Reinvention: Sequel to The Married Life

Chapter 19

{Caylyn's POV}

It's beautiful out here. It's dark outside, but it's cool the way they have it lit up. "We seriously go on the best vacations." Cayleigh says. "Really though. This place is heaven." I say floating on my back. "Can't believe mom and dad still have sex...like aren't they kinda old for that." "I don't think you can ever be too old Cay....until you gotta start using Viagra. Then that's how you know is just time to quit." "That's nasty." She says while laughing. "Have you and Derek....you know..." "No. We haven't....we've come close. But I stop it. He knows I don't wanna go there yet." "Yet? How about never...not while we're in high school." "Don't worry, I'm not gonna do it with him any time soon. Dad would kill me.....then kill him." "Are y'all like, in love and what not." "Uhhh...I don't know...I don't think so.....when are you gonna get a boyfriend...that way can go on like double dates and stuff." "There's really like no one that I find interesting at school...and I'm really not in a rush to get a boyfriend." "I guess that's understandable." I get out the pool to get my phone. "We gotta take a selfie." We take one and I post it to the gram.

"Late night swim with my twin. I love you❤🌙🏊"

we stay out here for about an hour then head back to the room and finally go to sleep.

{Colin's POV}
I wake up, look over and Demi's still asleep. I wake her up by leaving kisses on her neck. "Good morning." I say staring in her eyes. "Morning..........last night was....pretty damn amazing, as always. What time is it?" "Almost 12." "Are the kids up." "I don't know. I'll call them, cause I'm hungry." I call Caylyn, and she don't answer. She still must be sleep. Tired from that swim last night. I call Cayleigh, she probably won't answer but she does. "Hello." "Hey..wake up!" "I'm up." "No you're not. Sounds like your eyes are closed right now. Get up, everybody be downstairs in 30 minutes so we can go eat." "K." She says and we hang up.

{Cali's POV}
After getting dressed, we head downstairs. Our parents aren't down here yet. "Now how they gone tell us to be down here in 30 minutes, and they aren't even here." Cayleigh says. After she says that, they walk in the lobby. "Morning kiddos.." My mom says in a jolly tone. "You're quite peppy this morning." CeCe says, her and Cayleigh look at each other....I don't even wanna know, I think to myself. We leave the hotel to go eat and come back. We hang out around here and do stuff that's at the resort. The twins go off and do their thing, me and CJ go off and then Dylan hangs out with mom and dad. Me and CJ go mini golfing.

"You know you bout to lose right?" I say as we walk to the little golf course. "Yeah right. You ain't know they call me young Tiger Woods." "Who calls you that." "I do." "Exactly.....loser." We play, and he ends up winning. "You know you got lucky right?" "Please....you know who my father is? Winning's in my DNA." "We have the same.....nevermind...I won't win this either." "I'm glad you know." I roll my eyes and we go see what our parents and Dylan are up to. They're at the pool.

My dad is laying out, and my mom is in the pool with Dylan....usually it's the other way around. " "what you two been up to?" He asks. "Mini golf." "What y'all bout to do now?" "I don't know. What you wanna do bro?" "We can hop in this pool to be honest." He says then takes off his shirt and jumps in. "Looks like we goin swimmin." I say tossing my phone on the chair next to my dad. I jump in, wearing my basketball shorts and tshirt. My dad runs and jumps in by us...splashing us both with water. He dunks us both under at the same time. We both return the favor and dunk him under. It takes both of us to do it. "Alright, alright. Y'all got me!" He says. We back off, and he dunks us under again. Later that night, we get all get ready for dinner.

{Colin's POV}

A few more days go by and it's our last night here. I always enjoy the time I have to spend with my wife and kids, and this was another trip added to our memories. We're having our last dinner on the island, and tonight's the night that I let them know about my job offers, and how they'd feel about moving. I'm hoping it goes well because it's not like I'm gonna take a job regardless and force them to move. I don't just live for me, I have 5 kids, who are all old and in this moment, entitled to their opinion on this subject, especially since I don't need the job, it's just something to keep me occupied. We finish dinner and the kids order dessert. "I wanna talk to y'all about something....something big." I say. "You and mom are having another baby?" "What, no?" Demi says. "No, we're not having another baby. But I wanna get you guy's opinion on something. Once I announced my retirement, I got job offers for analyst jobs in LA...and recently....I got a couple college quarterback coaching jobs as well..."

"So we're moving." Caylyn snaps. "Maybe....only if we can reach consensus in it." "I'm all down for moving to LA. I can go over aunt Dallas' whenever I want and hang out with Wes." "I don't care." Cali says. "Same here." Cayleigh says. "I care. All of our friends are here." "You just wanna stay with your boyfriend." CJ says. "How about you shut up." "How bout you stop thinking about yourself..." "Listen...I never said anything was final. This is why I asked. You guys have unknowingly made sacrifices for me...especially your mother...I'm not telling y'all we're about to up and move, because we're not. I understand y'all have friends and.........boyfriends." I mumble. "I'm not gonna take you away from that." "CeCe's just being selfish dad." "No I'm not." "Hey knock it off. We're not gonna do this our last night." The table goes silent, making me regret even bringing it up.

"That went well." I say as Demi and I walk into our hotel room. "I knew CeCe would be the one to oppose." I add. "I think they all just didn't wanna say anything. CeCe's always been the outspoken one." "Well then I'm not gonna take any of the jobs then....like I said...I'm not gonna be a monster and make them move. They've grown up in San Francisco and all their friends are here." "Is that what you want?" "To hell with what I want. This is about my kids and their happiness." She smiles. "But you know...I never really asked what you want. I know being in LA again would be great for you...." "Yeah...but I've made it work living in San Francisco all these years....and I can still make it work....like you said, it's all about the kids." "I love it when we're on the same page." I say pulling her close to me so she can feel how hard I am. "Mr. Kaepernick...this is like the fourth night in a row." "You know I don't get tired baby."

{Caylyn's POV}

I really don't hope we move. All our friends are in San Francisco, and I have a boyfriend. I don't want to leave. The next morning, we get ready and head to the airport. We check in, go through security, wait to board the plane and finally get on. Once we get up in the air, my dad walks over, and asks to take Cayleigh's spot. "I'm sorry daddy." "There's no need to be sorry. We're not gonna move." "We're not?" "No. I was just asking before I accepted any jobs." "You guys seem happy where you are, and I wanna keep it that way." "I really didn't mean to sound selfish daddy." "I know you didn't...but you and Derrick....are y'all like....in love." "I don't know.." "What you mean you don't know." "We've never said the 'L' word..." "Well, don't rush anything. You'll be able to feel it...when the times right." "I love you daddy." "I love you so much more." He gives me a kiss on the forehead and goes back and sits with my mom.