𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋. 𝙎𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙔 𝙁𝙄𝙑𝙀 ─── 𝖯𝖮𝖲𝖳 𝖲𝖤𝖠𝖲𝖮𝖭 𝟰
❝ 𝖶𝖤'𝖵𝖤 𝖢𝖮𝖬𝖤 𝖠 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗔𝗬 ❞
❪ 𝘍𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘕𝘋𝘚 𝙍𝙀𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙀𝙍𝘼 ❫

𝟲𝟱. ╱ ✷ ❝ 𝗐𝖾'𝗏𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆. ❞
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𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗧'𝗦.

The place where once a group of teenagers would hangout. A place that held a thousand horrible memories, but a million happy ones.

A hand being placed on the small of her back, broke now twenty-six-year-old Riley Reed-Jensen from her train of thought, the blonde looking up at her husband with a smile on her face.

Scott smiles softly, "You ready to go in? I'm sure everyone is waiting for us."

With a nod, the couple walks into the small coffee shop, glancing around until they found the group of friends they've had since high school laughing with each other.

"Riley!" Jessica is the first one to spot the couple, rushing from her seat as the two girls hug each other tightly.

"Jess."

Scott shakes his head with a smile as he walked around then to greet the others, "You would think Jessica hasn't been out to the house last week by the way they're hugging each other."

"Shut up, you're just jealous that I stole all of your wife's attention away from you." Jessica playfully pushed the boy before hugging him, "Good to see you."

"So, Soctt, how's the Dodger's life treating you?" Zach asked after everyone else greeted and hugged the two of them.

Scott sits back, his arm throws over the back of Riley's chair, "It's great. Eddie and I got drafted together so we're not against each other. And the pay's amazing which is a good thing cause we gotta get a bigger house."

"Didn't you guys just buy a house?" Clay looks over in his cousin's direction in confusion.

"We did." Riley grinned as she and Scott shared looks with each other, "But, uh, the small two bedroom that we have isn't big enough with the twins and everything."

Tony chocked on the coffee he was drinking, Caleb quickly patting him on the back, "Did you - Did you just say twins?"

"Yeah, I'm pregnant." Riley smiles as everyone breaks out in loud cheers, gaining some attention over to their table.

"Why didn't you tell me when I was there?!" Jessica asked, turning to the blonde with wide eyes.

"We wanted to tell you guys together." Scott shrugged.

"So how far along are you?" Heidi, Clay's fiancé, asked with a smile.

"Almost three months." She stands up from her seat, turning to the side as she pulled her t-shirt up to revel the forming baby bump that she had.

"You'll make one hell of a mama." Zach grinned, "And of course, I'll be the godfather."

"What? How come you'll be the godfather?" Alex turns to him.

"Because I'm the best option."

"Since when?" Charlie, who was still Alex's boyfriend asked, "Or do you not remember the hooker you brought to Senior prom?"

"You brought a hooker?!"

"Hey, it was a difficult time for me!"

"Back on the topic of the baby, do you have an idea what you're having?" Ani questioned, "We'll throw you a baby shower."

"And do you have any names picked out?" Tyler asked, "I hear, uh, that Tyler is pretty popular right now."

"Both baby a and b, are boys." Scott announced, "And yes, we already have names picked out."

"You're naming him after me, right? I mean, it's only fair, I'm your cousin." Clay leaned forward, a smile on his face, "I'd made a cute baby name."

"Riley asked picked out their names while I was away at a game." Scott smiled.

"Well, what are they?"

"Baby A's name will be Jeffery Scott, and Baby B's name will be . . . Justin Dean." Riley reveled, everyone taking a moment of silence to take in the names, both that would be named after the uncle's that they would never get to meet.

And of course someone had to break it.

Alex smirked, "Justin's got my middle name."

˗ˏˋ 𖤐 ˎˊ˗

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 in silence, all of the standing in front of the grave where Justin had been laid to rest.

"He should be here with us." Clay sighed, "They all should."

"They are with us. Even when we don't think they are, they're with us."

"We've come a long way since high school." Riley smiles softly.

"Yes we have."