Keep Holding On

Coming Home

February 16th, 2028

Malibu, USA

Miley's POV

"Hey mom, are you at the house with the kids?" I ask my mom on the phone. I was almost home.

"Yeah, we just got back from the park. They're all tired but I'm sure they'll still get excited when you're back."

"You didn't tell them yet right?"

"No, I've kept it a secret just like you asked."

"Thank you. I'm almost home, I'll see you in a few minutes. Oh, is dad there?"

"He's here. See you then." She replies before we hang up.

I got home and I opened the door. No one was in the living room so they all must be outside. I walked outside, and when the kids saw me they ran to me and hugged me tight.

"Mommy you're home!" Cecilia exclaims. 

"We missed you." Leonardo says. 

"I missed you all so much." I say before kissing their heads. "Were you good for grandma and grandpa?"

"Yes." They all reply. I look at my mom and she nods in confirmation.

"That's good. Now go inside, we need to talk alone."

They go inside and after they shut the door, my mom, dad, and I sat down.

"So how's Liam? How was your trip?" Dad asks.

"He's good, it was good. We had a great time together."

"That's great. I'm sure it was hard leaving him." Mom replies.

"Yeah, it was. It was hard leaving the kids too though, so I am glad I'm back."

"How was Valentine's Day?"

"It was great. Well, Liam went to the store for a bit and while he was gone I slept. While I was sleeping, I had a stupid dream where Liam was cheating on me with Ella." I answer.

"Ella?" Mom asks, looking confused.

"One of his co-stars. Anyway, it seemed so real when I woke up I thought it happened so I got pissed at Liam. What a great way to spend Valentine's Day, right? It was all fine though, we got it all figured out. I felt horrible though."

"I'm sure Liam understood, because it was only a dream." Dad still likes Liam, which is good. They still don't know about what happened between Liam and me, and I'd like to keep it that way.

"Yeah, he wasn't angry. I don't know why I'd ever dream that. I should know that Liam would never do that to me."

"Well I'm glad you had a good Valentine's Day." Mom says and I smile.

"Me too...so how's Noah been feeling?"

"Last time we talked she said she was good, just tired. You can go visit her in a bit if you want, she has an appointment today but she'll be home soon."

"I totally understand being tired. Thank you both for watching the kids, and thank you for watching them for even longer than I originally planned."

"You're welcome, your dad and I had a good time with them."

"That's good, they've missed you both."

"Well we better get going so you can be with the kids. We all had a great time."