Julie's POV

"Light brown to carmel's and blonde ombré" Mam said speaking to her hairdresser, I just sat there letting her take over - letting her make me pretty again. I looked over at Mum seeing her mesmerized by Mam taking control of the whole situation - taking charge.

"I want it all blending together" She demanded taking a seat beside Mum - finally letting the hair stylist get to her job, mixing colors together - bringing my hair back to life

"What do you want to do after?" Mam asked, watching the stylist closely

"I just want to spend some time together-" I shrugged

"-we finally have our two days" I said, rolling my eyes

"How about we have a nice picnic in the park? The weather is gorgeous today" Mum said, letting her gaze fall out to the floor length windows - taking in the beautiful sunny weather

"Only if we get some Fish and Chips" I said with a small giggle

"Aye, I second that" Mam said, getting an agreeing nod from Mum

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Julie's POV

My hair looked amazing - better than my natural hair. It was done in waves of, carmel's, blondes, and Browns mixed into a flowing ombré - stoping at my shoulders. Mum couldn't stop looking me, telling me 'how beautiful I looked' and Mam wouldn't stop touching my hair. They brought my confidence back, making my smile grow wider with each compliment.

"Let us just get me blanket from the boot" Mam said as she parked the car in the busy park - I was hoping no one would recognize my parents; I wasn't in the mood for their fans hounding them. I just wanted to spend some family time together - without any interruptions

"Can we sit close to the little pond?" I asked, in which they simply nodded and led the way - both wearing saucer hats and oversized sunglasses; in hopes not to get noticed. They looked ridiculous. We set up the picnic, laying out our snacks and the chippy meal we had just bought

"This was a good idea" Mam said to Mum as we all began to devour our food. It was a good idea, the weather was perfect - the breeze was changing from that summer heated wind to the chilled warm combination. You could hear children laughing in the background - families together. My family was together, if I had sat here years previous I would have been miserable, jealous, upset, and angry. All I feel right now is love, and happiness.

"That was really good!" I breathed heavily, having too much to eat. I laid back against the picnic blanket, letting my skin soak up the autumn sun beaming down on us, everything was so perfect. I noticed my parents in deep conversation so I left them to it, taking a little walk along the pond filled with white ducks, floating about - not a care in the world.

"Want to feed some?" Mam said, coming up behind me. I smiled as she wrapped her arms around me placing a kiss against my cheek

"Do you have any bread?" I asked

"There's a little shop over there, I'll go get us some" Before I could even object she was already half way there, rushing to cross the busy streets. Mum came over to me, looking off at the distance taking in the beautiful scenery. Mam came back over out of breath handing us some white bread, feeding the hungry ducklings. If I could word perfect, it would be this exact moment - laughing and giggling away. I was surrounded by so much love in this moment; it was overwhelming.

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Julie's POV

"That's Mrs. Jackson! I'll get it!" I said getting off Mum's lap and sprinting to the front door, opening it quickly to be met by Margret and her two very handsome brothers

"Hi Mrs. Jackson, come in" I said stepping aside letting them come in, I led them into the front room - everyone said their greetings before everything took a serious turn.

"We can move up the court hearing" Andy said, pulling out papers and files to prove his point

"And that-" Ben said, pointing at my wrapped wrist - that was slowly healing back to health

"-Will help us speed it up" They went onto talking for hours about how determined and confident they were in this hearing, and how they were so sure they had it in the books - no if, ands, or buts. Their confidence took a heavy load off my shoulders; suddenly being able to breathe again

"..Next week" I was brought out of my thoughts with Andy's words shocking me

"Next week?" I asked, taking in a deep breath - not believing how quickly everything was moving

"I will be speaking to the judge soon as I leave, I'll be ordering a hearing as soon as! It might be sooner than a week" He said standing up along with Ben and Mrs. Jackson, collecting all the paperwork - placing them into their leather briefcases

"I'll be calling you this week" Ben said, as we walked them out - Mrs. Jackson looked at me briefly before pulling me off to the side; getting questioning looks from my parents

"How are you doing?" She asked sweetly, stroking my hair back out of my face

"I'm good, I'm home" I smiled, I could hear the chatter in the background settle down - probably my parents being noisy wanting to know what Margret was talking to me about

"You're looking a lot better, I'm happy you're happy - C'mere" She smiled opening up her arms inviting me into a hug - to which I happily fell into

"Thank you for everything" I murmured against her shoulder - she gave me a squeeze before releasing me

"You're welcome, you know I've told you many times you reminded me of my daughter Megan" She said looking at me closely for a few seconds, it's as if she was trying to memorize my face

"See you Monday?" She said snapping out of her gaze - I was a bit uncomfortable. I nodded leading her back to the front door; saying our goodbyes

"What was all that about?" Mam asked, I could tell she was a bit jealous that Margret was touching me the way she was - or she was a bit uncomfortable with it all

"She was just asking how I was" I shrugged following them back into the front room

"Hmm" She hummed sitting beside Mum on the sofa as I occupied the arm chair, pulling out my phone and sending a text to Libby

Me: Baby, come over! I'm at home ❤️

She sent me a text almost immediately, as if she was waiting for a text from me

Libby<3: Be there in a few x

"I'm going up to my room, Libby's coming over" I said, standing up from the chair - getting disappointed looks from them

"Oh.. Didn't you want to spend some time together?" Mam asked

"Well.. I haven't seen Libby in about two days" I shrugged, a little stuck between hanging out with my parents or my girlfriend

"Go on sweetheart" Mum reassured me with a smile. I went up to my bedroom, having some plans in mind; I wanted to make tonight special for Libby and I. So I thought I'd have a cute little picnic on my bedroom floor - watch some of her favorite films, and even sneak up a bottle of bubbly. I scattered candles all around my room; for two purposes - one being the smell of pumpkin spice and red apple was my favorite autumn scent and two the romantic vibe made my insides melt.

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Kim's POV

"What's gotten into you?" I asked, stroking Cheryl's cheek - trying to relax her scowling face

"Nothing" She mumbled keeping her focus on the telly, her frown line growing deeper by the second

"Okay.." I sighed, returning my gaze to the film we were currently watching - if she wanted to be in a mood, she can be in a mood.

"Did you see the way she was looking at her? And then now she doesn't even want to sit with us anymore!" She ranted, I was waiting for her to blowup and just let everything out at once. That's what Chezza did best.

"What are you on about?" I was completely confused with everything - apart from the 'sitting with us' part

"Margret! She was talking to her like she was hers! She's not hers." She hissed throwing the remote onto the coffee table in frustration

"Cheryl-" I started, but only to be cut off by her abrupt standing - throwing her arms in the air continuing her rant

"Stroking her hair like she's her fcking daughter! Asking her if she's okay!! We ask her that!! WE FCKING STROKE HER HAIR!" She shouted, pointing to herself - she was reading too much into this

"She'll be fcking calling her 'Mum' next thing you know!" She threw her hands in the air, picking up her pace - she was pissed.

"Cheryl, come back and sit down" I said calmly, patting the empty space beside me

"No Kimba! Does it look like I can fcking sit down!" She snapped, I just rolled my eyes grabbing the remote she had carelessly threw; pressing play - resuming the film.

"Well go be pissed somewhere else! I want to watch this" I shooed her away with my hand, getting her even more mad. I found it quite funny when she was like this and I always enjoyed winding her up even more

"Excuse you Kimberley! I'm your fcking wife! If I'm pissed - your pissed! it was in me fcking vows!" She said making me laugh - this only made her nostrils flare out in anger

"Cheryl, babe. That wasn't in your vows!" I laughed even harder. Just repeating her words

"Well I'm putting them in me fcking vows now!" She huffed out of annoyance seeing me go into hysterics

"Chez! Stop it! I can't breathe" I laughed clutching onto my shaking belly - I don't know why I found this so hilarious; ever been in a situation where you found meaningless stuff hilarious? That would be me in this moment - about to wee myself

"Ooo! Oo!-" I said raising my hand like a school girl - begging to be called on by the teacher

"Can I add something into my vows?" I giggled, wiping my laughing tears away

"Fck off" She huffed coming back over to the empty seat beside me - throwing herself with a exaggerated huff

"Thank you" I sniffed, still giggling at the way she had been acting

"For what?" She said, looking at me with her eyebrow's furrowed together - trying her best to surpass a smirk

"For making everyday more exciting than the next!" I smiled kissing her cheek repeatedly until she broke into a laugh

"Get off us you weirdo!" She giggled pushing me away

"Oi! I'm your wife! You're supposed to let me kiss you as much as I want! It was in my vows!" I said seriously - we both looked at each other for a few seconds before going into hysterics

"Ah! I see what you did there!" She said through her laughter - I really was such a lucky woman.

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Julie's POV

"Your parents are definitely on something" Libby laughed as we made our way up the stairs. My parents had the giggles - and didn't quite know how to control it. They answered the door laughing in Libby's face, leaving her completely confused

"They're always acting weird, nothing's knew" I stopped at my bedroom door turning around smiling like a loon, excited to see her reaction

"What?" She giggled nervously

"I have a surprise" I bit my lip, controlling the growing smile

"Is it behind this door" She smirked, looking behind me - maybe she thought she could see through the wooden door

"Maybe.. Close your eyes" I whispered the last part - kissing her lips as her eyes fluttered shut. I opened my bedroom door to be met by the sweet scent of pumpkin spice and apple

"Smells yummy in here" She smiled, taking in a sharp breath. I had candles flickering throughout my huge bedroom, I moved my sofas and coffee table - setting up a little picnic in the middle of my bedroom, I also popped in Libby's favorite film 'It's A Wonderful Life' it soon became my favorite after the third watch, now we sit and read out the lines along with the characters. We were that couple.

"Open" I said, excited to see how she would react to the effort I had put into tonight

"Julie" She gasped, with a full beam spread across her face

"Look! I even have a bubbly chilled in an ice bucket" I said closing the door and leading her in

"This is perfect! Oh look A Wonderful Life!" She said clutching onto her heart - her eyes sparkling like never before

"Come on" I pulled her down onto the duvet filled with her favorite snacks and crisps

"You pop it! I never know how" I pouted handing her the cold bubbly bottle, she popped it with no hesitation

"You look beyond sexy when you do that" I bit my lip watching her pour us a glass each - adding strawberries to each filled glass

"To us" She toasted, keeping eye contact as we clinked our glasses

"This is perfect" I sighed cuddling into her, letting our backs lean against the end of my bed - watching our film. It was a perfect moment, her free arm wrapped around me protectively as our legs tangled up together - I wanted her to know just how much I loved her. I loved her more than anything in this world; and I regret ever letting her doubt it. We both looked at each other knowing our favorite part was coming up; smiling at each other like two loons in love.

"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary." We said simultaneously, giggling as we finished knowing how crazy we must of looked

"I'd get you the moon and the stars if I could Libby" I said, making her eyes soften - looking at me with a dazed look

"I'd get you every star in the sky - every planet in the galaxy" I continued

"Because I'm not sure there are enough words to tell you how much I love you, maybe the stars will show you instead! I'll get you Venus - The Planet of Love" I finished watching her eyes shine with tears, even when she was emotional - she still took my breath away

"I love you Julie, I don't need all of that. I just need you" She smiled, letting the tears trickle down her cheeks. She finally said it - I love you. Making my insides swarm with a million butterflies; my heart working a hundred miles per beat. I leaned in - capturing her puffy lips, kissing her tenderly; romantically, everything a kiss should be - I was giving it to her

"I love you too"