Spare Heart

Epilogue

      "And that's how I met your dad," I finished, ruffling their hair. Obviously I left out the explicit details, which was majority of the story, but they always asked me that one question 'How did you meet daddy?'. So I finally decided to put them out of their misery; telling the tale of the abnormal way we met.

      "Again! Again!" They cheered but I shook my head with a chuckle.

      "No you need to go to bed," I ordered watching as they frowned, sad pouts on their little faces. Apparently the twin gene was strong in Dean's family because I ended up pushing two precious kids out my vagina at the same time. Yeah, it was very painful. Felt like I was being split open.

      Truthfully I didn't know if I ever wanted to have kids but when I found out I was pregnant with my first kid I was over the moon, instant love flooding through me for my daughter⏤Calla. We had thought about naming her Chantelle but I don't think I would've been able to look my daughter in the eye knowing she was named after my gorgeous but dead best friend.

      "Ugh boring and illegal," Calla gagged, ruining their fun.

      "Calla," Dean chuckled as the little two, Arabella and Austin, stared up at their older sister with angry eyes. Austin was over the moon when we named our child Austin. Although it didn't have anything to do with him and more the fact that he was conceived in Austin, Texas. Tyler and Seth weren't too happy about it but they made me promise if I had another child, boy or girl, I'd name them Seth Tyler Campbell which was definitely not happening.

      "She has a point. If I find out any of you get with a teacher, regardless of how cute they are, we're gonna have some problems," I warned playfully as I tucked them into bed and Dean chuckled. Kissing their foreheads I switched off the lights, leaving their bedroom.

      "You're going to bed too," I told Calla as she stood there on her phone. She looked up with huff and I knew she was going to argue with me.

      "But I thought Uncle Jack's coming and he's bringing his cute friend."

      "Yeah, a cute friend that is way too old for you. He's thirty-five and you're sixteen. Now get," I scolded.

      "He's not cute," Dean added with a grumble and I rolled my eyes. 

      "Stand down soldier," I chuckled, patting his chest. 

      "But Uncle Seth's also coming," she pouted, trying to use her deceitful looks to persuade me. Austin and Calla looked exactly like their dad and they used it to their advantage, knowing I didn't have the heart to say no to them. Arabella looked like Catherine more; with red hair and brown eyes. How am I going to have three kids and none of them look like me? 

      "And Seth's always giving you bad ideas. Bed, now," Dean ordered, biting back a smirk. It was fun being a mom. You get to tell your kids no.

      "Maybe she can stay up a bit," I offered and Calla squealed, throwing her arms around me as she knew she got her way.

      "Thank you, thank you, thank you Mom. Love you."

      "Love you too," I chuckled as she kissed my cheek.

      "Jade," Dean said sternly. With the way he acts at times you'd think he's still my teacher but no he was just a bossy man that loved to order me around for his own entertainment.

      "Dean," I mocked, using the same tone he had. I put my hands on my hips, giving him a look as I waited for him to test me.

      "Fine," he snarked and I laughed as Calla ran down the stairs. "You are trouble," he said pointedly as I gave him a cheeky smile.