You're leaving? (A 1x1 with Lexxy)

[Lexus]

(Ahhh I didn't miss Florida.)


For Clay as time went on things became easier by himself but he still thought about her every day. He couldn't not even if he wanted, she was every where he turned. He smiled whenever something reminded him of her though. It was strange to him how fast and unexplained things happened leading to his wife's passing. He was determined to find the reasoning for it but he hadn't quit cracked it yet. Today though they were all thinking about her, a member of the clan was missing for the arrival of another. Clay tapped his keys impatiently waiting for his friend to emerge from the room. The kids had all fallen asleep. He looked over to Jenna with a smile. "Did you guess boy or girl?"


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[isax]

"I guess on girl." Jenna said as she smiled and awaited the gender of yet another baby to add on into the clan. The kids strayed asleep for the longest time and Ivy sat their remembering the days they sat in the same room waiting for every one of three Waters children and that brought a smile and a small laugh from her. Jenna looked at her confused and Ivy simply shook her head. "Nothing. I'll tell you later." She said and Allie slowly began to wake up. "Daddy..." She said as she sat up and rubbed her eyes sleepily like she always did.


(Well I never miss Texas when I go on trips.)


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[Lexus]

"What baby girl?" Clay asks putting the keys back in his pocket and picking her up and putting her in his lap. "You can go back to sleep." He says kissing her forehead looking over at the boys to make sure they were okay.


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[isax]

"I'm hungry." Allie said as she yawned sleepily and looked at her dad. She really was but her sleep took over her again and she fell asleep in her dad's lap and her head on his shoulder. Jenna looked at her and laughed. "Well well, she's defiantly a daddy's girl." She told him as Rylan moved around. He was dreaming of his mother. It happened often now but he never told his dad or anyone else about it.


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[Lexus]

Clay was going to say she didn't have much of a choice these days but he decided it would be too soon to joke. It never would be right to joke anyway, their mother had only been gone five months and the wound was still fresh. He would have left to get food but he didn't want to miss the news. It had to be soon.


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[isax]

Gaven then walked out and smiled the biggest smile. One Ashley would have said Clay gave when Rylan was born. "Are y'all ready?" He asked and Jenna nodded. "Of course! You and Clay are mean for keeping the gender from us!" Jenna said and Gaven laughed. "It's a girl." He said and Jenna smiled. "Another niece! I am loving this!" She said and went to the room. Ivy was smiling but looked at Rylan as he moved. "I'll stay out here with the kids Clay. You go in a say hi to our new niece." Ivy said as she smiled.


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[Lexus]

Clay shook his head with a bright smile. "You go, we'll be there in a minute." He says stroking Allie's hair. He didn't want to move her from her sleeping spot. She looked just as her mother had and he wanted to savor it. He looked over to his friend with a bright smile. "Congrats dad."


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[isax]

"Dad. It has a ring to it." Gaven said and laughed and went back inside and Ivy walked in with him to see the baby. Rylan continued to move and eventually he woke up and sighed. Why was his mother on his mind so much lately? Was it because there was a special event coming up? He shrugged it off then looked at his dad. He yawned and then saw his mother in the way Allie was sleeping and Rylan knew he father was savoring the moment.


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[Lexus]

Clay smiled at Rylan when he woke up. "You can go in," he says motioning to the room where everyone else was. "I'm sure Reagan's in there." He says with a laugh.


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[isax]

Rylan rolled his eyes at his father but laughed with him as well. "I don't like her like that dad." He told him then said, "she looks like mom right? That's why you haven't gone in." He added. Even with Ashley gone, some part of her was still there in her children and for Rylan it was being able to read his father like Ashley could read her husband. He smiled softly.


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[Lexus]

Clay shook his head with a smile and a laugh. "You're just like your mother." He says with a scoff. He then looked down to Allie, "Yeah, she does." He admits still stroking her hair like he had with his wife. "Go on, go." He says to Rylan not wanting them to sulk today. It was a happy day and he didn't want to ruin it."Take your brother with you." He says as Cory began to wake.


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[isax]

Rylan smiled softly at his dad and said, "So I've been told." He then went into the room with Cory and they looked at their niece. She was an adorable baby. Rylan saw the excitement in his Aunt Mallory's eyes so now he knew why his mother was so excited to have him in her arms at last. Rylan and Reagan then sat on the couch and began to play on Gavens phone. Cory was playing peek-a-boo with the baby and then they felt it. They all did. A familiar presence and it only made everyone smile.


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[Lexus]

In that moment that's when Clay walked in, Allie awake in his arms and he stopped dead in his tracks when he felt it and smiled. "You never miss anything do you?" He whispers to himself. He then looked over to the baby and smiled. She was precious. "What's her name?" He asks shifting Allie in his arms so she could see her.


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[isax]

Allie heard what her father whispered and was going to say something but decided to wait. She looked over at the baby and smiled. She was beautiful. Gaven smiled as his daughter opened her eyes and Mallory fell in love with them. They were that pretty dark brown color. Gaven looked over at Clay and smiled. "Arabella." He told him and Mallory smiled. "Ashley helped me awhile back pick out names. She said she loved that one the most." She told him and everyone smiled. "Oh Ashley. Getting everyone to be southern like her." Jenna said and Allie laughed.


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[Lexus]

Clay laughed too shaking his head. "Sounds like the Ashley everyone knows." He then looked from the baby back to her parents. "She has her eyes." He says in a whisper adding a smile not knowing if they noticed.


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[isax]

Everyone smiled as they carried on with their conversations and Mallory looked over at Clay and nodded with a smile. "I noticed the minute Arabella opened her eyes. I was waiting for you to catch it." She told him and Allie looked over at the baby's eyes. "I wish I had eyes like mom. She always did say we were blessed to have dad's eyes though." Allie said and Gaven laughed softly. "Well Rylans even more blessed to have y'all's grandmas eyes." Gaven told Allie and she nodded. Now it made sense as to why Rylan was the only one with green eyes.


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[Lexus]

Clay nodded and laughed. "The only thing you have of mine is your eyes silly." He says shaking his head and kissing her cheek. Everything else was her mother.


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[isax]

Allie smiled soft and then laughed. He was right. All he had if her was his eyes but then she remembered what her mom said. "Not true. Mom always said we all looked like you." Allie never saw it. Gaven laughed and said, "Yall did look like your dad but as y'all grew you got Ashley written all over you." That was when Mallory laughed and then looked at Clay. "Arabella has a middle name ya know." She told him. "Want to take a guess at it?" She added and Gaven smiled softly.


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[Lexus]

"Hmm. I don't know." He says looking at her again. Any name they picked would fit her. Looking at the baby he smiled and waved gently towards her when she looked at him. Her eyes were beautiful. Just like he remembered them on his wife.


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[isax]

"Oh come on Waters." Gaven said and Allie looked down at her cousin. "Ashley." She whispered and Mallory smiled softly and Gaven nodded. "Indeed it is Allie. Now that we picked ourselves." Mallory said and Allie smiled. Her uncles and aunts must have loved her mother dearly if they were willing to name their daughter after her. Rylan walked over and saw Arabella's eyes. "Like moms..." He said to himself as he smiled and held her little hand.


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[Lexus]

Clay didn't know whether he was touched or heart broken so he decided to go with the better end of the spectrum. "Now, now that's a special name but I suppose she's special enough to have it since none of us ever thought you would have kids." Clay says with a laugh. "I'm sure Ashley is touched with your choice."


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[isax]

Everyone laughed and then smiled at Clay. Rylan smiled at Arabella and said, "I think moms happy y'all haven't forgot about her." Gaven looked at him and shook his head, "There's so many memories we have with her that we could never forget about her." He said and everyone nodded.


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[Lexus]

After their visit with Arabella Clay took the kids to get good and when the arrived home he out them each to bed. It was a solo thing he was getting comfortable with and that made him uneasy. When they were all fast asleep he did some work in the office before going into the room. He went in the closet looking for his warmer clothes since it was getting hold when he thought about the box. That's when he went searching for it and when he found it he turned on the night stand light and placed it on the bed. "What do you have up your sleeve Ashley?" He whispers running his fingers across the lid before removing it.


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[isax]

The first thing visible was a note. It said; Okay I lied. Maybe I got more then one gift for all of y'all but Clay, yours is extra special. Take this iPod. It has recordings of my voice but don't listen to any of them until you find my notes hidden around. Love you.


Inside was four bears. One dressed in a swimming suit with goggles, one with a baseball outfit and bat with the glove and ball, one with a soccer uniform and cleats with the soccer ball in his hand and lastly one in a white tuxedo. Carrying a little banner that said, "I do." She knew Clay would know who deserved which bear. After all the bears came other things. A new glove for Rylan, a soccer ball but in the style of the German flag because that was Cory's favorite soccer team, a charm bracelet with a swimmer, a softball, a bat and the mother and daughter symbol for Allie and lastly goggles signed by Clays favorite swimmer for Clay. (Man did Ashley have a hard time trying to find them.) then on an envelope on the very bottom was a note. It read: So you made it this far. After you hand out the presents I want you to listen to the first recording. Don't hate me. I promise I'll try not to cry, but I want you to listen to them. With each recording comes a gift. Love you and I'm sorry.


The envelope would be heavy because inside it contained four necklaces. One a locket for Allie, a dog tag for Cory, a bottle cap one for Rylan and lastly Ashley's puzzle piece charm for Clay.


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[Lexus]

Clay shook his head. "Damn it Ashley Waters." He whispers under his breathe before closing the box and placing back where he found it. He wasn't ready for that, he wasn't ready to hear her voice without losing it again. With that he shut the light off and went to bed, alone.


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