Epilogue
15 years later
Sian threw her bag on the table and watched as it went sliding over the surface until it landed on the floor with a thud. "Damn it." She grimaced before walking round and picking it up with a sigh.
"That's a pound in the pot." The new voice startled her and she turned around to see the dirty blonde haired boy peeking over the couch with his game console in his hands his eyes however where fixated on the screen in front of him.
"Damn isn't a swear word." She told him, and this time he paused and looked up at her pointedly.
"That's two pound now." Sian chuckled before walking over and grabbing his cheeks softly and kissed him on the forehead, emphasising the sound of the kiss to annoy her son. Using the back of his hand he wiped the spot when she released him. "Mama did you get lipstick on me? And it's still two pound." He continued his chubby face screwed up as he rubbed rapidly at his head.
"No there's no lipstick." His mother laughed as she pulled her purse out from her coat pocket and began to root through her change. At this moment her eldest child Elizabeth came strutting down the stairs in a skirt that was too short and a top that was too low. "Here put this in the jar." She told Harrison; handing him a five pound note.
"You only had to put two in." He noted confused as he held the money in his hand.
"Yeah but I think I'm gonna swear some more so I'm covering my back." Sian explained not taking her eyes off the 14 year old who was now looking at herself in the mirror. However the 10 year old on the couch didn't move to put the money in the swear jar; instead he got comfortable to watch the exchange that was about to take place. Harrison was always happy when it was someone else getting told off instead of him.
"Change." Sian told the teenage who spun around only now noticing that her mother had returned home.
"What? Why?" She protested looking down at herself thinking that the outfit was one of the more conservative that she owned. Sian silently cursed Rosie for taking her shopping and becoming her fashion icon.
"Because you can't go to your dads like that, he will have a heart attack." The blonde told her with her arms folded; preparing herself for world war...well she'd lost count what number they were on now. Since Elizabeth had attended secondary school her attitude had altered overnight, she was still her loveable daughter but her moods were enough to give the family whiplash. It caused both Sian and Sophie to appreciate what they'd put their parents through when they were that age.
"Yeah about that..." Lizzie began, biting her lower lip and wondering how to broach the subject.
"You're going." Sian recognised the voice of Sophie who was clearly in the kitchen.
"What's going on?" Sian asked confused. Her wife walked into the living room accompanied by Harrison's twin sister Allie who joined him on the couch and the duo grinned at each other. They exchanged an excited look and Sian had to bite her lip from smiling at the siblings. The blonde looked back to Lizzie and looked between her wife and her daughter, waiting to be filled in.
"Tell your mum." Sophie said her hands on her hips. Elizabeth might not have been hers by blood, but she loved all three children the same. Lizzie felt like hers and that was all that mattered. And although she might not show it all the time the teenager felt exactly the same way towards Sophie.
"This is so unfair." The teenager stropped as she stomped her foot on the ground.
"Did you seriously just stamp your foot? What are you five?" Came the voice of Harrison who laughed at his older sister and Allie joined in with the laughter.
"We don't need your input thank you." Sophie told him and he mimed zipping his mouth shut.
"Mama, can you tell dad I'm not going to his?" Lizzie asked her mother with a smile, clasping her hands together in front of herself as if she was praying. Sophie rolled her eyes and Sian's frowned deepened.
"Why would I tell him that?" Sian asked confused.
"Because you know I've got practice in the morning and you know what dad is like for time keeping." The teenager said and Sophie shook her head in disbelief. Although, she was slightly impressed with their daughters effortless lying ability. It was true that she had swimming practice at six in morning and it was true that Ryan's time keeping did leave something to be desired, the truth though was lurking deep beneath her lies.
"The real reason Liz." Sophie prompted and Elizabeth sighed, her shoulder slumping at the hole in her plan.
The teenager screwed up her face as she threw her hands up in the air dramatically. "Fine! Dana wants to meet up, she's going through some stuff and she wanted me to go and see her. So could you just ring dad and tell him I can't come round. Please."
Sian looked at her daughter sympathetically, she could remember what it was like being that age; when she wanted to come and see Sophie instead of visiting her mother in Southport. Looking in Lizzie's eye she saw the flame of hope starting to flicker in the blue orbs that matched her own. "Go upstairs and get changed your dad will be here in an hour." It almost hurt to see the flame in her eyes disappear but Sian had her own plans this evening.
"Seriously?" The younger girl exclaimed, gawping between her parents.
"Liz we remember what it was like being your age." Sophie said as she smiled at her devastated daughter.
"That was the stone age mum. Things have changed since then." Both adults' jaws fell open in shock, and Sophie was reminded of the same type of comments she had thrown at her parents. However Sophie still felt a warmth travel through her body having Lizzie call her mum, even after 14 years it still filled her with so much love that she thought she might burst.
"Oh you're funny, I can see a career in stand up if you live that long." Sian chuckled through her threat. "You only saw Dana today and you girls spend nearly all your free time together, I don't think one night part is going to kill you both."
"But do you really want to take the risk that it won't?" Lizzie replied smoothly and smiled sweetly and Sophie almost grinned back at their daughter's smart ass response.
"I think we'll live." Sophie said before walking over to the couch. "Shows over kids, go set the table will you." The twins groaned as they slid of the couch with a collective sigh.
"That was rubbish." Harrison muttered to his sister.
"I know there wasn't even any shouting." She concurred. "When I ruined my new shoes mum hit the roof."
"Yeah do you remember when I ran into the road that time, mama went mental." They chattered as they wander through into the dining room and Sian couldn't help but smirk at their little duo.
"So this is a definite no?" Lizzie continued.
"Pretty much, yep." The blonde replied as she walked over and gave Sophie a kiss on the cheek. It was their little ritual whenever they came home, a simply kiss, just to remind each other who they belonged to. Lizzie rolled her eyes at the exchange and scoffed.
"Well, what if I say that I'll do my chores for a solid month?"
"You're meant to do your chores anyway." Her step mother pointed out.
"Yeah but I will actually do them instead of saying I did them and then getting deadly duo to do them." Sian shook her head but slightly admired Elizabeth's persistence and her ability to argue; perhaps she's follow in her mama's footsteps and work in a courtroom. Although she doubted it, Lizzie's passion had been swimming since a young age and she'd sacrificed much of her youth for it. It would have been nice to see her daughter follow in her footsteps but watching Lizzie swim and then win was one of the best feelings she'd ever experienced.
"Nope, get changed and pack a bag. Dinner will be ready in a minute."
"You're ruining my life, you know that right?" She stropped before stamping up the stairs, they heard her door slam with a thud.
"If I had a pound for every time I said that to my parents we'd be living in a mansion now." Sophie pointed out and Sian laughed as she wrapped her arms around her wives waist.
"I missed you." Sian cooed into Sophie's ear and the brunette blushed and chuckled. It was amazing how even though the blonde had seen every inch of my body and made love to her a million times her body still seemed to wither under her gaze and touch.
"Well you can show me just how much tonight." The replied was accompanied with Sophie sucking Sian's earlobe into her mouth which was followed by a soft moan from her wife.
"Are the other two packed for tonight?" Sian asked eagerly, she had been waiting all month for this weekend.
"Yep all sorted for a night with their grandparents." Sophie smirked. "It's just you and-" The rest of her words were drowned out by the pounding music that floated down from upstairs. "And there comes the music." Sophie laughed and Sian rolled her eyes.
"Do you really call that music, it's just noise, random sounds all meshed together." The blonde complained as she untangled herself from her wife.
"Now you sound old. In one hour it's just you and me, all night and I'm going to make it worth the wait." The younger woman leaned forward and placed a single chaste kiss on the blonde's lips and Sian smiled at the simple but beautiful gesture.
Walking through into the kitchen Sophie checked on the steak and kidney pie that seemed to have turned golden brown. Sian reached past her wife and opened the cupboard, taking out the plates. The twins came bounding in with smiles on their little faces.
"We're done." Allie declared rising her arms in the air.
"Thank you, Harry could you go and tell your sister to come down for dinner." The little boys face twisted in horror before he nodded. Walking through to the hallway the little boy pulled out his football bag, plopping himself down on the couch he started to strap his shin pads on. Sian watched him with puzzlement.
"What you doing there little man, the shin pads and the goalie gloves?" She asked as he slipped the oversized gloves onto his small hands.
"Well I just wanna be protected if she throws anything or kicks me." Harrison stated without a trace of humour as he jumped up and began to walk up the stairs.
"Good luck." Sian called after him and all she received was a thumbs up as he disappeared.
"Right well behave." Sophie said as she pulled Allie into a hug and kissed the top of her head before leaning over and kissing Harrison on the cheek.
"Aww mum." He grumbled as he wiped the spot roughly, turning his chubby cheek bright red.
"You're never going to be old for kisses." Sian told him as she leaned down to kiss his other cheek and was rewarded by another groan. "Just wait until you have a girlfriend and we pull out the baby pictures." The boy blushed; he was use to being teased by the women in the house.
"Love you." Allie called as she ran to the car. "Oh and he already has a girlfriend." She called over her shoulder as she departed.
"Oi!" Harrison shouted as his face flushed.
"I'll call you tomorrow when we're bringing them back." Sally said as Harry ran after his sister to the car where Kevin was waiting for the pair.
"Just don't forget that you need to remind Allie to inject her insulin. And Harry can't eat before bed or he has nightmares oh and don't for-" Sophie rambled until she was interrupted by her mother.
"This isn't the first time I've watched them. I did happen to raise two perfectly normal young women." The older woman pointed out.
"Rosie, normal?" Sophie quipped.
"Point taken." Sally laughed. "Right well what are you girls up to tonight seeing as you have a free house?" Sophie could feel her cheeks instantly turn red and she hoped that her evening activities weren't written all over her face.
"We were just going to have a quiet night in, maybe watch a film and have an early night." Sophie explained through her hushed tone and eyes avoiding her mothers.
"A quiet night in? At least you won't have the worry about me walking in on you anymore." Sally joked and Sophie swallowed hard in surprise, she could feel her face burning from embarrassment. No matter what age Sophie was she would never be comfortable with her mother knowing she was having sex. Sian seemed to sense her wives uncomfortable posture and swiftly slipped her arm around her waist while trying to fight back her own chuckle.
"Thanks for bring that up Sal." The blonde laughed as she tightened her hold around the brunette, whose face was warped in horror. Sian on the other hand was trying desperately to hold in her laughter.
"Well…erm…have fun girls." Her mother said with a tentative smile. "I better get your children home."
"Thanks Sally, we'll see you tomorrow. Bye you two!" Sian called waving to her children who were buckling themselves up.
"Yeah mum, see you. Bye babies!" The brunette called and Sophie quickly shut the door resting against it, her eyes closing firmly with her cheeks still glowing.
"Wow, that wasn't awkward. Two children down, one more to go." Sian said as she walked in front of the brunette kissing her neck slowly, lingering her lips with each kiss.
"When did Harry get a girlfriend? I'm going to have to meet her."
"You mean interrogate her."
"I just want to know what her intentions are." Sian couldn't help but laugh, Harry was in every way a mummy's boy. Even at 10 years old there were still times when he would come and crawl on their laps; fall asleep while they twirled his hair through their fingers. "What? I don't want some girl stringing my boy along." Sophie said firmly and Sian smiled warmly at her.
"Baby, he's ten."
"I don't care if he's 40, no woman will be messing him about. I don't think I could stand it."
"You just don't want another girl taking your place." The brunette folded her arms and narrowed her eyes. The doorbell rang before Sophie could come back with an argument and Sian grinned. "Lizzie, get your stuff and get down these stairs it's your dad!" Sian called as she pulled the door back. "Hey, Ry."
"Hi, she ready?" He asked and Sian looked past him to see his girlfriend sitting in the car waiting. Elizabeth couldn't stand the woman, she was mid-twenties and her daughter called her the child. She could already picture her daughter's face when she saw the blonde in the car.
"You hear that slamming upstairs…well that's her." Sophie interjected as she joined the once married pair. Reconciliation had not happened over night, or over a couple of months; it had taken them years to get to this point. Ryan had been angry for a long time and his rage had only grown when Sophie and Sian had become a couple after they'd separated. It had been Lizzie who had softened his hard heart and eventually he had opted to put all their hate and harsh behind them.
"So she's happy then?" He joked.
"I hear they return back to the children we love at about the age of 18." His ex told him with a shrug.
"Only five years to go." Ryan chipped in with an eye roll. "What's up with her?"
"She wanted to hang out with Dana." Sophie said shaking her head.
"Those two are joined at the hip." Her father stated as he saw his daughter come down the stairs a bag thrown over her shoulder and scowl on her face. "Hey there, you ready?"
"Let's just go." Came the gruff reply as she quickly made her way to leave pushing past her mothers.
"Hey, no kiss?" Sophie asked with a deep frown.
"Where's the love baby girl?" Sian echoed the sentiment, but it was too late, Lizzie was already half way down the path. Ryan just looked at them with a mixture of an apology and slight fear.
"Have fun. Oh and don't forget she has practice at six." Sian called after him and he waved while nodding as he walked off.
Sian shut the door and looked around their empty house enjoying the silence that rarely existed within these four walls. It was an uncommon occurrence to have the house to themselves. Although Lizzie would go to her dad's at least once a week the twins only stayed at their grandparents every so often and it didn't always coincide. But here they were alone for the first time in ages and she couldn't wait to have her wife undressed.
"One child hates us, the other one has a secret girlfriend, what's Allie hiding from us?" Sophie mused and Sian sighed.
"Are we going to talk about our children, who happen to be out of this house for only one night or do you wanna enjoy the fact we have this whole place to ourselves?" Sian stated in a husky voice as she saddled up closer to the brunette who had a slow smile spreading across her face.
"Sorry baby…come here." She closed the last remaining gap between them by pulling on the belt loops of Sian's trousers. The blonde's arms twisted around Sophie's neck her fingers ran through thick brown hair.
"I better watch my mouth tonight however, because that swear jar is killing me." Sian joked and watched as she caused a low chuckle to escape Sophie's delicate mouth.
"How about we forget about that jar in our room and you can scream whatever you want." Sophie's eyes seemed to darken and Sian felt her stomach drop with her a wave of desire spread through her body. Sophie seemed to have only got more attractive with age. Sian still found herself watching the way Sophie's hips swayed or the way she'd lick her lips, her thirst for the brunette had never for a second wavered, their love remain, beautiful and constant. She was however interrupted from her thoughts by soft tender kisses against her exposed neck.
"Hmmm, I like the sound of that." The blonde's hand went to the back of Sophie's neck to keep her in place. She felt Sophie lick a thin path up to her ear and blow cool onto the trail causing Sian's body to shiver. The wetness between her legs began to grow and she pushed her thighs together to try and release some of the tension that was building. Sian emitted a surprised moan as the younger woman sucked her earlobe into her mouth and gently ran it through her teeth. "Ah, Fuck Soph." She groaned.
Sophie pulled away suddenly and pursed her lips in amusement. "We're not in our room yet, that's a pound." Sian couldn't stop the laughter that came from her mouth as Sophie smiled wickedly holding out her hands.
"Then you better get up those stairs before I'm forced to put half our savings in that jar." She said as Sophie giggled and ran up the stairs closely followed by the blonde; the excitement and love illumining off them both.
There was a time when Sian felt as if she had hit rock bottom, as if her life was just a mess and she had no way of escaping or making it better. Then as if by magic or perhaps it was fate, Sophie ad turned up on her door and kissed her. Kissed her as though the world was going to end but in truth their world was just beginning. She'd felt a combination of Sophie's heart pounding against her own and in that moment she'd known that she'd do everything and anything to make this work. She was going to hold on to the brunette and never let her go and she didn't.
***Don't stop believing***
"Argh, you need to change that ring tone." Sian groaned as Sophie reached over the blonde who was pleasantly spent beside her. "Who the hell is calling you at stupid o'clock?" The blonde said into her pillow as she refused to lift her head.
"I don't know till I answer it." Unfortunately her eyes had yet to focus and she answered without really looking at who the caller was. "Hello?" She said her voice clouded with sleep.
"Hey, Soph, it's Ryan." He sounded nervous and Sophie frowned.
"Is everything okay?"
"Okay promise you won't freak out." He said and that instantly caused the brunette to sit upright in bed a slow dread building up in her stomach taking the place of the happiness that her only previously owned her.
"Tell me." She spoke slowly and tried to put as much edge into the words as possible.
"I can't find lizzie." He suddenly said.
"What the hell? What do you mean you can't find her?" She shouted down the phone and her raised voice caused the blonde next to her to sit up also, a confused expression on her face.
"She was on the phone in her room about half an hour ago, and then I just went to check she was asleep and she wasn't there." He explained. "I've tried ringing Dana but I can't get through and she isn't answering her phone. I'm driving through the streets."
"What's going on?" Sian mouthed to her wife and Sophie knew she couldn't answer the blonde's question until she was off the phone to Ryan otherwise she would scream down the phone at him.
"Well you keep doing that, we'll get dressed and try some of her friends or something. You ring us if you find her." It was a threat.
"Course, you too." He hung up the phone straight away and Sophie turned to looked at the concerned woman beside her.
"Find who? What's going on?" Sophie looked at her with as much composure as she could manage herself, her heart was pounding hard within her chest and she thought if she didn't remind herself to keep breathing she might forget.
"Lizzie's gone." She suddenly realised how her parents must have felt when she and Sian had run away, and a deep regret drifted through her.
"What do you mean gone?" There was an immediate panic to Sian's voice.
"I reckon she's probably gone to meet Dana." It was true, but the fear was that it was after 2 in morning and they had no real idea where the teens might be.
"He just let her go? I'm going to kill him!" Sian grabbed her own phone and pressed buttons quickly before placing the device to her ear. "She's not answering!" She tapped on her phone again and waited with the mobile against her ear. Sophie took this time to get a pair of jeans on and threw a hoodie over her head. "Dana isn't answering either."
"Hold on, I'm going to try Blake." Lizzie and her cousin were very close and she thought if their daughter was going to call anyone it was going to be him, it might be a long shot but she was running out of thoughts. She listened to the ring tone and when she heard the teen's voice she sighed with relief. "Blake?"
"Yeah, you alright Aunt Soph, what do I owe to the pleasure of this super late call?" He said with a chuckle and she could hear the music playing softly in the background.
"Where are you?" She asked seriously and she heard the deep swallow through the line.
"At home in bed."
"Are you lying to me?"
"No." His voice faulted.
"Are you in your car?" She asked again.
"No."
"Do you know where she is Blake?" Looking at the anxious blonde next to her she knew she didn't have time to go around in circles with her nephew.
"She told me not to call you." The boy sighed as he confessed and Sophie felt the weight left from her chest. She smiled faintly to her wife who seemed to cling to the gesture and the brunette nodded to her as if to say it was going to be alright.
"Where is she?"
"I'm about to get her from the bus station in town."
"Right well go home, we'll go get her." Sophie said as she picked up a pair of jogging bottoms from the floor and threw them to Sian who quickly pulled them on.
"Fine but they're really upset so don't go mental at her alright." He said softly through the phone, he was a good kid and she was happy that Lizzie had someone like him to depend on.
"They? What's going on?" She asked with her brows knotted tightly.
"Liz and Dana. Look, you should talk to them. It's not my thing to tell. Can you just let me know when you've got them?"
"Sure. Thanks Blake."
"No probs." He said as they exchanged goodbyes and hung up.
"What's going on?" Sian asked now fully dressed standing in front of the brunette with her hands on her hips. There was still panic etched on her face but it wasn't carved as deep anymore.
"Lizzie and Dana are at the bus station. I'll go get the car keys and you need to phone Ryan and let him know." Sophie was out the door of the bedroom when she realised that the blonde wasn't behind her and she turned to call Sian to follow. But the blonde had her face buried in her hands and she could see her wife was trying to fight back tears. "She's okay, she's going to be alright." Sophie all but whispered as she gently removed Sian's hands from her face. "Our baby is fine." Sian nodded as though trying to let this information sink in.
"I know, I know. Let's go." She smiled slowly at Sophie who pulled her into a hug, both for herself and for Sian.
The two teens walked into the house first and were followed by Lizzie's parents who after hugging the girls had said very little. They both went and sat on the couch as they had been instructed to do and kept their eyes trained onto the floor. Sian and Sophie stood in front of them, both waiting for one of them to start explaining.
"Dana we're going to call your parents." Sian said and both girls instantly looked up and she heard two pops from their necks snapping so quickly.
"No!" Lizzie shouted.
"You can't!" Dana called, reinforcing their point. Sophie watched them suspiciously, her eyes shifting between the pair.
"Okay you really need to start talking."
"It's complicated mum." Lizzie replied but her eyes were once against aimed to the floor. Sophie didn't like the feeling that was shifting through her, Elizabeth had always been able to confide in them. Both herself and Sian had decided that they wanted to be different from their own parents, they had an open policy with their children.
"Soph, please don't tell my parents that I'm here." Dana begged and Sian could see the tears welling in the girls hazel orbs.
"We want to help you, but you have to tell us what's going on." Sian moved and sat down on the single sofa pulling Sophie down to sit on the arm of the couch. She thought that in their previous position they might have come across far too daunting. "You can't just run away from your dads and not expect to explain yourselves." As relived as they both were to have their daughter back home and safe there was still an anger bubbling beneath the surface.
"Maybe we should." Lizzie whispered to her friend and the dirty haired blonde considered this before nodding slowly. Sophie and Sian used all their restrain to stop themselves from butting in and scaring away any information from the girls. "Dana and I…" Their eldest child began but the words seemed to be getting caught in her throat. Then it all pieced together for Sophie and her mouth fell into a soft 'O'.
"Are you two a couple?" Sophie spoke quietly, hoping that she hadn't got her assumption wrong, but the way the two teens looked at each other told her she wasn't wrong.
"I told my parents and they…erm didn't take it very well." Dana said and her voice hitched with emotion. Sophie's heart was breaking very slightly at the situation they were surrounded by. It was like history repeating itself and the notion of it almost made her laugh through her pain. "They hate me, they think this is wrong, that I'm wrong. But I love her and that can't be wrong." She started to sob now and Sian watched at her daughter wrapped her arms around Dana, trying to sooth her. In that moment she knew that she had raised her daughter right.
"We aren't wrong. You are prefect." The parents heard Lizzie whisper into the blonde's ear and they looked at each other with small smiles.
"Why didn't you come to us first, you could have told us." Sian asked still slightly stung by this turn of events.
"Come on, did you go confiding in your parents when you first started dating each other?" Lizzie shot back with an arched eyebrow her arm still wrapped around her girlfriend. The two adults considered this and shook their heads remembering the ordeal that they had gone through.
"That was different, you've meet your grandparents they're insane." Sian said through pursed lips, the kids only saw her parents at Christmas and even then her father still couldn't really look her in the eye.
"I didn't want you to be disappointed or feel like it was your fault." The young girl's cheeks flushed and for the first time she looked like a scared little child and all Sophie wanted to do was scoop her up and protect her from everything in the world.
"Baby girl it's not possible for us to ever be disappointed in you. We love you, both of you." Their blonde haired mother added quickly. Sian had always been content with Lizzie's friendship with Dana who was a bright girl and who was always there for her friend. "Whoever you are and whoever you want to be we'll love you, that's a promise."
"The both of you are two young girls to be proud of." Sophie echoed her wife's sentiment and the teens seemed to smile.
"I said we should have told your parents first." Dana said to Lizzie as the eldest Powers child reached out and laced her fingers with Dana's.
"So you're not mad?" Elizabeth asked in a small voice.
"Well I'm mad you ran off but I'm not mad about this." Sophie told them gently.
"We'd be a bit hypocritical wouldn't we?" The older woman chuckled. "How about you two go upstairs and get some sleep and tomorrow we'll think about what we're going to do." Both girls nodded and sighed with relief.
Lizzie stood up and hugged each of her parents individually. "I'm sorry I bolted and I'm sorry I didn't tell you what was going on. I've just been really confused myself and I was scared."
Sian held her daughters face between her hands and they smiled at each other, Sophie watched the scene with warmth running through her. "It's okay baby girl. It's all scary and new, but me and your mum are here for you, always."
"Thanks mama." She mumbled as Sian pulled her in for another fierce hug. Both teens then muttered their goodbyes and walked up the stairs muttering between them.
The two adults fell onto the couch with exhaustion. "We should have seen that coming." Sophie started. "All the signs were there. I can't believe she didn't tell us." The hurt was evident in her voice and Sian leaned over and kissed the side of her wives head.
"Do you remember how scary it was telling our parents?"
"That was different, we're gay parents!" She moaned with frustration, she thought she was one of those cool parents you saw on T.V who every child secretly wanted as their parent. "Two of my children have girlfriends and I find out all in one day."
"You are so dramatic Mrs Powers." The blonde laughed and Sophie frowned at her before smiling. "It's going to be okay, we'll have to call Dana's parents tomorrow, talk this all through with them. We should probably get some sleep as well."
"You better check on them." Sophie added as she yawned; stretching her hands over head.
"Why? Actually I don't want them watching DVD's till stupid hours." Sian groaned as she stood up, suddenly feeling extremely tired.
"I'm not worried about DVD's keeping her up until stupid hours." She looked up at Sian who's mouth fell open in surprise. "Don't look so shocked."
"They're 14."
"What were we doing at 14?"
"We weren't having sex." Sian replied quickly.
"Fine what was my sister doing at 14 because I'll tell you something she wasn't playing with her Bratts in her room." Sophie joked, but she could tell that the blonde was not amused as she quickly bolted for the stairs.
"Open door policy! Open door!" Sian shouted as she ran up the stairs taking two at a time. Sophie chuckled to herself. Her life was as close to perfect as she was ever going to get, maybe to one person her world might have seemed like a nightmare. But she had a wife she loved, a talented if sometimes moody teenage and funny little twins. She often thought that her life was like some American sitcom but this was so much better because this was real. And she couldn't wait to see what the next 15 years would bring her. With one final yawn she pushed herself off the couch and followed her wife up the stairs to their bed. Perfection.