Taking On The World

Coming Home

Hey everyone! This is my new story here on Wattpad based around the one shot "Coming Home" in my GMW Oneshot book. I'm going to try and not confuse you guys as much as possible. It is going to start out as one shots based around it but it does turn into a full length story. Some of the one shot take place BEFORE Coming Home and some after before it turns into the full length book. I'll let you know before reading if it does take place beforehand so please try to remember to check and see!

I would like to send out a huge thank you to Volleyballer82 for requesting this one-shot that inspired this collection of one-shots turn into full length book.

I'm sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Enjoy!

Coming Home(Repost)

"Penny! Come on, sweetie. Everyone is on their way then it's time to go!"

Riley yelled towards her daughter's room. "Hi, Baby," she smiled as she zipped up her newborn son's pants made out of a pair of her husband's old cameo pants. "Are you excited to meet your Daddy?" she asked, as her heart began to melt that the moment she was waiting for was finally about to happen. "I know he is so excited to meet you, Aussie. He was sad that he couldn't be here the day you were born," she murmured, herself becoming a little emotional at the memory of him missing welcoming their son into the world in person but quickly pushed it away. At least they were blessed that he was able to be there with her through Skype and the connection worked amazingly.

She picked her son up, gently patting him on the back. Her son, Austin, was hands down a Matthews when it came to looks, reminding her so much of her baby brother but their recently turned three year old daughter, Penelope, was a splitting image of her father that at times could bring tears to her eyes when she was really missing him. She laid her son down in his bassinet before calling her daughter over.

"Penelope come on we need to wipe off a day from the board," she told her daughter as Penelope bounce into the room with her blonde hair up in a headband also made from the same pants use to make Austin's pants. She lead her daughter over to the board giving her daughter the eraser to erase another line off of the countdown to Daddy comes home board.

"Mommy, look! No more lines."

Riley dropped down to be eye level with her daughter, "Yeah, do you know what that means?"

"Daddy's coming home?" Penelope whispered, her eyes hopeful.

"Yeah, baby, Daddy is coming home today,"

Riley smiled wide when her daughter's eyes lit up fully at the fact that her Daddy was coming home. Her daughter threw her arms around her.

Riley looked up fighting back tears. "Are you happy?"

Penelope nodded against her mother, her smile just as wide as her mother's. "I get to see my Daddy today."

"You do," she said, holding her daughter a little tighter only letting go at the sound of knocking and the front door opening.

"Hello!"

"Joshy!" Penelope screamed, taking off in the direction of her uncle.

"Penny!"

Riley smiled at her daughter's excitement at seeing her uncle and couldn't be more thankful that both Maya and Josh willingly changed their lives to be there for her and her children during Lucas's deployment. Not only just those two but their whole group of friends bend over backwards while Lucas was away and would forever be grateful.