Hey guys! I know it's been forever since I last updated this, but I'm back! I even have a late start tomorrow props to pre SAT testing today, so I can update a couple more before school.

Kai sat disheveled in his car. He had called Skylor to tell her scratch tonight and what was up with Nya and Jay, then she surprised him by insisting he wait fifteen minutes for her and her adopted son, Josh, to get dressed and shove breakfast down their throats before all three of them ran into Target to purchase some new toys and clothes for Isabelle and Alex despite Nya's determination they had everything they needed.

Amazing how much Skylor could cram into one sentence.

Kai flipped open the mirror above the driver's seat while waiting for Skylor and Josh to come out. He had two more minutes. He might as well look presentable.

A moment later, Skylor hurried out carrying a car seat in one arm and Josh in the other. Kai opened the door for her and helped her to get Josh settled in. Despite everything going on, it was proof enough to Kai that the Lord was moving that he and Skylor were friends with the potential of being more once again.

"So Target then where are they at?" Skylor asked.

"One of their friend's houses. Nya gave me the address.

Jay and Zane hurried into the shower as soon as they returned from scavenging the rubble for anything left in one piece. Even though Jay tried hard to keep his focus on God rather than material things, he still felt a lump forming in his throat. He had lost everything.

Well everything aside from Isabelle's recorder, a pair of ratty socks that should have hit the dump a while ago, a bottle of shampoo, two of their plates, a few family pictures, and oddly enough an unwashed frying pan and cooking spray.

Jay saw the pieces of what had happened all fall together. Ed had decided to make breakfast for all of them then forgot what he was doing in the middle of it. Worse yet, Isabelle had seen it all happen and was too young to know what could happen. That explained why she was so scared.

Jay began to present Ed.

It's the disease, not him, Jay told himself although he couldn't seem to direct his anger at Alzheimer's rather than Ed himself.

God, what is wrong with me?

"Hello, you must be Kai," Pixal greeted as she put on a false smile, "I'm Pixal. These are my children Evin, Dylan, and Samantha. My husband, Zane is showering right now."

"Nice to meet you. This is my girlfriend Skylor and her son Josh," Kai smiled just as falsely back. Girlfriend was the right word right? Kai wondered in the back of his mind, "we brought some things for Nya, Jay, and the kids if you don't mind."

"Of course not. Come in."

Kai and Skylor pulled in at least fifty bags stuffed with stuff from the back of Kai's Malibu.

"Didn't I tell you not to bring anything?" Nya tsked as she walked in holding a sleeping Alex in her arms. She then turned her gaze to Skylor, "Kai didn't mention you were coming. How have you been lately?"

"The better question here is are you doing okay Nya? Kai filled me in on the way here," Skylor asked as she pulled Nya into an awkward hug on friends who haven't seen each other in decades would do.

"Well, God protected everyone from getting hurt so I'd say we're pretty blessed," Nya said being the first to smile for real out of all the people in the room, "now, back to those bags Kai. Did you listen to me at all?"

"Come on sis! I buy you flamingos socks and you get mad at me?" Kai replied peevishly.

"Flamingo socks?" Isabelle squeaked as she entered the front entry way.

"Sorry, none for you kiddo, but I did get you these," Kai fumbled around in a bag filled with toddler's clothing until he found a pair of hideous flamingos slippers that squeaked annoyingly loud with each step.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Uncle Kai!" Isabelle squealed.

Nya sat down beside Kai and pulled him into a hug, "Thank you. This is the first time I've seen Isabelle smile all day. She's been frightened out of her mind ever since the fire. I think she might have seen what happened."

Kai would have poked a joke at Nya about her finally lightening up but decided against it once he realized what Isabelle was going through. She needed some sort of distraction, "I'll be praying for her sis, and I got some movies for you guys to take your minds of things. That might help Isabelle."

Nya began to cry, but she and Kai both knew they were semi happy tears, "is there anything you and Skylor didn't think of? Thank you so much!" Nya squeezed Kai even tighter and pulled Isabelle, Alex, Skylor, Josh, and eventually Jay in when he got out of the shower.

They stayed there for a while just hugging. There was no doubt that God was watching over them. Nothing could ruin this incredibly perfect family moment. Nothing.

That's when Kai pushed aside the fact that he and Skylor were only on day two of their fixed relationship and popped the question much to everyone else's delight.

Many more tears were she'd that day by them and by the Roberts as they stood in their living room watching it all happen.

They were happy tears though.

Hey guys! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. There's only one chapter left after this, so I just want to say thanks to all you amazing people who have been giving me a TON of support throughout writing this entire piece. I wanted to put more of Jay in this chapter, but decided to leave it out and focus on the sibling moments between Kai and Nya and the whole group part at the end, so I decided to leave it out until the final chapter. I'll have the final chapter out in a week or two probably. Thanks again! See Ya!

#God's Not Dead!