Ashton's PoV:

After we had finished shopping we went back to my moms house and loaded all of our stuff into my jeep.

We looked like gypsies because our car was so full of shopping bags and other random things but I didn't really care.

By the time we had gotten off the ferry in Haven Harbour it was 8:00 at night.

It took us several trips to get all of our stuff to the house where Carter had us set everything in the dining room.

It was late so I stayed at the house to give Gracie her bath while Carter and Ender went to go get Bear from the neighbours house.

I had Gracie sitting in the bubbles and was getting her shampoo from the counter when she let out an ear piercing scream and jumped out of the bath tub, splashing me with water.

"Gracie, what the heck?!" I exclaimed as I looked at her.

"Daddy!" She pointed at the corner of the tub and I turned my head to see a spider on the side of the tile.

She stood against the wall while I killed the spider, made sure there weren't anymore and cleaned up the mess.

"Okay Gray you're good to get back in there's no more spiders." I told her and lifted the child back into the water.

I grabbed another towel from the linen closet and began to mop up the water that Gracie had splashed on the floor.

"What happened in here?" Carter said from behind me and I turned around to see her standing there.

"There was a spider." I rolled my eyes.

"Ew, oh my God did you kill it?!" She took a step back.

"Yes I killed it."

"Here I'll finish bathing her and you can go change clothes." She said and we switched spots so I could go change.

After I was in dry clothes Carter came in with Gracie and got her dried off and changed before we took her downstairs to put her to bed.

"Night lovey." Carter gave her a kiss and tucked the blankets in around her.

"Sweet dreams Gray." I also gave her a kiss and then we headed upstairs to say goodnight to Ender who was already passed out with Bear asleep by his head.

In our room Carter changed into her pyjamas while I flipped back the blankets and got in bed, her joining me quickly.

The moment she had laid down she surprised me by placing both of her hands on my face and pulling me down for a very sensual kiss.

When we pulled away I looked into her eyes and I knew what she wanted and I was more than happy to give it to her.

I ducked back down to kiss her again while my fingers worked on pulling her pyjama shorts down her legs.

She flipped us over so that she was straddling my waist and I smirked into the kiss before we pulled away so she could yank off my shirt and then her own.

My lips went to her neck where I began to kiss and suck on the skin, knowing she loved that while I worked the clasp of her bra until that was off as well.

Letting go of her body I shoved down my basketball shorts and underwear, kicking them off before practically ripping Carters black panties away. I hurried to grab a condom from the nightstand and rolled it on.

I knew Carters body well and I knew how to make her feel good, so I was a bit shocked when she decided she was going to take the lead and raised up her hips that were still straddling mine and lowered herself on to me.

She let out a gasp while I let out a moan at the feeling of her wrapped around me.

Letting herself get used to the new feeling she paused for a moment before rolling her hips into mine.

"Fuck." I breathed at how good this felt.

I was always the dominant one when we had sex, so being submissive was different for me but I liked it.

She continued to roll her hips in circles, occasionally lifting them and going back down.

My hands flew to her hips to control her pace while my ears focused on the sounds of her little moans coming from her lips that drove me absolutely crazy.

"Ash." She breathed and I lost it, flipping her over and slamming my hips into hers.

She gasped again at this but pulled my head down so she could kiss me while I continued to thrust into her.

I knew she liked it when I was a little rough with her, so I grabbed onto her hips tightly and pulled myself almost all the way out before slamming back in.

Her mouth opened but nothing came out as she turned her head to the side, her eyes screwed shut.

Leaning over her I attached my lips to her right breast and began to suck harshly on the side of it, Carter whimpering until I smoothed my tongue over the red skin, knowing there would be a bruise there tomorrow.

Suddenly her hands gripped my shoulders and I knew she was close.

"Ashton." She moaned again.

Her eyes, the startling grey they were, opened to look into mine, and I leaned in to kiss her lips.

By the way she was moving her body I could tell she was about to let go and I was too, so I thrusted into her a few more times before I felt her let go and I immediately followed, groaning  at the incredible feeling.

My name tumbled from her lips as our highs ran through us and once we had calmed down enough I pulled out of her, her lightly moaning again.

I went to dispose of the condom while she went for her shirt and underwear, handing me my boxers when I got back.

I slid them on and then went over to my side of the bed where she rolled into me.

"That felt really good." She breathed into my neck and I smiled.

"Yeah it did." I kissed her forehead and felt her cheeks turn up as she smiled and we both relaxed into each other, falling asleep.

I woke up a few hours later, going to put my arm back over Carter who wasn't against me but then realised she wasn't in the bed.

Figuring Gracie had started crying and she went to console her I tried to go back to sleep but a weird sound had me furrowing my eyebrows together.

Listening closely I heard what sounded like gagging and I got out of the bed, walking into the hall and going next door to the bathroom where Carter was kneeling in front of the toilet.

I was suddenly more awake.

"Car, baby, are you okay?" I asked her and she lifted her head up.

"I'm fine, don't come in here." She said and I rolled my eyes, walking over to her and crouching down next to her.

"Come here." I took her face in my hands and placed a hand on her forehead. She was warm. Really warm.

"Yeah you have a fever." I said and she frowned. "I'll be right back."

I left the bathroom and jogged downstairs to get her a nausea pill and some water.

When I got back to the bathroom she was flushing the toilet after obviously throwing up again.

"Here you go." I handed her the water and pill and she waited a few minutes before taking it and then drew her knees up to her chest.

She was still in only her underwear and tee and I could see the goosebumps on her skin.

"Do you feel like you're going to be sick again?" I asked her, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"I don't know." She replied.

She sat there for a few more minutes before I helped her stand and she brushed her teeth.

I led her back to the bedroom and handed her some sweats for her to put on before she crawled back under the covers.

Moving the trash bin over I set it next to the bed and then put on my basketball shorts and shirt.

"Get some rest." I told her, pressing a kiss to her forehead before leaving the bedroom and closing the door behind me.

I made my way downstairs and went to make myself a bed on the other sofa that Gracie wasn't on.

Glancing at the microwave clock it said 1:54 and I sighed, laying down on the sofa and going back to sleep.

I was awoken again by movement and opened my eyes to see Gracie climbing on the sofa with me, her bunny in her hands.

Pulling her back against me she cuddled herself into me and soon the two of us went to sleep.

In the morning I had got up, leaving Gracie on the couch to go check on Carter who was asleep.

When I felt her forehead she still had a fever and she was covered in goosebumps again so I went to put another blanket over her.

She hadn't thrown up again which was good but I wished she would get better.

I went to take Bear from Ender's room to go walk him and then made myself some coffee, soon feeling Gracie's arms around my legs per usual.

I picked her up and she looped her arms around my neck, watching me as I poured my coffee and then went to make her a sippy cup of milk.

"Where's Mommy?" She asked me as I handed her her drink.

"Mommy isn't feeling good so she's sleeping." I told her.

"Why?"

"I don't know, but don't worry, she'll be fine." I assured the little girl and then went to put a kettle on the stove so I could make Carter some tea to hopefully settle her stomach.

Gracie sat at the bar drinking her milk while I made Carters tea and I then took the child over to the television so she could watch cartoons.

I grabbed a fever pill and the tea and took them up to our bedroom and set them on the night stand.

"Car." I brushed my hand along her face to wake her up and soon she fluttered her eyes open.

"Hey, you need to take some medicine." I told her and she nodded, sitting up.

I gave her the pill and she downed that along with the rest of her water and I then gave her the tea.

"Do you feel any better?" I asked her and she shook her head no.

"I felt fine yesterday and I just woke up feeling sick."

"You might have got that virus that Ari had." I told her and she nodded. "Okay, well get some sleep and I'll come check on you in a bit. If you need anything then text me."

"Okay." She said, her voice a little shaky.

"Okay." I gave her a little smile. "I hope you feel better."

"Thank you." She pulled the corners of her lips up slightly and I kissed her head again before leaving her to sleep.

In the kitchen I went to make breakfast for Gracie, Ender, and myself, both kids now watching cartoons on the sofa.

"Gracie said that Carter was sick." Ender said as he was coming to sit at the bar to eat.

"Yeah, she was throwing up this morning and has a fever." I told him and he frowned.

"Oh." He took a drink of his orange juice. "Are you going to take me to the school today to check me out then?"

"Yup." I gave him a smile and he returned it with a large grin.

After breakfast I snuck into the bedroom to get dressed and then brought out Gracie's clothes and got her ready in the bathroom.

Once Ender was ready I wrote a note for Carter to tell her where we would be before getting the file folder she had on the counter with everything we needed to de-roll Ender from the school.

Ender grabbed his back pack so he could empty his locker and then we headed out to the school.

When we got there I held Gracie's hand as we walked in the building and into the front office where there was an older looking woman at the receptionist desk who greeted us.

"Hi, how may I help you." She smiled at us.

"Yeah, we need to un-enroll Ender from school." I said and she nodded.

She pulled out a list from a drawer.

"Okay, this is everything you will need to have." She said and I went through the file folder to check.

"Got it all." I smiled at her.

"Alright then I will tell the registrar and they will get you all fixed up." She said and gestured for us to sit on a sofa in the waiting area.

"Daddy can I play games?" Gracie asked me and I handed her my phone so she could have at it.

A few minutes later another woman walked out and waved us back into her office.

"May I ask why you are un-enrolling him from this school?" The lady named Mrs. Barker asked me.

"I'm in a band and we're going on tour, and I'm taking him and his sister who is my fiancé with me."

"That's exciting." She said as she typed in the information for the private schooling system Ender would be in.

"Now I need your drivers license please." She asked to confirm who I was with the information Carter had given them as me being Ender's other guardian.

"Alright then, you are all checked out." She said and I shook her hand before we left her office so Ender could get his things.

He led me and Gracie to his locker where he cleaned it out, and then took us to the athletic building so he could get his practice clothes out of his gym locker, and then to his classroom so he could say goodbye to his teacher and friends.

I held Gracie in my arms as we approached the classroom where he walked inside.

All of the other students were sitting at their desks doing a worksheet, the teacher at her computer.

"Hi Mrs. Holt." Ender walked up to his teachers desk.

She was in her forties with short blonde hair.

"Hello Ender. I thought you were absent today." She turned around in her chair.

"No. Ashton just came to check me out of school so it's my last day." He said and she looked over to the door where I was standing.

"You can come in." She said and I entered the room, all of Ender's classmates looking at me and Trey and Reid waved. "So you're the Ashton we've all heard so much about."

"Yes, nice to meet you." I shook her hand with my free arm that wasn't holding Gracie.

"So you're engaged to Carter?" She checked.

"Yes ma'am."

"I taught her fifth year class, she was a lovely girl."

"She really is." I chuckled.

"Mrs. Holt, that's my cousin Gracie." Ender said and pointed to the child in my arms.

"Hello Gracie it's nice to meet you." She smiled at Gracie who gave her a little wave after she laid her head on my shoulder. "How old are you?"

Gracie held up four fingers.

"Four? Wow. So you get to start kindergarten next year."

"That's right Gray. You get to start school next year." I smiled.

"Daddy, I get to go school?" She asked me and I nodded causing her to gasp happily.

"She's adorable." Mrs. Holt laughed.

"Thank you" I smiled.

"Can I say goodbye to everyone?" Ender asked and Mrs. Holt told him to go ahead and I watched as Ender went to say goodbye to his friends.

"So Ender tells me you're in a band." Mrs. Holt turned to me.

"I am."

"How exciting."

"Yeah. I'm leaving to go on tour so I'm taking them with me."

"That's nice. Well Ender is a very good student and I hope he does well."

"Thank you."

Looking over I saw Ender talking to a little girl with super curly blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

She nodded her head and smiled at him and Ender smiled back before walking over to me.

"Thank you for teaching me this year." Ender hugged Mrs. Holt and she hugged him back, telling him goodbye before we waved at everyone and left.

"Was that Chloe?" I smirked at Ender as we got in the car.

"Yup. I asked her if she wanted to go the movies with me tomorrow and she said she'd have her mom call Carter." He grinned.

"Dude. Score." I high-fived him and then we went back to the house.

When we arrived I sent Gracie and Ender to go walk Bear while I went up to check on Carter.

She was sitting up in the bed on her phone when I walked in.

"Hey." I smiled at her.

"Hi." She said, her voice scratchy. "How did everything go at the school?"

"Good. We got him all checked out." I told her.

"That's great."

"Yeah. So how are you feeling?"

"Awful." She sniffled.

"I'm sorry love." I went forward and placed my hands on the side of her face, trying to comfort her. "Do you want to hear something that will make you smile?"

"Mhmm." She nodded.

"Ender asked a girl in his class on a date tomorrow night."

"Really?" She gasped. "That's so sweet."

"Yeah. It was cute." I laughed.

"I hope I'm better by then." She frowned.

"Me too." I said. "Do you feel like you can eat anything because if so I'll bring you some toast?"

"I think I'll wait a little longer." She said and I nodded.

"Okay, I'll be back in a bit." I kissed her forehead and then went downstairs.

The kids and I had lunch before I got to work.

There was a lot of packing and stuff that needed to be done before we left so I decided to get a head start on that, dragging out all of our suitcases and setting them up around the walls in the dining room.

Next I decided to take the Carter route and make a list for each person on what they needed to bring and wanted to bring.

"Daddy, what are you doing?" Gracie came up to me as I was writing out the list for Ender.

"I'm working." I answered her.

"No. I want to play."

"In a minute, let me finish this first." I raised my eyebrows and looked at her and she shook her head before crawling up onto the coffee table and laying down on my papers.

"Gracie." I said to her but she didn't move.

It was more comical and cute rather than frustrating and I took a picture of her and went to share it saying, 'My four year old is planking, God help us all.'

"Okay, let's go play." I told her and she cheered before rolling off the coffee table and getting her dolls.

We were sitting on the floor while Ender was reading a comic book when I heard more gagging sounds upstairs.

"I'll be right back." I told Gracie and jogged up the steps and into the bathroom where Carter was.

I went up behind her and pulled her hair back into a ponytail for her, rubbing her back as her body heaved.

Once she had settled down she brushed her teeth again and I helped her back to bed.

I brought her some more water and medicine and tucked her in so she could sleep.

Downstairs I grabbed my phone and texted Ari's fiancé Jason.

'Hey man, could you tell me what Ari's symptoms were when she was sick?'

'Yeah! Nausea, fever, headache, chills. Why?' He responded to me a few minutes later.

'Carter is sick and I think she has the same thing.'

Not a minute later Ari was calling me.

"Hey, I still have some of my antibiotic left over, it worked really well, do you want me to bring it over?" She asked me.

"That would be great." I sighed in relief.

"I'll bring over dinner too." She said and I thanked her before getting off the phone.

I started the Tinkerbell movie for Gracie and gave her a bowl of popcorn to share with Ender  who didn't mind watching the kid movies with her while I continued to work in the dining room on packing our stuff.

"Knock knock." I heard Ari's voice as she walked through the front door a little while later, Jason behind her with dishes in his hands.

"Hey." I went to greet them and help take the dishes full of food from Jason and set them on the counter.

"Aunt Ari!" Gracie jumped off the sofa and ran to her, Ari taking her in a hug.

"Hey doll." Ari beamed at her.

We walked into the kitchen and Ari handed me an orange bottle from her purse.

"Here's the antibiotic." She said.

"Thank you so much, I'm going to go give it to her." I went to get another glass of water.

"Can I go see Mommy?" Gracie asked me.

"Nope, sorry Gray."

"Why?" She whined.

"Because Mommy is sick and I don't want you to get sick too."

"Why?"

I kneeled down in front of her. "Because it would make me very sad if my little princess wasn't feeling good. So stay down here with everyone and I'll be back in a minute." I told her and she smiled up at me, nodding her head and I kissed her nose.

Standing back up I took the medicine up to Carter.

"What's this?" She asked me.

"Ari brought over her antibiotic so hopefully this can knock out whatever is making you sick." I said and she took the pill.

"I miss you guys, I hate being cooped up here." She whined.

"I know. Gracie keeps wanting to come see you."

"Will you give her a hug and a kiss for me?" She asked and I nodded.

"Of course. Now get some more rest."

I left the room and went to the kitchen where Ari was heating up the food.

"Daddy Daddy Daddy!" Gracie bounced over to me and I lifted her up into my arms.

"Mommy said to give you a hug and a kiss from her." I told the little girl and hugged her to me before giving her a kiss.

She giggled and I grinned at her.

Her arms continued to hug me around my neck as I walked over to see what Ari was making.

"Ooo yum, did you buy this too?" I smirked as I looked at the chicken, macaroni and cheese, and potatoes on the counter.

"Oh my God you are just as bad as Carter!" She smacked my arm and I started to laugh.

After everyone had eaten dinner I spent several minutes wiping macaroni and cheese from Gracie's face before cleaning up dishes.

I heard the shower start upstairs and went to go check on Carter.

Since she was in the shower I stripped the sheets off our bed and went to go wash those and put new ones out.

Carter came back in as I was remaking the bed, getting dressed.

"My fever broke." She said as she was sliding on her underwear.

"That's good. Do you think that medicine helped at all?" I asked her.

"Yeah. I feel a bit better."

I walked over and placed a hand on her forehead again.

"You're still a little warm, I'll get you another fever pill."

"Okay. Could you get me some toast?"

"Sure." I smiled and headed downstairs to get her things.

Back upstairs I gave her her food and medicine and then kissed her head a few times making her smile and then headed back to the living room with everyone else.

I laid down on the sofa, Gracie climbing on top of me.

Pulling out my phone I saw that Carter had posted an Instagram photo since I had my notifications turned on for whenever she would post and went to see she had shared a picture of me setting down her medicine on the nightstand.

'Thank you for taking care of me when I'm sick. You're the best (and hottest) nurse I've ever had. I love you.'

I grinned as I read that. Carter was a sweetheart.

Gracie turned over on me so she was laying on her stomach and looked up at me.

"Daddy, take my picture." She reached out to my phone.

"Okay, smile for me Gray." I said and she did and I took her photo.

I switched it to video and then began to talk to her.

"Tell me your name." I said.

"Gracie Irwin." She grinned up at me.

"And how old are you?"

"Four." She giggled.

"You're one cute little girl, I think you got that from Mommy."

"I want Mommy." She frowned.

"She's sleeping." I told her.

"Why?"

"Because she has a fever."

"I have fever." She said and I chuckled.

I placed my hand on her forehead.

"Nope. You're as cool as a cucumber."

"You're cucumber." She retaliated.

"No, your Uncle Luke is a cucumber." I laughed.

"Uncle Lukey cucumber." She said and I booped her nose causing her to giggle and press her face into my stomach, kicking her feet in the air.

I stopped recording and set my phone down so I could pull Gracie closer to hug her.

We cuddled on the sofa, watching television with Ari, Jason, and Ender until it got late and Ari and Jason left.

"Okay guys, time for bed." I said to the kids.

"Can I say goodnight to Mommy?" Gracie asked me.

Carters fever had broken several hours ago, so Gracie going in quickly to tell her goodnight would be fine.

"Sure, let's go." I walked her up to the bedroom.

When I opened the door Carter was laying down with her eyes closed.

I held a finger to my lips so Gracie knew to be quiet and took her over to change her into her pyjamas and me into mine.

"Okay, go give Mommy a kiss on the cheek." I told Gracie and she grinned, running over to the bed and pushing herself up so she could kiss her moms cheek.

Carters eyes fluttered open and she smiled when she saw Gracie and I.

"Hey." She said.

"We just wanted to tell you goodnight." I told her.

"Aw, thank you."

"Mommy, do you feel better?" Gracie asked her.

"I feel much better. I'm sorry I didn't get to play with you today Gray." Carter frowned.

"It's okay Mommy." Gracie grinned at her and Carter smiled again.

"Okay. Well I hope you have sweet dreams, I love you sweetheart." Carter reached out a hand to caress Gracie's cheek.

"Night Mommy." Gracie smiled.

"Goodnight baby, I hope you feel better in the morning." I leaned in and kissed Carters head.

"Love you." She smiled at me.

"Love you too." I gave her another kiss then led Gracie out of the bedroom and downstairs where the two of us cuddled on the couch, falling asleep.

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