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Sorry it took so long, my freaking power at my house went out for a few hours! I hope I don't have school tomorrow, wind chill is expected to be -20 or below :/

I'm going to try and keep these a little short, and they may not always be quite this long either since it's only the first post. So many of my other roleplays want super long replies and then by the time I get to the others I'm exhausted. Let me know if this is an issue!

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Gemma pranced around in the kitchen of the home that she used to share with Louis. She had the radio playing some music but was careful to be quiet because her daughter, Molly, was asleep in her bedroom down the hall. She went over to the stove and stirred the pot of spaghetti noodles that she had been trying to boil for the past half hour - she was never much of a cook; she loved when Louis was home and he could bake a turkey in the oven and prepare a feast worthy of Thanksgiving at the snap of a finger. She was always a little bit jealous that most skills came so easily to him; not only was he an incredible Major General, but he also knew how to play a variety of sports, had mastered the art of the piano, and was excellent with kids. He would have made a wonderful father, had he lived to see their daughter. Gemma frowned as she considered the thought. The memory of that dreadful phone call was still fresh in her mind even though it had been over three years ago. She sat the wooden spoon back down on the counter and jumped when the phone rang. Hoping to eliminate the noise so that Molly wouldn't wake up, she ran over to the receiver and she picked up the phone. "Hello?" she answered quietly, wrapping her finger around the telephone cord. She listened for a brief moment before she discovered that it was one of her best friends, canceling the plans that they had made for that evening. Both Gemma and her friend were single mothers and they often spent nights switching on and off so that one friend would babysit both kids while the other could go out and get some shopping done or simply have a night at home alone. She was about to chat with her friend about when they could reschedule when her doorbell rang. She said her goodbye and ran to the door, not expecting anyone to drop by. She opened the door and her jaw dropped - could this really be happening? It was Louis, alive and in the flesh!

 

Reed cleared his throat as he climbed out of his car and grabbed the bouquet of flowers from the passenger's seat. He locked his car doors behind him and began the short walk to Carly's house. He had parked a little ways down the street in hopes of surprising her at her doorstep. Having eventually been rescued from the jungle that his plane had crashed in, he spent a while in the hospital and rehab to help get him back into shape. He was known for his occasional bout of PTSD and didn't want it to affect his life anymore than what they could control. When he had finally arrived back in their home town about a month ago, he spent a while searching for Carly. He went to the house that they used to live in together and was sad to find it occupied by another family. He spent roughly a week searching high or low for her but eventually decided to stop by her favorite diner in town that she used to visit regularly. He asked around inside and was able to find someone that was friends with Carly and helped point him in the right direction. His heart was running a mile a minute as he made his way to Carly's home. What was he going to say to her? He had tried to prepare a speech but was always unsuccessful, usually breaking down halfway through speaking his thoughts because he had just missed her so much. He finally made it to her doorstep and grinned widely when he saw a car in the driveway - she had to be home! He knocked on the door and waited anxiously, palms sweating worse than they ever had before. When the door finally pulled open, tears welled up in his eyes. It was her, after all this time. Her hair was a lighter shade than he remembered but it was still stick-straight and full of volume. Her blouse and skirt looked lovely on her petite frame and his heart ached when he saw the expression on her face. After all that had happened, she was still able to recognize him. He couldn't have been any happier.

Carly sighed a little as she put her son, Declan to bed. It was early in the day but he was sick and the doctor said it would best for him just to sleep so she was working from home that day. She walked down stairs and sat at her desk in the small office she had created. She worked long hours to be able to pay the bills, keep a roof over there heads and have food on the table. She had been happy living in the house that she shared with Reed but because the house was in his name when he passed away she had to give it up and move out. It broke her heart when she found out reed had been killed. He was a man she had been in love with for a long time as well as her best friend but he was cruelly taken from her. After she got the phone call about his death she had gone into depression. She almost lost their son because of it but she knew she needed to be ok not only for there son but so she could do what reed would have done. She stood up and walked to the door. Her eyes widened as she looked at the man In front of  her "Reed." She whispers. Tears welled in her eyes as she covered her mouth and shook her head "No no no it's not him Carly you know it's not reed is dead don't do this to yourself again." She whispers as she burst into tears and closed the door. It couldn't be him, it was impossible to be him.

 

Louis sighed as he sat in his car, looking over at the house he use to share with his beautiful wife Gemma. He grabbed the roses he had got for her and got out of the car. He took a deep breath, just looking up at the house. He bit his lip and walked up to the door. He didn't know how she would react to seeing him because he had been thought dead but he wanted to get back to where they were before he left because he loved her. Taking a deep breath he knocked on the door and waited for her to open up. When he saw her he felt like crying, he had missed her with all of his heart. 

Gemma's eyes swelled with tears as she took in the moment. Her husband was standing mere inches away from her after he had been presumed dead! Reality struck and she realized that she didn't know how to break it to him that not only did they have a daughter together, but that she had been wanting to see other men in an attempt to move on and provide an even better childhood for Molly. She nearly broke down as she felt her knees go weak and the air escape her throat. "Louis!" she exclaimed, throwing herself out of the house and into his arms. Luckily, he had been prepared and was able to catch her before she could fall face-first onto the pavement. "How can this be?" she wondered aloud, tears flowing down her cheeks and dripping onto his collared shirt. "There's so much I have to tell you," she mumbled into his shoulder as she closed her eyes, hoping time would stop around them. She breathed in the scent of his shirt - he'd been wearing the same cologne that he did years prior, the signature scent of pine and fresh mint that she had fallen in love with. The scent of the roses also flooded her nostrils and she was overwhelmed. She pulled back slightly and gave him a long kiss on the lips, having missed his touch. She laughed when she pulled back again and saw that some of her tears had dripped onto his nose. She noticed that his eyes were glassy, filling with tears of their own. "Come in, please, I think I just scorched my spaghetti noodles," she told him with a chuckle.

 

Reed didn't  want to waste any time standing on her doorstep. He took the initiative and tried to take a step inside, but she slammed the door shut in his face. He fell back a step, nearly sliding off onto the lush grass. Now was his turn to resort to a state of shock. Why on earth would she kick him out? He shook his head quickly, mind racing as he debated what to do next. He knew it would be risky to knock again, but he had to do it - he wouldn't gain anything if he abandoned his mission right now. He stood up slowly and dusted off his jacket, stalling for a moment as he tried to gather his thoughts. He walked back up to the door and knocked again before calling out, "Carly, baby, it's me!" using her favorite pet name. He didn't hear anything for a few moments so he decided to prove to her that it was him. He took a few deep breaths and then began to sing the first song that they had danced to together overseas. It was playing in the background when he proposed to her and it was playing again as their first dance at their wedding. When he finished through the first chorus and still didn't hear any footsteps, he let out a heavy sigh. "Please, Carly, open up, it's me. I have so much to tell you, and these flowers need to get in some water," he pleaded, pulling at strings at this point. His brow furrowed as he waited, palms even more sweaty now as what was once a smile turned into a deep frown.

 

I have an idea, maybe Reed has a girlfriend? and then we can think of something or do the same for Louis?:3

Gemma smiled warmly. "I'm so glad you came back for me," she said as they walked into the kitchen. She started to tell him to take a seat on a bar stool at the counter, but then she realized that she had something more important to do. She froze in her tracks and took his hands in hers. "There's something that I need to show you right away, Louis. It can't wait any longer." She smiled and then pursed her lips as she led him down the hall to where Molly was sound asleep in her little princess bed. She stopped outside the door and began to tell Louis about his daughter. "Louis, right before I got the phone call about your crash I found out that I was pregnant." She watched as his eyes grew wide as saucers. "I know, I know. The little girl you're about to meet is, in fact, your daughter. To answer your question, I have been doing well, considering the fact that I was told you were probably dead. Molly is the reason that I'm here right now, so you'll need to thank her. Molly is the reason that I wake up every morning, the reason I enjoy making frequent trips to her daycare center because I know it means that I'll be bringing her home. She reminds me so much of you it's not even funny." She grinned and slowly pushed open the door, noticing that Molly had woken up. Gemma must have been talking louder than she thought. "Molly, honey?" she whispered, approaching her bed, "I want you to meet someone very special to me. This is your dad, I'm so, so sorry you haven't been able to meet him until now." She turned to face Louis as she stretched out her hand. "Come on over," she said with a delicate smile. 

 

Reed was forever grateful that Carly pulled him inside her home. He missed being with her so badly that it made his heart ache. "It's me, I promise," he said with a light laugh as he elicited a little giggle from Carly. Oh, how he had missed hearing her laugh. He took a seat on the couch in the living room when she said that she had to step away for a moment. He heard a faint crying noise, but supposed it was the kitten (well, cat), Socks, that they had bought together when they first got married. He looked around the room and tried to identify who was in all of the pictures around the room with Carly. He noticed that a considerable amount of time had passed between each picture, but the little boy with Carly was undoubtedly the same boy each time and a spitting image of Reed himself. His eyes widened as he began to put two and two together. He decided not to bring it up right away as he had something that was probably equally as important to tell her. They curled up on the couch together and he started to talk. "Carly, when I was first rescued, I spent months in the hospital to repair all of the injuries I'd suffered as a result of the crash. I spent even longer in a rehabilitation facility, learning how to perform basic actions again. I lost most of my memory from before the crash so when I was released, I figured that it was in my best interest to try and start over. I fell in love with a young woman that worked in rehab, and she slowly helped me work towards regaining my memory. About ten months ago now, I started remembering things about you. Our wedding, the first song we danced to, and our trip to pick up Socks. I realized that I had made the biggest mistake of my life. I broke it off with her and immediately began searching for you. I am so, so sorry for everything that happened. I just wanted you to find out now rather than later. The other woman is no longer in the picture, I want you to know that you are the woman that has my heart."
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Ooh, maybe Louis can have anger issues or something? idk, haha.

Carly smiled as she cuddled up to him, her body resting against his and her head leaning on his shoulder "I missed this so much." She whispers, happy tears falling down her cheeks now. As she listened to him her hear began to break all over again. "So all this time I have been trying to get over my husbands death you have been alive and with another fucking woman?!" She said angrily as she moved away from him. He would know just how angry she was because of her language, she only swore when she was really, really angry. "Your heart must not be mine if you gave it to someone else in the first place." She said as her lip quivered as she tried not to cry. "I almost lost our fucking baby because I thought you were dead.. Fuck. Well now you know, you have a two year old son. I had just finished writing a letter telling you I was pregnant when the letter came that y.. You were dead." She said closing her eyes tightly. Just after she said that she heard a knock on the door and she went and answered it. A blond woman with curves and tanned skin stood In front of her "Hi, you must be Carly. My boyfriend Reed came to find you, to see you after everything I just wanted to make sure he's ok." She said, sending her one of the fakest smiles she had ever seen. Carly finally burst into tears all over again. She slammed the door in the woman's face and walked straight back into the living room "Girlfriend out of the picture huh? Well she's at my fucking door wanting to know how your doing! I think I would rather you be dead, at least then you would still love me." She said as she looked down at her hand and slid her wedding and engagement ring off "Get out. Get the hell out of my house." She yelled as she threw the rings at him. She felt her knees begin to get weak as she shakily sat on the floor. She was sobbing as she pulled her knees to her chest, her body shaking from the violent sobs. She didn't know what to do, the man she was married to and in love with was with another woman when he was meant to be dead. This was all to much for her, her head hurt and she felt sick. "I.. I thought you loved me." She sobbed. 

 

Louis smiled softly "I will always come back for you princess." He said softly and kisses her cheek softly. When she began to explain about the fact that she, well they had a daughter. He didn't expect that at all. It made him sad that he wasn't there for her birth or any of her birthdays for that matter. He slowly followed Gemma, his eyes wide. He couldn't wait to meet his daughter. He had thought a lot about children while he was missing, he had thought of how he would never get to see his little girl get married or be there for all the special moment in her life and now he knew he had a daughter with his gorgeous wife he wouldn't be more happy. He looked at the beautiful, tiny girl laid in her bed with princess bedding covering her body. She was beautiful, just like her mother. Louis slowly walked forward, bending down In front of her bed "Hi Molly." He whispers, tears welling in his eyes. "I'm your daddy. I'm sorry I haven't been here but i will be from now on and I only just found out about you but I love you with all my heart, your my little princess." He said softly, holding his large hand out for her to hold with her tiny one. He was shocked, he didn't expect to have a daughter. 

Gemma smiled as she watched her daughter and her husband finally meet. It was an incredible sight, definitely one that she would cherish forever. She had the sudden urge to pull out her Polaroid camera and capture a few shots, but she knew that would spoil the moment. "Molly," she said as she approached the two, "do you want to go back down to bed or do you want to stay up? I just bought you a new coloring book, it's out in the living room! You can show daddy how you like to color!" He watched as Louis turned around. She recalled that he had a rather artistic side and she knew that he would be delighted that their daughter was fond of the arts. She grinned when Molly nodded, wanting to get a hold of her new play toys. Gemma walked over and picked up Molly, who was already quite tall for her age - also just like her father. The similarities between the two of them were absolutely striking. She motioned for Louis to follow along as they went back out into the living room. She sat Molly down beside the coffee table where she had put the book and crayons. "Color away!" she said excitedly while she and Louis went into the kitchen. Gemma went over to the stove and tried to rescue her spaghetti noodles from their scorching death. "Is it too early for me to ask you about all of this?" she asked him while she tried to clean out the pot as he sat at the table. "I don't want to push it or anything, but obviously I'm curious. You don't have to talk until you're ready." She wanted to know everything she could about what Louis had been through as she knew that it was the only way she could really help him with his recovery. Since it had been so long since the crash, she knew that he had done some repair by himself but not everything could be done on his own.

 

Reed shook his head rapidly, rather upset that Carly wasn't understanding what had happened. "Do you really think I would have been with another woman if I remembered how much I love you?" he yelled, growing more and more angry by the second. This wasn't like him whatsoever; the Reed that Carly had fallen in love with was always calm, cool, and collected. He was usually laid back and very go-with-the-flow. "You aren't listening to what I'm saying! I had severe retrograde amnesia after the accident. I had a number of post-traumatic episodes that left me without any memories from before the crash." His eyes widened when she mentioned that he had become a father while he was supposedly dead. He covered his mouth with his hands as he tried to take it all in. She had never told him anything and had to go on without a father figure for her child! He would have never wished that on anyone, considering that was how he was brought up. His dad was completely out of the picture and because his mother was schizophrenic, he spent a lot of time in foster homes before enrolling in the military. When the doorbell rang, his heart leaped into his throat. The woman on the other side of the door was the one that he had met in the rehab facility. He rose from his seat when Carly came charging back into the room. "Carly, Carly, calm down for a minute!" he pleaded, tears pricking at his eyes. "Are you really going to believe her over me? She was devastated when I told her I was coming to find you. I discovered that she was pushing just shy of stalker status when I broke up with her. I never know what she's going to pull next." His heart broke when she threw her rings at him. Here she was, not taking into consideration any of what he had been through. How had she become so selfish? As far as he knew, she'd never sent out any search parties to come find him! For crying out loud, when him and his crew were rescued, it was all over the national news. How could she have not done anything about it? "I still love you. I always will. Please, just listen to me."

Carly hugged her knees sobbing. Her head was hurting and she felt sick ''I don't know Reed! This is all too much, I woke up thinking you were dead and now you're here and alive. I have a dream like this pretty much every night and it is never real and i'm scared i'm dreaming again.'' she cried. ''I tried to find you Reed and I had no luck, god I even went out there on my own trying to find you and I never found you or any trace of you. I don't know what to believe because this could be one of my dreams and i'm going to wake up and this will all have been a dream.'' she said as she stood up. ''Please don't cry.'' she said as she walked over to him ''I love you to Reed, with all my heart just please tell me your real and i'm never going to lose you again.'' she said as she wiped her eyes. ''I'm sorry for acting how I just did Reed it's just a little overwhelming having your dead husband turning up at your door and the girlfriend he had while you were thinking he was dead turn up at your door.. it's a little hard to process.'' she laughed softly as she bent down and picked her wedding and engagement ring up and slid them back on, taking a deep breath as she sat down. ''This is crazy.'' she whispers, running  a hand through her hair ''So what happened to you?'' she asks softly, looking up at you. ''I came to look for you, you know. I found out I was pregnant just before I got the phone call that you were dead and I didn't believe it so I went looking for you with my cousin who is in the army and we found a group of soldiers who were from your troop and you weren't there. They hadn't seen you so we just assumed that you were dead. I'm sorry I didn't look harder.'' she said, wiping her eyes. 

 

Louis smiled as he watched his daughter go into the living room with her mother and color happily. It warmed his heart to know that his daughter had the same interests as him. He never thought he would have had a child and it made him happy now that he did. He walked into the kitchen with Gemma and nods ''I'm ready to talk, your my wife you have a right to know what happened.'' he said softly as he took her hand and sat down at the table. ''Well we were flying over to our base when an enemy plane crashed into us. We landed in the middle of nowhere and all of us were pretty hurt and we had to try our best to survive. Eventually we were rescued  and we were sent to hospital. I was there for almost a year, I almost lost my legs because they had gotten that infected but the doctors managed to save them and then I had to learn to walk again. I got home a few months ago and I tried to come and see you but I got scared when I came to the door, scared that you would be with someone else and not need or want me anymore but today I needed to do it.. it's our anniversary.'' he said, smiling slightly. He was so happy to be home. 

Gemma went over and sat down at the table with Louis. She felt her face flush ever so slightly when he took her hands in his, something that had always made her heart skip a beat. She sat quietly as he explained the details of what he had experienced over the past three years. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all of this," she told him, leaning in and pulling him into a hug. When she pulled back after a few moments, she began to tell him what had been going on with her. "Molly was born a few months after I was informed that you...wouldn't be coming back from your deployment. I went through a bout of post-partum depression when I realized that I was in this all by myself; I have a few friends now but at the time it was just me. I had just moved here and I expected you to introduce me to so many of your peers that I would feel comfortable, but when that never happened, it really devastated me." She swallowed hardly and cleared her throat. When he brought up their anniversary, her face lit up. She had completely forgotten! "Oh, I am the worst wife ever!" she said. "Usually, on this day, I spend most of it in the ice cream aisle at the supermarket trying to avoid the stares while I cry. Molly doesn't like seeing me cry; for being so young, she's so wise." She laughed lightly. "Do you want to go out to dinner and get something to eat? My usual sitter called earlier and cancelled so we'd have to take Molly, but I'm sure you want to spend as much time with your daughter right now as humanely possible. We need to celebrate all of this - your homecoming, your meeting Molly, your good health... all of it."

 

Reed calmed down a bit when Carly found her way into his arms. He wiped at some of her tears with his thumb, upset that this had all happened. He never wanted to see her like this, and she probably never wanted to see him like this. "This is definitely real, Carly," he told her before planting a delicate kiss on her lips. He knew that would make her wake up and smell the roses. "I understand where you're coming from," he said quietly as he pulled back, his hands resting on her hips. When she asked what happened, he picked her up and carried her over to the couch. He sat down and placed her on his lap. He shook his head when she apologized. "None of this is your fault, you don't have to be sorry for anything." He took a few deep breaths before he went to tell her about what had happened. "I was on a cargo plane with some other men and we ran out of fuel while we were in the air. The pilot figured we could just drop the extra weight and drift the rest of our way to our destination, but as soon as we began dropping crates our plane descended rapidly and we ended up in the jungle. I really don't remember much about how it all went there. I remember being taken to the hospital and crying when I learned that only three of us had survived out of a much larger number. We were extremely lucky. I hit my head pretty bad, apparently, but I lucked out and only had a few cracked ribs while my left lung kept collapsing. My heart doesn't function quite as well as it used to, but the docs are pretty close to a breakthrough with this new medicine I'm trying." He gently stroked her hair as he talked, leaving out some of the more graphic details. "Rehab was rough. No one in there had been through anything relatively close to what I had experienced. It was like I was alone all over again."

 

Carly listened to him and her heart broke. He had been through all that while she had been at home just living her normal life. She pulled him to her and sighed softly ''I'm so glad your ok Reed. I hated not having you with me. The only thing that has kept me from doing something i will regret was Declan, he is just like you but a lot smaller.'' she said as she stroked his cheek softly. ''I love you.'' she whispers as she kissed him lovingly ''You aren't leaving me again Reed.'' she said as she hugged him happily, happy tears falling down her cheeks.''Your alive.. this is all real..'' she said, laughing happily, a big grin on her face. ''I hope the new medicine does work for you because I don't know what I would do if I really did lose you. I have a feeling it would be worse than the first time.'' she said sighing. A man as wonderful as him shouldn't have to go through something as horrific as that. ''I'm glad you remembered me and decided to come back to me. I get my husband and Declan gets his dad.'' she said, smiling happily. ''Do you want meet your son?'' she asks. 

 

Louis sighed when he listened to her. It hurt his heart that she had to through so much alone. He lifted her hand and kissed it softly ''I'm sorry you went through all of that yourself, I would have done anything to be there for you,'' he said and stood up, walking over to her. He kisses her lovingly ''That would be lovely, I want to spend a lot of times with you both, my girls. I want to see my parents as well if that's ok, they don't know either. I didn't want you to find out through someone else.'' he said and kisses her. ''Come on lets go see Molly. I want to spoil my princess.'' he said grinning. 

Gemma agreed, "Yes, we definitely need to tell everyone in person. That's the polite way of going about this." She rose from her chair and held onto his hand, pulling him into the living room where Molly sat. She had crayon smeared all over one of the pages in the coloring book. "I guess it's going to take some time before she gets her artist's hands," she said with a hearty laugh, thankful that she had been smart enough to not start buying magic markers yet. "She loves hugs," she told Louis, "I'm sure she'll let you give her one." Her grin widened when her husband and daughter shared an embrace in the middle of the living room. Another moment she wished she could pull out the Polaroid for. "Molly, do you want to come get washed up so we can go out to eat? We can go to the diner and get spaghetti, I know it's your favorite!" The three prepared themselves for dinner before they went outside and got into her car. She buckled Molly into her car seat and watched as Louis climbed into the back with Molly as she drove. She pulled into the parking lot of the diner and was glad to find it almost completely empty. She parked her car and they went inside to take the usual booth in the corner that they had claimed years prior. She eyed the menu as she watched Louis do the same. "They've added a few new things over the years, I think you'd like the breakfast platter that they serve all day. It's to die for."

 

Reed nodded. "Thank you, I hope all of the meds work out, too. I'd much rather take one pill like they're hoping for than the twelve horse pills I'm downing at every meal." He let out a laugh, hoping to make light of the situation. When she mentioned Declan, he grinned widely. "Of course I'd like to meet my son! I can't get it through my head that all this time, I've been a father. That could have given me all the more reason to come back and find you." He picked her up bridal style and asked, "Where can I find him?" When she replied that he was playing with toys in his bedroom upstairs, he followed her directions and escorted her to Declan's bedroom. He sat her down outside and slowly pushed the door open. "Declan?" he said when the little boy turned around. He couldn't believe it - the two were so similar, they had the same eyes and almost the exact same hairstyle! "Hi, there, little man!" he said, crouching down beside the boy, "I'm your dad, Declan. I'm sorry we haven't met yet, but I promise that I'll always be here for you. You can trust me, okay?" He watched as the boy looked up at him in wonder. He knew that a two-year-old probably wouldn't be able to comprehend absolutely all of what he had to say, but he knew that it meant the world to Carly and that the two boys would eventually meet a common ground. He reached out his hand, smiling as Declan gripped on and let out a childish giggle. "That's it, that's the signature Carmen laugh!" 

 

Carly kisses his cheek "12? Jesus I think I would be sick if I had to take that many. Well how about now that you will be home for meals I will give you 12 kisses every time you have to take them so it isn't as bad?" She asks smiling. She just wanted to kiss him, feel the sparks and tingles when they kiss just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She was scared that this was some horrible joke someone had set up to see her break all over again. "I know I wish I could have told you. Just as I looked at the tests and found out I was pregnant the phone went and that's when I found out the news. I wrote a letter to you but it was sent back to me." She said as she wrapped her arms around his neck when he picked her up. She couldn't wait for him to meet Declan, she was happy she would finally be able to raise Declan with the only other man she loved. Carly stood back and listened to Reed talk, her heart warming an her eyes welling with tears. Carly never thought she would get the joy of seeing her son and the man she was in love with together. When Declan let out a childish giggle she burst into happy tears. She sat down next to them both and picked Declan up and kissed his head before she moved so she was leaning against Reed. "I have both my babies, home and safe." She cried happily as she hugged them both tightly "I love you both." 

 

Louis nods "Yeah, I don't want them to find out from someone else that's all." He said as he walked into the living room. He knelt down next to Molly and held his arms out to her. He felt like crying when his daughter moved into his arms and wrapped her tiny arms around him. He felt so happy. When they got in the car he sat in the back with Molly and played with her, loving it when she giggles at something he would do. He grinned when he saw where they were, it was there usual place to go and they even had there own booth. He got out, unbuckling Molly before he picked her up and walked into the diner. "Hmm that sounds good, I think I will have that. What does it come with?" He asks as he sat down "You can have whatever tonight lovely." 

Gemma scanned the menu and smiled when the waitress came over. She ordered a small bowl of spaghetti for Molly to cover herself in (yeah, like little kids actually ate all of their meal, right...) and a bowl of cheddar baked potato soup for herself. It was her favorite thing to make at home, but she could never quite get the recipe right. She sipped at the glass of water that the waitress had brought for her and grinned when Louis agreed to try out the new breakfast dish. While they waited for their food to arrive, which probably wouldn't take long, she thought of a great idea for how they could spend their first full day together. "There's a new playground that just opened down the street, right next to the park. I'm sure Molly would love to go try out the slide after we go and visit your parents tomorrow!" she told Louis, watching as Molly seemed to get excited. They talked for a few minutes about how the weather had been and other small talk before Gemma realized something. "I kept all of your clothes," she admitted, "I hung them up in the closet and everything. You might be able to fit into some of your old jeans and pants but I doubt any of your shirts will fit." She admired his figure, noticing that he had lost a little bit of weight on his torso but his shoulders had gained a bit of muscle. Probably from all of the work he'd been doing to start walking again.

 

Reed held his wife and their son in his arms, which he considered to be one of the most beautiful things he'd ever experienced. When a few minutes had passed, he pulled back and picked up his son, helping to get Carly back up on her feet. He had never seen her cry such happy tears, not even when they got engaged or when they got married. She knew how to keep her emotions in check and tonight he'd seen so many different sides of her. Angry Carly, passionate Carly, enlightened Carly... So many different ways that she could react and he loved them all to pieces. "I hate to ask something like this," he said, addressing Carly, "but is there any way that the two of us can spend some time alone together? I'm thrilled to get to know Declan and I'm sure he's interested in learning more about his daddy, but I feel like I need to catch up with you. I miss being with you, Carly, we barely got to spend any time together after our wedding and I owe it to you to share a few moments alone with you." He smiled warmly, hoping that she would be appreciative that he brought up such an idea. He knew it was a lot to ask but he was desperate to spend time with just her. "I realize that I've been a terrible father, which isn't actually all my fault, but I never got the chance to go on a 'honeymoon', of sorts, with my wife."

Carly sat there in her husbands arms, her son in her arms and she felt happy, truly happy for the first time in years. She never thought that she would get to see her husband again and she would have to watch her son grow up without a male figure but now she had her husband back and Declan got the father he deserved. She knew that things could only get better. Carly stood up and smiled as she listened to him "Reed, your not a bad dad. How could you be? You didn't know about him until today. And that sounds wonderful. Declan is actually staying at my mums for a week, I'm going down to the beach house where we had our wedding for the week, with it being near out anniversary my parents thought it would be good for me to be where I had good memories of you. I was leaving tonight as well so you can come with me? It's like a belated honeymoon." She said, smiling up at him "But I would love some time with you just us, it's been a long time since we have been together and I want to just be with you for a while. God that makes me sound like an awful mother." She laughed softly. "I told my mum I would take Declan down at four and it's almost four so do you want to come with me? They will be happy to know that there son in law is alive." 

 

Louis smiled and held her hand over the table "Yeah I would love to go to the park, it will be nice to be able to play with Molly and see her laugh and smile. But can I take you out tomorrow night? It's been a long time since we have been alone together and a long time since I took my wife on a date so I think we need a date night," he said grinning at her as he thanked the waitress for the food "This looks brilliant." He said and dug in. He smiled amusedly at Molly, she had spaghetti everywhere.