Aaron's POV

I left Diana's apartment around five in the evening, only because I knew I had to go back to my place and take my parents' gift before coming to have dinner with them. How bad is it that my own apartment doesn't feel like home to me? The only place where I feel a sense of comfort is when Diana and I are together.

Sighing, I knock on the door of my parents' house. I patiently wait before ringing the bill and the door shoots open. My face covers up in surprise when I look at Lizzie standing in front of me. She gives me a small smile and almost on instinct, I move to give her a hug which turns into a huge smile from her.

"How have you been, stranger?" She asks.

We haven't talked much since the day she found out about Emily, mostly because things could have turned awkward. Also, I didn't know what to say to her. She used to be my best friend, and now that feels like a label to me. We don't know anything about each other as of recently and only we are to blame from that.

"I am good, Liz. You look great by the way."

She's wearing her yellow dress and when she hears my compliment, she grins. "Ashley, Josh and Kevin have been hunting your ass, you know? Everyone misses you." She shrugs as we step in the living room.

I nod. I miss my friends too, but my life has been busy as hell with catching up with college and the job, along with my relationship. The last part is the only thing which doesn't take effort and makes me happy.

"We can plan to meet soon." I say, although I am not sure how Diana would feel about it.

"Aaron, darling!" I hear my mother's voice and she immediately wraps me in her embrace. I sigh, returning it.

"Merry Christmas, Mother." I peck her cheeks.

"Merry Christmas, my love. Your father has been waiting for you all day, c'mon." She drags me to the couches and I sigh, stopping to keep my bag of gifts underneath the tree.

"Son." My father stands up and pats my back as I hug him.

"Merry Christmas, Dad." I say and he cracks a smile.

He nods back,"How was Chicago?" He asks, making my mother freeze in her place.

I look around everyone — my family, Lizzie's family and distant relatives that we haven't met in years. I have no idea why my mother wanted to do all this.

"It was pretty good." I smile but it does nothing to calm my mother, "We can discuss the details later."

Both of them nod and my mother sets up the dinner table so I help her out. After what feels like fifteen minutes later, the front door opens and a snow laced Derek steps in.

"It's snowing cats and dogs outside." He chatters his teeth.

He comes to Mom, greeting her as he kisses her cheek and then hugs Dad. Something about him looks changed though, although I have a hard time pointing it out. It's not in his physical appearance, it's in his personality.

"Hey brother." He smirks.

I roll my eyes, "Merry Christmas, Derek!"

"Merry Christmas, little brother." He grins, making me shake my head.

When my mother announces dinner, everyone gathers around the table and takes a seat. I am seated between Derek and Lizzie, which is like the last thing I wanted but I am not complaining, across me is my father's brother, Uncle Levi and his wife, Aunt Eerie. Yup, that's her name.

We all close our eyes as Lizzie's family says their grace, which they normally do but since I don't, I just close my eyes and listen to them thank god for the food provided. As soon as they are done, I start devouring the mashed potatoes with the grilled chicken Mom made, and it's pretty good.

My concentration is on my food when I hear my name being called and I look up at Aunt Eerie, "So, Aaron, any girlfriend?" She asks and I shrug, not wanting to discuss Diana in front of my whole family.

Derek snorts by my side and I narrow my eyes at him. No one asks him about his relationship because they are aware he cannot handle a serious relationship, he's a kid where commitment is concerned.

"Actually, I was meaning to ask, how is Diana?" My mother asks and I frown.

What is going on? She never asks about Diana, in fact, she hates her. But her tone is totally opposite of hatred, it's soft and almost sweet. Have I entered some alternative reality?

"She's great, Mom." I give her a small smile, appreciating her efforts and she nods.

"Who is Diana?" Liz's Dad asks and I sigh.

"My girlfriend." I say and everyone falls quiet on the table.

"Really? How long have you both been dating?" Aunt Eerie asks excitedly.

"Six months." I say.

Wow. It's only been six months but it feels so much longer than that. Almost like six years, but that's the thing with Diana, time doesn't matter. Only she does.

"How's her daughter doing?" My mothers asks and I almost choke on my food.

Lizzie immediately passes me a glass of water that I gulp down and my eyes snap to my mother who's looking confused, "She's good too, Mom. Thanks for asking." I give her a tight lipped smile.

"She's a mother?" Dad asks and I suck in a breath. This is why I didn't want to talk about Diana during the dinner, I mean if someone asks me to rant about that woman, I would happily tell everyone how much I love her, and how crazy she makes me but this is my family and they hold a lot of prejudices.

"She is." Derek answers and my head snaps at him, glaring.

"How old is the girl, Aaron?" Uncle Levi asks and I want to slam my head against the table. Lizzie gives my hand a reassuring squeeze but it does nothing to calm me.

"You should never ask a woman's age, Levi." I say with a smug look and everyone laughs.

"She's twenty one." Derek speaks and my jaw twitches.

"Oh, are you good friends with her Derek?" Lizzie's Mom asks and I sigh.

"Very good friends." He smirks and I feel like punching him, there and then. But my Dad is staring at me like a hawk, noticing my every moment so I take a deep breath.

"Childhood pregnancy is so common these days." Uncle Levi starts and everyone follows along the topic, discussing how children aren't careful enough.

I just lost my appetite hearing them talk. I am still trying to hold my composure when my phone vibrates in my pocket and I pull it out.

"Hope you're having a good time. Emily hasn't gotten off her sleigh ride since you left. x."

It's a text from Diana and a sense of calm immediately casts over me as I read it. I know she's missing me, and God, I miss her just as much. I don't want to spend these holiday away from her but it's not like I had a choice.

I stand up from the dinner table and give everyone an apologetic look, "I am done with the dinner, and I need to make a call." I say and look at Mom, "Call me when you open the gifts?" I ask and she nods, giving me a small smile, although my Dad glares at me.

I know how he thinks it's rude to leave the dinner table when everyone's not finished but I couldn't hear anymore about childhood pregnancy so I put my dirty dishes in the sink before making my way upstairs to the the terrace.

My fingers press against my phone screen as I immediately dial her number and she picks up her phone after a single ring which makes me smile, "Hey." She breathes, and her voice makes my insides flutter. She turns me into a high school girl, no kidding.

"Hey beautiful, what are you doing?" I ask.

I hear Emily's voice in the background and then some shuffling before there's silence. I am pretty sure she just left the living room and came into her bedroom.

"Thinking about making burgers and pasta." She says.

"This late? You guys haven't had dinner yet?" I ask, looking at my watch and it's already past seven thirty.

"Nope. Emily wants to go to sleep a little late today, so I decided to compromise." She says and then sighs, "When are you getting home?"

Home. Her apartment. I smile involuntarily.

"Hopefully before nine. I still haven't received my gift from you." I say and she laughs.

"Patience, Aaron. Anyway, how are things there?"

I run a hand through my hair, "Mom asked about you and Em." I say and notice as she gasps, because I knew she wasn't expecting it.

"Why?" She asks, confused.

"Wish I could answer that, baby. I was so pissed at everyone for revolving your topic around the dinner table, it just didn't feel right. Especially you not being here with me." I tell her and close my eyes.

"It's okay, Aaron. Let them talk."

"It's easy for you to say that. I can't bear someone saying anything remotely negative about you."

She sighs, "It's because they don't know me like you do, babe."

"I know. Oh, guess where am I sitting right now?"

"Your old bedroom where you jerked off as a kid?" She laughs and I slam my palm against my forehead.

"Only you, Diana. Only you." I laugh. "Anyway, I am sitting on the terrace, the place where we kissed for the second time." I smile at the memory, that was the first time I ever saw any kind of emotion for myself within her.

"I am disappointed, Aaron. That was our third kiss." She says and I frown.

"It was the second. The first one being in parking lot." I say, smiling as I remember how she caught me off guard when she kissed me. I know that kiss meant nothing to her at that time, but now, now it means everything because that's how everything started.

"The second being the night I got high and you got drunk and we got into that huge fight where I slapped you." She says and then takes a pause, "God, we were messy back then."

I laugh, "Yup, complicated as hell."

"We should have just ripped each other's clothes off and had mind blowing sex. There was too much sexual tension back then."

"You want to do that tonight? Is that my gift?" I ask, feeling giddy.

"No, Sir. And if you want that as your birthday gift, which is like a week away, it can be arranged. I miss you too much anyway." She breathes into the phone.

"I know. I love you, baby." I sigh, imagining her smile.

"I love you more, Aaron."

Someone clears their throat behind me and I turn around to find Derek and Lizzie standing behind me awkwardly.

"Mrs. McCall is calling for you." Lizzie says and I hear Diana speaking on the other end.

"Is that..?" She trails off.

"Yes." I say, afraid of her reaction.

"You didn't tell me she was going to be there."

"I didn't know." I tell her honestly, I thought they would be flying out to their relatives or something. But I got her a gift anyway, so that Mom could give it to her.

"Should I be worried?" She asks, and I know she's anxious so I turn around and walk away a little.

"No no no, Dee. You have nothing to be worried about. I'll be home by nine, okay? Mom is asking for me." I say and then I hear Derek speak behind me.

"Tell her I said Merry Christmas." He says.

"That Derek?" She asks

"Yup, wishes you Merry Christmas."

She sighs, "Give him the phone."

"What? Why?" I ask.

"He was my friend once, Aaron. Just because he does shitty things doesn't mean he's a shitty person. You of all people should know that." She explains and I run a hand through my hair, "Let me talk to him."

I nod subconsciously and hold out my phone to Derek, "She wants to talk." I say and he looks shocked, to say the least.

"To me?" He confirms and I nod.

He takes the phone and presses it againsthis ear, "Hey." He says, his voice almost shaky.

"Well, Merry Christmas to you too, Diana." He grins, looking at the ground and jealousy takes over me. Why the hell is he smiling like that talking to my girlfriend?

"What?" He asks, looking shocked and I wonder what she said to him.

"Fuck, are you serious?"

Okay seriously, what the hell are they talking about?

"Yes, yes. Of course Diana, trust me." He says, running a shaky hand through his hair.

"Okay." He says finally before handing me over the phone.

"Don't fight with your brother on a holiday, Aaron. We are trying to smooth out things in life, talk to your parents, alright?" She says.

"Yes, Dee. See you soon."

"Love you." She says before hanging up and I smile.

"Let's go." I tell Lizzie and she nods.

Next hour goes down in gifts exchange. I received an expensive pen from my dad, a shirt from my mom, a pack of Hershey's kisses from Lizzie because she knows I am a sucker for that, and three pair of socks. Derek surprisingly got me a new wallet. I gave my mother a set of pearls that I had been saving up from a long time, a tie to my dad, next hockey game tickets to Derek since he's a fan and a small necklace to Lizzie, while chocolates, socks and usual stuff to the rest.

When everyone starts leaving, I stick behind and surprisingly so does Derek. I am not sure why, but I am not complaining. We are a family, after all.

"Can we discuss Chicago now?" My mother asks, taking a seat by my father on the couch while Derek and I seat across each other on separate couches.

"You met them?" He asks, and that's enough for me to know that our parents discussed the whole situation with him.

I nod, "Yeah." I say, nervously.

"I can sue them for that, you know?" Dad asks, his voice on the edge.

"I met them with my own choice, and I am an adult who can make rational decisions, Father." I say, trying to remain calm and collected.

"What were they like?" Mom asks and I know she's afraid.

"Nice people." I shrug.

"If they were so nice, why did they give you up?" My father snaps.

"Dad, Lily got pregnant at nineteen, you have to understand the situation. Please, keep your prejudices aside." I sigh but all he does is glare at me.

"Is that why you are dating a young mother? You feel bad for her?" He asks and I clench my fist.

"Don't bring Diana into this, she has nothing to do with it."

"She's the one who got you their information."

"Yes, because the two of you were never going to give it to me!" I yell back and close my eyes to even my breathing.

"We just wanted to protect you." Mom speaks up and I scoff.

"From what, Mom? You didn't want to protect me, you wanted to protect yourself. And I don't blame you for a second, because you are afraid to lose me. But you are never going to lose me. I am not forgetting who my real parents are just because I decide to stay in touch with my biological parents." I say and immediately realise my slip up because my father slams his glass of whiskey on the coffee table in front of us.

"Stay in touch?" He growls.

"I decided that." I whisper and my mother starts crying.

"We are losing him already."

I shoot up from my seat and move to my mom, pulling her to myself as I hug her and wipe her tears, "Mom, I have one mother and one father, that is you and Dad, okay? Nothing is ever going to change that, please understand." I beg.

"But, you guys will bond and soon you'll be calling them your Dad and Mom." She weeps.

I shake my head, "Never, Mom. That would always be you. They are Lily and Ian, that is all." I say.

"Why? You have spent twenty one years of your life without them, why do you want to know them now?" Dad asks, clearly trying to keep a check on his temper.

"I have siblings, I want to get to know them." I say, and Derek's eyes shoot towards me. He looks panicked, almost hurt and I frown.

"What?" He asks.

"Yeah, a brother and a sister." I tell him and he gulps, nodding and looking away. "They aren't going to replace you either, Derek. I know we haven't been on the best of terms for years, but you're still my brother." I shrug because I know the only reason he looks afraid is because he feels threatened of being replaced. We weren't always like this, we had a good bond amongst us that was destroyed by the expectations of our parents.

"Have you met them yet?" He asks and I shake my head.

"No, I didn't want to get involved too much if Mom Dad were going to say no. It would have broken my heart to not see them again." I say and Mom looks into my eyes.

"This really means a lot to you, doesn't it?" She asks and I nod.

"It does, Mum. Please, I promise you will always know when I talk to them and everything. Just allow me to get to know this other family I have. No one is ever going to replace the three of you." I tell them, focusing on my Dad. "Dad, please."

"You should let him." Derek speaks up, surprising me. "I mean, if either of you had this another family, you would have gone for it without questioning, and he has the decency to ask for your permission even though he doesn't need it. He's an adult, he can do whatever he wants, but he respects you guys enough to not hurt you by going against you." He shrugs.

I pass him a thankful smile and my mother sighs, "You promise not to call her Mom?" She asks and I grin at her.

"I promise, Mom." I say and she nods, agreeing and I give her a tight hug.

I look at Dad who looks like he's in some inner debate before he sighs, "I would like to speak to Ian Marks personally on the phone though. To make sure that he knows where this all stands." He says and I get up, and wrap my arms around him.

"Definitely, Dad. You can talk to him." I say and he hugs me back.

"I don't say it enough, but I am proud of you, son." He says, parting away and then looking at Derek, "I am proud of both of you." He says and Derek cracks a smile.

We spend another hour just talking, and bonding, which feels like a true Christmas miracle because the four of us haven't spent time together like this in a long time, that too peacefully. Soon, I tell them that I need to head out and everyone nods.

My parents give me a hug and when I am about to leave, Mom stops me, "Bring Diana next time, alright? Her little girl as well. I'd like to meet her, and also apologise." She says and I nod, giving a tight hug.

"Sure, Mom." I grin.

I leave my parent's house and it takes me half an hour to reach Diana's apartment. Soon enough, I am knocking on her door and when she opens it in, wearing my sweatshirt and her yoga pants, I smile. I lean down, capturing her lips in mine in a peaceful kiss and she smiles against me.

"All good, I think?" She asks and I nod, hugging her.

Emily is in the living room, her eyes glued to the television as she watches Frozen for the thousandth time. Even I have started to remember the dialogues of that movie now, because this girl makes me sit by her side and watch the whole movie almost every night.

"Aaron!" She squeals looking at me and I kiss her cheek.

"Hey, you." I grin and she wraps her tiny arms around me.

"Momma missed you." She says.

"Only Momma?" I ask and she giggles.

"Me too." She says and I ruffle her hair.

"We'll be right back, okay?" I tell Emily and she nods, her focus already back on the movie.

I take Diana's hand, her giving me a confused look before I drag her to the bedroom. As soon as I shut the door behind her, I slam my lips against her, her body against the door and she immediately responds back, her hands going into my hair and I squeeze her hips, wrapping her legs around my waist and she moans against my lips.

"Aaron." She moans again when we part and I connect my lips to her neck. God, I missed her so much.

"I missed you tonight." I mumble against her skin, her breaths turning shallower so I part away and look into her eyes.

I reconnect our lips, deepening the kiss immediately as our tongues dance on the rhythm of our heartbeats, moving in absolute sync. Her hands tug at the roots of my hair as we both moan into each other's mouths. This woman, she is the love of my life and her continuous support means to me more than I can put it into words. She pulls me ever closer to herself and I put my whole heart into the kiss.

We part away to catch our breaths and I rest my forehead against hers, our noses grazing against each other. She places a kiss against my lips again before I let her on the ground.

The doorbell rings, making us jump apart and I frown, but when I look at Diana she gives me a small smile. Who could it be at this hour? She kisses my cheek before opening the door and I sigh, following her outside in the living room.

When we reach there, she goes to open the door, with me right beside her. Well, if my jaw could hit the floor due to the shock, it would have when I saw Derek standing on the other side. I almost take a step forward when Diana keeps a hand on my shoulder and gives me a nod, making me scowl.

I really appreciate what he did for me today, the way he stood up for me but that didn't give him the right to show up here. But, why the hell does Diana look so collected?

"I called him." She says, as if she could read my thoughts.

"Why?" I ask.

"He's your brother, and also kind of my friend. It's time we move on from all the shit that went on, and I am giving him another chance by letting him meet Emily. Once." She says, her voice stern by the end of it and Derek nods.

"Absolutely, I just need one chance. That's all. And I am sorry for all the things that I have done in the past, and for even trying to doubt your intentions for each other. Now I know that if anyone can make it, it's the two of you." He says, running a shaky hand through his hair. He's hella nervous today.

"I am not in favour of him meeting Emily, but he did help me out today. So I am putting my trust in you, Derek. And also, having faith in her judgement." I say, pulling Diana closer to myself and pressing a kiss on her hair.

"You just talked like she's your kid." Derek says, a small smirk playing on my face and I roll my eyes.

"She is." Diana says, shutting him up and making my eyes widen as I gape at her.

We had never talked about things like this, but the fact that she just said that, it just blew me away completely. I stare at her in complete awe and she presses a quick kiss on the side of my mouth before giving me a huge smile.

Of course, I look at Emily as if she's my own. In the few months I have bonded with her so much, that I am aware of her eating habits and I can easily put her to bed even if Diana isn't there. We get along really well, and I know she enjoys my company just as much as I love to spend time with her. But I never asked Diana how she felt about it, because in the beginning she was so afraid of Emily getting attached to me. Now she is, she is attached to me and I can never even entertain the thought of leaving Diana, especially because her kid has a huge part of my heart.

I step away for letting Derek enter and from his composure, I can tell that he's nervous. I have never seen him with kids, because we don't have any little cousins or anyone in close relatives who have kids.

When we all enter the living room, Emily turns around to look at us and a cute little frown takes on her forehead, "Momma, who is that?" She asks.

"Derek, Aaron's brother." Diana says making her way to the couches and motions for Derek to take a seat as well. I sit by her as she takes Emily on her lap.

"You have a brother?" She turns to me, wide eyed and I nod, giving her a smile.

"Yup, you wanna say hi to him?" I ask and she nods, eagerly, jumping out of Diana's grasp.

She makes her way to Derek. She extends her hand, "Hi, I am Emily Rose." She grins at him.

He looks over at me nervously and I shrug. He extends his hand after rubbing his palm against his jeans, a nervous habit. "Hi Emily, I am Derek." He gives her a small smile.

"Can I call you Der?" She asks and his face splits into a smile.

"Yes, yes you can." He tells her, poking her nose and she does the same to him by leaning forward. He laughs before looking at Diana, "Can I hold her?" He asks and she gives him a nod with a smile.

He picks her up by the waist and makes her sit on his left leg. Diana scoots closer to me, "I don't think I have ever seen a genuine smile on his face like that, he's always smirking." She whispers and I chuckle.

"Yeah, me either. Thank you for doing this." I say.

She shrugs, "I did it more for myself than anyone else. I can't keep her in a shell her whole life, she needs to meet more people."

I nod, "She has great social skills by the way." I remark and she grins at me. "And about what you said earlier.." I falter and she takes ahold of my hand in hers, pressing our palms together.

"I meant it, Aaron. You love her like your own, there isn't much for me to ask for." She says, resting her head on my shoulder and I nod.

"I love you."

"I love you more."

We look over at Emily who yawns, which makes Diana stand up, getting out of my hold, "Alright Em, time for bed." She says and Emily pouts at her.

"But Der just came." She says.

"He can come back another time to meet you."

"Really?" Derek asks, his face lightening up and she nods. "Thanks, Dee." He gives her a smile.

"Say goodnight to everyone, Em." Diana says, finality in her voice and I know she's using her mom tone with Emily right now.

Emily sulks as she wraps her arms around Derek's neck, "Night, Der." She pecks his cheeks and gets off his leg.

She then comes to me and I immediately pick her up, pulling her in a hug. "Nightie night, A." She says, and I kiss her forehead, "Chocolate pancakes in the monin!" She tells me and I laugh.

"Sure, Em. We'll have chocolate pancakes tomorrow. Goodnight." I say before handing her to Emily who takes her and goes down the hallway.

"You're good with her." Derek starts, rubbing the back of his neck, "With both of them." He says and I nod, a smile on my face.

"Yeah."

"I never thought I'll say this but you deserve this happiness, Aaron. I am sorry for putting you down all those years, you know? I was just projecting my feelings onto you, and it wasn't right." He shrugs and I nod, sighing.

"Well, if it weren't for you I wouldn't have met Diana. So, thanks, I guess?" I say.

"Uh-huh? Oh, yes, that morning in the kitchen. Feels like a lifetime ago." He whispers more to himself.

"It does."

Diana comes back in the living room and sits by my side, turning towards Derek, "So?" She asks and he sighs.

"She's amazing. Like, I can't believe you have a daughter, you of all people, but I can see that she's a great kid, which says a lot about you." He says and Diana gives him a smile, a proper smile that makes me intertwine our hands together.

"I never told anyone because I am afraid, alright? She's my life, Derek. And even though you can be an asshole sometimes, I know you are just misguided in your life. Just don't give up on all the good, yeah? I did at one time, but I had people to hold onto. And it may not seem like it, but we are here for you, both of us." She tells him, telling him everything I would want to say to my brother.

"Thanks guys, for another chance. I am not promising to not be an asshole, because then I wouldn't be me, all I am saying is, I'll try harder with you both." He says, standing up and Diana does too as she steps forward and gives him a hug.

He leaves soon after that, also giving an awkward brotherly hug while leaving. I help Diana set up the living room a little before we end up in bedroom and I pull out my night clothes from the space I have in her closet. I realise that I have a lot of my clothes here, but don't think much about it.

When I lie down on the bed, my head hitting the pillow, Diana steps out of the bathroom in sweatpants and one of my t-shirts, that is way too loose for her. She climbs me up and her hold body rests above mine as she slowly kisses me, and I kiss her back. But before she can deepen the kiss, I put a hand on her shoulder.

"My gift?" I ask and she grins before sliding off but I catch her wrist. "You don't have to get off the bed to undress, you know?" I say and she chuckles.

"I didn't spend thousand bucks on lacy lingerie for you, Aaron." She says, making me pout.

"Why the hell not? It's not like I would be the only one enjoying the after effects of it." I tell her and she shakes her head at me before picking out a wrapped gift from behind her dresser. By the looks of it, I am pretty sure it's a huge photoframe.

"Open it." She says, sitting Indian style in front of me so I copy her actions, sitting up and start unwrapping the gift carefully.

Its back is to me when I finally unwrap it and she holds my wrist, "I love you." She says, leaning forward and pressing her lips against mine and I grin at her.

"More, Dee."

She nods, and I take that as a sign to turn around the frame. My eyes settle on it all at once, it's a collage, and then my eyes move to photographs inside it. There's a picture of me as a child, my hand in the cereal bowl, which makes me laugh. Then there's a picture of my whole family when Derek was seven and I was three, we are all in the snow. Next, there is a picture of me with Derek alone, and then with my mother, my father. I keep moving eyes along as I notice the photos of Emily and I, the one where she's doodling on my face with her sketch pen and I am patiently lying down on her bedroom floor. A huge grin takes over my features when I notice the photo of Diana and I.

There's a huge smile on her face as she looks at the camera but my face is nuzzled in her neck, as my arm is wrapped around her waist. The next picture is the two of us kissing with her hand in my hair. Then there's a picture where she's throwing lucky charms  in my mouth from across the kitchen as I have my mouth huge open, waiting for her to shoot. Well, that was a fail at that time.

When my eyes move to the next line of photos, my breath hitches in my throat. I look up at Diana, my eyes already tearing up, "Is that?" I ask and she nods, a nervous smile on her face.

I look closely and it's a photograph of Lily holding me in her arms. It must have been during the time of my birth, because Ian is standing right behind her, and both of them are staring down at the little baby in their hands. Then, there's a photo a teenage girl with a huge smile on her face and that's when the tears come and I look at another picture of a blonde guy, holding up his fingers in a peace sign. I want to laugh at how adorable his face looks but I am so fucking overwhelmed.

"God!" I wipe my tears and look at her, "That's my little sister, baby." I tell Diana, pointing Amelia out in the frame and she nods at me, giving me a huge smile as she scoots closer to me, coming to sit by my side as she wraps her arms around my waist from the side.

"That's Brian." She says, pointing out the blonde guy and I crack a smile.

"He has blonde hair." I point out and she grins.

"Suits him. Must have gotten it from Ian. I like your brown ones." She kisses my cheek and I finally tear away my gaze from the frame and put it aside.

I pull Diana into my lap and she doesn't resist as she wraps her legs around my waist and I keep her head on her shoulder. "Did you ask them for it?" I ask.

"Mmhmm. They were really happy that I did." She says and I move to look into her eyes.

"Did you talk to Brian and Amelia?" I ask.

"Not before you, it didn't feel right." She says, "I asked Ian to help me out, and he happily mailed me the photographs." She explains and I kiss her forehead.

"That is the best gift anyone could have given me, you know that, right?" I state, because every word is true.

Since the day I got to know that I have siblings, I have been dying to know how they look and now that I have seen them, I cannot wait to meet them. I hug Diana closer to myself and nuzzle my nose into her neck, taking in her scent which smells like home now.

"Did your parents agree?" She asks and I nod, still not letting her go.

I am feeling way too overwhelmed and I am a little embarrassed that I shed tears over this. "Are you planning to look at me anytime soon?" She asks and I pull away, looking at her face and her eyes search mine.

She brings one hand of hers from my neck and wipes away the tears before leaning down to kiss my jaw, "Are you happy?" She asks.

"More than ever, Diana." I say and she captures her lips in mine. I tighten my grip on her as I devour her kisses hungrily, almost aching to be closer to this woman who has stood by me during so much and is so supportive of me. But I pull back a little, "What about Emily?" I ask and she gives me a small smile.

"Well, I think we just need to be a little less louder."

I laugh, "You sure you can manage that?" I ask.

She responses by kissing me again and I sigh, smiling against her lips. What did I ever do to have so much goodness in my life?