Meeting all his friends down in the Pub, he felt so home
Than Oliver and his girl showed up!
Kians heart fell down - his mate was dating Kian's ex-Girl-Friend (they had been together for quite some time, before the band thing started)!
Okay, Kian had moved on - he couldn't expect her to don't do the same
But why it had to be Oli?

After some time he felt more hurt by her acting like she never was with Kian
She danced with Oli and they looked so happy together. But Oliver had an eye on her every time she chatted with a man; Oliver joined her, wrapping his arms around her.

Mark showed up as well.
After greeting, he went over to Oli & Sandy, and surprisingly for Kian he managed to get a dance with her.
Watching the both Kian's thoughts ran back in time

#Flashback#
Sandy's family (her Dad and her 2 brothers - one older, one younger than her) used to live almost next door to the Egan's.
She's only half a year older than Kian, so they became close friends.

After school they shared a flat and it turned out to be headquartering for private weekend parties with all their mates (incl. Mark, Shane, Oliver and Derek and many more).

#Back to present#
Mark brought Sandy to Kians table and the three chatted like they used to - 'what a lovely feeling' Kian thought
Oliver joined them, ensuring no one forgets whose girl she was now!
But Kian saw Sandy rolling her eyes for just a second

The evening went on and it was pretty enjoyable.
When Oliver went for a pi, Sandy managed to stand right behind Kian. "We need to talk - soon!" she whispered.
But there was no time for Kian to react - she managed to be far away from Kian when Oliver returned.
'What's that supposed to mean?' Kian wondered, even he was already looking forward to meet her alone.

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So the next day she called him.
"Egan?"
"Yeap!?"
"Do you have time tonight?" she asked.
"Sure."
"I'll come round your place."
"What about Oli?"
"He's on a business trip; I just brought him to the airport."
"Why don't ya come around now than?"
"Not everybody needs to know we're dating"
"So ya sneak in later than?!"
"Is 8pm okay for ya?"
"Anytime's fine..:"
"Have Dinner ready than" she laughed.

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So a quarter past 8pm she rang the bell at his front door.
She was wearing denims and a shirt with a short jacket, sneakers and her leather jacket plus one of her hundred basecaps still she looked amazing.
"Hello"
"Hi." They kissed their hellos when he had closed the door.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Fine now" he immediately started flirting with her.
"Yeah, I have this effect on some men" she grinned.
"You sure have" he grinned while looking up and down at her.
They went to the lounge and made themselves comfortable on his couches.
"Want something to drink?"
"Have a beer?"
"Fine with me" he went to the fridge and got two bottles of Kilkenny.
"There you go"
"Thanx"
The door bell rang again.
"Dinner is ready" he grinned, running for the door.
After some minutes he got back with two boxes of pizzas.
"Did you order the right ones?" she opened the first box. "Yeah, u sure did" her grin turned evil.
"Didn't forget, dear"

They had a nice little dinner with pizza and beer and chatted about people they both knew.
Than all of a sudden Sandy asked "How's Colm these days?"
Kian's face frowned. "Why'd ya ask?"
"Saw him a few days before with Trish" she looked down on her fingers, still holding her beer.
"Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?"
"Hmm" she just mumbled.
"What's the point? Tell me!" his voice was frosty.
"Look I'm only back since a week Oliver and I met at the office in Sydney and he's here for business and I joined him for some vacation only. - Than I saw Trish with the little boy" she looked scared at Kian.
"Still listening"
"Is it too much to ask for, to spend some time with you and him?" she asked quite scared.
Kian looked twice at her - Sandy? Scared?! - 'Oh, man. Who am I to deny her this wish?' He thought again.
"Kee?!" she asked with a weak voice.
"Hmm"
She just looked at him. He looked back. Both didn’t say a word for ages - or so it seemed
"Okay, you'll promise me to do nothing wicked and I'll manage to meet you with him"
"Oh, Kee! - You're the most gorgeous one" she just looked so thankful at him.
"Don't I get a hug for this?" he now grinned at her corny.
"Course you do" she got over to him, sat down on his lap and hugged him.
He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her tight. He could smell her perfume - still the same

For the rest of the time they chatted about their "new" lives and what happened since they last met.

She left around midnight

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A few days later Kian called her on the number, she'd given him that eve.
"O'C's!?" she took off.
"Egan." He replied.
"Oh, hi ya"
"Can't talk?"
"Not really"
"Just listen! Tomorrow around 9am at Hazel woods? We'll be playing at the playground and from there we can take a ride somewhere we won't be disturbed"
"Fine"
"See ya tomorrow!?"
"Yes, sure! Bye for now"
"Bye, Hun"

Oliver had been packing bags again, he really had no holidays, he had to work in Europe and so he had to leave again. Sandy was driving him to Dublin airport.
"Baby, who was that?" he asked about the call.
"Oh, some friend of mine, back from Down Under" she lied, continuing to drive through the rain.
"What she said?" Oli was very curios

On her way back to Sligo, the clouds disappeared and it went dry again.
A tiny grin appeared on her face - "Always the same Oli leaves and the rain stops!"

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Next morning she was walking at Hazel woods since half past 8; she was so nervous "Will he remember me? - How will Kian be dealing?" a lot of thoughts rushing through her head

From far away she saw Kian's car stopping at the parking area.
He took off Colm and both went to the playground.
She was hiding after some big trees, so she could see them but they couldn't see her.

Kian was playing so childish with Colm, unbelievable that he should turn to be 23 next month
After a couple of minutes she walked over to them.
Kian saw her coming. He told Colm "Hey Colm, look who's coming?"
Colm turned his head and when he saw Sandy he ran as fast as he could towards her just to jump into her arms.
"SANY!!!" he cried out with joy
A stone fell from her heart and she looked so relived at Colm, she was next to tears Kian noticed.
She hugged the little fellow and whispered "Colm, my little Boo"
Kian went over to them. He smiled nicely at Sandy. A tear fell down her face, he whipped it away

When Colm was back on the ground again he immediately raised a hundred questions at a time!
"yes sure well" she didn't even get a chance to answer them J
Meanwhile Kian guided them back to the car. When they arrived at the BMW X5, he was driving today, Sandy got into the back with Colm.
While the both were talking in the back, Kian drove down south-west, to a special place

He stopped the car at a parking area near by the shore, but not a place a tourist would ever find.
When Sandy noticed where they were she looked astonished at Kian.
"Don't you think this is the right place for a re-union?" he asked her.
"You scare me" she whispered.
"No. No! It's alright. - I just thought Colm needs to see this place - but only with you and me"
She got his point now and nodded.

They walked down a small path to the shore; Colm was holding Sandy's hand, acting like a real gentleman.
"Kian, you could learn a lot from him" she joked.
"Wasn't it supposed to be vise-a-versa?" he replied.
"Hopefully not everything" she grumbled but he heard it.
"Anything special?"
"Collect breaking hearts" she replied seriously.
Kian looked at her with disbelieve. "Don't believe the papers" his voice was lowered but she heard him well.
"A bit of truth in everything" she sighed.
"I'm not a saint - but I'm not as worse as they tell!" he couldn't help it; she needed to know the truth

For a while they went on silently.
Colm was running ahead of them, like kids his age are supposed to do.
Suddenly Sandy reached out for Kians hand and he took hers with a smile. 'Like in the old times' he thought.

They arrived at the place the both grown ups know much too well
"There we are!" Kian pointed out to the both.
"Super!" Colm loved it as much as Sandy and Kian did.
She smiled every time she looked at Colm. "He's already a true Egan" she nodded.
"You're right; we are all the same" Kian grinned.

They played some silly games with Colm at the beach till he was too tired to do anything more than just sleep. He sat down next to Sandy and cuddled his head onto her lap - and was fast asleep
She ran her fingers softly through his light brown hair, same color like Kian's in natural.
Kian sat down next to her and was happy to be exactly were he was and with whom he was!!!
"Thank you, Kee-Boo" she smiled at him
"It's my pleasure" he kissed her hand.
"Prince charming" she grinned at him.
"Hope you still like me!?" he looked at her cheeky.
"I always will" she blushed.
Kian leaned over to kiss her on the cheek.
"Just us three, like the good times" he sighed.
She just nodded.
"Do you see him growing up?" she asked.
"Not as much as I would like to, but when I'm home I spend most of my time with him" Kian admitted. "What about you? Do you miss us?"
"How could you ask such a silly question? You know me" she was upset.
"I'm sorry but I need to hear you say it, please!" he begged.
"I miss you like hell, Darling!" she moaned.
Kian now kissed her on her lips - she gave into his kiss

Colm woke up and the three returned slowly to the car.
"Sany? Do you come home with us and stay for dinner?" Colm asked her.
She looked confused to Kian. Kian thought about the weird situation.
"Colm, what do you think about having dinner with Sandy and me at my place? I'll get your stuff and you could sleep at mine as well" Kian suggested.
"Cool!" he jumped around.

So Kian brought Sandy to her hotel and went on to his family home to pick up Colm's stuff.

Sandy showered and redressed to be at Kian's as soon as possible.
She got some food from the stores on her way.
With quite some bags she reached Kians place.
"Darling, why didn't you ring me, I'd picked you up!" Kian asked.
"No, Kian. It's okay"
So she made dinner for the three of them; Colm's favorite food is Spaghetti Arabiata.
"Sany, how long do you stay this time?" - Colm raises this question to Kian every time, too -
"Dunno yet"
"Why do you have to leave anyway?" - a question only being raised by an innocent child -
Sandy looked at Kian with wet eyes Kian knew how she felt. So it was him replying to Colm
"Colm, you know we adults have to work to earn money for food and stuff like that. If we earn a bit more money we can buy you toys" he smiled lovingly at the little boy.
"Yeah, but I want Sany and you around, so I can come around when I like" he moaned.
Sandy turned her view from Colm back to Kian and Kian looked at her. Both just nodded - something had to change, they just felt it!

Sandy brought Colm to bed and told him a little lullaby as she used to do - back in the good old days as he was asleep she kissed his forehead good night and went back to Kian, who was watching telly. He had a bottle of beer in his hands.
She went over to him and sat down next to him. He took her into his arms. She looked into his eyes. His face came closer
"Kee, don't!" she got up and went to the window.
Kian looked disappointed.
"What's the crack?" he asked her puzzled.
"This isn't easy for both of us - don't make it even harder" she sighed, still showing Kian her backside.
"But I thought things have to change!?"
"Yes, but that doesn't mean, that"
Kian wrapped his arms around her waist. "Don't say the words!" he begged.
"Kee, lets keep things straight. We always used to do so"
"And what happened? We parted" Kian sighed.
"Excuse me? We were parted by our parents!" she growled now.
"Hmm." Kian mumbled.
"At least you had the privilege to see him every day" a tear fell down her cheek.
Kian whipped it away. "Don't cry, Baby, please."
Too late, she now cried heavily; hearing Kian say things like that made things much harder for her
Kian held her till she calm down. But he held back his own tears
"Are you okay, Sanz?" he asked her gently.
" better" she sighed one last time

She left Kian's place round midnight

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Gillian and Sandy met for a girls chat
" so, Kian told me you three had been to the shore?!" Gil asked her best friend since childhood.
"hmm" Sandy sighed.
"What's the crack?" she was involved in everything
"Oh, Gil you know Kee and me it's hard for both of us." Sandy looked down.
"San, you are old enough to decide for yourself now!"
"Gil, it's not only my decision, you know"
"But Kian wants it as well, I thought?"
"No, it's not pending on Kee. It's about Colm and more about Trish!" Sandy sighed again.
"Trish? Why Trish?"
"Why Trish?! Gil, she raised Colm and she's his Mum!"
"Sandy, she isn't his Mum! He should be with his real parents!"
"But Gil, he's getting already more attention by the press than is good for him"
"You are more difficult than Kian is!" Gillian moaned.

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As Oliver returned from his business trip they left for Australia again.

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In a club the other night;

Mark saw her first; a very attractive woman, wearing nothing than a light pink leather jacket, with nothing under it than a black bra, some short denim skirt, showing her very long legs in shape and high-heels. Her hair looked like liquid caramel - STOP! This color and this hair belonged to a girl he knows much too well SANDY?! What the hell was she doing in a club at the other end of the world? Wasn't she supposed to be in Australia?

He walked over to her "Sandy?! Is that you?" he asked, still surprised. She looked guilty at him "Mark? What are you doing here?" she looked round for the fellows and than she saw Kian. Her face frowned. He had a chick on his legs and his tongue deep down her throat. Mark recognized "Lets dance" he pulled her to the dance floor. They danced to a rocky song, than a slow song was played and he pulled her close. "I always fancied you but you never noticed, did you?" Mark told her. "No" she looked astonished at him. "Yes, I did still do" he kissed her gentle at first, but as soon as he realized she kissed back it turned much more passionately.

Kian saw Mark kissing a dark haired woman but he couldn't help to take a closer look, something was so familiar than he saw Marks hand on her butt and squeezing it. She now through her head backwards and laughed with joy
Kian shivered and frowned - it was HIS Sandy!?
His feelings went mad; even he had a girl himself on his lab that wouldn't deny giving him what he wants. But he wasn't interested anymore.
He was jealous - Mark had HIS girl

So when Mark came back to the table with Sandy, Kian looked mad at the both.
Sandy felt instantly guilty.
"Look whom I found?" Mark smiled lucky.
"Hi ya" Sandy almost whispered.
"Sandy!?" Shane, Bryan and Nicky yelled and hugged her.
"Hi, Kian." She said.
"Hi, Sandy." Kian went over to her and hugged her first than he just kissed her
Mark was disappointed
Sandy was surprised! But Kian knew her weak spots much too well, so she gave into his kiss.
Kian finally stopped kissing Sandy.
Mark felt used.
Sandy felt guilty and looked at Mark. "I'm sorry, Mark." She whispered.
Mark heard it. "I know" he sighed.

Sandy was talking to Bryan, Nicky and Shane.
Kian got next to Mark.
"She's mine, did you forget?"
"You had another girl on your lab" Mark mentioned.
"But Sandy will always be my girl. So keep your hands of, Feehily!" Kian threatened Mark.
"You'd better tell her!" Mark moaned.

"Wanna dance?" Kian asked to Sandy's ear.
She just nodded.
Kian led her to the dance floor and the song just ended.
Next one's a slow song and Kian pulled her tight. "You're still my girl" Kian mumbled.
"Besides how many others?" she asked.
"If you tell me you're back, it'll be only you!" he replied.
"Why's that?"
"Coz I'll only love you" he kissed her to prove

As it was about time to leave, Kian asked her to stay with him.
She sighed.
"Please, Sanz!" he kissed her throat again.
"Oh, my gosh I can't resist you" she moaned.

So back at the hotel, Kian and Sandy went to Kian's room.
Since the doors of the elevator had closed Kian didn't stop kissing his girl.
Finally they made it into his room and as soon as he had closed the door and locked it, Sandy removed his shirt. She licked his upper body and specially his nipples - he ran his fingers through her hair and enjoyed it. As she reached his jeans, he stopped her. Two fingers under her chin made her stand up again. His lips met hers and his tong tipped her lips and teeth till it twisted her tong meanwhile he opened her blouse and stroke it over her shoulders. Same he did with her bra, but then he opened it on the backside and revealed her boops. Now he licked her nipples, getting harder and harder he guided her to the bed. As soon as they reached it both stopped and got rid of their cloths.
"I missed you so much" Kian mumbled against her breast.
"You'll have me now" she smiled evil when he lifted his head to look into her eyes.
" and I won't let you go anymore!" he kissed her again

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The next morning Kian pulled her tight again after they were dressed and she needed to leave.
"San, I want you to come with me to London."
"For a holiday?"
"No. I want you to move into my flat there." Kian looked curios at her.
"Kee, that's a bit too quick, I think. - I just dumped Oliver and try to get my feet back on the ground"
"I love you. And I want you around me!" he sighed.
"I would need a job"
"No, you don't. I'll pay for you"
"Kee, I don't want you to do this! I can earn my money myself!" she was upset.
"But let me help you at first - till you have a job!"
"Okay - but only coz I don't have a choice" she moaned.

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In London, she'd moved into his flat and they spent as much time as possible together.

Kian worked over some papers and was cursing about something.
"What's the crack, Kee?" Sandy asked concerned.
"Oh, this whole organization stuff annoys me" he flipped some papers from the table.
Sandy picked them up and went through it. She sat down on the other side of the table, picked some blank sheets and a pen. She nodded and wrote some things down.
"What are you doing, Hun?" Kian asked wondering.
"Sorting your stuff" she mumbled and continued.
Kian went over to her and looked on the sheets.
"That looks great!" he said.

" and for the DVD you really should talk to Alistair about it. He would have some ideas and layouts for special features"
"Man, this is great!"
"But Kian, as far as I've seen some contract details, the earned money is for BMG. You should found your own companies to split the returns"
"Do you think so?" Kian looked interested.
"Yes. Each one of you blokes should have his own, specialized on different items - like one for the DVD development and marketing; one for the publishing to the press in general; if you need more details on that we could make an appointment with Alistair and James, to make a concept."
"You're so gorgeous, Darling!" he hugged and kissed her

So a few days later, they invited Alistair and James for some pizza. Sandy knew them from her time in Britain and they always kept in contact.
Sandy explained them what she had on her mind and Alistair immediately started drawing a layout for the structure of the DVD.
James and Kian discussed meanwhile the concept for the companies to split the different items. It was a raw concept but took already a few hours.
Kian wanted to show the lads first before they would get together with James again to fix the details.
"James, Alistair. It was great to meet you both and have so much revenue of it" Kian grinned and Jim and Ally laughed about it. The both hugged Sandy and Ally whispered "Bring Kian along to the wedding" Sandy replied "only if Charlotte doesn't hit me with the bouquet!" Both smiled knowingly

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To present and discuss the details with the rest of the crowd (incl. the girls) Kian and Sandy needed to get back to Ireland.
Kian invited everyone to his place and Sandy prepared some food.

Nicky loved the idea to get some business out of the labels hands.
Shane wasn't so sure about being a business man, but Gillian convinced him.
Mark - he just starred at the papers. So Sandy got next to him.
"What do you bother about?" she asked him.
"Well, sounds nice and easy"
"BUT?"
" but we need people we really can rely on to run the business while we are on tour."
"That's right. But for my company I found somebody I trust most of all" Kian grinned.
"Who's that?" Sandy asked curios.
Kian went over to her. "You, darling" and kissed her.
"What? Me?" she got out of his arms.
"Yes, you" Kian still grinned.
"Okay, but what about us?" Shane mentioned.
Sandy was still puzzled. But suddenly she had an idea.
"Shane, who's the one you trust for organizing things for you?"
"Maidred." He replied quickly.
"So ask her to run your business." Sandy smiled.
Gillian just nodded, she understood. So she asked Mark "who's the one you trust most, besides your parents?" "Graham."
So they wrote down their proposals and agreed to have small meetings with James and Alistair to discuss the details.

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The day after Kian wanted to discuss some private things with Sandy and they wanted to pick up Colm afterwards.

"San, we need to make some decisions." Kian said pretty serious.
"About what?" she looked concerned.
"Colm."
She just nodded.
"Mum, never told him he's not hers, she always said he's too young to understand."
"I mean we were much older but we didn't understand it either" Sandy mentioned.
"Obviously we still don't" Kian sighed.
"But what do you want to do now?" she looked scared at Kian.
"He said, he wants us both around, so he can just pop in."
"Kee, you're away anyway"
"It's not so much about me - it's about you!"
"ME?" she looked astonished.
"Yes! I want you to move back to Sligo." Kian looked straight into her eyes.
She bit on her lip.
Kian watched her face intense
"If - and only IF - if I agree on this, what kinda problems would it cause?" Sandy's a clever girl
"We should discuss it with the relevant persons" Kian suggested and grabbed his jacket.
Sandy followed him in silence. She knew it would get uncomfortable now

The both went over to the Egan Mansion.
Kian opened the front door with his key.
"Mum? Anyone home?" he yelled through the hall.
"Kian, I'm in the kitchen" his Mum replied.

"Hi, Mum. - Got a surprise guest for you" he pulled Sandy into the kitchen.
"Hi, Patricia" Sandy greeted very shy.
"Sandrea!?" Patricia looked shocked.
No one spoke a word for a minute or so.
"Mum!?" Kian moaned.
"Hmm Oh! - Hi, Sandy" She hugged Sandy.

"We need to talk about Colm." Kian said to his Mum.
"Why?"
Kian told her that they had been out with Colm and what he wished for.
Patricia looked at Sandy while Kian was speaking.
Sandy bit on her lip and her hands were shrinked so hard into each other, they were almost white
" I asked Sandy to move back to Sligo." Kian ended.
"Trish, I know this causes trouble" Sandy started.
"Did you both think about the media around? They'd soon discover something's going on between you both and involving Colm wouldn't make things easier!" Patricia was mad and she'd hit the only weak spot of the plan.
Sandy was next to tears and Kian noticed. He got up, to stand right behind Sandy and pulled his arms around her shoulders.
"Mum, Colm needs to know the truth! I told you so often I'll talk to Louis about the media"
"Trish? I need to know one thing" Sandy sniffed. She squeezed Kians hand.
"What?"
"Why did you and my Dad forced me away?" Kian shivered. He knew he wasn't brave enough to ask this question that bothered him as long as Sandy.

"Sandy, you both were much too young to raise a child - you were children your own! An adoption wasn't acceptable for any of us, so it would've been easier to include Colm to our family"
"You know how much I loved Kian and Colm! - How could you do this to me?" Sandy cried out.
Kian was concerned; he hugged Sandy to calm her down. She cried even more now with her face on his shoulder.
Kian looked angry at his mother. "I don't want to hear any excuses anymore! Sandy will move into my house and you tell Colm the truth or I will do it! And if he wants to, he moves into my house, too." Kian growled.
"Kian! Don't over-react, son!" Patricia was concerned.
"Don't you ever call me Son again" Kian barked at her. He held Sandy in his arms and brought her back to his car. She still cried.

At Kian's place;
"Come on, let's have a cup of tea first" he caressed her arm.
"Kee? Do you have a beer for me?"
Kian grinned. "Of course, Baby. This is now your home as well."

A few hours later;
"Kee?"
"Sanz?"
"Call ya Mum!"
"Why?"
" To say sorry!"
"What?"
"You said things, you didn't mean" Sandy looked into his face.
Kian lowered his head.
"You know I'm right" Sandy caressed his cheek.
"Hmm" he just mumbled.
Sandy picked up the phone and pulled it into Kians hand, than she went to the garden, leaving Kian alone to make the call.

Kian phoned his Mum and said how sorry he was.
" but one thing's for sure; Colm needs to know that Sandy's his real Mum and that she'll move into my place. Colm shall decide what he likes best"
Patricia Egan had time enough to think about what would be right (in her eyes) for Colm. Even she couldn't deny that Colm loved Sandy in a special way. He should have a right to be with his real parents as much as possible.

Kian went outside to tell Sandy the good news.
He found her on the old bench, that Shane gave to Kian as a present for the new home.
"Darling?"
"Hmm"
"Mum tells Colm the truth"
"What made her change her mind?"
"My pigheaded mind" he smiled a tiny grin.
"Take me into your arms, Kee."
So he did. She shivered.
"Are you freezing?"
"No. I'm scared about Colm's reaction to a lie he lived in for so long"
"Don't be scared, Love. He's our son; he will know by instinct what's good for him" Kian kissed her hair.
"I hope you're right"

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Same evening, Kians front door bell rang continually.
Sandy went to the door, just to find Colm crying.
"Colm?!" he flew into her arms, still crying.
Kian heard the sound of crying and went to the door too.
"She told me" Colm cried.
Sandy guided him to the lounge and Kian closed the door and went after them.
On the couch Colm cuddled into Sandy's arms, she caressed him till he calm down.

"Mummy?" Colm called Sandy for the first time.
She was next to tears "Yes, Boo?"
"I love you" he kissed her.
"I love you, too" she sniffed.
"Daddy?" Colm called Kian now.
"Yes?" Kian looked lovingly at his son.
"I love you, too." Colm got on Kians lab and hugged him.
"My son" Kian sighed.
"Can I stay here?" Colm asked.
"Of course you can! This is our home, for all three of us" Kian said proudly.
Sandy just nodded - Kian could see the happiness and luck in her face

Sandy brought Colm to bed and told him a lullaby
Later she went down to Kian, sitting on the bench in the garden.
"Hey, love." He wrapped his arms around her to seat her on his lab.
"Kee?"
"Hmm"
"Finally we are together now" she sighed.
"It's just beginning, Love. This is us now, a family" Kian kissed her tenderly.
"I love you so much" she kissed his lips.
"Nah, I love you more" Kian smiled and kissed her again.

The End!