One Big Family (Camren & Norminah)

Part 52: Dreams come true

So there will probably only be a few more chapters left of this story and then it will be the end :(

This chapter focuses on everyone so we get to see what's been happening to the gang lately.

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Maya wandered around her new home cleaning up as she went, well it wasn't so new they had been in there for a few months now but it still felt new. They had pretty much finished unpacking and the rooms were decorated. It wasn't anything fancy or stylish or over the top, it was just them. It was homey and that's what Maya loved about it. It was warm and inviting and it made her smile.

She loved that Toby's love of sports could be seen by his autographed basketball sitting by the TV and the many sporting magazines and books that he had by the bookcase, and she loved that he still had all of his video games even though it annoyed her to no end that he never put them away properly. She loved that Ella's many pieces of art work was proudly displayed on the arts wall and that her many toys were almost falling out of the toy box in the living room. This was her home she loved everything about it mostly because she never thought she would ever have something like this.

After the big move and Toby graduating from the police academy things had begun to settle down for the little family of three. It had been pretty busy and stressful during that time, Toby was always training and Maya was studying and working and Ella was off at day care. But now they had gotten into a routine and things were a lot calmer and more stable.

There was just one little thing that Maya wanted to make this complete.

There was no doubt in her mind that she would always love Toby and that she would always want him in her life as well as Ella. They had a home together and they loved each other but Maya wanted it to be official. She would be lying if she said she never imagined what it would be like to be married to Toby. When she was a teenager she had practiced writing her name as Mrs. Maya Cabello-Jauregui and dreamt about what their wedding day might look like. But when high school was over and she moved to LA that dream soon became just that...a dream. But now, now she was finally living half of her dream she was just waiting for the rest of it to come true.

Toby had been dropping hints lately or at least Maya thought he had. He was never really subtle about some stuff. It was small things like pointing out random gardens that would look nice in the spring and that would look great for a wedding, or he would casually mention places that would be great for a honeymoon, somewhere with a beach and lots of sun. Even Ella joined in by saying how much she wants to be a flower girl again. Maya didn't want to get her hopes up but she couldn't help but get just a little excited at the thought of possibly becoming Toby's wife and officially becoming Ella's mother.

Maya came to a stop when she entered the living room, there on the couch was Ella fast asleep surrounded by what looked like every single stuffed toy she owned and the girl owned a lot of toys. Being the only biological grandchild of Lauren and Camila, the girl was spoiled. Toby and Maya had to explain that when her Aunty Grace and Aunty Rosie have their babies things will be a little different and that she was going to be the eldest and have to be a good role model for her cousins. Ella was looking forward to it, she couldn't wait to have even more family to play with. She loved playing with Cooper and Max they were awesome but sometimes she just wanted someone to play dolls with so she was hoping that her Aunties babies were going to be girls.

Maya couldn't help but smile when she saw the little girl surrounded by her toys even though she knew it was going to be a nightmare trying to get Ella to pick up her stuff later on. The brunette quietly moved over to the couch not wanting to wake Ella up, she carefully picked up the toys that had fallen onto the floor and placed them back into the toy box. Maya was startled by the little voice that came from under the pile of toys on the couch.