Happy Ever After (Over The Fence Sequel)

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also i know that the timeline doesn't fit with when jason and kylie's girls were born but i wanted to have them all in the story and its an au so it doesn't matter anyway <3

for reference, wyatt was born october 2nd 2014 and is 4, elliotte was born march 4th 2016 and is 2, and bennett was born february 23rd 2018 and shes almost one

Ali

Something soft brushed against my cheek and I groaned, not wanting to wake up. I'd cried myself to sleep for hours, my heart shattering. I'd watched my husband die right in front of me. Well, I hadn't watched him but I'd heard the bang and I'd seen him crumple.

"No!" I moaned in pain.

"It's me." A gentle voice whispered. My head snapped up.

"Travis!" I shrieked, scrambling up and throwing my arms so tightly around him it hurt. "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!" I sobbed, the motion making my body ache. It still hurt from giving birth, but I couldn't think about right now. "You're not dead, you're here, you're here, you're here!" I couldn't believe it, but I could. Of course he'd survived. Travis always found a way back to me. "How?" I bawled. "How?"

"It's a long story baby doll, I'll tell you later." Travis murmured, clutching me close. "But I'm here, I'll always be here. I'll never leave you my love, never."

I sobbed as I clung to him, my heart knitting itself back together. Travis' scent overwhelmed me as I cried, and I soon felt his own tears dripping down onto my shoulder as well. I'd really thought I'd lost him, and I hadn't known what to do, so I'd just fled to Kylie, sobbed out everything, and she'd taken us in. We'd spent the few hours we'd known each other at the table, me cradling my daughter as I cried myself out, told her everything. Everything. She knew everything, and she'd told me I could stay as long as I needed. But Travis was alive, he was here. Our little duck had her father.

Aria started to cry as I sobbed and Travis let me go just long enough to reach over and pick her up. He cradled her with one arm, the other around me, rocking the both of us. I couldn't stop my tears, and I didn't try. I just let it all out.

"I know it's scary." Travis whispered in my ear. "But nothing like this is ever going to happen again my love, I promise you that." I knew he meant it, but we'd said things like that before and now this had happened. We could only do so much to prevent it, but I chose to nod and believe him. "We're all safe." He said like he was trying to convince himself as well as me. 

"I know." I sniffed. "We'll be okay."

"Oh god." Travis sighed. "Baby doll I was so terrified of losing either of you. I've never loved two people as much as I love my girls and you'll never get hurt I promise. I promise. I promise."

He repeated those words over and over and over, hugging me close to his chest. My tears slowing, I turned my head so that I gazed down at our daughter, who had stopped failing. I giggled when I saw her stuffing her fist into her mouth, blinking up at me. She was so adorable it hurt, and god I loved her so much. I'd cradled her the whole flight to Philly, never once letting her go.

"Hi little duck." I whispered, touching her hand. "Daddy's okay." She cooed at me and I smiled, my tears finally stopping. "Can I have her?"

"Of course." Travis pressed her into my arms and I hugged her head against my neck, stroking her soft blonde tufts of hair. "Ali there's something you should know." He said as I rocked her gently. "My brother is the one who got me out. He got in with Vito when he head we'd put him in jail so he could be involved in saving us. He faked my death and brought me here so that he could make amends."

"Oh." I looked up, my breath catching. 

"And he's changed baby, he really has." Travis was fighting tears as he tucked some hair out of my face. "He's my brother again, and he's ready to fight for his family. He wants his girls back, and he's really going to try hard to prove he's worth it."