The Summer I Fell in Love

Another Summer in Love

Hello, everyone! I am back with Chapter 25, and the final installment of The Summer I Fell in Love. This is very bittersweet for me. This has been my first, and only story. I started this five years ago, and decided to continue it last summer just to see where I could take it. I have always envisioned the how Nick and Jordan would act, and what their family would be like, and it has been such a wonderful experience to bring their story to life.

As I said in the last chapter, I will be starting a sequel to this story within the next week or so. I want to progress things along in Nick, Jordan, and Catherine's lives, and it would just take too long if I did that in this story. That story will be taking place about three to four years in the future. Catherine will be older, Nick and Jordan won't be in that newlywed stage anymore, and I feel that there will be more opportunity for more plotlines. I hope that this is okay with you all, and as always, RATE, REVIEW, and FOLLOW me and this story, so you'll be notified when the sequel is released!

Jordan's POV:

The transitional weather of June came to a close, and the long summer days of July were upon us in Long Island. It had been over a month since my miscarriage, and although it was difficult for me, my husband proved to the biggest support in my life. Those few weeks tested our marriage. I was a shell of my former self, leaving Nick to take care of me, Catherine, and the house. Bless his heart, he didn't complain once. He was there for me, and our daughter, and for that, I will be forever grateful.

My mindset had improved with time. It was hard for a while. I blamed the miscarriage on myself, and felt that I wasn't adequate to be a mother. However, with one look at Catherine, all of that went away. I knew I was a good mother, just by how my daughter looked at me. My miscarriage also showed me how my own mother really does love me. I had never seen that side of my mother when she was taking care of me, and it was quite refreshing and nurturing.

Mama stayed for about a week, before heading back to Louisville. Even though I was so hesitant about her coming to see us, I was sad to see her go. Even though I would see her again at some point, it felt hard to let go of my own mother for the first time in my life.

I cleared my head of my thoughts, and decided to get my day started. With Nick still asleep next to me, I got up carefully so I wouldn't disturb him. It was after all, the first anniversary of Nick asking me to go steady with him. Yes, it was sort of silly to be celebrating, but it was one of the happiest days of my life. This man has made me swoon for over a year now, and that was something worth celebrating.

It was about seven in the morning, and it was getting time for Catherine to get up. She was just like her father, and enjoyed her beauty sleep. A year ago, I could never imagine myself getting up this early, but now, I couldn't be happier.

I made my way to Catherine's nursery, and tiptoed to her crib. I just had to take a second to gaze at her sleeping form. She was five months old, and was the sweetest thing on earth. She was always full of smiles, especially for her mommy and daddy. She's been babbling lately, and can even say a few words. My personal favorites are "Mama" and "Dada".

I rubbed my hand on her stomach gently in order to get her up. We had a busy day, ahead of us, and I knew if Catherine got the day started off on the right foot, we would be set to go.

Her eyes fluttered open, and immediately, she started rubbing her eyes so she could go back to sleep.

"Good morning, my sweet Catherine!" I said in my soft, baby voice.

Soft little whimpers emerged from her, as she wasn't very excited to be getting up.

"Oh I know, honey. I'm just terrible for making you wake up..."