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, JUST STANDING THERE?" She shot. Alex glared back.

"A lot more than you're doing, just sitting there and not doing anything. Didn't we tell you to push?" Alex said with a sneer. McCoy and Jim both turned to face him, surprised at what he said. Claire froze a moment, Alex's words sinking in.

"You… YOU!" The death grip was released from Jim's arm as Claire began to try to push herself up from the bed, trying to get to Alex. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"Alex, please leave and bring in Nurse Chapel," McCoy instructed. Alex left and pretty soon nurse Chapel came in.

"Come on, just one more push and the first one is out."

"I HATE YOU ALL!" Claire shouted. She grabbed a hold of Jim's shirt and pulled him closer.

"Claire-"

"When this is over, I am going to rip off your balls and then kill you!" she hissed. Jim went to reply, but stopped when he saw McCoy take hold of a small child and hand it to nurse Chapel. Claire also paused and looked over, her eyebrows furrowing when she didn't hear it crying.

"Bones…" Jim said.

"He's breathing, we just need to make sure he can cry," Chapel said. Claire frowned and looked at McCoy.

"He needs to be alright, he needs to cry! McCoy!" she cried.

"The baby is breathing so he's fine for now. We need to worry about the other one." Claire felt tears weld up in her eyes. Despite what he said, she wouldn't believe he was breathing until he was crying. A couple long minutes later, and Claire felt another contraction.

"AGH! SHIT!" she hissed. Jim grabbed her hand but looked over to where Chapel was, and frowned when Liam came in.

"I got paged," he said.

"I'm going to need someone to clean up baby number two." Liam nodded and looked at Claire.

"Come on, the baby is coming!" he said.

"I KNOW IT'S COMING! YOU THINK I CAN'T FEEL THAT SHIT?" she snapped. Liam flinched then turned back to Jim.

"I am so sorry for you," he said.

"Thanks," he muttered. Claire screamed again and grabbed Jim's arm.

"I HATE YOU FOR MAKING ME DO THIS!" she cried. Jim frowned.

"I'm sorry, baby. You said-"

"And you believed me you jackass, I hate being- HOLY SHIT!" she cried. A second later, the sound of a baby cried entered the room, followed by one from where Nurse Chapel was. Claire gave a sigh of relief and fell onto the bed.

"Thank God," she muttered.

"Aww, he was waiting for his brother," Liam said, smiling at the small boy that McCoy placed in his arms.

"Brother?" Jim asked, as if it just occurred to him that McCoy referred to the child as 'He'.

"Yeah, looks like you got twin boys," McCoy said, removing his sterile gloves. Claire smiled as Chapel and Liam left to clean up the babies. Jim forced himself not to jump for joy as Claire settled next to him.

"Are you happy now?" She asked in a weak voice. Jim smiled and placed a gentle kiss on Claire's sweaty brow.

"We could have had twin girls and I would have been happy, baby. It's just a nice little bonus that you just gave birth to two boys," he told her, sliding onto the bed next to her. McCoy forced himself to hide a smile, not wanting to get too emotional.

"Well, congratulations. Nurse Chapel and Liam will bring the boys in shortly. Do you two have some names?" He asked, grabbing a long forgotten chart from off a nearby table.

"Jim was ready with boy names even before I was pregnant," Claire mumbled, but smiled at the memory.

"What do you have in mind for the older boy?" He asked. Jim's smile seemed to grow at the word 'boy'.

"Ethan Tiberius Kirk," he said proudly. McCoy nodded and jotted the name down.

"And the other one?"

"Aiden Matthew Kirk," Claire said before Jim had a chance to.

"But I thought we were going to name him-" Claire cut Jim off before he could finish.

"You picked one, I picked one," she said happily. He sighed but didn't argue. She had just given birth to two baby boys, he wasn't going to cause any trouble, especially since she hadn't want to get pregnant in the first place.

"Thank you," he whispered. Claire smiled and nodded.

"Of course." A second later, Chapel and Liam entered the room, each holding a baby. Chapel placed the oldest boy in Jim's arms, but he wouldn't have known that if it wasn't for the small bracelet on his wrist. Claire took a hold of her youngest child, and smiled. His hair was a light blonde like hers. His eyes were closed and he looked as though he was sleeping, while the other boy was looking all over the room.

"It looks like this one has a small birthmark behind his right ear," Jim told her. Claire took a look behind Aiden's ears and looked back at Ethan.

"Aiden has a one on the other ear. I guess that's how we tell them apart." Jim nodded and looked up as Alex opened the door.

"Natalie wants to see her baby brothers," he said. Claire nodded and they watched as their daughter ran into the room and climbed up on the bed.

"Be careful, mommy is still recovering," Jim warned. Natalie nodded and sat in between her parents, looking at both the boys.

"They are so small, when can we play?" she asked.

"Not for a while sweetie… they have to grow up big and strong before they can play." Natalie nodded and looked at Aiden.

"Can I hold him?" she asked. Claire frowned and shook her head.

"He's a bit too young, when he's a bit older you can hold him."

"Man, I can't do anything with them…" she muttered. Jim chuckled and wrapped an arm around her, making sure the other arm securely held the baby.

"That's just because they were just born. When they get older you can do everything with them." She smiled and leaned over to kiss her brothers nose. She then moved out of her dad's arms and kissed Aiden on his forehead.

"I will be the best big sister ever," she said. Claire smiled and kissed her daughter.

"Of course." Liam and Alex glanced at the scene in front of them, smiling as the family of five began to bond.

"I want one…" Liam said.

"One what?" Alex asked.

"A baby." Alex shrugged.

"Maybe Claire can give us one of hers. Push comes to shove, we can always ask Ryan." Liam smacked his husbands shoulder and shook his head.

"No, I want one of OURS. I want us to have a baby." Alex raised an eyebrow.

"Okay… but I don't want to be pregnant."

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"So how's having a kid working for you?" Claire asked as Liam studied over some of his notes. She held Aiden in her arms, Ethan with his dad for the day.

"We were pretty focused a few months ago, but I'm getting back into my work and Alex has been a bit cold towards me, so I'm not pushing it," he said without looking up from his notes. Claire switched little Aiden to her other arm as she pulled up a chair and sat next to her gay best friend.

"So I take it that sex is rare these days?" She asked. Liam looked up.

"I love how you talk about sex around your three month child," he pointed out.

"So no sex then?" She asked again.

"I never said that. It's just silent sex," he said, returning his eyes back to the papers before him.

"Silent treatment, that's nice," she said, smoothing the light blonde hair back on her son's head.

"Once I finish this, I'm hoping things will sort of go back to normal," he admitted, not looking up as he reread the same sentence for the tenth time.

"You know, for such a close couple, you both have a horrible time with communication." Liam rolled his eyes and looked down at Aiden, who was looking back up at his with big blue eyes.

"I want a baby, real bad. I want to be a dad, but with this new drug I'm working on, we haven't had time to think about it."

"How is that going, by the way?"

"I'm almost done, I just need to test it on an actual person and then send it to Starfleet," he said. Claire nodded and smiled.

"Awesome, maybe they'll even promote you to commander and just jump ranks," she muttered.

"That would be nice. Though, it will mess up Alex and I playing commander and lieutenant. I kind of like him taking control." Claire raised an eyebrow.

"How does that work if you two are being silent? Does he just spank you?" she asked, a small smile on her lips. Aiden gave a small cry and Claire bounced him.

"No, he has a whip for that." Claire flinched and shook her head.

"God, you guys like it rough," she muttered.

"You've never done anything like that with Jim?" Liam asked. He began looking at the chemical compounds in his drug and typed a few things out.

"Sure, way back when before Natalie. Now if we can have sex it's quick so we can get back to the kids. It's not like it used to be."

"The drawback to having kids," he muttered.

"Yeah, so don't be so quick to have them," she warned.

"Too late, already wanting one." She chuckled and stood up.

"I should go, Spock said he needed to drop Natalie off so he could get back to duty. I need to go make sure that kid stays out of trouble," she said.

"Ah yes, the little trouble maker. Your kids are so much more troublesome than Spock's kids."

"Nu-uh, Grayson was caught yesterday messing with the food generators," Claire reminded him.

"And who was right next to him, showing the young kid which buttons to push?" Liam retorted. Claire paused before giving a sigh and nodding.

"Good point. Hopefully the boys won't be as much trouble," she muttered.

"Knowing your luck, I seriously doubt it." Claire rolled her eyes and gave him a quick hug.

"I'll see you later, okay?" he nodded and watched as she left sickbay.

"Man, they be crazy over there…"

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Claire walked into her house just as Spock walked to the door, Natalie and Grayson right behind them.

"Spock, I got here just in time," she said.

"I apologize for the inconvenience, but would you mind watching Grayson as well? Uhura is on duty and can not come to see him." Claire nodded and moved to the side so the kids could run past her.

"Yeah sure. Natalie, I don't want you to try and climb on the bookshelf again, do you hear me?" Claire said. Natalie rolled her eyes.

"Yes mom…"

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Two hours later, Jim had returned with Ethan and dropped him off for his afternoon nap with his brother. Both twins were sound asleep in their crib while Claire watched over Natalie and Grayson.

"Mom, we're hungry!" Natalie said as her and her best friend ran up to her mom.

"Okay. And what do you want me to do about it?" Claire asked as she looked up from her medical journal.

"We were hoping that you could make us sandwiches," Natalie said with a begging smile, very similar to the smile that Claire used to use on Ryan all the time.

"Poof, you're a sandwich," she said before turning back to her book with a small smile on her face.

"Mom!" Natalie whined, causing Grayson to giggle at her behavior.

"What do you say?" Claire asked, putting the book back down.

"Can you please make us a sandwich?" Natalie asked again, this time without the sly smile.

"Good girl." Claire rose from her seat on the couch and headed towards the food generator.

"Two sandwiches?" Claire asked over her shoulder.

"Yes, please!" Grayson and Natalie said at the same time. Claire nodded.

"Computer, generate two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches," she ordered. The food began to memorize before her very eyes, though she had grown accustom to when she was a young girl. She reached out and grabbed the two plates, but a shattering sound caught her attention.

"Natalie!" Grayson cried out. Claire whirled around and felt her heart stop as she saw her baby girl trapped under the all too familiar bookcase. The two plates dropped from her hands and crashed to the floor. Her heart seemed to stop as she rushed forward and lifted the bookcase off of her. She heard Natalie cry and go to sit up, but pushed her down.

"Wait a minute, just calm down baby," Claire said, trying not to show panic in her voice. Natalie continued to cry and Claire moved all the junk off of her.

"Mommy," she cried. Claire pulled her communicator out and dialed sickbay.

"Liam, I need help in my quarters immediately," she said, cutting him off before he could reply.

"Is she going to be alright?" Grayson asked. Claire felt her pulse and began to feel her head for any tender spots.

"Natalie, what hurts baby?" Claire asked.

"My tummy," she cried. Claire frowned and lightly pressed onto her lower abdomen, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Claire, what happened?" Liam asked, kneeling down.

"She was climbing on the bookcase and then fell," Grayson said.

"The bookcase fell on top of her. We need to scan her," Claire said.

"No, I will scan her. You know McCoy's policy." Claire frowned.

"Liam, She's-"

"Claire, I'll take her to sickbay, and send Alex to watch the boys and Grayson." Claire frowned and helped Liam gather her daughter in his arms.

"Mommy," Natalie cried. Claire pressed her lips together.

"Don't worry baby, I'll be there soon."

"Make sure to call Jim and have him meet you in sickbay." Claire nodded and tried not to cry in front of her daughter.

"Okay… Liam… take care of her," she said.

"Of course." Claire took a deep breath and tried to collect herself before calling Jim, but the minute the door closed she began to cry.

"Mrs. Kirk?" Claire took a deep breath and turned to Grayson.

"I'm going to let your mom know what's going on, you're free to watch the TV." He nodded and ran off, leaving Claire alone to wait.

---

Claire heard the doors open and watched as her husband walked in, worry etched all over his face.

"Claire, what happened?" he asked. Claire moved forward and buried her face in his chest, trying to stop the tears.

"I'm a horrible mother. I turned around and she got herself hurt. I'm horrible, I'm going to hell," she cried. Jim wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

"Claire, it's alright. There was nothing you can do, she's old enough to know better. Liam just has to make her all better then we can take her home." Before Claire could reply, McCoy walked up to them, Liam close behind. Both had sullen expressions on their faces and Claire suddenly tensed.

"What's wrong?" she asked. Liam sighed and looked to McCoy, who frowned even further.

"There… is a complication…" he said softly. Claire felt her legs give out as the possibilities began to run through her head. Jim was fast to catch her and scoop her up bridal style before taking her over to the couch. Liam and McCoy were quick to follow.

"W-What kind of complication?" Claire asked nervously, trying to keep her focus on the men before her. However, the image of her daughter trapped under the bookcase wouldn't leave her mind.

"We were probing her stomach to find the source of the pain and everything seemed to check out, except some mild bruising. However, the pain was still there," Liam explained.

"We examined her farther and finally stumbled upon the source of the pain," McCoy continued. A silence fell over the room as the Kirk parents waited.

"And?" Jim asked, his voice raising slightly. McCoy paused as if to collect himself.

"She has ovarian cancer." His words were slow, but firm. Jim felt his heart drop as tears filled his wife's eyes.

"C-Cancer?" She asked, hesitantly. Liam nodded, causing Claire to choke back a sob.

"Yes, she must have just grown used to the pain. But the fall brought it to the forefront and caused her to pay attention to it," he told them, the pity clear in his eyes.

"So what can we do?" Jim asked, holding Claire close as she let the tears flow. Her baby girl…

"Well, we have a few procedures in mind, but because of her age, they're all very risky. The cancer is located in both ovaries and to keep it from spreading, we'll have to take both ovaries and continue her through some treatments to make sure it's all out and under control. After the surgery though, she'll be infertile," McCoy explained. Liam bit his lip and moved to sit next to Claire on the couch.

"We do have a new option though," he told them.

"Liam, no," McCoy snapped. Jim looked between the two doctors.

"What?" He asked.

"All my hard work was for exactly this kind of situation, Dr. McCoy," Liam countered.

"I said no, it hasn't been tested before and I'm not risking her life," McCoy said in a hostile tone of voice. Jim coughed, catching the two doctors' attention.

"Tell me what you're talking about," he demanded. McCoy turned to look at Liam.

"It's your procedure, you tell him," he ordered. Liam nodded.

"I've been working on this for years and I think I've finally perfected it. We can remove the cancerous part of her ovaries and leave a tiny bit of it left. With my new device, we'll be able to re-grow her ovaries. In time, we'll be able to re-grow the egg cells. She'll still have to go through some of the after treatments, but if there's new ovary growing in place of the old one, there's a higher chance of everything working the way it should be," Liam explained, trying to touch upon all the vital topics. Jim listened intently as Claire lifted her head out of her husband's chest. Her face was red and her eyes were tear soaked, but she gave him a weak smile.

"Liam, I trust you to take care of my daughter. If you're sure this will work… then I want you to do it," she said. Jim nodded.

"I trust you too. Although next time, Claire and I will take about this decision together," he said, his last words directed towards his wife. Claire gave him a sad smile and turned back to McCoy and Liam.

"Please, just do whatever you can to keep my daughter safe," she pleaded. Liam nodded and looked toward McCoy.

"Let's get it started."

---

Jim and Claire sat in sickbay, watching the surgery door. Jim had left to check on the boys, but Claire refused to leave. When he came back, he found her fast asleep on the couch, her face etched with worry. The moment he stepped in she woke up and began to apologize for falling asleep. Jim just sighed and sat next to her, pulling her closer. He was worried as well, but with the state his wife, he couldn't break down. After a few hours, the doors opened and Liam walked up to them. Claire stood up immediately and looked at him.

"We got all the cancer, and the treatment took, we can tell that her ovaries are starting to regenerate. It might take a bit longer for her actual eggs to grow, but it should work." Claire paused for a minute, feeling tears flowing down her cheeks, before moving forward and hugging the man, not caring that he had a bit of blood on his uniform.

"Thank you, thank you," She cried. Liam hugged her back and looked at Jim, who looked relieved beyond reason.

"She should be out in a few minutes, she'll have to stay in bed for a bit but everything went well," Liam said, pulling away. Claire nodded and wiped her eyes before turning to Jim, who pulled her into a hug.

"Thank you," he said. Liam nodded and went back into the room, emerging when he and McCoy rolled her bed out and placed her in a room. Claire was in there immediately, and she took a hold of her baby's hand.

"Natalie, sweetie…" she whispered. Natalie's eyes fluttered open and she looked up at her mother.

"Mommy," she said softly. Clair sighed in relief and moved forward, placing her lips on her daughters forehead. Jim walked over and kissed his daughters cheek.

"How you feeling, princess?" he asked.

"Sore, but it doesn't hurt as much as before," she said. Claire nodded and laid in the bed next to her, gently pulling her close to her.

"I love you," she whispered. Jim sat on the bed and smiled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I would fall off the shelf. I didn't mean to make you mad mommy," Natalie said. Claire gave a small chuckled and kissed her.

"I know, I know. It's okay," she whispered.

"We're not mad Natalie… just… don't do that again, okay?" he asked. She nodded smiled softly.

"Okay." Claire sighed and pulled her daughter closer.

"Honestly, Nat, if you hadn't fallen off the bookcase, we would have never known about the problem in your belly," she told her daughter. Natalie's eyes went wide.

"A problem?" Claire nodded.

"Yes, but your Uncle Liam made it all better," she said, soothing her daughter.

"You should tell daddy that Uncle Liam is good for more than a good fashion sense. That's what he tells Mr. Spock," she said. Claire sent her husband a questioning look, but he just shrugged.

"Well, Uncle Liam does have a good fashion sense…"

---

"How's my niece doing?" Ryan asked from his link on the Ivory. Claire smiled.

"She's doing a lot better now. Liam checked her out and said the ovaries are completely regrown and a few of her eggs have begun to grow back," she explained, a relieved look on her face. Ryan smiled.

"She's a trooper alright. Any side effects?" He asked. Claire shrugged.

"Mild abdominal discomfort, right now. Liam said she might start menstruation early though," she told him.

"Well that's not too bad, at least. It's better than the alternative," Ryan said, remembering the alternative treatments that his sister had told him right after the surgery.

"Yeah, and Liam was finally able to publish his new treatment now that he's had a success human patient," Claire told him excited.

"That's pretty awesome! He's been working on it so long now, it's good that he's finally going to get recognized for all his hard work," he said happily. Claire nodded.

"He's supposed to get some kind of an award in a few weeks from Starfleet. Think you and Anna can attend?" Claire asked. Ryan paused to think about it.

"Yeah, we should be relatively good to Earth so we'll try to make it," he said.

"So how are the twins?" She asked. Ryan sighed.

"I love my daughters, but these two are worrying us sick. Erin currently has an ear infection and Jessica has a cold. So of course, none of the girls can go near them and Anna and I have to give them almost all our time. Rupert is practically living here with us, helping use take care of everyone," Ryan told her, pinching the bridge of his nose. The stress was killing him, but he promised Anna that he was going to do whatever he could to take care of his daughters.

"Sounds like a handful," Claire said, wishing there was something she could do. She hated to see her brother so stressed out, but it was his decisions that had lead him to this point.

"How are your boys?" He asked, emphasizing the word boys. Claire shrugged.

"They're not so bad. Usually when they start crying, we just have to put them next to each other. They seemed calmed by each other's presence," she informed him. Ryan nodded.

"Sometimes we can do that with Erin and Jessica, but they have a tendency to scare each other when they start crying," he said, looking over his shoulder as two cries echoed through the room.

"Your daughters seem to be calling," Claire said, noticing the noise.

"I wish we could talk more, but I've got to go. I sent Natalie a get well gift, so I hope she gets it soon," Ryan said. Claire smiled.

"Thanks, I'm sure she'll love it. Well, don't keep the twins waiting. Love you, Ry," Claire said before Ryan waved.

"Yeah, take care. Love you too, Claire-Bear."

---

Claire walked up to her friends, furrowing her eyebrows when she heard them whispering.

"You have to tell her," Liam hissed.

"Why do I have to tell her?" Alex asked.

"She's your best friend, you need to tell Claire." Claire furrowed her eyebrows and walked up next to Alex.

"What's going on guys?" she asked. Liam looked at Alex and Alex rubbed the back of his head.

"Um… well…"

"Starfleet offered me a teaching job… and promoted me to Commander," Liam said. Claire smiled and hugged him.

"That's awesome! Congrats Liam…" he smiled and turned to Alex, who was still looking guilty.

"Alex…" Claire furrowed her eyebrows.

"What's going on? This should be awesome, right?" she asked. Alex nodded.

"Yeah, Liam accepted the job and he's moving back to earth." Claire frowned.

"So… what you're staying here?" he sighed and shook his head.

"No, I'm moving back to earth. We contacted an agency, and we're going to start a family… we didn't want to start it on the ship. I got a job at the Starfleet sickbay as one of the head doctors right next to the CMO, and… we're settling down." Claire paused as she took in the information. Sure she was happy for her friends, but the realization that they were leaving her was hard.

"Wow… so… I'm pretty much the last person of our little group to stay on the Enterprise," she muttered. Liam nodded and Alex sighed.

"We wanted to let you know earlier, right after he got the offer, but with everything going on with Natalie, and you raising the boys… it's been tough. We're staying after the ceremony tomorrow." Claire took a deep breath and smiled up at the two of them.

"I'm happy for you guys… a little disappointed… but happy. I'm going to miss you guys like crazy," she confessed. Alex smiled and hugged her.

"I'm sorry Claire, I should have told you earlier."

"No, no. I'm happy for you. You guys are starting a family soon. You'll have to call and send me pictures of the kiddies," she said, smiling widely. Alex sighed and nodded.

"Of course… we'll call you the minute it happens," Liam said. Claire nodded and looked at the two men in front of her.

"I love you guys," she said.

"We love you too."

---

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE PUTTING ME THROUGH THIS AGAIN YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Anna snapped. Ryan frowned and held onto his wife's hand. This time, neither of them had planned to be in this position again. After the birth of their twins, they were both agreed on not having anymore children. Yet here they were, giving birth to another set of twins. Anna was furious at first, but eventually calmed down and was happy. Ryan, though happy, was just exhausted. The doctor looked up at the couple, and hoped this was the last time he had to go through this.

"Alright Anna, one more push and-"

"The baby is out, believe me, we know the drill," Ryan confessed. Anna gave a loud scream and gripped her husbands hand.

"I hate you! I hate you! I. Hate. You! I FUCKING HATE YOU!" Anna screamed. A few seconds later, crying was heard and the doctor handed a baby to the nurse.

"Congratulations, you have another baby girl." Ryan gave a frustrated groan but turned to his wife and smiled.

"A baby girl," he said softly.

"Name?" Anna looked at her daughter and smiled.

"Carmen Carolyn Conaway," she replied. The nurse nodded and took her away to get cleaned, while Ryan and Anna waited for the next baby to be born.

"Alright, when you feel another one… you know what to do," Doyle muttered. Anna began to push and glared at her husband.

"YOU ARE SO GETTING A VASECTOMY WHEN THIS IS OVER!" she hissed.

"You don't have to tell me twice," Ryan said. Boy or not, he was not having any more children. Eight was just way too much.

"Almost there Anna," Doyle said.

"Por qué estoy de acuerdo en tener tantos niños? Estos niños son lentamente me está matando! Y todo es tu culpa, idiota! Usted me hizo esto! Tú eres la razón por la que nunca conseguirá mi figura! Espero que estés feliz!" Ryan just cringed, knowing that some of those words were directed toward him.

"One more kid, baby, then we will never go through this again," he assured her.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID LAST TIME! AHHHHH!" Ryan glanced over as the Doctor held his eighth child, and saw him give a small smile as the baby began to cry.

"Congratulations, you finally have a baby boy," he said. Ryan gave a sigh of relief and tears fell from his eyes. Finally, after seven girls, he finally had his son. He immediately kissed his wife deeply and watched as a few of her own tears fell down her cheeks.

"Thank you, I love you," he said. She smiled and kissed him once again.

"You have a name for your son?" he asked.

"Tyler James Conaway," Ryan said. The doctor nodded and Anna looked up at her husband.

"James? I thought we were going with Samuel?" she asked.

"I know, but… James sounds better. And believe it or not, without Jim we wouldn't be together." Anna smiled and nodded.

"Tyler James Conaway it is then," she agreed.

"Just… don't tell Jim I said that, it'd go to his head," he said softly. She nodded and smiled.

"Your secret is safe with me."

---

"You're lost," Anna snapped as she watched her husband pause and double check his directions.

"We're not lost, I just seemed to have missed a street sign or two," Ryan mumbled.

"Dad, please just ask someone for directions," Terra pleaded from the backseat. Ryan twitched and sighed.

"How about this; Almira, call one of your sisters and ask for directions," he said. Almira sighed.

"I can't dad, you took away my phone for taking the Ivory on a joyride," she mumbled. Anna sighed.

"Your father was supposed to give you back your phone before we left the ship," she said, her statement directed towards her husband. Ryan pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"Erin? Jessica?" But he was met with silence.

"They're asleep," Terra said, turning around and watching her fourteen year old sisters resting against each other.

"Carmen? Tyler?" He tried again.

"Carmen is playing her Nintendo GZ and Tyler is on his laptop," Terra said. Anna sighed and turned around.

"Terra, call Haley," she ordered. Terra nodded.

"Yes mom!" Anna turned to look at her husband.

"You're a wreck when you drive," she teased. Ryan chuckled.

"I hate driving."

---

"Liam? Where's the charcoal?" Alex asked. Liam looked up from his devilled eggs to see his husband in a 'Kiss the Cook' apron.

"Conner was using it for one of his science experiments," Liam said, turning back to his eggs.

"CONNOR!" Alex waited until the familiar mop of shaggy brown hair popped into vision. The twelve year old looked up into his father's eyes, his glasses hanging on the edge of his nose.

"Yeah dad?" He asked, pushing up his black round rimmed glasses. Alex folded his arms and stared his son down.

"Where's the charcoal?" He asked. Connor's eyes went wide.

"Um… I don't know. Did you asked Michelle?" He asked. Liam turned around.

"I already told him that you took it," he said in a scolding tone. Connor sighed.

"I used it all up," he mumbled, looking down at the floor. Alex ran a hand through his hair and sighed.

"Fine. You're going to help papa with dinner until the Conaways and the Kirks get here. MICHELLE!" He called out. A few seconds later, an eight year old with middle length dirty blonde hair skipped into the room.

"Yes daddy?" She asked with a smile.

"Go get your shoes, honey. I need some help going to the store," he said, grabbing his jacket. Liam turned around as their daughter skipped out of the room.

"I think you're forgetting something," he said, gesturing to Alex's apron. Alex rolled his eyes.

"Maybe I wanted to wear it out into public," he mumbled. Connor snorted.

"Only dorky dads do that," he mumbled, just like his father. Liam smiled and ruffled his son's hair.

"Now, now, daddy can't control his dorkiness," Liam said, sending them both into fits of laughter. Michelle walked back into the room with her sneakers on, looking at her papa and her brother laughing as her daddy took off his apron.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"Nothing, baby. Let's get going before papa and Connor double team me again," Alex muttered, whisking his daughter out of the house.

---

"So Natalie, Haley, and Ella are going to leave from the academy together?" Claire asked her husband as he pulled into their gay best friends' driveway.

"That's what Natalie told me. Hey look, it looks like Alex and Michelle just got back from somewhere," Jim said, gesturing to the car that had pulled in in front of them.

"Wow, she's gotten big since the last time we saw her, she looks a lot like Liam," Claire said.

"She does… she's about eight now, right?" he asked. She nodded and opened the car door when Jim turned it off.

"Come on boys, put your video game down and come see your uncles," she said.

"They aren't really our uncles, you just call them that," Aiden muttered, putting his video game console down.

"Either way, you need to put the games down," she told him.

"Don't question your mother, life is better when you just do as she says," he told his sons. Ethan and Aiden began to laugh and Claire shot her husband a look.

"Thanks Jim," she muttered.

"Love you." Claire rolled her eyes and closed the car door, smiling when she saw her best friend turn toward her.

"Claire Kirk, nice of you to show up," Alex said, a smirk on his face.

"Alex Chambers… damn you got old," she muttered. Alex rolled his eyes and walked up to her, engulfing her into hug. Since the career change, he barely saw her. The last time they spoke in person was when Michelle was born. Jim walked up to them and gave a small wave to Michelle, who waved back. Her gaze settled on Ethan and Aiden, who were glancing around the house in wonder.

"Hi," she said softly. Ethan turned to her and smiled.

"Hey, I'm Ethan, this is Aiden," he introduced. Aiden smiled and gave a small nod.

"Sup," he muttered. Alex pulled away from Claire and smiled at her sons.

"Wow, you boys have grown, how old are you two now?" he asked.

"Thirteen," both of them answered. Alex chuckled at how they answered at the same time and in the same tone, it was a little creepy.

"They always like that?" he asked.

"It's worse at home, especially when they get into trouble," she confessed. Jim gave a nod and shot his boys a look. He loved them dearly, but the amount of times he had to bail them and their sister out of trouble was enough to drive anyone crazy.

"Okay, we haven't gotten in trouble in a while," Ethan defended.

"Yeah, the last time we got in big trouble it was Natalie's fault," Aiden added. Jim shot him a look.

"Yes, because it was totally Natalie's idea to jack a shuttle and visit the planet to check out the clubs…" Claire turned to her husband.

"Actually, that's believable." He nodded and Alex laughed.

"Right, well, we all better get inside. Ryan should be here soon, and Liam will want to see you guys, he misses you terribly." Claire nodded and followed him to the door, but stopped and turned toward her sons.

"If you two, break, hide, throw, or set anything on fire, you will be grounded. Please be good," she pleaded.

"Mom, you act like we're a couple of terror twins, we're not that bad," Aiden said. Claire rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Tell that to my burned carpet," she mumbled, entering the house. Ethan turned to their father, his bright blue eyes meeting his fathers older pair.

"Dad, we're not that bad… are we?" he asked.

"No, not at all… you guys just have a lot of pent up energy. Unfortunately, it seems to be misdirected," Jim said, entering the house. Ethan looked to his younger brother.

"What do you think he means by that?" he asked quietly.

"No clue… they have a big yard, you think they have quads?" Aiden asked.

"I don't know… we should check it out."

"After you!"

---

Natalie Kirk gave a small sigh of relief when they finally exited the dorms. Thankfully, their Uncle Alex and Liam's house was only ten minutes away, so they didn't need to rush.

"Can you believe that bullshit test Commander Robin's gave us?" Haley asked.

"It wasn't too bad, nothing beats Admiral Pike's strategy course. I barely passed that, if it wasn't for that extra credit assignment I would've failed," Ella said, her eyes scanning over a data pad. Natalie rolled her eyes at her cousins.

"You guys are so dramatic. The test would've been easy if we weren't hung over," she pointed out. Haley chuckled and shrugged.

"Yes, but we can't let Starfleet know that, they'll send us to the brig."

"Wouldn't be the first time," Natalie muttered.

"Come on, let's find a taxi and get the hell out of here. I'm done with school for the weekend. After tonight it's nothing but partying, drinking, and boys!" Ella said, throwing her data pad in her bag.

"I love Starfleet," Natalie said, smiling at a group of men running by for security training, with no shirts on of course. Haley was about to reply, but heard her phone go off. She gave a heavy sigh and quickly answered it.

"Hey," she said.

"Haley, dad's lost and needs directions," Terra said. Haley rolled her eyes, knowing how her father was.

"Where are you guys?" Haley asked, watching as her sister hailed a cab.

"Uh… Easton road. Dad had no idea where he is. Of course he refuses to pull over for directions so now we're-"

"Terra, just ask your sister how to get there," Haley heard her father say.

"Yeah, Yeah… do we know where we are?" Terra asked.

"Yup, just keep going until you find Windmill Ave and take a left. They are the third house on the right," Haley said.

"Awesome, see you tonight," Terra said, hanging up phone. Haley dropped her phone in her bag, smiling at the cabbie driver who pulled up.

"486 Windmill Ave, please," she said, entering the cab.

"You got it."

---

"Liam!" Claire cried out, running towards her gay best friend. Although communications between the Kirks and the Chambers-Peterson was rare, Claire and Liam always tried to talk at least once a month.

"Claire-bear!" Liam said, dropping his spoon and holding out his arms for Claire to run in to. Claire didn't need to be told as she ran towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"It's been too long!" She said, smiling as they pulled away. Behind him stood a mini geeky version of Alex.

"Far too long!" He said, noticing Claire's lack of focus.

"Hey Connor!" She said, smiling down at the boy. He quickly darted behind his papa as Alex and his sister entered the room behind the Kirk family.

"Connor, don't hide," Alex ordered, taking his new bag of charcoal out to the back yard.

"Don't be such a scaredy cat!" Michelle snapped, causing Connor to step out to face her.

"I'm not a scaredy cat," he snapped. Claire chuckled and moved forward, hugging her nephew.

"Wow, kid… you've gotten huge," she said. Connor gave a small smile and stepped away. He had met Claire before, but it felt like it had been years.

"Thanks," he muttered. She pulled away and looked over to her own boys, who had just entered the kitchen. Claire went to introduce them, but Ethan beat her to it.

"Hey, Ethan and Aiden," he said. Aiden smiled at the younger boy, who looked slightly overwhelmed.

"Uh… Connor…" he replied.

"You got any quads?" Aiden asked, being straight forward.

"Aiden, what did I tell you," Claire snapped. Aiden rolled his eyes but looked to Connor, who pushed the rim of his glasses up.

"Uh no… I don't usually do sport stuff like that. I just do experiments and play video games," he confessed. Ethan and Aiden exchanged looks and smiled.

"What kind of video games? Can we see?" Ethan asked. Conner smiled and visibly relaxed.

"Sure, follow me," he said, leading them up the stairs. Michelle frowned when she realized the older boys were leaving her behind and ran after them.

"I want to play too!" Claire chuckled and sat at the island.

"I remember that age, Ethan and Aiden always followed Grayson and Natalie around. It was so cute," she confessed.

"How is Natalie? Is she still coming?" Liam asked.

"She's at the academy," Jim said, stealing some chips.

"She had classes today, and she said she would stop by after her class. Hopefully she'll get here soon." The door rang and Liam put his cooking supplies down.

"I'll be back," he said. Claire nodded and took a look around the large kitchen. She briefly wondered if she and Jim would have a house like this if they decided to stay on earth after Natalie was born.

"Nice place," Jim commented. Claire nodded.

"Very nice. Liam obviously decorated." Jim laughed and looked over as he saw someone enter the room.

"Almost a year without seeing me and you don't even get up? Some sister…" Claire smiled and stood up, quickly making her way over to her brother and hugging him.

"Ry! You're here, God I missed you," she said, kissing his cheek. Ryan chuckled and kissed her forehead.

"I missed you too. So did the whole family," he said just as Anna walked in with six of their eight children following behind her. The eldest of the bunch stood next to her mother, not wanting to be involved with the younger siblings. She couldn't wait until she left for the academy with her older sisters next fall.

"Hi Auntie Claire!" She said as Claire turned and hugged one of her many nieces.

"Hey Terra. I heard you've been helping your mom out a bunch," Claire said, recalling what her sister-in-law told her last time they chatted. Anna smiled and placed an arm around her daughter.

"She's been a big help," Anna said proudly, smiling down at Terra. Almira coughed from behind them.

"Yeah, yeah. Terra is all great and stuff. What about me?" She snapped. Anna turned around and pulled her close on the other side of her body.

"You know I love you too. And you've been great helping daddy at work," she said, placing a kiss on the crown of her head.

"Thanks mom!" She said, smiling up at her mother.

"You're such a suck up," Terra mumbled. Almira's face turned red and she rounded on her older sister.

"Take that back!"

"Jeez, usually we're the ones who end up fighting," Jessica said to her twin sister. Erin folded her arms and chuckled.

"Just enjoy it, Jess," she said. Jess mimicked her sister's pose and watched.

"Hey, both of you calm down. For the love of God. Carmen, Tyler, say hi to your aunt and uncle!" Anna said. Carmen walked up and hugged her aunt, and Claire leaned over to kiss the top of Tyler's head.

"Wow, you've all gotten so big. Erin, Jess, you two look great." The twins smiled and thanked her before turning to their Uncle Liam.

"Do you have a TV?" Jessica asked.

"Yeah, in the living room," he said. Jessica and Erin said hi to their uncle Jim before walking into the living room, Almira following them close behind. Terra, on the other hand, sat at the island and began to stir a bowl of pudding.

"Tyler, the boys are upstairs if you want to hang with them," Claire said.

"Okay… thanks," Tyler nodded before making his way up the stairs, Carmen following him close by.

"Hey, Alex is out back with the grill, you want to bring the meat out to him?" Liam asked. Both Jim and Ryan took a plate and left, leaving Claire, Liam, and Anna alone, with Terra still stirring the pudding.

"How have you been?" Claire asked, hugging her sister-in-law.

"Can't complain. Pretty much trying to balance kids with work. It's not too bad, Rupert and Oliver actually help out, and the kids are pretty much old enough to take care of themselves. It's just keeping them out of trouble," Anna said. Claire sighed and nodded. Her boys and Natalie were enough trouble, she couldn't imagine having eight kids to look after.

"Don't I know it. Alex and Liam got lucky and got the well behaved kids," Claire said.

"What am I? Chopped liver?" Terra asked. Anna chuckled and kissed the top of her daughters head.

"No, of course not. Why don't you go make sure Almira and the Twins are okay." Terra sighed and slid off the stool.

"I know when I'm not wanted. Just let me know when Haley and the girls get here," she said, walking into the living room. Anna sighed and took her spot, while Claire sat next to her.

"Well ladies, how's life been treating you?" Liam asked, smiling at the two of them.

"Just fine, life on the Ivory is pretty boring. We're both pretty busy, so we try to spend as much time as we can with each other. We usually have one romantic night a month set aside for us," Anna confessed.

"I know what you mean. I don't know about you, but sex when you have kids slows down quite a lot," Liam confessed. Anna nodded and they looked at Claire who shrugged.

"Depends. I guess when your kids get older it's easier." Anna chuckled and shot her sister-in-law a look.

"You two still having sex in the captain's chair whenever you get the chance?" she asked. Claire turned a light pink and shot her friend a look.

"No, we just do it in his office. We haven't had sex on the bridge since we got walked in on by Chekov… poor kid," she muttered. Anna and Liam began to hysterically laugh, causing Claire to roll her eyes. Before Liam could reply, the door opened and they heard the sound of girls giggling.

"Uncle Liam? Uncle Alex?" a voice called.

"Haley?" Anna replied. A girl appeared around the corner and smiled before running over to her mother.

"Hi Mom!" she said, hugging her. Soon, two more girls appeared around the corner and Claire stood up.

"Hey Nat, you going to come and say hi?" Claire asked. Natalie chuckled and moved to hug her mother.

"Hey Mom, sorry, I meant to call you earlier this week, but the academy is a little hectic right now." Ella walked over and hugged her mother before looking up and around.

"Where is dad and Uncle Jim?" she asked.

"In the backyard, you all should say hi. Your dads miss you," Anna said.

---

"Please don't burn the burgers," Jim said, taking a swig of beer. Alex turned and glared at him.

"I might be married to a man, but do you not know the bro code?" Both Ryan and Jim raised an eyebrow.

"What?" They asked. Alex turned back to his burgers real quick before turning and facing his two of his best friends.

"Bro code. If you're not cooking on the grill, then you keep your mouth shut about the method of whoever is cooking," he said. Ryan nodded and took a sip of beer while Jim chuckled.

"Dude, I'm not the one burning the burgers," he said, gesturing to the grill. Alex turned around.

"They're fine. I want to make sure they get cooked all the way through. Michelle got food poisoning from an uncooked burger before," he explained. Ryan choked on his beer as they watched one of the many burgers catch fire.

"Well, I guess that one is Michelle's burger then," Jim said, causing him and Ryan to burst out laughing, much to Alex's dismay. He hurried to put the fire on the burning piece of meat out as the back screen door opened. Natalie led the three girls outside and ran towards her father.

"DAD!" She said, not worried about tripping over anything. Liam kept his yard like he kept the inside of his house; perfect. Jim embraced his daughter as she crashed into his arms.

"Hey there, Nat. I feel like I get to see more of Uncle Ryan than I get to see you sometimes," he said, smiling as Ryan sent a glare in his direction. No matter how many years went by, Jim still loved to piss Ryan off.

"Miss us, dad?" Haley asked as she followed close behind Natalie. Ella brought up the rear of the three. Ryan held out his arms wide so both of his daughters could fit in his arms.

"More than anything!" He said, pulling them close. He paused as he caught a whiff of something.

"Okay, which one of you was smoking?" He asked, scanning the faces of the three girls. Natalie rolled her eyes, but Haley bit her lip.

"That'd be me, dad," she mumbled. Ryan gave her a disappointed look, but sighed.

"Sorry, baby. You're old enough to make your own decisions," he said, though his tone still made his eldest daughter feel kind of guilty. Alex watched the display before him.

"Alright Jim, why don't you help me with these? Ryan, can you get some more burgers?" Ryan nodded and Jim stepped up to the grill.

"Now, the proper why to make a good burger is…"

---

Less than an hour later, a huge table now sat in the Chambers-Peterson's perfect backyard. Jim now stood proud at the grill as all the kids helped set the table.

"Terra, can you get the rest of the kids please," Anna asked. Terra nodded and walked to the door and took a deep breath.

"HEY! DINNER IS READY! YOU EAT NOW OR YOU DON'T EAT AT ALL!" she called. Anna sighed and shook her head.

"I could have done that," she muttered.

"But you didn't," Claire pointed out. Anna lightly shoved her sister-in-law and they sat down. Soon the kids filed out into the backyard and took their seats.

"Alright, and we have dinner," Jim said, placing a large plate of meat on the table. Immediately, all the boys went for it, causing the girls to jump and sit back and wait.

"Jesus, it's like watching the discovery channel," Haley muttered. The boys ignored her and soon everyone was passing food around the table.

"So, girls, how is the academy working out for you?" Liam asked. Ella shrugged.

"Pretty good, I started a few engineering courses and I actually get to visit a starship and help out… though, can't say I haven't already done that." Ryan chuckled and shook his head.

"What about you, Haley? You're taking exoarchaeology, right?" Haley nodded and ate a bit of her salad.

"Yup. I took a class based on it and fell in love with the course. It was better than Astrophysics," she muttered, taking a glance at Natalie, who shot her a look.

"Shut up, I like Astrophysics, it's easy."

"Alright, let's not argue too much, please?" Claire asked. The girls blushed lightly but ceased their arguing.

"Terra, what are you going into when you enter Starfleet?" Jim asked.

"I don't know… I was thinking about becoming a counselor…" she confessed.

"Sounds good, you like listening to people bitch," Almira said. Terra shot her sisters a look. Before she could reply, a piece of chicken flew past her face and landed on Tyler, who was pretty much was keeping to himself.

"Hey!" he protested. Aiden and Ethan began giggling and Claire shot them a look.

"Because that was so mature," she snapped.

"Why mother, I have a feeling that you are being sarcastic," Ethan said.

"Why mother? Have we done something wrong?" Aiden added. Claire took a deep breath and continued to fix her glare on sons. Ryan chuckled and shook his head.

"Boys, stop messing with your mom," Jim interrupted. Claire dropped her gaze and turned toward Connor, who was now talking to Tyler.

"So, Connor, your dad tells me you want to join Starfleet," she said. Conner blushed and nodded.

"Yeah… I'm thinking about something in the science department, it just seems so interesting."

"It's a lot of late nights though," Ella told him.

"And a lot of eyebrows being burned off," Haley added.

"It's not all the bad, Grayson is about to graduate and become a Commander. He said it's fairly easy," Natalie assured the boy.

"That's because he's part Vulcan and can do half the shit they do in his sleep. If it wasn't for him finding a way for some Vulcan animal to not become extinct, then he wouldn't be Commander," Haley pointed out. Natalie rolled her eyes and her grey irises met with the young boys warm brown.

"It's not that bad, you should go for it." Connor nodded and turned back to his food.

"This is great Liam, where did you get the recipe?" Anna asked.

"No clue, just kind of found it. Next time I make it I'll write it down and send it to you," he said.

"So, how has the Enterprise been treating you?"

"It's different when you're an admiral, but I can't complain. Claire hasn't divorced me, and we're still raising our boys. Granted, the amount of trouble they get into is not fun, but we cope," he confessed.

"Pays when your dad is an admiral," Natalie mumbled. Ethan and Aiden chuckled but didn't add onto the statement.

"How about you, Ryan?" Claire asked.

"Pretty good. The Ivory doesn't see nearly as much action as the Enterprise, but it's probably better that way. We're busy raising the kids most of the time."

"Yeah, they tend to be a handful, they don't get into as much trouble as your kids though. The biggest thing we've had was Almira sneaking up to the bridge and trying to drive it. Everything else is little things," Anna confessed.

"You're lucky, you're too young to get brig time," Claire said to her niece.

"Yeah, brig time was not one of my favorite past times," Jim confessed.

"You're telling us," Natalie muttered. Claire and Jim looked at their daughter and shot her a look.

"What have you been doing that caused brig time?" Jim asked.

"Nothing bad, just… a couple of parties…" she confessed, turning red. Jim ran a hand over his face and shook his head.

"It's not that bad, we've all gotten brig time for parties," Liam said.

"Besides, I'm sure you've gotten brig time for worse," Ryan said. Jim thought about it for a moment.

"The worst I ever got was for disobeying a commanding officer… if you don't count for being marooned. I always got brig time for parties. I almost did get suspended, but then the Nero thing happened and… yeah," he admitted.

"Man, believe it or not, I think Claire has you beat," Ryan said. Claire turned toward her brother and shot him a look.

"Why, what did you do?" Natalie asked.

"Yeah, you got brig time?" Aiden asked.

"Did you kill someone?" Ethan inquired.

"I didn't kill anyone. I was… young and stupid." Jim turned to his wife and urged her to continue. He had known her for over twenty years, but they rarely talked about the academy, surprisingly.

"What did you do?" he asked.

"I… we were on a field trip to the station orbiting earth, and a bunch of my friends and I had been drinking a smuggled shipment of Romulan ale. Well… we thought it would be a good idea to borrow a shuttle and visit a club not to far from out galaxy." Natalie, Haley, and Ella's eyes went wide, and Jim began to laugh.

"How did you not get suspended for that?" Haley asked.

"No one could prove it was her idea, and one of her Commanders came to her defense. So she was left off with a months brig time, and was not allowed on any field trips. Not to mention she was stuck doing the dirty jobs in the Starfleet sickbay."

"Do all your partying and rebel behavior in school, that is the only time you're going to be able to do it without major repercussions," Claire told the girls.

"Alright, enough about the academy, I spend too much time there already," Liam muttered.

"I know, and the sickbay at the academy isn't much better. You know how many kids I get coming in with hangovers and infected tattoos. I don't know why these kids come into Starfleet and feel they have to get a tattoo."

"You should ask Natalie," Ethan said.

"Yeah, it doesn't look infected though. It actually looked kind of lame," Aiden added.

"Shut up!" Natalie hissed at her brothers.

"A tattoo?" Jim asked.

"It's just a rose, that's it. No big deal," Natalie muttered.

"Jesus, Natalie has a tattoo, Haley smokes, next thing you know Ella's going to tell us she's got a tramp stamp," Ryan muttered. Ella blushed and ran a hand through her long brown hair.

"Well…" Anna placed a hand over her face.

"Oh for the love of God."

"Alright, everyone, let's talk about something else, something that doesn't make us want to punch each other out," Alex suggested.

"Good idea, so what's new with the Kirk family?" Liam said, helping his husband change the subject. Jim leaned over and put an arm around his wife's shoulders as Claire smiled.

"Nothing is new, really. Jim, the boys, and I have been pretty busy on the Enterprise. Jim is still the busy man he always was and I'm head surgeon of the Enterprise while the boys continue to try to evade doing their school work," Claire explained. Ryan smiled.

"Leave it to my sister to talk Starfleet into sending teachers aboard a starship," he said proudly. Claire shrugged.

"Well, the kids needed an education and those stupid computer programs could control the boys about as well as mom and dad could control us from fifty light years away," she pointed out. Ethan and Aiden both folded their arms.

"We're right here, mom," Aiden said while Ethan nodded.

"Yeah, really. You make it seem like we're bad kids," he added. Natalie chuckled.

"Aren't you, though?"

"You're just as bad. Aiden and I only try to follow in your footsteps," Ethan told her.

"Okay, whatever."

"What about the Conaway's? How is my brother doing trying to raise all these lovely girls… and Tyler." Tyler rolled his eyes and continued to eat his food.

"I'm doing just fine, thank you very much. I'm still in control of my ship, and despite losing the kids every now and then, I get by." Anna chuckled.

"I'd give in another year or two and Ryan will be Admiral. I'll still be stuck as chief of security," Anna said. Ryan warped and arm around her waist and smiled.

"Yes, but you're my chief of security," he whispered. A few of the kids groaned in protest of the corny line, and Liam laughed.

"Oh, just wait till your older. You'll be doing the same thing," he said.

"Nu-uh, man. The day a girl get's me to say mushy things like that to her will be the day hell freezes over," Aiden said. Ethan nodded and the brothers shared a fist pound. Jim just rolled his eyes and shook his head. He remembered those days.

"Well, we know how the gay couple are doing. You guys loving life on earth?" Ryan asked.

"Pretty much. The kids are pretty quiet, and work is stressful, but we're happy," Liam said.

"We do miss the Enterprise, but we're happy," Alex added.

"Daddy, when can we have cake?" Carmen asked.

"When dinner is done and the grown ups go to talk about grown up things," Ryan replied.

"You know, we're grown ups too," Haley said.

"Yeah, but I honestly don't want to sit around with my parents and listen to them talk about the 'old times'," Natalie added.

"Truth," Ella muttered. Ryan looked at his daughters.

"Oh, you don't want to know about the good ol' days when Aunt Claire used to date Uncle Alex?" Everyone's eyes went wide at the table, save for the adults.

"Aunt Claire and Uncle Alex? Ew!" Terra exclaimed as Natalie shook her head.

"I vaguely remember hearing you talk about this before," she mumbled.

"Talk that should have stayed private," Claire said, shooting her brother a glare. Ryan shrugged and leaned back in his seat.

"I would prefer to not think about where my husband's junk has been before we got together, thank you," Liam said, shoveling some potato salad onto his plate.

"HEY!" Both Claire and Alex shouted in unison, causing most of the table to burst out laughing.

"Even I know that they didn't do the nasty," Jim said, causally taking a drink. He was completely unaffected by the situation.

"Why, how do you know that?" Anna asked, already knowing full well of the Alex and Claire escapades.

"That would have been the conversation our loud mouth daughter overheard," Jim replied. Natalie rolled her eyes.

"And where do you think I got my loud mouth from? Obviously not mom," she pointed out. Ryan snorted into his food as the words left his niece's lips.

"You think your mom doesn't have a loud mouth? You are sorely mistaken," he said. Claire shot him a look.

"Psh, you're one to talk. Though, I believe if you got a loud mouth from anyone, it was your uncle Liam. I've never heard someone gossip so much in their life until I met him," Claire muttered.

"I don't know, Rupert was a bit of a gossip queen as well," Liam replied.

"How is Rupert and Oliver? I haven't talked to them in a while."

"They're fine. Oliver get's along great with the kids. Rupert is being the playboy he is, but he's fine." Claire nodded and finished her dinner.

"Dad, we're done… can we go now?" Conner asked. Alex nodded but Liam spoke.

"If you all clean your plates and put them in the sink, you may go," Liam said. In a rush, several of the kids got up and left, taking their plates with them. Ryan and Anna chuckled when they saw the eldest girls were the last to leave.

"They grow up so fast, don't they?" Anna mused.

"Seems like just yesterday we were all gathered around Natalie's playpen watching her turn on her stomach," Liam muttered. Claire and Jim exchanged looks, knowing full well how fast things change.

"Yup, now the oldest are in Starfleet, Terra is right behind them, and lord only knows where the other kids are heading," Alex said.

"Let's not rush them. Let's enjoy it while we have it," Claire muttered. Jim wrapped an arm around his wife's waist.

"Yeah, I mean, Almira is right behind Terra. Jess and Erin are in the same boat as The boys. The rest of the kids are right behind them. It's just… it's hard to believe," Jim said. Claire nodded and sighed. Ryan let Anna rest her head on his shoulder and smiled.

"Remember when we thought that this was so far into the future?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Alex inquired, wrapping up some of the left over food.

"You know, being married with kids. I mean, all of us have been through so much with each other, it never occurred to us that we'd actually get here, and being happy about it," Ryan stated. Anna nodded and gave a small sigh.

"It feels like forever ago since we were all aboard the Enterprise." Liam nodded and smiled lightly.

"I miss our supply closet," He said wistfully. His gaze landing on Alex.

"Who doesn't," Jim replied. Claire chuckled and leaned her head against him.

"I miss it back then. When we all… somewhat got along," she said, shooting a look at Jim and Ryan.

"Those were the good old days. I miss them," Anna said. Claire nodded and let her husband kiss the top of her head.

"I miss them too. Chasing after you were some of the second best times in my life," Jim said, reminiscing on the times he tried so hard to get Claire to agree to date him. The good old days when the butterflies in their stomachs were still new and they were both uncertain.

"Second best?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

"The best times in my life are being with you," he said, dropping down to plant a kiss on her lips. Claire smiled into the kiss, enjoy the corny little lines her husband slipped her every now and again.

"Why don't you say cheesy lines like that to me?" Liam asked, turning to glare at Alex. Alex shrugged.

"Because I don't need to anymore. I just take you up to our room and fuck you senseless," he replied, casually taking a sip of his beer. Liam opened his mouth to argue back, but stopped and closed his mouth again.

"Let's not talk about your sex lives," Anna suggested, causing everyone, but Ryan to laugh.

"I don't think I miss the old days too much," he said after thinking about it for a few minutes. Everyone at the table turned to look at him.

"Why not?" His sister asked, leaning across the table to grabbed his hand worriedly, seeing the grim expression on his face. Anna too reached out for her husband, but Ryan shook his head.

"Because of all the crap we had to go through to get here. I don't miss it at all. My best friend betraying me and my dead ex-fiancée. Liam and Alex's long fights. Especially the whole thing when Claire and I were fighting at the same time her and Jim broke up. I don't miss any of that," he stated. Silence fell over the table as everyone pondered all the bad times leading up to their picnic that day.

"Maybe you're right, Ryan. Perhaps we did go through a lot of crap to get where we are today. But I don't regret any of it and I don't think you do either. If Colleen were still alive, how do you know you would still have eight healthy children with the same beautiful wife you do now?" Jim asked, finally breaking the silence. Anna turned to look at her husband, watching the concentrated look on his face.

"Do you regret all the obstacles you went through to get me?" She asked softly, causing his grey eyes to snap to her brown.

"Never." His answer was short, but the emotions behind them could tell a life time of certainty.

"No one else does either. Well, to get their significant other. Obviously not me," Anna said, adding some humor on at the end to bring a smile to everyone's face.

"She has a point, Ry," Claire stated.

"I know. It's just… damn, that place was just so drama filled it was like a soap opera," Ryan muttered. The group laughed and Claire took a long sip of her drink.

"So, what are your plans? You planning on retiring anytime soon?" Claire asked her brother. Ryan chuckled and shook his head.

"No way in hell, this is too much fun. I love being captain of my ship. Although, a promotion wouldn't be too bad either," Ryan admitted.

"Don't be too hasty, some Captains get promoted then get stuck on earth. Just remember that," Liam pointed out.

"What about you? Admiral, You see a retirement in your future?" Anna asked.

"I haven't thought about it. Maybe… then again, I've been doing this longer than any of you guys."

"Not necessarily, I'm about the same age as you," Liam pointed out.

"Yes, but you haven't been captain of a ship that has been the responsibility for keeping the federation safe. Starfleet puts a lot of things on my shoulders just for the hell of it. Not to mention keeping up with my wife and kids. Things get a little crazy."

"Okay, enough of the Jim show. We get enough talk from Starfleet about how awesome you are," Anna muttered.

"AUNT CLAIRE! ETHAN THREW A SOFTBALL AT ME!" a voice screeched from inside the house. Clair paused before her face fell and she gave a small groan.

"SHUT UP CARMEN, I DID NOT!" Claire stood up and looked to her friends.

"Excuse me, I must beat my son now," she said. The table laughed and Jim sighed as he watched his wife walk into the house. "ETHAN TIBERIUS KIRK, YOU GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW MISTER!"

"MOM, IT WASN'T ME! IT WAS AIDEN!"

"SHUT UP, ETHAN, YOU LIAR!" Liam began to giggle as he heard Claire go sort the situation out.

"Damn, at least McCoy's influence became useful eventually."

"Ethan Kirk, I swear to God, if you do not start behaving yourself I will put you in your room and keep you there until you are twenty!" Jim chuckled and ran a hand over his face.

"Yes well, she needs it."

"So, what time are you kicking us out of this nice little abode?" Ryan asked, looking at his two gay best friends.

"We haven't really thought about it. I suppose within the next hour or so. The kids are starting to get a bit restless, and the girls need to head back to the academy," Alex stated, looking at his husband. Liam sighed.

"I wish we could get together more than a few times a year. It's kind of depressing," Liam mumbled. Everyone at the table nodded as a painfully silence filled the air.

"At least we're still getting together," Anna offered, trying to lighten the mood.

"Yeah, we should appreciate the time that we're spending together and not mourn all the time we're not," Ryan added, coming to the aid of his wife. Claire nodded as Jim took her hand in his, as she came back to the table.

"This is true. Even my brother has profound thoughts!" She said, causing the table to burst out laughing and earning a scowl from her brother.

"And even my sister can find a sense of humor," he shot back. Claire stuck her tongue out in a very lady like fashion.

"Now, now children. Play nice," Liam said, watching the Conaway siblings glare at one another.

"You'd think having children of their own would change their behavior," Alex mumbled. Jim chuckled.

"Nope, not really. She's still the same old ditzy girl I fell for," he said, planting a kiss on Claire's cheek.

"Aw… wait, ditzy?"

"And he's still the same old bipolar guy I fell for," Anna said, leaning her head on her husband's shoulder. Ryan smiled at her gestured, but frowned as her words sunk in.

"Bipolar? What the hell?" He exclaimed. Anna just smiled.

"Exactly."

---

An hour later, after the backyard was cleaned up, all the extra food was put away, and Carmen had given Connor a black eye, it was officially time to go.

"Daddy, I didn't mean it!" Carmen said, still sour from being in trouble.

"I'm sure. Come on, let's get you in the car," Ryan said. He picked up his youngest daughter and walked to the minivan. Anna sighed and looked over at her best friends.

"I'm so glad we stopped to visit. We really miss you guys," she said, hugging Liam.

"We miss you too. Don't be shy to drop by. Your girls do it all the time." Anna chuckled and watched as Haley and Ella said goodbye to their siblings. Ryan walked back and Anna saw her youngest daughter sitting in the car crying, with Tyler rolling his eyes and trying to block her out.

"Thanks for having us, we'll see you around?" he asked. Liam nodded and hugged, him, causing Ryan to awkwardly hug back. He still was a bit uncomfortable with his closeness.

"Bye Uncle Liam, bye Uncle Alex!" Jessica said. Erin followed her sister, and soon all of the younger Conaway kids were saying goodbye and running to the car.

"Did you say goodbye to Aunt Claire and Uncle Jim?" Anna asked.

"Yes mom!" the girls chorused. Ryan chuckled and gestured to the car.

"Here, we'll make room for the rest of the group to say goodbye."

"Love you! Call us soon!" Anna said.

"Be safe!" Alex called. Anna and Ryan walked to their car, the same time as Haley and Ella walked up to them.

"Thanks for the food!" Haley said, hugging Alex. Alex hugged her back and smiled.

"Of course. I'm assuming you'll be around sometime next week?" he asked. Haley and Ella smiled as they switched hugging uncles.

"Probably, Uncle Liam's food is freaking amazing," Ella said. Liam chuckled and waved the girls off.

"Stay out of trouble!" Haley and Ella giggled as they went to say goodbye to their parents and wait for Natalie.

"Hey, Uncle Alex, Conner said you have a motor bike around here!" Aiden said.

"Yeah, can we borrow it? Just for the weekend?" Ethan added.

"No, no more motor vehicles, not after last time. Say goodbye to your uncles and go wait for us by the car," Claire said. Ethan and Aiden gave an exasperated look but complied and ran to Haley and Ella, who suddenly looked annoyed by their younger cousins pestering them.

"Natalie, I'm not done talking!" Jim snapped.

"Dad, I'll talk with you at breakfast tomorrow. No need to chew my ear off now! Bye Uncle Liam and Uncle Alex. Thanks for dinner. See you at the car mom." Claire raised an eyebrow as Natalie hugged her uncles and walked to the car, only to be bombarded by her brothers.

"What did you say?" Claire asked.

"Nothing, she said something to Haley about a party and I told her that she should be more worried about her classes." Claire snorted and rolled her eyes.

"Hypocrite."

"We're glad you stopped by. We see more of Ryan and his bunch then you two," Liam said.

"Yeah, you need to call more," Alex agreed.

"I know, I'm going to hell for being such a bad friend," Claire said, hugging Liam.

"Damn right you are! I don't even remember the last time you, Anna, and I had a girl's night," he snapped in a playful manner. Alex rolled his eyes.

"For the hundredth time, Liam, it's only a girl's night if there are all girls going. You are not a girl," he reminded his husband. Liam rolled his eyes.

"They still call it boy's night when you go with Ryan and Jim," Liam countered, causing Claire and Jim to stifle back their laughter. Alex glared at his husband.

"Well, if I'm not man enough for you then, I suppose there won't be any sex tonight then," Alex threatened. Everyone knew that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach, but the way to Liam's heart was with a penis.

"Well, as fun as it is to listen to my oldest friends talk about their sex lives, I think we should get going," Claire interjected. Jim nodded.

"Yeah, I think I had enough of that when we all were on the same ship," he mumbled. Alex smiled and embraced both of them one last time.

"Be safe, come back soon, and all the other things you're supposed to say when your best friends are leaving," he said.

"Did you really mean what you said?" Liam asked from behind him, paranoid. Alex turned around and gave him a sly smile.

"I guess you'll have to find out later, won't you?" Claire threw her hands up in defeat.

"We're leaving. Now. BYE GUYS!" She said as she grabbed her husband's hand and pulled him out of the house.

"Some things never change," Jim mumbled. Claire nodded and walked up to where her brother and sister-in-law stood.

"Well, we got to go, our taxi is here," Haley said, hugging her dad. Ella hugged her mom before hugging her dad, who kissed the top of both their heads.

"Be safe," he said. They nodded and waved goodbye before heading to the car. Natalie hugged her mom and ruffled her brothers hair before turning to her dad and hugging him.

"We'll see you for breakfast?" he asked. Natalie nodded and kissed his cheek.

"Yup, see you guys around!" she said, waving goodbye to her family. Claire sighed as she watched her oldest child and her nieces drive away.

"Man, I feel old," Anna said. Jim raised an eyebrow and shook his head. He was older than the whole bunch, but he decided not to mention it.

"So, I guess it will be a while before we'll be seeing you guys again?" Ryan asked.

"Probably. You never know what's going on with the Enterprise, it's always one thing after the other," Claire confessed.

"Well, there is always retirement to look forward to," Anna reminded her. Claire nodded and looked at Jim, who seemed content just holding her close and listening to the conversation.

"I don't want to leave," she said. Jim nodded and smiled. He knew she missed her family and friends, and she gave up a lot staying with him. He was selfishly glad though.

"Maybe we can meet up before we all leave tomorrow?" He asked.

"We have an early dispatch tomorrow. We were thinking about just spending the night on the ship and leaving from there," Ryan confessed. Claire sighed and broke away from her husband to hug her sister-in-law.

"Well, push comes to shove, we'll meet you at the space station in a few months," she said. Anna nodded and smiled.

"Of course, good luck with those boys of yours. All three of them," Anna said. Claire chuckled and watched as Jim shook hands with Ryan. He pulled away and hugged Anna.

"Take care," he said.

"Of course, you better make sure my best friend is being looked after. I have to deal with her bitchy brother otherwise," she said. He chuckled and nodded before turning to Ethan and Aiden, who were hovering around a portable game system.

"Alright, into the car, we're heading home," He said.

"Bye!" Ethan and Aiden said, not taking their eyes off the game and climbing into the car. Anna and Ryan chuckled as Anna entered the car. Claire quickly hugged her brother and kissed his cheek.

"Be safe, okay? I love you," she said. He nodded and kissed the top of her head.

"You too, stay out of trouble. I love you." He laughed upon seeing her sister scrunch up her nose.

"Yeah, I'm the one in trouble." He laughed and hugged her once more.

"I'll see you," he whispered. She nodded and pulled away.

"Of course."

---

Liam waited patiently on the bed he shared with Alex, trying not to think about Alex's words denying him sex that night. They always had sex on the weekends, it was part of what made the weekends the weekends. He had just come back from tucking in Michelle who wasted no time in passing out. It seems like her non-blood related 'cousins' wore her out. Alex had offered to tuck their son in after icing down his eye. Liam still wasn't sure whether Carmen's hot temper came from her father or her mother, but he was leaning towards Anna.

"Hey, hun," Alex said as he entered the room, trying to quietly shut the door behind him. Liam looked up and felt his heart clench in his chest. Alex looked tired. That probably meant he was going to stay true to his words.

"Hey." Alex ignored his short, nervous reply as he crossed the room and striped out of his clothes. Liam watched his husband's every move, trying to read his facial expression. Normally, Alex was pretty easy to read, but when he didn't want to be read, he made sure it was almost impossible to try to figure out what was going on in his head. Liam hated it.

"Conner's eye still looks pretty bad, but the swelling is going down," Alex said as he threw his dirty clothes into their hampered and crawled into bed in nothing, but his boxers. He didn't put on his normal pajamas. There was still hope for Liam yet.

"I'm glad he's okay. Michelle was asleep as her head hit the pillow," Liam said as Alex reached over and shut the lights off. They were alone, in the dark, and the kids were asleep. Perfect.

"That's good. Now, it's the weekend and you know what I like to do on the weekends?" Alex cooed into his husband's ear. Liam smiled.

"I thought you said no sex tonight?" He asked playfully. Liam could feel Alex shrugged in the dark as he pulled away.

"Okay, if that's what you want," he said as he laid down on his side, facing away from his lover.

"What? No. I always want you!" Liam said panicked, thinking Alex was serious. He was doing it again, making it impossible for Liam figure out if he was telling the true or not.

"Really? I remember a time when you wanted nothing to do with me," Alex mumbled, not turning to look behind him. Liam bit his lip.

"That was a long time ago and we got passed this," he said sternly. Alex sat up and turned to face him.

"I know, but you haven't always wanted me. There was a time-" Liam held his hand up to cover his husband's mouth.

"No, I never stopped wanting you. From the first day I was on the Enterprise to today, there's never been a second that I've stopped wanting you. You think our break was easy for me? It wasn't," Liam said. Alex mumbled something behind his hand, but Liam ignored him. "I only had sex once after we broke up and when I came, I was shouting out your name. Every time I masturbated, it was you that I was thinking about. I even broke down and wrote a few corny poems about you and how much I missed us. I never stopping wanting you… I never stopped loving you," he finished. Alex said nothing, so Liam pulled his hand away. Behind his hand, a small smile was spread across Alex's face.

"I never stopped loving you either," he said, leaning forward and capturing his husband's lips.

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"Alright guys, it's eleven. I want all of you ready for bed in a half hour. If you're not ready, you have to spend an hour with Uncle Rupert down in engineering!" Ryan said, addressing his children. His oldest daughter who was still at home scowled.

"Dad, I'm going to the academy next year. I don't think it's fair that I still have to go to bed at the same time as everyone else," Terra said, trying to reason with her father. Ryan merely shook his head.

"Just one more year of going to bed with everyone else then," he replied. Terra stomped her foot and rushed off to her room in a huff. At least she wasn't sharing a room with her younger siblings anymore. Almira didn't question her father and scurried off to her room too. Anna watched her twin daughters as they tried to sneak away from their mother's disapproving eye.

"What do you two have?" She asked. Erin paused and turned around, obviously busted, but Jessica made a break for their room.

"NOTHING MOM!" She cried out over her shoulder. Anna turned to Ryan who sighed.

"Erin?" He asked. The eldest of the twins just smiled.

"We found him when we were leaving Uncle Liam and Uncle Alex's house," she said innocently.

"Found who?" Anna asked, standing next to her husband. Jessica's head peeked out from their room.

"If we told you, you won't let us keep him," she defended. Ryan sighed.

"I'm not going to let you keep him anyway," he told them. Reluctantly, Jessica's head disappeared and she walked out of their room a minutes later, a beagle puppy in her hands.

"His name is Sir-Ruff-A-Lot," Erin told her parents as she reached out to pet the puppy. Sir-Ruff-A-Lot barked happily and his small tail started wagging back and forth between Jessica's arms. Anna shook her head disapprovingly at her daughters, but Ryan smiled. It reminded him of the day Claire introduced him to Rocky.

"I still don't like the name," Jessica mumbled. Anna gestured for them to hand the puppy over.

"Mom, don't get rid of Jeffery!" Tyler cried out as he ran into the room. Carmen ran in behind him.

"His name is Russell, stupid!" She called after him.

"I've had enough of this. You're not allowed to keep this dog!" Anna snapped. Ryan nodded, but smiled.

"Let me talk to your mom real quick," he said. Anna turned and gapped at her husband.

"Excuse me?" She asked as Jessica handed the puppy over to her mother. Ryan grabbed the dog instead and motioned for Anna to follow him.

"Listen, Terra and Almira will both be gone in two years. It was hard enough for them to lose Haley and Ella, but two more sisters. I think they could use a pet," Ryan said. Anna shook her head.

"I don't like what you're doing here. You're setting an example for the kids to keep doing this," she pointed out. Ryan nodded.

"They won't get to keep him easily. First, they must all agree on a name. Second, we're going to give them more chores so they can keep him. They won't be getting off easy, but I think it can be a good thing," he said, scratching the puppy behind the ear. He closed his eyes and snuggled closer to Ryan. Anna looked down at the beagle puppy.

"He reminds you of Rocky, doesn't he?" She asked. He nodded.

"Once Claire got Rocky, she became more responsible. I think it'll be good for the kids," he said again. Anna nodded.

"Fine, but the moment they neglect the dog, we're finding him a better home," Anna said. Ryan smiled and nodded.

"Agreed. Let's go tell the kids," he said. Anna returned his nodded and they returned to where the kids were waiting patiently. Terra and Almira had joined the group in their absence.

"We're getting a dog? How come you wouldn't let me keep the cat I wanted?" Terra asked angrily. Anna rolled her eyes.

"The cat attacked Tyler," she reminded her. Terra opened her mouth to reply, but quickly closed it upon seeing the look her mother shot her.

"Okay, we're going to keep the puppy under two circumstances. More chores for everyone," he said. Everyone in the room groaned. Terra went to open her mouth again, but this time she closed it when her father sent her a look.

"What's the second one?" Almira asked. Ryan smiled.

"Everyone has to agree on a name for him," he said. Erin raised her hand.

"Yes sweetie?" Anna asked.

"I say Sir-Ruff-A-Lot!" She said.

"I don't like it!" Jessica said.

"You got a better one?"

"Well no…"

"I say Jeffery!" Tyler said. Carmen shoved him.

"No, Russell."

"How about Melanie?" Almira asked.

"It's a boy," Erin corrected.

"Okay, then Ryan?" Almira tried again.

"That's dad's name, stupid," Terra mumbled.

"Stop being mean!" Almira snapped. Ryan grabbed the bridge of his nose with his free hand as his wife shot him a look.

"It was your idea," she whispered to him.

"I'VE GOT IT!" Jessica said finally. Everyone turned to face her.

"It won't be better than Sir-Ruff-A-Lot," Erin muttered.

"How about Bones? Like Uncle McCoy!" She said. Ryan smiled.

"If you like the name Bones, raise your hand," he said. Everyone, but Erin raised their hand.

"Erin!" Erin scoffed but raised her hand.

"Fine, but his middle name is going to be Sir-Ruff-A-Lot!" she protested. Ryan sighed and shook his head.

"Alright, bed now!" all the kids soon scattered and left the room, leaving Ryan alone with his wife.

"God, this is crazy. Why did we decide to have so many kids?" he asked. Anna chuckled.

"Because you wanted a boy," she pointed out. Ryan chuckled and kissed her deeply.

"True… but mostly because you're so God damn sexy." Anna chuckled. Despite all they had been through with Colleen and the kids, she still had the hots for him.

"Oh really, let me show you how God damn sexy I am," she whispered. He kissed her again and led her to their room.

"I'm loving this idea."

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Jim relaxed in his seat and looked out on the viewing screen. The ship was still docked and most of the crew was on earth enjoying their shore leave. Though he was also enjoying his stay, he felt more at home on his ship than back in the large apartment on earth. The past few days had been filled with relaxation, and excitement from being with his family. He hardly saw his daughter, and his sons were going through a phase where they wanted nothing to do with their parents, so it was nice for the family of five together. Now, however, he enjoyed the peace of night instead of hearing his boys fight over a video game, or Natalie yelling at her brothers for one thing or another. Though, now there was no dog to bark, since Rocky was now in doggie heaven, it still was quite noisy.

A small sigh escaped his lips and he closed his eyes. Getting back together with Claire's brother and their old friends brought him back a few years. Life before kids and marriage. Though he loved his kids to death, a small part of him savored those days, the days of peace. A pair of hands placed themselves on his shoulders, and he looked up into his wife's kind grey eyes.

"Hey, I figured I'd find you here," she said softly. He nodded and lifted his hand to take hers.

"Where the boys?" he asked.

"At home with Scotty. He built them a new game system and they're checking it out," she said. He chuckled and shook his head.

"Such one track minds," he muttered. She nodded and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, letting her head rest near his.

"Just be thankful it's videogames and not girls," she told him. He nodded and rand a hand over his face.

"Ugh, that's coming soon, isn't it?" he asked, his voice sounding tired. Claire nodded and smiled.

"Yeah, our boys are getting big. Let's just hope they don't give us any grandchildren before they are eighteen," she told him. He made a face, causing her to laugh and place a gentle kiss on his neck.

"I don't think I could deal with grandchildren," he confessed. She pulled away and walked so she was standing near his legs.

"You said the same thing about having a girlfriend, but here I am," she reminded. He smiled and took a hold of her hand, pulling her onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around her frame and looked up at her. She was definitely not as young as she was when she first arrived on the ship. Her face now had a few lines around her eyes and mouth, but most of her face was still wrinkle free, she still had a few years before worrying about that. Her blonde hair had begun to grey, but like all women, she took care of that before it became noticeable. Curves had developed around her hips, the product of having children, and her bust had definitely upped a size of two. She had changed drastically over the years, yet, she hadn't at all. He thanked whatever forces brought them together in that bar so many years ago. Without her, he was sure he would not be half the man he was today. He loved her deeply for it.

"You okay?" she asked. He nodded and moved up to kiss her deeply. She replied immediately and frowned a bit when he pulled away.

"I can't believe all that's happened. I remember the first time I met you," he said, lifting a hand to brush some of her blonde hair out of her face. She smiled and chuckled.

"I remember that… I also remember a lot of blood and really cheesy pick-up lines," she replied. He laughed and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, well… your brother was always out to get me," he muttered. She chuckled and watched as his hand dropped to her own and began to play with her ring.

"Sixteen years, you feel it yet?" she asked him softly. He chuckled and shook his head.

"Sixteen years, twenty, a hundred… it doesn't matter. I'm just glad you stuck with me," he whispered. She chuckled and shook her head.

"Not like you gave me much of a choice," she confessed.

"Liar, I always gave you a choice, you just kept coming back to me," he said. She leaned down and kissed his forehead.

"It's all the great sex." Jim pulled away and let his hand caress her cheek.

"Ryan was right, we have been through a lot," he whispered.

"You regret any of it?" she asked softly. He shook his head.

"None. Well, that's not true," he confessed.

"Oh really? What do you regret?" she asked.

"I regret letting you go that first time, and watching you be in so much pain after Riley," he said. She frowned and kissed him softly, as if to silence any of those thoughts.

"I got you back for it though. With the whole not telling you I was pregnant with Natalie thing. The last thing I wanted was for Him to tell you, and I failed that," she confessed.

"We've both made mistakes, some really stupid mistakes. But that's all in the past now, nothing to worry about. We're here together now, and that's all that matters," he assured her. A smile broke out on her lips and she gave a small content sigh.

"I love you, James Tiberius Kirk," she whispered. He smiled and pulled her closer.

"I love you too, Claire Adrienne Kirk." He leaned up and captured her lips with his, enjoying the feeling of her soft lips against his own. Her body leaned into his and he almost groaned at the motion.

"Thank God the boys are on earth," she whispered into his mouth, lightly shrugging his jacket off of him. He nodded and let his hands travel up the back of her shirt.

"Thank God," he repeated. Jus as he began to unbutton her shirt, a loud beep echoed through the bridge and he groaned in protest.

"Sorry to disturb you, Admiral Kirk, but I have your sons in the academy brig and we need you to come get them," a voice said.

"Why are they in the brig? They are supposed to be with Montgomery Scott?" Jim hissed.

"They were trying to sneak into the weapons building and trying to steal some of the phasers. They claim they were practicing for Starfleet." Claire sighed and turned toward the speaker.

"Will they be there in the morning?" Claire asked.

"Uh… yes Ma'am," the man answered. Claire and Jim looked at each other before looking back to the speaker.

"They can last the night, Kirk out," Jim said. Claire laughed and buried her face in his shoulder.

"That was so mean, maybe we should get them or something," Claire said. Jim shook his head and guided her lips to his.

"They can last the night." Claire didn't protest any further. She kissed him deeply before pulling away. Her life had changed so drastically over the years, and it was all because of him. She smiled lightly and let her fingers trace over his cheek. There were very few wrinkles on his face, showing that he was aging quite well, something she was selfishly grateful for. He hadn't changed much the past few years, except for getting a bit wiser and calmer. She leaned down and kissed him once more. Her heart soared as she felt him eagerly replied to the kiss. She would be in love with this man till the day she died.

"Jim," she whispered. He pulled away and smiled up at her.

"Claire," he replied.

"Thank you." He furrowed his eyebrows.

"For what?" he asked. She just smiled and kissed him again. Only breaking away for a brief moment. Her eyes met his and grey clashed with blue. She could see the love in adoration in his eyes, the same love in adoration that had been there for years. She only hoped he saw the same thing in her own eyes. She kissed his forehead before lowering her lips to his and answering his question in a whisper.

"For everything."

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To the last review replies

nickiR0x
Raxsah: Resident Evil is amazing. Jeck and I have Resident Evil marathons. As soon as the fourth one comes out I'm going over her house and we're going to watch all of them back to back. Just like the Harry Potter movies. Wentworth Miller is Yummy no lie. And after playing the fifth game, I could definitely see the Jill/Chris thing. Sadly, that is not in the movie. Nor in our story. Here is the last chapter. Isn't it awesome? I hope the ending isn't as corny as I felt while writing it. Thanks for reading!
Jeck: Well, I hope you were braced enough for this. Resident Evil is the shit! Gotta love it! I'm less into Wentworth Miller, but Ali Larter can be my Redfield any day. :D No Chris/Jill in this one, as Raxsah said, but I think you might enjoy our OC and Chris. It's pretty good stuff. There won't be any zombie sex to our knowledge, however… ZOMBIE SEX FACE FOR ALL! It was great to have you as a faithful reader and we'll see you in our new story, Whispers in the Dark.

SWfangirl21
Jeck: It's okay, I think cannibalism is cute too. Everyone got at least one boy and one girl in the end, even Ryan. Poor guy. Actually no, poor Anna's vagina. Eight kids later and she needs a break. My grandma had five brothers and sisters. My grand parents were all over the mad amounts of sex. And it kinda was like Ryan and Anna. Four girls and then two boys. My great grandfather REALLY wanted to have some sons. I would never give up my mom because I love her so much, but I wouldn't mind having Alex and Liam as my daddies. :D Ryan and Claire's dad is like my dad. Fun stuff. I could go for some of Raxsah's mom's cheesecake. Yay for food fights. We have now decided that it's not rape if you give it to someone for Christmas. :D MERRY CHRISTMAS! :D It's quite sad to end this, but all good things must come to an end. Or they make you fat. My favorite Resident Evil movie is most definitely the second one. It was the first one I saw and I fell in love! YAY FOR HARRY POTTER! LOVE IT! Mmmm PotC. Good stuff right there. Lord of the Rings wasn't really my thing, I just couldn't get into the whole little universe thing there. But Star Wars on the other hand was the shit! My current favorite little movie How to Train Your Dragon. SO CUTE AND FUNNY! Oh and LOVE YOU TOO!
Raxsah: Yay for babies! Now they have two more! Hahahahaaa We made up for all the crap we put him through and gave him two little boys. I feel bad for Ryan though, he had to go through seven girls before he finally got a boy. How can we not marry Liam and Alex? They are like… perfect for each other. Now they got little kiddies too! I think you have an obsession with cupcakes like we have an obsession with pudding. OH my college has amazing pudding by the way, just saying. I wish we still had cheese cakes, but it's all gone now. Sadly… I wanna see the new Tron movie, not going to lie. However, I really want Despicable Me for Christmas. I saw that with Jeck and my brother and I loved it! It was so cute! Never seen 21 days later. I did see Paranormal Activity 2, which made me sleep with a light on for a couple nights. Hahahaaa. Hope the ending was what you were looking for. Hopefully we'll be seeing you during the posting for Whispers in the Dark… if we ever get to actually writing it. Le sigh… Anyway, thanks again hun… hope you liked the ending and thanks for all the support.

Lintered
Raxsah: Boom! The end. Of course we couldn't have a epilogue without drama. Hopefully it wasn't too much for you. Thanks for hanging in there with us to the end. We appreciate it.
Jeck: Boom! Pregnant! But yes, it's the end. It was a good ride, me thinks. You thinks? Me thinks. Anyway, I hope to see you as a reader in the future! :D

Leland Adama
Jeck: You is know proper Engrish? I mean, unless you're taking English as a second language, but still. That is unacceptable. Ugh, sorry. I'm going to be an English teacher some day. And I can stand text language. But that is not. It's worse than Ebonics!
Raxsah: Hmmm…. How can I put this without sounding mean. My school is more important than my fan-fiction. Not to mention we already had this written down for a couple of months, but like I said, my finals were much more important than posting this. We got it eventually, didn't we?

ObsessedMicKeY
Raxsah: I give you props for reading this on your phone. This is a long read even on a computer. We're so glad you liked it, hopefully this chapter was satisfactory. :D Thanks a bunch!
Jeck: Wow, that's quite a read for your phone. Glad to have you on board the Jeck and Raxsah Inc. fanbase! :D

Jeck: Well, that was fun! Just saying.
Raxsah: Yes. Fun to write, fun to post, and fun to end. Yay! No more, this is all done. It's almost a relief to have this done with.
Jeck: Yeah, kinda. It's just one last thing to worry about. Besides, right now, we're worried about spending more time with each other again. I've been gone like 3 weeks now!
Raxsah: Three weeks too long! Not to mention we have a lot of work to do on our other story. Le sigh… but yes. We'd like to thank all of those who have stuck with us to the end, despite the fact I'm sure you have wanted to kill us at a couple points with our cliffhangers.
Jeck: Sorry about that, but not really. We regret nothing. MAWHAHAHAHAHA! Anyway, we're tallying up the reviews and will send the winner of the most reviews a PM. As for the other contest, the naming the song and artist of all of our chapter titles, no one has tried. Seriously, even if you guess one at this point, you'll win. If no one enters, then there's no winner.
Raxsah: Yeah, just send em in and see what happens, can't lose at this point. Wow… can you believe it's over?
Jeck: Not really, it's kind of surreal. But it was our first real fanfiction together so it's special to me! :D It's just the first stepping stone to the road of AWESOMENESS that we shall walk on.
Raxsah: Yeah, I don't know why, but I can't picture Jim with any other character now. That's going to suck when the next movie comes out. Don't worry, we'll keep throwing awesome stories out there soon enough. Because we're awesome.
Jeck: We breed awesomeness. ;D
Raxsah: Word! Until next story peeps!
Jeck: Ughhhhhhh means I love you in zombie. Ugh ugh ugh means ZOMBIE SEX FACE!