"Thanks for spending the day with me." I smiled as the guys stood by the door to leave, Calum holding Gracie in his arms.

"No problem, we'll see you guys tomorrow." Luke smiled. "Okay Gracie, give me a hug."

Calum passed Gracie to Luke and she hung her arms around his neck, pressing her cheek to his.

"Bye uncle Lukey." She smiled.

"Bye Gracie." He hugged her and then passed her to Michael.

"See you tomorrow little one." He kissed her cheek and she smiled, kissing his cheek back.

Michael gave her to Calum again and he hugged her.

"Be good for your mom and we'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Caly." She said and he laughed before handing her over to me where she proceeded to thump her head onto my shoulder, her thumb going to her mouth while her other arm reached around my neck.

"Bye, thanks again." I smiled and closed the door behind them, locking it for the night.

"Okay baby, let's go check on Ender." I said and Gracie nodded as we scaled the stairs to Ender's room.

He was laying on his bed, Ashton's iPad leaned up against a pillow and Bear curled up by his feet.

"How ya feeling bud?" I asked him.

"A little better." He looked up from the movie he was watching.

I walked closer and placed my hand on his forehead.

"You're still warm. I can give you another pill in thirty minutes. Do you want anything to drink or a snack?"

"Popcorn?" He asked.

"Sure." I smiled and went to get his popcorn and some orange juice to get some vitamin c in his system.

"Okay, I'm going to give Gracie her bath and then it should be time for you to take another pill."

He nodded and popped a piece of popcorn in his mouth.

I took Gracie to the bathroom and got her bathed and then into her pink onesie, braiding her hair into her little French braids.

She followed me around as I got Ender's medicine.

"Okay bub, here you go. Get some sleep and hopefully you'll feel better in the morning." I smoothed a hand across his forehead and pressed a kiss to his skin.

I turned off the iPad and set it on his nightstand, scratching Bear behind the ears before I left his room.

Gracie was in my bed already and I tickled her tummy causing her to giggle before changing into my pyjamas and sliding into the bed.

She snuggled up next to me and I took a selfie of us, sending it to Ashton before putting back my phone and wrapping my arms around Gracie.

I smiled as she nestled her head against my chest and we fell asleep, waiting for Ashton to come home.

Later on I was awoken by a sound downstairs and rolled over in my bed, Gracie's back softly hitting the mattress as I let her go.

Ashton was home and I was excited.

Carefully I slipped from the bed and left my bedroom, starting to walk down the stairs.

"Ash?" I called softly.

"Hey baby." His voice came from the kitchen and I turned on the lights.

"Hi." I said as I walked up to hug him. "We missed you today."

"I missed you too." He hugged me back before leaning down to attach his lips to mine in a kiss.

"Did you have dinner yet?" I asked.

"No." He shook his head.

"I'll get that started if you want to bring your boxes in so they aren't sitting in the car overnight."

"Sure." He gave me one more kiss. "Oh and I put the pills on the counter." He smiled.

"Thank you."

Ashton left to go start bringing boxes in, using the dolly we had in the storage area, while I began to heat up his food.

Once he was done doing that he sat down at the bar to eat.

"This is great thanks." He smiled.

"No problem." I said as I put the rest of the left overs away.

"Mommy?" I heard Gracie's small voice and I looked to see her coming down the stairs.

"Hey baby, why are you up?" I asked her.

"I'm cold." She replied then noticed Ashton. "Daddy!" She gasped and ran to him.

"Hey sweetheart." He picked her up and set her in his lap to give her a hug.

"I missed you." She smiled up at him.

"I missed you too." He kissed her cheek.

She sat in his lap while he finished dinner and then leaned her head back against him while I went to wash his plate, Ashton stroking her arm while I could see her fighting sleep.

I was putting his plate away when there was a knock on our front door.

Ashton and I both looked at each other confused.

"Ari?" He guessed.

"No, she would've called." I shook my head.

"Then who the heck is knocking on our door at eleven thirty at night?" He asked and I shrugged.

Ashton handed me Gracie and went to the door while I stood behind him so I could see who was there.

He opened the door to reveal a person I had practically forgotten about: Dylan.

A course of anger rushed through me and I could see Ashton's entire body tense up as he stood up straighter.

I hadn't seen him since he had kissed me in the I.T. shop a while ago.

"Mommy who's that?" Gracie asked me.

"No one baby. Why don't you go upstairs and Daddy and I will come tuck you in in a minute." I said and she nodded. I set her down but instead of going to the stairs she went to Ashton's legs, hugging them as she peeked around to see the stranger at the door.

"Go upstairs Gracie." Ashton told her and she looked up at him before she went upstairs.

"Do you need something?" Ashton turned to Dylan with venom in his voice.

"I just wanted to have a little chat with Carter thats all." Dylan said back.

"That won't be happening." I said before Ashton could reply.

"Oh are you moving out?" Dylan asked annoyingly, glancing at the boxes in our entry way.

"Moving in, which is none of your concern." Ashton said through his teeth. "And since you won't be talking to Carter you can leave." He began to shut the door but Dylan stopped him.

"Now that's no way to treat a guest." Dylan said sickeningly and out of fear I stepped closer to Ashton, placing my hand on his arm.

"You're not a guest. In fact, you show up at my home in the middle of the night while my children are in the house and make my fiancé uncomfortable. So I'm going to suggest you leave."

At the word fiancé I saw Dylan's eyes glance to my left hand that was on Ashton's arm and land on my ring.

A devilish smirk settled on his face at this.

"You're trespassing on private property." Ashton said.

"This is the marina, it's public property." Dylan fired back.

"Not the house. The shop is public property but the house is private. So leave."

I felt little arms wrap around my legs and looked down to see Gracie.

"Sweetie I told you to go upstairs." I bent down to her level.

"But I'm scared." She looked up at me with wide eyes and I pulled her into a hug before standing back up with her gathered in my arms.

"I'm not going to tell you to leave again. You're not going to get what you came here for." Ashton said to Dylan in a warning tone.

Dylan didn't respond but looked at the little girl in my arms.

"And who are you?" He asked her with a smile.

"Don't talk to her." I seethed at him.

"Daddy." Gracie whimpered and Ashton took her up in his arms.

"Leave Dylan, before I have to call the police." Ashton said to him after Gracie had gotten situated hugging his neck.

"Thanks but no thanks. I'd like to have my chat with your fiancé before I go." Dylan responded back.

"Not in a million years will you ever get to talk to her. Now leave."

Dylan didn't move.

"You have to do what Daddy's says or you'll get put in time out." Gracie piped up and said to Dylan in her small voice.

"Gracie no." I went to take her from Ashton.

"Carter, both of you go upstairs please." Ashton said to me in an extremely calm voice that sent shivers through me. He was pissed.

I heard Ashton's voice as I began to walk the little girl up the stairs.

"Dylan I'm going to give you thirty seconds to get off my property before I call the police."

Glancing behind me I saw Ashton pulling his phone from his pocket.

I sent Gracie in my room and closed the door while I stood at the top of the stairs.

Ashton dialled the number for the police and then held the phone to his ear.

"Yes, I have a man on my private property who won't leave despite my asking. He's assaulted my fiancé before and I would like some assistance in getting him removed from my doorstep." He said. "The address is 58 Harbour Street, it's the house behind Chase Marina Tours at the end of the docks."

Dylan just glared at Ashton.

"My name is Ashton Irwin." He continued to speak into his phone. "Thank you."

"I didn't assault your girlfriend." Dylan said to him.

"Really? Because I believe forcibly kissing someone without their permission is classified as sexual assault."

"She wanted it." Dylan said and I gasped.

"I'm pretty sure when the girl pushes you away it means she doesn't want you. Learn how to respect women." Ashton growled.

"Well maybe if you treated your girl right she wouldn't have gone looking to me for someone to kiss." Dylan lied to get Ashton angrier than he already was.

"You lying son of a bitch." I stalked down the stairs ready to fight him but Ashton stopped me by blocking me with his arms.

"Carter go back upstairs." Ashton told me, moving me behind him as he turned back to Dylan. "I'd leave before the police get here if I were you. It won't make much of a difference anyways I guess since we will be filing for a restraining order."

At his last word he slammed the door shut in Dylan's face before locking it.

"Go upstairs until the police get here." Ashton said to me in that calm voice again and I did as he said.

I remained at the top of the stairs while I watched Ashton peek through the blinds, looking at Dylan until his shoulders dropped and there was a knock on the door.

He answered it to reveal a police officer and I grabbed Gracie from my room to take her downstairs with me.

"You called about a man trespassing on your property, is this him?" The officer asked Ashton as I came behind him.

"Yes, that's him." Ashton nodded and looked over at me and Gracie, placing his arm around my shoulders.

Another officer was handcuffing Dylan to take him away.

"Would you like to press charges?" The officer asked.

"Yes." Ashton answered and I released a sigh of relief.

The officer had Ashton tell him what had happened so he had it for the report while I stood there, watching the officer lead Dylan up the docks.

Ashton was going to pitch a fit about this.

I knew he was going to use this as an angle to make me go on tour with him.

The officer came inside while he had Ashton sign some forms since he was pressing charges.

"Are you a- a policeman?" Gracie asked the officer.

"I am." He smiled at her. "I'm officer Raymond, and who are you?"

"Gracie." She grinned up at him and Ashton and I both smiled at her.

"How old are you Gracie?" He asked her.

"Four." She held up her fingers.

"Wow. You're a big kid." He said and she nodded.

"Where did the bad man go?"

"We took him to the police station so that you and your Mommy and Daddy won't have to worry about him." Officer Raymond told her.

She nodded at this.

"If you'd like to file for a restraining order you have to come down to the station tomorrow." He told Ash once he was done filling out the papers.

"Alright. Thank you for your help." He said and the officer said goodnight before closing the door.

The moment the door was closed and locked Ashton turned to me, folding his arms over his chest.

"Gracie go upstairs sweetie, I'll be there in a minute." I told the little girl and shooed her up the steps, knowing Ashton was about to let me have it.

The moment my bedroom door closed Ashton began to talk.

"Carter I am a very patient person. I've understood and accepted your reasons for not going on tour with me," He started and I inhaled sharply, "but not anymore. If you think that I'm going to let you stay here after what just happened then you must honestly be out of your damn mind."

He said and I took in another breath.

"What if I wasn't here? I know you're a strong girl and can handle yourself, but Carter the kids were here, he could've hurt you or hurt them. And I'm not going to risk your safety anymore okay? I'm done with that. You may be the strongest person I know, but you are still fragile, and I don't want anything to happen that will cause you pain."

I nodded, biting my lip and looking away.

Ashton was right, I knew he was, but I was too stubborn to admit it.

He had a legitimate plan mapped out for us to go on tour, and all of the reasons he had were valid and after Dylan showed up here tonight, I understood even more why he was so scared to leave me.

It seemed as if every time Ashton left, something bad happened.

First when he left and I ended up in the hospital, then the week after when he left and Dylan assaulted me.

After that night just last week when I made him spend a night with the boys and I ended up falling down the stairs and having the seizures, and then when we took the two day break and Ender ran away.

Now this.

Was this how it was going to be now? Living in constant fear that when he left, something was going to happen.

Ashton made me feel safe.

When he was here I was protected and I knew nothing bad would happen to me or the kids. He was my safety, he was my home.

And I didn't want to live another day of my life without him right beside me.

"I wanna- I wanna go on tour with you." I looked at him, my eyes watering.

I saw his body visibly relax at my words.

"You wanna go?" He made sure and I nodded before he stepped forward to hug me.

"Thank God." He breathed.

"I need you, the kids need you. I don't want us to be apart. You're my home, Ashton." I clung to him furiously.

"You're my home too." He held me tighter against him.

He moved his head back to look at me, making sure I was okay.

"You good baby?" He asked me and I nodded.

"I should've listened to you, I'm sorry." I sniffled. "I was being stubborn."

"I know you were." He smiled at me softly and it caused me to laugh. "This is your home and I understand you don't want to leave, but just think about it, now we get to spend more time together, and I get to take you and the kids all over the world, and show you all of these amazing places and things, and we get to be with each other."

I nodded at this, giving him a soft smile.

"There's nothing else I'd rather do." I told him as I hooked my arms around his neck to hug him, Ashton pressing me to him.

"I love you so much." He murmured into my ear.

"I love you too." I kissed his jaw and he tilted his head to capture my lips in a deep kiss.

I allowed him to deepen the kiss even further, placing my hand on his cheek while his tongue and lips moved with mine.

We broke the kiss, both of us breathing hard.

"Are you happy?" He asked me, a smile on his face and I nodded up at him with a soft smile of my own.

"I'm very happy."

He grinned before capturing my lips in another kiss.

"Let's go to bed and we can talk about this more tomorrow." He said and I nodded.

He made sure our front door was locked before we made our way up to my room where Gracie was sitting on the bed with her stuffed bunny and elephant in her hand.

"It's past your bedtime." Ashton said and she grinned at him.

Ashton grabbed some basket ball shorts and another tee, changing clothes really quickly while I flipped back the covers and Gracie crawled under.

He climbed over to his side, getting underneath the blankets as well, Gracie turning over into him.

"You're one cuddly little girl aren't you?" He smiled and she nodded.

I turned off my beside lamp, getting in beside them.

"Goodnight you two." I leaned over to give them both kisses.

"Night Mommy." Gracie said to me, closing her eyes as she snuggled herself even more into Ashton, causing him to laugh lightly.

"Goodnight Car." Ashton smiled at me and I returned it, closing my eyes as I settled into the sheets and fell asleep.

I was awoken suddenly by a small body and an even smaller one pouncing on me.

"What the..?" I grumbled as I flung my eyes open to see Ender and Gracie on top of me.

"Mommy wake up!" Gracie exclaimed with a laugh.

"I'm up, I'm up." I said in a tired voice, rubbing the sleep from my eyes and turning to see Ashton leaning against my bedroom door frame with a smile on his face.

Glancing at my alarm clock I saw it was 10:45 in the morning.

"Sleep good?" Ashton asked me and I nodded. This was probably the latest I've ever slept in.

I looked up at Ender.

"Hey, how ya feeling bud?" I asked him.

"Better." He smiled. "Ashton checked and I don't have a fever anymore."

"Good." I placed a hand on his cheek.

"Daddy made us pancakes!" Gracie gasped and I couldn't help but laugh.

"I still have some left if you're hungry?" Ashton raised an eyebrow and I nodded.

The kids got off the bed so I could get up, and I headed downstairs to eat.

I was sitting at the bar chewing my food when I noticed Ashton on his Instagram, posting a photo of what looked like me sleeping.

"Wait let me see the photo." I reached out for his phone and he yanked it away.

"Nope." He smirked.

"Ashton let me see!" I slid out of my chair, chasing him around the room when he started to run away from me.

I ran and jumped on his back, looking over his shoulder to see a black and white photo of me sprawled out in the blankets, one leg bent on top of the sheets and the other underneath, my head turned to the side with my hair everywhere.

"Ew gross, don't post that." I whined.

"Carter you look adorable." He laughed.

"No." I pouted.

"Please let me post it? Please?" He gave me the puppy dog lip.

"Ugh fine." I groaned, sliding off his back.

"Thank you." He turned around to kiss my forehead. "Love you."

"Love you too, jerk."

He laughed at that and I finished my breakfast.

Ashton started on unpacking his boxes, taking all of his clothes upstairs, and I began to separate our clothes into three sections, mine, Ashton's, and then ones we would share.

"Seriously?" He asked as he walked in to put some shoes on the floor next to Gracie's.

"Um I'm your fiancé, we share things now."

"That's not how this works." He laughed.

"Yes it is." I kissed his nose.

I continued to separate his clothes into the sections when I heard his voice.

"So Carter is separating our clothes in the closet and has created three sections, her clothes, my clothes, and then clothes we are apparently going to share."

Looking over I saw him with his phone up in front of him.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Videoing."

"Weirdo."

"Did you just call me weird?" He laughed.

"Yeah." I replied. "Oh I like this." I moved a flannel over to our shared section.

Ashton giggled at this.

"Love you." He laughed.

"Love you too." I said and then he put his phone down.

I finished unpacking his clothes while he put his stuff in the nightstand and dresser and then moved downstairs to look through the other boxes.

He brought a box of CDs over to the television stand and started to open the box when all of the sudden we heard screaming from Gracie where she was walking Bear outside since Ender was napping upstairs.

Ashton and I both jumped up and ran outside, panicked.

"Gracie?!" Ashton yelled.

"There's a fairy!" She exclaimed from where she was standing.

"What?" I asked her.

"There's a fairy! Look!"

Ashton and I both went over to go see what she was talking about and I laughed when I saw a yellow butterfly fluttering around in the air.

"Do you wanna see something cool Gray?" I asked her and she nodded and I held out a finger, waiting a few moments until the butterfly landed on it.

I slowly knelt down and showed her, Gracie gasping excitedly.

"Gracie this is a butterfly." I explained to her.

"Where are the fairies?" She asked.

"The fairies are in Neverland, remember?" I asked her since she had watched the Tinkerbell movie a few times.

She nodded and I moved my finger to hers letting the butterfly rest on her finger.

She grinned as it did so.

When the butterfly flew away we went back inside but I noticed that the sky was dark and it was probably going to rain soon.

"She gave me a heart attack." Ashton said as we  went into the living room and I laughed.

He messed on his phone for a few minutes before telling me to go look at what he had posted.

Since we shared a Twitter I looked to see he had tweeted 'When your child starts screaming so you run outside to see what's wrong and it turns out she saw a butterfly and thought it was a fairy. #LifeWithGracie'

I laughed and then went to see he had posted two photos, one with me holding the butterfly and Gracie watching, and then another of Gracie holding the butterfly, the massively excited look on her face.

It was adorable.

I was setting Gracie up at the coffee table with her colouring books and crayons when the sky cracked open and rain began to pour from the sky.

After she was set up I walked over to where Ashton was sitting in front of the television stand looking at CD's.

"How's unpacking going?" I bent down to wrap my arms around his shoulders.

"Good. Your dad had great taste in music." He said, obviously impressed.

I laughed lightly.

"Well I'm sure you and him would have gotten along great." I smiled and he returned it before I gave him a kiss.

He kissed me back and I let go to walk into the kitchen.

"Mommy I can't find my purple crayon." Gracie came down the stairs frowning.

"Okay, let's go look." I told her and we began to search around the living room.

"Hmm, I don't know Gray, did you put it in the toy box?"

"It wasn't there." She poked out her lip.

"Well baby, I don't know. Next time we go to the store we can get you a new box of crayons."

"Okay." She nodded. "Can you colour with me?"

"Sure." I poked her nose and sat with her by the coffee table to colour with her.

We coloured for a while until it was lunch time and I had to start making food.

We had sandwiches and lemonade before Ashton went back to unpacking.

"Babe where can I put this?" He asked and I saw him holding up what looked like an award.

"What's that?"

"Our Aria award." He said.

"Oh how exciting." I grinned. "Put it on the television stand so we can see it."

"Okay." He laughed.

Gracie came downstairs while I sat and talked to Ashton, the downpour still raging on outside.

"Daddy." Gracie walked up to Ashton and put her arms around his neck, hugging him.

"What is it baby girl?" He asked her.

She shrugged her little shoulders and Ashton laughed, leaning backward to lay on the floor while Gracie laid on top of him.

"Aw." I said while I watched the father and daughter moment.

Ashton circled his arms around Gracie and I smiled.

I saw Ender come down the stairs, his hair sticking up weird with his red plaid pyjama bottoms and a white tee.

"How ya feeling?" I asked him.

"I'm hungry." He replied.

"There's sandwich stuff in the fridge." I said and he nodded.

I stood up to put a blanket over Ashton and Gracie, Ash creaking his eyes open to smile at me.

It was quiet for a moment until suddenly a big clap of thunder was heard outside and Gracie snapped her head up.

I saw the look on her face as she whimpered and her eyes misted up, knowing she was about to cry. 

"You're okay, you're okay." Ashton placed a hand on the back of her head, sitting up to pull her against him.

"It's okay baby." I knelt by her as well, trying to calm her down. She cuddled herself into Ashton's chest and he smiled down at her.

Ender came in the living room with his sandwich, sitting on the sofa.

Since both kids were in here I looked over at Ashton. "Should we tell them what we discussed last night?"

"Yeah. Are you sure that's what you want?" He checked.

"Yes." I nodded.

"Okay then." He smiled, standing up and taking Gracie over to the sofa next to Ender where he set her down before sitting next to her, only to have her crawl right back in his lap to which he laughed.

"So me and Carter have something to talk to you two about." Ashton said and Ender looked up from his sandwich.

"Are you pregnant?" Ender asked me.

"What? No!" I said to him, slightly offended. "Do I look pregnant?"

"No. I was just asking." He shrugged and I shook my head.

"Anyways." Ashton laughed. "We have decided that you three are going to go on tour with me and the guys."

"We get to go?!" Ender exclaimed, looking between us with a wide grin.

"We get to go." I smiled at him and he moved his plate to the side before launching himself into my arms.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" He chanted as he hugged me, Ashton and I both laughing.

"You're welcome." I smiled.

"Where are we going? Where are we going?" Gracie bounced on the sofa cushion.

"Well, we are going to a lot of places." Ashton told her.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because I'm going on tour." He said and she looked at him with a blank expression.

"What's tour?"

"Well Gracie, your Daddy is in a band with Uncle Luke, and Uncle Michael, and Uncle Calum, and they are going to play shows of their music to all of their fans, and we get to go with them." I tried to explain to her.

"What's a band?"

I looked up to Ashton for help.

"Here I'll show you." He pulled out his phone and began to type something before handing her his phone.

I leaned over to watch and so did Ender.

Music started and a video of the guys in superhero costumes began to play, all of us laughing.

"Daddy that's you!" Gracie pointed at the screen when she saw Ashton.

"Mhmm." He nodded, smiling at her.

Gracie giggled and laughed hysterically the entire time she watched the music video, Ashton, Ender, and I laughing with her.

When it came to the part of the video where it showed the guys playing their instruments, Ashton explained to Gracie how the band worked and what instrument each one of the boys played.

She seemed to understand this and once the video was over Ashton went to take back his phone but Gracie yanked it away.

"I wanna see it again!" She whined and Ashton laughed before restarting the video.

"Well I think she's on board." I chuckled and Ashton sent me a wink.

On her third time watching the video Ashton and I went back to finish unpacking his stuff.

Gracie continued to giggle and laugh as she re-watched the video over and over again, Ashton just shaking his head and laughing the entire time.

Finally I took a picture of her watching the video to share on my Instagram, saying '5SOS's biggest fan. This is her 17th time watching the video and she's still laughing away.'

"She loves you so much." I said to Ashton as I went to sit in his lap, draping my arms around his neck.

"I love her too." He smiled, placing a hand on my back.

I continued to smile knowing about the surprise I had for Ashton and Gracie that should be coming in the mail soon.

"So now that we have decided to go on tour with you, what's the next step?" I asked him as I fiddled with the collar of his tee.

"Well, I'm going to call management and tell them you guys are coming with me so they can get hotel rooms and plane tickets for enough people. And then we are going to pack, and in two weeks we will leave for LA, and then go to Japan." He answered me, covering my hand with his own.

"Then what's after Japan?"

"Then we are going to spend a bit of time in London writing and recording for our next album, and then start the North America tour."

"I still can't believe I'm going with you." I looked up at him with an happy little smile and he laughed.

"I'm excited, it will be amazing I promise you." He grinned and then leaned in to kiss me.

We broke the kiss when the music to Gracie's video stopped and then started over again, Ashton and I both bursting into laughter.

After we had sat together for a while and the rain began to lighten up, Ashton went to take the boxes to the trash while I started on dinner for our family and the guys since they were coming over tonight.

Ashton came back in to help me cook while Ender sat the bar to drown us with questions about tour.

"Do we get to take Bear?" He asked us.

"Yes, but what will probably happen is he will stay with my mum while we are in Japan and London, and then join us when we start the North American tour." Ashton explained to him.

"Can I bring my bike?"

"Yes." Ashton smiled.

"What about school?"

"Well we are going to get you a tutor so you'll have a set time each day where you will be in class learning like everyone else, and when you go back to normal school all of your classes will transfer." I answered this time.

"But I can't be on the footie team anymore." He suddenly realised, a frown on his face.

"Nope." I gave him a sympathetic look. "But you have one more game left before we go, so you can make the most of it."

He nodded.

"I'm gonna go start packing!" He suddenly jumped up and ran upstairs.

Ashton and I both laughed at his enthusiasm.

"When do we need to start packing?" I asked him.

"Soon. I'll call management tomorrow to get everything set up, and then we need to get some luggage and probably go shopping for clothes and other stuff we'll need." He answered. "Oh and we need to go to the bank to get our account set up."

"Okay, my handsome fiancé." I smiled up at him and he leaned down to give me a cute kiss.

Around ten minutes later Luke, Michael, and Calum walked in the front door.

"Hey!" I smiled at them.

"Hi!" They all came over to hug me.

"So we have exciting news." I told them.

"What?" Michael asked as he took a seat at the bar.

"Carter and the kids are going on tour with us." Ashton smiled and the guys all started to cheer.

"We knew you'd change your mind." Calum gave me a shoulder hug.

"Are the kids excited?" Michael asked.

"Yes, Ender is already upstairs packing." I laughed.

"What about you Gracie, are you excited to go on tour with your Dad?" Luke asked the little girl who was up in his arms.

"Yes!" She eagerly nodded then gasped. "Uncle Lukey in the movie you did this and you had cape like a super hero!"

We all laughed as Gracie began to move around and make the moves Luke did in the music video.

"You're silly." Luke poked her nose causing Gracie to laugh.

After dinner we all gathered around so the guys could tell me what tour was like, Ender completely entranced by their stories while Gracie continued to watch videos of the guys on Ashton's phone.

"Hey Gracie do you remember what instrument Daddy plays?" Ashton asked her while filming her.

"Drums!" She shouted, her r sounding like a w.

"How do the drums go?" He asked her.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!" She began to wave her arms wildly and Ashton busted into laughter.

He sent me the video before posting it and then we spent the rest of our evening chatting with the guys about the adventure we were about to embark on.

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Yay she's going on tour with him!

And now I can officially announce to you that there will be a second book to Haven Harbour that continues sharing about the new life Carter experiences with Ashton while on tour.

This isn't the end though!

I'm trying to get to 100 chapters and then start the next one which I will tell you guys the title for soon.

but anyways, vote and comment if you'd like and I'll have the next part up soon!

Thanks so much for reading!

much love xx-M