Swanson Farms

Chapter 42

"Attention passengers, please fasten your seat belts. We will be landing in Miami in the next three minutes."

I reached over beside me to fasten Bailey's and Gabriel's seat belts, I looked across the aisle to see Seth do the same with Daniel and Zach woke up from his nap to fasten his own belt while a five month pregnant Jackie fastened Logan's and Emerson's belts. Almost a month ago Seth's original group of friends invited us out to visit since we hadn't seen them since our wedding. His friends lived right on the beach, mind you not in the best neighbourhood but supposedly the beach was nicest there. On their property they had cabins, one of which Seth lived in while his mother wasn't around. We'd be staying in there, Jackie and Zach had a cabin of their own and Zach was looking forward to learning how to surf. We'd only be here for two weeks, his friends were hoping that he could stay longer but with the restaurant finally taking off and a couple more bakeries opening it wouldn't be practical.

The landing was a little rough, but thankfully the twins slept through most of the flight and Bailey was just as occupied looking out the window the whole time. I was really hoping that all of our luggage made it alright, but Jackie insisted that we pack emergency outfits in our carryons. Seth looked over at me and grinned, and even to this day his grin made my heart flutter.

He still looked the same from when we got married, he tended to leave his chin a little scruffy and because he married a baker he'd gained a couple pounds. When his doctor told him that he cut back on my sweets and created a work out plan that he could do any time and brought his weight back down to his ideal. I however didn't feel as I looked the same from our wedding. As more bakeries opened and we started creating more recipes I wasn't the same size I had been. I knew this didn't matter to Seth, and my insecurities that I had as a teenager were starting to come back. But Seth helped me to realize that how my body looked meant next to nothing to him, because he didn't marry me "only on good looks" he'd often joke.

Bailey was now going into Senior Kindergarten and the twins and Logan would be starting Junior Kindergarten starting in the fall. We landed and when we got out of the gate all of Seth's friends were waiting for us with a huge sign and numerous teddy bears for the kids. A couple of the guys had their arms around girls but most of them still seemed single as far as I could tell,

"Hey you guys!" Jordan said excitedly, coming over to give all of us a hug. We hugged him tightly and he picked up Bailey, handing her a teddy. She grinned,

"Thank you!" She hugged the bear tightly and we started walking to the luggage claim.

"Dude, we're gonna have so much fun! You should see the surf board we made you Zach! It's gonna rock!" Zach grinned nervously,

"Sounds great."

"Dude, you guys should come to the club with us tonight! Jordan is DJ'ing so we get free admission! Plus Aaron is the manager on duty tonight so that means free drinks! Come on!" I watched my husband and brother in law smile and shrug, both of them trying to play it cool. I definitely knew that Zach wasn't the clubbing type but Seth's history in Miami was still unknown to me.

"I don't know about tonight man... Maybe another night while we're still here." Seth said, picking our luggage up as it came around. I could tell they were disappointed and I sighed, following them out to where our rental cars would be. We rented a small eco friendly car, Jackie and Zach rented an SUV so that we wouldn't have to take two cars everywhere. When we were following his friends to where we'd be staying I looked over at Seth,

"As much as I don't like the idea of you clubbing... Maybe you should go. They obviously really miss you and... Well they're practically your brothers."

He glanced over at me from the drivers side, "Baby are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure... Jackie and I will take the kids to the beach or just get settled in." He smiled and took my hand,