Remember When

Chapter 27

Harry holds the door to the cafe open so Jackie can enter in front of him as he always does, in this instance some things never change, others, if they look around, they can see some have changed a lot. A couple of years ago Anne decided she wanted to close down the cafe and redo it, give it a whole new look, and boy did she. The place is gorgeous, it now looks more like a fancy restaurant on the mainland, she's taken some of the recipes that Jackie has come up with over the years, started serving those, hired a better cook, a wonderful man named Robin Twist she ended up marrying a few years later, which made Harry and Gemma happy.
Liam and Dani got married a few months after he and his Jack did, they now have three beautiful kids, Louis and Sam also married the following year adding four more kids to their expanding family. And with Tonya deciding she loved their little paradise and moving there after Harry and Jackie's wedding Niall found his one true love and they got married also.
All in all, Harry couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out, he has the love of his life by his side, six amazing kids, yes six, even that blows his mind at times, especially when he looks at his beautiful wife, Jackie doesn't even look like she's had one child, more less three sets of twins.

"Hey? You okay." Jackie asks her husband as the walk toward their usual tables.

"Yep, why wouldn't I be?" Harry replies.

"You're so quiet, and seem distant." Jackie says.

"I'm fine babe, just thinking." Harry says. "I'll tell you later, when we're alone, like always." He whispers, kissing the top of her head, then pulls a chair out and sits down and pulls her into his lap.

"Hey guys." Louis says as Harry and Jackie sits down. "You hear from the twins yet?"

Jackie snorts, drawing everyone's attention. "Which one's Lou, we have three sets." Jackie chuckles.

"Right." Louis laughs. "The oldest?" He says, making himself more clear.

Harry nods. "Will called right before we left the office, they'll be leaving soon so they should be home by morning." He smiles.

"What about the other four?" Robin asks.

"We just got here." They all hear from behind them.

Harry and Jackie spin around in their seat and grin. "Oh, it's about time." Jackie cries as she jumps out of Harry's lap and runs to give her kids a hug. Her and Harry's second set of twin were girls, Anna and Genna also identical, the third set were boys again one looking just like their dad the other with their moms coloring but dad's height, Alex and Andy. "Did the four of you ride together or separately?" Jackie asks as she hugs and kisses her kids.

"Together." Anna says. "We stopped and picked these two up on our way through town." She says as she give her dad a hug. "Wow, dad, you've been working out."

Harry chuckles. "Shut up brat, I never stopped working out. I can't have your mom looking at other men now can I?"

Jackie laughs. "That will never happen." She says as she sits back in his lap.

"Not as long as you keep her glued to your side." Will says from the door. "Sorry about the lie earlier, but Sara wanted to surprise you guys." He laughs as he sets his son on the floor.

"Poppy, Mammy." Gabe cries as he runs toward his grandparents.

Harry scoops the toddler up and plops him in Jackie's lap. "Hey there my little man. I've missed you so much." Jackie cries as she hugs her grandson to her.

Gabe throws his tiny arm around hers and Harry's neck. "Me eat."

Harry grins. "Well Gammy, you heard the kid. It's time to eat."

"Well then you better make room for one more gramps." Jay says as he and his wife Yancy walk in with their daughter Abby.

"Pappy, Mawmaw, me eat." Three year old Abby runs to them.

Harry picks her up, sets her on his unoccupied knee as Anne set the food on the table. "It's so great to have everyone home for vacation this year, we don't get to do this often." Harry says as he wipes Abby's mouth.

"Yeah so what are we going to do? Spend all our time at the pier?" Genna asks.

Harry and Jackie look at each other. "No, this year your mom and I are taking all of you to our special little hide-a-way." Harry says.

"We've decided, after over twenty years of being selfish, we'd share it with the rest of the family." Jackie says as she glances back at Harry. Seeing his slight nod she knows he wants her to tell them all why. Turning away from her husband so his tears don't make her break down, Jackie takes a deep breath. "We have some news, but we don't want this to ruin our family vacation. I have breast cancer, I'll be starting chemotherapy as so as we return from our get-away. The doctors assures us it's treatable, so let's just enjoy our time together, and worry about this later." Jackie says.

Jackie did survive her bout with cancer, with Harry by her side at all times, as he has been for the past twenty plus years. The old saying "if you love something, set it free, if comes back, it's yours to keep", well in Harry and Jackie's case it's true. Harry lost the girl he loved before even knew he really loved her, and she loved him. But when she came back, they shared a love so strong everyone in town dreamed of someday finding someone to love as much.
In fact everyone in their family knew how much those two care for each member, and each member of the family loved them just as much.

THE END