“Oh yeah I do. I am so cocky!” Aiden exclaimed with his arms in the air. Molly let out a booming laugh before wrapping Aiden back up in her arms and kissing him all over his precious little face.

“Hey there, stranger!”

Lucas looked over to see Audrey coming towards them with a big grin on her face. She had her hair in pigtails and wore a bright yellow shirt and jean skirt with ridiculously high heels. It seemed like she always had heels on, but today she looked like a little girl playing dress up. Lucas smiled as he hugged her lightly.

“Hey Audrey,” Lucas said as they parted. He then turned to bring Molly closer, “Mom, this is Aiden’s aunt, Audrey. Audrey this is my mom, Molly.”

“Hi!” Audrey exclaimed, holding out her hand. Molly fumbled a little so Lucas took Aiden, giving Molly free hands.

“Hello! So nice to meet you. You are just as gorgeous as your sister. You guys could be twins!” Molly gushed, pulling Audrey into a tight hug.

“Aw, thanks!” Audrey giggled as she hugged Molly tightly. She gave Lucas a small smile before backing away from Molly. “It’s so nice to meet you, too.” Audrey turned to Aiden. “Hey bud, your friends are looking for ya. Wanna come on?”

“Oh yeah! Y’all are staying right?” Aiden asked, looking up at Lucas with wide eyes.

“Of course we are, bud.”

“Good! There’s cake!”

Lucas smiled. “We aren’t here for the cake, bud. We’re here for you.”

Aiden gave him a wide smile before running off towards his friends. Lucas watched him for a moment before turning back to Audrey. “Sorry to pull him away.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m gonna con Fallon into letting him stay the weekend with us,” Lucas said with a grin.

“Good luck with that,” Audrey laughed. “I guess I need to make plans to stay home tonight, probably with a big bottle of wine.”

Lucas laughed even though he felt Molly’s watchful eyes on him. “Everything been okay?” he asked when he stopped laughing.

“Fine, he’s been missing you a lot,” Audrey said.

“I’ve missed him, too.”

“I’ve missed you too, Lucas. So much,” Audrey joked with a big grin.

“Oh Audrey, my heart hasn’t been beating steady since I left you,” Lucas said with straightest face he could manage. It didn’t work and both of them let out gut-busting laughs as Molly watched them like they were fools.

“Whatever, I know you are lying. I know who your heart beats for,” Audrey giggled as she gave him a knowing look. Lucas’ mouth picked up on one side as he shifted back and forth on the balls on his feet. He hated when he was embarrassed and being embarrassed in front of his mom and Audrey wasn’t helping his ego. Audrey gave him one last smile before she locked arms with Molly. “Molly, my mom and dad are so excited to meet you. Would you like to go meet them?”

“Well, even if I didn’t, I couldn’t say no when you started the request like that,” Molly giggled.

Audrey gave her a bright smile before the two started off towards William and Nora. Lucas stood there for a moment looking out at the party. Aiden was running with a bunch of little girls and Lucas’ face broke out in a grin. Before he would say ‘Like father, like son’ but Lucas had no need to chase females anymore. He had one woman in mind, and only one. As he searched the party her, someone slapped him hard on the back. Lucas turned to see Shea and Jakob looking out at the party.

“Hey guys,” Lucas said.

“Hey,” Shea said with a nod. “Have you seen my wife?”

“Or mine?” Jakob asked.

Lucas nodded his head before pointing over to where the two gorgeous women stood with their beautiful babies. “Right over there gentlemen and if I may say…”

“You may not,” Shea said cutting him off. “I like you right now Brooks. Don’t piss me off.” Shea cut Lucas a dirty look before walking with Jakob towards their wives.

Lucas chuckled as they walked away. “I was going to say you guys’ babies were beautiful,” he said. He loved messing with Shea — he didn’t like them getting along. It wasn’t how they worked; it was way better when they picked on each other.

“Sure you were. You have had eyes for my woman since you first saw her,” Shea called over his shoulders.

Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “She’s hot.” Shea turned around quickly, and Lucas smiled, “What? She is.”

“Unless you want me to gouge your eyeballs out, keep your eyes on your own woman. She’s over there,” Shea said, pointing to where Fallon was standing with some women he didn’t know. She had pulled her hair into a messy bun, and man, she was hot. He loved the curve of her neck, and with her hair like that it was all you saw.

“Don’t mind if I do,” Lucas said with a grin.

Shea shook his head while Jakob laughed as they returned to walking back to their women. Lucas turned back from them to focus on Fallon. She moved around the three women, placing plates and cups along the table as she laughed about something. Lucas decided that he could do a really great job of setting up cups and made his way towards her. Fallon looked up just as he reached her, so did the three women.

“Hey, Lucas,” Fallon said before she looked back down at what she was doing.

“Hey, Fal, I came to help.”

Fallon looked up. “I’m good. Thanks. Go find Aiden, enjoy the party.”