Hello! Oh no… it's Linneagb… again! Well I suppose you can bear with me. Well here is a brand new chapter for you all and I hope you like it.

Aiden POV

It was raining on Friday afternoon when I finally gathered all the courage I could and walked the five blocks away to the Landon's house and walked up the porch steps and knocked the door. Almost immediately a man I had never seen before opened the door. "Yes?" He lifted his glasses from his nose and hung them on his collar and I took a deep breath- well- now was the most important part of making a good first impression.

"Hello sir. I'm… I'm Aiden O'Malley and I wonder if Caroline's home." The man frowned and looked confused, before he seemed to remember, stepped out onto the porch steps, pulled the cigarette out of his mouth and then pointed to the neighbor's house, explaining to me that I was at number twelve- the Landon's lived at number thirteen.

I felt myself blush and get red as a tomato in the face while I hurried down the porch steps and down on the street while mumbling a sorry to the man in the door and then I walked up onto the driveway and knocked the door, praying to God I wasn't at the wrong house- again!

Caroline came and opened the door. Being at home she had let her hair down and was dressed in pyjama pants and a big hoodie. "Yes?" She said shyly, I felt my heart beating in my chest and took a deep breath before I asked her to come down so I could face her. "Come on…" She held the door open. "I'm home alone so we can just as well go inside." I walked up the porch steps and after Caroline through a hallway, living room and into what I guessed was her room. "What did you want?" Caroline's voice seemed low and callous.

"I…" I wondered about what to say and scratched the back of my head. "I… I went to McKinley to meet someone early Friday evening… but the thing was only. I realized that I wasn't meeting the person I thought I was- who also was the person I wanted to meet and I…" I pulled out a paper from my back pocket. "I didn't really know how to say how I felt so my mum helped me a little… she's a much better writer than I am so to say but everything that I'm going to read out loud from this is what I feel and do and everything and she just helped me write down what I was saying okay. Okay- here it goes…"

I knew that with starting to read the letter I was showing more of my feels and my feelings than what I had ever showed anyone- or wanted to show anyone before as I took a deep breath and started reading the letter out loud.

Caroline

Before I met you, I thought I had been in love several times. Not at least in Kindergarten and that silly child- falling in love when you think that meeting someone makes butterflies dance tango in your stomach and that is the most wonderful feeling in the word. You save your last candy on the weekend to give it to the one you like so that maybe she will like you back.

Or in Junior high, when you fall in love, get together, get your first kiss, again you have that feeling of butterflies in your stomach. And you save your money to be able to buy the special item that you imagine that this person would like. Then it ends, but you spend an hour crying and then you've moved on and is already starting to look among others to see if you might fall in love again.

But then you're in high school and fall in love for real. And that special person is the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning, and the last thing you think about every night before you go to sleep. When your close to this person those butterflies are in your stomach again dancing faster than ever and your heart keeps on beating so hard.

And you're in love- not only with how this person looks but in every little thing, her voice, the way she strokes her fringe out of her eyes, the way she wears her clothes whatever it might be- the way she keeps a hand towards her neck whenever she sings- yes- just every little thing in this person.

And you know that you're in love. And you know that you can't catch yourself from falling. And you know that whenever you're with this person you just want to freeze the moment and stay with her forever. And you know that if it would be over, then your heart would be broken and it feels like there is no one else in the whole world that means anything.

And then you think you've got that person, and then when you turn out not to have her then you feel like giving up and you feel like there is no point with trying anyway. But then you think again, and you know you're not going to give up because you are going to fight for this love, and fight for this person as long as you can. Because you know there is no one more important than her.

Caroline- I fell in love with you the very first time I saw you. Whenever your eyes meet mine I feel like I could just die there and then and I would have gotten everything I needed- when I hear you sing it is the most beautiful sound ever reaching my ears and if you don't feel for me like I feel for you then I can't change that but I know I will be heartbroken.

This Tuesday I went back to school in the evening, believing that you would be there. When it turned out to be your sister I had to spend most part of half an hour to explain gently to her that I didn't think she would be or wanted her to be there with me. I didn't go there because I thought she'd be there- I went there because I thought you'd be there.

Because I'm in love with you

I lowered the paper, well… let's just say that my mum had written out most of what I had said and come up with most of the words I'd use- I could never have written like that and for a moment I regretted how I really opened myself for Caroline to really let her see my most inner feelings.

I sighed and sunk down by Caroline on the foot of her bed. "I- I don't know…" she silent and then drew a deep breath before she continued in almost a whisper. "I don't know if I'm ready. I want to… but I just don't know." I lifted my hand, and without hesitating gently laid it towards her cheek.

"Then I'll wait" I said. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything that you don't want me to."

I lowered the hand that laid towards Caroline's cheek and took her hand in mine- and maybe this was how it was supposed to be. No kisses- nothing more- no asking for a chance like you did when you were little.

But just knowing- that we were something special

Lex POV

"One two three" Dad whispered under his breath. "Happy birthday to you" We sang- falsely together to wake mum up. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Carole, happy birthday to you." Mum woke up during our false singing and sat up rubbing the sleep of her eyes and smiled at us two- I was sitting on dad's shoulders and holding the breakfast tray on his head.

"Tea?" Dad held up his hand and I took the teacup from the tray and reached it to him. He reached it to mum and then he held out his hands "Tray?" I reached him the whole tray that he placed on mum's bedside table. "Daughter?" He reached his hands up and took my hands in his before he bent down so I could step down onto the bed and then sit down by the foot of mum's bed.

"Oh thank you honey." Mum exclaimed a while later when she pulled out a card for the spa from an envelope from dad and kissed him on the cheek. I still hadn't moved from that spot by the foot on her side of the bed. "Thank you Lex" She looked to me, but I slowly shook my head.

"It's not from me- I've got the one from me in my room- you'll get it later today." I knew that Finn played a surprise for her later today and I was going to give it to her. Mum smiled at me and tiredly leaned her head against dad's shoulder while I pulled up my foot closer to me to tie my shoelaces.

At noon- finally mum's phone called. "Hello?" Mum asked. "Oh hey Finn. Thank you honey… but I'm turning fifty not sixty." I laughed- Finn knew perfectly well how old mum was but the joke about that was all a part of the plan. "You want me to go outside? Why? Okay, okay I'll go outside." Mum stood up and we walked after her outside.

"So what did you want Finn." Mum looked around but didn't spot Finn who sat kneeled hiding behind a car and then decided to just look towards me and dad. "Finn honey, it's cold outside please just tell me what's going on." Now Finn stood up and sneaked up the driveway.

"Turn around mum." He said in his phone, and then she turned around and saw him. Her chin dropped and tears of joy rose in her eyes. "I gotta go now mum. There's a very lovely woman here and I need to speak to her." Finn hung up- as mum couldn't even move, she just stood there with her eyes were wide open and her mouth open

Finn moved the more, he walked over to her, put his bag on the ground and then embraced her. Then mum moved, she leaned her head backwards to be able to see him and laid her hand towards his cheek. "F- Finn?" She stuttered. Finn just smiled and didn't move, he seemed pretty amused by how mum was just staring at him and barely reacting. "B-but you weren't arriving until Friday." Finn smiled.

"Well… I'm here now. Come on mum… I couldn't miss your birthday could I?" Mum still only stared at him. "Hey… can you only be happy that I'm here?" Mum smiled and embraced him, Finn embraced her back and leaned his chin down towards the top of her head. No one of us really noticed the car that pulled over in the driveway and the four people walking up.

Mum let go of Finn though, and I bent my knees to be able to jump up to embrace Finn. Well That's life when you're short and got a tall brother. Finn caught me and then laughed, just as well as one of the people standing in the driveway. "Hey Lex." Jonah shouted to me. "If that is your brother- then I've got to say it's quite amusing how you have to jump to hug him." I grimaced at Jonah's comment, starting to wonder about what the Carmichael's were doing here.

"Well…" Leah said and reached a wrapped present to mum. "Lex said it was your birthday today. So… happy birthday… it's also a bit for what… well that sleepover." I had to look away from Leah and mum not to laugh.

"What sleepover? What happened?" Mr. Carmichael asked. He seemed confused and I understood that Leah had kept it a secret to her parents that we had watched scary movies and ended up where mum had to come and be with us so we would be able to get some sleep at all.

"Ehrm…" Leah seemed to brainstorm about something to say. "Mum- didn't you have anything to say to Lex?" Leah looked to her mum and then to me and gave me a meaning look that made me have to bite my lip so hard it hurt not to laugh. Before I suddenly realized I should probably tell Finn who all these people- and dog- were.

"Finn, these are my friends Leah and Jonah from glee club. Leah's dog Ariel…"

"Well…" Leah interrupted. "We were going to leave her in the car but as soon as we do she just screams… we don't really have the heart to do that." Leah, who was holding Ariel in her arms- though the puppy was already starting to get too big for Leah to hold her like that. "So… can you say happy birthday Ari… say happy birthday." Ariel barked. "Well Carole… I bet she said happy birthday." Leah smirked and mum walked over to hug Leah as well as possible and get an not- so- wanted- kiss from Ariel.

"And Mr. And Mrs. Carmichael." I pointed with my whole hand to the couple while Finn nodded and raised a hand in a greeting. "Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael, Jonah, Leah," I pointed to Finn. "My youngest but clearly biggest big brother- Finn. My mum Carole and my dad Burt… does everyone know everyone's names… I think they do." I laid a hand on Finn's shoulder and leaned against him.

"Well." Mrs. Carmichael started. "I… I should probably apologize to you Lex." She seemed insecure. "For what I said…" I nodded and then shrugged. I didn't really think there was anything to forgive- she had done nothing wrong in fact- only talked about something she didn't know anything about- everyone did that every once in a while and that was what I told her.

"So… I guess we're leaving then." Mr. Carmichael stated. "And you miss have got something to explain about what happened on that sleepover." Leah grimaced to me, then said her goodbyes and wondered if they weren't going to Leah and Jonah's grandparents before she walked over to the car and walked back to get Ariel her special belt on. "She's never that excited about going to your parents." Mr. Carmichael stated looking to his wife.

"I know" Mrs. Carmichael turned towards the car and walked away while Mr. Carmichael sighed and pulled a hand through his short, grey hair.

"Well… goodbye." He turned around and jogged after his wife, while I and Finn grabbed each hold of Finn's big bag and lifted it up together- him more than me- and walked into the house, where I helped him carry the bag upstairs and then walked into my room to get the present Zeb had made. And then I walked downstairs.

I smiled when I watched mum open it, saw her big smile when she glanced over the drawn picture of her family- our whole family. "Oh thank you honey." Mum bent to the side and forward and kissed my forehead. "I love it." I smiled again as mum looked down to the drawing and then stood up and walked around the room to check where she could hang it.

Then I looked to Finn who was eating cake as if there was no tomorrow of the birthday cake we were supposed to save until later today. And at last to dad who said and agreed with every place mum thought would fit for the drawing. And then smiled again- I could have just frozen the moment right there and then. Just stay in that happiness and never let go of it.- because right there and then I just knew I had everything I would ever need- I knew it always- but now I just felt it

The love, the happiness, the family- and I'd never need anything else.

"Lex?" Mum's voice woke me up from my thoughts. "Are you alright honey? You looked so far away?" I smiled again and hesitated for a little while, I didn't look to any of them others but instead at the garden outside.

"Yeah." I answered her. "I'm alright… Better than ever actually!"

And there this chapter ends. I hope you liked this chapter.