Seems Like A Lifetime

All These Lives

Sadly this story is coming to an end and the nextt chapter will be the final chapter! So I hope you all enjoyed this story and be sure to leave some comments down below to let me know if you liked it or not... :) 

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We're in Ohio.

I gotta admit I kinda missed it here.

Not so much the life I had with Troy, but just my friends and family here.

We get settled into our hotel room them head over to my dads.

"Hey dad." I greet him as we enter the house.

"Hey sweetie, hello Ashley." He says hugging her. "And where are my gran-"

"Grandpa!" Megan and Troy yell as they jump into my dads arms.

"Wow." My dad says barely able to hold the both of them up. "You two have gotten so big. What are they feeding you out there in California." He smiles at Ashley and I.

"You know. All the good stuff." Ashley smiles.

"I bet."

"Megan, Troy go see what Bobby is up to upstairs while Ashley and I talk to your grandpa."

"Okay mommy." They yell as they make their way up the steps.

"So what do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected visit from my favorite daughter?" He asks as we make our way into the living room.

"I'm your only daughter dad." I say as we sit on the couch.

"Right." He smiles.

"Mr. Carlin." Ashley starts.

I didn't know she was gonna do it.

"I wanna ask you something."

"Okay." He says directing his attention to Ashley.

"I love your daughter." She starts, eliciting a smile from me. "I love her more than I've ever loved anyone in my life. And I have since I can remember." This causes my dad to smile. "I can't imagine spending my life with anyone else. And those kids. I love them so much in such a short amount time that I can't imagine not having them in my life either."

"That's the one thing Troy got right." I interject. Getting a laugh from my dad and Ashley.

"Mr. Carlin, what I'm trying to say is, I don't want to think about being with anyone else cause I'm happy right here with Spencer, TJ and Megan and I wanna be this happy forever. So I wanted your permission and blessing to marry your daughter sir." Ashley finishes with the release of a deep breath.

Aww. She was nervous.

My dad is smiling at her.

I guess he expected this.

"You know." He starts, getting up and walking towards his book case. "I always knew about you two." Ashley and I share a look. " I knew that one day Spencer would come to her senses and realize that trying to be someone she's not just to please society... and her mother wasn't a life worth living." He pulls a picture out of a book. "I've had this since you and Spencer were in the eighth grade." He said handing us the picture.

"Oh my God." I say looking down at the picture. It was a picture of Ashley, Aiden and I before our eighth grade prom. My mom insisted we take a million pictures before we could leave. She was convinced that we'd all come home with stains all over out clothes.

"Okay this is the last one." My mom says as we all pose for yet another picture.

"Mom." I know Ashley and Aiden were sick of posing.