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From Roots To Flowers

Chapter 40: Epilogue : Adding to the Family

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Epilogue

Notes:

I finally finished up the epilogue for this story. It's quite long, I was having a lot of fun with it as I wrote it. Hope you guys enjoy :)

Happy Holidays!

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Ali pushed the shopping cart with their nearly 3 year old daughter Lacey sitting inside, Ashlyn followed close behind while carrying their 5 year old daughter Elise. They were shopping for their first ever family vacation. It was a bit odd since they hadn't actually picked a vacation spot yet, but nonetheless the family was uber excited. However, they had been bouncing some ideas off each other for a while but each woman always had a reason to say no to the other's ideas, Ali more so than Ashlyn.

"What about an island, like the Caribbean island we went to for Valentine's Day?" Ashlyn asked her wife while giving a free sample of food for Elise to eat.

Ali shook her head 'no'. "How're are we all as a family going to have fun on an island with a 5 year old and an almost 3 year old?"

"Umm, how exactly couldn't we? Sand, water and food sounds like a good time for children. Isn't that right Ellie?" Ashlyn countered and asked their eldest daughter who was more than occupied with the free sample of peaches her momma gave her.

"M-mommy I want it." Lacey whined with tears nearly in her eyes as her hands reached out for Elise's peaches.

"Don't worry I'm on it." Ashlyn chuckled before jogging back over to the employee at the free sample stand and retrieved more peaches for their little girls. They all knew that when their youngest daughter wanted something, she would get it, otherwise she'd cry and pout until she got whatever it was she wanted. It didn't help that both their daughters had that Krieger pout that always had Ashlyn under a spell.

"Thank you momma." Lacey smiled and went to town on the peaches.

"As I was saying, we had to get so many shots before we went there. Can you imagine what these two will be like if they had to get those as well. Screaming children at the sight of needles, then the shot itself and then-"

Ashlyn rolled her eyes at the fact that her wife was completely right, their children were terrified at the sight of needles. "Okay, I get it, you're right."

"I always am." Ali said in a matter of fact tone and continued to fill their carts with food and other essentials.

"Momma are we going on a trip somewhere?" Elise asked while playing with the loose strands of her momma's blonde hair.

"We sure are baby girl, your mommy is just being difficult."

"Mommy's dissycoot?" Lacey asked while looking between her parents.

Ali gave her wife a disapproving look as they paid for their items before pulling their cart up to the car. Ashlyn loaded the items into the back of her silver Mercedes-Benz cla 250 while Ali placed their children in their child seats. Ashlyn sure did miss her old sports car but after Ali and her G-Ma nearly chewed her head off about putting Elise, their only child at the time, in that "death trap", she promptly sold it and bought her second car baby, the Mercedes-Benz. She'd never tell Ali or her grandma, but she really had no problem selling her sports car, she just loved acting like it was a big deal.

They arrived at their beach home and brought in the items they bought while their children ran straight to the TV to watch cartoons.

"What if we went to like a ski lodge or something? We could try snowboarding or skiing." Ashlyn asked while placing the food away.

Ali thought about it for a little before shaking her head, "No, our babies would be way too cold. Plus they have no idea on how to ski or snowboard, could you imagine them hurting themselves trying? I don't know if I could take that." Ali's voice was cracking at the thought of her little babies getting hurt.

"Babe, you're worse than me when you were pregnant both times." Ashlyn said with a chuckle as she looked at her wife.

"I can't help it. They're just so soft, cute and fragile, it makes me want to keep them safe forever if I could." Ali pouted truthfully.

Ashlyn leaned over the counter and kissed her wife soundly. "I hear you loud and clear mama bear. But we need to figure out where we're going and soon. That means you can't keep rejecting my ideas when you don't even have any."

"Okay baby." Ali pulled her back in for another deep kiss. She felt a tiny hand grip the side of her grey sundress, she broke the kiss with her wife in order to look down and was met with large hazel eyes on the verge of filling with tears. "Aww baby what's wrong?"

"I wan kisses too mommy." Lacey whined while reaching her hands up to be carried.

Ali grabbed her little girl, gave her kisses and picked her up, resting her on her hip. "You okay now baby?" She kissed her forehead when she felt her nod and lay her head into her chest. She saw her wife whispering into their eldest daughter's ear and was automatically entranced with what she could've possibly told Elise. She figured she was about to figure out when she saw her daughter walking up to her.

"Mommy?" Elise said with a little smile while fiddling with her little sister's toes.

"Yes Sweetheart?" Ali answered while putting together dinner.

"Momma said...wait no..." Elise stopped and gave a hard look of concentration to remember what her Momma just told her.

Ali's eyes flickered up to her wife whose head was in her palms avoiding the playful glare Ali was most likely giving her.

"Ohh! I said we should go camping!" Elise chirped before turning to her momma with a look. "I did good momma?"

Ali cracked a smile when Ashlyn's jaw dropped to ground. "Yea babe, our baby did good right?"

"You did amazing baby girl." Ashlyn replied and sank into her recliner. Dax jumped into her lap and made himself comfortable despite his very large size. Ashlyn scratched behind his ears, giving him all the attention he wanted. "You would want to go camping with momma, wouldn't you? All the open greenery you could run through."

Dax gave her an intrigued look before licking her face excitedly while wagging his tail. Ashlyn flipped on the TV to some business channel.

"Babe come eat." Ali called out as she helped their daughters cut up their small steaks and roasted fingerling potatoes. She felt her wife come up behind her and turned to kiss her.

"Mmm thank you for dinner babe." Ashlyn said with a squeeze and another kiss to her wife's lips. She went around the table and kissed both of her little angels on the crown of their heads, got Dax his bowls of food and water before taking her seat to eat.

"So did you think about the camping option?" Ashlyn questioned while cutting into her steak.

"I have, and what I came to was the fact that there are bears, bugs, and too much mud. What if a bear came and attacked us, or if one of our babies got lost? Could you even imagine what we'd do? How would we even survive that situation?" Ali replied with enough emotion in her tone to share.

Ashlyn subtly rolled her eyes at her extremely dramatic wife. Coming up with a family vacation was going to be a lot harder than Ashlyn initially thought.

They finished up dinner, Ashlyn started up the bath for their daughters while Ali cleaned up the dishes and took Dax out to pee. Ashlyn towel dried their children and got them dressed before reading them each a story and tucking them in bed.

"Momma."

"Yes baby?" Ashlyn said as she turned her attention to Lacey who stared at her with those big hazel eyes that always reduced her to a puddle.

"Are we gonna go camping?" Lacey asked with an underlying whine.

Ashlyn didn't want to get her hopes up but she also didn't want her to go to sleep sad. "I don't know baby, I have to talk to mommy to make sure. But when I know for sure, I'll definitely tell you."

Lacey gave a big smile before nodding ecstatically. "Okay momma."

"Okay, goodnight baby girl." Ashlyn said as she kissed her forehead and smoothed her dirty blonde hair back.

"I wanna go camping too momma." Elise squeaked from her place in her bed.

"Don't worry sweet pea, I'm gonna ask mommy. Now sleep tight baby." Ashlyn kissed her forehead and was about to pull away when she felt her wife's warm hands caress her shoulders and her scent fill her senses. She watched Ali kiss each of their little girl's foreheads and whisper "goodnight babies, mommy loves you", before she pulled Ashlyn to their bedroom and shut the door behind her.

"Babe you know we have to pick a vacation spot very soon, right?" Ashlyn stated, oblivious to her wife seating her on the bed and crawling into her lap in order to run hot, open mouthed kisses down her neck.

"Yea I know." Ali replied off handedly while unbuttoning Ashlyn's dress shirt.

Ashlyn's quirked an eyebrow and gently pulled Ali back. "What do you mean 'you know'? You haven't said anything that makes me think you even want to go on this vacation. I mean, I thought you'd love the idea of it but it seems like you're totally against everything I could possibly think of."

Ali sat back on her wife's knees and leaned to kiss her lips gently. "Baby of course I want us to go on our first family vacation. I am worried of a few things but overall I was just busting your balls. If you and surprisingly our little girls want to go camping, then let's go camping."

"Really?! So you were sooo dissycoot all day just to bust my balls?" Ashlyn said with a smirk.

Ali snorted at her wife's word choice and patted her chest. "Yup. Getting dirty in the woods isn't my thing but I'll suck it up for my favorite people in the whole world, plus Dax can come with us right?"

"Heck yea, I made sure of it. Honestly, I was banking on the possibility of you and kids wanting to go camping. Since I have a cabin up in Virginia." Ashlyn stated.

Ali smiled and leaned back in to kiss her harder. "Mmm I love you so much."

"Give me a second to show you how much I love you." Ashlyn growled with a smirk, before flipping her wife on her back and covering her body with her own.

~~~

The family rose early in the morning so that Ashlyn could get their children ready while Ali packed everything that they'd need, and then extra of course because over packing was better than under packing. They finished up the morning routine and Ali buckled up their little girls and popped the trunk of the family SUV for Dax to hop in while Ashlyn loaded up the bags. Ashlyn noticed the heaviness of the bags but after knowing her wife for so long, she wasn't surprised by the large weights of their suitcases anymore.

"Momma we're going camping?!" Elise all but shrieked from her pace in the booster seat.

"That's right Sweet Pea, we're going to go on a airplane that's going to take us all the way to Virginia." Assign said over her shoulder while driving to the airplane hanger.

"Really?!" Elise squealed which prompted Lacey to do exactly the same until their car was filled with squealing children and a very loud Golden Retriever that decided to join in on the noise making with his howls.

"Yes Sweet Pea, and we're gonna visit Gampy and Gammy too!" Ashlyn said loudly over the noise.

Lacey clapped her hands excitedly, "I can't wait to see Gammy and Gampy!"

"We'll be there soon baby." Ali assured and turned in her seat to give their daughters snacks and juice boxes.

Ashlyn parked the SUV in the allotted space before both she and Ali helped their children from the vehicle, Dax included. The employees at the airplane hanger helped take their over packed suitcases up into the jet. Dax jumped up the steps and into the jet, already making himself comfortable on the small couch in the jet. Ashlyn held Elise's hand as the climbed the steps while Ali held Lacey's hand.

Once their their girls finally stopped asking a million questions, the jet finally took off which made Dax bark loudly and Lacey cry when she felt her ears pop, Elise looked to be having the time of her life though.

Ali quickly took her little girl into her lap and covered her face in kisses before allowing her to snuggle into her chest.

"Momma we're flying! We're flying!" Elise squealed and banged on the window as the jet soared through the clouds.

"We sure are Sweet Pea." Ashlyn replied as she finalized some last minute things on her laptop.

By the time the jet landed in Virginia both kids were fast asleep. Ali gently pulled heavy coats, gloves and boots on their little girls before moving over to Dax. Ashlyn picked up both their babies while Ali gently roused Dax from his sleep so they could exit the jet. A prearranged SUV was waiting for them when they disembarked the jet, when everything and everyone was loaded into the car, they took off towards Ali's parent's home.

Kyle is waiting for them on the porch and hopped up when he saw their vehicle approaching. "Hey booboos!"

Ali got out of the car once Ashlyn put it in park, she wrapped her arms around her burly brother and kissing his cheek. "I missed you so much."

"She's saying that for show. She never even mentions you." Ashlyn jokes while carrying both if their daughters and Dax followed closely behind her.

"Oh I know." Kyle laughed and lightly flicked his sister's forehead before turning to Ashlyn with his arms extended. "Now lemme carry one of my cutey patootie nieces."

Ali rolled her eyes at her brother and wife. She grabbed one of their bags since they were only going to stay with her parents for a day. They made it inside quickly to avoid as much snowfall as they could.they were immediately met with the delicious smells of dinner coming from the kitchen.

"Eeek! My babies are are here!" Deb all but hurt everyone's eardrums as she ran to to smother her grand babies in lots of kiss. By the end of her assault, Elise and Lacey were completely giggling with happiness. Deb gave her daughter a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek before going over to her daughter-in-law and giving her the same treatment.

"I'm so happy you guys are her! It's a good thing I made a large dinner." Deb grinned before giving her grandchildren another kiss and going back into the kitchen.

"Unka Ky?" Lacey asked while touching his beard.

"What's up munchkin?"

"Where's Gampy?"

Just then the front door opened to reveal Ken holding a few grocery bags as he shut the door behind him.

"Ooo look at that, there he is right there." Kyle said in a childish voice that drew in Lacey's attention and already made her squirm around in her uncle's arms. Both Kyle and Ashlyn put down the little girls so they could say hello to their grandparents.

"Hey munchikins." Ken quickly placed the shopping bags down and lifted his granddaughters up. "Oh I was wondering whose big SUV was out there."

"I miss you Gampa." Lacey said with her head in the crook of Ken's neck.

"I missed you too Gampa." Elise grinned at their Grandpa.

"I missed both of you munchkins." Ken smiled and kissed both of their foreheads before putting them down and hugging his children, Ashlyn included.

"Why didn't you two tell me yall were coming up here?" Ken asked as he kissed his wife hello.

"My wonderful wifey wants to take us camping, and she owns a cabin down here. And my little babies wanted to see their grandparents." Ali cooed as her daughters came to her to say random things that only they could understand and follow.

"What doesn't Ash own? My sister has her very own Sugar Mama." Kyle snorted and crossed his arms as he sat on the couch.

"Har har chicken shi- OW!" Ashlyn shouted while rubbing her arm that her wife just punched.

Ali gave her a hard glare, "No cursing."

"Yes Sargeant!" Both Ashlyn and Kyle said in congruence while fending off Ali. Ashlyn wrapped her wife in a tight hug while Kyle tickled her hard.

"Give it up babe." Ashlyn giggled. Her hold loosened when she felt the small body of Lacey climb onto her chest and stick her fingers in her nose and mouth. "Ahh Lacey, what're doing?"

"I'm helping mommy." Lacey giggled.

"Omphf" Kyle groaned when Elise jumped onto his back along with Dax. "Okay, I tap out!"

"Okay, you don't goose, dinner is ready so come eat before someone gets a black eye." Deb called out.

~~~

The morning came around and the family said goodbye to Ken, Deb and Kyle before embarking on their drive to the cabin. The car ride was filled with "I Spy", "What Letter is That?", songs, and just plain noise from their children and Dax. By the time they got to the large cabin, Elise, Lacey and Dax were nearly bursting out of their seats.

Ashlyn and Ali removed the seat belts from their children and helping them out if the SUV before popping open the trunk so Dax could practically barrel out of the SUV. The cabin itself was very large and the area around it was even larger. Ali didn't even notice that there was a gate that prevented random people from coming in unless they had the gate passcode.

They all played in the Virginia snow, whether if it were by chasing Dax and the children, building snowmen with the children or just doing something random that made Dax bark happily and their little girls squeal in happiness. Ashlyn was a large catalyst in her wife's fun filled screams. She chased her around with palms full of snow while threatening to dump it down her chest. Much to Ali's dismay, her wife succeeded, causing her to let out a shrill that even made Dax give them his attention.

After their playtime ceased, Ashlyn and Ali got their babies cleaned, Dax included before Ali picked out adorable onesies for everyone that were a sure fire way to keep them completely warm and toasty. Elise and Lacey's were covered in cartoon snowmen, Dax had pictures of snow and Christmas lights, while both Ali's and Ashlyn's were covered in red with the cuffs in white and on the back of Ali's it said Mrs.Clause and on the back of Ashlyn's it said Mrs.Clause as well.

Ashlyn set the table with hot Mac and cheese in a cat iron skillet and barbecued chicken while her family got warm by the fire. There was a TV and computer in the cabin, Ashlyn put them in there in case she wanted some "alone time" with her wife and the children needed a distraction.

When dinner was finished and both children were in bed, Ashlyn kissed a sleeping Dax's forehead before unzipping her onesie while quietly running to her bedroom. Her jaw dropped when she saw Ali laying on her side in a red lace Babydoll, looking at her with a sultry look. Ashlyn unconsciously licked her lips and slowly approached her beyond sexy wife.

"How on earth did you buy this without me even knowing?" Ashlyn asked while mesmerized in the fabric and how it hung on her wife's body.

Ali leaned up to kiss her wife deeply before pulling back with a smirk. "I do a lot of things without you knowing. I like to think that you'll love the surprise."

"You thought right." Ashlyn nodded before slipping her tounge into her mouth and moaning into their kiss as she felt Ali's tounge lightly scrape her tounge and then bite her bottom lip. Ashlyn would be lying if she said she didn't love the rough nature that Ali could bring in their bedroom, because she was an absolute sucker for it.

Ali pushed Ashlyn down on her back before slowly raising her left leg to move over her wife's already half naked body. "You already got undressed for me?" She practically purred into her wife's ear as she took in the onesie that was off her torso and around her waist. She ran her hands over her shoulders, over the sports bra, onto her defined abs and back under the sports bra.

"Holy shit baby." Ashlyn panted as her hands went over Ali's toned thighs and went to rest on the swell of her firm ass. Her eyes closed as she felt Ali's hands roam over her breasts before she felt something cold and hard brush against her skin. "Alex wha-"

Ali's finger pressed to her lips to quiet her. She carefully cut the sports bra so it could be spread apart for easy access to her breasts. Ali placed the scissors on the bedside before leaning down to suck the pink nipples. Ashlyn's grip tightened on her ass, indicating her impatience. Ali released her nipple with a loud pop sound before kissing down to her v-line and looking up at her with a smirk.

"I need you so badly baby." Ashlyn panted, taking her wife's hand and placing it into her tight boxer briefs.

"You are very impatient tonight, even though you had no idea that I was even going to surprise you like this." Ali teased as she moved her tantalizingly show through her wife's wet folds, rubbing her engorged clit ever so lightly.

"I was kind of hoping to- ah ah fuck baby." Ashlyn moaned as two of her wife's fingers pushed into her center, robbing her if her ability to think and even speak. Ali's tempo picked up and reduced Ashlyn to a mess of soft moans before she felt Ali's fingers leave her core.

Ali pushed down the rest of the onesie before pushing up one of Ashlyn's thighs and taking her into mouth.

"Oh baby." Ashlyn moaned as Ali's lips surrounded her clitoris while her tounge drew shapes on the bundle of nerves. Ali's fingers kept pumping until she fell apart on Ali's fingers. "Shit, god damn that was amazing. You're amazing." Ashlyn breathed and pulled Ali up to kiss her deeply.

"I love you." Ali mumbled into their kiss. "I have something to-"

Ashlyn pulled away with a grin, "I have a surprise for you." Ashlyn jumped up from the large bed and did a weird waddle run with her bare butt facing Ali, since her onesie was around her ankles.

Ali propped herself up on her elbow to watch her wife dig through a duffel bag that she had no idea she brought with them. Ashlyn popped back up with a harness and a decent sized flesh colored dildo and one of the most sexiest grins Ali's had ever seen from her.

"Ooo I like this already." Ali smiled and watched as Ashlyn put the harness on and put the dildo in the correct place. She giggled a bit when she saw the fake appendage hang there but nonetheless thought her wife was sexy. She quickly spread her legs as Ashlyn climbed in-between and kissed her deeply.

"Ash, I'm already ready." Ali breathed heavily already as her wife's fingers teased between her folds.

Ashlyn just gave her a subtle nod before practically worshipping Ali's body. From gently removing the red lace Babydoll, swirling her tounge over pink nipples while her hands massaged her wife's creamy breasts. She could feel Ali pushing her hips up to grind onto the strap-on for any kind of friction, and since Ashlyn loved to tease, she continuously moved her hips away from Ali's to reduce the amount of friction she could receive.

Ali reached her hands down to Ashlyn's ass, giving it a hard squeeze before giving it a pinch as well. "If you don't fuck me right now, I swear."

"And you called me impatient." Ashlyn mumbled into her neck before moving all the way down to slip her tounge into Ali's entrance and moan at the taste of her. She moved back up and ran the head of the strap-on through Ali's glistening folds to get it more than lubed up before slowly pushing in.

Ali's legs tightened around Ashlyn's back as her head feel back onto the pillow with a moan. "Oh baby, you feel so good." The pleasure of Ashlyn filling her up was almost too much that Ali seriously thought she cum right then and there, but she held on.

"You like my cock filling you up, huh?" Ashlyn said on her lips before kissing her hard and letting her get accustomed to it before she could move.

"Fuck yes, move already." Ali begged and groaned in complete pleasure when Ashlyn's hips moved out, only to push back in, completely bottoming out and rendering her speechless.

Ashlyn moved slowly for a while but Ali's insistent ass grabs were enough to speed up her thrusts to an amazing tempo for Ali. She moaned herself when she could feel Ali's walls clenching around the strap-on, pulling her back each time with every thrust back. She knew Ali was close and was going to make sure her orgasm was great.

With each thrust, Ashlyn was bottoming out, hard. The strap-on was hitting Ali's g-spot and leaving her without the ability to form words. She felt herself being pushed over the edge and nearly cried out when Ashlyn's thumb rubbed hard circles on her clit.

"Cum on my cock baby." Ashlyn panted in her ear and kept thrusting.

Ali bit down on Ashlyn's shoulder to stop her from yelling because of one of the most intense orgasms she'd ever experienced. She released her but as soft moans left her lips as Ashlyn continued to slowly fuck her, helping her come down from her orgasm.

"Wow, I think I love camping." Ali chuckled breathlessly and kissed Ashlyn's now red shoulder as she gently pulled out.

Ashlyn discarded the strap-on into the duffel bag and kissed her wife soundly. "I can't tell you how much I love it when you bite me when you cum. Freaking sexy, Alex."

Ali snuggled into her side, "What can I say, you get me that far gone."

~~~

Ashlyn grumbled as she felt small hands push on her face and a smaller body sit on her torso. "Ommpf."

"Momma wake up, we made you breakfast." Elise prodded while patting her momma's face.

Ashlyn cracked an eye open and saw her two little girls in bed with Dax at the foot of the bed and Ali on her side holding a breakfast tray. She took Lacey off of her clothed torso and sat up, giving all of her favorite women a kiss and rubbed Dax's head.

"Thank you guys for breakfast, I love it." Assign thanked as she shared the large breakfast with them.

"You remember last night, when I tried to tell you about another surprise but you didn't let me get it out?" Ali questioned. Ashlyn nodded while chewing the piece of bacon. "Sweethearts give momma the card."

Elise and Lacey scampered off the bed and ran out of the bedroom before coming back in with an envelope in their hands. Ashlyn lifted then back onto the bed, and took the card.

"I wonder what this could be?" She mumbled as she penned the enveloped and opened the card. It was a little picture drawn by their little girls. It contain stick mini stick figures labeled Elise and Lacey, then a stick figure dog labeled Dax, a tall stick figure with blonde hair labeled Momma, and another slightly shorter stick figure with brown hair carrying a very small stick figure both with the labels Mommy and baby Harris.

Ashlyn's eyes scanned over the picture again and again before kissing her little girls again and then turning to her wife to give her a deep kiss. "You're pregnant?" She asked with a smile and tears already firming in her eyes.

"Yes baby, this is the other surprise." Ali nodded as tears already fell from hers.

They weren't sure if they weer going to have another baby when they decided to try IVF for the last time. They had birth agreed that they'd be more than happy that they were blessed already with two children, but if they could have another they would definitely welcome it. So when they tried again, they were supposed to go and check to see if it was successful, but Ashlyn got swamped with travel meetings, so Ali just went by herself. Ashlyn thought they were going to check after they came back from vacation but learning it life this was better than she could've imagined.

"I love you so much Alex." Ashlyn said before kissing her firmly once more while using her thumbs to wipe away her tears.

"I love you too Ashlyn."

Lacey tugged on her Mommy's shirt to get her attention. "Mommy, no more crying. We gonna have a baby."

"Yea mommy, it's happy times." Elise added.

Both Ashlyn and Ali chucked at their daughters and nodded simultaneously. Ashlyn leaned down and kissed Ali's stomach before pulling Lacey into her lap, Elise and Ali into her sides and allowing Dax to rest on her calves. She couldn't have asked for a more loving and amazing family, everything she could ever want was right here with her.

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