"There you go princess," Drake said to his eldest daughter as he completed the knot on her shoe laces. He looked up to find her smiling at him causing him to laugh.
"Thank you daddy," she said and he picked her up as he stood and placed a kiss on her cheek.
"You're very welcome. Now let's go because I know they're waiting for us downstairs," he said as they headed out of the room and down the stairs to where his wife and youngest stood waiting for them in the foyer. "You guys ready?" he asked and they both gave him a nod. "Lets go,"
They headed out and got into their range rover, making sure everyone was safely strapped in before they began the drive to Drakes mothers where they would be spending the summers afternoon with his side of the family.
"You okay?" he asked her, as he looked over and took her hand into his, before bringing it to his lips and placing a kiss on the back of it.
She gave him a small smile and nodded. "Who else did you say was gonna be there, besides family?" she asked.
"Chubbs and Jess and coming and I think Oliver was gonna try and come with Bria," he paused for a moment as he thought about who else he had spoken to about coming to the bbq. "Abel and bella are coming too, and then aside from that, it's all family,"
"Mama is definitely hosting a big crowd today," she said with a chuckle and he joined in.
"She always says the more the merrier," he shrugged with a smile as his hand interlinked their fingers. "Besides it's really been a while for a lot of us. Like we haven't seen Courtne, Adel and the girls in the longest time,"
"That's very true. I think we should definitely try and get back into one of us hosting dinner once a week," she suggested and he agreed with her.
"Absolutely," he focussed his attention back on the road and she looked over her shoulder at their daughters who were busy debating something between them causing her to laugh to herself...
"So 5 years is coming up soon for you guys," Oliver commented and Drake nodded.
"It flew by," he said back. "I honestly remember our wedding day was just yesterday, and now we've got the girls and everything has literally fallen into place for us. We're as happy as we could be you know,"
"You got anything planned for the big 5?" Chubbs asked.
"And drake did a quick scan of his surroundings making sure she wasn't in ears reach. "I mean I'm in the process of trying to see if I can somehow organise a surprise trip to trinidad, since the girls haven't been and I thought it would be the perfect time for us to renew our vows. Nothing too major, just something small and intimate that immediate family and friends can maybe be a part of just so the girls could be a part of it all,"
"That's a good idea to be honest," Adel said and the others agreed. "She'll really like that,"
"So are you two definitely done baby wise?" Chubbs asked again, picking up on the fact that his friend had mentioned wanting the girls to be a part of some ceremony. Drake responded with a nod.
"But you always said you wanted a boy, you guys not gonna try at least once more?" Abel asked.
Drake shook his head. "She was set on having two and no more than that. So after Grace we agreed no more, and I was okay with that. I am okay with that. Marriage is about compromise and I guess that's something we had to meet in the middle for," He shrugged and took a sip of his drink. "Enough of my life, Chubbs you and jess not thinking of having another?..."
"You okay?" Drake asked her as she stood in front of the mirror, braiding her hair and she nodded. He walked closer to her and placed his hands gently on her shoulders. "You sure, you've been very distant today. And you know if there's anything you wanna talk about I'm here to listen,"
