Epilogue

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Cora brushed her three year old's daughter hair. She wanted everything to be perfect. Or at least go well. "Honey," she called to her husband. "Is Phil ready?" Her husband entered the room with their son Phil in his arms.

"He most certainly is. I have the diapers and formula in the bag already," he walked over to the mirror where his wife and daughter stood. He kissed the top of his wife's head.

"Can you tell I haven't had an ounce of sleep?" Cora asked, leaning back into her husband.

"No at all. You look radiant. So do you, Emily," he said smiling down at his daughter.

"Thank you, daddy," his daughter replied. Phil and Emily had inherited Cora's black hair and Xavier's blue eyes.

"Where's Jason?" Cora asked. Her brown eyed five year old son ran into the room with their cat, Cas, in tow. "Jason," she reproached. "Come here, let me fix your hair." Jason reluctantly walked over and let his mother fix his brown hair which fell a little over his head in a fringe. "There. Please don't chase the cat at your grandpa's house, okay?"

"But she won't let me touch him!" Jason protested.

"Some cats don't like being touched," Xavier told his son.

"But Cas does!"

"Cas is Cas," Cora said, placing a bow on her daughter's wavy hair. "There," she whispered to her daughter.

"But-"

"No buts, mister," Xavier said.

"And we're taking the mini van," Cora said.

"But kitten," Xavier said. He hated taking the mini van. He had a preference for his car, which did hold everyone, but Cora considered unsafe because of their smallest child. He always managed to open the door somehow.

"No buts, mister," Jason mocked his father.

Xavier glared at his child for a moment before Emily giggled and Cora said, "He takes after you. Now give me my baby." Xavier passed Phil over to Cora and she kissed her baby to make his giggle. "Let's go or we'll be late."

The family filled into their mini van and drove off. Cora loved to bring the kids to Chicago every other summer. Their amazement grew every summer they came. They'd point at the different cities they'd see and just loved it really. It brought joy to Cora's heart to see her children this happy. The only things the kids got annoyed over was the choice of music of their mother. She had control of the radio and played her "old music". The kids were tired of The Beatles and My Chemical Romance basically.

When they arrived to the Stump residence, Cora was nervous. She hadn't seen her family since the Christmas prior. Not only were the Stumps going to be there, but so were the Wentz, and the Trohmans, and the Hurleys. She gave her husband a quick kiss which caught him off guard. "How do I look?"

"Great," he said. She bit her lip and her leg was bouncing. Her husband knew that meant she was nervous. "Hey, don't be nervous. This is just a get together. No need to be nervous. Okay?" She nodded and kissed him.

"God, I love you," she said. He smiled and before he could say the same, the children, the ones who could speak, groaned.

"Ew!" Jason and Emily said.

"Hey, if it wasn't for this, you two wouldn't be here,"  Cora said and they groaned again. "Okay, everybody out. I want you all on your best behavior. Yes, I'm looking at you, Jason."

"Will Uncle Declan be there?" Emily asked.

"Yes and so will Uncle Bronx, and Saint, as well as Aunt Ruby. Uncle Sam might, but I'm not quite sure."

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