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7 Months Later (November)

When Carly woke up, she could feel the sun's warmth on her face, and couldn't help but smile. That smile grew wider as she rolled over and watched Ted sleep for a few moments. The last several months treated them nicely, and Carly was personally glad that all the drama was gone from their lives.

The morning after her final match, Carly refused the contract offer and Stephanie completely understood. Then in June, Ted suprised Carly with a trip to Hawaii for their one year anniversary, and they had a blast. Carly's thoughts were then broken as she could feel herself being pulled into an all too familiar pair of arms. "Good morning," he whispered as he kissed her cheek.

"Morning...and happy birthday!" Carly said grinning.

Ted smirked as they kissed once more. At first the kisses were soft, but soon turned heated. "Happy birthday to me indeed," Ted whispered as he began to leave a trail of kisses down Carly's neck.

Carly couldn't help but smile and bit her bottom lip for a moment as she continued to enjoy the torture. "We should be getting up soon."

"Why?" Ted asked. "It's still a little early, and plus the other birthday boy is still sleeping. We should be able to do anything we please."

Carly smiled. "Speaking of birthdays...do you want your birthday present now?"

"Sure, what is it?"

Before Carly could say anything, she and Ted were interrupted. "Mama! Dada!"

Ted groaned as Carly giggled. "We should go get the birthday boy. By the way...you started talking about my present," he said with a small grin on his face.

"Well, our son is waiting for someone to get him from his crib so I will get it for you later."

"Alright fair enough," Ted replied as they both got out of bed and headed toward Alex's room. As she was just about out the door, Carly heard her phone beep, meaning she had a text message. Did you tell him yet? ~Ash

Not yet. I'm going to today, she texted back as Ted came back in view with their half asleep son. "Hi birthday boy!" Carly exclaimed as she took Alex into his arms. "I still can't believe your 1 year old!"

"I know, time flies by quickly!" Ted agreed. Everyone then headed downstairs to make some breakfast. They didn't have any plans made for the day, and Carly was just glad they could all be together.

Later on in the afternoon, Carly glanced over at Ted as he continued pushing Alex in the swing at the local park. "Hey Ted."

"Yes baby?"

"Ummm....so how does it feel to be 28 years old? Are you feeling old yet?" she asked sarcastically.

"Haha your funny. Besides, your 27 so you aren't too far off."

Carly laughed out loud. "Ummm...did you want your birthday present now?"

Ted looked at her curiously and kind of looked around. "I don't see a wrapped gift anywhere...unless it's news that's my gift."

"I'm pregnant."

Ted's attention immediately turned toward his wife. As he walked closer to her, he could tell she looked nervous. "Babe, you look nervous? What's the matter? Wait a minute...please don't tell me we have to go through the same ordeal as we did Alex," he said jokingly.

"Haha," she said as she slapped his arm. "The reason I looked nervous is because I didn't know how you would take the news. I mean we always talked like Alex would be like 2 before we started trying, and now he's going to be like a year and a half."

"Carls, everything is going to be fine," he said as he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "I'll have you know that I am extremely excited and couldn't be happier. As I did with Alex, I will be with you every step of the way. So...when is this baby DiBiase due?" he asked as he lightly rubbed her belly.

"I'm due July 23. It's funny because I didn't feel sick or anything. The only reason I started thinking I was pregnant is because I was a month late with my period. So...those errands I said I had to run yesterday afternoon....that was to go to the doctor."

"Why didn't you have me go with you?" Ted asked.

"Well, I wasn't completely sure and I didn't want you to come if it wasn't for nothing. But, I have the sonogram picture at home. Are you mad?"

"Of course not," he exclaimed as he pulled her close again. "I love you."

"I love you too," Carly said as they both heard Alex squeal because the swing stopped. They both chuckled as Ted got him out and gently threw him in the air.

"Buddy, did you hear mommy?" Ted asked. "Your going to be a big brother!"

A few days later, Ted, Carly and Alex flew to North Carolina to visit with Carly's family. After telling them the news that afternoon, Carly knew she had to do something important. She left Ted and Alex at her mom's and drove just a few miles to the local cemetery.

Carly only had to walk a short distance, and then saw the big Angel statue in the middle of the cemetery. She knew that she was close. She then turned to her left, and walked a little more, and then was in front of her sister's headstone. As she kneeled in front of it, she felt some tears fall down her cheeks, and began to run her fingers across the lettering in the marble.

Allision Claire King 1991-2009 Beautiful Daughter & Sister

"Hey sis," Carly whispered as she sat down on the ground. "Sorry I haven't been around to see you...it's been a little crazy. "I'm sure you already know, but Ted and I finally got together. Yeah, after like 10 years of loving each other and not realizing it, we are finally married. God, I would have loved for you to be at the wedding. Your nephew is also named after you...sort of. Alex was the only name I could think for a boy, so it works," she said chuckling and then felt tear drops fall harder. "No one ever knew this...but I blamed myself for your accident for the longest time. I still do in a way. Justin was out to get me, and he got to you first. You were just an innocent pawn in his sick game, and I'm so sorry Ally. I'm so sorry," Carly exclaimed as she began to sob.

As Carly continued crying, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her from behind. Startled, she turned around, and sobbed into Ted's chest. He didn't say anything as he held her close and rubbed her lower back.

"How did you know where I would be?" she asked.

"Well, you said you had to do something alone, and I knew you really hadn't been to Ally's grave since the funeral so I had a feeling this was where I could find you. By the way...you shouldn't blame yourself for Ally's accident. It wasn't your fault."

"Yes it was. Justin was trying to get me back to North Carolina, and he even said that since I wouldn't accept his phone calls, he had to do something in order for me to come back."

"Honey, I know what Justin did, but you had no idea at the time what he was doing, and I know that if you did know, you would have done everything in your power to stop him," Ted said as Carly nodded. "Now, we have to remember the great memories we shared with Ally."

Carly smirked. "Did you know that when you would come over to see me that she had a crush on you? She would run around the house exclaiming how she thought you guys would get married and how she loved you," she said laughing.

"No, I honestly didn't know that," Ted replied, also laughing. "Is that why she would always follow us like a little lost puppy?"

"Probably. Gosh, Ashley and I would always dress her up and tote her around in our baby strollers. She was like literally our baby doll. Damn, I miss her. She would have spoiled Alex and this baby rotten."

Ted hugged Carly tighter as he kissed the top of her head. Carly then broke the embrace and dug something out of her purse.

"What is that?" Ted asked.

"I was going through some of our photo albums the other day while Alex was napping, and I found this picture of me and Ally. It was only taken that Christmas before Ally was killed."

Carly then gently sat the picture in between some flowers. "I promise I'll come back and visit soon."

Just as Ted and Carly started to walk away, they both felt a quick breeze, and Carly curiously turned around. She felt as if might have been Ally...maybe saying her final good-byes.