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F O U R   Y E A R S L A T E R

"Theo! Can you please stop coming so close to that cake, I don't trust you near it" I say sternly at my 4 year old son.

"Mama, I'm not doing anything. I'm just looking at it" he replies staring at me with his big dough blue eyes, that he got from me. He was currently standing extremely close to the cake I had baked for Jemma—Cams and Owens daughter—she was turning 4. Cam and Owen were coming over, along with Brie and Felix.

"Baby, let him be. It's not like he's going to touch the cake—" Archer walks up behind me and wraps his hand around my waist.

But I cut him off by yelling at Theo.

"No! Don't touch the cake!" I say and quickly walk up to him. But Theo had already scooped up the icing from the cake with him small fingers and placed it in his mouth.

"Ugh, I told you not to touch the cake dude" I shake my head and my very uncooperative son. He just giggled and looked at Archer and I.

"Well, you can just cover it up with some more icing, it'll be fine" Archer shrugs and walks up to the dinning table. He proceeds to scoop up some icing as well, but before he could touch it, I swatted his hand away.

"Don't. Touch. The. Goddamn. Cake" I say and glare at him.

Archer raises his hands in surrender before walking to Theo.

"Wanna go for a swim so we can let this crazy lady cool down?" Archer ask Theo while ruffling his curly brown hair, that he obviously got from Archer.

"Yes, lets do that" Theo nods his head and grabs onto two of Archers fingers and walks up the stairs to go change. Theo's mark was on full display, he still had many years to go. But it still gave me memories of when I met Archer in high school and all the shit I had to do for him to believe me. A small smile formed onto my face and I shake my head in amusement.

Walking to the fridge to remove the icing so I could cover up the place that Theo had taken the icing from.

Around half an hour later I was done making the cake and some food for the small party we were going to have. I walked up the stairs and into Archers and I's bedroom, quickly changing into a sundress. I walked back down the stairs and I saw Archer and Theo walking into the house from the back sliding door. Both of them were dripping wet, their curly hair clumped up a bit with small droplets falling to the wooden floor.

"Go get dressed, they're about to be here in half and hour" I smiled at them and they both nodded their heads and ran up the stairs. Theo was the exact same as Archer, the way he acted and the way he talked really reminds me of the way Archer acts and talks.

I walked into the living room and just sat on the sofa that was against a floor to ceiling window. You could see the front yard from the window and it brought in a lot of sunlight, making the place look cozy.

Around 3 years ago, we had moved out of the penthouse that we used to live in and decided to live in a house instead.

I took out my phone and I saw a text from Cam and Brie telling me that they would be over in around 20 minutes.
Cam and Owen only had Jemma but they are expecting another child in around 4 months now. Brie and Felix however didn't have any children, they wanted to settle themselves down completely before having a child, which is understandable.

Archer came walking down the stairs with Theo over his shoulders, both of them in a pair of jeans and a white shirt.

Archer plops himself down next to me and places Theo between us he then quickly steals a kiss from me. Theo made a weird face and fake gagged.

"Yuck" he shakes his head and covers his eyes. Archer and I both roll our eyes. I then heard the door bell and I walked up to the front door. Pulling it open, there stood Brie, Cam, Jemma, Felix and Owen

Cam had quite a visible bump on her tummy. They all walked in and I excitedly greeted all of them, Theo ran out of the living room and instantly hugged Jemma wishing her a happy birthday. A small smile escaped my lips at the cuteness.

We all walked into the living room, Theo dragging Jemma outside to the backyard to play with his toys that he usually played with outside.

We all caught up on each other's life, Cam and Owen have been married for around 3 years now, Brie and Felix were married for around 2. And Archer and I had been married for already 4 years.

"Can you believe it? I'm already an aunt to 3 amazing kids" Brie sighs and smiles.

"Well, technically not 3 yet. Cause this one isn't born yet" Cam says pointing to her inflated belly.

We talked for around half an hour before we called the kids inside to cut the cake. Jemma and Theo came running into the house, their small feet pattering against the wooden floor.

I pulled a chair for Jemma so that she could see the cake properly and so that she could cut it. Jemma asked Theo to hold the knife with her as well. Both of them giggling, I saw Theo try to scoop some icing but I just ignored it.

It's going to be eaten anyways, who cares

"Make a wish!" Theo says.

Jemma closes her eyes and after a few seconds she opens them again and blows onto the candle before Theo and her both cut the cake.

"What did you wish for?" Theo ask Jemma.

"I can't tell. It won't come true" Jemma shakes her head with a smile. Her curly hair moving as she shakes her head.

"Goddammit" Theo sighs

"Hey! That's a no no word" I look at Theo.

"Oh, woops sorry mama" Theo smiles, giving me an innocent look.

"This is all your fault" I turn to Archer and blame him, playfully. I then walk out to the living room.

"How the hell is this my fault?" I heard Archer laugh.

Once we all ate food and cake, then we ended up watching a movie while Jemma and Theo continued to play outside. Before we knew it we finished watching three movies, and many hours had gone by. It was currently 8:30. I look down at the floor to see Theo and Jemma both fast asleep. They had come inside when it started getting dark.

"We should probably get going, it's getting quite late" Owen says and stands up, helping Cam to stand up from the sofa as well. He picks up the sleeping Jemma and she wakes up for a bit before closing her eyes again and resting her head on Owens shoulder falling back into her deep sleep.

"Yeah, we should get going as well" Felix and Brie say standing up as well.

I picked up Theo and he rested his head on my shoulder, not even waking up once. He's a really deep sleeper, he could probably sleep through a fire. He's just like his dad.

Archer and I walk to the door to open it for them, Theo drooling a bit on my shoulder.

"Bye bitch, see you later" Brie whispers to me then waves. We all say our goodbyes before they went into their cars. Archer closes the door and I took a sleeping Theo up into his room. He was drooling on my shoulder so much that it was complete damp.

I changed him out of his jeans and shirt and made him wear his night clothes before placing him in his bed and tucking him under his duvet. I kiss him on the forehead and got up from the bed, I shut the light and closed the door for his room behind him.

I turn around and Archer was standing right in front of me.

"He's asleep?" He ask me.

"Yup" I nod my head and I walked to our bedroom, I heard Archer following behind me. I change into my jammies and got ready for bed too. It was already 9 and I was tired.

I got under the covers and faced Archers side of the bed, my eyes were closed but I could feel the bed dip down to know that Archer was here now. I was slowly falling into deep sleep and right before that I felt Archer, pull me closer to his chiselled chest and he kissed my nose, forehead and lips.

"Good night Xena, I love you baby"

Was the last this I heard before falling into peaceful slumber, in the arms of my soulmate, Archer Howell.

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