After Rammstein

Surprise!

~Another Magic Time Skip~ I know, I suck ;)

Berlynn is the cutest child I've ever seen! She grows more intelligent by the day! My only concern is that she'll grow up to fast! She's mommies baby though, even though her grandma and grandpa bought her a brand new pink princess canopy bed, she remains adamant that she sleeps with me.. And I being the submissive mother I am..allow it. Yeah, I know.. She's spoilt rotten. Ugh. But she's a good child, she minds her manners and is just overall polite. Her first word was 'mama' and since then she hadn't stopped talking!

"Berlynn, baby you want to go play in the backyard?" She ran over to me "yes mommy! Let's go!" She grabbed my hand in her tiny Palm as she dragged me behind the house. "Can we blow bubbles mommy?" I smiled and nodded "I'll go get them, they're still in your room right?" She nodded as she went to swing on the trees tire swing, "stay where I can see you from the window!" She nodded and kept swinging. I climbed the stairs to get to her room which was relatively clean today.. Hmm.. I looked around trying to think where I put that kind of stuff... I mean Berlynn had any toy she could want, between hundreds of Barbies and Dollhouses I found two containers of bubbles, so I went downstairs to see the back door still open "Ber?" I yelled out... Nothing.. "Berlynn?!" I began getting concerned so I walked faster to the door until her tiny face popped up from the side of the house "what?" I let a calm breathe out "you scared me.. You want a juice box?" I passed her the bubbles and she nodded "you want crackers to?" She stopped and turned around "are they the animal ones?" I giggled and nodded "then yes!" And she ran back outside.. If only I had her energy.. I mean I, not old.. I'm in my early twenties but Geez, that kid does nothing but run. I went to the kitchen and got the juice box and crackers.

The doorbell rang and I stopped what I was doing to go answer it, as I got to the door and opened it I nearly passed out "Richard!?" I was in shock but he just smiled "Ivy, you look great" no, you do.. "What brings you to America?" I asked he just smiled "I wanted to see my kid, I want to be in its life. Is it a boy or a girl?" I sighed but all of a sudden little feet thumped, running behind me. "Mommy! Where's the crackers- oh.." She looked up at Richard and his eyes widened "hello daddy!" He smiled "hello!" He looked up to me "she knows who I am?" I nodded "Berlynn, what's your favorite band?" She smiled "Rammstein! daddy's good at the guitar!" She jumped up and down "Berlynn? That's your name?" She nodded "your beautiful! Come here!" He held his arms open and she ran into his arms as he picked her up. I smiled at how fatherly he was being. "I missed you daddy! Mommy always said you loved me but I'm glad you're here! Now I can kiss you goodnight instead of that yucky computer screen" I giggled and Richard was beaming with happiness.

I invited Richard in and we sat in the backyard watching Berlynn blow her bubbles "how have you been?" I shrugged "fine. I mean, she's asked about you so much.. I didn't know if I was right to tell her you loved her but.. I had too" he nodded understanding "what's her full name?" I turned to look at him "Berlynn K. Parker" he smirked "what's the 'K' stand for?" I looked out at her blowing bubbles then popping them "Kruspe" i said plainly "I'm surprised! You chose a great name, it's beautiful actually.. Like her" I nodded "Berlin is beautiful and so is she.. So I switched a few letters and voila! I almost named her Germany.. No joke." He laughed "I was thinking of moving up there.. With her, I don't know if it would be better for her but.. There's not much here for her" he nodded "did anyone tell you the news?" He asked In a serious voice "no? What?" He sighed and looked me in the eyes.. Uh oh.. This is bad. "Christian..died, he was in an car crash" I gasped "what?! No.." I couldn't comprehend it.. It's been so long since I had talked to him and now he's..gone. I couldn't help but remember the time he slipped that paper in my hand that said "I don't hate Americans, just america. There's a difference" I let a tear fall out before I began rapidly wiping my eye "that's terrible!" He nodded and we stayed silent for a while.

It had gotten dark and I told Berlynn it was time for her to bath and go to bed. I told Richard he could stay here in the guest room, It seemed to make Berlynn happy. After she was done bathing and getting her 'Sofia the first' pajama set on she ran into the living room where Richard was sitting "come tuck me in Daddy!" I looked at Richard and shrugged as he picked her up and carried her to her room as I led the way "here you go, Princess!" He said as he layer her gently on the bed "goodnight daddy!" She yelled "goodnight, baby" she then turned to me "goodnight momma!" I walked over and sat beside Richard "goodnight darling, sleep tight" I kissed her forhead and she kissed my cheek, I got up and Richard began getting up to "WAIT!" We both quickly turned "what is it?" I asked "daddy needs to kiss me to! He's finally here so he needs to kiss me too! Please daddy! Please!" My heart felt like it was breaking but Richard went over to her and sat back down beside her "goodnight baby girl" and he kissed her, I couldn't help but smile. Richard was a great father.. "I love you mommy and daddy!" I looked at Richard who was walking back to me "we love you too, now sleep tight" he answered.. Ugh. He's a perfect father.

Finally Berlynn let us leave her sight. We sat in the living room talking "so.. Any boyfriend or husband?" He asked and I gave him a face that said 'are you serious?' "No.. It's kind of hard worrying about getting to know a guy, and the. Seeing if Berlynn likes him..pfft. No one would pass her inspection..except you of course." I spoke truthfully, he smiled "good. I was wondering... What would you think about.. Being together again?" My eyes widened "it's been so long since I've seen you.. I mean.. Could we even go back to what we were?" He shook his head "no, we can't. But we can be parents to that little girl up there. I mean, you've definitely matured since then.. And I.. I realized that I can't live without her and I was wrong.." I smiled "I guess..we could try." He smiled "good" yes! This is what we've needed.. We can just pretend nothing had happened back in Germany. We had planned to go to Flakes funeral in a few days, and we would show Berlynn off to the rest of the guys.. Boy was Richard proud of his daughter.. They were so happy! And that made me happy. ..

I'd be okay to live like this for the rest of my life. With a loving man by my side and my darling daughter who acts more like him everyday.. I came into this pregnancy a nervous wreck..alone. But now here I am, happier than I thought possible! And I'm sure if you ask Richard what his life was like After Rammstein he'd say the same thing. We have our ups and downs but it just brings us closer together.. Somehow it works... My life as a spoiled teenager had come to an end... And I couldn't be more thankful I was failing german, if I hadn't I would have went through this journey with Richard... And God do I love him.

THE END
A/N: this is the end! I didn't honestly know how to end it but here it is! Thanks for sticking with me for all this time! You're all great, I love you all and I hoped you liked the story.