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Jasmine was sitting in the backyard with Bailey and Celia, "Can you guys believe that we are all together again?" She looked over at the guys standing by the grill. "We have come a long way huh?"

Bailey had a huge smile on her face as she sat with Celia and Jasmine. It had been such a long time since they were all together and today couldn't be anymore perfect, "I've missed all of us being together. This is nice and yes, we have definitely come a long way." She looked in Caleb's direction and smiled.

Celia smiled, "And look at us, all three stages of our life. Jasmine pregnant, I'm married, and Bailey is engaged, I have to say we might be the happiest women on the planet right now." She looked at Carter and smiled, "I love that man, he is so sexy." She blew him a kiss.

Grayson flipped the burgers on the grill and looked at his two friends. "I really miss doing this with you guys. It would be really nice to have you and Celia here with us too Carter, but I know that you can't do that." He put his attention at his wife and smiled at her, "I can't believe that I'm actually going to be a father. This seems really surreal to me." 

Caleb stood back and watch as Grayson grilled the meat, "Yeah, this is nice, we definitely need to get together more often." He looked at Carter, "So you are going to have to make more trips here." He smiled at Grayson, "I can't believe it either, you're going to be a dad, and look at my little bro, married, I swear we have completely changed from where we were 2 years ago." He looked over at Bailey, caught eyes and smiled. "I am so glad I didn't let her go forever.."

Carter took a drink of his beer and smiled at his brother and Grayson. "It has been a while. Yeah, I think I might have to make a few trips here just so Celia can keep in touch with Bailey and Jasmine. You know how women can be..." He sent a wink his wife's way and slapped his brother on the back, "I'm glad you quit being stubborn and got her back. Bailey is perfect for you. She makes you happy and you do the same for her. I don't even understand why you guys had to break up in the first place. That was crazy..." He shook his head.

Jasmine rubbed her belly, "Yeah we have come a long way, and I feel like we have grown up. Like we were children in Miami, doing childish things, well you were a child Celia." She laughed, "No but seriously, we have gone through so far and this next chapter of our life is going to be amazing I think. And not to mention we all have hot guys that loves us so much."

"We definitely did a lot of growing up." Bailey agreed and laughed at Jasmine's remark to Celia, "You realize that Celia and I are the same age right? What can I say, Caleb likes them young." She laughed again, "I'm glad that we are all here. I know that Caleb and I still have a long way to go, but I feel like we are getting there. Things are better for us now..." She rubbed Jasmine's belly and smiled fondly at her best friend. "Maybe one day, I'll be blessed with a baby too."

Celia laughed, "We are the same age, but I don't know what it is about you Bailey, you just seem to be more mature than I am, or was. I think I got more mature when I got around you girls." She laughed, "Nah, he just likes them hot!" She playfully hit Bailey on the shoulder. "You and Caleb will be just fine, and I know you guys are going to get married and have lots of babies. You have too, because my little ones are going to need more cousins." She smiled at Jasmine, "And you're right they are hot!"

"You have to come visit more often. I actually do like having you around. You're like the goofy little brother I never wanted." Grayson laughed and put the burgers on the plate, "I'm happy for you and Bailey, Caleb. You should have seen how messed up she was when she first moved here. She was lived with us for the first few weeks and at night, I could hear her crying. It broke my heart hearing her in that state..." He sighed and picked up the plate, "All right, let's join our ladies at the table." He walked to the table and put the plate down, then he went to kiss his wife and knelt before her stomach to give her belly a kiss, "How are my two favorite people?"

Caleb didn't like hearing about how miserable Bailey was because of him, but he had to accept the fact that they had a moment of separation, and both dealt with it tn their own way. "I can only imagine she was doing just as bad as I was, but that is the past and we are here together now, and that's all I want to focus on now." He grabbed all the condiments, "Yes, let's head over to our women, I'm sure their hungry." He followed behind Grayson, and made his way to Bailey, and kissed her cheek, "You hungry babe? I think you are going to love the food the guys and I prepared."

"I believe you, Grayson, but not trying to defend Caleb or anything, he wasn't doing much better either. I swear I wanted to slap him silly sometimes. But hey, that's all in the past. Now we can only look to the future." Carter went back to where the ladies were and sat down, making Celia sit on top of his lap. He then kissed her sweetly and asked, "Did you miss me? Because I sure as hell miss you." He kissed her again and smiled at Caleb's remark, "What Caleb meant was, he prepped, Grayson cooked, and I watched..." He laughed, "I know how to cook, but I'm not as skillful as Caleb is."

Jasmine smiled, "Oh yes, this little one needs some friends to play with, so you and Caleb better get to it." She laughed and looked up when the guys came over, "Hey baby, we were just talking about you guys." She kissed him sweetly, "We are both doing better now that you're here, and we're both hungry." She laughed and grabbed a plate, "So let's dig in."

"We'll get to it once we have settled our differences. Caleb and I still have a long way to go. But once we're married, I'll join you in your little mommy's club." Bailey laughed and smiled when Caleb embraced her, "Yes, I'm hungry and I know Jasmine's famished so let's eat before she keels over." She laughed and took a bite of the burger. "Mmm... This is really good. You guys did a great job."

Celia smiled when she saw Carter walking over to her, and she happily got in his lap, "Of course I missed you, I can't be a second without you without missing you." She returned his kiss and laughed, "Oh baby, I know you can cook, but you are on vacation, so you don't have too." She giggled and made her and Carter a plate and picked up the burger and placed it at Carter's mouth, "Here baby, take a bite."

"That is always good to know." Grayson got up and went to sit down next to Jasmine, "Okay since everyone is hungry, let's dig in." They began to eat and he too was impressed by burger that Caleb had prepared. "This is really good Caleb. I'm glad now that you are going to culinary school. You have a gift and you shouldn't waste it."

Caleb grabbed Bailey's hand, "Well I can't have my lady hungry now can I?" He fixed her a plate and then himself. He looked over a Carter and Celia, "Oh my God, really you have to feed him? Is his hands broken?" He teased and took a bite of his burger. "Thanks Grayson, Evelyn taught me well, so I am going to go and take what she taught me and expand it. I want to make her proud of me." 

"I always love hearing you say that. It makes me really happy." Carter kissed his wife sweetly, "Well, I can do the basics, but like I said, I'm no chef." He laughed and opened his mouth to accept a bite. "Mmm... The food always taste better when my sexy wife is feeding it to me." He rolled his eyes at Caleb, "Don't hate, big brother, if you wanted a sexy woman to feed you, you should as Bailey to feed you." He laughed.

Celia giggled, "I only speak the truth babe." She kissed him back. "You do fine, but we still have Cook, so we are always going to be good." She scoffed at Caleb, "Hater is not a good look for you Caleb. My man's work just fine, but I would raher he use them on me than his food." She smirked and gave Carter another bite.

"Babe, give them a break, they're newly weds. See, Celia can't even have her own sit. Carter just wants to hog her to himself." Bailey laughed and winked at Carter, "Anyway, I say we toast. To many more gatherings like this one and to Grayson and Jasmine's bun in the oven. I hope it's a girl, but at this point, I'm just anxious to find out what the sex is going to be." She laughed as she raised her glass.

Jasmine took a bite of her burger, "Oh my God Caleb, what did you put in these burgers? I mean they are so juicy and delicious, Evelyn taught you well. Don't be surprised if I call you to make me some burgers, because little one here already likes it." She put Grayson's hand on her stomach to let hi feel their baby kicking. She looked over at Bailey, "Oh don't worry Bailey, we go to the doctor tomorrow and we will find out then, then we will let you all know." She took another bite of her burger, "Oh man....I am so addicted to these burgers." She grabbed another one before she even finished her other one.

"Yeah, this is really good, I'm sorry if you get a late night call. When pregnant women calls, you know how it is." Grayson laughed and smiled when he felt their baby kicking, "See, even the baby is agreeing with me. We'll find out about the sex tomorrow, don't worry Bailey I'm sure Jasmine will be calling you first." He raised his glass, "To gatherings and our little baby. I have a feeling it's a girl, but who knows if I'm right or wrong."

Caleb laughed, "You two are disgustingly cute." He shook his head at Carter and Celia, "And I don't need to be fed by my sexy woman, I have hands." He looked over at Grayson and Jasmine, "Well I guess I will expect the calls, I will make the meat like this and Gryson can make it when you ask for it." He raised his glass, "To friends and future family!" HE leaned over and kissed Bailey, and whispered, "And our own future family."

"There is nothing disgusting about us. We are adorable..." Carter corrected his brother and smiled at his wife, "Yeah, I wouldn't want to cook all the time. Thankfully Cook is there to take care of things for us." He smirked and raised his glass, "To friends and future family!" He then picked a burger and fed it to Celia. "So how's culinary school going, Caleb?" 

Jasmine was still eating her food, then she raised her glass, "Oh my bad, this burger is just so good." She toasted, "Yes, to good friends and growing families. And may I not be the only one having babies." She giggled and looked over to Celia and Bailey. "Also a toast to love," she looked over at Grayson, "shall all our love be eternal and unconditional."

Bailey shook her head and laughed at Caleb's teasing. There was no use stopping him. He loved giving Carter a hard time and this was one of the instances. Looking at Celia, she mouthed, "Don't listen to him. He's just jealous..." She giggled and kissed fiance, "Aww... Babe, I can't wait to start our own little family. But before we do that, I want to officially be your wife." She kissed him again and looked at Carter and then back at Caleb, "Yeah, why don't you tell us about culinary school. I would like to know what you are learning over there."

Celia just shook her head at Caleb, I am not even thinking about Caleb, if I want to feed my man, then I will do that." She stuck her tongue out at Caleb, and took a bite of her burger that Carter fed her. "Yes Jasmine, I'll toast to that, let our love pull us through anything." She clinked her glass with everyone and kissed Carter sweetly on the lips. "I would also love to hear about how Culinary school is going for you, have you learned any new things to cook?"

"To eternal love." Grayson joined in and kissed Jasmine sweetly and took a sip of his drink. They were Caleb about school and he too was curious, so he asked, "Yeah, I've been meaning to ask you about school but I keep forgetting. How is everything going?"

Caleb toasted, "Yes to unconditional love!" He kissed Bailey, and looked around the table, "School is going well, I am learning a lot, and yes they are teaching me a lot of new things. Like do you know how hard it is to butcher a fish, and not have bones in your filets? But I am getting the hang of it, and my knife skills are getting a whole lot better." He smiled, "My professor said I am top notch when it comes to my flavor profiles, and seasoning."

"Wow, it sounds like you truly have a skill for cooking. I'm proud of you big brother." Carter smiled, "You know, I've always thought that it takes a lot of talent to fillet a fish. Those chefs on TV make it look really easy though. Maybe one day you'll be like them. Hey, maybe you'll even end up on TV. Now that would be a great accomplishment..."

Jasmine was not paying that much attention to what everyone was talking about, she was too busy eating her food. "OMG this food is sooo good!" She caught the tail end of the conversation. "Oh yeah, Caleb you could be on Choppe, or Cutthroat Kitchen, that seems more like you." She laughed, and finished eating.

Bailey began eating and listened while Caleb spoke about school. When she heard Carter's remark, she spoke up, "First, I want my baby to open a restaurant and then after he's made his mark, he should go on TV. I bet the ladies will love you, babe. I mean, you are a very sexy man..." She laughed and leaned over to kiss Caleb.

"Look at Bailey, already got a game plan for her man, I like it." Celia giggled and continued to eat. "Well I think we can all agree that you are a great chef Caleb, and I can't wait to see you show your talents off to the world." SHe could feel Carter's hands on her ass, and she leaned back, and whispered, "Baby, if you don't stop that, we are going to have to get out of here, like now!" 

"You would kill it on those competitive cooking shows. I wouldn't want to mess with you if I were your opponent." Grayson laughed, "But Bailey is right, you should open up a restaurant. It would be nice to actually go on a date with Jasmine in one of your restaurants." He finished his food and let out a contented sigh, "My belly is full and happy. And Carter, can't you keep it in your pants until the end of this lunch? I swear, you're a walking hard on.."

Caleb held Bailey's hand, "That's the plan babe, I am going to do a restaurant first, and whatever happens after that happens." He shook his hands, "It matters not how many ladies find me sexy, as long as you always do, because I plan on coming home to you every night." He kissed her deeply, and took a deep breath when they released, "I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I am going to take my woman home and we are going to enjoy the rest of this night together....alone." 

"I don't know, Jasmine. You put Caleb in a competition, things might get really ugly." Carter laughed and went to finish his food. Feeling Celia's round ass on him got him feeling frisky, so without even thinking, he began rubbing her round ass. "I don't mind getting out of here. Hell, even Caleb is ready to go. Jasmine looks like she could use a nap, so I think that's our cue to leave." He got up and took Celia's hand, "Thanks for the food guys, but it's time for us to go."

Jasmine finished eating her food, and saw how lovey dovey everyone was getting, and she smiled, she liked seeing her friends happy. She leaned her head on Grayson's shoulder, "Look babe, everyone looks so happy, I love it. And it's giving me some ideas too." She smirked, and rolled her eyes at Carter, "Yeah maybe you guys should go, but I promise you that Grayson and I won't be napping anytime soon." She leaned over and kissed Grayson deeply.

"I'm glad we're on the same page." Bailey smiled, feeling proud of what Caleb had planned. "Well, you better know that I'm the only one that matters. I don't share. You know this and those other heffas better learn quick that I will cut a bitch if needs be." She said before kissing him passionately. "Let's go babe, that kiss made me want more, so let's get out of here." She kissed each one of them on the cheek and took her fiance's hand, "It was seeing all of you again. We'll see you guys later." They left shortly after that, heading back to her apartment where they spent the rest of the night making love.