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Kelly smiled down at the little girl sitting at the table. She watched as the child started to color in the orange cat she'd drawn though it was obvious she wasn't very good at staying in the lines. The picture didn't really even look like a cat, but Kelly didn't expect much from a barely three-year-old little girl. Kelly grabbed the empty cup on the table moving over to the sink to rinse it out.

The front door opened and Kelly frowned, John shouldn't be back for a couple hours. Kelly set the cup in the sink and moved toward the door to see who it was. It couldn't be Catherine or Leonard as they were both several weeks away from returning home. She was surprised to find Avery and Rosa in the living room. "You two aren't supposed to be back until after this weekend. What happened?"

"I got some amazing news so we decided to cut our vacation short." Avery was grinning as he moved over to hug his mother.

"What news did you get that would make you cancel the rest of your vacation?" Kelly had never really had a vacation, but she'd never heard of good news being the reason one was cut short.

"Well my book is still waiting to be released but you remember the script I sent to Doctor Who months ago?" Avery was grinning. When Rosa moved to his side he put his arm around her shoulder. "Well they want me to make it into a book. Full canon book for the series."

"That's great news, Avery. I'm so proud of you." Kelly smiled at her son. "I know that working on Doctor Who in some way has always been your dream, though I don't see why you ended your vacation."

"Well, let's just say it hit its high point and we knew it wasn't going to get any better." Avery hesitated for a moment before he continued. "See, the day I got the news I…I proposed."

"Oh, I'm so happy for the two of you." Kelly moved forward and hugged each of them. "So when do you plan on having the wedding?"

"We already did." Rosa's words surprised Kelly. She didn't understand what they meant. "He proposed by taking me to the court house and asking me if I wanted to get married. We got a marriage license right then and there and a judge married us." Rosa lifted her left hand so that Kelly could see the ring.

Kelly put her hands on her hips and frowned at her son. "I can't believe that you didn't wait until you got home to get married. I was looking forward to seeing you two share vows."

"It's all right, we are going to have a wedding here for everyone. I just wanted to make that day the perfect day. I mean I have my dream house, my dream book deal, the only thing I was missing was my dream wife." Avery smiled at his wife and he took her hand. "It just felt like the perfect time to do it."

Kelly sighed and relented. "Well, I can't fault you for being a bit romantic. As long as you have one here I suppose I can't be too mad. Your father and I have been waiting for you to finally get around to asking her. This would only be more perfect if you could also tell me you're going to finally catch up to your sister and have a kid."

Avery frowned and furrowed his brow. "So Catherine is pregnant? Seems a bit soon in her marriage, unless it was from before she got married."

Kelly shook her head. "She adopted a daughter. Still, she has a kid before you two. You should get on that." Kelly frowned suddenly. "I just realized I left a three-year-old alone in the kitchen." She turned and walked toward the kitchen, followed by Avery and Rosa.

Kelly found Shar in the kitchen, standing by the counter, trying to reach up and grab Frankie's tail. The feline was just staring down at the child, moving his tail out of the way as she grabbed for it. The little girl turned to look at them. "Are you sure she's not Catherine's blood daughter?"

Kelly moved over to her and picked her up. "I'm sure. She was orphaned after an attack that Catherine and Leonard had been deployed to. They named her Shar."

"Well hello there, Shar. You are an adorable little thing." Rosa leaned forward and grinned at the child. Shar stared back at her, a blank look on her face. "Why's she here with you?"

"John and I are taking care of her while her parents are deployed. I gave her the room you slept in as a child with Catherine." Kelly shifted so that Frankie could move over to sniff at Shar. She reached out and patted the feline on the head. He was a pretty good sport because he just sat there as she patted him.

"You mean the one you gave fully to Catherine when we were too old to be sleeping in the same room? I hope you took down the posters she never took down." Avery frowned a bit. "When we have a kid were going to cover the walls with poster after poster from the first Doctor to the fifteenth. Oh, we should make the crib look like a TARDIS."

"You already painted the front door of our house TARDIS blue. We are not making the crib look like a TARDIS." Rosa frowned at her husband.

"Fine, but can we have timelord writing on the crib?" Avery pouted and Rosa grinned. "I know you like the way it looks."

Rosa sighed and smiled at Kelly. "Has he always been like this?"

"He's always been this obsessed with sci-fi and Doctor Who. Though when he was young he wasn't so into it that he'd want to cover the walls of his kid's room with posters of it." Kelly laughed at the idea.

"Hey, back then I wasn't interested in having a kid." Avery was right, though Kelly didn't think it really mattered. "If you need any time off from her we can take care of her." Avery pointed to Shar. "After all, a little person like her is the next step for us."

"I'll keep that in mind or when Catherine and Leonard are on long assignment." Kelly moved Shar back over to the table and put the crayon back in her hand. "So do you want me to tell your father? He won't be home for a while."

"That would be a help. I sort of want to properly celebrate my new marriage." Avery grinned and put an arm around Rosa's waist, pulling her to his side.

"Well you two go give me a grandchild." Kelly motioned them off. She followed them to the front door and congratulated them one more time before she returned to tending to the young child.

When John got home Kelly was in the kitchen, painting on Shar's cheek. The little girl was giggling happily as her grandmother put the final touches on the image. Kelly looked up as he moved in. "Our son got married." She turned her attention back to Shar's cheek.

John frowned and paused before speaking. "Are you going to tell me which son or should I just start guessing and you'll tell me when I'm right." He moved to his wife and leaned down, placing a light kiss on Kelly's cheek. He frowned as he looked at Shar's cheek. "Are you seriously painting the ODST's kanji on her cheek?"

"It's what she wanted." Kelly didn't look away from her work as she spoke. "Avery's the one that got married. He says that they'll have a wedding up here, but they eloped while on vacation."

John took in the information and then shrugged. "Took him a long time. Was he waiting for Catherine to reach all the milestones before he got around to it?" Kelly laughed and John smiled at her. Kelly knew he really wasn't a fan of her pushing their children but he humored her. "I'm glad to know he finally did it. Did his book finally get put out?"

"Nope, he got a job with Doctor Who writing a book." Kelly moved away from Shar and smiled. "There, all done. Now sit still and I'll take a picture to send to your parents." Kelly grabbed the camera and tried to move it into position. "They also said that if we needed them too they could take Shar for a night or so."

"Good, because we do have an anniversary coming up." John smiled at her and smiled at Shar. "It looks good. Didn't know you knew how to do the kanji that well."

"Well Catherine used to ask me to put it on things." Kelly took the picture and looked at it. "Your mother is going to be so proud." Kelly smiled at her granddaughter. "Now, why don't you go wash your hands for dinner?" Shar got up from the table and moved out of the kitchen. Kelly stood up and smiled softly. "Remember when we had four of those running around the house, all fighting over who got the sink first."

"Yeah, I remember those days." John put his arm around Kelly's shoulder. "I really don't miss those days." Kelly laughed and moved away from him to the oven to check on their dinner.