[ 47 ] 2014

It took six months of planning for everything before Calum and Harley got married. They didn't want anything big or fancy, which was the reason why they did it in such a short time. The ceremony took place in June, Calum was nineteen years old and Harley was eighteen. All of their friends and family came to the ceremony and the party, which was only about thirty people over all. Harley and Calum weren't very keen on having two hundred people there, since they didn't even like that many people to begin with. Calum didn't care about any of it. He knew he would have married her even if it was just the two of them at attendance at the ceremony. 

Harley had Aaron walk her down the aisle, and Calum asked Arthur to escort him. It wasn't as traditional in that sense, since the mother usually walked the groom. But Calum's parents had passed away almost two years prior now and the only other person he saw as a parent was Arthur Vega. Arthur was honored to do it too. Though they were two different species of superhuman, Arthur could relate to Calum a lot. He was almost the very same as he had been when he was his age. The difference now was that nothing was getting in the way of his happy ending with Harley Quinn. Arthur had gotten his happy ending with Harleen, but he had to wait about twenty years for it. It was worth it, but it was a painful journey. 

The wedding came right after the end of their second semester at university, which gave them two months off for vacation time. Paul and Dempsey, with help from Arthur, had planned a romantic vacation for them in Mexico as a wedding gift and surprise for the newly married couple. Paul had promised to show them around and make sure they'd have a good time. Harley and Calum were happy about it, since they hadn't seen the hunters in a while, though they did communicate with them often. Then they'd visit Michael and Hazel in Canada for a week and finally Billy and Cindy in California for another week before returning to Australia.

Their plan was to continue with their studies for the next three years and graduate from the university. Then Harley and Calum wanted to train as hunters in The Garden for two years because they wanted to take over for Arthur. He had been thrown into the life of a hunter very young in his life. Harley thought it was about time for him to take a break with Harleen and the twins. But that was still about five years away. 

Things were slightly thrown off balance when towards the beginning of her third semester at the univeristy, Harley started feeling strong boughts of morning sickness. Sometimes it was so bad that she was in her bathroom for over an hour. Calum was worried about her and quickly urged her to go to the doctor. It seemed like she had food poisoning like that time he took her to the beach and proposed to her. But this had lasted longer than just a few days. When Harley refused, he let her wait it out for two weeks before he interfered again. 

They went to the infirmary at St. Sofia's and the doctor told her that if it was not food poisoning, her suggestion was for Harley Quinn to take a pregnancy test due to the symptoms that she was presenting. Harley and Calum were dumbfounded, as they doubted it could be that. It was the last possibility on their minds. But they went to the nearest pharmacy and bought three kinds of tests--one cheap, one moderately priced, and one expensive. She took the three of them at home and looked at all three tests with disbelief. That was when the two teenagers found out that she was pregnant. They were going to have their first child. It was happy new for both of them, but they had been using protection and taking precautions, but it still happened. Calum felt bad for Harley because he knew that she had plans for their future. But he also knew that Harley was a strong person and that she would be able to accomplish anything she set her mind to, with or without kids.

Harleen had gotten pregnant around the same time, as did Andrea. Arthur and Harleen were still fairly young, and Harleen wanted to give him the chance to experience everything again without having to disappear all the time. The twins were already two, almost turning three. Niall and Andrea had decided to become parents at the same time as Calum and Harley, purely for the reason that they only planned on having one child, and they wanted the baby to grow up around Harley and Calum's kid so that he or she could have someone to play with. When it came to the gender, both of them were undecided. Andrea wanted a boy because she knew she wouldn't be able to tolerate a little girl with an attitude like hers. But Niall wanted a little girl that he'd be able to spoil. 

Their first child was born on June 27th, 2015 and was named Diego Hood. Harleen had gushed happily when she saw the baby that he looked just like Arthur did in his baby photos. She told her daughter happily that her son was most likely going to grow up to be tall, tan, and handsome. Harley didn't doubt it, as she thought her husband was very handsome and her dad wasn't bad looking himself. Both were also very tall and Harley already anticipated her son would be as tall as a skyscraper with a father like Calum, a grandfather like Arthur, and an uncle like Billy. 

Harleen and Arthur's baby was born about two months later, and it was a boy that they named Bobby, after Arthur's father. Harley had wanted to name her first son after her grandfather. But she let her parents give her new little brother the name. He had been Arthur's father after all, and it didn't matter who had the name really, as long as the name lived on. Harley's little brother had been named Robert Ernesto Vega. The last of the children to be born in that year was Niall and Andrea's daughter. A little girl they named Saoirse Imogen Horan. Niall was head over heels in love with his little girl, and both Andrea and Harley were glad to be mothers at the same time. That way they could learn everything together.

By the time it the the next year on November 19th, 2016, Harley gave birth to two more children. A set of twin boys who they decided to name Hiram and Giorno Hood. Calum had begged Harley to name Giorno, as he had always wanted to name a son after the main character of his favorite movie, The Golden Experience. Harley didn't mind, since she named their first son. She didn't particularly get the name from anywhere specific. Arthur had merely mentioned to her that he liked Spanish names more than English ones. That was when she decided to go on a website for baby names and she picked Diego because she liked the sound of it. Hiram's name had come from the same movie--The Golden Experience. Harley asked Calum to name both twins, since she hadn't really thought of any ones that she liked.  He had told her that Hiram was a nice name. It was the name of one of the gang members in Giorno's gang. 

Harley rolled her eyes playfully at him, but agreed to name their two sons like characters in a mafia movie. It wasn't like their lives would play out like their namesakes anyway. The characters in The Golden Experience were in the Italian mafia in Naples. 

After the first three children, Harley and Calum decided to take a break in having kids for a couple of years. Harley needed to finish her studies and so did Calum. She was a bit behind because of her pregnancies, but she knew she could still get her work done to graduate with her class. As she called Cindy and Billy with the news of their two twin nephews, Billy had teased her that she and Calum were keeping busy. Harley rolled her eyes at him and asked when he and Cindy were thinking of getting started. They were all in their last year of university and he wanted to wait until they had their degrees to get started on a family. 

The upcoming football season would be Billy's last and it was an important one for him because it was said all over the sports news that the newly relocated to Los Angeles Rams were looking to sign the promising young player Billy Quinn. Harley knew he would get it. He was good at sports and very smart. He would be getting the life he always wanted and deserved. Her brother asked her if she'd always stay in Sydney, and Harley never thought about it before. But now that she did, she just couldn't picture herself moving away from there. She could see herself travelling as part of the hunters organization. But she could not imagine leaving that place forever. It was the place she called her home, with her family and friends. 

As long as she had Calum, their children, her family, and friends, she knew she could be happy wherever she was. 

Straight out of her graduation from St. Sofia and Calum's graduation from University of Sydney, they packed their bags and moved with their three kids to the Australian outback for a while, which was where The Garden was located. By then, Diego was almost three and the twins were almost two. Diego had fondly earned himself the nickname Dio, which came from his younger brothers who could not seem to pronounce Diego properly without messing it up. 

Arthur told her it wasn't necessary for her to do anything that she didn't want to do. That he could take care of all the hunters' matters like he had been doing for over twenty years. But she wanted to help and be a part of the family business. She wanted to help keep their traditions as hunters going. Calum wanted to help as well because he knew their cause was fair. They were merely serving now to keep everyone in check. They were like the police force of the supernatural. Calum would never be able to use a Diamond Rose. But Arthur had done the next best thing. He had gotten him a painted silver regular handgun with his name carved on the side. He would also train in the garden learning all the same things that Harley would be learning.

During their second year at the Garden, Harley became pregnant again and towards the end of her training gave birth to a little girl Calum begged for her to let him name Narda. That was the name of another character in The Golden Experience. She was Giorno's love interest in the first movie and later his girlfriend in the second movie.

When their training was finished and they finally left the Garden, Dio was four, the twins were three, and Narda was one. Harley had passed her time off in the Garden as an internship on her resume and got a job at the Sydney Aquarium. It was the place where her children spent a lot of their time, until Calum started taking the boys with him to his work. He had gotten a job as a physical trainer for Sydney FC, and the boys had joined the youth league once they were old enough to play. 

Two years after Narda was born they had Liesl and the two decided that would be their last child. Now they had five beautiful children to take care of. Diego looked more and more like Bobby Vega with each passing day. The twins looked like Harleen's family--reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. Narda was tanned and with raven hair like her dad. Liesl was starting to look more like his family too, except her skin was more light than her older sisters. They were all so different because of the different backgrounds of their parents. They almost didn't look like siblings. But Harley and Calum loved them all the same.

As soon as the children were old enough to stay with Harleen, her twins, and her youngest son, Calum and Harley started training with Arthur in the management of the Garden and assigning missions. Having hunters trained and stationed in different countries. It was a lot of work, but Harley was determined to learn it all. It was time to fully grasp the family business so that her father Arthur could take a well deserved rest from it all. 

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this one was soooo difficult to write because it was a lot of summarizing. so bear with me if its not that interesting. all of this will open up into the next series. 

thank you all loads for reading ans supporting me all this time.

i really appreciate it. now i think i will go to sleep. i had plans for tomorrow but my crush bailed on me because his mom wants him to go do the laundry tomorrow. but i'll just sleep in and write a few more updates for you all again. 

have a good night!

-clary