Serendipity

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Emma's POV

"Do you know where Mommy went?" I ask as I play with my kids on the floor of the living room in our home.

"Mommy left?" Kingsley asks as he and his sister play with the massive train set that my mom and her wife got them for an early Christmas gift.

My Mom stayed in London until November then she returned back to Germany to be with her wife and my sisters.

She's planning to be back in the New Year as are Jessie's parents.

"Like Mama." Hazel questions points to a pink train car.

"I do like that one Babygirl." I say then Hazel hands me the train. "Thank you."

I put the train back on the track then I continue playing with my trains.

A few minutes later I hear the front door to the apartment open.

"BABY?" I shout.

"It's me." My future wife says.

"MOMMY." The kids shout then they run off.

"I thought we were playing trains." I mumble.

"Babygirl close your eyes." Jessie says so I do.

Moments later I hear a bunch of feet enter the room.

"Open your eyes Sharky." Jessie says so I do.

The moment I open my eyes I see the Five D's, their significant others, and Charlie standing with my future wife and our children.

"ASHY." I shout then I run, jump over the couch, and jump into my cousin's arms.

"Hey Emma." Ash says then she kisses my head.

"Why are you all here?" I ask then I hug everyone else.

"Merry Early Christmas." Jessie says.

I smile at my future wife then I hug and kiss her.

"Thank you." I say.

"You're welcome." Jessie says then she looks at our friends. "Why don't I show you to your rooms."

"Mama Trains." Hazel says.

"Alright baby." I say then my kids lead me back over to their massive train set.

Once at the trains my kids and I play with the trains for a little bit then we're joined by Charlie.

"Trains?" Kingsley asks as he and his sister looks at Preathlex's child.

"Would you like to play with us Charlie?" I ask.

Charlie nods so I lift her over the train tracks then I put her next to my kids and I.

"There we go." I say.

Charlie smiles then the four of us play with the massive train set while the other adults sit and talk.

"Choo Choo." I say as I drive a train around the tracks.

"Having fun down there Bubba." Christen says and I nod and smile.

"This is one of my favorite toys that the kids have." I say as I notice Shadow jump onto her doggy bed.

"Mama food." Kingsley says.

"Well it's almost dinner time." I say. "So what are you hungry for?"

"PIZZA." The three kids shout.

"Inside voices." I say.

"Sorry Mama." Hazel and Kingsley says.

"Sorry Auntie Emmy." Charlie says.

"It's okay babies." I say then I look at the other adults. "Pizza good with all of you."

"Heck yes." Ali says and everyone else agrees.

We all figure out what we want then my wife orders the pizza on line.

"So what are all of you doing for Christmas?" I ask.

"We're going on a little family vacation to a cabin up in Big Bear." Tobin says.

"That'll be fun." I say.

"We're spending it with my family in Connecticut." Alyssa says making me smile a bit.

Alyssa has been wanting to spend Christmas with her family for a while, but she hasn't been able to due to a bunch of things.

"We're chilling in Orlando." Ash says.

"And we're gonna spend it with Rocky's family in Costa Rica." Lindsey says.

"Well that'll be a heck of a lot warmer than spending Christmas here." Jessie says.

"You're staying here?" Ash asks.

"I can't travel on planes yet." I say. "My doctor said I'll be able to fly around May."

"Well at least you'll be able to fly to your honeymoon." Becky says.

"Thankfully." I say.

"Where's you're honeymoon?" Rocky asks.

"The Maldives." Jessie says.

"Are you taking the kids?" Alex asks.

"No." I say. "They're gonna spend time in Canada with their grandparents."

"We'll pick them up when we fly black and spend some time in Canada." Jessie says.

"You all know you need to be here after SheBelieves to do the fittings for the wedding right?" I ask.

"We've already got our tickets Emma." Ash says.

"Cool." I say.

"Mama Look." Kingsley says then I look at him and see he's connected a bunch of trains to make one really long train.

"That's so cool Bubba." I say making my son smile.

"Thanks." Kingsley says.

"So Charlie." I say and look at my de-facto niece. "What do you want for Christmas?"

"Baby brother." Charlie says. "Or baby sister."

After Charlie's admission I look at her moms who are all looking at their daughter with wide eyes.

Well that's gonna be a tough gift to get.

"Ooh the pizza's here." Jessie says as she reads off her phone.

The apartment lobby attendant will always text Jessie or I when our food delivery is ready.

"We'll come with you." Ash and Ali say then they follow my fiancée out of our home.

"Ow." Hazel says.

"What happened baby?" I ask then my daughter walks over to me.

"My finger smushed." Hazel says as she holds out her index finger to me.

"Want Mama to kiss it?" I ask.

Hazel nods so I kiss her little finger

"Thank you." My little girl says then she hugs my neck.

"Of course Babygirl." I say then Hazel returns to playing with the trains.

"Emma are you gonna have room for your wedding ring?" Christen asks and gestures to my four rings.

"Yeah." I say. "Jessie and I went to look at wedding rings last week and it didn't really feel any different when I had five rings on."

"Have you found rings?" Lindsey asks.

"Not yet." I say. "The store we went to was very picked over so we're gonna go to a different place or we might just have a jeweler come to us and design our own rings."

"PIZZA'S HERE." I hear Ash shout.

"Clean up the trains then we can eat." I say.

Hazel, Kingsley, and Charlie nod then we clean up the trains.

"Alright babies." I say after we finish cleaning up. "Let's go eat."