25. Chapter 25 (1/2)

a/n: changed bits of this again at the last minute! i contemplated this time jump a lot but in a way i'm happy with it, i love writing in this 'universe' and i'm seriously considering the odd oneshot, having this time jump will allow me to fill in certain gaps in the future, not promising anything but it's definitely on my list of ideas! thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed this fic, it really means a lot to me, i write for my own personal satisfaction but it always makes me so much happier when i know there are people out there reading and enjoying my fics!

this final chapter is for my addisam gang on twitter! i shouldn't have to name you for you to know you belong there haha :p lots of love, kelly xx

10 years later.

"carson bennett get your ass out of bed!" addison yelled up the stairs for the 3rd time that morning, well, mid-morning.

"god mom i'm coming!" he groaned, she heard his feet hit the floor and stomp around his room.

"that boy" addison grumbled as she walked into the kitchen where sam was making her a coffee.

"honey he's 16, getting up before noon isn't in his programming" he chuckled lightly.

"he's just a lazy boy mom" 9 year old jessica giggled.

"yes he is sweetheart" addison laughed softly "i just don't want to be late for mason's birthday, and you need to go and put on your dress"

"ok" jessica smiled, skipping off to her room.

"she's getting too big" sam sighed "i don't want her to grow up, i want her to be 2 years old again"

"she's going to be your little girl no matter what sam, look at maya" addison said with a soft laugh "don't you remember the day we signed the adoption papers? she clung onto you so hard, she was a daddy's girl from day one"

"i know, i remember" he smiled softly.

"hey" carson grumbled as he walked into the kitchen sleepily, going to the refrigerator and taking out the carton of milk juice, he screwed off the top and gulped some back.

"i really wish you wouldn't drink out of the carton" addison sighed.

"relax mom, we have the same genes, i used to live in you" he smirked as he put the carton away "so when's this kids party thing?"

"we're leaving at 12 so clean up, mason needs his role model to look like one"

"yes mom" carson laughed "dad will you tell her to trust me, you know i'm not turning into an alien because i'm 16 now right?"

"oh sshh you, both of you" addison said, swatting them both on their arms as they laughed.

"love you mom" carson smiled, dropping a kiss on the top of her head before running up to his room.

"see, he still loves you" sam teased, nudging her lightly, addison hit his arm again and pouted as he kissed her cheek gently.

~x~

"carson!" mason robbins-torres yelled as he ran straight towards carson "i'm 8 today!"

"you sure are dude" carson said, giving him a high-five "happy birthday"

"hi sweetheart" addison smiled, reaching out to run her fingers through mason's hair "happy birthday"

"thanks aunt addie" mason smiled.

"happy birthday mason!" jessica beamed, giving him a hug he was reluctant to receive, addison laughed and shook her head a little.

"we've got your present right here buddy but i'm gonna give it to your mom so you can open it later ok?" sam smiled.

"thanks uncle sam" mason beamed "i've gotta go be the host with the most whatever that means" he shrugged before running off, jessica chasing after him.

"i'm gonna go, find people…" carson said before heading through to the living room, addison and sam went into the kitchen of the robbins-torres house where their friends were all chatting away.

"hey" callie smiled giving them both a hug "thanks for coming"

"wouldn't miss it for the world" addison smiled "are you stressing?"

"always" callie laughed "at least mason's a little easier to please than his sisters"

"he's having the time of his life cal" addison smiled softly "what can i do to help?"

"you can make conversation, sam can help with the food" callie laughed, addison grumbled as they both laughed at her.

~x~

"hey sofia your mom….what the hell?" mark yelled as he found carson and sofia making out on her bed, he grabbed carson by the back of his shirt and pulled him off.

"dad!" sofia shouted "dad don't hurt him!"

"hurt him? i wanna kill him!"

"uncle mark, please" carson said shakily, looking at him with fearful eyes "we were just kissing i swear, we haven't, we haven't done anything else and we won't, i swear we won't…"

"sure as hell you won't! get your ass downstairs right now!" he snapped "and you young lady!"

carson hung his head low, walked out of sofia's room and down the stairs.

"what's going on? we heard yelling" callie said quietly.

"get arizona, sam and addison in the kitchen, now" mark said firmly, a few moments later and they were all in the kitchen.

"what's going on?" addison asked curiously.

"what's going on is i just caught your son on top of my daughter!" mark growled "luckily his hand was over her shirt because i swear to god if it was under i would have chopped it off!"

"carson!" addison exclaimed "what the hell are you thinking?"

"what's that supposed to mean?" callie frowned "is sofia not good enough for him?"

"you know i wasn't saying that" addison sighed "i love sofia, i love you sweetheart, but this isn't a good idea, you were practically…"

"raised together, we know mom" carson sighed heavily "believe me we have talked and talked about this, about all the excuses you guys would come up with to keep us apart but, we really, really want to make this work, we wouldn't do this if we didn't think we could make this work because of the fact that we grew up together, i've loved sofia like family since i was born and i will always love her, now i just, love her like my girlfriend"

"aw" arizona gushed "carson honey as long as you treat her right i don't care"

"arizona!" mark exclaimed.

"what exactly is your problem mark?" sam sighed "sure they went the completely wrong way about this and should have told us instead of letting us find out like this but, what's the big deal?"