Two years later....

Storm's POV

As I stood at my window, I watched everyone in the big backyard. These past two years have been amazing I couldn't have been happier.

While I was pregnant, I had to take care of myself and Josh. I had to make sure I got him to every doctors appointment and physical therapy. I'm not complaining though, we got to spend so much time together and I continued to learn more about one another. Even though I've known him since I was 17. Later on in the year, we had a wedding and went to Cancun for our honeymoon. It was a great get away and we had the time of our lives!

As time went by, Josh and Melo worked together to get better. Josh was able to get back to playing basketball last year. He still played amazingly and kept his title as one of the best NBA players. For Melo now, things were a bit more difficult. He had to learn how to walk again and do things on his own. We all helped him out, as well as the physical therapist. It irritated Melo that he couldn't do something on his own and he always needed help.

I watched him cry, get angry, express all of these emotions by himself. He only let me see him like that. Not even Peyton. It pained me that he felt hopeless, so I stopped helping him. He wanted something, I told him to get it by himself. And if he falls, you get back up and try again. And it worked.

Now for our children! I had an amazing pregnancy, as well as Peyton, and Heaven. Feels good to say that.

Peyton had her son. LaMelo Unviverse Ball Jr. Also known as LJ. She named him after Melo which he loved. Melo always wanted a Junior. He even looked just like him, and had similar personalities. She was introduced to the ball family and they loved her. I'm so happy they did!

Heaven had her daughter. Shariah Nevaeh O'neal. She was a beautiful smart girl and looked just like Heaven. And then there's me, I had my daughter. Chelsey Lightning Bolt Christopher. I wasn't a big fan of giving birth twice. It hurt twice as bad. It's probably what I get for changing my future.

She was a perfect mixture of Josh and I, and I couldn't help but be happy. She had her dad's goofiness and her mother's independence. She was also the type to rarely cry. If something happened to her, she'd just get up and brush it off. Mommies strong girl. And when it came to doing something she liked or had interest in, she killed it. In a good way. For being so young, she was so smart. I don't call her lightning bolt for nothing. And I know someone will ask, yes we ended up adopting Lola, Marcus, and Kevin. I loved that I got to adopt them again! And I'll make sure Cali never gets to them.

But here we are today, at my daughters second birthday party. I'm glad Melo is here to witness it.

"You ok?" I heard behind me. I turned around and seen Josh leaned against the door frame.

"Yea, I'm great" I said turning to him. Felt good to say this too.

"You've been so happy these past few years" He says and walks over to me. He grabs my hand and holds it.

"Is that a bad thing?" I asked him.

"No of course not. I love that you've been so happy" He says smiling.

"Life is just amazing and I'm happy that everyone is here to celebrate our baby today" I said to him.

"Speaking of" He says as we heard small feet running up the stairs. Chelsey runs into the room.

"Mama" She says. I look at her and a smile is instantly brought to my face.

"Yes baby" I said picking her up.

"I don't like" she says and points to her outfit. I looked at her dress and seen grass stains and food stains all over her dress.

"Chels I told you to stay clean" I said.

"Sorry mama" she says.

"Let's go change you" I said giggling. Josh then grabs her from me.

"I'll change her, you go downstairs and vibe with everyone" He says.

"Josh it's ok" I said about to grab Chelsey but he turns away.

"Storm, go. Now" He says in a demanding way. I cross my arms in a playful way and he gives me a look. I know what that means....

"Fine" I said. After I walked past him, I rolled my eyes.

"Roll them again!" I heard him yell behind me. I couldn't help but laugh. I walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. There I seen mine and Josh's parents. As well as Josh's brother, Patrick.

"Heyyyyy everyone!" I said smiling.

"Hi honey" Halona says as her and Laron give me a hug.

"Hi Halona, hello Laron. How are you two?" I ask them.

"I'm fine honey thank you" Halona says.

"I'm good. How are you Storm?" Laron asks me.

"I'm great" I smiled.

"Good to see you Storm, it's been a while" Patrick says and gives me a hug. I smiled and nodded.

"Good to see you as well!" I whispered to him.

"Of course" He says and rubs my back.

"I'm going to be in the backyard with everyone, I'll call you guys out when it's time to cut the cake" I said to them clapping and they nodded.

"I'll come with you" Pat says. I nodded and we walked out of the kitchen and to the backyard. When we got out, I seen many friends and family. Which made me feel very good. Thank you god!

"I'll let you greet your guest" he says. I nodded and walked around to greet everyone. Everyone that you can think of was here. I'm happy that the people I love are here to celebrate my daughter with me.

"Hey where were you?" Peyton says as she walks up to me.

"I was inside, but I'm here now" I said to her and she nods smiling.

"Let's go where everyone is at" she says. I turned around to Pat but seen that he's gone. Oh, ok.

"I'll catch up with you, lemme make sure my kids aren't around giving any trouble" I said as Kevin, Marcus, and Lola came to mind. The twins were 10 and Lola was 7. I had nothing to worry about when it came to Lola, she's a very smart girl and knows right from wrong. But Marcus and Kevin. They gave me a headache.

"Lola is with North, Shariah, Stormi, True, Chicago, and LJ over there" Peyton points. I turned and seen them drawing together and having little conversation. Of course LJ is the only boy there.

"Now for Marcus and Kevin" I mumbled and scanned the whole backyard. My hands then dart to the candy table, I seen hands from underneath the table, grab a handful of candy, and make it's way back under the table.

"Found them" I said and we walked over to the table. I crouched down and lifted the cover off.

"What are you guys doing?" I said. They look at me and stop chewing.

"Hey Storm! You look nice" Kevin says.

"Yea you look beautiful, did you do something different to your hair?" Marcus says. I sighed as I looked at the two boys. This is why I leave Josh to handle them.

"If you two don't get your asses from underneath this table in two seconds, You won't like the outcome. 1..." I started and they instantly got up and stood up straight.

"Didn't I say to stay out of trouble?" I said crossing my arms.

"That's exactly what we were doing, right Kevin?" Marcus says and Kevin nods.

"Go play or something" I said to them.

"We don't wanna play with babies" Kevin groans.

"Go play basketball then" I said to them. They give each other a look and sigh.

"Ugh fine" Marcus says and they both walk away to the court. I sighed and then made my way to my friends.

"Hi babe" Heaven says when she sees me.

"Hey y'all" I said smiling at them.

"Where's Josh?" Luzzy asks me. I was about to answer but I see him walk back out with Chelsey. He's dressed her in a Palm Angels shirt, leather black pants and Travis Scott 1s. She looks just like him.

"Mama look" Chelsey says running up to me. She smiles and does a twirl.

"You look beautiful baby" I said to her.

"You look like your daddy" Caleb says and she turns to him.

"My daddy dressed me uncle woo" she says to him.

"Go hang with the other girls ok princess" Josh says to her.

"Ok daddy" She says. Josh kisses her cheek before she runs off to draw with the other girls.

"Of course you dress her up to look like you" I said as he stood beside me. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and looked down at me.

"Well duh, you already know my baby gotta be drippy" He says and I giggled.

"I can't believe it's been two years already" Star says as she looked at everyone.

"Yea, time flew by" Shareef says.

"I'm just glad to be here with all of you, it kinda scares me that I was on my death bed two years ago" Melo says.

"None of us were gonna let you die Melo" Mikey says.

"Yea, especially me" I said looking at him. He looks at me as we smiled at each other.

"I'm gonna use the bathroom" I said as I pulled away from Josh. I walked away and made my way inside. I walked into the bathroom and locked the door. I sat on the toilet and smiled to myself . I'm thankful for everything you've done for me god. You've blessed me with another chance to do things and I took the opportunity to do so. Now my live is at its prime again I couldn't be happy. Thank you!

Josh's POV

"She's so happy don't you think?" Luzzy asked me as Storm walked off. I nodded my head.

"You think that dream she really had was real?" Shaqir asks.

"I believe in second chances so maybe. After she woke up her whole energy changed" I said.

"I'd hate to live in a life like that, especially with Melo gone" Jalen says.

"I haven't stopped thinking about what she said. It really hit home that she went through that" Melo says.

"Yea it was, and I can't believe I really acted like that. I was a dick the whole time" I said shaking my head, causing everyone to laugh.

"Well, it's a blessing to be here and we should enjoy it" He says. Storm then walked back and had a big smile on her face. My beautiful wife.

"Let's cut the cake now yea?" She says to me. I look at our friends before looking back at her.

"Yea let's do it!" I said nodding at her. She smiles and walks over to Chelsey and the other kids. They all cheer and stand up making their way to the table. I walk over to the DJ and tell him it's cake time.

"Alrightttt, everyone please make your way to the big pink table" He says and I grabbed the mic. Everyone surrounds the table and I picked up Chelsey and Storm stands beside us. She grabs a lighter and lights the birthday candle.

"Here baby" I said giving her the mic.

"Thank you babe" She says and we share a quick kiss.

"Ok! Thank you all for being here today to celebrate my baby's special day. She's growing up so fast and everyday she becomes less of a baby. Mommy and daddy loves you Chelsey" She says to her and Chelsey smiles and kisses her moms cheek.

"1...2...3" Storm starts.

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to Chelsey! Happy Birthday to you!" We all sang and then everyone clapped. Chelsey clapped as well and grabbed the mic from Storm.

"Tank you" She says in her little voice which causes everyone to laugh.

"Make a wish Chels" I tell her and she bends down slightly. She closes her eyes and blows out her candle.

"Yay!!!" We all clapped for her.

"Help me cut it" She says and looks at Storm and I. We nodded and Storm grabbed the knife. We all put our hands on it and cut a slice of cake. Storm then puts it on a plate and gives it to Chelsey. Chelsey tastes it and grins.

"Yummy?" I ask her.

"Mhm, wanna try?" She asks me and I nod. She grabs a piece of it smashes it on my face.

"Ahh Chelsey!" I shrieked out and started laughing. I then used my finger to try it.

"It does taste good" I said nodding and she nods with me. My little princess.

"You guys are a mess" Storm says as she continues to share out cake. I then smirked as I turned to put Chelsey down.

"Go ask grandma to wipe your face" I told her and she nodded.

"Baby come try some cake" I said looking at her. She side eyes me before shaking her head.

"Josh stay back" She says and I laughed as I made my towards her.

"C'mere" I said and grabbed her arm.

"Josh! No!-" She yells but I grab her face and give her a sloppy kiss, getting cake all over her face. We heard laughs around us which caused me to pull away laughing. Got her!

"Joshhhh" She whines. I look at her and mock the sad face she was making. She then started laughing and smiled at me.

"You're a big baby" She says and grabs a napkin. She starts to wipe my face and I smile at her.

"I'm you're big baby" I said to her. She smiles and pecks my lips.

"I love you" She says.

"I love you too" I said back.

Storm's POV

"Where's my cake?" Melo asks walking over to Josh and I.

"Want some?" Josh says puckering his lips at him. He looks at him in disgust.

"Ew bro get out of my face" He says and Josh laughs at him.

"I'm gonna go sit with my brothers ok?" He says to me and I nodded as I wiped my face.

"Ok" I said nodding.

"Kiss?" He asks. I giggled and lean toward him. He pecks my lips before doing his handshake with Melo and walking off.

"May I have a slice please?" He asks me and I nod.

"Of course you can" I said and cut him a piece. I then hand it over to him.

"Hey Storm?" He says.

"Yea?" I said looking at him.

"Thank you, for everything. Really" He says.

"Of course Melo, what are friends for? Plus, you'd do the same for me" I said to him and he nods.

"In a heartbeat" He says and we smile at each other. As I was about to say something, LJ runs over. Melo smiles widely and picks him up.

"Wassup little man" Melo says. I looked at the two and smiled. At least he knows he has a twin.

"Daddy, Chelsey pushed me" He frowns.

"Aww really? Tell Aunt Storm" He says. He then turns to me pouting.

"Chelsey pushed you baby boy?" I asked him and he nods.

"I'm sorry to hear that. You tell Chelsey to keep her hands to herself ok?" I said to him and he nods.

"You wanna go back and play?" Melo asks.

"Yeah!" He says. He nods and kisses his cheek before setting him down. We watch him run off to the other kids. They were jumping and dancing around to the music playing.

"Look at them" I said laughing.

"We should join them" He says smiling.

"Really?" I ask.

"Oh yea, let me show you I'm a better dancer then you" I scoffed and put my cake down on the table.

"Ok LaMelo. Whatever you say" I said rolling my eyes. He grabs my hand and we dance our way to the kids. As we rocked side to side, our friends and family soon joined us. I couldn't help but laugh as I seen so many bad dancers.

This is it! This is what I wanted, this is what I deserved. To live a life doing what I love and being with my family. Hanging out with my friends and just...being happy. Melo is here with us and life is just great.

Oh yea...

Relight my candle...cause this is my happy ending!