(This chapter is mooostly filler, to be honest. I’m anxious to get on with the next generation!)

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“I do.” Said Holly

That was it. Hand in hand, Holly and Puzzle walked into their new house as a married couple. Holly was a Schmidt again.

The new house was wonderful. They settled in, and time passed.

Shortly after Evan’s birthday, Holly had news.

She was pregnant again!

They got a kitten called Nala.

And soon, the baby was born. Baby Juniper.

Life was slow, happy and nice.

And the children were growing up faster than Holly could keep up.

Puzzle saw that his family was growing, and decided to give up bar work for a while. He went to work in the diner.

Puzzle and Holly grew int their thirties, and like her mother, Holly didn’t take the fact she was aging too well.

But they managed.

Their fractured unit had formed into a family.

But Evan was struggling with something. He decided to open up to his stepdad about it.

He admitted that he was gay.

Puzzle said it didn’t matter, as long as he was happy. Together, they told Holly, who felt the same way.

So he and his childhood friend Sebastian were finally able to pursue a relationship.

The future seemed like a happy place.