Val: Are you serious!? Yes! Of course, I'll marry you!
He slips the ring on her finger and kisses her
Val: This is beautiful Sam
Tom: I did it too!
You: Just the heavy lifting
Val: It looks amazing
You: Anything for you two
Tom: Congrats guys
Haylee: Did you ask her yet!?
Sam: I did
Haylee: And!?
Val sticks her hand out
Val: I said yes
Haylee: Yay!!
Tom: Why are you so excited?
Haylee: My godfather, favorite Uncle, and possibly one of my favorite people are getting married!
Sam: Thanks munchkin
He wraps Haylee in a tight hug
You: Are you sure you want the last name Holland?
Val: Yeah. Your family is everything I wished my family was
You: What do you mean?
Val: I'll tell you later. Right now, is a great moment
You: You don't need to tell me
Val: I just love your family
You: Me too. You guys are going to be so happy
Val: I can't wait
Tom: Hey, we have to send our children to bed
You: Okay. I'll get Ry, you've got Haylee
Tom: Of course, I do
You: Sorry. Bye Val, you're more than welcome to stay
You head inside to Ryker's room
You: Hi bubs
Ryker: Hi mom
You: You okay?
Ryker: Yeah...
You: Stressed?
Ryker: Yes, how did you know?
You: I went to high school
Ryker: It's just hard
You: I know. Did you finish your work?
Ryker: Almost. Why do I have to be in honors?
You: That you got from me
Ryker: What? That I'm smart?
You: That you work hard
Ryker: I feel like I'm overworked though
You: I know that feeling. The weekend is soon, and you and I can go to the beach
Ryker: Okay
You: Why don't you head to bed though?
Ryker: I have to finish first
You: I'll do it. You need to sleep
Ryker: Thanks mom
You: Of course. Goodnight bubs
Ryker: Night mom
You kiss his head and grab the rest of his homework then head back downstairs
You: Haylee Kristen!
Haylee: What!?
You: Bed, now
Haylee: Okay...
You: Thomas, follow her
Tom: Yes ma'am
Sam: I love when you do that
You: Tom's too soft
Sam: You've got a soft spot too, considering that's Ryker's homework
You: He's overwhelmed, and barely sleeping, so as his mother I sent him to bed
Sam: Well, at least you're his mom
You: Yeah, congrats Sam, I'm proud of you
Sam: Thanks y/n
You: I'll see you two in the morning
Tom: Hey—is that Ryker's?
You: Yes. All he's doing is homework, and he's not sleeping because of it
Tom: You can't do it for him
You: Sure, I can. He's awake when I go to bed every night. The kid deserves some sleep
Tom: Maybe he shouldn't be doing so much
You: You try and tell him that. He's 15 and already thinking about college
Tom: Damn
You: And I think he wants to play soccer too
Tom: Here or the states?
You: States, NYU to be specific. But he's going to burn himself out before he gets there
Tom: Well, what if he only took honors classes for the subjects, he wants to go to school for
You: We can try, but let him sleep
Tom: Of course. I'll see you upstairs
You give him a kiss and finish up Ryker's work. You put it on his desk with a note for tomorrow before going to bed
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A New Chapter Begins...Again
FanfictionThis next "season" will pick up 10 years later. Tom and you only had Ryker and Haylee. They are 10. Kristen and Harrison had Liam and Mattie. Liam is also 10 and Ryker's best friend, and Mattie is 7. The beach house got bigger with a massive additio...
