Chapter 42

 The gang was all here at the 52nd annual grad. ceremony and the podium looked exquisite with synthetic flowers, there was a comfy bed of snow on the field and a row of chairs with ribbons.

   Sam adjusted her mortice and Maddie moved her tassel to the other side when she heard her name, she gave them a thumbs up and walked to the platform and almost slipped but a lecturer caught her causing some of the audience to chuckle and she smiled at the certificate.

"You did good champ," Amy said to her, she had a first-class and had to do a speech.

"I missed a few lines though"

"Congratulations, Dr. Samantha Miller" Allen Durham, her college mate and best man said and she waved her scroll

"You got best graduating student so..." Her voice trailed at the kiss he placed on her cheek and Logan coughed while Sam met her best nephew and niece in the world.

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   The girls were screaming while Winston tried to pull out the object from Luna's mouth holding down her head. He inhaled and exhaled tossing the nipple into a bin shaking his head.

"Kids"

Luna being clingy hurried to Keira's arms staring at the group with round grey eyes clinging on to her skirt, barely a year old, she was already on her feet running around. Her waist-length black hair tangled from rolling around. Luna Winter Daniels was her pride and joy.

"I knew I should've been alert"

  She managed to find a bottle and tried to swallow the nipple leaving Keira in premium tears till the doctor came in.

  She groaned when Elvis hopped around in his tux playing with a Wolverine action figure, she was worried about those claws on the end and him darting around like a torpedo. Elvis Presley Daniels was his best friend.

"Aww" He protested when Logan caught him before he dropped headfirst on the floor and straightened his shaggy red hair and glasses, staring at his green eyes in admiration.

"I don't mind getting you a new pair, just don't snap your neck, okay?"

"I only broke one and my old toy is plastic, not iron"

 "I know," He said lifting Elvis like a suitcase to the car and Elvis touched the glass when he got locked in.

"I love you dad" 

Logan brightened up at his sudden phrase and hung on to them, maybe forever.

Gary was behind him on a cage and Logan smiled when Keira passed Luna to him with a tired but pleased smile, he had the look of a proud father with Luna struggling and demanding to the bench with her mother.

"I'm never going to spoil you enough, am I?" He asked Keira and she giggled.

Luna relaxed when he popped a sugar-free lolly in her mouth letting him carry her to the driver's seat.

"You're doing great" She smiled, if she wasn't attentive enough, she might sleep in the car, good thing they were going a day before schedule, Joanna would keep them occupied.

  Luna put her hands on his while he drove and Elvis was screaming 'are we there yet?' every thirty seconds and Keira turned to the backseat.

"No Presley, if you don't calm down, we'll make a stop at the cinema and we'll watch Barney again"

"Barney scares me" He pouted and clutched his toy.

"And a man in a wolverine costume doesn't?"

"I have my preferences," He said proudly and she passed Logan a suspicious look and he chuckled.

"You better not be swearing in front of him"

"I swear," He said and Elvis gasped while Gary rummaged around his seat distracted as always, the dog was a scatterbrain and he always brought dead birds home but he was the family's sweetheart.

He flinched when Luna almost flipped out of his arms.

"I think two is enough"

"I agree"

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