40 - The Future Looks Bright

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***4 YEARS LATER***

I walked into our bedroom with our 3-year-old twin sons Beau and Blake, and they climbed up on the bed as quietly and easily as possible. I smiled as the boys then jumped on Chris and laughed.

"Daddy! Wake up!" Beau said and squished Chris's face in his hands and I smiled sitting on the bed and Blake climbed back into my lap and I smiled snuggling him.

"Whose idea was this?" Chris grunted as he got up and keeping Beau on his lap.

"Mommy's!" Beau said ratting me out.

"Hey! I thought we had a deal!" I said and leaned over to tickle him, and he laughed.

"Well how about I get up, nurse my broken ribs and make everyone some pancakes..." Chris said with a small laugh and the boys got excited as Dodger came in the room and the boys jumped down and went to love on Dodger then rushed out of the room with him.

"We should follow." I said and Chris leaned over and passionately kissed me.

"Those boys are something else aren't they?" Chris questioned me and I smiled with a nod.

"They take after their father, that's for sure." I said. Chris feigned being shocked. "Don't try it actor boy, I see right through you." I said and he laughed as we got out of bed and went to head into the living room where the boys were laying on the floor, playing with Dodger.

"You boys want to color while dad cooks?" I asked and they nodded, and I set up their coloring books on the coffee table. I then went and joined Chris in the kitchen, and I started helping him get everything ready. As I was grabbing the pancake mix from the cabinet Chris came up behind me and placed his hands on my hips.

"Have I told you I love you yet this morning?" Chris whispered in my ear.

"You have not..." I said turning in his grip and he smiled. He leaned in and brushed his lips against mine.

"I love you..." Chris said, and I smiled as he leaned down and kissed me.

Once we broke apart, I looked at him and smiled.

"I love you too." I said.

As the coffee was being made, I sat at the kitchen island and just watched Chris cook thinking about our life. When I told him I was pregnant four years ago in Hawaii we had no clue it would be twins...I mean we should have figured...me and Gary being twins but since he and Britney only had a little girl, we thought maybe it would skip. When we were told it was boys we were over the moon.

He kept his word about taking a step back from acting. Once everything was done with Red One, he made the announcement that he was taking time off to focus on his new wife and family. Fans were pissed, I was blamed. I didn't let it bug me, I knew the truth and soon everyone else would too. We kept the pregnancy a secret from the media for as long as we could, but I also refused to stay in the house hidden so of course we were spotted, and news broke I was pregnant.

Once Beau and Blake were born, I felt like my life with Chris was complete. I had everything I could ever want and need. I didn't know how life could even begin to get any better than this.

About a year ago I could tell Chris was getting the itch to get back out into acting and maybe even directing but he wouldn't take anything because he didn't want to leave me or the boys. I heard the excuse "I won't have you or the kids resenting me later in life because I was never home and put work before you and them." I tried to explain to Chris we could never feel that way, but I wasn't going to stop him from whatever choice he wanted to make.

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