Rove: we never expected this

Funeral day ~ part 3

*a few hours later the arrive, although he was to be buried in Minnesota the funeral was going to be held in la as Alison still wasn't up to traveling the distance, Ryan wasn't up to driving it and dove wasn't up to any of it in general so they didn't, his mom was heading back to be there when they buried him and there was going to be a private family thing back in Minnesota in a couple of weeks which Ryan was intending to back out of even though dove was thinking otherwise, they got to the church and went in, no one was here yet, dove say with the kids as Ryan and the others went to talk to the minister, eventually Ryan came back over and took Alfie into his lap
Ryan: you okay?
Dove: I'm good, how you doing?
Ryan: I don't really know
*he bounces Alfie on his lap, looking only at his son not up to his wife after those words*
Dove: people are starting to arrive
*Ryan turns to see some people coming in, he gets up, putting Alfie on his hip*
Ryan; you gonna come?
Dove: I'm not really his family
Ryan: but you are mine
Dove: okay
*Ryan swipes Charlotte up onto his other hip as dove follows on behind with Elise, she stands behind him, he puts the twins down, one goes and stands next to dove, the other attaches to Ryan's leg, he shakes a few hands and says a few hellos, he has a few quick conversations about his father, he introduces a few people to dove, as dove not as Chloe having decided he wasn't really very close to any of them and so didn't want to do that, eventually his aunt, uncle and cousins arrive*
Ryan: hey aunt Catherine
Catherine: hi Ryan
Ryan: I'm really sorry
Catherine: same to you
John: Ryan
Ryan: uncle John
Catherine: and who might this little one be?
*referring to the little child attached to his leg, he picks up the little one who turns out to be Charlotte which he probably should've guessed, she was a daddy's girl*
Ryan: this is my daughter Charlotte
John: daughter?
Ryan: oh yeah, I guess my parents never told you
Catherine: no they didn't
Ryan: well this is my wife Chloe, most people here will be referring to her as dove but her birth names Chloe
*she steps out from behind him and they give her a bit of a funny look over the dove thing*
John: so is your name dove or Chloe?
Dove: I was born chloe, legally my name is dove, but my family and friends use Chloe still
Catherine: why dove?
Dove: my father used to call me that, he died when I was fifteen so I changed it to honour him
Catherine: well I'm very sorry to hear that
Dove: yeah it's still quite weird without him but I'm kind of used to it now
Ryan: and this is our son Alfie and our other daughter Elise
Catherine: so how old are they?
Ryan: Charlotte and Alfie are a little over one, they're twins you see, and Elise is three weeks old tomorrow
John: wow
Ryan: he was coming to the hospital when they got into the accident
John: oh dear
Dove: I'm really sorry
Ryan: baby I've told you, it's not your fault
Catherine: speaking from experience you definitely have no control over when labour occurs, and knowing my brothers driving I can imagine he wasn't drive my vey well anyway, we're lucky ally's still here
Dove: I'm still very sorry
Minister: if everyone could take their sets so we can begin
*they all nod and head to their seats for it to begin*