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There are four of us around to take care of the baby, and we’re going to do everything that we can to make sure everyone is rested enough and has enough time to do what they need to do. We’ll have to be a team.

But I don’t see that being a problem in the slightest.

Dinner ends up lasting a few hours because we keep finding things to talk about. We can all look back on the destination wedding with smiles and laughter, even if that was one of the most stressful weeks of our lives. We’ve all grown since then.

With our lives changing so much, we have to.

“It was good seeing you,” I tell Ryan as we walk him and Sarah to the front door.

Ryan embraces me. “You too. We’ll catch a game at O’Brian’s sometime.”

“Sounds good,” I say, glad that we’re close enough to actually hang out again. The distance we used to have between us sucked.

“Keep me in the loop,” Sarah tells Cassidy as they hug.

“I will. Don’t hold your breath. Got it?” Cassidy says.

Sarah laughs. “Guess we’ll see, right?”

Cassidy playfully rolls her eyes at her before hugging her brother. “Love you.”

“Love you,” Ryan replies. “Glad to see you’re doing well.”

“I’m perfect,” she promises him.

“I know,” he murmurs before releasing her to say goodbye to Jackson and Tyler.

I wrap my arm around Cassidy’s shoulders, coaxing her close. “Have a good time at dinner?”

“Of course,” she says. “We’ll have to do this again soon. I like when we’re all together.”

“Sounds like our kids might be able to grow up together too,” I point out, making her face glow with joy. I know that made her happy hearing that they’ll have kids soon too.

They’ll be able to go to school together, trick or treat together, and be best friends. Watching them grow up as we all get older will be the greatest privilege. I don’t fear getting older.

I fear being alone and surrounded by regret for all the things that I didn’t do.

“Bye!” Sarah calls out to us as she walks out onto our front porch.

We wave goodbye, watching them head to their car parked behind ours.

When their red taillights disappear in the darkness, we head back inside and lock the door behind us.

“We should probably clean up, right?” Cassidy sighs, not sounding all that enthusiastic.

“Maybe later,” Jackson replies as he takes her hand, pulling her close. He leans down and presses a soft kiss against her lips. “There’s something we want to talk to you about.”

Concern immediately fills her face.

“It’s not a bad thing,” I tell her right off the bat before her mind can wander too far.

“What is it?” she asks.

Tyler takes her other hand, and we lead her to the main bedroom. We all have our own space, but we set aside one bedroom and put a king sized bed inside for when we all want to be together.

We all take a seat on the large mattress, the white sheets rippling under our bodies as we face each other.

“Sarah wasn’t being very subtle at dinner,” I comment.