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Here I was saying 5 and it's already 8pm, I'm so sorry guys I completely forgot

**

2 years later

I don't know whether I'm dreaming or not but my back feels so relaxed. Reality hits me soon enough and I realise that I am currently receiving back rubs, my eyes open softly. I don't think Carter realised that he was touching me, he's actually on his phone. I shift and he finally looks down after noticing that I've woken up, "Morning beautiful"

I yawn before humming in response, "That feels nice" I murmur as I pull the comforter higher

It is beyond freezing, not to mention that I'm completely naked under the sheets. "You cold?" Carter asks, I nod slightly and he reaches over before giving me one of his sweaters

I sit up slightly, "Thanks"

"Have you come on yet?" Carter then asks suspiciously

I untuck my hair from his sweater, "Yeah it came and went already. Why?"

"Just checking"

We had a pregnancy scare last week

I roll my eyes playfully, "Ok I promise not to forget to take the pill, and please don't ever use a condom again. It doesn't feel the same"

He snorts, "You're telling me"

"We still on for lunch?"

"May have to rain check, I've gotta go in today" He says apologetically

Him and Aaron both work at a sports club downtown, I hear that the pay is good.... The boys on the football team however are such pervs, "Make me breakfast before you go?"

"Only because you said please"

"I gave you head, have empathy"

He flicks me before getting up, "Breakfast will be done in ten"

I tilt my head to the side as I take a good look at that sexy back of his, he's started going back to the gym and let me just say that I'm enjoying the view way too much. I even spot a couple of back scratches

My bad

I frown, "You didn't tell me the scratches were that bad"

He opens the door before shrugging, "I'm dealing with an animal, nothing new"

I roll my eyes before reaching for the phone rested on the nightstand, I answer it as I get out of bed, "Hey daddy"

"Mi hija, how are you?"

I spread toothpaste onto my toothbrush, "I'm ok, what about you?"

"I'm doing fine, just missing all of my children"

One by one each Rodriguez has left the nest, Lola and Matty are the only ones left. With her being seventeen and him being thirteen, it's only a matter of time before it's just dad. "We saw you yesterday"

"It feels like it's been days"

I smile a little, "I'll come back soon" I promise

"I don't doubt that you will"

"How's my little psychologist doing?" He then asks

Honestly, I study it for fun but I'm thinking that it may not be so bad career wise. However the education process is so long and I'm pretty sure I'd have to go to grad school. Then again I've started researching mental health nursing and I've got the grades for all of this shit so I believe I could do it. "Great, I'm trying not to study too hard"

"Remember to take a break every once in awhile" He reminds me

"I will, thanks"

"Alright I'll speak to you later, I just wanted to call before work"

Honestly my dad is the sweetest and I don't know where I'd be without him, Isabella left him to deal with seven kids on his own.... He deserves the world.

"Bye dad"

I turn off my phone before resuming with brushing my teeth.

*
"I could've done that"

"I know but I wanted to" Melissa replies to her son

It's a good thing I had a shower, otherwise I would've walked into the kitchen without any underwear on. "Hey" 

Melissa puts down a plate of breakfast as I sit at the island, "Hi honey"

Carter gives me a kiss

"When did you get here?", I ask as he pulls away

"Ten minutes ago, just wanted to check in on you guys"

It's only no surprise that she's here, I'm telling you any opportunity that Melissa gets to pass by she takes it. I think she's secretly missing Carter at home, it's cute.

I pour myself some coffee, "Did you bring Grace?"

Melissa sighs, "No she's been quite mouthy recently so she's staying home with Julia right now"

I raise my eyebrows, "My little Gracie?"

"Your little Gracie indeed"

"You smell like me", Carter murmurs into my neck

"It's your aftershave" I reply with a mouthful of food

What, mens spray is better than woman's spray... Sue me

Melissa puts her jacket back on, "Alright I should be going.... and so should you"

He takes his keys, "Yeah I know. I'll make it"

"You better" she fixes his hair quickly before kissing me on the head and heading out, I laugh

"I swear it's like I never left home" He mumbles

"She's right though, you should be gone"

Carter drinks my coffee quickly before giving me a quick kiss and I hold onto his shirt before prolonging it, "But I wouldn't blame you for staying an extra five minutes"I murmur

"Last time I did that it turned into an hour remember?"

"It was worth a try"

He salutes me, "See you later"

And now onto the next few lonely hours of my life. Actually who am I kidding, we text almost the entire time that he's supposed to be working

**

I gasp as I walk through two glass doors, "Hi baby"

A mixed race toddler runs towards me and I smile happily before picking him up. "C C!" He squeals

"Hey Xavi" I kiss him on the cheek and he giggles whilst chewing on the pacifier

Xavier Reed, Zoe and Aaron's two year old son. Zoe wanted to call him Jayden but Aaron said that it would make him a red flag in the future.... And that it was what every mixed race boy is called these days

Which is true

Hes got a mix of Caribbean and Irish roots thanks to his parents, although you'd never expect his mother to be a redhead. "Hey" Zoe says

"Hey, sorry I'm late I had to deal with Santi", I sigh

To put it this way, my brothers extra activities are quite dangerous

"Hello?"

"Hey I'm sorry for the call but your brother won't listen to me and I keep trying to convince him to stop racing"

I frown as I stop at a red light, "Did something happen?"

"Yes, he skidded too far and someone else ended up driving into him" Maya replies

I widen my eyes, "Shit where are you guys?"

"Still at the place, he's refusing to go to the hospital"

I make a left down the busy street, "Alright give me ten and I'll be there"

"Thank you"

I end the call before tossing my phone aside and finishing off with my bagel quickly. Honestly, I don't like the people that Santiago hangs around with. And it's not because they're pricks or whatever- they're nice-, I just think that maybe if he hadn't met them then he wouldn't be racing.

And on top of that, he's supposed to be focusing on basketball, "What the fuck is wrong with you" I step over the crashed motorcycle that's rested on the floor. There's two fricking ambulances and a crowd of people surrounding the place, it took far too long for me to locate my brother.

He frowns at me as Maya rests an ice pack on his head, "Carmen?"

"This is a suicide mission Santi!" I scoff

He looks back at his girlfriend, "Why would you call her"

"Because maybe she'll have better luck trying to get you to listen"

He rolls his eyes before looking back at me, "It's just a bit of fun Carmen, relax"

"And how long until that fun gets you killed?" I question

"I'll worry about that-

"No we all will. Do you honestly think I wanna see you getting hurt?" Maya says annoyed

"Baby I'm fine-

"No you're lucky you had a helmet on, and the next time you decide to put your life at risk don't call me" She gets up before walking away and he sighs

"She cares about you Santi"

"I know" My brother mumbles, I pat his back

"Then you know what you need to do to fix it"

**
"Dang, motorcycling?" Zoe asks knowingly

"Yup. Exactly that, where's the boys?"

She points "Outside, it's quite packed today"

Xavier holds onto Zoe's leg as he stands and stares outside excitedly, "Dada"

"Yeah we're gonna see your dada" I say amused

His mother opens the door that leads to the field and we walk through before making our way across the grass. The weather was bipolar today, it wasn't too hot or too cold.... But it was warm enough to wear revealing clothes. I kept it simple and went with a pair of ripped jeans and a cropped tank top, plus a jacket to be safe.

Anyway back to the sports club session though. On one side of the field there's eleven to thirteen year olds, they're playing soccer, I can spot Matty standing with his friends.

Then on a separate pitch there's fourteen to sixteen year olds, they're playing football. "Where's all the older kids?" I ask as I put Xavier down

"Since we're only twenty they would have to wait a few years before coaching them" Zoe replies

Makes sense

"Hey what happened to June?" She then asks me

"Her and Logan had a fight, she said they fucked it out though"

Honestly it's always the same with those two, the pointless bickering and disagreements, when June tells me about it I don't even get concerned anymore because within an hour they're ok again..... does that count as toxic?

"Typical" She mutters

Xavier suddenly let's go of her leg before running right across the field and we widen our eyes

"Not too far Xavi!" Zoe calls out

He giggles as he keeps on running, this kid really loves taking risks. Matty kicks the ball right about the same time as Xavier makes his way over and we get up. Thankfully his dad was aware and picked him up by the arm just in time, Zoe breaths a sigh of relief.

"Close one"

Xavier looks up at his dad happily, "Dada"

Aaron kisses him and he giggles, "My little risk taker"

"You've got a crazy one, I'll tell you that" I say amused

"Indeed", Zoe agrees

We conversed with one another for the rest of the time left, I was relived when I heard Carter and Aaron congratulate the boys.... That meant that playing time was over.

Of course the first thing I do is run onto the field and pull my brother into a headlock, it took him by surprise. "When did you get here?" His muffled voice questions

"I was here long enough to see that goal you scored" I reply whilst ruffling his hair

He fixes it as I walk with him across the field, "When are you coming home?"

"Aw you miss me?"

"No"

I roll my eyes, "Fine don't admit it"

"Matty!"

We both turn around as his friend shields his eyes from the sun, "You coming to the diner?"

He looks back at me and I nod before handing him twenty dollars, he smiles a thank you. "Bye C"

I wave as he walks away, "Your sisters hot" His friend murmurs as they walk away

Here we go

I then zip up my jacket as I walk over to Carter, it's so easy to spot him in his hoodie and his pair of sweats.... Incase you didn't know, that's my favourite combo

Beautiful

"Hey coach"

He turns around, "Hey pretty"

I wrap my arms around him, "You did good today"

"Of course I did"

"Ugh, I take it back"

He smiles as he looks down at me, "No take backs"

The wind blows against us and my hair starts to crowd my face, Carter moves it out of the way and I poke my tongue out at his nose. "You look so beautiful today"

"I'm not wearing any makeup" I point out

"Even more of a reason for me to call you beautiful"

"You tryna say I look ugly with makeup?"

Carter rolls his eyes, "Ok shut up now"

I grin cheekily before kissing him anyway

Once releasing from my mouth he takes my hand and I swing our arms back and forth.
"Thank God we're leaving. I'm starving-

"Carter!"

We both turn around at the same time, "Your girlfriends pretty!" One of the sixteen year olds call out

"I know!"

He then looks at me with a look that says I told you so, "See?"

"Guys really have no shame"

Zoe scoffs as she walks over, "You too? I had three of them come up to me"

I shrug. "I mean what can I say, we're just that amazing"

"Mazing" Xavier repeats as he clenches the lollipop in his fist, waving it around in excitement

"Come here little man" Carter takes him from his mother before throwing him up into the air, he giggles

"Not too high" Zoe says wearily

"Relax Zo" He throws him up once more before catching his arm with one hand

"Ok now you're just showing off"

After leaving the sports club we said goodbye to Aaron and Zoe, they're going to Aaron's parents house so we'll see them later when we go out for dinner. We then went to Stacey's house to pick up Grace, I'm surprised Melissa even let her go.

Martha left Jacob last year and got to keep the house. Shes been doing so much better with just Chloe and Stacey, and now Carter is closer with his siblings. Sadly though Lola and Stacey aren't together right now, my sister was drunk and kissed a guy at some party so that ruined their relationship.
I'm trying not to get involved because I'd be wrongfully biased, Lola's trying to fix things but Stacey won't talk to her at all..... which is ironic because she also wants her back.

Stacey despises my sister yet she's still in her clothes.

"It's not fair, she's being annoying" Grace complains as we reach the car

"How so" I ask her

"She says I can't sleepover at your house today because I didn't do my homework"

"Why didn't you do your homework"

She shrugs as she does her seatbelt, "I said I'd do it when I get back and she got mad at me"

Honestly this Grace and Melissa bickering is doing my head in, I don't know where this new behaviour has come from because Grace always loved doing homework.... Maybe it's an eight year old thing.

"Do your homework, it's that fucking simple" Her brother replies as he starts the car

"Alright watch the language" I mutter

"So mean" Grace mumbles

"You're mean to mom" He points out

"Am not-

"Are too-

"Are you seriously being petty with her right now?" I scoff

"Am not" Grace continues

I look back, "Stop-

"Are too-

"Am no-

"Oh my God both of you cut it out" I say annoyed

Carter rolls his eyes

"Let's just go to subway please"

"I don't even have any money-

"Didn't you buy me a Chanel purse last week?"

He doesn't reply and I take his silence as a win. Carter actually has a lot more money than he lets on, not only from his job but his trust fund too. And me, I'm absolutely shit at saving so whatever I make, he saves for me and in return buys what I need

It's a smart concept

A/N
I know I know, this was a messy bonus. I just felt like if I jumped too far into the future so quickly it would be weird, maybe I'll edit this chapter sometime later. But don't worry the others are better, don't forget to vote :)


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