Epilogue
Anne smiled slightly as she waved goodbye to the guy at the front desk of her studio, she'd just written her newest client a chart-topper, and now all that was left for Anne to do was head home and see her girls.
"Miss Boleyn!" A frantic voice exclaimed stopping Anne's pursuit for her car. Anne smiled kindly at the young girl, her newest client.
"It's Mrs. Aragon actually, but Anne is fine." Anne encouraged giving the thirteen-year-old her full attention.
"Right you have a wife, sorry heh but I just wanted to thank you for your work, you're the only one who believed in me, and my voice and for that, I'm so incredibly grateful!" She exclaimed enthusiastically, making Anne smile.
"Psh I barely did anything, just wrote some words on paper, your voice did the rest." She winked turning to open her car door.
"Still, thanks!" Maria Salinas or Marsali (her stage name) called out. Anne smirked adoringly as she ducked into her car, with a wave out the window she started the car and pulled out of the parking lot heading for home.
"No mama I promise we're all coming over, yes we will all be there!" Cathy promised kindly as she scooped up some toys off the living room floor and returned them to the bin as she held her phone against her ear with her shoulder.
"Mommy Mae is bugging me!" Lizzie complained coming into the living room with a pout. Cathy sighed, asking her mama to give her a minute, she put the phone against her chest and gave her oldest a look.
"She's littler than you, can't you play nicely with her? She looks up to you." Cathy questioned and Lizzie scowled kicking over the box of toys Cathy had just cleaned up.
"No, Mae's a stinky baby! She ruins everything!" She exclaimed kicking one of the toys under the couch for good measure.
"Elizabeth Jane!" Cathy snapped tiredly as the six-year-old stuck her tongue out at her, Cathy went to chastise her before she remembered her phone call and angrily brought it back to her ear.
"Everything alright over there?" Catherine Aragon asked sounding amused and Cathy scowled at her daughter.
"Peachy, Anne's mini-me is driving me insane!" She grumbled, rubbing her heavily pregnant stomach tiredly. "Remind me again why Anne and I wanted another one?" She complained as Mae toddled into the room, barely two years old, her sights set on her big sister.
"Play me, Izzy!" She squealed making grabbing motions at her and Lizzie scowled at her.
"Play by yourself butthead!" Lizzie snapped
rushing from the room, knocking Mae over in her haste to avoid her sister, which made Mae throw back her head in a shrill scream.
"Because children are a beautiful gift," Aragon exclaimed brightly and Cathy sighed at her mama's teasing tone.
"Well, I sure feel loads lucky right now!" Cathy grumbled as Mae made grabbing motions at her mommy. "Look mama we'll be there, okay gotta go. Love you too!" Cathy quickly hung up her phone throwing it onto the couch as she scooped Mae into her arms and bounced her on her hip until Mae giggled and stopped crying.
"Elizabeth Jane Aragon, you come clean up this mess and apologize to Mae right now!" Cathy ordered as she walked through their house looking for her oldest daughter irritably.
"sorry me, Izzy!" Mae chimed in, just as Cathy heard the front door open.
"Cathy, girls?" Anne called out and suddenly Lizzie appeared rushing past Cathy to greet her mama at the door.
"Mama! You're home! You're home yay! Yay!" Lizzie exclaimed as an unamused Cathy followed after her daughter.
"I'm home, home, home, home!" Anne exclaimed brightly as she threw Lizzie in the air.
Anne smiled at her wife brightly, as she sat Lizzie down on her feet, leaned forward, and pecked her wife's lips, carefully taking Mae from her, as she spun the little girl around and kissed her cheeks making Mae giggle. Cathy smiled at the sweet display before she remembered Lizzie and turned to look for her.
"Mae, did you make a mess? Do you need mama to help clean up?" Anne asked brightly, after seeing the living room, as she kissed her forehead making Mae grin wide and clap her hands.
"Yah!" She exclaimed even though she hadn't made the mess, she just wanted her mama to sing the cleanup song she so adored.
"No, Elizabeth kicked it over when I told her to play nice with Mary." Cathy huffed still slightly upset with her daughter. Anne frowned looking for her older daughter but the six-year-old had disappeared once more.
"Ceen up!" Mae pleaded patting Anne's cheeks. Anne smiled at her youngest daughter and went in search of Lizzie.
"One-minute Maebee, can you cheer up mommy while I get Lizzie then we'll clean up okay?" She asked and Mae nodded reaching for Cathy.
"I'm telling you Amy first they gots Mae and now I'm supposed to have a little brother! I gots to draw the line somewhere!" Lizzie complained to her friend, who lived next door. Amy gave her a sad smile.
"I'm sorry Lizzie, you can come live with me if you want!" The seven-year-old encouraged and Lizzie smiled, Amy was an only child, she was so lucky.
"My moms never would let me, I'd have to bring Mae too!" Lizzie huffed with a pout as she crossed her arms and glared defiantly at the ground. Amy looked through the fence and gave Elizabeth a sad smile. "They don't even like me as much since Mae came, now they won't like me at all cause of my brother!" She huffed and Amy frowned standing as she climbed over the fence to comfort her friend.
"Well, I'll like you, Lizzie, no matter what happens," Amy promised just as they both turned seeing Lizzie's front door creak open. Lizzie rolled her eyes seeing her mama standing there.
"Ugh gotta go, Amy, I'll see ya later." The six-year-old sighed bitterly before turning to go.
"Good luck Lizzie, maybe we can play later!" Amy offered sincerely making Lizzie smile slightly.
"I know, apologize to Mae, clean my mess," Lizzie grumbled slipping past her mama and stomped to the living room.
"Ceen up!" Mae giggled toddling over to her sister as Anne subtly pulled Cathy aside to talk about what she'd heard Lizzie say to Amy outside.
"Thanks, Mae," Lizzie whispered gratefully, as her little sister fixed the toy bin and began throwing toys inside.
"Ceen up! Ceen up! Do do do you shawre!" Mae exclaimed smiling wide at Lizzie, who giggled at her sister's attempt at singing the clean-up song.
"You're so silly Mae!" Lizzie exclaimed once they finished and Mae clapped her hands and danced in place slightly. Lizzie sighed remembering Mae's sad little face when she'd knocked her over earlier. "I'm sorry for being a meanie to you Mae." Lizzie relented and Mae just giggled continuing to dance in place.
"Yay ceen up!" She exclaimed brightly
"Hey, I'm trying to apologize, you weirdo!" Lizzie complained just as their moms returned to the room.
"Lizzie baby, come here," Cathy whispered leaning down, as best she could, before scooping her little girl in her arms.
"Mommy loves you so so much okay? Always." She promised as Anne scooped up Mae and kissed Lizzie's forehead.
"And even if we have a billion babies, you'll always be our baby!" Anne added grinning widely, a look that almost was identical with Mae's toothless grin, even though biologically speaking Mae was Cathy's.
"Two other babies is enough for me. " Lizzie exclaimed, making both moms laugh.
"Deal." Anne giggled kissing both daughters' faces.
"Come on Mae, let's go play tea party!" Lizzie ordered and Mae squealed happily and squirmed in place until Anne put her down, both girls giggled as they rushed down the hallway and up the stairs towards Lizzie's room.
"You know seeing Lizzie sitting against the fence reminded me of someone.." Anne murmured against Cathy's hair, making her wife grin.
"Yeah, you! The first time I met you, you were complaining about your mum!" Cathy reminded her with a chuckle.
"I don't recall." Anne reasoned moving to follow her daughters down the hallway.
"Yes, you do!" Cathy accused, with a shake of her head.
"Nope, I have no idea what this crazy woman is talking about girls!" Anne stage whispered to her daughters and Cathy rolled her eyes, Anne could be such a child sometimes.
"Anne you better not rile up the girls!" Cathy chastised and her daughters giggled. "Anne we have to go to my mama's later!" Cathy exclaimed rubbing her stomach once more. "You're gonna be born into a madhouse my love," she muttered with a smile. "But you'll be surrounded by countless loved ones."
"Well I love you, Anne," she said with childlike respect and Anne smiled brightly as she sat up facing her newfound friend.
"Really, you mean it?" She asked ecstatically, and Cathy nodded seriously.
"You're my new best friend." She proclaimed merrily and Anne beams.
"Friends forever. " She confirms making Cathy smile as they lock pinkies.
They always came back to the lilac bushes