AN: Hey all! So how did you all like my last update? I hope you have prepared yourselves because in this part Ava and a pregnant Sara take 2 year old Laurel to meet Amina. Enjoy everyone!

Amanda❤️

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Waking up to an empty bed was not a common occurrence in the Lance household. So when Ava moved to put her arm around her wife and was met with cold sheets, she shot straight up.

"Babe?"

She heard a groan coming from their bathroom and stood up.

"In here Aves," Sara managed to croak out before heaving into the toilet again. Ava quickly got out of bed and went into the bathroom and sat behind Sara on the floor.

She held her hair and rubbed her back, "You okay love?" She asked softly.

She was answered with Sara throwing up again. "Oh babe, I'm sorry."

Sara wipes her mouth, flushes the toilet and waves her hand. "Don't be. We wanted another baby, I knew what I was getting into, it's a small price to pay for our baby."

Sara leaned back against Ava and closed her eyes. Ava smiled and wrapped her arms around Sara's waist. Her hands resting on her stomach and her lips pressed gently against the side of her head.

Sara hummed and placed her hands on top of Ava's. "You know I was never this sick with either Amina or Laurel, maybe we're having a boy this time."

Ava smiled, "Well, we will find out in two months at our appointment."

Instead of waiting and being surprised like they did with Laurel, this time they wanted to know.

Sara just hums again and enjoys the feeling of her wife's arms around her.

"It's the 16th," Ava whispered into Sara's ear. Sara nods, "Amina's 16th birthday, we're going today right?"

"Of course, I made the food for our picnic last night, I'll hear it up before we go. You and Laur can pick flowers from out back, and I have the pictures already in the basket."

Sara looked back at Ava and kissed her cheek, "you're amazing. Thank you."

Ava smiles down at her and pecks her lips, "of course. Even though I've never met her, over the years it started to feel like she was my daughter too. And plus, it's her 16th birthday, it's a big birthday, also Laurel is visiting her for the first time."

Sara turns in Ava's arms and hugs her tightly, "I love you."

Ava smiles into her neck, "I love you too."

Their moment is interrupted by a little body crashing into them, "MOMMA MOMMY!" Laurel yells happily and with way too much energy for a two year old who just woke up.

The couple laugh and open their arms for their daughter. "Hey monkey! Did you climb out of your crib again?"

Laurel smiles a toothy smile and nods at Ava's question and squeals when Sara swoops her into her arms and throws her in the air and catches her, "that's my little ninja!"

Ava laughs and shakes her head, "she truly is your kid. We're gonna have to lower the mattress in her crib so she can't get out."

Sara brings Laurel down and rests her on her hip, both of them still giggling.

"Okay, I'll do it when we come back."

Sara then looks down at Laurel and kisses her chubby cheek, "are you ready to go meet your big sister?"

From the moment Laurel was born, Sara told both Laurel and Ava stories of Amina, showing Laurel pictures and telling Laurel that Amina was her big sister and that she was an angel in the sky.

"Sissy! My sissy is n anle!" Laurel squeals excitedly.

"That's right baby, your sister is an angel. She's watching over you right now, making sure nothing ever happens to you," Ava said and ran her fingers through Laurel's short blonde baby curls.

Sara smiles at Ava and then stands up, "okay, I have to shower after throwing up that much, and you have to get the baby ninja monkey dressed and ready."

Ava stood up and shook her head, "so she's a ninja monkey now?"

"No, she's a baby ninja monkey, duh," Sara says with an "obviously" look.

Ava just holds her hands up in surrender with a little chuckle and takes Laurel into her arms.

"Come her baby ninja monkey, momma has to shower, she's gross," Ava says teasingly and runs out of the bathroom to avoid the wrath of her pregnant assassin.

"Rude!" She heard Sara yell.

Ava laughed and walked into laurels room, she placed Laurel in her crib while she grabbed her clothes.

"So my princess, you wanna wear your purple dress and leggings that auntie Z and auntie Amaya got you or do you want to wear the pink one that grandma got you?" She asks Laurel holding the up to her.

"Puplllllll!" Laurel squealed, purple being her favorite color.

Ava smiled big and picked her up, "purple it is princess, do you have to go potty before mommy changes you?"

They had started potty training her a few months ago and it was going really well, she's only had an accident maybe once or twice.

Laurel nods, "yes mommy."

Ava takes her to the bathroom in the hallway and sits her on the toilet. She goes to bathroom and wipes herself, with a little help from Ava, and then washes her hands.

"Good job baby you're getting so big!"

Laurel giggles and claps her hands, "me big!"

Ava giggles too and picks her up, "yes you are! You need to stop growing. You have to stay mommy's little baby forever."

Laurel just cuddles into Ava and Ava smiles and hugs her gently.

"Alright monkey, lets get you dressed. Or momma's gonna yell at us if we're not ready."

Ava changes Laurel into her white leggings and purple dress. The leggings were all white and the dress had a silver ribbon around the waist and the bottom was a little poofy. Then she put on Laurel's white sandals that had a little follower on them and put a purple headband with a flower on it on her head.

"Look at my pretty princess!" Came Sara's voice from behind them.

"Momma!" Laurel's giggles and makes grabby hands towards Sara.

Sara, who's wearing nice black jeans and a flowy white top with her hair curled, smiles and walks into the room and picks her up, "hi there beautiful. Mommy dressed you so nice today."

"Hey! I always dress her nice," Ava says pouting.

"Im just teasing babe," Sara laughs and kisses her softly, "go get ready love, I'll heat up the food."

Ava smiles and kisses her back and goes to get ready.

Sara walks downstairs and puts Laurel in her high chair, "What do you want for breakfast baby girl?"

"Nana!"

"Banana it is Laur." Sara cuts up a banana and puts it in a bowl and gives it to the two year old.

She takes the food out of the fridge that Ava made last night and puts it in the oven to heat up.

A few minutes later, Ava comes down also in Black jeans, with a blue button up and her hair in slight waves.

She walks behind Sara and wraps her arms around her waist and puts her chin on her shoulder, "Hey you," She says softly.

Sara smiles and turns around, wrapping her arms around Ava's neck, "hey gorgeous."

Ava pecks her lips softly, "you ready?"

Sara takes a deep breath, it was always hard on Amina's birthday, it was hard everyday, but with Ava and now Laurel by her side, it's a little easier.

"Yeah, let me just get the food and we can go."

Sara takes the food out of the oven, puts each thing in a container and then puts all of the containers in the basket. "Alright, everything is ready."

She turns around to see Ava tickling Laurel and Laurel laughing the biggest belly laugh ever. The sight bringing such a bright smile to her face.

"Come in you two, it's time to go see Amina," Sara break up the two and picks up Laurel.

Ava laughs and grabs the basket and open a portal to Amina's grave. The family steps through the portal.

When Sara looks go the grave, she's shocked at what she sees. "Nyssa?"

Nyssa whips around and she looks at Sara.

"What are you doing here Sara?" Nyssa narrowed her eyes at her.

Sara looks at Nyssa confused and she starts to get defensive, "it's Amina's birthday. We came to visit."

Nyssa stands and looks at Ava and Laurel, "so you two married and had a child?"

Taken a back by the sudden change in topic, Sara stutters a bit, "y-yes, we've been together for 7 years and married for 5. This is our daughter Laurel."

At the mention of her name Laurel smiles and waves but Nyssa's eyes flash with anger.

Sensing Nyssa's change in mood and knowing how she is Sara quickly passes Laurel to Ava and steps in front of them.

"Nyssa What is going on with you?"

"You've replaced her," she seethes.

"What are you taking about?" Sara asks even more confused than before.

"Amina! You replaced our daughter!" Nyssa yells and Laurel whimpers.

"Hey! I didn't replace Amina!" Sara yells back with fire in her eyes. "We gave Laurel her name in remembrance of her big sister and her aunt! I would never replace my baby! She was the light of my life! How dare you say that!"

Sara's screaming by the end and Laurel is crying.

"Well than why show yourself now? You've never been to visit her. I come here everyday to visit our daughter. You have no business here, you lost that right the day you left."

Sara's face gets red and tears well in her eyes, "You told me to leave! What was I supposed to do? And I come here every weekend! I come for every birthday, holiday, and I put new flowers on her grave every time I come!"

"You're the reason she's gone in the first place!" Nyssa spat at her.

"Ahhhh!" Sara screamed and ran at Nyssa.

"Sara stop!" Ava yelled but could move because of Laurel.

The two assassins had it out for each other, they matched each other strike for strike, blow for blow, but with her rage on her side Sara was able to land a hit to Nyssa's face that had the former heir falling to the ground.

Sara dropped to her knees and left out a heart wrenching cry.

Ava rushed to her side and put a hand on her stomach, "Sara you have to calm down, she didn't get any hits to your stomach right?"

Sara takes a few deep breaths, tears still rapidly falling down her cheeks, she shakes her head no.

"You're with child?" They hear Nyssa whisper.

Sara looks up and nods. Nyssa closes her eyes and lets a few tears fall, "in so sorry Sara. For everything."

She comes a bit closer and kneels in front of her, "I've been so alone, I've been missing you and Amina so much recently that when I saw you and your family I just...broke."

She looks into Sara's eyes, "I'm sorry."

Sara gets up onto her knees and wraps Nyssa in a tight hug. She shuts her eyes tightly, "it's okay. I forgive you."

Nyssa holds her tightly, but is mindful of the growing baby inside her, "in so sorry about what I said, it wasn't your fault."

Sara just shakes her head, "it's okay. I'm sorry I lashed out. Maybe, maybe every once and a while we could go to the field, bring her favorite foods and sit there and just remember her."

Nyssa nodded into her shoulder, "I'd like that. Ava and Laurel should come as well, after all, Amina would have love to share that place with her little sister," she says pulling back.

Ava nodded and gave her a small smile but it didn't reach her eyes, she did attack her wife after all.

"I apologize to you Ava, my actions were extremely in the wrong and I apologize for making Laurel cry."

This time Ava's small smile reached her eyes a little bit, "it's alright. But don't go attacking my wife ever again, and you" She turns to Sara, "don't go instigating any attacks, especially carrying out baby."

They both nod and give each other a small smile. "Why don't you stay Nys, we were going to have a picnic for Mina's birthday, we have plenty of food."

Nyssa smiles at Sara, "I'd like that."

Laurel makes her presence known again by whimpering. Sara looks down at her baby and frowns at the tears still on her eyes, "oh baby come here."

She takes Laurel into her arms and holds her close, "momma's so sorry baby girl, it's okay. I got you baby bug."

Laurel's tears stop and her whimpers turn to sniffles as she cuddles her momma. "see sissy?" She asks after a few minutes.

Nyssa smiles when she hears Laurel, and so does Sara.

Sara kisses her head, "yeah baby, lets go see sissy."

They all get up, Ava gets out the big blanket she packed and lays it down right in front of Amina's grave.

Sara sits down and stands Laurel up in front of her.

Sara turns to face Amina's grave and puts her hand on the stone. She closes her eyes and whispers a prayer in Arabic.

She opens her eyes, kisses her hand and places her hand on Amina's name.

"Hi princess. Happy 16th Birthday," Sara says softly.

She turns to Laurel and Laurel walks to the grave, looks at it for a second and then copies Sara.

She kisses her chubby little hand and places it on Amina's name, "hap br-da Ina. My anel."

The three adults tear up at the sight, Ava feeling proud of herself as she had caught it on video.

Nyssa sits across from Sara and takes something out of her pocket, a bracelet.

Sara gasps, "I always wondered where that went, I never knew you had it."

Nyssa smiled softly, "it was all I had left of her."

She looks down at the bracelet and then looked up at Laurel, "Come here sweetie," Laurel walked over and Nyssa carefully took the little girls hand in her own and put the bracelet around her wrist.

"This was Amina's, your big sisters, now it's yours," Nyssa said softly.

"Nyssa you don't have to do that, you should keep it, i-" Nyssa raises her hand and Sara stopped talking.

"I want Laurel to have it, and I know Amina would want her to have it," she said gently.

Laurel looked at the new bracelet on her wrist and looked Nyssa, "dis wa sissy's?"

Nyssa nodded, "yes that was your sisters."

Laurel looked at Nyssa and then ran to the basket and pulled out her favorite little bear and ran back to Nyssa.

Laurel stood in front of Nyssa and held the bear out for her, "habe." (Have).

Nyssa shook her head and looked to Sara and Ava for help, "no sweetheart that's yours."

Laurel pushes it into her arms, "Ess, me habe me bankie and bacet," she says holding up her blanket and the wrist with the bracelet on, "ou habe baba."

Nyssa looks at Sara who smiles and nods, Nyssa takes the bear and smiles at the little girl, "thank you, I'll take good care of Baba, can I have a hug?"

Laurel nods and climbs onto Nyssa and wraps her chubby arms around her neck.

Nyssa closes her eyes and hugs Laurel closely. When they pull back Laurel places a kiss on Nyssa's cheek and she runs to Sara giggling.

Sara catches her and kisses the top of her head, "you're the best girl in the world."

Laurel smiles at her momma and then looks at Ava, "mommy food."

The three women laugh and Ava shakes her head, "Alright baby give mommy a second."

Ava takes all the food out and everyone makes a plate, Ava makes Laurel's, and they all eat. While they eat Nyssa and Sara tell stories of Amina's short life.

Some happy, some sad, but all of them were cherished. They spent a few more hours there until Laurel started yawning.

"Uh oh, it looks like it's almost someone's nap time," Sara says and kisses Laurel's curls.

Nyssa smiles and helps Ava clean up, "today has turned out much better than I expected it to. Thank you."

Ava smiled, "you don't need to thank us, you're always welcome. You are a part of Sara's life, you're family. Whenever you need us, you can come to us. Laurel loved being here and talking with her new Auntie Nyssa."

Nyssa smiled wide, "she's beautiful, and she's so smart for her age. I can't wait to see her grow up."

Sara came over with a sleepy Laurel, "you know, there's a house for sale near us, I'm sure Laurel would love to see you more."

As if on cue Laurel sleepily reached out for Nyssa, "Atie Nys." Nyssa takes her and holds her in her arms.

"Would you like that little one? Do you want me to come live near you?"

Laurel yawns and nods sleepily, "ess."

Nyssa smiles and kisses her head, "then I shall. Give me a few days and I'll be there. We will still often come to see Amina right?"

Sara nods, "yes, you're more than welcome to come whenever we go, and if you want to go on a day that we haven't planned then just tell me and I'll take you here."

Nyssa smiles and hands Sara back Laurel.

"I will see you soon, goodbye Sara, Ava," she leans down and kisses Laurel, "goodbye little one."

Ava opens a portal and they walk through, Sara turns around, "say bye sissy," she whispers.

Laurel picks up her head and blows a kiss at Amina's grave, "byebye sissy, wuv ou," and the portal closes.